[walkabout] Seriously?

[leftbehindagain]

Dragons? Really?

[As far as tone is distinguishable on the network, that's muttered, and very, very frustrated - but anyone who remembers Misericordia probably understands. When Naoki resumes, it's at a much more normal volume and tone.]

Anyway, we might as well get a check-in going. This is Naoki. We are definitely not in Harrogate, unless something went very, very wrong with Earth's climate since the last time.

If it turns out we're missing a substantial chunk of people, I can try reaching out to the others later this week.

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[dino_zarf]

Rose and I are here. I'm really hoping that we're definitely not in Harrogate.

[leftbehindagain]

No one seems worried about any bigger problems than dragons, which I'm choosing to take as a good sign.

[rustyhonesty]

I don't think her royal godparents would send her to a place like Harrogate, if they had a choice.

[rustyhonesty]

If I didn't know better, I'd say you jinxed this by talking about baby dragons exploding all over the place.


Uh, yeah, I'm myself. Korra's also here. I can also sense Naoto and Eren through my bonds, but not Armin or Mikasa.

[leftbehindagain]

This also isn't Misericordia.

Have they been split up like that before?

[vrepit_no]

Hey, Jean. Good to hear your voice.

[unconventionalelf]

Do not say they're going to explode that's horrible! And mean.

[unconventionalelf]

What is wrong with Dragons? Though I have never seen them in person back home...

Taleenya checking in.

I think I will take this instead.

[leftbehindagain]

Oh, I'll definitely take this over Harrogate, but the last place we went with dragons was... not good.

'Hundreds of eggs hatching at once and the babies setting a town on fire' not good.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Tachibana.

Hajime is here as well. Both Ryo and Garren also came with us, and are in dragon form.

[[Garren is still clinging to his head as he transmits]]

The dragons seem to have some form of mental communication here, similar to the bond between Slammer and Pogemon. Ryo's been sending emotions and color imagery that I'm either picking up through my connection to Garren or just by virtue of being close, it's hard to determine.

[leftbehindagain]

Well, that's interesting.

[vrepit_no]

Shiro and Matt, checking in... Are we really dealing with dragons? Last time I met one it was a bespelled princess. ....Yeah, it was as weird as it sounds.

[leftbehindagain]

Maybe not the classic mythological kind, but definitely a local animal that humans called 'dragons' when they got here.

...Okay, I have to ask, a bespelled princess?

[unconventionalelf]

So you are here too Shiro?

Princesses? Why would anyone curse one? Or is that one of those long stories best told somewhere else?

[senpaidol]

The dragons are adorable! I love them, my Overlay loves them, and apparently I'm awake while I'm Infiltrating now so I can say that.

Also: we're in space, and I'm not a Synth! I know what space travel actually feels like now, even if it's just a memory of...wow, my Overlay has the same name as me? Again? Huh.

Anyway, I'm gonna try to get an idea of who's here but I'm willing to bet it's not everyone. There's not even that many people at the refuge in the first place...

[rustyhonesty]

Hi Rise. Is Naoto with you by any chance?

[crouching_sin]

Naoya here. If any of you need help knowing how to deal with desert heat, let me know. I have experience.

... Also try not to be grossed out at the amount of sweating you're going to do, because it is going to be a lot.

[leftbehindagain]

I've been through heat waves, at least, but they were considerably more humid than this.

[truerevelation]

Dragons... Why did it have to be dragons?

...Don't answer that. Uh. Right. Kanji checking in. With Piyo, who... [He quickly streams a snapshot of the dragonized Pogemon, looking a bit grumpy.]

[leftbehindagain]

...Okay, that's actually kind of adorable, at least.

Maybe this one won't be so bad? [They can hope, anyway, even if they'll probably spend the entire time braced for the worst.]

[tookashirototheknee]

Matt here, checking in.

I think I'm going to try to get hooked up with the place treating the dragons. Gotta use that astrobiology degree somehow.

Also, do we know if this is earth or an earth parallel, or somewhere completely different? Gravity feels the same, but that doesn't mean much.

[leftbehindagain]

The more I find out, the more certain I am this isn't Earth at all.

I'll probably see you there. I have no idea if my own first-aid background will be of much help, or the stuff I picked up last time we had dragons on our hands since these are different, but short of a bar it's where I'll feel the most useful.

[awondrousplace]

Hello, darlings, Helena here!

I have a feeling I will be spending quite a lot of time in Liminal Space, so if anyone needs a cool off or a cool drink, let me know.

[leftbehindagain]

Just... be careful in there? We don't have any precedent for whether or how the kind of Liminal nonsense that apparently happened last time people got sent to Harrogate will affect the other side of a split jaunt.

[goestoextremes]

Dragons!! [SO EXCITED!!] Korra here as Jean already mentioned up there and my polar bear dog, Naga, is still herself too. If anyone wants water or ice, I have skills from home for both. [But there are her and others with Liminal Manipulation skills too. Anyway, no way she'll skip making that offer in a place like this.]

[leftbehindagain]

Is she still a... polar bear dog? [He's heard her talk about it before, but that's still one weird combination of words.]

[professorwolf]

This is Randolph Lyall, I'm here, I'm a teacher at this place, but also myself. Again. I'm honestly not complaining that the Arcana keep making me a teacher, it's refreshing.

This is definitely not Harrogate, though. Or even Earth. It's a planet called Jangwa.

[leftbehindagain]

I hadn't wanted to rule out 'it used to be Earth,' but that's more obviously not the case now.

[fruitknife]

Koro-chan ain't a dragon, so he's stayin' put in my dorm room.

Damn, this is some nice weather. [Shinji, your baseline is skewed and you know it.]

[rustyhonesty]

... but it's boiling hot.

[Jean has a cool good heat bad tattoo, but even without it he'd be bothered.]

[wolvering]

Dragons! They're definitely different, and smaller, than the dragons I know from home, but it's so nice to see them. And I'll get to use my skills for once!

[To say that Pod is excited about those things would be an understatement.]

Um, this is Pod, to those who don't know me. Kiga is one of the dragons this time, and I think the heat's convinced him not to be grumpy about it. I'm a bit worried I'll cook in my skin though; I've never been anywhere so hot, and I'm already a little sunburned.

[leftbehindagain]

If you need something for the sunburn, let me know. I don't think I can prevent it from happening in the first place but I can definitely help you heal it.

[uzoda]

Kazuma Kenzaki here! And Blade, too! Aah, he's my Pogemon friend... and he's a dragon, here! I can confirm that there's some kind of... empathetic link going on? Is that the right way to put it? It's different than the whole Pogemon-Slammer thing!

It so hot, here, wow. How's everyone handling it so far?

[leftbehindagain]

Handling it by staying inside seems to be working pretty well.

[highsteaks]

What's wrong with dragons? Dragons are awesome.

[Hi, this is your friendly neighborhood Chie speaking.]

[leftbehindagain]

The last time one of these things involved dragons, it was the mother impersonating people while hiding her eggs all over town, and then they all hatched at once.

Those particular dragons lay their eggs in the hundreds. Hundreds of probably-panicked baby dragons meant half the town was on fire.

It's probably going to take a while for Kanji and I to get it through our heads that these aren't the same dragons.