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[disheartening]

Tranquility.

[ The greeting comes from a woman who is longing about in a chair, all heels, business wear and red lips. She looks calm or at least, calm enough given the situation. There is a smile on her lips, as if this amuses her on a certain level.

But if her smile is silk her eyes are steel. ]

Quite a predicament, this is. My arrival seemed to be in tune with the message from our -

[ a faux! pensive pause ]

-- Graceful companion.

I will not ask of how one leaves or why are we here, as I have no intention to waste your time or my own. I will make one inquiry.

[ her voice turns strict, as if she is used to be making inquiries. ]

I am in search of a child. His name is Henry Mills, he is ten years old. If there is such a passenger aboard this ship, I would have him sent to me, I am his mother.

[ a pause; and then, another. ]

I would also ask of the portal through which we came here. I know all gain consciousness in what you call the couches. I mean to ask if we have knowledge of the portal through which we are transferred into the couches.

[ another smile, almost pleasant this time. ]

Much obliged.

[ and that would be all; there is a very limited amount of time in which Regina Mills can pretend to be nice. ]

Comments

[disheartening]

[ There is a small moment her face changes into something feral, she is not used to be called anything but Madam Mayor or better yet, Your Majesty. She decides to let it go, no use buying herself enemies just yet.

Everyone knows it's a magic hat, you loser. ]

And what is your suggestion? Ruby slippers?

[thatsaflaregun]

[What if there's a scientific reason for every-HAHAHAHA.

Yeah. I cracked myself up there.]

I can't say I have one, if I'm honest. I just know that's a very specific theory.

[disheartening]

This whole ordeal will be solved through trial and error, I suspect.

[ and it will be solved. She will not accept simply being imprisoned by an unknown captor, this is absurd. ]

Let it be prove false and I shall think of another.

[ and another, and another. As many as it'll take. ]

[thatsaflaregun]

There's apparently about twelve of these so-called "jumps" worth of people who've seen their share of trial and error, so good luck with that.

[The worst part is he's being pretty sincere right now.] Maybe you'll notice something they haven't.

[disheartening]

Maybe. The different realms bring people with different knowledge. The only way to get out of here is by understanding exactly who brought us here and for what. I have never heard of a kidnapping that simply happened for nothing.

[thatsaflaregun]

Well, I imagine it has something to do with that red smiley face everyone's going on about.

[disheartening]

Red smiley face? And who is that supposed to be?

[ Because really? this is beginning to sound like a bad horror movie and Regina Mills knows horror, created it and been a victim of it. But Red Smiley faces were never part of the package. ]

[thatsaflaregun]

That seems to be the big mystery. Aside from "why are we here" and "where are we going," that is.

[disheartening]

Solve one and perhaps the others shall come to light. How long have you been aboard this ship? Who is our....senior of prisoner?

[thatsaflaregun]

A few days, give or take. Ah, I believe the numbers on our arms denote when we arrived, so the earliest prisoners- as you say, miss- would be the ones with a '001.'

[disheartening]

Regina.

Then those are then ones I must seek. The numbers mean anything beside it, that you know

[thatsaflaregun]

Regina.

[He shakes his head.] Not that I've noticed. Still getting a feel for it, myself. But I figure if anyone knows the ins and outs of this place, it'd be them, as you said.