Quote:>Eek! Antlers! We have a terrible phobia of creatures with antlers! No questions, just shoot! Zap-zap-zappity-zap!
>Hey Geri, maybe don't tell this guy about our whole "You free us when you get your power back" arrangement.

Geri turns to you and says in a hushed, stern voice:

GERI
"Okay, couple things."
"One: I won't be telling this guy about our agreement, because I never actually agreed to do anything without Madam Diavla's permission. Two: We can't attack an innocent bystander! What if this is a test of character? No matter where you are in the megaverse, I'm pretty sure attacking someone unprovoked during a certification test is grounds for an insta-fail."
"Play nice, OK?"

(04-15-2017, 06:01 AM)Smurfton Wrote: »"Hello! Our apologies for not noticing you. We are Geno, and she doesnt remember her name, but is going by Geri right now. What's your name?"

"We're looking for the way out, and our portal scanner led us to you. You wouldn't happen to be a portal, or wearing a portal, would you?"

Quote:Aww, new corporeal partner, you look so cute, I'd hug you if I had arms.

Placated by your compliment, Geri's expression snaps from displeasure to a cheery smile.

GERI
"I'd hug you too! But later. Right now we should probably say hi to Antlers over there."

Geri waves at the figure and steps a little closer.

GERI
"Hi, there! Sorry we didn't notice you. We didn't think anyone else would be... wherever this is."

Quote:> Talk to the deer fella

With a mechanical hum, you drift closer to the shadowy creature as well.

GENO
"We are Geno, and she doesn't remember her name, but is going by Geri right now. What's your name?"

UNKNOWN
"You seem quite set on 'Antlers'. That will do."

Geri startles. She doesn't say it aloud, but you can guess well enough at her thoughts: How did he hear all that from so far away? She shoots you a concerned look.

GERI
"I didn't mean anything by it. S-sorry..."

GENO
"We're looking for the way out, and our portal scanner led us to you. You wouldn't happen to be a portal, or wearing a portal, would you?"

'Antlers' chuckles. They reply, with a voice smooth and low:



ANTLERS
"Can you not see it for yourself?"
"Interesting."

Geri doesn't know what to say to that.

Quote:> zoom experimentally between his antlers, which resemble a gate
> ask if there was something he wanted to say

You pool your collective mana and thrum with it, preparing to launch yourself between Antlers', um, antlers. Geri clumsily finds her tongue in the meanwhile.



GERI
"You cleared your throat at us. Was there something you wanted to say?"

She rubs her nape, still embarrassed at having been overheard. You take this moment to zoom between Antlers' potential head-gate.





GERI
"Geno!? Come back here--"





GERI
"Geno!"



You collide with the nothingness, flung back at dizzying speeds by Antlers' raw energy. He cocks his head.

As you lie powering down on the ground(?), grateful for your impenetrable prison, you suspect that blow was but a delicate tap from Antlers' perspective.



ANTLERS
"Unprovoked assault and tresspassing?"
"Mm. Inadvisable, but interesting indeed."

GERI
"Hey! We weren't trying... to attack you..."

Geri trails off, conviction ebbing. She glances at you with lips pressed into a tight line. Her eyes say: You weren't, right?