Of the group, one was a pale skinned brunette. Laying there in the grass, clad in a dress identical to the only other girl present, she was still and peaceful for a few long moments. Then, all of a sudden, her hazel eyes shot wide open in surprise and fear and she bolted upright with a shriek. A shriek that cut off early, giving way to stunned confusion as the girl glanced about her surroundings. Wasn't there something dangerous and terrifying just moments ago? How did she end up here? Where was her car?

Someone was yelling in a language she didn't understand, and she soon became aware of the fact that she wasn't alone here. There were others, some around her age and some younger as far as she could tell. Her chest rose and fell with heavy, panicked breathing as she sat there in the grass, heart racing and her expression twisted up as she tried to process what was going on.

[quote]"Translator Level 1 Acquired!"[/quote]

She snapped her head around to look for the source of words she actually understood, brown hair whipping against one shoulder from the sudden movement. Panic drained away to simpler, duller bewilderment as she realized she could understand what was being said now. The voice wasn't the one she had heard mention a translator, but the one that had been shouting earlier. She pushed herself to her feet and brushed the grass from her dress, intending to get her bearings - only to freeze up mid motion as the voice from before spoke once more.

[quote]"Welcome to Kairelith. Your new life begins here. Please accept the goddess Kaireth's blessing as a commemoration of your arrival."[/quote]

Once again she looked around in confusion, but this time she noted something... Odd, about the voice. It didn't actually seem like it had a sound to it, like she hadn't heard it with her ears. More... In her head? That was a strange thought all on it's own, and all this confusion and how strange and stressful everything was was giving her a headache. Putting one hand up to rub at her head, the voice in her head continued.

[quote]"Decide your path. A second chance was given to you by the merciful goddess, use it wisely."[/quote]

She didn't know what that meant, but she was starting to get an idea. A new life, a second chance? A second chance for what? Had she done something wrong? Had something happened? And now she was... Somewhere else, as herself but in a 'new life' with a path to decide? And a goddess had done this? What about her family, her friends?

Any further reflection was interrupted by the sudden appearance of balls of light, and for a moment the brunette expected the small group was about to be greeted by the goddess who had saved them - or perhaps angels or some other kind of servant of theirs? Except instead it was a lot of people in medieval looking armor and not any kind of angels or holy emissaries she had ever heard of. Slightly disappointed, she finished brushing herself off and was about to question the mention of 'magic' when a burly looking man started yelling at her and the other people she seemed to have been brought here with.

Taking an involuntary step back, noting the man's hand on his sword, she almost felt like trying to run away. Except, where would she go? She hadn't done anything wrong, either, and running away would just probably get her in trouble or hurt or something. Had a goddess really brought her here just to get yelled at while she had a headache, grass stains on her clothes, and no idea what was going on?

Standing up straight, hands on her hips, the short girl took a deep breath before striding forward to glare up at the much taller, burlier man and replying. "My name is Jackie, and I have no idea how I got here or who these other people are. All I know is it was probably a goddess named Kaireth that did it, and that she probably doesn't appreciate you being so rude to someone she was trying to help with a blessing!"

Bringing her arms up to cross under her chest, she huffed again before adding. "Also, I don't know OR care who or what a Froviel Empire is, and I'm definitely not a spy from another country."