( closed to the kidnapped ) The Princess Peach Collective

[initiates]

Date & Time: August 31st - September 18th
Location: United Earth Holding Compound
Characters: Any and all characters kidnapped during the interim.
Summary: So you were walking around, minding your own business... and then you were in the UE. Welcome, friends! Please enjoy your stay. Try the coffee! It's fantastic! Better avoid the bread pudding, though... (Official Kidnappee Handbook is here!)
Warnings: Kidnapping/Normal gambit of medical tests/shots/reflex tests/bloodwork/etc. Please notify the mods if anything gets into explicit or upsetting territory.

Notes: Player created United Earth NPCs welcome to guest star. If you have questions regarding these, please ask the moderators. Remember, this is not a torture chamber. This is a scientific facility with military aptitude, and seeks to contain, not injure, its projects. (You are a project!)

Please start your threads with a date or timeframe in the subject line to indicate who may tag in, depending on their arrival!
Welcome to the United Earth Holding Compound. There may be an official name, but the workers never say: they all have their own names for it, and "home" is never one of them. Still, as you're left to wander the halls connecting your individual containment areas to the cafeteria of spartan design, and many automated food producers (along with an endless supply of green jello and fruit), you may begin to wonder what exactly this place is. Why would the United Earth have a sense of design?

(Because of scientists, someone might whisper, though you'll never figure out who.)

Mystery unanswered, it'll be apparent they do. Even the lounge area you have access to looks out upon an expanse of green -- one that you are allowed into, if the surrounding U of military buildings, with much less architectural flair, will steadily drive you back out if you're seen near them.

Make no mistake: your accommodations are minimal at best, laughably slapped together at the last minute at worst. Your showering and bathroom facilities are uni-sex, so the more modest amongst you may wish to figure out a schedule for guys and gals. Towels, sheets, and plenty of nice hospital gowns will be on offer; characters so interested may attempt to find the laundry facilities.

All the labs are state of the art, and the computers and such used by the United Earth far beyond what the Initiative has ever provided. The biggest downside for the Transports being held is the lack of ready entertainment. A few board games have been left in the common area, and a few decks of cards, but that's all.

Not even an e-book to read.

Have fun, Kidnapped Transports, and try not to play "spot all the security measures and all the air ducts" too too often, will you?

Comments

[limitstorm]

I talked to her... [ he exhaled and shook his head. ] it doesn't look like she'll stop, either. I don't know what to tell her or you. At least it doesn't look like you're following her example.

[ but, a 'party'? ]

What party?

[revelation]

[ how many times has she heard that one? it causes her a moment of pause. ] Ye-yeah, she's just mad because she wants to help but I just wish I could help her.

And, well... there was a party on the fifteenth. It was sort of like the one we had at the palace back in the winter or... it should have been until that giant monster- creature showed up. Whatever it was, as soon as it showed up it was like my soul gem just... stopped working, I guess it that made it easy for us to be taken.

[limitstorm]

[ he'd... he hadn't heard of that. a heavy lump starts in his throat, and he shakes his head as he tries to swallow it down, tries to feel a little less sick. ]

I'm--I'm sorry.

[revelation]

You don't have to apologize, Riku. It's sort of scary though, but I didn't really have time to think about it. At least not until I woke up here then- [ but it leaves a question in the back of her mind. she isn't sure if Kyouko, or even Sayaka might have said anything but- ] You know, I never really told you about our soul gems... did I?

[limitstorm]

[ riku pauses, and slowly tilts his head. ]

Well... I thought the name would be kind of self-explanatory, right? A jewel that's linked to your soul?

[revelation]

[ she laughs, but admittedly- it's not all there. ] You would think that, wouldn't you?

[ but how many timelines went by when they knew nothing until it was to late? ] It's not so much linked to my soul, rather... it is my soul. Our souls are separated from out bodies when we become magical girls and turned into these gems, that way; it's easier for us to fight.

[limitstorm]

[ moments pass by, and riku doesn't seem to have heard her before his lips just part and he shakily breathes; ]

So it's... your souls stopped working? --you couldn't feel your souls?

[revelation]

I couldn't feel anything. [ ah, so here is the worst part. the part she is always afraid of having to explain. ]

When we went on that mission and we all somehow swapped bodies, do you remember how I said to keep Kyouko's soul gem close? If we're separated from it or it's broken; we die. When that creature appeared, it was like... we were just cut off from them and without a soul to control our bodies, our bodies just died.

[limitstorm]

[ ... this is hard to swallow. not the seperated-from-their-bodies part, no--he can understand that. nobodies sort of have that problem, and riku understands that nobodies are separated from their hearts and yet still are able to function. madoka and the others are no different than they always have been. but this news...

nobodies didn't die because they were separated. in fact, they were nobodies because they were separated from their hearts. ]

I... [ his throat closes up. ] You... have it on you, right? They didn't take it away? No--that's stupid, [ he raises his hand to his face, rubbing his forehead. ] If you didn't have it on you, you'd be--

Can I see it? So--so I know what it looks like, in case...

