A falling sky (open/Amelie)

[Amelie Bellegarde]

"Agh, do I really look like a kid?" She huffed but decided to step away from the mirror, moving to take a seat where ever one was available, "I sure hope it didn't turn my focus into- Actually wait, that would be interesting... Casting spells through piercings." Her legs cross and she rested her elbow on her knee, planting her chin into the palm of her hand. As she tapped the side of her cheek with her index finger, Amelie hesitated for a moment but answered both of Dimes questions.

"Well, as for the saving part- I don't think my god would've been much aware of the multiverse, he was arrogant and not very well learned. But one of my comrades did ascend to godhood, so easily could have been him I suppose." Her tongue fiddled with one of the rings on her lip, "I hate the idea of owing him one, he's always getting himself into trouble."

Amelie shrugged in response to Dimes second question, "It's not that personal, my father was the dragon. My mother found him injured on the mountainside and brought him back to health. She never specified who was able to deal him such a blow but my assumptions are it was one of many arch mages. Followers of the Empire."

[Dime Price]

“You have a youthful complexion. I apologize if I made offense.” But Dime pondered Amelie’s answer. She didn’t really have much to say about her friend who ascended as a god that might not even be close to the power Dime was assuming. Considering if gods were similar to her as they were to Dime’s dimension.

“So your mother likely carried you… clothes and piercings aside this might be how you looked when you were born. Unless your mother laid an egg… which I guess is painfully possible. I’m also assuming our actual dragons are biologically similar, but not similar to our human-like ones, the cold blooded ones of lore and Qibeast to which they men adapted their symbolism instead. My point is you might have had a time where you were not as a Dragon but as a human baby. That could open up a few possibilities to some of your features as well. It’s highly irregular to tattoo and pierce an infant where I’m from but I’m assuming you didn’t do that yourself based on your objections to them.”

A lot of assumption being thrown about. Dime was doing her best to o answer Amelie’s questions and her own curiosities but it was possibly creating more questions.

[Amelie Bellegarde]

"Ah, no offense here. Thanks for speaking the truth though. You may be right about me being born this way, but all we can really do is theorize. My mother was a rather secretive person, and I never saw my father." Amelie clicked her tongue as she thought, her eyes cast down at the floor, "I guess I'll have to find my answers as I go, there's a lot to learn about this place. I'm sure something will come up." Her lips broke out in a smile, her teeth rather neatly aligned, "And don't worry, tattooing and piercing a newborn is definitely not the norm from where I'm from."

Amelie blinked a few times before looking back up to Dime, "Oh, I'm sorry we've been talking an awful lot about me. What about you? Was there ever a time your world wasn't struck by the afflictions you mentioned?"

[Dime Price]

Amelie was right about her finding her own answers from here on out not a lot could be done from this side but maybe she wasn’t the only one sent here from her world either.

“Hm? Of course, Qi made a rapid change in the world I lived in. The buildings that stand in this very town are a whole of what was left in our world. The land had changed drastically when we tapped into ourselves and it’s power we caused governing bodies to rise and fall like the tides until the big four became superior leaders. They were not dragons but like yours they kept to their own goals. So The Four and in recent years became Five gave individual smaller territories a flag to align under. Some parts of this land was harsh to live in and many flocked to these prosperous flags for a better life. Always fighting and always growing in power and evolving Qi by natural and unnatural means. Qi by the time I discovered mine worked vastly different from its early appearances. Some for the better and some for the more destructive. Physical mutations became more common and the flora and fauna also mutated…. This is a lot and don’t even get me started on the weather abnormalities.”

She sheepishly shrugged and sighed. “Looking at this world, We in our conquest for power probably did more damage to our world and our people than the man who destroyed it. In some aspect he kind of put us out of our misery.”

[Amelie Bellegarde]

Amelie listened intently as she explained the history of the world that Dime came from, crossing her arms as she finished, "Sounds... Rough. I get that though. Our world was brought to its knees by greed and the promise of power, seems like most humans are destined for the same fate." She pondered for a moment, thinking about the similarities between the two, "Well, I wish I could've seen significant change in The Weave personally. Whether or not it was destructive. Secondly, does everyone share these similarities or is it just us? I don't know much about this dimensional travel, but I wish to know more."

The idea that everyone was like minded would've been ideal, but also unlikely. There had to be conflict somewhere, regardless of where someone was from. Her stomach grumbled in response to her thinking, to which her hand responded moving to her gut, "Uhhh, sorry to interrupt. But about that after breakfast meal." She gave a sheepish grin, hoping to nullify the mood.

[Dime Price]

“Yes… this morning we had a hearty stew, it would be a simple thing to warm up.” She went to the kitchen and turned a corner to open a massive metal door which unleashed a gust of frigid air. The walk in freezer was not a big closet sized area but Dime was in there all of two seconds to grab a short and wide pot and walk out to be chilled. Her hair stood on end across her arms and her body shuddered after her heel would shut the door behind her. She placed the pot on the stove and clicked the gas until it ignited. While she grabbed a ladle and would stir as the chunks of meat potato and other sliced vegetables swam in a dark ruby broth she would speak again.

