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Midafternoon - Somewhere in the Triet Desert

It was an average day in unbearable sea of sand, heat rose from the surface caused by the scorching sun, above in the sky a small flash appeared and released Lee into a freefall, he was blinded by the flash originally and only felt the rushing wind around him, “That can’t be good…” He spoke to no one as his vision started to come around. The first thing he noticed was that rapidly approaching sea of sand, “Yep this really isn’t going to end well.” He closed his one good eye as well as his mouth to keep out the sand and waited for the inevitable, praying that he didn’t land on any rocks.

Lee landed face first with a muffled thump with the sandy ground. He laid there for a good minute in pain before he rolled over painfully to his back with a groan “Oh that hurt worse than I thought it would. Well at least there weren’t any rocks here.” He spat out a little sand that managed to make its way into his mouth. He opened his eye, and only to be met with a bright sun, He slowly raised an arm to block the excess light. He groaned at the amount of pain that it caused, “Oh, really did a number this time,” He looked at the rings on his fingers and smiled, he was at least smart enough to leave on his a certain ring that looked strangely like a bandage.

He put a bit of concentration into the ring and it gave off a slight glow before releasing a few more large glowing bandages that landed on him, slowly repairing some of the damage that the fall caused, when the time limit was spent they fell off and faded away. Lee let out a sigh, “That’s better,” He sat up slowly and felt a bit more pain, “not perfect, but better.” He stood up and wiped off the some of the sand from his clothing, he took a quick look around trying to find some sort of sign of civilization, He spotted something in the distance but he wasn’t exactly sure what it was, “Stick around here and fry or go towards that and hope for the best. Oh what a choice, either way makes it sound like I’m gonna die here. Well rather try not to so better start walking.”

Lee started heading to what he saw in the distance, “I hope I don’t run into any tusken raiders out here…” He spoke to no one in particular again, “Alright, folks I know that was a ‘dry’ joke.” He could almost hear the groans of Lord and Major at his attempt at comedy, “Wonder where those two are anyway… Oh well, I’ll find them eventually. I hope they stay out of trouble till we meet up.” He knew that was very unlikely Lord would stay out of trouble, but it didn’t hurt to hope either way.

((The thing Lee sees in the distance is Triet))

((Indeed))

In between Hakonesia Peak and the House of Salvation (Palmacosta Area)

It was peaceful near the House of Slavation, as well as at the house. Birds were singing as they flew high in the sky, without any worries. Smaller animals scampered along the road, as well as across it.
No animal seemed to care about anything at the moment, until there was a "whooshing" noise and an eye-shaped portal-like thing opened up, numerous eyes blinking inside of all different sizes.
From inside the portal, there was a scream, which seemed to grow and grow until a girl, fell out of it, landing face first near the road. Two swords were held securely against her left and right hip, which clacked when she landed.
The animals, who had not already scattered from the portal opening, ran as the new-comer faceplanted near by.
The girl let out a loud sigh and pushed herself to her feet, dusting off her dress. She adjusted the thin black ribbon in her hair and looked around, seeing a place that was very, very new to her.
"Wa-Where did Yakumo send me now?" She said aloud, looking around again. Then, like something horrible was about to happen, she looked around frantically. "Hey? Where's my other half?!" She looked up, the portal stilling their, making a humming noise above her, and a white, translucent mass floated down from it and levitated next to her. "Oh, thank Kanako, you're alright. I was worried I lost you." She gripped it tightly, giving it a warm hug. But while she was hugging it, the portal closed shut above her. "Now, lets go back hom-" She looked up and found that her way into this world was gone, as well as her only known way out.
"No!" She said, jumping up and swinging her hands in the air, catching nothing but air, "No, no, NO!! This isn't funny, Yakumo, take me back home... please?" But there was no reply of any sorts. Tears welled in her eyes at the thought of being in a place where which she knew nothing about, alone too. She rubbed away her tears quickly with her hands. She gave a big sniff and began walking towards what she thought was a road, which actually was a road. "Wa-well, looks like we-we're on our o-own..." She was scared of being in a new world alone, and wished her mistress was there with her. Her ghost half floated after her, seeming just as sad as the she was.
Eventually, the girl and her ghost half came to a cross road, one leading towards what, in the distance, looked like mountains, and the other leading towards what looked like a house, which seemed much much closer than the mountains. She looked to her ghost half and nodded at it, it floating up and down with her, as though it agreed.
The girl looked on each side of the road as she went down it, seeing where she was going to be stuck at for a while. Though she was not very happy at the moment, it seemed quite nice. Her and her ghost half made it to the house and stood in front of it, neither of them knowing what it was exactly. She knocked on the door, and hoped she didn't look sad anymore. "He-hello?" She asked, after knocking. "I-is anyone here?" as the girl was knocking, the ghost half flew over to the nearby flower garden and examined some strange indents in the soil. One exactly like a human's face, the others, not so much.

