Stranded (TFM New Beginning for Stranded SL)

[Ellywick Fizzlespark]

Just after dusk on the Monday of the Triple Full Moon amid the trees of the Faerie Woodlands, two small gnomes were hiding among the roots as they watched one of the feral animal groups settle down for the evening when they heard a noise interrupt the morning. A light that rivaled the day and night of the weekend came from behind a nearby grove and with it a sound of mystical whir.  One final check was made on the ones they had been following before the pair rushed along the forest floor towards what could possibly be a new threat to their village.  A chunk of stone that none had ever questioned before had cracked and upon it were runes that were suddenly glowing in the faint light of day. Sparks and flying bits of light were shooting out from the crack in a wild manner causing crashes among the trees and bushes of the small area. One flying chunk whizzed right past the male gnome and he saw what could only be described as twisted metal just before it crashed into the ground to make a small crater. The other raised the alarm towards the defenders of the town saying that reinforcements might be needed, especially her!

The patrols around the small village were instantly rearranged to keep some sections still protected as half the guard and some of the ones who had been in town all met on the perimeter where the rock sat. Magical shields thrown up all over the area to contain the wild magic and whatever it was tossing around from destroying the forest or the gnome guard that had come into the area. One of the defending gnomes, looked at all of the runes scattered about the rock and tried to figure them out to know what they would be dealing with. About the time that she realized that it had something to do with travel, three mismatched shapes began to appear on the grass in front of the rock. The light seemed to swirl and shimmer about them before releasing a flash, temporarily blinding any who had been staring. 

Ellywick herself was quick to recover as she looked towards the three shapes that turned out to be three humanoids. Each a little odder than the next with the shortest one being the most odd of all. Then again.. It might be a gnome which tipped the scale in his favor. Gnomen cries were heard from all of the guards but her voice rang out in the morning above them all. Reinforce the shield after I go through! And no one tell my mother! Then Ellywick pushed into the bubble they had made to step into the area with the other three. 

Her hair had been pulled back on the top of her head into an intricate pile of braids that alternated between the white, pale pink and hot pink that she sometimes preferred. Her magically colored pink eyes taking in the details of each individual as she put away the shadow magic that had naturally been sitting in her palms. Some of the gnomes around her all whispered into their village tokens that allowed them to communicate with each other, giving her advice but it was only one piece of advice she chose to take.. The one that said to talk slow. It made the most sense after all.

"If you're here to cause trouble, I warn you. You'll never get past me to try it." It wasn't the best bluff but she tried it anyhow. Intimidation wasn't as good when you were adorable without any of your normal comrades there to assist you. 

[magnus]

Well things sometimes just went the wrong direction, one minute Kazbo was heading back into Gnomeregan after the arrival of the Legion to assist his fellow gnomes, the portal was supposed to be full proof! Hah,..damn mages and their fool-proof portals, he was set about to enter the underground wonderland where it was said a few of the fel-creatures had been coming through portals. Yeah he was ready,..but not ready for what happened after stepping through the portal.

A sick feeling washed over him, the portal itself must have somehow been tampered with and the directional manipulations had been altered so that his course was thrown off,..he did not realize how thrown off till he was slowly opening the blue eyes with a low groan, "broken sprockets and rusted gears," he gave a groan gripping the side of his head wincing, the white hair was ruffled and fell slightly in the half masked face, getting gloved hands beneath him he was pressing up slowly, wincing against the light then hearing others he had a set of weapons out from beneath the overcoat, the arc pistol and plasma blaster swept around in a quick circle.

That was till he heard the talking and both barrels leveled on the talker till that pale gaze landed on her, slow blink was given staring. The words had come a bit slow, but as he caught them he snapped the weapons up, angled to the sky with elbows bent so that it was more a sign of peace before slowly blinking, "well this is quite the unusual find, can you tell me what my Coordinates are? Or have I landed on the broken Isle?
"
Looking around his head tilted before those weapons slid into the respective holsters beneath that overcoat he wore, the lower half of his face concealed behind leather and metal of the breathing mask since he had planned on heading back into the underbelly of Gnomeregan he had wanted to protect himself against the radiation that might have been still present, that pale gaze shifted back to the female staring at her giving a slow blink.

