You're From The Isle If Anybody Asks

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First Awareness

Those used to this by now probably knew what it meant when they felt their magic return for a moment. For the rest, suddenly their powers were back. Just for a few minutes, but a lot could be done in a few minutes. If the person even noticed their powers were back, that is.

Of course those on the shore might have seen the hazy indistinct shape through the barrier coming closer, might have seen the moment the hole in the barrier opened. Might have seen King Ben leading people down a gangplank through the barrier with crates of supplies....

Unions, Re And Otherwise

Once the supplies were unloaded, the barrier was sealed up again. King Ben seemed to be in charge during the unloading, Once the barrier was closed again, by the green magic streaming from the Queen's finger, it was Mal who seemed to be in charge.

"Alright, listen up. We have 2 hours and the clock is ticking. I'm not FG but we're keeping to a deadline anyway. If you want to come to Auradon or know someone you want us to bring back, you have 2 hours to convince us. You and everyone else, sharing the same 2 hours. Along with anyone who has a supply request for our next visit, or updates. Those of you bringing supplies to the school, time to get cracking. Two hours passes faster than midnight at the ball."

Those Who Left

(Please TL Here for boat and Auradon Shenanigans. TY)

Those What Remain

Once those going back to Auradon had left and the barrier was back in place, it was for those who remained on the Isle to sort the supplies and figure out how to get done everything that needed to be done with the people that remained.

Comments

[papillion_de_resistance]

Gabriel frowned thoughtfully as he listened to Cassidy and Grey's explanation. "I understand," he said. "At least as much as possible from a brief explanation. And while I'm willing to respect your traditions as much as is reasonably possible, that does not extend to being willing to allow either of you to harm yourselves, whatever the reason. The same is true for anyone else here."

"Also, if I might be blunt, you're making a rather large assumption by deciding that the people here would even want you to help them in such a way. They may well have other plans to fertilize the soil that you don't know about, and could find the implication that they need your help to do so insulting, however well-intentioned the offer might be. It might be best to consult those who actually live here and find out their views on the matter, rather than simply assuming that you know what's best for them and their land."

[mist_the_point]

Foulques stepped up beside Sun to rest a supportive hand on his... well his upper back, giving him an approving nod and a slight smile. It must have been very difficult for him to say all that, especially to a relative stranger. "When he confronted the intruder, they attacked him, likely to keep him from raising the alarum," he said, elaborating a bit on Sun's explanation. "And whatever they did resulted in his current state. Were he human, I'd say a blow to the head might be the culprit, but I'm not certain what could cause such a thing in a mammet. That the intruder was able to, however, indicates that they were no common thief."

"Given what we saw in the visions and what we've learned in other ways, it seems that the half of him that is Moon has been rendered unstable. Dangerous not necessarily because he intends harm, but because he can't distinguish friend from foe and interprets mundane presences as threats. He also seems to be unaware of his own strength and unable to focus on anything beyond his primary tasks of looking after children and cleaning."

"Several of the visions were seen through his eyes. The information scrolling by may as well have been ancient Allagan to me, but nearly every other line it seemed began with 'error'. Thanks to Sun's excellent short term memory, he was able to note down what we saw, in hopes it may be of use in a situation just such as this. Once you've settled in, I'll see that you get those notes."

[dualityinjest]

The sudden meeting had Sun pulling up short there in the hall... so as much of a shock as the sudden seven-foot-tall glowing toy-looking bot's appearance might've been, at least it wasn't an actual collision. And if he recognized Zuko's stance for what it was, he didn't let on, simply dropped a little lower in his own, so that he wasn't towering over him any more. His wasn't a fighting stance; it was closer to horse-stance, with neither foot forward to guard anything.

"Hi there, new friend!" Perhaps unfortunately for Zuko, he was matching his volume, raising his hands a little in a double wave hello. "What's your name? I'm Sun! Or Sun, or Sun, or Sunny, or Sunshine, Sunrise, or even Sun!" It surely sounded like he'd repeated one of those words four times... but somehow they were different. Blame the translation-magic.

Re: Cassidy and Grey | OTA | CW: possible torture/gaslighting mentions

[a_little_fun_instead]

Jack's eyebrow's shot up. At the request, and then further at the chaos that followed. His eyes flicked between the two of them. "I don't have a knife, sorry. I... don't know that you should use one for whatever you're thinking anyway."

