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Characters: Diana of Themyscira & anyone!
Date: 8/7
Location: Earth Sector, Turtle's head
Situation: After settling down for a bit, Diana needs to get some fresh air and decides to explore her surroundings
Warnings/Rating: None/Will add if necessary

Honestly, she could've reacted better to the situation. That was the first thing that occurred to her when she had finally settled down in her provided suite. She had been taught as a child to expect the worst, that things will not always go as you expect, but to be told that you were to be stuck in an unknown dimension until you wake? That wasn't very promising. If it was so easy to slip in here just by sleeping at night, it was going to be a problem when she gets back.

When, because she thinks it's possible, but right now she's not sure how. It was a wonder the locals were initially angry with her too for lashing out. She could've, should've, handled that more diplomatically. She would in most situations, and had she been in a dangerous fight maybe she would've accepted it with more grace, but her temper got the best of her and it was only when the explanations started that she settled. Uneasy, but on the bright side she had not attacked anyone. She was still in control of that.

Still, that didn't make her feel better about being here. Even if they assured her time does not pass the same way here as they did back home, she still worried about Steve, about her mother. They would definitely worry, and she didn't even get the chance to assure them she will be fine.

It takes her a few hours before she convinces herself to walk. A few hours of meditating, remembering the teachings of her mother on how to reign in her temper, before she manages to calm herself down. Enough, at least, to investigate the land to which she was brought into. She had noticed the computer on the side, found no reason to use it for now, and settled on moving about and trying to find clothes, at least. All she had was her armour, which she was proud of, but she remembers the need to not draw attention to herself here. Steve taught her the importance of anonymity and blending in to a culture she had not been used to, and while she wasn't 100% okay with it, she understood the importance enough to let it be. Besides, it kept people from flocking her, and that was good enough for now.

So she moves about the Earth sector, at awe at the sight but also a bit too melancholic to full appreciate it. Occasionally, she can be found checking local wares halfheartedly, sometimes she's talking to the local children to ask for directions. One time she can be found sitting in a tree just watching people. This happens for the whole afternoon, as she doesn't venture to the other cities first until she's satisfied her curiosity here.

At the end of her exploration, she can be found sitting over at the head, overlooking the sea. She's less melancholic at this point, but still wistful. It would be nearing night when that happens, but she wouldn't mind conversation now.

[OOC: Prose or brackets work for me! I'll follow your format.]

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After meeting Arthur, Diana wasn't expecting yet another person to recognize her. The words seemed to be said with familiarity, but given she had not addressed a name, it could be just a friendly greeting. It was a little hard to gauge now that she knows that she could be recognized by people she doesn't know.

"As I've been told. Good evening, out to enjoy the view?"

"Well, and take advantage of the calming telepathy."

Which is really the best reason to be out here. Dinah grins at Diana, friendly and still pleased to see her, and then the lack of recognition in her face gets through.

"...and you have no idea who I am, do you?"

That didn't last long. Diana doesn't bother to hide her ignorance though, nodding at the statement before taking a closer look at Dinah. Definitely not one of the Amazons, she's been with them for so long it wasn't like she wouldn't have recognized them immediately. The familiarity meant she was probably someone she worked with in the future, though whether that meant they were friends was another thing altogether. Already this was setting up to a disappointing conclusion for Dinah.

"I believe I come from an earlier time than you. I've only just settled in Washington a few weeks ago." She pauses, as she considers how to approach this. Blunt would be best, it keeps awkwardness to a minimum. "How do we know each other?"

Dinah heaves a sigh, but her smile doesn't really go away. It happened with Zatanna, it happened with Shayera, it can happen with Diana.

It's just so much more sucky when it's Diana. She chooses her words carefully, according to how her friend would put it.

"We've been fighting side by side for as long as you've been in the wider world," she says. "Which has been my entire adult life. You're one of my very best friends in the world."

She offers a hand to shake.

"Hi, I'm Dinah."

