I [Closed to Emerald Sanctum]

[heartstorage]

Who: Sora and the Green Flight
What: Arrival and feeling a bit lost!
Where: The Emerald Sanctum
When: Let's go with Today
Warnings: DISNEY

[This....really wasn't Traverse Town.]

[Sora stood at the mouth of a cave in Emerald Sanctum, trying to retrace his steps mentally. He scratches at his head, thinking outloud]

I left Yen Sid's tower, and then...everything got went all bizarre and there were these guys in cloaks-

[But not the Organization cloaks either. He sighs and shakes his head. Maybe he should have paid more attention to what those cloak guys were saying. He's not sure what he was doing here. Then again, he was partly just glad it didn't look like the World that Never Was again.]

Maybe I should just ask someone...

[And he decides to do just that, looking around the Sanctum he looks for someone to bother. The sleeping ones he decides to leave alone, but when he spots someone awake, he'll walk straight up to them in a very friendly manner and smile]

Hiya! Sorry to bother ya, but can you tell me where I am?

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[hectorcantgofast]

[One smile is always greeted with another. Besides, this was a private place which meant everyone here were teammates and allies so there wasn't any real reason to be suspicious of random people being dangerous.]

Where you are? This is the Emerald Sanctum. If you're asking what world or place on a map, I really don't know either.

[heartstorage]

[Oh he does like it when he's greeted with another smile! It definitely puts him more at ease]

The Emerald Sanctum...? [Nope, that doesn't sound familiar and that's a bit of an odd response]

Oh. Does that mean you're not from here either?

[hectorcantgofast]

If I were from here, this would be a lot easier. But be on the lookout for a girl name Rose. She said she was the unofficial leader of our group so she might be able to answer most of your questions.

[That was what she was told, at least. And she did have lots of questions that Rose did answer.]

[heartstorage]

Rose, huh? Okay! I'll look for her- thanks!

[Unofficial leader? Maybe she's like Leon in that way. He'll smile up at her]

I'm Sora! What's your name?

[hectorcantgofast]

Lyn. It's pretty easy to remember. Nice to meet you, Sora.

[She holds out her hand for a shake. It was a common thing...not for her people, but she was used to it.]

[ninjacques]

[The hunter sits at the base of a tree, a faint scraping sound accompanying each careful and deliberate stroke he makes with stone against arrowhead. He's got a good number of them in a pile beside either side of him, one for sharpened and one for what he hasn't finished yet. Up in the branches above, an eagle sits, golden brown in color. It tilts its head at the boy who comes up towards them.

The blond doesn't answer immediately, giving one final pass with the whetstone before he lifts the head up for inspection.]

...the Emerald Sanctum.

[It seems he was listening, at least. He lowers the arrow beside him and shifts his pale gaze towards Sora. Another new one, then.]

[heartstorage]

[Sora tilted his head a little. He's not unused to people being preoccupied in what they're doing when talking to him. Cid was always busy with some computer thing, and who knows half the time where Merlin's head was half the time when you spoke with him. So Jacques working on what he's working on hardly bothers him]

The Emerald Sanctum? What's that?

[He's also curious to what Jacques is making, and tries getting a better look at the pile. Sure, he's seen arrows before- buuut that was mostly when they were being fired at him- never in the arrowhead form]

[ninjacques]

...no one's told you yet?

[Then again, Morpheus would probably be asleep, and the number of Greensworn in general is fairly small compared to the other flights...

Jacques picks up another arrow, carefully fingering the edge of its head before he applies the stone to it.]

It's where our flight resides... "Home base," I guess.

[heartstorage]

Not really. [He shakes his head] There was some guy in a cloak who said some stuff, but...I think I missed a lot of what he said.

[You know, since he really wasn't expecting that.]

Our "flight"?

[ninjacques]

[He thinks about that a moment, nodding slowly. The kid must mean that dream...or vision, whatever it was. It had been hard to remember, but even more so when you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a battleground. Jacques is thankful that this kid didn't arrive at that time like they had.]

...that's what they call them. This is the Green dragons' flight- and we're known as Greensworn.

[mortalforged]

[Morpheus is feeding some whelps, though he seems to be yawning tremendously while doing it. He should look vaguely familiar, or at least his voice is, seeing as he was one of the cloaked people.]

Welcome, champion! This is the Emerald Sanctum.

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[heartstorage]

[While most people would find it odd to be called champion, Sora and his ego barely thinks twice about it. Of course he's a champion, that's why he's here right??]

