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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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Arthur nods briefly, sympathetic. He's had Mera the whole time here, and Kaldur'ahm for most of the time, which made being away from home a lot easier. This Diana doesn't even know him and Kal and Bruce and the others yet, hasn't joined the League. It has to be hard, but there's no use harping on it either. "I'm sure you can. We've all done what we can, and things are... better than they were, but the threat is still out there. The kedan can't fight it alone." He knows some things that are probably constant about Diana - that she's capable, that she cares about life, and that he's glad to see her, any her.

He exhales, pushing back some hair out of his forehead. "I wouldn't take it personally. Anything he does. He's not exactly normal." Arthur doesn't really mean it maliciously, but let's be real, it's Batman. "Even if you don't know us, me and the rest of the Justice League, you have friends here. Him included. We may not be familiar faces yet, but you aren't entirely alone."

"But what is this threat? Is it someone who resides here as well?" Perhaps her mother was right, she can be too trusting, but she wasn't about to dismiss a man simply because she does not know him. Diana's rule of thumb has always been to give others the benefit of the doubt, whether it was mankind, Steve and even her foes. Not that she's always liked the results of it, but there have been those who have proven to be trustworthy. Even if she doesn't share the same memories, she feels like she can trust Arthur, probably because he had been so willing to explain things to her and show that he is a friend. Though, she's not quite sure how to feel about this Batman character, so she will have to reserve judgment of that later.

"I only wish I could share the memories you have of me as I would of you. Perhaps you can tell me more about it sometime."

"No, it's not another foreigner. It's an... essence, some sort of being of chaos and destruction." He waves a hand in a vague gesture. "We don't know much about it. It has a name, but it can't be said out loud outside the palace because that... gets its attention. Draws it in more, I guess. Otherwise I'd tell you." He sounds a little apologetic about that, but he's not going to slip up and say the word he shouldn't say. "The Emperor has very close-lipped about the situation and the kedan know very little, I got what I know directly from Asti." And this is Diana, even if it's not his Diana, so he feels like he can trust her with what he knows. It's hard to show up and be told you're here to fight a war when no one will tell you what's going on beyond that.

He smiles slightly, looking out at the sea for a moment, then back to Diana. "Of course. Whatever you want to know. It doesn't seem fair that most of us know you and you don't know any of us."

"You've spoken to him?" She understands the need for discretion, though she didn't think it would be the turtle who told them of it. It made sense, in hindsight, given he was the one they were meant to protect. How so, she's not certain, especially since from how she understood it, he was the one keeping them at their full power in the first place. "If this being is as powerful as you imply, then I understand. It is better not to risk putting others at harm here. Do we know any way to defeat him, though?"

She doesn't pursue it for now, keeps it in mind for next time if she wants to ask. She's content to just know the basic for now, when she has just arrived. "Next time then."

"Yes. I tried to make mental contact once, and that- didn't work out as well, but some time later, he appeared in several foreigners' dreams in a form we could communicate with. He's unimaginably old." Arthur sighs softly, because 'old' to them doesn't even mean Asti is old for his kind. He had appeared as a young boy... "As far as I know, no one's ever defeated this thing before, and not much is known about it. It's not an ideal situation for anyone."

As for their personal friendship, though, he's fine with not elaborating right now. It's probably a little forward to go explain in detail why you're friends with someone - that's something that needs to be felt.

"Then why us?" It was a risky gamble, keeping people who you aren't certain could actually solve the puzzle, but... "We are as much in the dark as they are. Would a warrior of their lands not be more suitable?" She doesn't mean to sound doubtful, nor did she want to sound like she was unwilling to help. However, it was strange. They had no way of being certain they can solve it any more than them, and not being able to leave the turtle did not seem very ideal in looking for more clues elsewhere.