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[WillowLuman]

(Gonna assume everyone else comes with unless they say otherwise. Gotta get moving.)

Jaden, finding himself suddenly alone with the rear guard, follows hurriedly.


After everyone has moved over the threshold, the party begins marching again, escorted by the soldiers. As they move away from the surrounding rocks at the mushroom ring, Koi and Espada find that much like the soldiers, this new landscape seems only to be detectable by their unaugmented senses. The only splashes of color in the silvery, misty forest are the occasional glowing mushroom or flower. The laughter and singing never seems to get closer but there seem to be more and more of the humanoid creatures peeking out at them from the trees.

After not too much time, they come to a clearing, marked by a carpet of flower petals leading through the entrance. The guards insist that Rajita and Titus enter first, but don't provide further hassle. It's about the size of a basketball court, dominated by a rock formation jutting from the ground at the opposite end, wrapped in silvery trees and vegetation, with a small spring of water flowing from near its top down a series of little circular pools. A number of the strange people stand on and around the rock, wearing flowing white gowns and various delicate metallic accoutrements. One in particular looks even taller than the others, sitting on a throne made of vines grown into intricate decorative patterns, wearing a pointed crown lined with several sharply shining stones.

The escorting soldiers spread out as the enter the clearing, and all bow towards the throne.

[~Neri]

Koi is scanning in Full Spectrum+Spacial and Gravity at all times upon passing the threshold. He otherwise does not speak audibly. Espada would be picking up on a non insubstantial quantity of suspicion, mixed with boredom, contempt, distaste, and a moderate amount of hostility. Though the latter two are likely due to the whole 'self preformed brain surgery' and 'lack of time and materials to fix it.' thing.

[WillowLuman]

Koi is scanning in Full Spectrum+Spacial and Gravity at all times upon passing the threshold. He otherwise does not speak audibly. Espada would be picking up on a non insubstantial quantity of suspicion, mixed with boredom, contempt, distaste, and a moderate amount of hostility. Though the latter two are likely due to the whole 'self preformed brain surgery' and 'lack of time and materials to fix it.' thing.

Nothing. There is nothing here as far as your sensors can tell. This place only seems to exist for your eyes, ears, nose, and skin. Though you also seem to hear the laughter in your head sometimes, over the link. You pick up on a feeling there, like that of a dog with a piece of bacon hanging before it, held back only by the word of its owner. Espada is one part fascinated by these surroundings, and three parts terrified.

Upon reaching the glade though, you finally pick up something: spacetime. The figure on the throne seems to have a great deal of it within her crown, specifically within the jewels. Little bubbles in a vast blank of otherwise total sensory deprivation. And contained in those bubbles are gravity wells large enough to suggest planetary mass objects.

She makes a gesture, and the bowing soldiers rise. "I welcome thee, the royal blood brought before me. What brings you to this proving ground?"

[armach]

Titus keeps an eye on the surroundings and waits for Rajita to answer.

[TheBiggerFish]

Avi watches and follows Rajita's lead.

[wipeout1024]

Rajita coughs softly, before curtsying in front of the queen.

"Again, thank you so much, Your Majesty. I am Princess Rajita of the Chera, and I wish to bring you good tidings.

She gestures to the rest of the group.

"We wished to receive an audience with you, as we have found ourselves stranded here for the time being."

[~Neri]

Koi raises his hand.

[TheBiggerFish]

Avi shoots Koi a warning glance.

[WillowLuman]

The queen speaks, seeming to ignore Koi and Avi. "Stranded? How unfortunate. But We are glad to grant thee audience, o royal blood of distant realms. Perhaps, then, you do not know the treasure of this realm?"

[wipeout1024]

Rajita looks quizzical. "Oh, milady, I am quite sorry to say I do not know of it. If I may be a bit direct, may I know what it is?"

[WillowLuman]

She reaches a hand up to an empty hollow on the center-fore of her crown. "A young jewel of rarest kind. Surely you have seen its splendid light, which reacheth across many bounds. I desire it, and so it shall be mine." She then gives you a look that makes you feel slightly unsettled. "Others desire it as well. They are naught but children, save for the most impertinent of all, who frustrate my efforts continually. One is unable to gain advantage over the other. But perhaps, in your present exile, you may assist us in ending this stalemate."

[wipeout1024]

Rajita looks at the rest of the group, before granting them royal leave to speak.

[FallacyofUrist]

No has nothing to say.