Uh, thanks! What's the Emerald San-

[heartstorage]

[-- WAIT A MINUTE. HE KNOWS THAT VOICE AND WEIRD CLAW HANDS.]

Hey wait! You're that guy from before!

[mortalforged]

[He idly scratches his beard, stubbly as it is.]

What? Oh, yes, of course. We spoke, at least, sort of.

[He bows a little, making one of the green whelps super impatient-- it's feeding time, after all. It doesn't hesitate to grab a bit of meat right out of his hands, nearly taking off his fingers, though he doesn't seem to notice.]

I am Morpheus.

[heartstorage]

[Dear god man be more careful with your fingers! He eyes that with slight concern before focusing on the introduction]

I'm Sora.

[He crosses his arm]

So you're the one who brought me here to help, right? Is it Heartless?

[mortalforged]

I, er, we did, that is, the other mages and I did, though the spell to bring people here is not very exact. If you are willing to help then that is good enough.

I am afraid I do not know what a Heartless is. Our problem is demons. They are part of the Burning Legion, just a small part, but they are dedicated to destroying everything. It is very, very bad, [he says with some authority.] They are also trying to eat your world and many other worlds, but we have contained it... in a way. Temporarily halted it. If we push back the demons here, we can help your world and all the others.

[The whelps figure out that he's out of food and flutter away, except for one that keeps harassing him. Morpheus doesn't notice even as it basically starts eating his hair, settling into his shoulder like an ornery kitten.]

I am very sorry for how sudden this is.

[anybody]

[ Lady had been entertaining herself by playing with a little patch of flowers (or, more accurately, using her powers to play with the little patch of flowers), but she's quick to abandon the activity to turn and smile at Sora when he approaches. ]

Oh, um, this is the Emerald Sanctum. You're... new, I guess, and because you've been sworn to greenflight, this is your new home. All the greensworn stay here... or, well, they can stay elsewhere too if they want, I guess, but here is the safe place for us. When did you get here? I haven't seen you before, I don't think.

[heartstorage]

[Oh yay someone who seems friendly and helpful. He listens and smiles in return]

I actually just got here. I'm from...far away- [Wait, now something about her statement is NOT CLICKING RIGHT]

Wait- Huh? What do you mean this is my new home?

[anybody]

O-Oh, well, it doesn't have to be your home I guess, if you want to... live somewhere else on Azeroth. [ She's sort of missing a bigger point here right now, but she's been around long enough to finally feel comfortable in the Emerald Sanctum, so. ]

But if you're greensworn, it's probably best to stay here. You'll be safe from the demons and everything else outside, and you'll have us, your fellow greensworn like me, and Rose, and um, others, and the green dragons, and there's Ysera too, our dragon leader, and Morpheus... [ Yeah she's just gonna. Idly list the names that come to her as she thinks. ]

[heartstorage]

[Wow this is making less sense by the minute and it's getting more and more unnerving too. Sora is more than happy to help, but to live here? Nuh uh. No chance of that.]

That's nice to offer, but I already have a home. I have stuff I gotta do, but I was hoping to go back to it when it's all over.

[anybody]

Um, well, I just mean... live here for now, maybe. I had a home before here too, I think most of us did, and we're meant to help with the... war that's happening. [ As she talks, she watches as she idly plays with her hands. She still isn't really sure what's supposed to happen after the conflict of this world has been settled, and that uncertainty comes through in her body language alone. ]

So maybe you're right, maybe we do get to go home once it's over. I hope we do, I miss... well, everybody... but I don't know, and I don't know how long helping here is going to take.

[theshadowkissed]

[The new dragonsworn happened to come across Rose while she was in the middle of working out. In fact, she was doing pushups when her approached her.]

You're in the Emerald Sanctum. This is our flight's home.

[She didn't stop her pushups while talking, though she was slightly out of breath.]

Welcome to Azeroth and the Green Flight, kid.

[heartstorage]

[He watches her do those push-ups. Pretty strong!]

Thanks. My name's Sora [He crosses his arms; he's heard some people's explanations a few times]

Are you a...Greensworn too?

[theshadowkissed]

Yeah. I'm Rose Hathaway. I've pretty much become the Greensworn lieutenant.

[She pushed herself up to her feet and grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off her face.]

But don't worry too much about that. Rank and file is for the military an all.

[heartstorage]

Oh! You're Rose?! [he flails a little before settling for a salute] I heard about you- nice to meet you, sir!

[Even if she said don't worry too much about ranks and files.]