Group Intro

[oi_theoi]

Who: Newbies
When: Day 42, Soooooooooooo damn early
Where: Shrine area
What: Arrivals!

[nyannyannyannyan]

[Top-Level Comments | Irisviel von Einzbern | Vincent Valentine | Arthur and Ariadne | Felicia Vargas (North Italy)]

Comments

[pizzaitaliana]

I had decades to get used to the thou... Wait! Alive? What do you mean I'm alive again?

[pencilpremonition]

A few decades? You've been waiting for it that long?

Uhh. Well. The gods here brought you to life in exchange for your help here.

[pizzaitaliana]

[Felicia shrugs easily, though there is a tension in her posture which might give away that she isn't quite that blasé.]

I've been waiting that long. But I thought I would die and go to heaven! What do you mean, the gods brought me here? [For the first time, she turns her full attention to Becca.] Where is here anyway?

[pencilpremonition]

This is Thusia. It's in an alternate dimension, and the gods here rescued you when you died. Instead of being dead, you get to live again. Live here.

[pizzaitaliana]

I get to live again. [Her voice is dead-pan. Is this an elaborate prank of Grandma's?] Like... a second chance at life? [She wrinkles her nose.] Why?

[pencilpremonition]

Well...mostly cause we need your help. Civilisation crumbled here, so we've got to start over from scratch, and fight back the overgrowth while we're at it.

[pizzaitaliana]

Oh.

[She scratches her nose, then she flashes Becca a sheepish grin.]

It's a bit late to tell your gods I'm not so good at this whole fighting thing, isn't it?

[pencilpremonition]

[handwavehandwave]

They don't care. We need all kinds of help. Cooking, cleaning, weaving, pottery, painting...the whole nine yards.

[pizzaitaliana]

Cooking! I can take care of the cooking!

[She grins.]

I could take care of the cleaning, too, but cleaning is boring and I'm better at cleaning stables than houses. Miss Austria used to say I'm a menace with a stick and should be left where I can't cause damage. I wonder why... it's not like I knocked down these vases and busts with the broomstick on purposes and I swear the time I knocked her out with the pitchfork was an accident, she shouldn't have sneaked up on me!

[pencilpremonition]

I do most of the cooking. But you can help. And if you're good at hard cleaning, you'll be more use upstairs than in the kitchen.

[pizzaitaliana]

I haven't done any hard cleaning since I left Miss Austria's household, but I'm strong. I shouldn't have any problems getting used to it again. I could help with weaving or sewing, too! Weaving's fun! [And she usually gets herself tangled up in the yarn, but that happens to everyone, doesn't it?]

[pencilpremonition]

There's a bunch of people around here that don't like going to the gods for clothes. If you could make clothes for them, I bet they'd be thrilled.

[pizzaitaliana]

[Well, this sounds more like it. Felicia hums softly.]

Why wouldn't they want to go to your gods?

[pencilpremonition]

They had some bad experiences with gods where they came from, so now they're shy of the whole 'gods' thing.

[pizzaitaliana]

[Felicia snorts.] Make no mistake, the whole "gods" thing freaks me out, too. Where I'm from, gods aren't chatty... unless your name is Hungary, but personally, I think he was just drunk when he had that divine vision.

[pencilpremonition]

Other way around. Gods were real, and their gods fucked them over, so now they're jumpy about any gods.

[pizzaitaliana]

[Felicia shakes her head, giggling to herself.] Gods talking to people and bringing them back from the dead! Ve~ this sounds like one of Grandma's stories!

[pencilpremonition]

I know it's far-fetched, but I promise you it's true.

[pizzaitaliana]

I'm not saying that it isn't true. It'll just take a while to get used to it... It's like mythology coming alive around you!

[pencilpremonition]

Yeah~! It's pretty great here.

[pizzaitaliana]

[Felicia grimaces.] Yeah. Great. [She remembers the scary stories best.]

[pencilpremonition]

...Hey, don't be like that. It's a great place.

[pizzaitaliana]

[Felicia flashes her a grin.] Italy's a great place. Keeping up with Italy won't be easy!

[pencilpremonition]

We could make this place as awesome as Italy. Thusia's our home now, we're gonna make it a great country.

[pizzaitaliana]

A great country... [Felicia couldn't help smiling wistfully.] I think I would like to be part of something like that again. I think I would really, really like that.