I'll visit every comic con once. That's my motto, but I don't think I'll be returning from this one any time soon.
Hi! My name is Vickie, Vickie Simmons. Or at least, I was.
I visited comic cons, doing stage performances in cosplay. I'd like to think I'm a great voice mimicker, I can easily switch from light fae-like tones to a gritty rumble; thankfully, I got to keep my little trick.
That was my past life, the one I had before all this... Mess, I find myself in.
It all started in Sydney, at Supanova Pop Culture Expo.
"Aww yeah! Third comic con this year, I'm on a roll!" I gleefully said, pumping a fist in the air.
I wasn't inside, so I wasn't in character.
"You're gonna hurt yourself one day Vick, running around the world like a crazy person." My buddy Don said.
"Ha! Yeah right, how could one get hurt at a comic con?"
"Sword, spears, weapons of all sorts are in there."
"They're not allowed in, you have to have them safe and less than one meter long."
"Yeah, yeah. I know. And anyways, you'll be careful; right?"
"Like you should be talking, seeing who you are."
"Like I really have his powers. Boo!" Dom laughed, I grinned.
Dom and I had a regular yearly thing where we each would decide on one obsession and go to Supanova as the main male and female roles, or antagonists, or background people. It all depended.
While I travelled the world, going to all sorts of different comic cons; Dom would stay behind in Sydney, which is his home. And he couldn't really do what I do.
This year, Dom and I were going as Alucard and Seras Victoria respectively.
We both organised our own costumes, and if one of us couldn't get something in time; the other got it for them.
I nearly forgot my cannon, but Dom got it just in time.
"You got the voice down?"
"As close as I can be, you?"
"Yep!" I replied, my voice easily switching to a copy of Seras'.
It was by now, we had reached the front gates.
"Onwards Mi'lady."
"You're in character once we get inside, okay?"
"Yeah, I know."
Half an hour later we were in and had already taken a few photos with some Hellsing fans, we headed to the stalls. Dom wanted to grab a few Con-Only items, I was tagging along to see what was there.
After a few minutes I spotted a stall with Seras' red uniform, I stared at it; debating on whether or not to approach, it was probably way out of my budget. I had been planning going as her when she was fully fledged, but changed my mind at the last minute. I then spotted a pair of red vampirish contacts near the outfit, I immediately went over. Red contacts were incredibly useful.
"Hello stranger." The vendor said, I nodded in greeting.
"Hi, how much are those lenses?" I asked, forgetting to stop mimicking Seras' voice.
"For you? Twenty-five, interesting talent by the way." He replied.
"Only twenty-five? Awesome! Oh, and thanks. It's not often I get complementing on the mimicking skills." I replied with a grin. I passed over twenty-five bucks and picked up the lenses, I placed them in my pocket to put in later.
I headed back to Dom with a grin.
"Hey Dom! I just got these awesome contacts, I'm gonna go put them in. I'll meet up with you around nine-ish at the SAO voice actors panel?"
He glanced at me.
"Kay Vick, see ya then. Make sure not forget the cannon!" He said with a grin.
I nodded.
"Bitches love cannons." I added, a larger grin on my face.
We shared a laugh.
"Seeya then Seras."
"Same to you Alucard."
I left and headed to the toilets, it was fairly easy to avoid the crowds by sticking to the shadows.
I pushed open the door and walked in, it was a generic girl's toilets. I was happy to see there was a large wall-length mirror.
I walked over to it and pulled out my new contacts, I got one onto my finger and opened my right eye with my left hand. I stared at the ceiling and resisted to blink as I lowered it onto my eye.
After it was safely off my finger and righted my head and blinked a few times, letting it settle. I felt a little dizzy but ignored the feeling, I got the other lens onto my left index finger and held open my left eye. I gently lowered the lens onto my eyes and then blinked a few times, I felt both lenses settle and glanced in the mirror.
I grinned, letting my fangs show.
"Perfect." I muttered, closing the lids of the contact case and sticking it in my pocket.
I turned and took a step towards the door, I nearly ended up face-grounding. I grabbed the side of the bench, avoiding what could have become a broken nose or worse. Straightening up I took another step, only staying standing because of my tight grip on the bench.
A few moments later my vision started blurring and I struggled to stay standing, a few moments after that I fell into a blank nothingness.
My eyes flickered open, I saw dark green leaves above me as I blinked away the stickiness I felt in my eyelids.
I sat up with a groan, glancing around the area I was in I realised it was a clearing of some sort; in a forest of trees, I had no idea what type they were.
I got up slowly, my eyes flicked around as I turned on the spot; trying to work out where the hell I was.
"Okay Vickie, you're in a forest somewhere; most certainly not in Australia any more, no gum trees; England perhaps? It is a bit chilly, but how would I get to England? Think logically Vickie!" I trailed off into silence as I thought for a moment.
"Best thing to do is to get to some sort of civilization, then find out where I am." I said firmly, before I glanced around.
"But which way do I go?"
I thought for a moment before I closed my eyes and spun in a circle with my finger pointed towards the woods, I stopped and I was pointing at one of the larger trees.
"I suppose I'm going this way then." I said, I grinned and walked over and past the large tree and into the forest; with no idea what was next for me.
I regret everything.
After walking for half an hour, I think; I hadn't found anything recognisable, just trees, trees and more trees.
I glared at the sun, which had been irritating me the whole way; I stared at a tree for a second before I started to climb it, no one was around to see my knickers anyway.
Around halfway up I was above the tree line and able to see where the forest ended, I apparently was heading the wrong way; way to go me.
I climbed my way down and began running in the direction where the trees ended, I would plan where to go from there.
A few moments later I realised I was going faster than I had ever run in my life, along with I wasn't tired at all for running that fast; just what the hell was going on?
I reached the edge of the forest and stared in shock, there was a quiant little cottage in front of me; and what was I staring at? A pony. Not just any pony, a butter yellow pony with wings. A pegasus.
It looked like a pony from My Little Pony, Fluttershy to be exact; but that's impossible- right?
The pony was feeding her- I think it's a her- animals, and because of this I'll call her Fluttershy because why not?
Fluttershy glanced up towards the forest, and me and she gasped in shock; which i impossible for a horse and a pony to do, she then shot over to me and smiled.
"Oh! Hello there, you don't look like any type of animal I've seen before; what are you?" Fluttershy asked, I stood; frozen as I realized, this was actualy Fluttershy. How was this possible?!
I jumped as I felt Fluttershy pushed me towards her house.
"Come on little one, I need to look you over; you're an especially odd creature. I wonder who made you these clothes? They certainly don't look hoof-stitched." Fluttershy said, I started walking; hell- what could go wrong?
