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Elissa awoke in a very strange place. Well... I'm in the damned jungle. Why and how? I live in the suburbs! Elissa tried to pull herself from the ground but ended up falling back down. Panicked, Elissa tried again with more force and fell forward. What the hell is going on!

The girl crawled to a tree and supported herself that way. Once she steadied herself for a moment, she began awkwardly walking in a direction. She had no idea where she was going or what was going on, but her adrenaline filled body and panicked brain compelled her to move. All external thoughts were replaced by a dull feeling in her head. Her body, already moving more quickly then a normal jog was ready to bolt at any sign of danger.

Of all the worst things, birds were at the highest rank for bad. Every odd sound, ones that birds often made in this environment, sent Elissa bolting off into the distance. Eventually, she got used to the birds, but from time to time one would still startle her. At this point, her body was tired. Adrenaline had stopped. She was capable of thought again, though still terribly afraid. She leaned herself against a tree, back to it. She stood there, trying to stay alert. Minutes later, it was more than her body and mind could handle. She slid into a sitting position, hurting her back with the tree bark, and passed out. The exhaustion had finally caught up with her.
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(Sending in Naito, Kira, and Azumi for this one (latter two to come in next post). Takes place shortly after the thread also in "Deep Jungle," titled "Silver Linings," as well as after the "Arkham Chronicles Book 3: Ashes of Arkham" in "Art and Writing." Sorry for the delay!)

The search for Cain Fleuves had been... inconclusive, to say the very least.

Some looking around, gathering various bits and pieces of intel on his whereabouts, only to run into a snag. Came with him being able to turn invisible, of course. And so he had gone back to where he had last seen him.

That wasn't the worst of Naito Zivaku's problems, either. His project with Kara Newton had gone missing, giving him the idea to never work with self-replicating nanotech again in that capacity. At least he had kept the replication code on limited degrees, so it couldn't become some kind of plague. Didn't help, but at least he could prevent something of truly apocalyptic means.

He had heard the person running, of course. Had seen someone fall from exhaustion, passed out. A newcomer? Putting away the highly technical pad he had been working on, the Moon Tribesman walked forward, toward her, on the branch he had flown up toward for a better electronic signal. He made sure to be careful, quiet...

...until he stepped on a stray twig, which cracked under his weight. "Damn it," he muttered, dropping down toward the ground. He summoned his ethereal wings on the way, slowing his descent until he reached the ground, then dismissing them. Hopefully the new arrival wouldn't be too spooked.
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Kara was grumbling under her breath, getting hit by yet another branch in the face."I was hoping not to come back here. But tracing this signal took me here. I'll find that tech..." The engineer sighed, not having expected her first foray into nanotech to have gone so wrong. That was when she heard the sound of a branch breaking and went to check it out. Soon enough, she found the sight of Naito floating down to the ground and in front of him, a girl collapsed on the ground.

"...who's the girl, Nai?" Kara asked, hoping to get his attention as she removed her helmet and shook her head. "Is she all right? She looks worn out."
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(I do apologize for not having replied sooner.)

Elissa woke up and saw a strange person there. Then another. Yes, YES just add to the situation why don'cha. Make this more confusing than it has to be. After her body forced her to rest, she was in a pretty bad mood, a combination of afraid and freaking pissed. She fell asleep half panicked and woke up in pain. She made a strange sigh and grabbed on to the tree to stand herself up. She wasn't worried about dusting the dirt or filth off of herself, it would take too long.

Her notepad was in tatters, a mess of it's previous form. It was kind of salvageable. A few writable page left. She searched herself for a pen and found one after a moment, then got to writing. After writing a simple message, she turned it over to the people before her, hoping they knew English. "My name is Elissa. I cannot speak. Where are we?"
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(No problem.)

Naito smiled at the sight of his girlfriend, waving to her as she walked toward him. They could discuss their situation later, especially since he knew that she may have a high level of energy from being in such a nature-based world, much like he was under a moon. "Hey, Kara. I don't know who she--"

It was then that he heard the scribbling, and looked over at the note. Reading it quickly, he nodded to show he could understand and not try to show too much pity. For all he knew, her state could just be who she was. "Hello. I'm Naito Zivaku, and this is Kara Newton. I take it you're new here. This is the Deep Jungle. Are you hurt?"

