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OOC: Bleh I don't like the color combo of the font color Tanya picked, so I'll stick with this until I find a better one.

"Why look Drake, Women are falling from the sky." Said an amused voice from behind Britta.

"Mo- er, Y'know what,... just... give up on the humor thing." Sighed Drakian, shaking his head. "Anyway, Welcome to Matri, I'm Drakian Moteru, this is the Dowager Queen of the Unicorns, Tanya Lunari Meadowrunner Knightmage."

The woman whacked the young man on the arm. "Who gave you permission to introduce me. Besides, you know I don't like people doing the whole 'Oh I didn't know you were royalty oh I want to lick your boots for forgiveness' spiel." Tanya pouted.

"Sorry Mother."

"Don't get snippity with me in front of the offworlder, what kind of message are we sending?"

"An accurate one, we haven't even given her a dose of the fangirlism or monsters yet." Drakian Replied.

Meanwhile, nearby as Ermak bantered with the offworlder, something else was watching them. Several somethings. While individually small and insignificant, these creatures could be lethal pack hunters if a member of a search party wandered off. Many a drunkard who stumbled outside the town walls at night had met their end at the hands of these cunning beasts. Though nearly as tall as a man, they were thinly built, for running, and as their name implied gliding. Their main weapons were the edged claws on the forefront of their wings, but also they had several other nasty claws, and hooked serrated teeth. They were hesitant to attack the two men, their pack was not quite large enough to handle them both, but still they stalked and waited for one of them to wander far enough to seize...

"What. The *censored*." Britta just stared at them, dumbfounded, lowering her guns but only slightly. "Unicorns. Fangirls? You know, if you all were gonna spike my drink you could've been more convincing."

"All in all, I think she took that rather well." Tanya stated brightly.

Drakian sighed, then turned to Britta. "Well, for starters, it would be best not to sit out here in the rain, if you'll come with us, we will eventually be heading back into town. It is best not to wander alone around here." He reached out a hand. "You can just call me Drake." He said with a gentle grin. That done he looked back to Tanya. "So, we were looking for Ermak right?"

"Yup, I gots to see what Ermy's looking like now...Them fangirls got a good catch off him." She replied with a grin.

Misopan grinned. It was not a pleaseant grin. His teeth were all slightly more pointed than they should have been, and the greyish pallor of his skin, which could have gone unnoticed in the dim light, was now twice as evident in his unusually dark gums. The blood which ran through his veins was indeed black as ink. "Ooh, he asked for the fun part..." Then, his outline began to waver, stretching out in tendrils of solid darkness, this exaggerated aura warped with his body, hiding what might have been the more grotesque moments of his transformation. When the darkness pulled back to his form, there was no longer a human form standing there. Instead there was a strange awkward looking beast. About three feet at the shoulder, with a substantial length and amount of musclemass, was a creature that seemed like some mad cross of a canine, a thick bristly black mane the same color as the boys hair ran from the forhead to the end of the delphinian tail. The forelegs were short and blocky, anchored with thick muscle to a deep chest which contrasted with the almost fragile bone structure of his face and definitely delicate needle like teeth. His hind legs were abnormally long for his body forcing his spine to bend at an almost unnatural angle, which made the dorsal fin jutting from his shoulders all the more prominent. "So, how do you like me now?" He asked, his grin showing all the more of teeth, and there was a decidedly rancid stench on his breath.

Dyonisu sighed. "These are merely our human forms. As you can see, our natural forms are distinctly different." Weighing his options, Dyonisu transformed himself, though much swifter, with a slight cool breeze he stood as a thin lanky quadraped with much better balance to his limbs than Misopan. He also sported a mane, but his was smoother, and ran only to his shoulders. His bone structure seemed sturdier if more gangly. Mostly one just got the overwhelming impression that he was meant to be muscular but simply was too thin and weak. After long enough for Eolo to get a good look, Dyonisu returned to his human form. "I can't say I've ever heard of this Amberlin, but Matri is indeed a separate world. The Minidragon is an infamous creature, known to drag unsuspecting people to this, and other worlds. Luckily, most who land here can eventually make their way home.

OOC: Misopan is showing off. Dyonisu just wants to find a warm place to spend the night. Only it needn't be warm even, he just wants to find a place to pass out. He's used a lot of his power. It does replenish simply by being on the planet, but he still needs to rest to fully recharge.

Drakian smiled, sadly, almost pityingly. "Well that'll be a little bit difficult, but for now, let's just focused on getting dry..." Meanwhile he was carrying on a conversation of a different nature. Are you sure you can't take her home straight off, I can tell already she's not going to take the 'Yeah you're in a world of magical beasts far far away from everything and everyone you know and love, but don't worry this happens all the time and when the mages have the time to spare, you might even get to go home somewhere near the time you left.'

I'd love to Drake, but she's not the only one, I've already felt several distortions, and one of which I'm really not happy to look into... a couple now actually... Why don't you take her back to town, I can meet up with Ermak on my own. Tanya responded, her telepathic voice betraying the unease her exterior never showed. "Well Kiddles, it's been fun, but I have somewhere to go and it will be even further out in the rain. I imagine from Drake's moaning that you are likely wanting to just go back to town. I'll catch up later." With an exaggerated wink, the woman was off, walking down the muddied path with a seemingly careless gait.

"Well... the town isn't far that way..." Drakian said pointing back, though watching the woman disappear around another turn of the greenery. "She's probably not a wise choice to try following, and is going to have her hands full without the need to escort us anywhere, however, I know this area intimately, and I can set you up with free lodging for the night, with the assurance that you will not be unduly bothered."

OOC: Tanya is not going to allow any argument to ditching the two of them. Drakian is getting worried because he knows something is up when Tanya needs to go off on her own. Bad for Britta, I get the impression she's not going to like the mad house that is Parte, but the rain is becoming colder and harder rapidly.

A voice cheerfully interrupted Ermak's steady voyage. Hey Ermy what're you doing back in my neck of the woods? I notice you've met some fangirls, I'm heading over to where you're at, been noticing a number of distortions tonight, scaly me must be working overtime. To anyone powerful enough to pick up this telepathic sending, it seemed a casual mind-chat. Ermak however knew Tanya was generally unwilling to open mental communications with anyone unless absolutely necessary.

"Well... I'm just a mage, my grandfather was a mage so I inherited the Gift. My history's pretty short." He shrugged. "Just a human. So. Where do I find other Magi?"

"Eolo. Mage of Amberlin... Have we met?"
He folded his arms and stared. People do come and go so quickly here.