[revelation]

[ her head drops a little, shoulders bunch and she feels a heaviness in her chest. she's always wanted to explain, always but never really found a reason to say anything. besides, maybe there was this part of her that was worried...

worried that the person she came to love like a brother might think differently of her. but, she quietly reminds herself, this wasn't the worst of it, was it?

shakily, Madoka raises her left hand and holds it out to show the ring on her left middle finger. there are strange runes present on one side, but she flips her hand and lets the small pink stone be seen. ]

I can't... I can't change it like I usually can. My magic doesn't work here but- [ she's just grateful that was all. ] It usually looks like this but I can make it bigger too and when I'm transformed, it's a tear-dropped shaped gem on my chest.

[limitstorm]

[ he watches her tiny hand (god, she's so small, and thinking about her soul being somehow taken out of her and put into a gem feels horrifying and he can't believe he didn't wonder about this before, what kind of "big brother" is he?) and focuses on the stone, kneeling to get a better look at it. he closes his eyes after a moment and kisses the palm of her hand, curling her fingers back.

he's. a little overwhelmed, give him a minute. not because he thinks badly of her--but trying to think of madoka, who he's always thought of a bright light (she is a bright light, he savagely reminds himself, because usually he can see her brilliance even when he closes his eyes) having to keep a gem close to her because she could die without him somehow makes him so much more worried than he usually would be. when he raises his eyes to her and lets his hands drop, he smiles a little. ]

Uh--

If... you're too weak to do anything, walk or anything because of it--tell me, alright? I can piggyback you if you want. I'm not super strong anymore, but...

[revelation]

[ she in turn watches his movements, curious and opening her mouth to speak when he kisses the palm of her hand. really, Madoka can only stare as embarrassment flushes her cheeks a color similar to the ribbons she wore back home. she stutters out a sound trying to find her words but finally ducks her head further, lets her loose hair fall forward and cover her face. ]

Riku... [ and she really cannot help some of the tears that spill over, but Madoka tries to show they are not out of sadness by smiling and giggling softly. ] Thank you. I think... I'm okay though. Even though I can't use my magic, everything seems to be just fine and I feel pretty good.

[limitstorm]

[ oh no. she's crying--even if she does giggle, he still holds worry. he tries to smile. ]

Okay. [ he near-whispers. ] If you say so... you know I trust your judgement.

[revelation]

[ she laughs, nodding and rubbing at her eyes. smiling more to try and prove that she was definitely okay, maybe not so much in the grand scheme of things considering their confinement... but in this moment- she never felt better. ]

I promise, I feel a lot better now actually. Like... this really big weight is off my chest finally.

[limitstorm]

[ ... yeah, no, come here.

riku is not fond of hugs. he likely almost never outright hugs madoka, though he does give her a peck on the forehead if he's feeling particularly affectionate. but he can't help but do so here, when she's overwhelmed and feeling better and shared what seems to be such a personal secret. ]

Were you scared I'd react badly?

[revelation]

[ and she is surprised, Madoka is usually the one giving hugs but every once and awhile- it was certainly nice to get one too. ]

No, I don't think I ever thought you would react badly. I guess, it was because I had no idea how you would react at all. [ she laughs again, squeezing her arms around her tighter for a moment.</small. ] It's just not something I ever really told anyone before. It's not every day you have to tell someone something like this, after all but... I really wanted you to know.

[limitstorm]

[ he gives her a little squeeze back before letting her go, leaning back onto his heels to look at madoka. ]

I'm glad you told me. At least... now I really know what's going on. [ hesitation; ] So you, Kyouko... is it Sayaka, too? You're all like that?

[revelation]

Yeah, me too. [ even if she couldn't tell him everything, but hopefully that part would never need to come up. ] Mm, the two of them and five others. I don't really know three of them all that well but Homura-chan lives with us at the bakery and my... my mentor, Mami-san, who recently arrived too.

[limitstorm]

[ wow, five... ]

I've met Mami before, but... I don't think I know 'Homura'.

[revelation]

I'll have to introduce you to her sometime. Homura-chan is one of my best friends, she protected me a lot back home... she was the reason I could even make my wish and become a magical girl.

[limitstorm]

She must be a pretty amazing friend, in that case.

[revelation]

It's hard to put into words just how incredible she is.

Even when things got so bad that I had a hard time seeing a bright future, I always had her by my side to show me otherwise.

[limitstorm]

Sounds like someone I know.

If I meet her, I'll have to give her my thanks.

[revelation]

When we get back home, I'll definitely introduce you to her! I think you'll both really get along.

[limitstorm]

[ he blinks once. ]

You think so? [ a smile starts creeping across his face. ] Now I'm worried.