[Spyder]

-Groaning audibly one of the figures stirred. Lying facedown in the grass, a sunbronzed hand emerged from the tatters of its clothing to quest in the grass around one end of the figure. Finally finding a construct of bone and wood, the figure rose to its knees and hands, a cascade of brown hair entangled with leaves and twigs the face. Pulling the construct closer, the figure lifted it towards its head, fitting the mask over it's face.- Ughh....Tanya awra! Manke? Sut? (Elvish: That hurt! Where? Who?)

-Raising it's head, the figure, obviously a male by the build, peered about from behind the mask over his face. Groaning, he pushed himself to his feet, shrugging off the tattered remnants of a once nice leather jacket. The mask covering his face was a recreation of the skull of one of the great tusked cats remade in bone and smooth woods. A pair of silver eyes peered out through the eyeholes, then down at himself, taking stock of himself. His armor looked like tree bark wrapped around him, and seemed intact. His weapon was nowhere about though and he cast about for a moment looking for it, before his eyes settled on the pink haired gnome standing there staring at him.- Lle anta amin tu? (Do you need help?)....uhh what are you staring at?

[Celeste]

The third figure in this little mismatched appearing party would grumble and push herself up to be on her knees as the voices could be heard around her before her eyes adjusted.. Right one blue and lft one glowing red as they blinked a few times and the rest of the slightly tanned female face complete, with short blonde locks falling over it settled into a look of shock as she sat there for a moment. "What the.. Did I just land in munchkin land?" This was spoken in American English as she would move to stand up now. Her form was dressed in black sleeveless t shirt with the word KORN written on it. ( yes the band.) blue jeans with ripped ripped knees, a belt in black leather and a pair of black biker boots. On her back was a beat up backpack slightly open with a leather jacket sticking out of it as the female would reach into her jeans pocket with her left hand pulling out a slightly crumbled pack of Marlboros to fish one out and her lighter. The left hand and arm going all the way up was made of metal but was nothing like they would have seen even on the most advanced Mechanatrix. In fact it might remind Elly of AMEE as it looked and moved just like a real arm with no signs of how it worked. After a puff off the marlboro she would gaze around for a moment as she asked the others. "Where the hell are we and why do you guys look like a pack of LARPERS..?" Course in English.

[Ellywick Fizzlespark]

The three figures when they finished forming were not what she had expected at all. Each one having landed somewhat disheveled. The magic that she had sent away quickly came back as she saw the smallest of them - a possible gnome or halfling or albino goblin perhaps.. no he had weird ears. She'd figure that out later - pull out two weapons. While the gnome herself was intimidating, her weapons were usually something not to argue with as the two shadowy clouds about her fingers formed into longswords made of the same material. But then he put them up and despite the rush of energy sliding through her veins, she let it go to try and translate the other two. 

Elvish.. Elvish she knew without the help of anything else that was going on and she held up a small hand to the one had spoken it. But then she turned to the one that was playing with a loud and distracting pack of something that produced what looked like a cigarette with a funny looking thing on the end. Plans to steal one of those later were already made as she took in the details of each. One of her fingeres reached up to touch a pin on her lapel that looked like a gem and then she let it drop. Her eyes stayed on the female of the group, her words came through the translator of the eastern star but they didn't make sense at all. Then Elly made a face at each of them that said this was not how she expected to spend her morning. The hand that had been held up to ask for a moment was used to smack herself in the face and then pulled down her facials features in the act of a long-suffering female. "They'reNotFromAroundHere.. QuitTheYammering.." She said it not realizing that the only person who could hear the voices inside that bubble was herself but hey it was always best the world thought she was insane anyway. 

Finally with a decision made, she took the small red star shaped stone that was currently sliding around her head and moved over to woman that looked like Dash and AMEE had produced an angry child (Kristen) and handed it up to her. Showing her once how it activated and then just putting it into her palm so that the woman would understand them as they all spoke no matter what. Her eyes turning over towards Kazbo, she pointed right at his masked face. "YouWaitAMinuteGearhead. CanExplainMoreSoon." 

