[Intro] My mom Julieta, here's her deal

[pan_acea]

WHO: Julieta Madrigal and you!
WHERE: The Labyrinth and then all over
WHEN: February 13th
WHAT: Mamá Julieta has come to join the Madrigal arrival
WARNINGS: None at this time


A: She can heal you with a meal [Labyrinth]

When Julieta wakes up, she looks around at the absolutely massive kitchen she suddenly found herself in, her mortar and pestle next to her head, and she was sitting on a stool. No wonder she was so uncomfortable! However, as sleep left her mind more and more, she realized several things very quickly.

This is not her kitchen.

This is not Casita.

Her family is not here.

Is she still dreaming? She pinches herself and then winces.

She takes a deep breath trying to calm down. She takes a few more to be sure. Alright, time to think Julieta. She begins pacing in the giant kitchen. She is in a kitchen, not only is she in a kitchen but there are enough supplies to feed the entire Encanto. She had her mortar and pestle, and her apron and dress, which is not what she went to bed in, to be sure.

Julieta examined all the instruments in the kitchen, this was... not a traditional kitchen. Pots, pans, those were the same sure, but the whole thing was incredibly impersonal, stainless steel everywhere.

... Alright, she couldn't resist liking the oven.

She examined everything, opening all the doors and discovering she now quite liked the size of the refrigerator as well.

Maybe this was a dream! DOUBLE ovens with stovetops! Aaaah not a dream, heaven!

Still, she needed to figure out what to do. After examining everything, she found a door. Rather than it opening it up to a building, she immediately was faced with a long corridor going off in either direction.

She tapped her lips in thought, closing her eyes. Alright, she had food, she had water, the sinks were working, she checked. So she could make a plan if this took several days. The first rule of being lost was to stay put.

Were there others in this place? Were there wild animals? Maybe monsters or spirits? Her fingers tapped along her lips as she kept thinking. She then snapped her fingers, a plan in mind. At the very least, she should have something ready if she got hurt or found someone who was. Plus, she couldn't leave the room to venture out without food. She had no idea what was out there.

Grabbing a sack of flour, she propped open the door to the kitchen and got to work cooking, she had already categorized what food she recognized and what she didn't. She'd save the food she didn't know for last for rations if needed. Plus, she would need to actually cook something for her Gift to work. She chose recipes that would yield a lot of results with few ingredients. Arepas were the obvious choice.

Julieta rolled up her sleeves and washed her hands to get to work.

Soon, smells of food filled the air and Julieta was glancing at the door every now and then. She didn't know if she would attract help or harm, she glanced over at the frying pans and knives she had at the ready. She wasn't even sure this would attract any company at all, but she would give it a day or two before she even ventured out into the labyrinth. And she'd have cooked food that could heal her if needed. She heard footsteps and moved to slicing vegetables so she could have a knife in hand, not that she knew how to use it for anything OTHER than cooking but she didn't know who just walked in. She kept her back turned for the moment, trying to stay calm and casual.

"¡Hola! You're just in time, the food is almost ready, here come in, come in."

B. 001 Video; UN: Beekeeper
- and I just press this button here? [Someone with her mentions that she's already recording and Julieta smiles.] Gracias, no no, thank you for showing me how to use this. Please enjoy the aborrajados, eat eat. This won't take me long.

[Finally Julieta turns to look at the camera.]

¡Hola! My name is Julieta Madrigal, I am new to this city. [... Some... how. No one has answers on that yet.] Por favor I am looking for my family.

We are a very big family, so listing them all may take a while, so if you just happen to know someone with the last name Madrigal, and point me in their direction, or them to mine, I would be very grateful.

[The person with Julieta asks if she has anymore and Julieta pulls another bit of food from her pocket, handing it to them.] Of course of course, eat eat.

Comments

b | video; un: oyente

[escuchando]

Tía Julieta!

