REVOLUTION IN THEIR MINDS :: open, intro

[vellichor]

Daphne hadn't chosen this place. While she'd quickly fallen in love with it, she had never imagined she'd be in a place like this. She had only wanted to flee from her home after seeing the atrocities there, after seeing how they treated the people they swore to her they were protecting. It'd all been some sort of elaborate scheme that she knew very little about. There was a part of her that wanted answers. She wanted some sort of closure after all the lies she'd been fed over countless years and lifetimes but that wasn't possible. It was better this way, where she was hidden and safe. No one would think to look for her in a universe such as this, where she didn't even have her own human form.

It was almost ironic that she'd transformed into a bird. She remembered as a child she'd wished to be a bird so she'd better be able to hear the conversations of nobles, to know what would get her the real money that they kept in their safes. She knew that was the only way she'd ever get information to force such powerful people who stole from her own to their knees. She'd always hid that part of herself, the part that desired nothing but revenge for what'd been taken from her but the Otherworld had nursed that.

She wasn't sure who she was anymore. It wasn't the girl that'd lived in a little rural, seaside town in England under Queen Victoria, it wasn't the Caretaker who wanted nothing but to look after children like herself for the rest of her days, and it wasn't the vengeful spy willing to do whatever it took for her family's loss to be reconciled while furthering the progress of the Otherworld. Maybe she was all three. All she knew was this was the place where she would find out who she was. After all that happened, she wanted the answer to that more than anything. She supposed this was as good a place as any to land in. After all, she knew from experience that there were realms that burned constantly or were completely uninhabitable. What would she have done if she landed there? She was sure this was a blessing. An indication from whatever gods may be above that this was always meant to happen. It was better to believe that than to think someone in the Otherworld was still orchestrating every moment of her life.

She was pulled from her thoughts when she noticed an unfamiliar being nearby. She'd been going on a mindless flight, not exactly sure what she was looking for. Perhaps it was food, perhaps it was water, or perhaps it was simply to clear her own mind. In any case, some company would be welcome and she soon landed near the stranger, attempting to smile (she still wasn't sure how that all worked, given she had a beak now and no real lips).  Hello! I don't believe we've met. My name's Daphne," the tiny avian greeted.