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Credence Barebone - Fantastic Beasts [Possibly spoilers]

[credence_barebone]

A young man appeared through one of the gates. He was perhaps in his late teens and he looked exceedingly nervous, hunching up his shoulders and hugging himself as his eyes darted around anxiously. Everything had been chaotic and suddenly.... he was here. But where was here? It was more witchcraft, certainly.

In a very small, obviously nervous voice he said one word in question:

"Help?"

Her mom senses are tingling...

[motherofresistance]

As someone recently arrived herself, Leia could understand the young man's nervousness. She might well be without her Force abilities for the moment, but she still endeavored to project a reassuring presence as she approached him. "Hello," she said gently. "Are you alright? I know getting brought here can be very disorienting." The young man didn't look like he was hurt, but with the way he was hunched up it was hard to tell. And she wasn't sure if the transition to Nautilus fixed injuries that might have been incurred prior to arrival.

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[credence_barebone]

He hunched even more as the stranger approached him. Recent events having made him even more mistrustful of others, even those who seemed to be caring.

"B-brought where?" He managed, his voice still very quiet and hushed. Almost as if he was afraid to speak up.

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[motherofresistance]

Leia made no attempt to touch the obviously nervous young man, especially after he'd practically flinched away from her. Instead, she simply stopped near enough that they could easily converse, doing her best not to intrude on his personal space.

"It's a place called Nautilus," she said. "It's a bit difficult to explain, but Nautilus is sort of a world between worlds. People are brought here from a lot of different times and places. I was just brought here recently myself, from a world called D'Qar. Can I ask where you're from?"

Baby steps. If she had some idea where he was from, she might be able to better judge how to reassure him.

[credence_barebone]

"New York," he answered, his eyes glancing around before alighting back on her again.

It was strange. Even though he was anxious about finding himself in an unfamiliar face - there was a sort of internal peace for once; as if something that had been coiling and knotted in his chest had gone.

But the loss of his repressed magic didn't make him any less nervous.

[motherofresistance]

Well that didn't ring any bells unfortunately. It didn't even sound like the name for a planet, more like a settlement of some sort. It might not even be in her galaxy, given this place.

"New York," she repeated. "Can't say I've ever been there, but given what I know of Nautilus, that's not too surprising. My name's Leia Organa-Solo. What's yours?"

[credence_barebone]

It took him a moment to hesitantly reply.

"I'm Credence. Credence Barebone."

That was the name he'd been given when Mary Lou adopted him, anyway. In the back of his mind he vaguely wondered what his birth name might have been before he'd been taken in by that terrible woman. Part of him wanted to reject that last name now but for now it was the only name he had. So that's what he gave.

[motherofresistance]

She nodded politely. "It's good to meet you, Credence," she said, smiling gently.

"Now I'm sure you have questions," she said. "So feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to answer. There's no need to worry about sounding foolish; everybody here was a newcomer once, and it's a lot to take in."

[credence_barebone]

There was one particular question he had, although it did indeed sound foolish, now that he was here.

"Is... Is this hell?"

He'd been told it was the place where all witches and wizards would burn, along with all bad and naughty children. Mary Lou had made it clear that he was on that track if he didn't smarten up and do what she said. But... after what he had done... and to suddenly find himself here... Maybe this was the place he'd been threatened with.

Even if there didn't appear to be any flames.

[motherofresistance]

Under other circumstances, Leia might have been amused, but the seriousness with which he asked the question really sucked any potential humor out of it. "No," she said. "Nautilus might not be everyone's favorite place to be, but it certainly isn't any version of hell."

[credence_barebone]

Despite wanting to take her word for that, he just couldn't. He'd only just met her, after all. It would likely take time for him to trust anyone again, even if he did yearn for some sort of friend. Or somebody to care about him at all.

Credence didn't really relax at hearing her words but he became slightly less hunched up.

"How do I... um... get home?"

He wasn't sure he even had any home to go back to, but surely he couldn't stay here?

[motherofresistance]

"Unfortunately, we can't," Leia said. "At least not right away. Once you've had a chance to adjust to being here, going back through the gate you just arrived through and focusing all your will on going home will take you there."

"In the meantime, there are places new arrivals can stay, called Welcome Houses," she said. "I can show you to the one I've been staying at, if you like. And food is provided at no charge. In fact there's no charge for anything, since Nautilus really doesn't have any form of currency."

[credence_barebone]

Taking in all that she's saying, in some ways it doesn't make a lot of sense to Credence. Was it something like a charity here? Free food and a place to stay. But was there a catch? There always seemed to be a catch. Somebody always wanted something in return.

He looked down, shoulders hunching again.

"What do I have to do?"