((She "arrived" at the dead end along the path from the House of Salvation in the Palmacosta area to Hakonesia Peak))

House of Salvation (Between Iselia & Triet)

A vortex opened up just near the House of Salvation, and from it, a female figure stepped out. She wore a pink dress with a red jacket over it. She also wore brown boots, and metal bracers on her wrists and around the edges of her jacket sleeves. She had long brown hair that's in a braid with a pink ribbon tied around it. Within the ribbon was a materia, which had belonged to her mother. Where am I? She thought to herself as she took a moment to look around until her emerald green eyes spotted the house in front of her. There's something strange about the Planet. She could sense that there was something strange about the Planet, she just couldn't figure out what it is. Curious on wanting to know where she is, she would head over to the house.

Asgard

Just outside the gate of Asgard, strange vortex opened and then a blue anthropomorphic vixen jumped out from it. She had the impression that perhaps she was in an unexplored area in the Dinosaur Planet. When she looked ahead of her, she could see that she was standing in front of a city. As she walked into the city, the townspeople were giving her a strange look. "Opsijo Mo? A xulo fasbot u tajkhojj jawduc. Seict udo ev oei cout mo ke kxo meidkuad kxo jawduc aj semadw vhem?" She asked. Unfortunately for her, no one could understand the language she was speaking in. It was then she was getting this feeling that something was wrong.

((Subtitle: "Excuse me? I have picked up a distress signal. Could any of you lead me to the mountain the signal is coming from?" ))

The window Hope had been sucked into opened above a metal fort of some kind, and he fell, screaming. He landed on a small cliff, but the edge gave out and he was taken to the ground inside the place's gates. Coughing, he covered his nose and waved his other hand, trying to clear the dust. When it did clear, he looked around and saw he was alone. Where was he? He certainly wasn't in Palumpolum anymore, much less Cocoon. Had he been taken to Pulse? No. This place is too fresh to be Pulse. He stumbled out of the pile of dirt and grass, walking around. There was a small doorway leading inside the main building, and a larger doorway leading out of the fortress entirely. He was torn. Hope wanted to explore and find out where he was, but he also wanted to leave because the place scared him. I guess a few minutes here won't hurt.... He turned, walking over to the door. He stopped, though, when he saw something moving. It was covered in the darkness, so he couldn't make it out. At first, he thought it was some sort of soldier, but then he saw it had no legs. "Wh-What the--?" There was a red light, and he jumped out of the way in time to dodge a lazorbeam.

He stood, coughing, and looked around. He had to get out of this place before the thing came out. He looked at the landslide he had been caught it and went over. It was better than nothing, right? Hope began to climb, grateful it was slanted just enough for him to not slide down repeatedly, though he did lose his footing a couple times. As he climbed, he felt a burn on his leg, and slid back down to the ground. The robot had gotten his leg, and he held it close to him as the pain shot through his leg. "The robots here are worse than the ones on Cocoon....At least they don't attack random people. Now what do I do?"

