We Are Our Avatars XI (Open)

[Furioso]

Yuri had stayed silent during the exchange, but had drawn his sword when Dalahar transformed. Now that the situation was resolved, he put his sword away. He stared at Dalahar's collapsed form, frowning. "How many times has that happened since he got here?" he asked to no one in particular.

 

[Chungus]

Getting closer to the site, Kuki saw Dalahar, but despite their many eyes, they mediocre vision over far away, so they couldn't make out the horrible sight very well.

Being picked up by Anik again, Kuki calmed down from his skittish state.

"No, I'm fine. The giant one looks like he's... in a bad shape, though. Did he need restraining and get hurt?"

Kuki questioned.

"If so, and if he's pacified now, I could preform surgery."

 

[Vakra jal]

Coughing Dalahar had returned to normal. As normal as a genetically forged warrior could be anyway. With a grunt of effort he began to haul his bulk off the floor.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"Oh don't be so wretched." Candace remarked to Ellie, then looked to Yuri. "Twice so far."

"Got the number. Thanks." Lambda said.

 

[Silence]

"This is the second time this happened, although he couldn't control himself the first time." Anik answered Yuri's question. "And he needed neither, Kuki. But what do you mean by surgery?"

She was slightly wary of the word 'surgery'.

 

[Kirke]

After emptying her stomach, Ella slowly got back up and holstered her rifle. She then glared at Candace in an almost murderous way before looking back at Dalahar.

 

[Chungus]

Vaguely seeing Dalahar change back, Kuki looked on as well as they could, intrigued.

"You're right, he seems all right, now. Nice that no one got hurt. And this is interesting! I'd like to take a closer look at this"

, Kuki commented, feeling a little excited, although this wasn't conveyed in the tone of voice coming from the speaker.

"But that can wait until he's in a better state of mind.

Anyway, I meant exactly what I said. If someone is hurt, I can preform surgery and patch them up. Quick and non-invasive, too. No implements involved. It's a trait people like me are known for, back on my home universe!"

 

[Silence]

"Feel free to take a look whenever you want ... and aren't in any danger." Anik said, and sighed. "I thought you meant ... nevermind that. I must have gone a little paranoid from the smoke.

So you can heal? That's really nice. I might need to keep you around, now." she laughed.

 

[Vakra jal]

"You" he managed to mumble. His face hidden behind his helmet that no longer resembled a beast of legend. "You people. You could have all died
Right now. If I wasn't he one in control, you could have all been killed. Why are you all here?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Viyang simply avoided Dalahar while he was transformed, rather than follow and talk to him like the others. Instead, she leaned against a wall and held her right hand out in front of herself, palm up. A purple-tinted rectangle appeared over it, and she began pushing against it, typing in Anik's phone number.

 

[Chungus]

"Maybe you shouldn't inhale that, then. Getting paranoid sounds like the opposite of feeling calm!"

Kuki commented in response to Anik's first statement.

"But, yes. Yes, I can! Since I would be dealing with xeno-biology, though, I would need to take some tissue samples for analysis, before preforming the surgery.

Oh, and by the way. I asked around for directions, and found the way to the station Viyang mentioned. It's really close by!"

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"An Ayers doesn't back down." Candace told Tresh, deciding not to mention she had been frozen with fear.

 

[Furioso]

"Well hopefully we won't have to keep doing that." replied Yuri. "Next time it might not even work."

 

[Silence]

"I don't know, but a walking fridge seemed like something I could handle." Anik joked towards Dalahar, although she got a little bit unsure now. I don't know him, and he can change form. That's not something I'm too good against.

"Anyways, see you all around ... or not, whatever. We're going now." Anik said. She then put her hand softly on the pocket that held Kuki. "Nice! Don't fall out of my pocket!" She started walking. "I'm not sure if you should take my samples ..." Anik mentioned. "But this is not the right place to do it anyways. I bet they have a warm laboratory or something back at the station.

Feel free to tell me where I need to go." she added, at last, as she walked a short way back to where she knew she had come from, only using her cane, not clicking, so she could keep on speaking.

 

[Chungus]

Being placed back in Anik's pocket, Kuki tucked in their hind legs so their clawed paws wouldn't prick Anik. After, they wriggled around a little, happy to be back in the pocket, out of the cold air.

"Well, if you don't get hurt, I won't need to!"

They said jokingly.

"If it's just minor damage, I might be able to help it without in-depth knowledge, though. I'd have to see.

Anyway, you said you came to this world by choice too, right, Anik? Or, mostly? Why's that?"

While speaking, Kuki would occasionally interrupt themselves, or Anik, to point Anik the way to the portal station.

 

[Silence]

"Hmm, alright." Anik said, friendly. "Yes, I did come here by choice. Or rather, I left my world by choice. I did not really choose this world, arriving here was random. But I wanted to see what happened when I took the plants that could make people travel worlds in their dreams.

The only thing not perfect was being cut off from my world for a time. I could feel it as soon as I arrived here, that it felt real, not a little bit like a dream. But I know that the others can contact me in a few days or weeks, and that I can also go back through the portal of this world in a few weeks, so this won't be too much of a problem!"

 

[Slenn]

"Well, I at least wanted to see if you were okay. I just had this strange feeling that... everything will turn out for the better." She said to Dalahar.

 

[Drakmorg]

Having not chased after Dalahar like apparently everyone else, Nina had just stood around outside. She took a moment to ponder what the likelihood was that anyone had even remember where she had been left would be.

 

[Chungus]

"Umm? I'm not sure I understand"

, Kuki said, confused, but this again not being conveyed in voice all that well.

"Normally, when smoking the vapours from this plant, you travel to other worlds, but only your subconscious? Except this time, your whole self was moved... ? How does any of this work?"

 

[Silence]

"... I have noo idea. It just is, kind of, you know? I did not really know you could move your whole self. Just that the injuries you got while being in another world for a time you also got back where you started.

I'm just experimenting with the effects. I'm not smart enough to understand the science behind that." Anik tried to explain. "How did you travel?"