[ That... is a tower she doesn't think looks particularly stable, but it's apparently been here for awhile, long enough to house a Master. It's probably not as alarming as it looks, and Rise nods, lips set into a thin line. This is the closest lead she has, and she's going to follow it as much as she can.
That determination doesn't completely prepare her for the sight of a wizened old man in a wizard's hat after trotting up enough stairs to make even her idol-strengthened thighs start to ache, but Rise maintains a stiff upper lip and a rather sensible demeanor when Ven introduces her. There's no sense of her earlier desperation as she explains her plight, tells them where she came from (specifically a small town in Japan, Yasoinaba), and admits she can't entirely remember what had happened before she'd ended up in that tower.
Yen Sid ponders this deeply, regarding her over clasped, gnarled hands and through thick brows. He assures her that he doesn't doubt her story, or her, that "Young Ventus was wise to rescue you and bring you here", but then there's the kicker.
He knows of the world she speaks of, but for some reason, establishing a connection to it has been lost, possibly pertaining to her lost memory and an outside force he can't yet define. Until she remembers - until that connection returns - that world is as good as lost to her. In the meantime, he'll reach out to their other allies to assist her, to help protect her and find those answers.
And Rise, politely, thanks him and excuses herself to get some air, grief and worry clogging her throat once she actually steps past the door and reaches out to steady herself with one palm on a nearby tree trunk. ]
... Okay... okay.
[ It's thin and choked, a frail attempt at a pep-talk to herself, but Rise slowly inhales, holds it for a count of seven, and releases that breath. Again. Once more.
Ven's already done this much for her. She has help. Her world doesn't seem to be destroyed, she just can't... get back to it yet. Her friends have to be safe, and she's going to make herself believe it until she stops feeling like way too much just smacked her in the face. ]
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That determination doesn't completely prepare her for the sight of a wizened old man in a wizard's hat after trotting up enough stairs to make even her idol-strengthened thighs start to ache, but Rise maintains a stiff upper lip and a rather sensible demeanor when Ven introduces her. There's no sense of her earlier desperation as she explains her plight, tells them where she came from (specifically a small town in Japan, Yasoinaba), and admits she can't entirely remember what had happened before she'd ended up in that tower.
Yen Sid ponders this deeply, regarding her over clasped, gnarled hands and through thick brows. He assures her that he doesn't doubt her story, or her, that "Young Ventus was wise to rescue you and bring you here", but then there's the kicker.
He knows of the world she speaks of, but for some reason, establishing a connection to it has been lost, possibly pertaining to her lost memory and an outside force he can't yet define. Until she remembers - until that connection returns - that world is as good as lost to her. In the meantime, he'll reach out to their other allies to assist her, to help protect her and find those answers.
And Rise, politely, thanks him and excuses herself to get some air, grief and worry clogging her throat once she actually steps past the door and reaches out to steady herself with one palm on a nearby tree trunk. ]
... Okay... okay.
[ It's thin and choked, a frail attempt at a pep-talk to herself, but Rise slowly inhales, holds it for a count of seven, and releases that breath. Again. Once more.
Ven's already done this much for her. She has help. Her world doesn't seem to be destroyed, she just can't... get back to it yet. Her friends have to be safe, and she's going to make herself believe it until she stops feeling like way too much just smacked her in the face. ]