* Right after getting sucked into the space rift, the ships sensors are going wacko. Something is Very Wrong. "Not good." * The rift is collapsing quickly, a narrow passage that's quickly getting smaller. "Way not good." * Pretty soon, it's getting too small for even the ship, and loud ripping sounds indicate that it's getting crushed/torn apart. * KaeollaRae attempts to increase the hull integrety fields. "Hold t'getha, baby." * The ripping/crushing sound gains an echoy effect, then fades as the fields go up. There's a sudden burst of speed as the field add's a slickening frictionless effect to rubbing againt the walls of your current in between reality. "Eye of the needle, baby!" * Then the inertial dampeners go, and the speed becomes too much. You could swear you saw a solid black wall at the end, right before you pass out, though. o.O;; * When you come around, the first thing you notice is that you can still hear the space dragon. * KaeollaRae looks <_<;; >_>;; * The area looks Really Bad. There's a couple of species you've never seen before standing around, a good distance away. There's what's left of your ship, and ... the space dragon is prowling around, obviously confused. There's quite a few holes in the ground near it. * Behind you is a tall black monolith, rectangular in shape. There's a symbol engraved into it, an octagaon with two opposing diagonal lines coming from the center. * KaeollaRae does her best to not gleen the attention of the space dragon, trying to stay out of it's sight. * KaeollaRae mumbles "This's weak." * There's a commotion from beyond the gathered crowd. It slowly parts, and a lone figure strides through. * KaeollaRae looks towards the space dragon and mumbles "Fly home to momma already." * KaeollaRae stays crouched behind some debree. * The lone figure is 'bout 5'9, and has very pale skin, almost the color of paste, and wild black hair. And currently is blazing with a purple-black aura. * The dragon sniffs curiosly at the figure. * KaeollaRae watches the interaction * KaeollaRae mumbles "That guy must be wasted." * The figure turns to KaeRae, like it knows exactly where she is. "Run. Now." And then it turns back to the dragon. * KaeollaRae runs, her feet leading the way while mumbling "Don't need to tell me that." * The figure holds two hands together, and yells, 'Guided Shot!' A ball of chi hits the dragon in the face. And then it roars, and blasts the figure with it's cosmic breath. * KaeollaRae keeps running while saying "That gonna leave a mark." * And the figure... is still there. "Was that your best shot? You die now." * KaeollaRae seeks a distant place of safety and then crouches there looking at the happenings. * The figure runs forward, barely a blur, jumps up and smashes one fist into the dragon's neck. * KaeollaRae looks on and mumbles "That guys got the glow. Note to self - don't piss off people that are glowing." * The dragon starts glowing from the inside. And then starts exploding. Lotsa dwagon flesh goes flying everywhere. And one of it's teeth lands right to to KaeRae. * KaeollaRae exclaims "Eeewww." * KaeollaRae comments "It got microwaved." * The figure lands, and 'Hmphs.' disdainfully at whats left. "Pitiful." * Then he turns back to KaeRae, and starts walking slowly torwards her. * KaeollaRae stands up and holds out her hand in a 'stop' pose "Hey, you go get your freak on with someone else. I don't need any microwaves."
I am Clay. Fear my name whilst you remain in this world. Did you bring that beast here? * KaeollaRae puts her hands to her hips "Shouldn't you be called Microwave insteada clay?" she ponders, a finger on her chin, and then replys "That'd be a negative - more like we got vaccummed together. Sepaking of here - were is this?" * Clay grins a little. "Amusing." * KaeollaRae pulls her hand from chin and back to her hip. She wiggles her tail and says with a smile "I like to think so." I shall not be the one to tell you, then. Goodbye. * Clay turns, without waiting for any acknowledgement, and starts walking the way he came from. * KaeollaRae waves him off "Have a trip." * And the crowd part around him. Seem noone wants to be near him. * KaeollaRae mumbles "That guys hardcore. He needs to lighten his load." * KaeollaRae turns around towards the buildings while mumbling "He needs some sun