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[Caitlyn's nothing if not adaptable. While she isn't exactly pleased to find herself trapped in this new world, let alone with Jinx most definitely bouncing around and probably watching her every move, she's trying to settle in the best she can.

Which means by absolutely being ready for anything but also prepared to leave at any given moment. She's one hundred percent determined she's going to amend this situation, for her and everyone else trapped here. But she needs information first, and that's why she's addressing the other Chosen now.]

Hello, everyone. My name is Caitlyn Kiramman. Like many of you, I believe my arrival here to be a mistake and am eager to have this situation rectified as quickly as possible. Those I've already spoken to haven't known much about our captors, so I'm curious: what have the rest of you learned? I doubt I'm the only one eager to investigate the truth behind our arrival here, and how to get home. To those already investigating, I'm willing to work together to continue your efforts. I have experience looking into far-fetched and impossible to solve cases, already.

[She pauses here, then tilts her head.] And also-- where might I find a gun for purchase?

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A "mistake", huh. I take it you plead not guilty to whatever the fuck your piece of paper says, then?

[ Judging by his voice, it's pretty clear he's rather skeptical of that. ]

... To answer your question, so far I've learned that no one here knows shit.

Yes, that's correct. Therefore, a mistake.

[Of all the guilty, corrupt, treasonous people she encountered in her investigation, the things she did were all to save Piltover and Zaun. There was nothing treacherous in her actions. Of that, she is confident of. Did she disobey orders? Sure, but it was for the greater good. The actual greater good, not like the lies other told themselves to make them feel better for murder and chaos.]

Unfortunately, I've been coming to the same conclusion.

Funny, you're the first person I've come across here that claims they didn't commit the crime they're accused of.

[ Which, admittedly, doesn't necessarily mean she's lying ─ it's not like he has any clue how this whole thing works anyway ─ but it is suspicious. ]

Well, I can assure you, the accusation made against me is entirely false. [Does she sound a little upset by it? She probably does, because she is. Accusing her of treason got under her skin, okay?]

If I committed any crime, it was disobeying the orders of my commanding officer, and yet, I've come to find out he was dirty and stalling me so I didn't learn of his crimes.

[It makes her almost sick, to think about Marcus fooling her the way he did.]

[ Seems like he touched a nerve, huh. Since most people he's come across were relatively forthcoming about having committed the crimes they've been accused of (himself included), Ragna didn't really expect to come across someone who'd argue it, least of all so passionately. ]

Chill, I don't really care either way.

[ He says, his voice just as disinterested as his words suggest. What he doesn't say out loud, however, is that going against one's orders for the sake of what they believe in is something he can... "respect" might be too big of a word, so let's go with "approve of" instead. ]

Sounds like you might be considered guilty from someone else's point of view? Guess whoever wrote those down doesn't sweat about the details as long as the crime fits in the loosest sense of the word.

[ Which, if nothing else, is interesting to know. One could argue that is technically true in his case, too, but he's not invested in his "innocence" enough to try and argue the semantics. ]

[Caitlyn makes herself take a deep breath. It's hard not to get upset about what she's been accused of, but it's not fair to take it out on him. She keeps forgetting most people here are guilty, in one way or another. But even being guilty in some respect didn't mean any of them deserved to be "punished" and stolen from their homes.]

It's certainly possible, I'm sure. There's at least one person here that would consider me a villain.

[even though all she did was exist!!! Jinx's problem with her is, uh. Complicated, to say the least.]

[ For what it's worth, Ragna isn't offended by her defensiveness? Well. Not more offended than he is by default, at least. They all seem to be considered villains by whoever's brought them here, but the way she brings up "one person" specifically catches his attention. ]

... So, there's someone else from your world here on top of everything else?

[ Either that, or she's managed to get on someone's nerves enough to make an enemy already. He... kind of wishes that were the case, though, because that would at least close off the possibility of anyone from his world getting dragged in here. If that were to ever happen, it would be... problematic, to say the least. ]

Edited (wording) 2023-07-26 14:16 (UTC)

A few others, actually. You might know Vi. She's been here for a while. And now her sister is too. Jinx...is the one that has issues with me.

[gods it's so complicated. Caitlyn doesn't exactly want to get into all the details, since it's insanity. Hopefully he won't ask too much more.]

[ Huh... On one hand, it shouldn't come as a surprise that if whoever is doing it all can kidnap people from different universes, then they can grab more than one person per world, too. But it's not the answer Ragna wanted to hear, so there's a small pause before he responds. ]

I know the latter, actually.

[ And... thankfully, he has no further questions on the matter. While he's got nothing against Jinx, whatever beef she has with this girl is none of his business, at least for now. ]

Sounds like you're not in danger of getting bored, at least.

Oh. [That was... definitely not what Caitlyn expected to hear. Given how long Vi had been in Aldrip, she was getting used to most of the people she met knowing Vi. Not...this. Not knowing Jinx instead.

At least he doesn't press for answers, or pry. She's not trying to cause trouble around here. For all of Jinx's...quirks, if she wasn't hurting people, that was okay, wasn't it? Maybe being away from Silco's influence and making new friends would be good for her.]

No, definitely not. Given no one seems to know much, I have my hands full in learning everything that I can.

[ Being relatively new here and having arrived around the same time as Jinx, it was simply a coincidence that he knows her and not her sister. Though he supposes it's good to know she has a sibling here? He has no way of knowing what their relationship is like, of course, but he assumes having family while stuck in a foreign world is a nice thing. ]

So what are you, some kinda detective?

[ Alternatively, she just means trying to figure out what the deal with this place is... but Ragna feels the need to inject his usual, sarcastic kind of humor even into a simple question like that. ]

Yes. And no? [It's complicated!!!]

I wasn't officially a detective. But I have experience with investigation. [Mostly because the guy blocking her with investigating was in the pocket of the guy she wanted to investigate.]

I'm good at seeing the patterns in things. Noticing details others miss. Connecting dots. I hope I'm able to use this to aid in our efforts to return everyone to their homes.

... How big of you.

[ Ragna has a rather low opinion of law enforcement in general (which is kind of a given, what with him being the world's most wanted criminal and all), so he's not exactly thrilled to hear that response, nor is he willing to believe in her good intentions. But, on the off chance she does discover a way out, he's not dismissing the idea right out of the gate. ]

Good luck with that, I guess.

[ It's kind of hard to tell whether it's meant to be sarcasm or if he truly means it. ]

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