Her feet towards the tall male as she gave him another assessing look. "GoodYouSpeakCommon. IDoBelieveYouGuysHaveBeenSuckedThroughAPortalAndEndedUpOnTheWrongWorld. ICan'tRightfullySayHowItHappened. IdoKnowAPossibleWhy. However,TheseWoodsAreNotSafe. We'reGoingThroughAnEventOnArithThatIsMakingEvenNormalThingsALittle...HarderThanUsual." There was a twitch near her eye and then she seemed to shudder with control over herself before letting out a breath. "Alright. ITalkFast..IfINeedtoSlowDown, JustSaySo. IObviouslyCanButGnomenIsEvenFasterThanThisSo..." As if that explained it all right? "ThereIsAVillageNearbyButIt'sAGnomeVillage. WeCanUseItForMeToTakeYouSomewhereEvenBetter ButFirstLetMeOfferYouMyApologiesAndSomeLiquor." One of her little hands pointed towards the rock that had early been spewing light, fire and people as it now seemed to be completely inert. They weren't going home that way!

"ComeSitRelaxWithMe..NothingWillbePoisoned. AllOfItButTheFoodWillBeGoodUnlessYouWantGoodFood.. ThenWeTravelFirst, DrinkLater."  With that she motioned for all of the gnomes that had been holding the shield to let it go and soon the shimmering that had been around them was gone and the crowd was dispersing towards the village.  "Also.. you attack me or the village and it will be the last thing you do on this world.  We're all armed."   This was said almost like it was in confidence except the fact that Elly only ever whispered in stage whispers.  "C'monThen. WalkAndTalk..TheyCanDoThatWhereverYouGuysAreFrom.. Right?"

[Spyder]

-Blinking slowly, Jak shook his head. The little gnome before him was a seriously fast speaker, and he was so rarely among others it took him some time to adjust to suddenly being in a crowd. Kneeling down as she spoke to them, half his attention on what she was saying, the other half looking over the surrounding area for his rifle. It was likely back on his own world in the middle of a forest, or had been lost in translation.- Well that figures...Arith hmm...

-Shaking his head, Jak followed after the group, staying towards the back of the pack. His silver eyes peered out from behind the eyeholes of the greatcat-bone mask he wore. A taciturn man by nature, and inherently untrusting of others from past experience, he would see how they act before making a judgement.-

[Celeste]

Being leery of the tiny pink  haired woman though she had to admit she did like the woman's  choice in hair color even as that blue hue would take in what the woman was  doing. Echo didn't have any weapons and  well at this point she was just more trying to figure out what was going on as the woman showed her the small rock and then it would activate and circle about her blonde head as she had to glance up at it.  "Well  that looks like some trinket  from a certain sorcerer but okay.." 


Listening to the woman speed talk she would mutter about how much  caffeine  this tiny woman had.. Gnome  villages? A look behind the barrier as it flickered down seeing all the tiny people even as she took a  deep draw off her cigaretteand blew a smoke ring. " I swear if this is some practical joke or weird game show  I will be planting my boot in someone's ass..." Still speaking English but now she could understand the others around her.. So the star was more like a universal translator. The wrong world was an understatement but she would  wait to see.

[magnus]

He just gave a faint frown and looked towards the others, but would adjust his stance before arms crossed over the "Broad" well,,.. for his race broad chest and would tape fingers to the upper bicep. As she started speaking faster he just tipped his head,..well she was a gnome they did tend to get going when they worked from his world as well but when they started walking he was moving forward as well.


Well the others were not being effected by the oxygen levels or any sort of strange gas in the air so a gloved had rose catching one of the brass catches on the mask, with a small hiss he was peeling the leather and brass breathing mask away before tucking it beneath that overcoat. Hand raised again to scratch at the bearded jawline looking over to the female, "Hmm a village with gnomes and yet this is not Azeroth,..quite interesting, and yes we can walk and talk at the same time. Otherwise we would get nothing done," he gave a sideways glance over towards the other female gnome, "I am Kazbo Brassbolt, quite the pleasure to meet you."  There was a bow of his head given to the female before he was looking around, "so this place is called Airth eh? Well that tells me I am no where near Argus or even Azeroth."

