@lance.sweets

[lifetothefullest]

I had a few questions that aren't exactly related, but might as well be asked together.

[This feels familiar and yet also awkward. He'd gotten used to tormenting all of Hadriel with questions, but this is a new place and despite having been here a few weeks now he's still pretty unsure about the social dynamics. But continuing to be unsure won't accomplish anything, so he might as well just get into it.]

I've already gotten some interesting answers from a few people here, but since there are new arrivals once again it seems worth asking more generally: for those who've been here awhile, if you could only give one piece of advice to new people, what would it be?

Related to arriving, I've heard that some people here arrived from somewhere other than their own worlds. For those who are willing to share, if this situation applies to you, where did you come from and what was it like?

[He'll hold off on sharing his own experience just yet, at least unless he's asked directly.]

My last question is less curiosity and more practicality: does anyone know of a place that's isolated and safe enough for those who haven't discovered their powers to practice doing so? It seems a little reckless to test out new powers in the safehouse, around other people, but obviously we also shouldn't be practicing anywhere that the glow might be noticed. A designated location might be useful for that sort of thing, but before I try to figure out how to make that happen I'd like to make sure I'm not doing something someone's already done.

[He doesn't want to deal with finding rental places, let alone pay for one, if he doesn't have to.]

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@jyn.erso

[realists]

They used to practice in the caves but the UNA found it so that stopped. Might be safe enough to go back now since the UNA's been dissolved.

@james.barnes

[deadthenred]

What do you mean, "other than their own worlds"?

[ His first thought is space, and he's interested in space. ]

@august.jónsson

[bloodbathing]

Came from another place. Space station.

[lifetothefullest]

I didn't know there are caves here, but if it might be safe to practice in them again that would be pretty practical.

[Still maybe a little dangerous depending on the power, but the same would be true in a building.]

[lifetothefullest]

I mean places like this one, where they just found themselves one day without intending to be there.

[lifetothefullest]

What was that like?

@roxas.sky

[recompleted]

for your first question, i'd just say don't get comfortable.
or expect to really settle into a routine.
things get exciting here.
sometimes in a bad way.

[Often in a bad way, actually, but he won't lay that on the new guy right away.]

for the second one, it was gray and dusty and pretty empty?
at least the part of it we were in
i didn't explore it outside the graveyard

and i don't know a good place for training
sorry

[deadthenred]

Oh. Not space?
I wanted to be Flash Gordon when I was a kid.

@jack.miller

[personalwar]

Me and one other person here were on a planet called El Nysa (and the space station orbiting it) before getting pulled here.

I'm guessing you're asking because you're in the same boat?

@clarke.griffin

[strove]

I think I may have given you my advice, so to speak, but feel free to ask for more.

[If only because Clarke is the type to always butt in to help.]

One of the four gates locations might be isolated enough for training. Takes you away from the city. It's not exactly easy to do that otherwise.

@trevor.belmont

[doesitanyway]

I've been practicing in the warehouse district late at night. But how do you plan on triggering it if it hasn't manifested thus far? That might be important.

@cecily.trevelyan

[closerift]

I'm not certain we met while there, but your otherworldly experience was apparently the same as mine, if a Nathan Drake is to be believed.
Familiar with Hadriel, I think?

[lifetothefullest]

Not space, although I guess it's possible someone found themselves somewhere in space and was stuck there, then came here.

[And he supposes technically Hadriel actually was somewhere in space since it moved around different alien planets, but whatever.]

Flash Gordon's pretty cool.

[lifetothefullest]

Yeah, Hadriel. I don't know if we ever talked, but I remember you from the network.

[lifetothefullest]

I haven't really tried to activate it, so I'm not totally sure, but I've used magic before so I'm hoping it'll be kind of similar. I've heard most people here discover their power in a dangerous situation, but I'd prefer to be prepared before I actually might need to use it.

[doesitanyway]

A wise man. But you're correct. Dangerous situations, strong emotions, that's the usual. I was lucky, I just had to be in the dark.

[lifetothefullest]

I've heard about the simulation, but what sorts of other things have happened?

You were somewhere that was just a graveyard?

[That's weird, even by the standards he's talking about.]

That's alright, thank you anyway.

[lifetothefullest]

What was El Nysa like? Are there any similarities to being here?

[Because there are some things that are similar between this place and Hadriel, but some things that are quite different. And speaking of Hadriel, he'd been on the fence about whether or not he was going to say anything about his own experience, but he might as well.]

Yes, but not from the same place. I was somewhere called Hadriel.

[lifetothefullest]

[He will gladly take her up on that offer.]

Are there any particular skills you think are especially valuable to know or learn for getting by here?

I've only heard a little about the gates; they can only be used by us, right? Do other people know about them?

[bloodbathing]

Resort for rich people. People from different universes were novelties. Entertainment.

[lifetothefullest]

What do you mean that you only had to be in the dark?

[doesitanyway]

I create light. Just little twinkly things, it was largely useless at first but I've been learning to control them.

[lifetothefullest]

[Oh, that's gross on so many levels.]

That's horrible.

[Putting it lightly.]

Were you and the others brought there purposefully and intentionally by someone, or was ending up there some sort of accident or phenomenon?

[lifetothefullest]

Even if it's just a little light, that's a cool power.

[A basic light spell was the very first magic Lance ever learned, so he's maybe a little biased, but still.]

[doesitanyway]

I certainly don't mind it. People did have ideas for grander application than mimicking firefly swarms but I haven't managed any of them yet. The lights don't coalesce.