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.

Comments

[moonfang]

Trick? [there's a weird metal creature sitting against one of the trees near the edge of the clearing, both bladed arms behind its head.] Nope. Just a really weird dream! I'm waitin' to wake up!

[promiselisting]

[ That is not one of the others. With a yelp, Futaba quickly scoots around, until the tree is between her and this stranger. ]

N-no way! I'm the one who fell asleep, and I'm pretty sure I'd know if this was a dream!

[ She'd like to think that by now she has a pretty good grasp of what her subconscious is likely to come up with. ]

[moonfang]

Bullshit! This has GOT to be a dream, because none'a you are Ichigo or the Old Man, and those are the only people who live where I live! So either I've been separated from my master... or I'm dreaming! [he huffs, like it's obvious] So it MUST be a dream. My dream! Now get.

[promiselisting]

[ RUDE.... ]

I can't just leave just because I want to! Otherwise I wouldn't even be here!

[ She'd much rather be back in the bus with all of the others, please and thank you. And even if she thought this was a dream, she. Can't exactly pinch herself like this. ]

[moonfang]

Ugh! So what, is this some sort of shared hallucination? A group dream? [he throws his little arms up] No one has any answers!!

[promiselisting]

I don't know, I don't have them either, s-so stop yelling at me!

[ She. She probably should try to slow down, before the anger she's using to cover her panic loops back around into actual panic again.

God she wishes the others were here. How does she manage this by herself again? ]

[moonfang]

I'm not yelling at you!! I'm just... I'm just yelling because I'm frustrated!! ... Ughh... I guess it ain't helpin' any...

[promiselisting]

[ Okay. Okay that's? Progress? They're making progress. They're fine. ]

Y-yeah. It's not.

[ Not that her yelling back was helping either, if she's being honest with herself. So... deep breaths. Trying to just keep calm. She survived the Three Terabyte War, she can survive this. Theoretically. ]

So. Step one: Figure out where we are.