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[bear_with_her]

Och! I don't understand anythin'! "Fictional worlds"? "Fake people"? "Nothin' but stories?" It makes no sense! As real as th'sky bein' blue, Scotland is. Sure, a legend or two may have been a wee bit exaggerated, but this? This seems like th'unreal thing, not th'other way around!

It's not fair. I refuse t'believe any of this nonsense.

...So, if anyone could be so kind as t'point me t'the exit, I'd be much obliged.

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[freezespirited]

You're welcome. Is that good?

[bear_with_her]

I'm on an island with no way off.

Does it sound like any of this is good?

[freezespirited]

It is if you're really into islands.

[bear_with_her]

Or maybe I'm just a wee bit frustrated that if I don't get off this island within th'next day, I'm goin' t'lose someone important t'me.

[freezespirited]

...You don't really think that time here matches up with where you're from, do you?

[bear_with_her]

I don't know! And I'm startin' t'think I shouldn't care.

It's not worth riskin'.

[freezespirited]

What are you going to do?

[bear_with_her]

I'm goin'... I'm goin' to...

I don't know!

[She has no plan of action. Frankly, she doesn't know the setting or its boundaries well enough to. It still doesn't change her sense of urgency.]

All I know is that if I don't get back t'Scotland soon, Mum is goin' t'be a be--- she'll be gone, and she'll never come back. And it will be all my fault.

[freezespirited]

Okay. Okay. I don't know what's going to happen, but let's look at what's going on here. You've obviously been pulled to a different place, and judging by the dress unless you're going to a renaissance festival, you're not from this time period. Whatever time it is. If an island is capable of taking you from that, it should be just as capable of sending you back to before anything permanent happens.

What is happening, exactly?

[bear_with_her]

If there's a way off, or so seems t'be the consensus.

[She pauses for a moment, thinking of how to word things correctly.]

A witch turned Mum into a bear. If I don't find a way t'reverse th'spell by sunrise tomorrow, she'll be stuck as a bear forever. One that won't remember anythin' about bein' human.

[freezespirited]

There's a way off, just not one within our control.

[Oh.]

The island sure picked a really bad time to invite you.

[bear_with_her]

...What do ye mean by that?

[Please don't say death.]

Now ye see why I'm puttin' up a fuss. [She sighs, glancing away from the camera.] If I knew someone else could help Mum, I wouldn't be so upset; but Dad doesn't believe in magic and my brothers weren't there t'hear the witch's message about how t'break it. They won't know what t'do.

[freezespirited]

People tend to leave without any warning, usually around the same time. No one knows what happens to them.

I'll help you look.

[bear_with_her]

[So it might be up to pure chance, which isn't good at all.

However, his offer takes her by pleasant surprise.]

Ye will? Well then... thank ye kindly. I appreciate any help I can get.

...Erm, I'm Merida, by th'way.

[freezespirited]

Sure. I'll look around and see what happens.

Jack Frost. [Smirking, he takes a bow.]

[bear_with_her]

I assume you'll let me know if ye find anythin'?

[Pffft. She returns his bow with something of a mock curtsy, though it's mostly halfhearted due to the oddity of her current situation.]

Sorry about... well, all that, Jack Frost. [Her snappy behaviour, that is; not that she's too much happier now, but his offer to help her definitely earned him some brownie points and might have instilled more hope than she previously had.]

[freezespirited]

You'll be the first to know.

[he grins, eyes lit up with amusement.]

Don't worry about it. Situation considered, you've been very reasonable.

[bear_with_her]

That's what I like t'hear.

[Well now, that's a compliment she didn't expect.]

I suppose. It definitely could be worse; I could be goin' around and shootin' arrows at everythin' I see.

[freezespirited]

You do archery?

[bear_with_her]

Aye. I happen t'be th'best archer in Scotland.

[Is that pride in her voice and features? Why yes, yes it is. Archery, even talk of it, always raises her mood.]

[freezespirited]

That's a title worthy of proof.

[bear_with_her]

Is that a challenge I hear? I'd be happy t'prove it t'ye; it's a good thing my bow and quiver were brought with me t'this strange isle.

[freezespirited]

Yeah, it is a good thing. How does the beach sound?

[bear_with_her]

I think I can find it. Meet ye there?

[freezespirited]

Sure. See you there.