too." * KaeollaRae takes a look about. * There's a crowd of people. There's furry cat-poeple, humans, and other species. It looks like there -was- a building near them, but it's not there anymore. * KaeollaRae smiles and says "I like it already." * There's the gooey remains of the space dragon, and the wrecked remains of your ship. And the monolith. * KaeollaRae looks toward the monolith for a moment and says "Spookstone." and then goes towards any signs of a town. * KaeollaRae stretches her arms out above her as she walks, her tail sashaing back and forth as she walks and says of her ship "I was thinking about getting a new one anyways." * There's some more buildings off in the distance. But two figures run out from the crowd. One, a cyborg wearing a medical smock, and the other a big bouncy ball, which rolls more than runs. * KaeollaRae comments "Boys and their toys." * The ball gets there first, and unrolls into a vageuly humanoid thing, with several octupi tentacles. "Are you okay?" * KaeollaRae stops and looks at the previousball turned tentacle boy "A-Okay". She puts forth her hand in the 'ok' sign "Thanks for asking." Then... welcome to the Realm. I'm afraid you're stuck here. *bounce, jump.* * KaeollaRae comments "A rather uncreative name." she looks about and smiles "but at least it looks fun." * KaeollaRae wiggles her tail about. * Ball rolls back up. "Wanna go to Temple? There's all sortsa stuff to explain about this place, and you can find help there." * KaeollaRae looks at the tentacleball and says "I can't believe that a tentacle ball just asked me out to a temple." she looks at tentacleball person "That doesn't sound very inticing, ya know what I mean?" Aww. But everyone goes there. Are you one of those adventurer types who would rather explore solo? * KaeollaRae stands straight, puts her finger on her chin, and her tail scratches the back of her head. She says "So this temple place is not a temple, but rather a tourist information center, is that about right?" * Ball bounces. "Yeah!" * KaeollaRae pulls her hands and tail down to her sides, smiles at tentacleball, and says "Sure. Why not." she looks toward cyborg guy and says to tentacleball "Say, your friends one of them quite guys isn't he?" ..... * KaeollaRae winks at the cyborg and holds out her hand toward the direction that the two seemed to have came from "Lead on. I'll follow the bouncing dot." * Ball unrolls enough for a single eye to show. "Yami dosen't talk much. But we're part of the Welcoming Commitee." * KaeollaRae smiles "So I see." * Ball bounces up, and lands in KaeRae's arms. Assuming she catches it. And lets out a single tentacle. "Thataway!" * KaeollaRae catches it like a basketball and says "Uh, yeah." * KaeollaRae walks thataway. * 'Big Joes Chocobo Shack' is lead to. The ball rolls itself to the ground, and fully unrolls. * KaeollaRae says "Oh, a snack shop." It's a long walk, and chickens are about the only way to get there with any speed. Wait.. Can you fly, teleport, jump really high, or otherwise cover long distances really fast? * KaeollaRae says "I don't recall chickens being very fast - taste good though." * KaeollaRae says "Well, I wouldn't say really fast, but I can get my groove on." Oh. Well, you wanna ride a chicken? They run really fast. * KaeollaRae says "Uh, sure. Why not." * Ball rolls back up, bounces inside. And bounces back out. "Okay! Come on, pick one!" * Ball bounces around the side, where the stables are. * KaeollaRae asks "Say, what do you all use for money around here? I doubt you take Marcellian Credits." * KaeollaRae follows along and picks one - purple if there is one of that color. * There a couple of yellow chocobos. There's a single blue one, and a single red one, too. * KaeollaRae says "Blue is good." * Yay! Fast forward to Temple. There's talking and stuff. About the Lords, and the different locales. Most places take trade and barter, but basic services, like food and shelter are usually provided for free. * The trip itself takes about two days on Chocobo, and the sun hasn't set yet. You get the impression that it won't anytime soon. * KaeollaRae comments "Barter-Trade system for luxuries, Socialist society for food, drink, shelter, and medical aid. Killer." * KaeollaRae says "You have long days here." * Ball has been riding along, too. "Yeah. Not