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[After examining the journal she received, Cinderella realized that it could some how play and record audio messages. Which is just fine with her since she doesn't feel like writing anything down. She's way too annoyed for that and she certainly sounds the part.]

Whoever took me from the airport and dropped me in the middle of what looks like the set of a pirate movie, I'm going to hunt down and shove my high heel up their ass. At least they could've brought my luggage with me! How do they expect a girl to survive with out her Versace, Prada, or Gucci!? [Not to mention her spare gun, knife, and extra ammo that were enchanted so that TSA would ignore them were in there. Those would have been very handy in this place.]

If I end up missing Fashion Week in Milan I'm going to be extra pissed. [Well really, she was just starting a mission but no one needs to know that. Still, it will cause a huge mess back home if she were to go missing before she even starts.] I'm a busy woman, so I don't have time for this crap.

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I have no idea what any of those are, but I'll assume they're brand names and not actual things you need to survive.

That's right. What gave you the first clue?

I'm from a pretty advanced age, compared to a lot of people I've met here. Italian names are still pretty popular, even in the Toward Stars era. Though a lot more Asian names have also entered the market.

Not that I can afford any of that impractical crap.

I've got a feeling that 'whoever' it is that picked us up isn't really going to put us back anytime soon.

*Finally, there appears to be a woman who is making sense!*

Given how long people have been stuck here, you'll have to wait for your invite to next year's Fashion Week.

As for the rest, they don't exist here. But there are a few designers here and there on various islands that I could recommend.

Hey now, that "impractical crap" is pretty damn comfortable and is not going to fall apart after one wash. Besides, the best time to get it is when Bloomingdales has a bit sale.

So, you're from the future where Asian designers are the top dogs? That's got to be interesting to see.

Well that's just fucking fantastic. I can't afford to take an unexpected vacation like this. At least they could have put us in a better location.

I donno. This location seems pretty nice to me. other then the angry people around at least. Reminds me of what was rumored to be paradise.

Well, shit. That's really not going to do it for me. [How is she going to explain to Beast that she suddenly disappeared for months on end?]

Hopefully these designers are into something other than the corsets I've been seeing around here. I had enough of those in the past.

If this is supposed to be "paradise," then I would hate to see what Hell looks like.

Eh, it makes sense. The main component that enabled us to really reach the stars landed in China by chance. They were the first to have control of it and the first to really utilize it. Kinda' gave them a huge economic advantage.

Pretty sure I was living in Hell on Earth. This could be worse, really.

[He has no idea what Versace, Prada or Gucci are... Or rather he doesn't care, and by the apparent context he imagines it's something related to fashion or something pointless like that.]

Well, princess, the worst news are that you are probably going to be stuck here for a long while, expect a stay from a year up to only-God-knows.

The bad news are that you're going to have to learn to survive without those things, unless you're lucky and Margie starts selling them. But if that happens they will cost probably five times more than they normally would.

Finally, the good news are that you won't miss your Fashion Week in Milan or whatever else you have in your schedule. Even if you spend here thirty years, as far as we know you'll return right where and when you were before appearing here.

Ex-princess. I threw that title in the trash when I got a divorce years ago.

Great... Well as long as I don't have to wear wooden clogs, I can make due. Just wish I had something more than just the clothes on my back.

That last part, though, is probably the best news I've heard all day. [She won't miss her plane to Dubai or have to listen to Beast yell at her for messing up the mission!]

Oh really? And where was that? [She's curious now.]

Zone four most the time, sometimes Zone six. Just outside of Battery city?

[This will help a theory he has, depending on how she replies]

So it's all based on a stroke of luck. Go figure.

... Didn't mean it as a title, but whatever.

[He sounds a bit incredulous though, mostly because, really, what were the chances of her being a real princess? Or having been one?]

You could wear wooden clogs if you want, but there's enough variety of clothes for that to not be a need. You won't find any good store at Isla Empieza, though, but any other island with habitants is a good place for that in my opinion.

[There are even places that sell ball gowns and elegant clothes, so she should be fine. he arches an eyebrow at the last part, he would have thought that reassuring someone that time didn't move while they were stuck here would be the first thing others would do.]

Did no one else mention that yet?

Never heard of those. How far away are they from Uptown Manhattan?

Can't say I know Manhattan. I hear it's on the East coast though?

[Well she figured what he meant by it, but just hearing being called princess always puts a bad taste in her mouth now-a-days so she always has to say something.]

Oh hell no! No wooden clogs! Those things fucking hurt and I swore them off when I first got married.

[Seriously, the idea of putting her foot into one is making her cringe.]

But that's good to know that there are options out there.

And no, no one's mentioned that bit of useful information yet. It would have been nice to hear sooner. I was starting to get the urge to punch someone in the throat.

How can you not know of Manhattan!? [Seriously, she's met Fables who are new to the Mundane who have heard of it.]

It's part of New York City, one of the most popular metropolitan areas in the world!

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Sounds like someone hates those things. Would you prefer to go barefoot?

[He sounds quite amused by that reaction.]

Hn... Don't lose that urge just yet, you will end wanting to punch someone in the throat before the month is over, if not even earlier. So you may as well save time and learn to live with that urge from the very start.

Bad news, babe- you're stuck. Get used to it. No one's really got a hard and fast idea of how to get outta here, no matter what anybody tells you. Might as well get looking for new clothes. Sure no shortage of places to look- there's probably a 'fancy couture' island out there somewhere. There's sure as hell everything else.

No shit Einstein! I hate them with a passion. You try wearing those things day-in, day-out and then having to treat blisters while picking splinters out. And yes, I very much rather go barefoot.

Great, I'll keep that last bit in mind. [Good thing she always knows to keep that urge with her. Note to self: get extra bullets for the gun she does have with her.]

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