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[cairhien]

WHO: moiraine damodred + others
WHEN: post-beacon
WHERE: taravast
WHAT: figuring life out after her arrival
WARNINGS: tbd?

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[rumorate]

[Seeing people come through the beacon is a new experience for most. Most of the time when new people arrive, they just appear out of nowhere with no memory of how they arrived. Allison herself woke up in a mountain cavern full of harpies.

Seeing someone just come through the beacon is something else. After checking on those who were returning, she makes her way over to one of the new faces, crouching down to meet her eyes.]

Are you okay? You're not injured are you?

[cairhien]

( her head lifts up, though it's her only movement, the rest of her impossibly still where she sits, looking up at the woman )

No.

( she sighs slightly, trying to shift her thoughts, to bring herself back into this moment )

Surprised, really.

[rumorate]

Something we've all known well at one point or another.

[Arriving in this place tends to come with a lot of surprise, and not enough answers.]

I'm Allison. Is there anything I can answer for you?

[cairhien]

Moiraine.

( she offers the woman a smile though it's in gesture more than anything, a smile without real heart behind it. not when she feels cut off, not in a place unknown to her )

I have questions if you're willing to answer them.

[rumorate]

Of course.

[It's what she can do, in the face of everything else.]

I can't promise I'll know the answers, but I can try.

[cairhien]

How did you come here? To Taravast?

( had there been another beacon or had she travelled from somewhere. was this her world? she hadn't yet spoken to any other than the woman that had greeted her to answer any questions )

[rumorate]

Well, I woke up in a cavern, and then met up with everyone else as they were traveling to Taravast in a caravan.

[So not as dramatic as Moiraine's arrival, but also featuring a lot less answers.]