[awkward_turtleduck]

Zuko flinched back, temporarily stunned by just, the everything of the situation. How in the four nations he'd ever even ended up in this position was beyond him. He stayed cautiously tense, but despite the size and strange appearance of the stranger, it was hard to find malice in their greeting.

He raised a hand tentatively, forgetting his knuckles were currently bleeding down his fingers. "Um, name's Zuko. Nice to meet you?"

[mist_the_point]

Foulques wasn't surprised that Chell approached him as the visit drew to a close, but he was surprised at what he requested, quirking an eyebrow. "You mean to... peer into my mind?", he said. "Are you certain? Tis often not a pleasant place to be. There are times that I wish that even I could be elsewhere, though that's obviously not possible."

[princess_weia]

"You mean people who offer to look out for someone littler than them the moment they meet them?", Leia said. "Cause that's pretty much the first thing you did, and it was really nice."

[elvendryad]

That actually got a little laugh from Chell, and he put a hand gently on the lancer's shoulder, on the armor there. "We already established that you are no monster... and you have but to focus on whatever it is you would like me to know, for me to hear." He glanced back to the group that was readying to leave briefly, and then looked back to Foulques. "Surely you have an idea of what you'd have me know how to make better...?"

[dualityinjest]

"Nice to meet you too, Zuko! I-- oh! OH!" He brought his hands up over his grinning faceplate, loosely covering his mouth and sideways nose for a second as the rays around his head retreated mostly back into the space between the round layers. "Oh, no! We should get that cleaned up! Come on...."

He reached to put one big hand gently around Zuko's side, barely touching his back through his shirt, and gestured with his other back down the hall the way Zuko'd come. They should go that way, apparently...? The big shiny gold toy-looking jester certainly seemed to eager to help....

[ubuntu_programmer]

"Honestly, computers are a lot more sensitive than most people give them credit for. An impact could actually have this effect, though it isn't the most probable cause. A rift into a secondary personality sounds like the culprit more likely was a hacker. Now generally hacking is Jenn's wheelhouse, but luckily repairing the damage is in mine. Those notes would be helpful. And it sounds like I should be working on this before working on the communications array. So the sooner we can get started, the better." That was said to both of them, but then Ian turned to Sun specifically. "I am sorry that my reaction hurt you. Having the context I now know why it did. I promise I'll do my best. I can't promise that I won't get startled if you keep looming like that when I don't expect it however. Though the past several months I've been getting a lot of practice trying to work while people loom over my shoulders demanding status updates. So who knows, might feel like home," said dryly.

[thinking_about_it]

Cassidy looked taken back by Gabriel's point. "I... was led to believe that there is no Queen in charge of the Isles save the Territory Queen Mal... of course I would not so offend my sisters if I knew one was here as to imply she could not give the same gift that I could. If you could tell me who the Queen is for this Isle, I will of corse speak with her and her Court about the matter at once."

Re: Cassidy and Grey | OTA | CW: possible torture/gaslighting mentions

[thinking_about_it]

"I'm thinking of helping this land so that the people here can grow the food they need to survive," she said flatly, chin raised slightly despite the fact that she was still trembling.

[elianne]

She shook her head. "One nice thing aint enough, you'll see. Besides, that was easy enough. You don't look like you'd eat too much."

[dualityinjest]

"I'll try not to," Sun said, tone softer. He was still fidgeting a little, but his rays were slowly coming back out. "And... seriously... if there's any way I can help... please let me know? I'm just... going to be cleaning otherwise, mostly. Oh! I could show you around later, maybe?" He was starting to look over the boxes of things that'd been brought in, though he didn't make any move to touch any of it yet, merely tilting his head as he leaned it a little, to get a better view of where they were all set. "...Should I start setting up something here...?"

Post thread with Ian and Sun

[mist_the_point]

Having left Ian and Sun to begin setting up the former's equipment, Foulques returned to the shore, and- after a few brief enquiries- approached Cassidy and Grey. Though his attention was more focused on Cassidy. "I would say 'well met', but clearly it isn't especially well for either of you," he said, but still gave them a polite nod. "I am Foulques of the Mist, though my given name suffices for most purposes. You are Cassidy and Grey, correct?"

Re: Post thread with Ian and Sun

[thinking_about_it]

Cassidy nodded. "We'll be okay. We're here to help, even though it doesn't look it at the moment," she added with some self depreciating... humor???? An attempt was made, anyway.