He did not mean her voice, but rather the running around.
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Her face was one of sarcasm and partial annoyance. "Totally not new here as I'm confused and afraid. Never would have guessed that this is the deep jungle. Not ever. And yes, I am, in fact, hurt. My back has been injured and every single one of my muscles are in incredible pain." A lengthy message to have written, one that would seem strange to anyone who couldn't see the blatant annoyance on her face. Elissa was in a pretty terrible mood, as to be expected of someone who was in pain just walking in a strange jungle with scary noises and a now scraped up back.

Another loud sound. Elissa jumped and landed, then felt the pain of the involuntary movement. Ow, damn it why.
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"Well, you sure sound fine." Kara commented, rolling her eyes. She could understand the girl's annoyance at suddenly finding herself in an unknown place. Especially if she had just arrived right now. "Right, time for the expo. I'll be blunt, you're in the game universe of Kingdom Hearts.You were brought here by something called the Convergence from the Realm of Reality where all people from the real world like us live in. Nai's an internal but I don't remember from what game universe he is. Where we're located is called the Realm of Waking."

The engineer stopped for a moment to let it all sink in for Elissa, and also to catch her own breath. "Sorry, not used to explaining things that aren't tech. Anyway, people like us are called Convergers and you can even get powers as a result. After all, from what I've seen, the Convergence affects each person differently. Now to do something about your injuries."

Taking out a portable cup and opening it, she casted her Oxygenate spell, filling it with water purer than the clearest spring and offered it to Elissa. "Drink it, it'll heal ya."
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Naito palmed his face gently at the miscommunication he started with. It wasn't his fault the world was named so vaguely, but he could have probably dropped the "the" in that answer. Still, he sighed at his girlfriend's bluntness. He didn't bother to soften the blow, just letting it sink in. After all, he wasn't his angelic brother. He wasn't here to be overly nice, as Kara likely knew (and to some degree liked about him).

"Nippon and Aselia," he clarified for the engineer as he also knelt down, looking over Elissa. "Aside from the obvious, you alright?"
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Elissa seemed to laugh. It was hard to tell with the usual noise of laughter being replaced with a stranger sound of wheezing, but the motion and breathing were still there. She wrote another quick message. "You're BS'ing me. You have to be." She couldn't wrap her head around that and for someone to be so... blunt about it. How was she just supposed to assume this was true and go with it? Her face was ridden with disbelief.

It's not like I have answers either but that most certainly can't be one. No way. That's bull. Hell, I'd even think I was dreaming if not for the pain at my back feeling like pain.

She did, however, drink the water which did heal her wound right up. That in itself confused Elissa, but it made the story more... believable. Elissa was still having none of it, but she did acknowledge to herself, at least, that she couldn't reason herself out of this no matter how much she debated. She couldn't find anything other than a dream that could possibly make this all seem sensible and she was fairly sure she wasn't dreaming. She shook her head and held out the cup for it's owner to take back.
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Kara took the cup back and placed it away. She didn't bother sugarcoating it, preferring to let the reality speak for itself. Just like it happened to her when she first arrived. "Anyway, you should be physically fine now. If you got any questions, ask them now and I'll at least try to answer. Cause a lot of things have happened since the whole Convergence thing and you'll need the update."

The engineer was surprised there was no comment about her green skin. But then figured Elissa just hadn't noticed yet due to her sudden arrival and taking in the news she had told the girl earlier. Kara simply shrugged, figuring she won't mention it if the girl won't.
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Naito frowned at the reaction to the revelation, but figured it made sense. For all Elissa knew, they were joking.

Nonetheless, he stood by, calmly doing the only thing he could to try to break her into the whole scenario beyond talking about it.

His wings, ethereal as they were, emerged from his back, spreading out. He floated up into the air about half a foot, then landed again, letting them stay out. "We aren't joking."
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Elissa sighed and laid her face in her hands. First, she was in a jungle. Then she passed out. Then she awoke to these people and now one of them has freaking wings. Elissa swiftly returned to writing and replied.

"My body is heavy, I'm in the Amazon rain forest or something, and you have wings. Could this day get ANY STRANGER? Don't answer that. You probably can make it happen. Please, just take me somewhere with less foliage and more calming properties. Like a house. Or a nice town. Or anywhere else, really. Somewhere without loud and jarring noises to make me jump to the canopy and back."

As she finished her writing a loud noise happened. She jumped at the sound, then made a sound that may or may not be annoyed. Her face showed what her voice lacked, emotion, and she was certainly annoyed. She did feel safer, though, in the presence of these people, no matter how insane the situation or even those same people seemed. She turned her notepad for them to see.

