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Orias, Guardian Cat

"Ohhhhh Reginaaaaaaaald," a scrappy-looking boy in time-lost clothing called in a singsong voice, wending his way through the various groups of people that kept popping into existence out of nowhere.

The young man moved with an unnatural grace, calmly vaulting over rotting piles of wood to avoid cutting through the crowd and finally easily leaping to alight on the edge of a low thatched rooftop. Dropping into an relaxed seated position with one leg dangling lazily in the open air, the glamoured Mauvian's arm disappeared up to the elbow into nothingness. One thing Orias could always count upon was the reliability of his subspace pocket. At least those augmentations had been worth it, anyway.

A few moments later the rest of the boy's arm reappeared, now gripping a frosty bottle of his favorite vice and an opener. A practiced flick and the bottle cap spun away to the desiccated ground below, allowing a pleasing plume of chilled air to snake its way up from the neck of the drink and into the waiting twitching nose of its imminent imbiber.

"Perfection," Orias sighed, taking a hearty swig and exhaling icy breath in contentment.

He didn't seem overly bothered or surprised by his current circumstances, but such things did tend to happen often in Destiny City. No sense in losing one's mind over it. After all, whenever random teleportation occurred he could be certain that his bonded senshi would be along for the ride. The large man was like a beacon for anything unnatural and distasteful to him. The Mauvian was certain being teleported into a spooky Halloween special would be right up there on his list of unnatural distasteful things, he just hadn't found Athalia yet.

"Reginaaaaaaaaaaaaaaald!" he called again over the heads of the crowd, swigging away at his beer until the last dregs had been drained.

Tossing the empty bottle to the ground in a carefree manner, Orias slowly swung his hanging leg back and forth. Now where was that man? Probably bossing people around. Where was the biggest group of sheeple then? Sly, clever amber eyes narrowed and continued to search while mirth sparkled across them.




Lt. Goethite

The mist had come upon Goethite suddenly, swirling in from all directions just as he'd finished draining his latest unfortunate victim in the secluded alleyway near a nightclub. His disdain for skulking about like a common criminal had distracted him, a foolish mistake. He'd heard gossip about strange happenstance in the city during this time of year when passing by other Negaverse agents, yet had still allowed himself to be surrounded. One could rationalize that coming to grips with his new duties required more concentration than he'd first thought, but Asher Mordricksson was not one to explain away his failings.

So it was that the lieutenant materialized in an unknown dilapidated village ringed by the same mystical fog. Typical. Making a quick tactical decision, the young man absorbed the energy he'd just finished stealing and exhaled slightly at the rush of power. Still a foreign feeling, though not unwelcome. In this possibly hostile situation the harvest might have gone to waste otherwise, and Goethite would always get more. He simply had to reconcile his location first.

Stepping around the corner of the hut by which he'd come to rest, the agent followed the sound of voices carrying oddly on the fetid still air. Negaverse... and White Moon. Uniforms, though there were some civilians about as well.

Likely unpowered soldiers, Goethite thought, quickly making mental note of everyone he didn't see in typical garb.

The more knowledge he had, the more suited he would be for future combat. After all, even unpowered Order zealots could be dangerous. More relevant to his current situation was information about the village. Where was this? Most everyone seemed to be chattering away and finding familiar faces, a futile exercise with which the lieutenant didn't bother himself. He had no one he counted as a friend among his comrades-in-arms and he wasn't about to start searching for one now.

While they would undoubtedly be asking one another if they knew what was going on, one glance at the gathering as a whole revealed that everyone was just as clueless as one another. No, what he needed now was reconnaissance. For a moment he thought a boy seated on a rooftop had had the same idea, but now that same kid was lazily drinking what looked like beer and calling out to someone while advertising their position to anyone or anything that might be lurking about in the mist.

"Fool," Goethite muttered, quickly working his way to the last line of huts that formed the perimeter of the village.

There was a stretch of what looked like empty plain beyond, and in one direction lay a foreboding forest full of dead trees. Likewise, the grass of the plain was brittle and lifeless. Far in the distance the mist that had ferried him thusly swirled ominously. In short... there wasn't much to be gleaned from observation at the moment. The Negaverse agent leaned against the nearest house, face grim with thought.

Perhaps the forest? He wasn't sure, but it seemed like true darkness would be falling soon. It wouldn't be especially wise to venture into a closed, likely hostile environment such as that when his vision would be impaired. Perhaps the homes themselves held some clues as to what fate had befallen the village. Most such settlements had their most important buildings near the center, so that's where Goethite headed. Visage a mask of purpose and concentration, he hardly spared a glance for those he passed as he worked his way back into the village.

Arthur the Humanoid Guardian Cat

Arthur was irked. He had been having a nice conversation outside a 7-11 and was waiting for a young lady to grab a pen from her bike satchel for her number when the fog that was rolling around up and snatched him. Now he had been left standing in the woods holding his plastic bag looking very confused. The fact there was so many signatures around was dizzying.

Tail bristling inside his jeans, he looked around for some sort of culprit but the volume of conversation usually meant this wasn't anyone here to blame.

"Cruel fate. Why won't you just let me hook up?" He grumbled as he walked over to the group.

