all over the universe

[solus_unus]

WHO: Caius Vitale
WHERE: From the fountain to the Inn and then around the Village from there.
WHEN: 02.02
OPEN TO: All
WARNINGS: Possible mention of Highlander type death prior to arriving
STATUS: Open

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[Arrival > Inn]

It wasn't exactly a frightening experience surfacing in the fountain and realising he wasn't dead, or even in Ireland, for that matter. He wasn't back in the City either, so for a short few seconds to blink the water out of his vivid blue eyes, Caius glanced around. Needless to say, he knew well enough he wasn't there.

So where the hell was he? There was a pack on his back, and the scrubs weren't anything he could understand.

As he climbed out, something scraped against his forearm, leaving a deep enough gouge to bleed pretty badly, made only temporarily better when the water rushed off him. Immediately, the cooler temperature set into his bones and by the time he reached the Inn, he was trembling.

[Around the Village - Evening]

After finding out that the multiverse snagged him again, it was time to do some exploring. The whole situation was oddly familiar in that each time he took on a new identity and landed in the place where he'd live for the next decade, he did the same thing. So off he went to learn as much as he could. Create a mental map, if so to speak. Like the City, there wasn't much in the way of getting answers.

Until answers did become available, Caius looked up after the sun went down and marveled at something the City didn't have. Stopped right in the middle of a pathway, he stared up at sky while lightening danced amidst an aurora of blueish green ribbons of lights.

It was breathtaking.

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[solus_unus]

"Well, that's good then. Never was one who cared much for winter." Caius retorted with a soft chuckle.

The smile he gave when the other said his name probably looked far more personal than Caius intended. He gave a nod.

"Under the circumstances, it's still good to meet you. I'm Caius."

[seekingcrocodile]

"It used to be that when the first signs of winter arrived, I'd go as far as I could in the other direction until it was past again." That was easier than trying to sail through the winter, or keep the ship warm enough to do any good without setting anything on fire. "Unfortunately that wasn't an option here."

[solus_unus]

"The other place I was didn't have an option either. So, I guess you can say I'm used to it." Caius replied, half laughing. It all seemed surreal now; the universe had a lot of different corners. Meeting people who'd been to them was an everyday occurrence now. Or, seemed to be.

[seekingcrocodile]

"It wasn't so much so that I didn't have to get used to the cold. It's much easier to sail in warm waters than frozen ones." Although personal comfort was one of the considerations at the time. It was nearly impossible to heat the ship at all without risking setting the whole thing on fire, so it was nice to be in warmer locations where that wasn't an issue.

"Other place? Where you're from, you mean?"

[solus_unus]

Caius nodded certainly, enough to say he could attest to that. Not that he spent a whole lot of time sailing in bodies of water on vessels during the winter months. The span of his existence aside, the immortal just loathed being cold and did his best to dodge it as best as he could.

At Killian's need for clarification, Caius shook his head. "I got pulled into another place from my world besides this one. They call us world jumpers."

[seekingcrocodile]

"So you haven't been home in while then." He's not one of those who doesn't think he can be happy here, at least not while Emma's here, and this isn't the first time he's had to struggle to survive, but he knows there are things that Emma misses about Storybrooke, and wishes they could find a way back there for her sake.

[solus_unus]

"Actually, I was just there. Not for long, but I did stop over for a number of months before arriving here." Caius replied with a nod of his head.

As much of the City as he wanted to forget, there were some people and situations that would be with him forever. Luckily for him, there were people here that would help ease that.

"What about you? Have you been anywhere other than your world and here?"

Caius knew some memories stuck while other didn't. So, given Killian didn't recognize him, the City fell under the latter.

[seekingcrocodile]

"No. I've been a lot of places in my world, but this is the first time I've been brought to one in a manner such as this." He's also known that he was going to those places, even if it wasn't easy to get to or from them. He'd been pulled here randomly, and so far there's no way to choose to leave.

[solus_unus]

Caius nods, almost knowingly.

"Anyone make the trip here, too, from your world?"

[seekingcrocodile]

"Emma." The person from that world that he most would have wanted to have here, if he'd had the choice, so that's good. Sometimes he wishes for her sake that some of her family was here. Or, more accurately, that she could be home with them again instead of stuck here. "My fiancee."