and at last i see the light (for Davin & Kat :D)

[jamesthorn]

As soon as James opens his eyes, he knows something is wrong. It's too dark for one thing. When he rolls out of bed, he stumbles into something hard and he's cursing the pain in his foot. He needs his gun, but there's nothing there when he reaches his hand out. All he finds is a cool draft in the room instead of his nightstand...and a smell. Something stale and musty. He's able to quickly deduce that he is not in his bedroom by the time he gets to his feet. That was not his bed. This is not his house.

He looks down at himself. These aren't even his clothes. Though he remains calm on the outside, his pulse is elevated, racing with panic and adrenaline, but he remains calm. Whoever has taken him, he doesn't want to alert them that he's awake. Though if he's been taken there are no guards in the room, no one here to watch him. It's just an empty stone room. He actually isn't sure...what the hell he's wearing either. He looks around further once his eyes adjust, and he finds a small circle window covered by wood shudders. With a grunt and his shoulder, he manages to push the window open. Once he does, and he gets a look at the world below him, that's when James really panics.

Not again, he thinks. Not again. The last time this happened to him....it was Violet Coombs. Where she trapped him in that labyrinth deep beneath the town, where he almost died. He hasn't seen Moira in months, and Violet too. How can this be happening again. This...building...room...wherever is a tower of some sort, suspended high in the air. All he knows is this is not Siren Cove. This is not a world he's ever seen.

He stumbles back from the window, overwhelmed for a moment with confusion, and he falls stunned into a wood chair. He tries to recall the last thing he did last night, and all he remembers is going to bed like any other night. He read a few chapters of a book. Checked his messages. That was it. He sits for a long time trying to think...

After several seconds of that, he jumps up from the chair and heads for the heavy iron door in the corner and decides to leave. Except he can't because it's locked. He's trapped in a room....in this tower...in this strange place with no way out.

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[davin]

There isn't much to do when you're a penniless street urchin, as Davin has so often been called, but he's resourceful. Or, more likely, bored enough to make anything seem fun.

Now he's in a part of the woods that he's unfamiliar with, equal parts exploring and keeping an eye out for any wild berries or anything edible. His stomach is rumbling and while he usually can get something to eat from Coop, he isn't due to show up there until tomorrow.

There's a break in the rocks that seems to lead somewhere, so Davin heads for that and he's surprised to find a grassy meadow on the other side. Even more surprising is the tower in the middle of it. Davin, being far too curious for his own good, approaches it with little thought.

Once he's closer, he spots an apple tree and lets out a whoop of excitement as he hops up to pluck a ripe looking fruit from a low hanging branch. "Things are lookin' up."