Stranger in a Strange Land

[Shipfish]

==> Get some medical attention for that arm!
OR
==> Chew out the salamander guy.

[Radiodragon]

==> Take the dumb lizard by his throat and choke some answers out of him!

[Quakerlol]

==> Chew out the salamander guy.

"Excellent! Excellent!" the high priest shouts down at you over the roar of the crowd. "Truly you have proven yoursssssself!" At this moment you could not give less of a fuck about proving yourself. You feel an overwhelming urge to throttle up your copterpack and choke a bitch, but you push down that anger. No sense losing your head now. He'll get his soon enough.

You clear your throat and raise a hand. The entire arena quiets. Nice. "okay, i've parssed your dumb )itt)e terst. so now what?" You cross your arms as the lizards shuffle in their little box.

"Well," the high priest rasps, "now that you have been found worthy, you musssst be trained. Trained to wake up the sssleeping goddesssss. Thissss will require much mental fortitude. You musssst ssspend hoursss with our priesssts, learning to masster your emotionsss and-"

You cut him off. "uh-huh, okay, don't (are. )ook, i've got a bursy s(hedu)e. i gotta meet up with my friends and stuff, fight monsters, get )eve)s, you know how it is. (an i fit this training shit in )ater?" The lizards gasp and several in the box begin hissing furiously to each other. "yeah yeah, b)arsphemy. whatever. how about thirs. i')) go exp)ore some more, get to know the )and, then i (an (ome ba(k and train? how's that?"

The lizards bend their heads together and mutter for a bit before seemingly coming to a conclusion. The high priest turns back to face you. "The high ssssssalamander-" so that's what these guys are- "priesssthood hassssss come to a decissssion. You may leave for now to become familiar with thisssss planet. We will expect you back ssssome point in the near future. For now, you may go." he waves his claw and the doors open. You stride out of them as a lizard salamander goes before you to show the way out.

You leave the temple and step into the smoky air of outside. Your escort skitters away, possibly frightened by the look on your face. To tell the truth, you're not happy. Not at all. Your arm still hurts like hell and your flail shoulder is sore. You suddenly want nothing more than to lay down and take a nap or something. You know, however, that that would be a stupid idea. Who takes a nap in the middle of an adventure? You re-equip your computing device and find a secluded rock crag to rest for a bit in. You don't feel like doing anything at the moment, but maybe you'll talk to someone.

[Shipfish]

==> Talk to Lerena.
OR
==> Talk to someone else.

[Quakerlol]

==> Talk to Lerena.

Yeah, sure. Why not. You boot up Trollian and see if she's online. Yep. Might as well find out if she's in her land now.

--anonymousWavelength [AW] began trolling sadisticSylph [SS] at 15:20 --


[01:05] AW: hey
[01:05] AW: sup
[01:05] SS: Hello.
[01:05] SS: How are you doing?
[01:06] AW: pretty good
[01:06] AW: think i jurst got my querst.
[01:06] SS: That'z wonderful!
[01:06] SS: What iz it?
[01:06] AW: pretty sure i gotta wake up some godderss or some shit )ike that.
[01:06] AW: what about you?
[01:06] SS: I....
[01:06] SS: I haven't actually gotten to mine yet.
[01:07] AW: why not?
[01:07] SS: Er.
[01:07] SS: I haven't exactly explored much yet.
[01:08] AW: why not
[01:08] SS: Erm.
[01:08] SS: I haven't had time.
[01:08] AW: rea))y.
[01:08] AW: something you're not te))ing me?
[01:08] SS: No.
[01:11] AW: if you say so.
[01:11] AW: so what's your p)anet )ike?
[01:12] SS: Erm.
[01:12] SS: Lotz of nice caztlez.
[01:12] SS: Foreztz.
[01:12] AW: oh.
[01:12] SS: What?
[01:12] AW: i see how it irs.
[01:12] AW: you're s(ared, aren't you.
[01:13] SS: I mozt certainly am not!
[01:13] AW: yeah sure.
[01:13] AW: hey, (an't my next gate get me to your )and?
[01:13] SS: Yez.
[01:13] SS: Why do you azk?
[01:13] AW: i think i'm going to (ome pay you a virsit.
[01:14] SS: Really, that izn't necezzary! I'm fine!
[01:14] AW: yeah okay
[01:14] AW: you saying you don't want me over there?
[01:14] SS: No!!
[01:14] AW: that's what i thought.
[01:14] AW: i')) be there soon, okay?
[01:14] SS: I hope you don't think that you're doing thiz to rezcue me.
[01:15] SS: Becauze your knight-in-zhining-armor attitude iz not appreciated.
[01:16] AW: (ourse i'm not
[01:16] AW: i jurst want to (ome hang out and fight monsters with you.
[01:16] SS: Well then.
[01:18] SS: I zuppoze that would be fine.
[01:18] AW: great. be there in a se(.
[01:19] SS: Zee you then.

-- sadisticSylph [SS] ceased pestering anonymousWavelength [AW] at 13:21--

Poor Lerena. She'd always been scared stiff of forests, ever since you'd known her. She might insist that it wasn't a big deal, but you know her better than that. Anyway, you know for a fact that your knight-in-shining-armor attitude is much appreciated. Right? Probably.

Aruale pulled out her copterpack and stowed away her husktop. Time to find that gate. She launched off the temple portico and into the smoky air, heading towards the bright red specks of light that she figured were her gates. Sure enough, as she got closer they resolved into spinning spirographs. She counted them- one into her land, she'd already gone through that one, so the next one must be into Lerena's. She adjusted the throttle and zoomed straight into the middle of the glowing design.