Original Coffee Shop discussion

Current members:

Tuscany
Red
Jasper
Jade
Lucas
Asher
Taliya
Joven
Colin
Alex

((If we have more characters, I'll start a castle 3.0))

Taliya shook her head, trying to clear the fog.
What just happened?
One second she'd been testing the Fringe-ripper, the next she was...
Where was she?
She stood slowly, a hand reaching for an arrow, and glanced around.
There were walls on all sides, stone walls like the kind in the underground tunnels in Auroriatown.
This was new.
She winced as her head pounded, and she rubbed the spot where...
It was bleeding!
Taliya pulled her hand away and bit her lip, looking around for something she could use to staunch the open cut. There was nothing.
She sighed, drew her dagger, and cut a piece of fabric off the bottom of her dress.
She'd really liked that dress.
She held the fabric to the wound on the back of her head and pressed, wincing.
This was miserable on a whole different level.
Suddenly there was a flash of light. Taliya winced and looked around, half expecting a dark warrior to come attack her.
But it was just Joven.
"Whoa, are you good, Taliya?" he asked when he saw the blood.
"I'll be fine," she said.
Joven looked around, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword. "Where are we?"
Taliya smirked. "Great question, my friend. I have no clue."
"Shall we explore?"
"Yes, let's do it."

Asher appeared looking very confused. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑚 𝐼? He asked himself and noticed more people. He jumped and almost fell over he stopped and looked at them, “What si this place, and who are you?”

A boy appeared suddenly in front of Taliya and Joven, and they jumped simultaneously. Taliya's hand automatically found her dagger although the boy didn't look like much of a threat.
The boy noticed them and jumped back several feet, almost falling.
"What is this place, and who are you?" he demanded.
Taliya smiled and removed her hand from the dagger. "I'm Taliya, this is Joven, and we have no idea what this place is. What's your name?"

((Where can I introduce my character for this castle?))

((or is it just in the character castle))

((Same place you introduced the other ones!))

((Okay thanks!))

Asher still looks stunned, “Oh…I..I…am Asher.” He barely makes out the words. He looks around somewhere and looks back at the anxiously.

*some more

*them

(sorry i can not type)

((Lol it's fine neither can I))

"Oh...I...I...am Asher," the boy stammered.
Taliya smiled. "Nice to meet you," she said.
Asher's eyes scanned the hallway, darting back to Taliya and Joven again.
"Where are you from?" Taliya asked.

Alex landed on her rear. Really hard. "Ouch!" She shrieked. She quickly scrambled to get feet and looked around. "That's the last time I test jump into random books I find." She called out "Will! Halt! Gilan! Are any of here?" No response. She groaned. "Guess I'm on my own this time."

"Will! Halt! Gilan! Are any of here?" someone called faintly.
A woman by the sound of it.
Joven and Taliya spun at the same time. There on the floor at the end of the hallway was a girl. A heavily armed, very disconcerted girl.
Taliya winced.
"Hey!" she called.

Alex jumped and instinctively pulled out her wand. "Who's there?" She quickly made sure that she still had her saxe knife, dagger, and bow.

“California,” he said with more boldness. “I’m from California.” He said again. He heard the crash and bent down ready to attack at any moment, when he realized it was just a girl.

"California," Asher said. "I'm from California."
Then he jumped at the sound of the crash.
Taliya cocked her head.
California?
She turned back to him. "I'm from Auroriatown. First Dimension."

"Who's there?" the girl called.
Taliya turned back again.
"Just three people! I'm Taliya, this is my friend Joven, and this is Asher!"

Asher looked back and took a step back, “Woah. Where is that?” He seemed a little unsure of what to think of them. All of them seemed to have talents and he had..none.

Alex walked over with her wand at her side. She studied the others. "Hi, I'm Alex."

Asher stepped backwards, and Taliya winced. Had she said something?
"Woah. Where is that?" he asked.
Taliya's brow wrinkled. "Arctashia?..."

"Hi, I'm Alex," the girl said.
Taliya was busy conversing with Asher, so Joven turned to her.
"Hi. I'm Joven. Where are you from?" he asked. He normally wouldn't have engaged with a stranger, but these were... interesting circumstances. He could handle it.

"Oh, I'm from Virginia." She relaxed her grip on her wand.

Virginia?
"Where is that?" Joven asked uncertainly.

