a welcome;

[mallowmods]

Who: Everyone and everyone!
What: Welcoming in the new members to Mallow Hallow
Where: Everywhere!
When: March 2nd.

[ Once everyone’s settled in their particular districts, no doubt thousands of questions running between each individual mind, there’s an announcement. Not over the devices, but rather in speakers all over each and every district. A familiar voice should ring out—you did, after all, hear the voice of your Queen earlier today. ]

Ahem! Can you hear me? Ah, right then.

Hello loveies! You might recall this particular visage which speaks before you—that is, I am your Queen. Call me Queenie, if you must! I’ve met you all on this particular day, and I find it important to bestow some of my boundless knowledge onto you, sweethearts.

Now! Done with formalities, let’s see where we stand… ah, yes! Might I be the first to welcome you all to Mallow Hallow, our wonderful little country. Not too big, not quite too small either! It’s just lovely, isn’t it? Oh, how all my new babies will love it here! Or—perhaps not. [ She clicks her tongue. ] Either way, it doesn't really matter. You're stuck here for the time, so do try to make the most of it, dears.

Of course, there are our sectors within Mallow Hallow. Six… [ There’s silence for a short moment. ] Yes, there are six, aren’t there..? Well, six different communities you might stem off from! Surely you remember the name from our meeting earlier? If not, I’m sure one of the regular inhabitants of each particular district will assist you in naming your new home!

Live where you’d like, eat what you’d like, do what you’d like! Our homes are now your homes, so please, consider us all a big happy family to you! Remember you can reach me or any of the other rulers of any of the districts, over at our voicemails! [ Somehow, that seems sarcastic… ]

Also, don’t cause any trouble, or I’ll personally end you. [ There it is. ]

I suppose that's all. Well then, bye now, dears! And let the word spread—Mallow Hallow is up and rising once again!

[ ooc: Quick links: Lochwell | Mallowhallow | Orlea | Astralfield | Crystalden | Highcrest | Whitewood | Network ]

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[dangodragon]

Itachi watches the girl count his ducks, wondering what she wants from him. She's obviously after something, but Itachi doesn't know what. She's not giving him any real hints. She just keeps asking odd questions.

"You're on a quest?" Itachi prompts, hoping to figure out what she's about. She also seems to have lost interest in him, but he often ignores people like that in favor of thinking.

[speedholic]

Spaced out as she seems, Lyfa barely lets the man finish his question before she leaps up, hands clasped to her chest as she nods eagerly.

"Yeah, that's right! Except . . . I don't know the specifics. I mean, nobody's told me what I'm actually supposed to do, and my log out button's missing. I can't even access my friends list, so I can't contact anyone either—"

Oh, right, NPC. He's not programmed to understand game specifics, most likely.

"Aha, I'm sorry if that's confusing. I guess this is a type of quest, so I'll be grateful for any help you can give. I'm from Sylvian, if that's useful at all."

[dangodragon]

Itachi almost takes a step back and raises an eyebrow. Either she's delusional, or she comes from a very peculiar world.

"If you don't know what your quest is, how do you even know you're supposed to go on a quest?" Itachi asked.

[speedholic]

"I don't really know how else to explain it. One moment I was in ALFheim, then I woke up in this place . . . what else could that be, other than a quest? Only —" She raises her hand to her cheek, tucking her left braid behind her ear, frowning as she does so.

"Quests usually only start after players agree to participate. I was never given the chance whether to select [YES] or [NO], so there's probably — no, definitely — a glitch somewhere.

. . . Though, again, I can't expect you to understand." He's a program with no control over things like this, after all.

[dangodragon]

Itachi had been piecing together the odd things she said, trying to decide what kind of world she lived in, and then come her last words. Itachi smiles thinly.

"And, pray tell, why wouldn't I understand?" Itachi asked, rather caustic with a bare smile that said he very much wasn't amused. Now, with those words, she seemed like a girl puffed up with her own importance, or trying to seem more important than she was when she was really just in the same situation that Itachi was.

[speedholic]

. . . Weird. Somehow, she's getting a vibe that the man / NPC is offended, but that can't be possible.

"Well . . . you don't have that kind of system authority to —" No, wait. Could it be that he's responding to a particular cue here? Geez, talk about an eccentric AI.

"Actually, forget that. Sorry, NPC-san. Er— what do you understand about this situation?"

[dangodragon]

Now Itachi really begins to get the feeling she only wants something from him, and she's not doing a very good job of getting it. She could at least attempt to remember his name for he could feel properly manipulated, but she's just throwing random words at him as if in hopes he'll magically spout of the words she needs with no real effort on her part. It's disconcerting to feel oddly like he's not a person to her, and highly annoying.

"I understand you're an incredibly rude, self centered person who doesn't even have the decency to pretend I'm an intelligent being while trying to plumb me for information." Itachi gave her another bare smile and a mocking bow. Maybe she was nobility, though he'd never seen a rich girl run around like this before. "In the future, try treating someone like a human being when you want something from them." Itachi gave her a cold, red-eyed stare, then turned to walk away, considering his civic duty done. Now on to more interesting and less annoying things and people.