Exploring the Park [Closed starter for Yukari]
After Elphaba had aquainted herself a little with her new roommate, she wanted to familiarize herself more with her new surroundings. She could have just as easily spent the time in the hotel room thinking about home and the few friends she had, but that wouldn't do her any good. As much as she couldn't help this nagging feeling about what happened before she was torn out of Oz, she had to figure out things here first.
Like whether or not she could find a way out.
There were no exits indicated on the maps, but she wanted to try and find out for herself. So, she decided to start off in Julia's Kingdom, and as she approached, she noticed the castle. It reminded her a little of the Emerald City, only more old-fashioned. She wasn't sure why she felt a strange pang when she thought of the Emerald City. It wasn't quite nostalgia, or homesickness, although she was feeling those as well.
After doing some exploring, and getting unnerving looks from the blank-eyed workers when she strayed too far from the designated paths, Elphaba found herself in the square in the middle of that park. She was going to take a break, and started folding her map to tuck it into the Wizard's book, but in doing so, a breeze caught the map and blew it along the ground for a moment, before it stopped at the feet of another woman. Elphaba rushed over and bent over to pick it up, then straightened up and looked at the woman in front of her.
"My apologies," she said, finally folding the map and tucking it into the cover of the book, as was the initial plan.