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(thought it could be fun to have something to actually do....like investigate a new world, for those of us who are bored out of our minds.)

There is an open portal to Ahmenta right outside of Union in a cave. The small portal is charmed by Sahira, so that those who pass through have the gift of tongues, leaving them able to communicate in the other world. It was initialy used for her contacts from her home world durring the Union crisis, but has since been abandoned....and left open for wandering scragglers who want to come play in desert land. >.>

Ahmenta is a mostly desert planet (there are parts that aren't desert but we're not going there at the moment). In a normal day there are six hours of direct sunlight, two of those hours are unbearable, four of those hours are so hot that no living thing can live outside of shelter for a period of more than five minutes.

The people of Ahmenta are seperated in a number of kingdoms, but they are highly dependant on a clan system. They are all cat based, though are humanoid in appearance (kinda like Sahira...surprised? shouldn't be). They carve out incredibly detailed palaces/cities/villages in caves, in the sides of mountains, even in underground tunnels. They hide away from the sun during daylight hours, but are rather active during the night.

Creatures to be wary of:

Sand Sharks: large fishlike predators that swim through the sand as if it were water. As they move they send out vibrations which have a liquifying effect on the sand making it easier for them to move around and capture prey. If someone starts sinking in the sand, as if it were water, that means a sand shark is near by and possibly hunting them.

Sand Vipers: Snakes...poisonous snakes....yeah.

Sting Beetles: Nasty little thumbsize black bugs which sting the host, numbing part of their body, and then bore into them. They then crawl down to a cavernous area inside the body and lay eggs. The baby bugs will eventually hatch and eat the host from inside out. A very painful, frightening death. Yummy.

Heat Seekers: Hard to describe these, but they don't have a form of their own (Appear firey and glowey-ish) and survive off heat. They are rumoured to be born of the sunlight, and they prey off of unwary travelers at night. They sometimes hide themselves away in the blackened corpses of thier victims, waiting for others to walk by.

I'll fill things in more as the thread progresses.

(Sahira just came out of a portal, badly injured, in the Krovh/phoenix thread. But it's still fun to check the place out.)

The portal was small, only big enough for one person at a time (which would mean Anc would have to shrink down to fit through). It was hidden behind a turn in the cave, and for the most part looked like a small doorway leading to a blood red sky. The sun would be rising soon, however the portal was not too far from the sandstone caves holding Sahira's home palace and city.

"iffn' yer really worried, you can stay. But I'm goin' in. Don't know how bad it is for you, so I don't know if I can keep you from gittin' burned up. I'll go take a peek and tell you."

Alloran walked up to the portal, stepping in. A sigh of relief washed over him. Now this was nice. The sun shined down on him, warming him suitably. He stepped back through, steam rising off of him.
"Yeah, come on, I can keep most of it offa you. You'll be warm, but you won't get burned."

"Just a guy who's not amazinly' opposed to this place." Alloran said, keeping the heat off of Sahira. "It's nice here, I could get to like it. Now, where'd the girl pop out? We're gonna say she made her way somewhere safe, where'd that be?"

"Are you kidding? ******** car won't fit through the portal either." Alloran grumbled at having driven all the way there, to be the distance of the drive away.
"Let's go then." He grumped, starting in the direction walking.
"So what, you grow up here, and you can't even stand the heat?" Alloran didn't bother with her question to his nature.

Laurel landed beside the abandoned car outside the cave. She saw a motorcycle next the the cave entrance and headed that way.
Inside the cave, she found the portal and could see two figures in the distance, one of them green.
She could feel the sun's heat through the portal, so she created a ball of shadow around herself and stepped through. Even with the direct light blocked, the heat was staggering. She knew that she had to find shelter soon. She took to the air and flew after the others, a ball of blackness in the desert sun.

Lucidity watched the others go into the portal, and he grew curious. After about ten seconds of thinking it over, he walked up to the portal and entered. He appeared 10 feet above the ground, cause he's lucky like that. He fell with a soft thud onto the scorched sand, but he didnt mind the heat. He stood up and brushed himself off and in the distance he could see Ancwalar. He set off after him, basking in the nice heat.