Hope had given up. He was scared, and had no idea where he was. What was the point in fighting? He didn't even know how! As he sat there, waiting for the robot to fire at him, he heard the sound of metal clashing against metal and looked up to see the guy cutting through the robot with a sword. When he came over and offered his hand, Hope was about to reach out and take it when the boy tensed and turned. He followed his gaze, seeing a ton of the same robots. Hope's eyes widened. There were that many in this place that were still functional? The place was abandoned. How could the activate like this? He helped me. I need to return the favor. I don't know how to fight, but I can at least try. He stood and got out his boomerang. He was about to throw it when the red-haired guy used a magic attack. Hope fell back, and only one word ran through his mind.

l'Cie.

Hope covered his head after dropping the boomerang and closed his eyes. Was this guy a l'Cie? If he was, was he Pulse or Sanctum? I want to go home. I want to go home to where everything is safe and makes sense. Please, just let me go home. He looked up when he heard something whiz passed them and heard the sound of metal sliding through one of the robots. He saw a plain sword stuck in one of the things, and looked around. He spotted someone in red standing on the roof of the building. He had another sword in his hand, and Hope watched as he jumped down from the building.

House of Salvation (Palmacosta area)

The girl sighed. "Maybe there's no one home..." she said, beginning to walk towards her ghost half. "Maybe they don't even speak english here... What would I do..." She began to worry again and plopped herself down next to the garden and pondered what was happening back in the netherworld and in Gensokyo; her mistress was probably starving to death without her, unless one of Yukari's shikigami were helping her get by without her. People probably slowly were noticing that she had disappeared, or maybe her mistress had sent out a search party, or something. That raised her hopes a little bit.
As she was pondering, her ghost half was trying to get her attention to show her the strange marks in the flower bed. Though, she was too deep in thought to notice what the phantom half was doing. It bobbed up and down around her, trying its best to get her to see what was in the garden, but being unable to talk or show any sort of emotion made it hard for the ghost half to get the girl to see. The ghost half drooped slightly and levitated over the girls right shoulder, in defeat.
The girl then realized, standing up to do so, "Oh crap!! How am I going to feed myself, let alone how Yuyuko will get by without me!!" She paced back and forth in front of the garden, continuing to worry. "Oh shoot, this is no good at all... Oooh..." She plopped back down, curled her knees up to her chest and hid her face in her arms and began to sob again. The ghost half floated around her, in a poor attempt to help soothe her human half.

House of Salvation (Palmacosta Area)
The old priest opened the door and looked outside, a cup of tea in his hand. "My apologies for the wait! By all means, come in." He held the cup toward the girl at the door. "My other guest isn't in any state to drink this, so we have tea!"
Indeed, the guest with the dragons on his back appeared to be asleep, his face down on a small table. The dragons, however, while seemingly slightly fatigued, were awake, turning around to look at the door. Though their human host was unconscious, he somehow rolled his head toward the door and spoke, though in a different, deeper voice.
"Perhaps you and the one outside might be able to educate us on the nature of this place. It is unfamiliar to us." The red dragon looked at the priest in the doorway as if he were the one speaking.
The priest turned around to face the dragon, completely unsurprised by the . "Young one? Oh, you flatter me." He leaned outside again. "Young miss, it seems that there is someone to talk to other than this old man. He also seems quite discombobulated!"

((Sorry about the wait.))

Triet Desert
Lee was slowly making his way through the desert when he noticed another person fall out of the sky, "What is this place? It seems to just rain humanoids." he then saw the person land in a somewhat standing position only to crumple over, "well that wasn't the smartest move." He made his way over and silently watched for a second, unsure what to say at the sight of this person digging feverishly through the sand, not caring for his legs, most likely damaged from the drop.

"Uh... I think your in a losing battle there mate." It was the only thing Lee could think of on the spot of what to say without sounding like a complete a**.