[It is not at all a surprise to find that her aunt is already making headway in feeding the population of Kaisou, but Dolores does feel a strange mixture of happiness and anxiety at seeing Julieta here too. Was this place really targeting Madrigals? Could her own brothers or parents be the next ones to appear here?

Without some reflection, she isn't too sure what she thinks about it.]

I'm here! And Mirabel, Isabela and Luisa, and Tío Bruno too!

[pan_acea]

Dolores!

[Julieta is so happy to see her niece, she lets out a sigh of relief that someone is here, especially someone as responsible as-]

Los siento, did you just say all my girls are here and Bruno?

Dolores, where even is here?

[escuchando]

This is...

[And Dolores makes a vague gesture with one hand as if to demonstrate that, really, she has no idea.]

You know as much as I do by now I expect, Tía. This is Kaisou. I'm... afraid I don't know very much more than that.

[pan_acea]

Hey, it's okay, Dolores. The thing I care about most is that you're all okay and safe and we're together. I'm sure, knowing your mamá and papá, they'll be along soon enough with how this place is pulling us in one after the other.

voice | un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

At this point I think half your family's here, ma'am.

Voice;

[pan_acea]

Ai, half my family? Would you happen to know who, por favor?

Voice;

[drewthetower]

I've met Bruno and Mirabel, and Bruno mentioned a Dolores. If anyone else has shown up, it's been in the last week and I've been busy.

002. text; un: TheGoldenGuard

[cardinalrule]

There's someone here with Madrigal in their username. It's 'AmazingMadrigal.'

Text;

[pan_acea]

Ai is that so? Thank you for telling me. I will reach out on to them on this device.

[cardinalrule]

I didn't know people from the same realm could end up here, let alone family members.

[He is really, really not sure how to feel about that.]

You're either incredibly lucky, or incredibly unlucky.

video, un: AmazingMadrigal

[nonmagical]

[And the AmazingMadrigal is right here! It's Mirabel, and she's delighted that now both of her sisters are here, and now here mom (and maybe feeling slightly guilty that she didn't find her mom in her labyrinth).

But she seems unharmed, that's good.]

Mamá! You're here now too? Where are you? I'll come get you!

Video;

[pan_acea]

MIRA! [Oh thank goodness! She lets out a breath and smiles.]

Oh! I am at someplace called the Seven Star Mall. It is where I found these nice people to explain this device. Someplace called Starbucks? The coffee is a bit weak, though.

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[nonmagical]

Seven Star Mall - I've been there before. I'll be there soon, ok?

[It'll be a bit of a walk, but it's her mom and she'll walk anywhere to go get her. She's just gonna, go collect her coat and get ready to head there.]

Casita's here too, along with a lot of the rest of our family!

Labyrinth

[neverbreaks]

[ Luisa had only been in this city for about a day, and technically she hadn't entirely recovered from her own experience with the labyrinth. Part of her knew she should be resting, but the thought of someone else from the family needing help made it impossible to sit back. She'd already somehow missed Isabela until they found each other in the city, and she couldn't bear anyone else having to go through something so difficult.

Although as she entered the labyrinth, she immediately noticed how different it was from her own. It was to be expected, as she and Isabela had compared their initial experiences, but she hadn't quite been expecting...this.

And while it was certainly not the same, seeing something resembling a kitchen made her ache for her mother. The other members of their family who were also here had been so great, but she still missed her mother's warmth and comforting presence. ]

...Hello? Is anyone here?

[pan_acea]

[She drops the knife as soon as she hears a very familiar voice and turns to look at the door. She hurries over to the other end of the kitchen, and when she sees her middle daughter, her eyes widened and she rushes over to her, wrapping up the bigger girl in her arms. But no matter how big Luisa is, she's never too big for her mamá's hugs.]

LUISA! [She hugs onto Luisa as tight as she can.]

