Intense Struggle! (Round 7 - The Database)

Originally posted on MSPA by Ixcalibur.

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Aph lay still on the cold grass. Her face set into a smile, and her eyes staring blankly. She lay there for a second or two, unaware of the world around her. Fixated on the person she had just met. The love of her life! She just knew it! The Monitor it had called itself. She knew it was a cliche to describe someone as tall, dark and handsome but she didn't care. It was perfect. As she'd stared at it, it's words had washed over her. She only noted how calm, yet commanding it's voice had sounded. The content of those words had been lost and Aph didn't care. She wished that it hadn't had to leave so soon, that it would be back again, soon... And then the feeling faded.

With the love gone Aph noticed that she was somewhere new. Lying in the grass. She pushed herself up into a half-sitting half-lying position and glanced around. The building was like nothing she had ever seen before. All metal and rivets and stone and concrete. It made her feel cold just to look at it. This place looked cold and uninviting. It made her shiver and wish she was still back on the streets of her own world. Even the discomfort of lying in dark cobbled alleyways seemed preferable to the world she saw around her. Then her eyes locked onto a young man in an unusual hat and all that was inconsequential. Immediately she knew, this man was the love of her life! That rugged masculine jawline, that handsome stubble. He was perfect. Aph frowned slightly as she looked at his expression, he looked concerned and started to charge a fireball from his fingertips. Aph's heart leapt for joy. A magician! She already had something in common with him. She fretted slightly and hoped she could learn some better magics fast. A noble magician like him would not be very impressed with her meagre abilities.

Aph barely even noticed as someone ran past her new love. If there was anyone else here they were of no consequence. Shyly she waved and hoped to catch his eye.