Even without currency he assumed he'd have to do something for food and everything else. Nothing was truly free.

[bigbadrose]

A blonde in a leather jacket offers an instant handshake. "Hi, I'm Rose Tyler, welcome to Nautilus." She too, has the typical British accent, a Londoner, and maybe a bit Chav, but that's way beyond his time period, she guesses from his clothes.

[credence_barebone]

He backs away from the handshake as if he's frightened by the contact - or as if he's expecting a blow.

"I... I'm Credence," he's obviously shy and very nervous, almost giving the impression of a wounded animal.

[bigbadrose]

Every culture's different, and just because he looks human doesn't mean he is.

Rose puts her hands in her pockets, and nods with a cheerful grin, she hopes is a little reassuring. "Nice to meet you, mate. You are new to Nautilus, right? Because it'd be a shame to waste all the introduction speeches if you've been here before."

[credence_barebone]

"I suppose I'm new. I only just... found myself here," he admitted. "I saw one other lady already and she told me a few things. This place is called Nautilus and there is some sort of witchcraft called Bending."

He sounded worried about that, as if magic was a bad thing - or at least something to be potentially frightened about.

[bigbadrose]

"I don't know if witchcraft is the right word for it," Rose said slowly, then considered it, "I'm not sure it's the wrong word either, yeah?" she admitted with a wry grin. "You might distress some of the serious scientists here, but there's people from worlds with dragons and magic, and bending is kind of...." she waved a hand vaguely, "In between all that that." She bit her bottom lip. "Are you familiar with the concept of different worlds?"

[credence_barebone]

"Do you mean planets?"

Of course she could also mean the difference between the magical and non-magical worlds, he thought but didn't want to voice.

[bigbadrose]

"Yeah, that and like parallel worlds and dimensions," Rose bit her bottom lip in thought. "I'm not an expert or anything, I've just seen it firsthand. Point is, this place rests outside of that, the void and the chaos both sort of off and away but close. And the multiverse connecting all through here like gates. Followin' so far?"

[credence_barebone]

"So it really isn't... hell?" He's still unsure about that, even with the lack of fire and everlasting torture. But it still feels strange to have ended up in some... safer place? Maybe it was another trick. It seemed his life was full of small hopes that were constantly shattered.

[bigbadrose]

Rose raised both of her eyebrows nearly up to her hairline. "No... why would you think it was?"

Even assuming Krop Tor wasn't "hell" per se, given its proximity to the black hole, the Beast, the possession of everyone, and even the Doctor said the language was older than he could recognize, older than the Universe itself supposedly. So as far as Rose is concerned, that was as close to Hell as she cared to get. But she wasn't going to explain that to anyone if she could avoid it.

In spite of his earlier fears of touching, Rose reached out to put a hand reassuringly on his elbow, reminded again mentally that she should probably be more careful about touch and showing sympathy to strangers lest she revitalize more daleks or whatever else. "Whatever you're coming from, you don't have to worry about that here, I promise." She gave the most sympathetic expression she had. "It's not so bad here. Even though there's some really bad chaos storms, most of the time it's quite lovely, really."

[credence_barebone]

Her touch was gentle and he didn't pull away this time. He wanted comfort. He needed comfort. There was still some innocence underneath his fears that wanted to believe her words and that her touch wouldn't harm him.

"I was told that's where I probably would end up," he whispered, looking away from her.

[bigbadrose]

A small frown and Rose put her arms around his shoulders in a half-hug. "Nope. Not Hell. I've seen the devil and where he was trapped, and this is really far away from it."

A light head pat before she pulled back and offered him a hand. "Come on, are you hungry? There's a bunch of great restaurants here. See?" a wink and a wolfish grin, "Very not hell. Do you come from a place with witchcraft or are you just used to the idea of it? I visited a couple planets where it was a thing, sort of." She waved her opposite hand, using the chatter to try to reassure him still that this was very not Hell, and that she wasn't a threat (because she really wasn't yet, if ever.) "The Doctor, my friend, and pilot, he said it was all psychic electricity magnetic something-something transference, and he's a little particular about the Bending here, that it's weaving chaos energy and I don't know what else." She poked her tongue through her teeth in an even more wolfish grin. "But if it does the same thing as magic, does it really matter what you call it?" she tossed him a wink and flipped her hair out of her way.

[credence_barebone]

That extra hug made his shoulders hunch up even more as if withdrawing into himself.

"You've... uhh... seen the devil?" Well, that was an unsettling statement to hear.

He took her hand tentatively, like a shy little boy much younger than his apparent age. "My ma told me that all witches are wicked and evil and had to be stopped. The world had to be burned clean of them." He took a nervous, shaky breath in and out. "But I don't think it's as simple as she says."