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[Upon awaking Mulan took her time warily exploring the ship, after having retrieved her armor and weapons of course. Finding no one to speak to, eventually she turned to the unfamiliar device she located among her belongings.

The video focuses mostly on her face, revealing a young determined looking women wearing red and black armor with a coin pattern. Her dark hair is unbound and hangs carelessly around her face, straight and loose.]

It's my understanding that wherever they are on the other end of this...object, someone can hear me. Whoever you are, I want you to show yourselves. [Tersely, teeth briefly bared.] This is not a request.

I do not know if I came to this strange place by chance encounter or deliberate action. But this is not my land, nor is it any land I am familiar with from my distant travels. And I have no memory of my arrival here, either. The only explanation I'm left with is abduction.

Whoever you are, whatever it is you may want me for, speak. The longer you make me wait, the less the likelihood you'll have of anything like my willing cooperation.

[Posturing? She is, a bit. Normally her course of action upon arriving in unfamiliar territory would be to keep her head down. But given the circumstances, she thinks it's important that she put on a strong front, let anyone out there who might be looking know she means business. That she's no easy pickings.

And that the abrupt manner of her being brought here has made her more than a little angry.]

Or if my unknown captors are too cowardly to explain themselves, then it is my hope that these words will reach someone who can enlighten me.

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People band together in times of crisis, to get through dire straits. I'm familiar with it.

One of the better things about human nature.

[Kaylee nods enthusiastically]

there's a whole buncha projects different folk are workin' on to make life better 'round here.

Oh, really? What sort of projects?

[Her skills are pretty specific, but if she's going to be here for awhile like it sounds, maybe there'll be something she can do.]

Well,there's a lot of stuff to do on the ship, of course. And explorin'. No one's right clear on the history here, so ya get people pokin' 'round ruins and such. Whole group just took off sailin' to bring medical supplies.

[She sounds a little wistful when she mentions that last part]

This ship? [She looks up at it.] It's like nothing I've ever seen before. In fact I would have never thought to call it a 'ship' until it was described as such to me. So I'm afraid I'd be of no use there.

I could probably do some of the exploring you mention, though. I have experience with travel. And taking care of myself. [Meaning fighting, if it comes down to it.]

They got people from all sortsa different worlds here. If ya can handle the local wildlife, that'll be just as useful as workin' on the ship project.

[Yeah, she's assuming she means fighting]

Regarding the local wildlife, I've already heard stories.

But unless there are Yaoguai or maybe ogres, it's probably nothing I can't handle.

Do you... often run into ogres, where you're from?

Not too terribly often, fortunately. Enough to have to be cautious. But then, mine is a world that has fallen into some... disarray.

That seems to be pretty common for people who end up here. Wonder why that is.

[Two weird places now, and the pattern held true]

Who knows. It could simply be unfortunate luck. Or maybe Fate has a hand in all of this.

Fate... ya say it like ya mean a person, almost.

Not a person, but perhaps an entity. Many in my land think of destiny as a strong force that moves us through life.

I don't believe myself fully at the mercy of such a force. But I'm not about to disallow the possibility it has some impact, either.

Never really thought about that sorta thing overmuch, really. Shepherd Book would talk about plans and believin' sometimes, but mostly I just tried to keep us flyin'.

A little faith in the smallest thing, even if it's just yourself, can go a long way.

But this is not important just now. I should be moving on my way. I suppose like all the others, there's a chance I may meet you in town?

I'm still stayin' at the Flop, so I'd be surprised if we didn't bump into each other at some point.

Since that seems to be for where I am bound, I imagine that you're right. My name's Fa Mulan, by the way.

Probably see ya there then. I'm Kaylee Frye, good to meetcha.

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