Captain Wolframite



"I haven't noticed anything. Just a strange sense of the woods. Like being watched. Laven is with me as well. I left her at the cabin we found was stable." He said, gesturing behind him to indicate a place that was safe should the officer need a place too. "It has more room, but it isn't very warm. She is gathering wood for a fire. Wasn't much interested in a crowd so I'm on scouting duty." He said with a smile.

"As for spilling blood, I would love to - but..." He looked around, noticing it wasn't just the Negavesre here after all, and leaned in. "Got shot a few times recently. They fixed me up, but if I really go at it, I'm going to tear my stitches. And I don't think there are any doctors around here." He whispered.

"Sorry I can't be of much use aside from a scout and a rather slow one at that."

Captain Wolframite



"Of course. Frankly, the more people in our cabin, the better I feel. If anything should attack is at night, having more backup and eyes out will help get us out of wherever this is eventually." And he wanted to be sure there were more people helping keep Laven safe while he wasn't at top form.

"Our cabin didn't seem to have any signs of who might have loved here. Haven"t notice any signs of what this place is called. Even small cabins usually had a sign post or address. I haven't seen anything else through the most, and I can't teleport either. Seeing as Senshi are here, seems this thing doesn't care who it pulls in right now." He said as he looked about.

"Whatever or Whoever is doing this will show up at some point. We just need to keep watch for when it does."

With that, he continued to scan the crowd. "See anyone other allies you trust?"

"Considering all things I'd be willing to deal with senshi and knights in the same cabin as us. The more the better and magic may come in handy." And allow them to put weapons to use, or at least him, it could help them in defending themselves should they need it.

"Somehow I'm not surprised by the lack of information for us to glean." Though it did annoy him to a degree. They needed information and the more the better. This place wasn't going to help them, of course, and it displeased him that they'd have to work hard for even simple things. "Mmm, I've no doubt they'll turn up...likely at the worst possible time for the lot of us." He added ion with a shake of his head. Taking the time to look around at everyone gathered.

"Should we grab a guardian cat? Block energy signatures and better hearing than us?"? He questioned as he saw a few cats around. One of them could be useful to them. "That way you can rest and not have to worry about being on guard and listening for things."

"Other than a cat I'm unsure. I can't say that I know anyone else here to the point of knowing how useful they'd be. Perhaps if anyone has medical knowledge, even if it's just basic, and should we grab the other two generals? Or perhaps grab the dark mirror senshi?" A cat would be nice...but which one?

MoonKitsune

Eternal Corrupted Kamacite

Kamacite tensed as a knight approached him. He couldn’t risk getting into a fight here when there were so many others around. But her question surprised him a little. Despite the fact that he was definitely not a kid, his eyes narrowed slightly as though trying to determine what her motivation was for talking to him.

“Maybe not,” he responded against his better judgement, although he did take a step back from her. Was he going to have a panic attack? Probably depended on what else happened in the near future. If she tried to attack him or that fog came again, or something worse, then probably.

“Thank you,” Kamacite added out of habit, tightening the dark fabric over his shoulders. If she left, maybe that would deter others from approaching too. He was still trying to assess the situation and figure out how long they might all be stuck there.

Palatine, Squire of Venus

Palatine stopped her approach when the Corrupt Senshi took a step back. Did she look threatening? She didn’t think so, but she also tended to have a resting b***h face, and it was often worse after a few drinks. She held up her hands to show that they were empty and she was as harmless as a Squire could possibly be. Technically, she didn’t measure up to an Eternal, but if this Senshi was as meek as he seemed, maybe she did seem like a threat.

“I’m not going to attack you,” she said. “See? No weapon. Even if I did have it out, it’s just a teapot. Nothing that’ll hurt you. All I have is healing magic. You could probably hand me my a** in seconds.”

Which she probably shouldn’t be admitting to a potential enemy, but oh well. She wasn’t the type to go around acting like tough s**t.

“If you want me to back off, I’ll back off. No big deal,” Palatine continued. “You just didn’t look too good for a second there, but plenty of your own people are here, so if you want to join them, I’m not going to stop you. If you don’t attack me, I won’t attack you. It’s that simple.”

At least, as the other pointed out, people were willing to work together in sharing information. They would need to as he was sure they'd soon have a common enemy and would need to work together.

"We'll keep the cat from you. I don't have an issue with cats." But he did drop his voice just so Wolframite would hear. "If we wind up against something spider like...I will have a panic attack. I can't handle them, even small ones, and considering where we are and the time of year." He wouldn't dismiss the idea of whatever they would be against being some random giant spider or something. There had been that spider like creature up in space so long ago. He hadn't handled that well at all. it Wolframite was going to tell him about being injured and about an issue with cats...he would do him the same curtesy and tell him just how much an issue spiders were for him. It could take him out of a battle if it happened. It might also open him up to people finding out in the cabin if one was in the place. It was a risk...but he'd take it for now.

"Let's see if we can't get peoples attention." Not something he was good at but he was going to need to be. Raising his voice as he called out for attention.

"It seems we're all going to have to work together. Perhaps we should all share whatever we may have already gleaned from this place as well as any useful skills we may posses." He called out hoping to gain peoples attention. He hoped this was good.


(Looks like Beni wants peoples attention. Anyone can respond who wants to.)