Sick sense of irony, jungle. The sooner I leave the better. I hope these two don't have plans here...
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Kara read what the girl wrote and felt the need to comment on it. "Actually, this is an african jungle. Ever watched the Disney movie Tarzan? ...this is it." She shook her head. " Anyway, you wanna get out of here? We need to go to the camp and use the save point there. We use it to go to our ships. Yes, ships as in space ships in Gummi space." The engineer added that last part in assuming Elissa would make a comment about it. "After that, we can take you to Radiant Garden and get you set up with your own ship."

Kara then looked at the two and added. "Sides, I'm meeting someone in the camp. Her name's Azumi."
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Naito nodded to his girlfriend's assessments, looking back to Elissa. "Please don't be... well, don't be too alarmed. We're here to help."

He heard a skittering sound, one of some form of leaves being rustled, and looked in the right direction for it. However, a message popped up on Kara's RIG system, one that appeared before her in hologram, but would be backwards to the others.

Jane's Campsite. Careful of new one.
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Seeing the message, but not reading it, the Moon Tribesman looked between the two of the people present. "I imagine you want to lead the way, Kara?"
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Elissa shrugged. "I'll follow you guys, I guess." She quickly wrote then stretched a bit.

I don't know them, have no reason to believe them, no reason to even think all this is real but... May as well. If it hurts, then it does but it's better than sticking around being lost in a jungle forever.

Elissa nodded finally, mostly to herself.Alright. I'll go with them.

A small smile crept over Elissa's face. Either she had lost it completely or she had found sick amusement with the whole situation.

Yeah. May as well.
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Kara read the message and dismissed the hologram. "Yeah, I do. Follow me." The engineer noticed the smile on Elissa's face and raised an eyebrow for a moment. But she resumed guiding the two to Jane's camp. While leading the way, she spoke to Elissa. "Just so you know, I'm an engineer. If you want, I can make something to help you talk quicker. Without depending on a note book to write. Just an offer," With that she continued guiding the two to the camp.
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Naito followed his girlfriend. "I don't think she'd need a subvocal mic unless she wants one, though. And it might be hard to implant. Could try, though." On the last sentence, he looked back to Elissa.

The group came to a clearing, one with a collection of tents and chests filled with equipment. There was talk from a woman inside one of these tents, but another was walking out.

This one had a baseball cap on that was labeled with the letters "UNSC", her hair tightly braided to the point that it could easily fit under the whole thing and not give any easy room to pull. She was rather muscular, but not to the point of bulging, and her general attire was relatively normal from the perspective of a 21st century human: navy blue T-shirt, brown pants, and a green jacket, with hunter green combat boots matching the jacket. There were bulges on her hips, hidden under the jacket somewhat.

"Hey, Kar," Azumi Ian waved to her, lowering a wristwatch-like device she had been considering. "Said you wanted to talk?"

Naito wasn't sure if he should introduce himself right then, or let Elissa...well, communicate first. He knew that Ian was a very good friend of Kara's, but they had never really met in person before. Not to mention this new mute would want some information.
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"I'm grateful for the offer, but I'll have to think about it. You seem to have the technology? I'm not opposed to it, for sure. I've always been curious about my voice and what it would sound like." Quickly written then handed to the one who claimed to be an engineer.

My voice, huh? I've lived without one for my entire life so... I don't want an unnatural voice though, I want to know what my natural voice sounds like. I hope a machine can do that. If it can't... I don't want it. Even if I don't have any reference for what my voice would sound like... It's a complicated standpoint bit I'll stand by it, damn it.

Elissa walked into the clearing with them, saw a new person then silently waved to them.
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"Sure. Once you get situated and used to the whole Converger thing, look me up." Kara replied as they reached the camp and she saw Azumi. "I did but first, we've got a new arrival. Her' name's Elissa." She introduced the girl then looked back at Azumi. "And talking? Yeah, me and Nai... lost sight of a prototype of sorts. I need your help on finding it. I don't have any leads though."

Kara turned back to look at Elissa. "This is Azumi Ian. She travels around a lot so you can ask her any questions you may have as well."
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Azumi just stared at her friend for a moment. Given Kara's technological expertise, she doubted that the engineer would have been working on something minor if it required her aid. She looked over at the young woman's boyfriend.

"... I'm gonna stay out of this for now," Naito said, knowing this would be a long conversation. "Nice to meet you in person, though."

The ODST just shook her head, deciding not even to sigh. "So what do you need to know? Feel free to write it down." For reasons she was not openly disclosing, she already knew about Elissa's mute nature.

(It's her drone. She can ask about that, too, if she wants. Azumi has it cloaked at present.)
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