Alex was confused. "Uh, in the United States of America, on the continent of North America.

((oops forgot this. " ))

Asher sighed with relief. Finally someone was from the same country as him. “Yeah, California is the very opposite of Virginia. It’s still in the US, though.”

"Yeah, I'm on the other side of the country from you." Alex noticed that Joven seemed very confused. "Where are you from?" She asked him politely .

Alex looked perplexed. "Uh, in the United States of America, on the continent of North America."
Asher sighed, his tense features relaxing. “Yeah, California is the very opposite of Virginia. It’s still in the US, though," he said.
"Yeah, I'm on the other side of the country from you," Alex replied.
Joven felt confusion seep into his mind. He had never heard of this place before. Any of these places.
By the look on Taliya's face, she hadn't either.
Alex noticed their confusion. "Where are you from?" she asked.
"I'm from Reynastand," Joven said, losing faith that the two others would know what he was talking about. "Taliya is from Auroriatown."

"Where is that? I've never heard of that place and I've been to some truly weird places."

"Where is that? I've never heard of that place and I've been to some truly weird places," Alex said.
Taliya and Joven exchanged glances.
"It's in the Dawn Spires, a mountain range in the First Dimension," Taliya said. "Both towns are, actually."

Alex shook her head. "I've never heard of it." She gripped her wand a little tighter now. Who were these strangers and how come shed never heard of their homeland?

Alex shook her head and gripped the sparkly stick in her hand tighter. "I've never heard of it."
Taliya groaned. She hated the unknown. "Have you heard of Arctashia?"

"Nope, all these places are foreign to me, which is extra weird because I've been all over."

"Nope, all these places are foreign to me, which is extra weird because I've been all over," Alex said.
Taliya cocked her head, then shrugged. "That's strange. Well, how'd you get here?"

Asher looked at them, “I have no clue what you’re talking about.”

“I have no clue what you’re talking about," Asher said.
Taliya restrained a chuckle. "I have no idea what you're talking about so... we're even."

"I got here through a book." She said this very casually. "That's the last time I ever jump without checking it out first."

Asher looked at Alex like she was crazy, “A book?!?!? What in the world? I was getting yelled at by my dad, when I just disappeared all of a sudden. But a book.” He shook his head.

"I got here through a book." Alex said, almost like she was commenting on the weather. "That's the last time I ever jump without checking it out first."
"A... book?" Taliya asked slowly, uncertain if she'd heard that correctly. "You jumped... into a book?"

Then Asher asked something similar. At least the guy from Alex's world was confused too.

Alex nodded. "Yup, I'm a Book Jumper. There are very few of us left in the world and I'm one of three in America."

Asher nodded, “Huh. Ok. Cool.” He still looked a little confused, but I guess if someone came from another world, he should be prepared for anything.

"Yup, I'm a Book Jumper. There are very few of us left in the world and I'm one of three in America."
Taliya cocked her head. Half those words made no sense to her. She understood them, but they kind of just didn't... fit together.
"How does that work?" she asked.

((Lol I'm also writing my character Tarr and now Taliya and Tarr are just blending together and it's annnooyyyiinnngggg XD))

Alex thought hard about how to explain it. "I can jump inside books basically. I can talk to the characters, pick stuff up, and stroll through their world. Being a Book Jumper means that my job is to make sure the villains in books never escape. It happened once. There was a mass break out and the world was almost taken over." She paused thinking about that day. "For now I've been training with different weapons of literature."

"I can jump inside books basically. I can talk to the characters, pick stuff up, and stroll through their world. Being a Book Jumper means that my job is to make sure the villains in books never escape. It happened once. There was a mass break out and the world was almost taken over." Alex paused. "For now I've been training with different weapons of literature."
Taliya's brow furrowed. "I've... never heard of this before. Although, we could probably use that in Arctashia. Most of the books are about true stories, and most of the villains are actually real. So that's a problem..." Taliya paused. She was starting to sound nonsensical.
"How about we look around?" she suggested.

Alex agreed. "Who knows what could be in this old place. Is it just me or is it really dark in here?"

"Who knows what could be in this old place. Is it just me or is it really dark in here?"
Taliya glanced around and nodded. "It is. Here, lemme see if I can fix that."
She lifted her hand up and concentrated on the power center inside her. Slowly it heated and then her hand leapt into flames.
"There. Nice little torch. I might have to switch hands if I get tired though."