Luisa, mi corazon, you're okay! You're here! Wherever here is! Are you alright, are you hurt? Come come come, sit, sit, I just made some arepas.

[neverbreaks]

[ Luisa gasps, but barely has a chance to react before her mother hurries over, and she's enveloped in a hug.

When her mind finally catches up, finally realizes that it really is her mother, here and (from what she can see) well, she returns the hug as tight as she can without hurting her. ] Mamá!

[ She swallows the lump in her throat, because while she is so glad to see her mother, she's still worried about the kind of place they're in. But she doesn't protest as Julieta leads her to sit down. ]

Sí, Mamá, I'm okay. [ Though Julieta might notice that she's a bit scratched up. ] What about you? Are you all right?

Video: UN: BRUNO

[wedonttalkabout]

[!!!! Bruno has not picked up the phone faster!!]

Julieta!!! It's you!! You're here!!

[Oh thank god D:]

I'm so happy to see you, hermana. This place is a lot, it's so full of people and there was this electric squirrel! [Yeah. An electric squirrel. Is he going to explain that further? Nope!] It's been crazy!

Video; Beekeeper

[pan_acea]

Bruno! Thank goodness! I was so worried! [They literally JUST got him back and the house rebuilt. And now she has her baby brother again!]

Mirabel is coming to get me! Luisa got me out of that Labyrinth, but what is going on!? [She wants to ask if Bruno saw this coming but no, she can't imagine he'd not tell them about something like THIS!] Are you all alright?

[wedonttalkabout]

Me too!! All the kids started showing up and I was just I have had almost no experience here, I have no idea what I'm doing, what if I set them on fire somehow?!! because I don't know!! Is it easy to set kids on fire? I am very much not qualified for this!!!

[Bruno most of them are grown adults now, it's not this bad. But he still doesn't want to set your kids on fire, Julieta! Somehow. ]

Okay um, best I can guess? We got sucked into some sort of portal hole and now we're here. [When the seer of your family offers a big fat hell if I know about something, you know it's bad. ] There are these people called Zodiac who study it? I've tried to use my gift to figure out how to get out of here but it's not working right.

[Which at least partially answers the unasked question.]

I'm okay. This place has a lot of people in it, but Castia showed up randomly too so...that's a little beter than the tiny appartment I had with Mibrael and Dolores for the last month.

B | Voice; un: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

Sounds like some of them have already responded.

[It's sweet to watch this family reunion unfold]

I've met a few of them. How are you related to the other Madrigals?

[pan_acea]

¡Ah sí!

I'm so wonderfully glad!

And I am Bruno's older sister, Dolores is my niece, and then Isabella, Luisa, and Mirabel are my daughters.

[whiteshroud]

Oh you're the mom to three of them, I see!

[FINALLY he's not the only teen with a parent on the app. There's some happiness in knowing he's not the only one who has to deal with that]

Your daughters are great. They've been really nice to me when I've spoken to them. And your brother's Bruno's rat show is really entertaining.

video; un: belladonna

[matizrojo]

[Isabela is still learning herself, but it didn't take her long to pick up the basics. So when she sees her mom? She immediately reaches out.]

Thank goodness you're here. A lot's happened, but-- it's still nothing we can't handle.

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[pan_acea]

ISA!¡Mi vida!

[All her babies are here! She lets out a sigh of relief, especially since Isabella can keep such a cool head.]

Your sister is coming to get me and then we can figure out whatever is going on. Are you alright? You're not hurt, are you? Luisa said you and she arrived on the same day. I'm sorry I'm late.

We need to figure out what is even going on.

[matizrojo]

No-- no, I'm fine. Really! There was nothing that could hurt me in that weird "labyrinth" anyway. But you should definitely check on Luisa.

[Because she can't be totally sure Luisa will admit it on her own, even if it's just because she's so used to not having to worry about it.]

I know. I'm still wrapping my head around a lot of things. But once we're all together I'm sure things will start falling into place.