[Ellywick Fizzlespark]

"YesArith. That'sTheWorldYouAreOn. TheCountryIsKyngfeldAndYou'reNearAVillageCalledFiddlenag. It'sSuperSmallThough.." She was watching all of them and when she realized the really tall one was going to hang back, she turned to walk backwards as they continued through the last of the woods. Letting her words slow down, just as one hand made a motion to cast Speak Language while the female was chatting. Now she would at least be able to understand the woman at least if no one else could. The guy with the bubble helmet might have sounded like this the first time she met him!

"IWouldNotGoRandomlyKickingPeopleIfIWereYouByTheWay. ThingsAroundHereTendToKickOrWorseBack." Including herself! Elly continued as she moved backwards almost without a care. Most of the others had all been wearing similar set ups of obvious armor but her clothes were far more casual looking. Her fingers and wrists seemed to be covered in various rings and bracelets of several materials from glowing wood to simple silver. Her pointed ears were almost hidden within the wave of her hair as she looked over at the small one and his weird get up. His face appearing from beneath the mask as he talked. The bow of his head was returned with a quick one of her own. "EllywickNingelBimpnottinPallybaraFizzlespark - You can call me Elly." Her speech slowed down as someone ahead of them yelled 'Slower' in Gnomen. One of the gnomes suddenly sporting hair as bright as her own which caused chuckles all around.

"Never heard of an Argus or Azeroth but I wonder if they're from the same plane as possible Eorzea. That's where Gjenrei is from. When the moons are up all three of them are in their full moon cycle and today is the third day so the worst of it should be backing off a little bit. I came to check on my village but I live in the busiest city on our world, Navahla where I work for the Obsidian Heart Adventuring Company. My plan is to get you guys food and drink and then take you back to Navahla with me far away from these gnomes just as a precaution. I'll keep someone watching that stone to see if it starts taking things back wherever you guys came from and if you stay in Navahla you'll only be a portal away since my shop is connected to the Inne here. You guys are lucky it was us that found the rock and not the half-elves. Apparently they've been shooting everything that's been coming from the stones." It was said almost nonchalantly as she looked to the one man and then turned just in time to hop over a tree root like she had known it was coming. Ahead there was starting to be glimpses of buildings. They all looked small.. or half finished. None of them were above one story tall as all of them went down, not up.

[Celeste]

A grumble came from Echo has she followed the small woman those hues taking in the very backward nature of the are. As she listened to the gnome realizing she could fully understand her a slight perk as she spoke about a large city so she would take a puff off her cigarette and ask. " So largest city?   Thank god. So if you guys have teleportation I'm figurin you all should be able to send people back where they came from right  cause I'm a not  nature loving hippie." She had ignored the comment about kicking since she realized that  the gnome didn't exactly get her meaning before. This place was so small she felt like she was walking through kiddie land with how everything was. 

[Spyder]

-Though he kept to himself a bit, staying at the back of their small group, the ranger watched the forest around them as well. The strange woman spoke often in a language he did not know, and when he could understand her, he had no idea of what she spoke of. The gnome he studied surreptitiously, wondering about the gear he wore. The little pink tour guide was a strange one as well, though to a different extent than the rest.-



Navahla? -His voice was a soft baritone was questioning. Silver eyes amused at the pink haired gnome who was muttering, likely curses, off to one side.- There are elvenkind here?  -The man moved with a hunters grace, no wasted motions that could give away a position. One last glance was given to the woods around them as he followed the little cavalcade into the gnome village.-

[magnus]

"A pleasure Elly," he gave a grin then was glancing to the other two of his,...makeshift, surprise party one could say then gave a slow blink. His steps halted and he moved over to the female, that head tipped and he was examining her arm up and down, never once touching, oh one could see the gloved hand start to reach out,..but it did not make it before dropping to stroke the bearded chin. "Hmm,.interesting,..very interesting." He would dip his head down, not that he needed to trying to see the inner wrist then he shifted some to get a look at the elbow joint, that head tilting this way or that way leaning closer examining it.



"Quite a  work of art I must say,..I would very much like to meet the one that made this, trade secrets sometime." Gloved hands rubbed together giving another grin before his head was shaking and he was mentally tearing himself away from the mechanical arm and turning blinking as if coming out of a daze before rubbing the back of his head "ah-heh, mechanical do'dads are fascinating," as if that would explain it and he was turning following, "dont know this Ezorah or whatever, never heard of it."