“As far as I know we might be the first with so much in common. The other beings that have come through to this plain have been less than human or even intelligent. More Qi beast in nature. Between the massive dog like beasts and the grim spectators from This terrible void… oh!” She remembered and clutched her chest a wash of pain fell over her eyes. “Actually… there was another parallel that was in ruins I entered, a black fog coated the world in absolute darkness. I knew a friend there… I knew my version of him but he knew me and aided me in progressing my aptitude with the Blood Dragon’s power. He was the only remaining person in that parallel and died when he sent me back. I can’t believe I almost…” she cursed under her breath. “So I guess… yes other parallels have made themselves known. It was a strange instance where the creatures that came here just started abducting innocent people to send back into its own plain.”

[Amelie Bellegarde]

Amelie breathed a sigh of relief as Dime mentioned the stew, "Honestly thought I was going to get something a lot more weird than stew. Not that I'm picky or anything, just the idea of otherworldly food is uh..... Interesting." She followed after Dime, peering into the walk-in as they got some of the meal, "This keeps the food cold? Never seen something like this before." Watching carefully as the taller of the two walked over to the stove, Amelie looked in awe as the fire started almost instantly, "This worlds technology is outstanding. Can't say I've seen anything like these devices."

She nodded, her eyes returning to Dime from the stove top.  She opened her mouth as if to speak but hesitated for a moment, tapping her fingers on the table, "Actually that sounds similar to what we call the Shadowfell a cursed plane where very few survive. If this is indeed the place you mention, then that is quite troubling." She sighed and rubbed her temples, "I'm sorry about your friend though, I wouldn't wish that fate upon anyone."

[Dime Price]

“He is still with me, just like my King, and my territory… or so I’d like to think.” She nodded perking herself up with a roll of her shoulders and a placed grin upon her lips. “You have quite a bit of experience. When we arrived we barely knew what hit us and we are still piecing together what may or may not make sense.”

Dime was surprised about her questions on the technology and would come back to the previous topic after satisfying the girls curiosity. “Where I come from most places are powered solely on Qi after one of the Wars which stumped or changed the laws that classified Electricity. We had a Lightning Dragon but our lights and utilities like this couldn’t be powered like this world. It also changed the laws of combustion or certain materials that were made to do so, the old weaponry could not be fired off.”

“This world, starved of Qi, used this means of energy to power and advance its technology. I guess technically it’s old fashioned to me but Qi crystals were quickly becoming hard to acquire and I dare not relive the past where some cruel mongers used people to power their luxuries and technology. Your world wasn’t this…” she waved a finger to the stove looking for a word. Rudimentary wasn’t good and neither was developed. Both sounded a bit too pompous. “…Advanced?”

Technology like this was absolutely old for Dime. Useful but old… to imagine being even less developed than this was a full thought. She might have grown up a rich daughter and hardly cleaned or cooked anything on her own until recently but she was able to understand the machinery without a problem. She couldn’t do full on mechanics to it’s insides or answer how it worked entirely but on the surface where the buttons and knobs were made obvious and easy to use she had it set to go easily.

[Amelie Bellegarde]

"Ah.... My experience comes with seeing a lot of interesting things in my adventures. Maybe too many things...." Amelie trailed off, getting lost in thought for a moment. She adjusted her clothing rather awkwardly, "But we can get to that later I suppose." She listened intently to the explaination that Dime gave her about Qi, forming a few thoughts in her head about the connections between the weave and previously mentioned Qi. A wrinkle in her brow punctuated her confusion in trying to form any coherence over the situation.

"Well.... No, I don't think it was. We lacked technology but what was in place of it was... Magic? Cooks would summon fire in their hands to light the stoves, hunters would mark their targets to track them even through unimaginable distances..." She trailed off, trying to think of some other examples but failed to come up with anything, "I don't know, it's hard to distinguish from this Qi that you talk about. It seems almost similar to magic, but has maybe more uses?" Amelie was unsure, but shrugged her shoulders to the situation, "Regardless, definitely nothing like this freezer and washing machine that are before me."

[Dime Price]

From this perspective Dime tried to imaging. “Qi can be shaped and conformed in many ways. Sounds like your world either has a system that fits closer to your worlds growth or you had a different take on how to use it universally. It seems different so if it is then… I wonder if someone like I could even use it? Unless your world just found a different way to use it and that’s just as fascinating. As deep as magic or Qi keeps their boundless secrets it’s no wonder that even as long as we had it that we barely understand it.” She shrugged.

“I’m about to get all scholarly on you and maybe we aught to move on to what your plan is now?” She walked over to a shelf and grabbed a deep bowl and a spoon, ladles a serving and another with the stew that was steaming hot. She pulled a little shaker of salt and pepper placing each in front of her new friend.