The Show Must Go On - Arrival

[lovebites_sodoi]

Open/locked?: Open
Who: Morgana McCawber & You?
What: The self-called Queen of Rock has arrived, and she's got a few things to say... or sing.
Warnings: N/A, will update if needed.

Sweet dreams are made of these, who was she to disagree? Here Morgana had been hoping to wake up in her coffin after that odd sequence of shared memories, embarrassing falls, annoying heroes, and an epic jam session. Yet here she was, among trash and gloom, and she didn't take to a genius to figure out where she was. Thanks to Mal's descriptions, Morgana was already ahead of most people who arrived here... but that didn't make her any happier.

But, hey, at least she wasn't chained up anymore - nor was she alone. She stuck a hand in her hair, jostling out her familiars - two bats and a spider. "Eek, Squeak, recon mode. See what you can find, but don't go too far." The bats chittered in agreement before fluttering off. "Archie, you stay with me, and keep all eight eyes open." After a loving pat to his head, Archie crawled onto her shoulder, and the two walked on to discover what new adventure they'd been forced into.

Another blessing was that she'd still kept her guitar. She swung it over to her front, and began to strum a few bars... music was her outlet for anything and everything, so she might as well use it to start venting.

No spotlight? No grand entrance? Not even a working phone? This was NOT how you treated a rock star! (And the fact that she wasn't famous enough to be considered one was irrelevant, dang it.)

"Empty spaces, what are we living for?
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score, on and on
Does anybody know what we are looking for?
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line
Does anybody want to take it anymore?"

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[lovebites_sodoi]

Morgana began to advance toward the hooded figure, anger still hot. Nobody, NOBODY was allowed to hurt her precious little ones! She raised her guitar, ready to smash Xion's head in if the girl didn't let her familiar go.

"I SAID. LET. MY. BABY. GO."

[nobodys_puppet]

She turned to flee, letting go of the familiar. Not by choice, just by not thinking about anything other than escaping. She ran right for the thorn wall. She spun as she reached it, putting her back to it as she scrambled for something - anything - to use as a weapon.

[lovebites_sodoi]

But once the bat was released, the fight was over. It flitted back to its mistress, who let her guitar droop so she could hold it tenderly. "Oh, baby! Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?"

The bat squeaked out a few chirps, and Morgana sighed in relief, affectionately holding the bat to her cheek. "Thank goodness... you and the others stay close to me for now, all right?" With that, she tucked the bat into her hair, of all places.

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion watched her as her questing fingers scrambled for anything that could be a weapon. The small figure was trembling as she stopped searching and tried to slide along side the thorn wall. But of course her jacket, not currently magical, snagged; trapping her.

[lovebites_sodoi]

She encouraged her other little friends to nest in her hair as well, in order to prevent them from being captured. She then shot a glare at Xion, intending to snap at her and then storm off, but...

... Well. Seeing the cloaked one struggle fruitlessly among the thorns was a tad pathetic. Morgana was still angry, but it began to wane.

"... Don't tell me you're actually stuck in there."

[nobodys_puppet]

She stopped tugging to cower back some, which pushed her into the thorns more. Even with the hood hiding her face it was hard to miss that she was terrified.

[lovebites_sodoi]

Morgana said nothing, watching for a moment more. Then with a growl and a sigh, she advanced on Xion once more. Her guitar was slung to her back, and instead she raised her hand high, her claw-like nails almost taking on a demonic shine. Fingers locked, she rapidly swung down in rapid succession...

... To free Xion, the thorns now cut apart. She pulled her hand back, blowing on her nails as if she'd just fired off a bullet from a gun.

"Figures this place didn't let me bring along my nail file."

[nobodys_puppet]

She cowered once she was free, unsure where else she could run to.

[lovebites_sodoi]

Morgana rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to hurt you, all right? Unlike you, I don't pick on things smaller than me."

(Not strictly true, but-)

But if the matter was dead and done with, she turned on her heel, ready to go and resume exploring.

[nobodys_puppet]

"I wa.... I th...." she shook, and then shook herself. "Wh...what are you...?" Plural you, but that wasn't always something one could make clear.

[lovebites_sodoi]

So, this thing did have a voice. Morgana paused in her walk, glancing backward.

"My name's Morgana." Simpler to answer than "what was she" - after all, she was related to almost every kind of monster under the sun, so that wasn't an easy label to identify. "These are my familiars. They just observe. They don't hurt anyone unless I tell them to."

[nobodys_puppet]

She shrunk in. "You're... a Somebody..." she whispered.

[lovebites_sodoi]

What an odd way to put it! Eyebrow definitely raised. "I'd like to think so, yes?" She hadn't reached celebrity status yet, but surely that was going to be any day now!

[nobodys_puppet]

"I... shouldn't have attacked a Somebody..." she whispered, shuddering.

[lovebites_sodoi]

Was that the closest thing she was going to get to an apology? "Look, long as you don't do it again, I won't hold it against you. I've got better things to do than to hold a grudge."

[nobodys_puppet]

"You... you won't destroy me...?" she whispered, wanting to be sure. She was still clearly terrified.

[lovebites_sodoi]

"I destroy egos, not people." Yeesh. She was a villain, sure, but she had limits! How dare this thing try to make her feel guilty? "So unclench, I'm not your enemy anymore."

[nobodys_puppet]

"But... I'm not a person..." she whispered. While wondering what an ego was.

[lovebites_sodoi]

"Fine, then, whatever you are, I'm not going to attack you." Morgana waved a dismissive hand. "I get that right now my word's not good enough, but right now it's all I can give you."

[nobodys_puppet]

She shook her head a bit. Then tried to just... walk away... to see if she'd be allowed to.

It didn't occour to her to apologize, or say thank you, or even goodbye. She wasn't good at talking to people. Mostly because they terrified her so she didn't say anything more than she absolutely had to.

[lovebites_sodoi]

Morgana clicked her tongue, and walked her own separate path. What a weird... whatever it was. Well, so long as it never hurt her babies again, they could just steer clear of one another.

Morgana held her guitar and began to play a few notes, letting the music and the wind guide her way.

Thanks for the thread!

[nobodys_puppet]

She managed to find a shadow around the corner of the building and moved from there to a place to hide...