[Celeste]

The attention to her arm made Echo smirk as she would pinch out her cigarette and put it in to her pocket, least  she wasn't  completely rude american  as she  flexed her arm and hand for the curious gnome and then bent down some so he could see the red glowing eye  and the scar over her left eye and face as she spoke.

" This old thing, there's newer ones out there.. But this one is hardwired in to my brain, moves and acts like the real deal but allows me to have a superb ability to have a steady aim if I'm using a sniper rifle or a great grip.. The eye is wired in as well tells me alot of input things much like a super computer could but it's not functioning fully right now though  which I figure is to the lack of a satellite or internet linkup." She spoke like he should understand what she was talking about.

[Ellywick Fizzlespark]

Elly paused a few feet beyond the small barrier that had been placed around the village to allow for some extra protection. The other gnomes had moved on to share the gossip and prepare a table for the two tall ones, at least. Ready to answer the questions of the others she watched as the odd gnome that had come with them suddenly started staring at the woman's arm. Unamused she put her hands on her hips and gave him a stare. "It's rude to stare." Then the female moved to start talking about computers, hard wiring, fake eyes. Most of it making Elly wonder but she threw her hands up and waved it at both of them. "To answer your question, Miss. Yes we have teleportation. Hell I can use the shadows to my advantage but the way the magic works, most of the time, is that it's a place you've been to. We have mages who spend half their life travelling the world just to be able to port lazy asses there for gold later. So I don't think we can just send you back. Especially not tonight or tomorrow seeing as how magic has been.. strange."   

Then she smiled to the one who reminded her of a ranger friend and gave him a huff too. "And of course we have elves. What kind of strange plane do you think you're on? No Elves. Fairly certain knife-ears breed on every plane possible for maximum hoity-toitiness and bragging rights." The comments made to see if she could get a reaction for the man to reveal himself a certain way, but then she thumbed towards the one story buildings behind her. Half of them were small like a gnome village would while the other side of town was obviously made to accommodate traders of larger body sizes. "We going to the Inne here or did you guys want to get closer to the city tonight? I'll talk to Hana and Maria. I can pay for a night's stay in a room at the Obsidian Heart Inne or a cabin by the lake if that's what you prefer. I work for Maria plus I own a shop in Navahla. It's in another country though so the best way through is a portal to get there tonight. If you don't trust that travel after all this, well I can get you a horse and a map and it will take you maybe one day if you ride hard, two or three otherwise to reach the city. I'll do what I can for you guys but for now looks like you're stranded on our world during a time where even the animals are a little crazy." There was a twitch of her cheek then but she tried to smile through it. 

In the background, a small group of gnomes had begun to form as if waiting. In the center of them all was an elder with white hair and beard that seemed to cover the top half of his body. He was staring at the foursome but it was clear he was waiting on Elly to shut up and bring them closer instead of slipping beyond the barrier to meet them on the outskirts of the village.

[Spyder]

-Keeping silent after Elly's answer, the masked figure stopped to run silver eyes over the buildings. Following the rest into the village towards the group of gnomes awaiting them. He would need to re-kit and outfit himself at some point as his gear had all been lost, either left at his old campsite or battered past use in the transition.-

-Keeping to the back of the pack, he nonetheless gave a slight bow of respect to the gnome elder. Uncultured and wild as a catamount he might be, but his uncle had drilled into his thick skull that showing proper respect at times was needed.- I've not slept under a roof in more than a season. If you are willing, I'll come along.

[magnus]

"I must say the craftsmanship is quite remarkable," then at the comment he just smirked, "it is not staring it is admiring a piece of handiwork." But he turned anyhow and was following along listening before giving a blink, "sure why not, I do not see another option, and must say thank you and your generosity is quite kind indeed to three lost souls it would seem!"

As they came to the village he was looking around, this really did not look like New Tinkertown, a bit set back somewhat but hey sometimes technological advancements were slow in the coming for some places, but while he was here he might be able to fix that. Moving along he would run a hand through the white blonde hair before turning to face the gnome again. "And a portal is fine,..as long as I do not end up someplace,...absolutely strange that is. And we have elves where I am from as well, except they prefer the proper terms of Dorei with the prefix of their race, such as Kaldorei, Sin'dorei and etcetera."