sure how long, as I've been here.... 17 years and haven't seen it set yet." * KaeollaRae says with disappointment "Guess you really don't have malls here though since you don't use money. Bummer." * KaeollaRae asks "How do you all track time. You guys have a central time system since you don't have normal nights and days?" We do at Lifa! It's got all sortsa stores. Most of the other towns have specialty shops related to thier population, though. * KaeollaRae says "Yeah, but if you don't use money - what are you supposed to do - carry a an oxen around for payment? Here - I'll give you it's right leg for that there pretty ring, okay?" Some don't bother to keep track of time. They're the ones who just exist here. Counting the time only reminds them how long they've been here... But others have watches or something. I've got an internal clock. Trade and Barter. Trade you skills, knowledge, services, or equipment for others. * KaeollaRae asks "Well, do you have an agreed upon time system that is standard? I mean otherwise how to you arrange times to gatherings or know when it's closing time, or when it's time to get outta bed?" That depends on the area. Mages town has really wierd hours compared to everyone else. Lifa and Hvrrt have pretty similar hours... But that's if you stick to it. * KaeollaRae sighs. What can you do? It's rarely a normal person that gets stuck here. * KaeollaRae says "Mages are like masters of the mind here, right?" (she means Psions of course) Uh... Magic. I never understood it myself, but I think there's several ways of executing it. They all collaborate and over in Mages Town. It's wierd there. * KaeollaRae says "Well, I can't make things pop up outta thin air. I was a courier just before arriving here." * KaeollaRae says "Don't really know anything about magic then." Oh. So what can you do? Where'd you come from? Are you a dimension hopper, a mad scientist, space explorer? * KaeollaRae says "Well, I don't kow much about making things, so I guess that means service of some kind." * KaeollaRae says "I was a courier. I delivered small packages...things that people didn't want to go through normal delivery services...things that athorities might not want delivered." * KaeollaRae says "You never knew what to expect and sometimes you run into trouble, but it was kinda exciting though, ya know?" Oooh. There's a weapons store over in Lifa that deals in stuff like that. ... But I didn't tell you that. * KaeollaRae smiles "Didn't hear a thing." So, you wanna go there? Seems like the best thing for you would to be to visit all the places. * KaeollaRae says "Sure." Okay! You can get supplies and maps and stuff in Temple. But I've gotta get back, ya'know? * KaeollaRae winks "Sure thing, Dot." * Ball bounces off. * KaeollaRae asks "Your gonna show me the information place and the other place first, right?" * Temple is right there. Big gates 'n stuff, various signs saying 'Temple, Nexus, Center.' * KaeollaRae makes mental note of the location. (what about the other place?) * KaeollaRae holds out her hand "Hey Dot! Who do I seek out for that position?!" * Ball rolls back, one eye out. "Try the Lighthouse!" *and goes rolling off again.* * KaeollaRae waves him off and says "Safe rollin', Dot!" * KaeollaRae goes to the Center. * Temple gives out all the information aforementioned. And supplies and maps for travelling. Just because I dun wanna take forever descwining it tall. * KaeollaRae packs away the stuff and heads towards Lifa. * Fast forward to Lifa. The gates are open and inviting, and there's throngs of humans and nekojins there. * KaeollaRae comments to her self as she enters and looks about "Cat dude. Monkey dude. Lizard dude." * It's a rather 20-th century place, as far as construction and design. Concrete 'n stuff, parks, etc. (vehicles, or just Chocobos?) * There's a chocobo ranch a little bit inside. ( But no vehicles. ) * KaeollaRae looks at the instructions to see what she is suposed to do with the Chocobo once she has arrived at her destination. She presumes it was a loaner. * Chocobos go to the resident ranch. Being a free universal service and all. * KaeollaRae delivers her Chocobo to the designated area and gets off saying "Here ya go." to the caretaker. * And as soon as KaeRae steps through the gates, she vanishes. * Endsies.