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[spaceraptor]

Red was not sure which was distracting him more...The fact that this city seemed to remind him of everywhere and nowhere at once, or the fact that he was now wearing a skin-tight suit that seemed to pulsate with living veins but smelled of plants

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[novawatcher]

Lacaille had finally parted ways with Nathan after a little while, and gone off to wander on her own. There was just so much to take in here, and she didn't know how much time she had to do it, so she was determined to make the most of it on her own.

The city was the first new place she'd stumbled onto afterwards, and she was stunned. She'd never seen anything so huge--not in person, anyway, she'd seen plenty of pictures of buildings, but that wasn't quite the same. The sheer scale was overwhelming, and the fact that they were organic besides, like they were growing out of the ground, was simply--

"Oh!" She almost hadn't noticed that someone else was around, thanks to her head being in the clouds as usual, but the tail caught her attention very quickly. "Hey!" she called, with a cheery wave.

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Red's serpentine neck snaked around over his shoulder to see who was coming- a decidedly non-human gesture. If one was at all familiar with dinosaurs, the immediate resemblance to a velociraptor would have made them stop in their tracks. At least, until Red responded with a very Human wave in return.

He couldn't believe it! A Human! This planet was inhabited, or at least visited, with Humans! Which meant he could easily communicate with them, which meant he could find out where he was...Red tried to calm himself down as he turned and bobbed his head to the newcomer.

"Uhm, greetings," he began awkwardly. "Do you live in this city?"

[novawatcher]

"No, I'm new here, too. I just came out of suspended animation in the pods a little while ago. You probably did, too, right?" Lacaille peered closely at him; it made sense that other 'alien' species would be brought here, if they were going to the trouble of pulling people from other universes, but this was the first time she'd seen anything sentient that wasn't human. He definitely looked reptilian, almost raptor-like--an alternate evolutionary path, maybe? Floros would probably have a better idea, but since she wasn't here...

"What are you?" She didn't sound awed, or fearful, or anything of the sort--simply curious.

[spaceraptor]

Red blinked at that. Surely, everyone would know a Tiss'shar when they saw it...Or at least confuse him with a similar reptilian species. He was used to correcting people, but not to explaining outright.

"I'm a Tiss'shar. My name is Aish-Kar-Yan," he explained evenly. Wait, what had she said? "Excuse me, I don't mean to pry, but suspended animation? Isn't that a bit...obsolete?"

Being contained in a pod he could understand, being birthed out by some plant-mucus creature seemed not to phase him, but the idea of suspended animation being standardized technology made him mince from foot to foot anxiously.

[cursed_chimera]

This place was beginning to make his head hurt. None of it made any sense, and Zelgadis had finally figured that nothing was going to come out of trying to talk to that Stacy creature. There might be reason here, but her logic wasn't lining up with his own. It was time to try and approach the locals

[spaceraptor]

Red's tail flicked upwards as the strange being approached. He might have noticed he was being followed, if it weren't for the fact that the city itself seemed to be overwhelming his attention. He jumped slightly as he spun around, immediately trying to calm down and hide his surprise. Calm down, most races can't read shock without a facial expression. Calm-

Red's thoughts came to a quick halt as he looked the humanoid up and down, sniffing. He smelled of...rocks? That was odd. But that fitted with the peculiarity of the city here. And the humanoid's confusion might be because he was a local, and Red an intruder in his home city.

He did his best to assume a nonthreatening pose, tail dropped and head moderately low. "I'm sorry, I was simply exploring your city. But I seem to be a bit lost."

[cursed_chimera]

Zel hadn't quite meant to startle the creature. Some sort of beastman; he'd seen plenty of variations on the reptilian theme before. The type didn't entirely click, but that was fine. At least he was able to make himself understood, and get a clear answer in return.

He still wished, uselessly, that he had his hood. Not that it would exactly hide him from curious nostrils, too. In a way, he was almost glad he hadn't run into any humans yet.

"No, no. I just came out of one of the pod caverns. I literally have no idea what's going on here." Frustration was evident in his voice. "You're the first person I've seen." And just as clueless. Fantastic.

[spaceraptor]

Red's posture visibly slumped. "Ah...So, you haven't met Stacy yet?" Don't give too much away...he didn't know Stacy's place of power in this world, if she was considered a bad or good entity to be aligned with. Even if he wasn't native, he might know something.

"I am known as Aish-Kar-Yan. And you'll forgive me, but I don't recognize your species. May I inquire...?" He left the question hanging. Awkward. But he didn't know that.