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[itwasrhetorical]

 Miss Jellie?

[A blonde woman is holding her pokegear upside down and peering closely into the camera. She's oddly dressed in a sparkling gown and silver crown, head topped with a mass of ringlets. Her face is wrought with concern. Her accent is odd, vaguely well to do with a strange lilt to it as she speaks.]

I am afraidful I might need the guards to come and find me.

I don't know quite where I am - [She at least has the deceny to look shamefaced.] One moment I was visiting the Emminent of Munchkinland and then - I don't even understand what's just happened.

But I can not seem to muster a bubble to travel home. You'll have to call them to find me immediately. I seem to be in a small town of some manner.

Miss Jellie? Can you hear me?

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[defyingfrigidity]

Ah... you're holding the device upside-down. You'll be able to see all of us much better if you turn it around.

[Oh boy, her sympathy is already through the roof here... she remembers the early weeks of her time here, getting used to all this strange technology...]

I've never heard of Munchkinland, but I can confirm that you're very far away from it. This land is called Johto, in a completely different realm from most of our homes.

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[itwasrhetorical]

Oh. [Glinda pulls and apologetic face and turns it over. The view is now of Glinda's new friend Azurill. Technology isn't something she's overly familiar with and Oz could even be considered a little backwards.] Is this any betterful?

That is...

I can not be. I need to be in Oz. I am supposed to be having tea with my Mother at three.

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[defyingfrigidity]

Much better, yes!

[Elsa flashes her a smile and a nod. The smile doesn't last long though, because... geez. The being in charge of bringing them here has had some pretty bad timing lately, hasn't it?]

I understand the urgency. When I was first brought here, there were many things I needed to do in my home. But this is all real, I assure you.

If it's any sort of reassurance, time is an odd thing here. No matter how long you reside in this land, no time passes at all in your own.

[itwasrhetorical]

Is it a land of Magic?

I have never in all my time as a Witch heard of any land far or near caught within a time spell such as this before.

[defyingfrigidity]

I'm... not quite sure if it qualifies as such.

[She never thought of it as a magical land, but then again...]

The people here can't do any sort of magic, but the creatures native to these lands... some can breath fire, or conjure ice, or manipulate the earth itself. The locals consider this natural, but it seems a lot like magic, if you ask me.

[itwasrhetorical]

That certainly sounds like a manner of magic.

Not an aspect I am familiar with, but I suppose there always was a fair amount of Magical Beasts in Oz. Not that I took the time to become familiar.

[defyingfrigidity]

Oz? Your homeland, I presume?

[And one she's never heard of, so no chances of helping her find any familiar faces...]

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[anexcitableboy]

[Now that is a confused lady. And a cute one! Seems somebody ought to give her a hand. Good thing that's Jimmy's specialty!]

Well hi there, miss! Uh, I hate giving pretty girls bad news, but your guards and the lady you're trying to call for probably ain't here.

[Guards? Wow, how rich was this lady?]

You're in Johto, and I dunno how you got here. Or how any of us got here. We all just woke up here one day. But it's a great place!

I'm Jimmy. Jimmy Darling.

[itwasrhetorical]

Ah.

It is nice to meet your aquaintancing, Mister Darling, but I am afraid I must make this visit a short one in that matter. [Glinda purses her lips and seems to have found a park bench to sit on, but at least she seems to be correcting the angle of the view now though.]

I can not afford to be away from Oz for a long time.

[anexcitableboy]

Well hey, got some good news for you then! See, I dunno how it works, there's...nothing like magic or cool science where I come from, but time doesn't really change any anywhere else. So it doesn't matter how long you're here, you ain't missing anything!

Nobody knows how to get home. Sometimes people just...go home. Or don't.

But I promise you don't got nothing to worry about, while you're here.

Guess you're someone kinda important where you come from, huh?

[itwasrhetorical]

Time doesn’t…

[You’ve lost Glinda a little here. She pauses and bites the inside of her cheek. What a peculiar magic. She never would have though anyone would be able to control time itself.] How strangeicated.

Some may well say that. [She agrees.] I am Lady Glinda Arduenna Upland. Good Witch of the North and Ozma Regent of the Land of Oz.

[anexcitableboy]

Yeah, it's a trip. But you kinda get used to it.

Nice to meet you, Lady...uh...which one of those names am I supposed to use?

Don't really know too many fancy ladies, 'cept my friend who's a queen, but I just call her by her name 'cause we're friends.

[itwasrhetorical]

Please do call me Glinda.

I suppose if we truly are in another land then my titles aren't truly applicabicated here.