Side by side. The idea of being part of a league of strangers was interesting, albeit a little distressing to learn on her first day when she could not even recognize people who claimed to be her close friends, but it was intriguing nonetheless.

Best friend, though, was surprising. That makes her eyes widen, before she looks a little skeptical, but nonetheless goes to shake her hand. It was the same with Arthur, and Hera did she know so many people in the future? It makes her feel bad that she can't confirm or deny these, and if she was telling the truth, that makes it worse.

"It is an honor to meet you, Dinah. Arthur mentioned that I had been part of a league, but it is still a lot to take in." She leaves the rest of it unspoken-- She's not sure she completely believes it, but she was willing to accept the possibility of it. Surely, there were great warriors out there, even ones she has yet to meet. One in front of her as well.

It has to be strange, Dinah thinks, meeting a lot of people who suddenly claim to know her well, to have fought beside her for years. Even for Diana, who can probably take all the strangeness of the world with a smile.

"I bet it is," she says. "If you'd told me back when I was starting out, that I'd be friends with a King and a Princess and an alien, I'd probably have laughed in your face."

"An alien." That gets a more baffled look than anything else, but it wasn't the weirdest thing she's heard today, so she settles for a more defeated, if not a little fond smile. Well, she at least made good friends, if they were to be trusted. No, they are to be trusted, because Diana does believe that she would not have just befriended anyone. People sometimes mistook her ignorance as naivety, but she wasn't that easy to fool.

"Oh, trust me. Perhaps somewhere down the line, I would laugh at all this. Today has yet to not surprise me, that is certain."

"An alien," Dinah assures her. "He's here too. You'll like him, his name is Kal. Tell him I said hi."

She spreads her hands then, not a hundred percent sure where to go from here. "Did Arthur fill you in on everything?"

"How would I know it's him?" Kal. It certainly wasn't someone she's met before, which means she will have to remember it for the next time she meets this person. At the mention of Arthur, she shakes her head.

"No. I chose not to know all the details of my meeting with the rest of the League. I did not want to let this color my perception before I met them myself. Why?"

"Only so I know what you need to be filled in on, or want to," Dinah says. "I mean, there's more than just alternate universe people who know you to deal with, right? There's the whole 'impending evil cusp of war' thing as well."

"I've been informed of that one." The war, at least. Considering she was brought here for it, she didn't think it was a bad idea to learn more about it. "But it was never quite clear who this threat is. So far, what I am certain of is that people claim he was the cause of the sickness that plagued our host."

"Well, I know some people met him," Dinah says. "And he claimed to be the cause. But I don't think he was the sole cause. Some friends and I found other causes, including kedan poisoning poor Asti in a nihilistic end-of-the-world scenario."

... That was new. It was probably a good thing that they were on the turtle's head, or else she may have reacted a little less... favorably.

"Why would anyone poison their own home? How could they be so ungrateful?"

"They were scared," Dinah offers helplessly. "Really, honestly terrified of that thing that's threatening us here. Scared people do horrific things."

Fear. She was very well-acquainted with that. The Amazons were a proud race, but they had their own hang-ups. The fear of another war, the fear of opening up to the world, the fear of losing their peace. They had been sheltered for so long for this, centuries lost in their belief that the paradise they belong in was the only thing that mattered.

She hadn't liked that mentality one bit, but it was one she had witnessed and lived in. "How bad is this threat to us?"

"It's why we're here."

That's not the question Diana asked, but Dinah feels it helps answer it, at least. She turns out to look over the ocean beyond the head as she searches for the words to answer the rest of the questioning.

"It's a pretty big threat. It's already taken and threatened some of the people here, from what I understand. And the last time people were brought in to help, there were no survivors."

"So they bring us here instead." Big enough, huh? Not that she isn't familiar with big threats, which is the only reason it doesn't faze her to hear that.

"Where did this threat come from, and why is he after our host?"

Dinah purses her lips.

"I wish I knew."

Honestly, she wishes she'd thought to ask. But... "I don't think anyone knows. He's not exactly been forthcoming with the people he's threatened."

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