INTRO.

[ultrapenumbramods]

You wake up feeling like you’ve had a rough night’s sleep… maybe a bit jet-lagged, if you’re familiar with the feeling, or perhaps like you, uh, had a little too much to drink last night. Either way, you’re probably not expecting to wake up in a forest clearing, so that might be even more disorienting. It’s not an unpleasant place to wake up, mind. It’s sunny, and there’s a pleasantly cool breeze blowing through. The grass isn’t tall enough that you could get lost in it or that someone could be hiding in it… or something.

There are, in fact, a lot of somethings surrounding you--a veritable menagerie of creatures, some of them adorable, and some of them intimidating… but they seem to be as disoriented as you are. And then, well… you realize something’s a little off about yourself. There’s no pond to look at your new appearance, but… maybe the ground’s a little closer. Maybe you don’t actually have arms and legs at the moment. Maybe you don’t have eyes anymore?

Regardless, something’s definitely up. Fortunately, there’s a path leading out of the clearing, so once you get your bearings and speak with some of the other weird critters you’ve woken up with, you can find… somewhere you can get answers. Well, hopefully, anyway.

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[promiselisting]

[ No, actually. She's. Quite comfy here scrunched down against the grass behind a tree in some world she knows pretty much nothing about- okay no not really. But it's comparatively quiet here. And so Futaba gives her a... well, it'd be a dubious look, but it's probably hard to read like this. ]

There's people out there.

[ Strange people. ]

[onetwoboom]

Well, yeah.

[She gives a shrug.]

But I’m out here too. And if anyone tries anything, I’ll kick their butt!

[She sparks a little to demonstrate. She’s...admittedly not sure how strong she is like this, but there’s something to be said for determination.]

[promiselisting]

[ That might be a tiny bit more impressive if Rotom were actually bigger than Elgyem but well. Even so Futaba knows better than to entirely judge by size. Haru being a perfect example. And herself.

That being said, she has... no idea who you are, Gaige, besides the name. You're not one of her teammates and you're definitely not her key item. But. The confidence is still relatively reassuring. Maybe instead of a key item Gaige is like one of those... temporary items you get that helps you get through that one dungeon? The snorkel that lets you do the water level or the torch that lets you get through the pitch black place.

Yeah. Yeah she'll go with that.

Slooooowly she inches out. Slower than she means to actually. And then she has to kind of push herself in little scoots because moving is tricky when you're not used to floating.

Still though, finally she ends up out from behind the tree and next to Gaige, arms held out stiffly like she's on a balance beam. LOOK SHE DID A THING, PRAISE HER. ]

[onetwoboom]

[She did it!! Gaige grins at the achievement, raising her 'arms' in celebration.]

HELL YEAH GIRL!!! [She crackles with electricity.] Look at you, all floaty like a pro!

...I'd say this calls for a high five, but I - well, you know.

[No hands.]