Are we anywhere near the land of Kan-Sass?

[anexcitableboy]

Glinda it is!

Uh...if you mean the state Kansas, nope. That's in my world! But I'm from a different state. This place...nobody really knows where it is.

[itwasrhetorical]

Yes!

I am familiar only with the land of Kansas as this is where our Wizard and Hero came from.

[anexcitableboy]

The Kansas I know is mostly known for corn. Not so much wizards.

We don't have magic, in my world.

[itwasrhetorical]

But you are of Earth also?

There is a magic of its own on Earth. It is where the Great Wizard himself came from.

[anexcitableboy]

Yeah, I come from Earth.

But the one I know doesn't have any real magic. Just stage magician stuff. Sleight of hand, illusions...

We definitely don't got any great wizards. He musta come from some place else. Some Earth place that does have magic.

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[veggie_vamp]

Oh My Ghoul... I love your outfit!

[Priorities! ... also this icon actually fits for once]

[itwasrhetorical]

[Glinda’s face breaks into a smile at that.]

Thank you, Young Miss, it’s a dress I am terribly fond of. The silk comes from the Winkus itself! [That doesn’t have as much weight as it might in Oz.]

[veggie_vamp]

Oooh, that sounds so fancy! ... What's a Winkus?

[itwasrhetorical]

The Winkus. It's a place. To the East of the Emeral City.

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[sneezelikeakitten]

[Munchkinland? Bubble travel? That sounds oddly farm liar.]

I've been here a while and there's not Miss Jellie here.

[itwasrhetorical]

I see.

How worriful. Miss Jellie normally keeps me right. I do get a little muddled without her. I’m terribly forgetful.

[sneezelikeakitten]

Is she your assistant or something?

[Why not get a new one?]

[itwasrhetorical]

My maid and closest advisor.

Truly, I am not certain how I am expected to get by without her.

[sneezelikeakitten]

[Maid...]

You can also hire another one. I bet there's people here who would trip over a chance like that. If you can pay them.

[itwasrhetorical]

I should think so.

Am I expected to...to engage in manual labour?

[sneezelikeakitten]

.... define manual labour.

[He will probably just say yes to everything.]

[itwasrhetorical]

Being put to work. Being made to work for one's living.

[sneezelikeakitten]

What's so bad about that?

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[arcanaeum]

...muster a bubble?

[ There's a lot to comment on there. The killer outfit, the weird choice of words, the newness. Of course, bubbles are more important. ]

Ah, if that's some kind of power, it might not work.

[itwasrhetorical]

It isn’t power as such. [Glinda answers with a cock of her head.]
It is my magical craft. Normally I can make a bubble for myself to travel in as easily as breathing but I can not seem to craft as much as a froth!

[arcanaeum]

That sounds really useful. Still, I think all magic like that might be blocked here.

[itwasrhetorical]

Magic is not permitiful?

[arcanaeum]

[ He shakes his head, all sympathy. ]

Sorry. It's sealed away. I can't access mine, either.

[itwasrhetorical]

Oh.

Are there Witches here already who are permitted?

[arcanaeum]

[ Another shake of his head. ]

Only the little monsters that are with you can use powers.

...ah, is yours around?

[itwasrhetorical]

Is that what it is?

[Glinda turns the camera at Azuril who is all too happy to show off and play up for attention.]

[arcanaeum]

Mm. That thing should be your partner now.

[ He leans back his camera and fiddles with something at his belt. In a moment, out pop a Gastly and a Hoothoot, immediately glad to be flapping around his head. ]

These are mine. You can get more while you travel.

[islandshore]

Hmmm... What kinda bubble are we talking? Always figured they were mostly for show. Drift through the air, then pop.

[Bringing a hand to his chin, this stranger furrows his brow.]

But I take it these aren't your average suds.

[itwasrhetorical]

Oh no!

My bubble would never dare pop without my permission. [Glinda twists and flourishes one of her hands.]

I magick them to travel from place to place. Far more gentile than a carriage.

[islandshore]

Huh. So do they float? ...I mean, I guess that's the most logical guess, unless they were some sort of weird, teleportation bubbles.

[He shrugs, smile a bit sheepish now.]

Kinda hard to imagine, but I guess it's not too weird compared to some of the stuff around here.

[itwasrhetorical]

Yes. They carry me to there and wheres I need to be.

That is true. I can not imagine having been here even a moment ago. This is truly a strangeful world.

[islandshore]

Strangeful?

[There's a soft, almost baffled sort of laugh.]

So... strange and wonderful? Strange and dreadful? Either way, it does sound about right. There's a lot about this world that defies all logic.