subnautica | arrival; [action/voice]

[ It happens too fast. The portal opens up around them and Ed's sure they won't make it out alive this time. There are too many sacrifices, too many questions, and when he comes to, he isn't sure where he is. He's been 'helpfully' sorted, but all Ed can see and feel is scrap metal. The container is dark, and when he moves, the scrap makes a lot of noise. ]

What the hell?! Teacher? A-Al?

[ He flails, his own automail arm and leg causing a clatter, the noise echoing.

This isn't Amestris, this isn't where he's supposed to be. The Gate dropped him somewhere. ]

Hey! [ He's half buried, so the amount of noise he's making almost drowns out his voice, until he's finally able to beat on a wall, until he finally falls out of the scrap pile, the container doors opening, and into the corridor. ]

What's going on here? Who did this?! What have you done with my friends?

[ He's fired up, and you might well get a short, screaming teen in your face. He might also not realize that he's broadcasting around, too, his emotions too high to notice anything different about himself or this place. ]

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I know because I was in the same position, and it's been almost a month since I got stuck here.

[ rose's eyes dart to his arm, but she tries to look away before he notices her curious stare. she's never seen anything like it, not where she's from. it's... probably not a good time to ask questions, though, huh. ]

Welcome to planet Iniidae! Or whatever. There's nothing but water, unexplored islands, more water, man-eating sea creatures, even more water, and a home base with way too many, uh... let's just say interesting people crammed into one place. Sounds fun, right?

[ her tone is deadpan, but she gestures to the area around her. ]

Chances are, your friends are back home. As far as they're concerned, you might not even be missing. Time could be marching on back there just like always, and you might be down here but another you might still be up there with them, and... okay, it's... ugh. Well. Nobody's exactly figured it yet. Everyone seems to have contradicting stories. It's a mess.

[ rose is totally prepared for this kid to start freaking out again, so she sort of just. averts her gaze. ]

Sooo, I'll just. Give you a minute.

[ Ed's eyes just widen, and he stares at the girl as she talks. It's a lot of information, and he's not entirely sure he believes it. ]

My friends... are still back home? I have to get back! They need me! Tell me how I get out of this place. I don't care who's here or any of that, I need to get back!

[ Sorry, he's still freaking out a little bit. ]

I hate to break it to you, but we don't know. We've looked. Nobody knows how to get back, period.

Trust me, I was just about as pissed as you are. Take it up with URSULA. She's the one who runs things around here. She's also an AI, which... uh, I had no idea what an AI was until someone told me, but there you go.

[ rose is starting to worry he might, like. have a stroke? at this rate? alright, that's an exaggeration, but seriously, rose isn't entirely sure how to deal with a kid having a panic attack. ]

Having a meltdown won't bring you back to your friends. It sucks big time, I know, but that's just the way it is.

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sorry for the late tag, i was away for irl emergencies, drop if you need to!

nooo of course not, there's no rush and i'm good with tagging however long! irl def takes priority