[mist_the_point]

The attempt was taken as intended, Foulques giving a bit of an amused smirk before continuing. "I'm told that you have knowledge of plants," he said. "There is a somewhat- if you'll excuse the pun- thorny problem that I'd like to consult you about, if you're willing."

[thinking_about_it]

"Of course." She nodded. Grey managed to get to his feet and held out his hands to Cassidy, helping her up through sheer stubbornness. Once she was up he slipped an arm around her waist, and she reciprocated. They kind of leaned on each other a bit.

"What can we help with?" Cassidy asked.

[mist_the_point]

Foulques made a thoughtful sound. He still wasn't especially comfortable with the idea of someone else looking into his mind, regardless of the reason, but any objections he could think of sounded either childish or cowardly. "Very well," he said after a moment. "Though fair warning, I've never done such a thing before. It may not be so smooth a process as you hope."

[mist_the_point]

There was really no need for either of them to stand, but if they wished to and were able, he wouldn't object. "Some weeks ago, a variety of plants suddenly appeared her overnight," he said. "Some of them appeared edible, but all of them proved noxious or poisonous in some way, so most learned to avoid them rather quickly. For good or ill, all of them vanished as suddenly as they appeared after a seven night... all save two."

"A pair of flowers remain in the courtyard, growing near one of the so-called 'doomstones'. I can't identify the species, but every bit of them seems poisonous in some way, and thus far they've resisted all attempts at removal. Up until now, this simplest solution has been to simply leave them be, as they do no harm unless touched, but as soon as we can be assured of not having an overnight frost, we'll need to use that courtyard as a vegetable garden, and I'm not especially comfortable with having our food share space with something so toxic."

"I was hoping to seek your advice on how best to deal with the matter, as well as your assistance with identifying the plants and hopefully removing them, if possible."

[mist_the_point]

Foulques nodded, but frowned. "That was hardly the only injury he suffered," he said to Ian. "But the rest I'm less certain of it being relevant to Moon's situation, so that can be gone over later." Like when Sun wasn't around to downplay it. "We still need to discuss what you know of Chara as well, so both can likely be done at the same time."

"For now, though, I shall leave you both to it, if you have no objections. There are other matters I need to attend to before this visit ends."

[papillion_de_resistance]

He shook his head. "That's not quite what I meant," he said. "I don't think this Isle has any Queens other than Mal- at least not currently. There is a woman who claims the title of 'Lady', but according to Queen Mal and King Ben, she's not someone you'd want to associate with, to say the least, and I'm inclined to trust their judgement."

"I more meant to simply consult with the people who live here, or a representative of them, before you do anything rash. They may well have ways to fertilize the soil that don't require blood or magic at all. They may be unwilling to accept mor help than is absolutely necessary. At present, we don't know. And whether they have your inherent abilities or not, regardless of their title or their gender, their wishes should be respected. "

[ubuntu_programmer]

Ian nodded to both of them, responding to Foulques first because that was easier. "Alright, please let the King and Queen know that I may need more time here than originally estimated." Then they looked to Sun, running a hand through their hair.

How would Ben handle this? Never mind, a hug might lead to blindness and way too many openings for Jenn to make jokes at their expense about flying too close to the Sun. Fine. How would Magic handle this...? Ah.

"Actually, if you have been doing cleaning around here, would you be the one to ask to help me find supplies that might be here, but might have been overlooked?"

[thinking_about_it]

At first as he talked about the various toxic plants, they were listening intently. Cassidy was even thinking that she should ask if they harvested any seeds that she could take home for Jaenelle and Shira to use in their poisons. But as he started to explain about poisonous seeming flowers that they couldn't get rid of the rock of foreboding sank in both of their stomachs and they exchanged a look. Then as one they looked back to Foulques, trying not to how their alarm. That they couldn't communicate mentally at the moment wasn't helping matters.

"how us the flowers, please," Cassidy said, her voice almost as pale and weak as her appearance.

[dualityinjest]

"Oh! Yeah, probably!" That seemed to perk him up a little -- something he could do! A task to keep busy with! And those rays were ever so slowly sliding back out again around his face.... "I've been sorting everything I've been cleaning up, in one of the other rooms here... we could go look through it, and see what you might be interested in?"