onejump | First Night: A Whole New Whole New World?

[Action- Locked to Beast and Belle]

[The bed seems off somehow. It's dark, but somehow the feel of it is off.

His hand stretches out and brushes against something furry. Abu must have fallen asleep on his bed again. He quickly pulls his hand back to avoid waking him, then pushes himself up off the bed. This is definitely not his bed.

He tries to crawl out of the bed... and his hand hits warm fur. A lot of it. Attached to something... big.

Very, very big.

So, he, being the stalwart hero he is, does what any brave, calm, resolute hero does. He yelps and jumps out of that bed like it was on fire.]

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[Later in the day, Aladdin can be found wandering around the village, staring in awe at everything he finds and generally looking as much like a new feather as one possibly can. Feel free to chat, or if you're feeling more malicious, feel free to test your deviousness.

Alternatively, there is a certain tiny thieving monkey running around, and Aladdin hasn't been united with him juuuuust yet. He may or may not grab anything shiny.]

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[Aladdin sighs.]

"Well... I guess it's not so bad... as long as I go home before I'm an old man."

[He so doesn't sound convinced.]

Well... no one here's stayed that long! At least that I know of. I think the most I've heard is five years.

"Five years?"

[... He's 18. That's like an eternity to him. But he puts on a show of bravado.]

"I can wait five years, if I have to. No sweat."

Really? That's great! If this place isn't a problem for you, then... I'm sure you'll settle in just fine!

"Yeah, I can handle it. I'm adaptable."

[He grins. And tries not to let the sudden loneliness show too much.

Five years away from Jasmine felt like an eternity.]

"So did any of your friends from home show up? Aside from Momo, of course."

[Abu, meanwhile, seems to have taken Momo up on his offer of a ride. Enthusiastically. Momo's no Carpet, but hey, he'll do.]

Yeah! [Momo will still show him the world... of the item shop, carrying him and swooping around above the teens' heads.] Most of my friends from home are here, and we all live together. Some of them have come and gone or returned, and others have been around here for a long time. In a way, I guess I'm lucky to have them with me. But then again, it's unlucky for anyone to get stuck here.

"Well, if you're here anyway, it's better to be with friends, right?"

[He grins and glances up at Abu and Momo swooping overhead. Abu's chittering seems to be veering back and forth between excitement and terrified agitation.

Poor guy's not used to this kind of flying.]

"This place doesn't seem so bad aside from that."

[Momo just chitters trollingly. And eventually he'll come to a landing atop one of the shelves.]

I guess you're right in that sense. But... There are still some bad things out there. The experiments the Malnosso do can be scary - and then there's the drafts.