Following her introduction, Otsune expected at least some sort of acknowledgment from the other little monsters –such an act would definitively prove them sane, and on her level- but instead, a small girl who appeared to be half spider went into a noisy, stuttering panic.  While she sympathized with the girl on some level, given that it proved her to be just as baffled by the situation as Otsune, she found herself irate with the drider’s high-pitched gibbering.  [i]Wah-wah-wah-wah, why!?  Wah, wah, wah![/i] thought the snapjaw, derisively.  [i]It’s not that bad.  I’m not even half human, and you don’t see me complaining.[/i]  Of course, she said nothing.  In a time like these, venting her veiled stress on an easy target would help nobody.  Otsune did her best to focus her attention elsewhere, as she felt that any attempt on her part to calm Ariana down would only exacerbate the problem, and listened to the displeasure of the kobolds.  They, at least, didn’t seem averse to getting heated.  The one who named itself Mox -[i]Special snowflake, huh?[/i]- demanded that the others forgive him for his verbosity before trying his luck with the spider girl.  Though he made a halfway decent attempt to take charge of the situation, pretty much nobody seemed to be paying attention to him.  

Another critter, this one a blue snake, joined Mox in an attempt to bestill the bamboozled drider, calling himself Hing.  [i]Perhaps he was Chinese?  Even if it’s only names, having a trace to the world I know is welcome.[/i]  Otsune found herself distracted by the imp, proclaiming her name to be ‘Saffron’.  [i]Uh, okay.  It seems to me like people would be wanting to preserve whatever ties they might have to the real world, not reinventing themselves at the first opportunity.  Well, I guess this is a pretty big shift.  Makes sense that some people would want to embrace the change.[/i]  

Only a few seconds passed before one of the creatures noticed her for the first time.  Given her tranquility, it didn’t really surprise Otsune that she might sink into the background, but receiving no attention until now caught her a little off guard.  [color=324AB2]”That makes at least two of us with a level head,”[/color] she told him in reply.  Her eyes wandered over every member of the ragtag bunch of misfits.  In addition to the shrill drider, Mox the goblin, Saffron the demon kindergartener, Hing the snake, Jeff the lizard-goblin, and Neix the other lizard-goblin, there were two odd cats and some kind of bird-girl.  Something else lingered at the edge of the cave—a dark, sinister, hunched-over shape that put the snapjaw on edge.  Some sort of gooey thing with a ribbon sat nearby as well, silent thus far.  Otsune informed whoever was listening, [color=324AB2]”This cave is quaint and all, but I am ready to leave."[/color]