The Moon
Alanna fell down with a loud clank that had more to do with her sword hitting the surface then any breaking bones, thankfully. "OW! NOT FUNNY!" She yelled and glanced up. And blinked. And blinked some more.
Nita looked over from where she and Kit were laying out their spell circle. "Uh..." she began, blinking. "Kit? We've got a visitor."
"What, did Dairine come-" But as he turned around, seeing the young woman with the sword laying on ground, Kit, who'd been distracted enough not to notice her yell, stopped himself. "Hello...?" he ventured.
Alanna scrambled to her feet, still blinking, though more at the visible Earth, than the two teens also on the moon. "Um, hi. That's the Earth." She pointed out, a little numbly. "And we're breathing. While not on Earth."
"There's a bubble keeping our air in," Nita said, pointing to the larger circle of shimmering, spidery characters several feet away; it marked the border outside where the waste gases glinted in the Earth light as they condensed rapidly to frozen mist. "Kit, how much extra did we put in? Enough for a third person?"
Alanna blinked. "Hopefully? I'd rather not suffocate, thanks." She blinked again. "Magic or science?"
Kit shook his head. "Wizardry," he explained. "And yeah, we've got enough, at least for a bit." He looked down at the spell diagram. "We've got as much done on here as we're going to, anyway; I think we're at a dead end."
Looking at the diagram herself, Nita nodded. "Yeah," she agreed. "Later, though. So," she continued, turning to their unexpected guest. "I take it you weren't headed for the moon, then. Where were you hoping to land?"
"Virginia." Alanna said dryly. "But I've pretty much given up on that."
"We could probably get you down there..." Nita said. "But we'd need more exact coordinates. What can you tell us about it?"
At about that moment, a bright purple portal opened behind Alanna. "That would be my ride, actually. Um, nice meeting you. Good luck with your thing." She stepped through, and the portal closed behind her.
Nita and Kit blinked at each other. "... That wasn't a worldgate," Kit said.
Nita looked over from where she and Kit were laying out their spell circle. "Uh..." she began, blinking. "Kit? We've got a visitor."
"What, did Dairine come-" But as he turned around, seeing the young woman with the sword laying on ground, Kit, who'd been distracted enough not to notice her yell, stopped himself. "Hello...?" he ventured.
Alanna scrambled to her feet, still blinking, though more at the visible Earth, than the two teens also on the moon. "Um, hi. That's the Earth." She pointed out, a little numbly. "And we're breathing. While not on Earth."
"There's a bubble keeping our air in," Nita said, pointing to the larger circle of shimmering, spidery characters several feet away; it marked the border outside where the waste gases glinted in the Earth light as they condensed rapidly to frozen mist. "Kit, how much extra did we put in? Enough for a third person?"
Alanna blinked. "Hopefully? I'd rather not suffocate, thanks." She blinked again. "Magic or science?"
Kit shook his head. "Wizardry," he explained. "And yeah, we've got enough, at least for a bit." He looked down at the spell diagram. "We've got as much done on here as we're going to, anyway; I think we're at a dead end."
Looking at the diagram herself, Nita nodded. "Yeah," she agreed. "Later, though. So," she continued, turning to their unexpected guest. "I take it you weren't headed for the moon, then. Where were you hoping to land?"
"Virginia." Alanna said dryly. "But I've pretty much given up on that."
"We could probably get you down there..." Nita said. "But we'd need more exact coordinates. What can you tell us about it?"
At about that moment, a bright purple portal opened behind Alanna. "That would be my ride, actually. Um, nice meeting you. Good luck with your thing." She stepped through, and the portal closed behind her.
Nita and Kit blinked at each other. "... That wasn't a worldgate," Kit said.