As the wolves fled Lance let a sigh of relief escape him. It appeared the blow dealt had not caused any significant harm to the Alpha, evident from the ease it escaped with. Left standing with a bloody blade, Lance found himself staring at the blood bathed weapon as though in a trance. The red liquid that preserved ones life, slowly drifting down towards the hilt. In his state, he had near on blocked out everything going on around him, until. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" A familiar voice brought him back to reality as he shook his head, letting the sword loosely hang in his hand by his side. His mind was drawn back to when he first awoke, this place definitely looked no where near as rundown as when they'd first enter it.

Pushing the thought to the back of his mind he followed Donny with the rest of the group. They were lead to a cottage, which in turn they all entered, Donny's home left a lot to be desired. Lance rested the sword down, lent against a wall out of the way it was probably best that he'd kept clear from it after that moment he had earlier. "Hey..." Lance noticed something as he tilted his head staring at Lucas as he approached slowly, a look of confusion on his face. "What's up with your ears?" Lance asks flicking the pointed tip of them. "You look like you've been dangling from them." The feature appeared to stick out like a sore thumb, but decidedly Lance didn't stick around for an answer before walking over to Tawny. "Bit strange don't you think?" Lance asks. "You doing alright?" Honestly the last normal thing Lance could really remember was talking with Tawny, and this, this didn't feel normal.

@Azure Flame@Raptra

It was relieving to see that the group had managed to chase the pack away with their persistence. However, that one wolf that Tawny had somehow pulled over to their side did not leave with the others. It was probably for the better. Who knows what the rest of the pack might have done to it if it had stayed with them. The stranger, already bruised and bleeding, then thanked her and her friends for the save and introduced himself as 'Donny'. He then offered them a place to stay for the night. Was it night already? How strange that it had been night before they went to sleep, not that Tawny even remembered that part. How did they even get to this place, wherever it was?

Naomi was the first to answer him directly, accepting his invitation. It was all too surreal, but Donny seemed like a friendly face who knew what was going on. However, he was clearly not able to tell what had happened for them to arrive here, at least not yet. The rural environment was not something Tawny was used to, and she found it all rather intriguing as they were taken to a simple yet cozy-looking cottage to spend the night in. Donny was a pleasant host, conversing with them about where they were right after preparing them dinner.

Lance had brought attention to Lucas' ears before approaching Tawny, stating how strange it was. She could not help but nod in agreement. Weird things were happening one after another, as witnessed during the battle with the wolf pack. With that in mind, she glanced down at the wolf that was settled by her feet, instinctively extending a hand to stroke it. It still had its wounds from the earlier fight. She then turned her attention back to her black-haired friend when he asked if she was alright.

"I'm well, just extremely confused," she replied, before looking back down at the injured canine. "I should probably feel bad. It got hurt by its own kind, because I turned it against them. I don't even how I did it."

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Reina tilted her head as she listened to the others talk before hearing Tawny talk about her controlling the wolf into turning on it's own pack.
"Well that was a thing" Reina says as she waves a hand towards the wolf that was following Tawny like a pet would before yelping as a few flames flicker out from her hand.
"I know i'm hot but C'mon!" Reina says looking at her hand wondering how and why she let out flames from her hand just by waving it.

"Wait, what!?" Lucas said, reaching up to his ears. Instead of rounding off like they always had, they were now longer and ended in points. "It's like I'm an elf now." he muttered to himself, though the others could still hear him.

Naomi hears the discussion of Lucas's ears and takes a look for herself an giggles in delight saying They're so cute

Then she checks the tips of her own and finds them still their same boring rounded shape

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" Now where did these little..." Odum wandered through the forest looking for the kids. Finally finding them at a cottage, his face fell when he over heard the conversation, "The Hell? You guys in some kind of ear fetish or somthin'?"

Donny looked at everyone strangely as they just realized one of them was an elf. Granted Donny hasn’t seen many elves before, but one would think you knew that one of your party memebers were an elf. Then another arrived who seemed to know the group, though Donny has never seen him before. Still, Donny made another meal for him too.

”Right. So then... I don’t think it caught all of y’all names.”

As Tawny was worried about her wolf, Donny looked around his fireplace and handed her some clean cloth she could use to bandage the wolf’s wound, as well as a bit of poultice that can help ward off infection. The stuff smelled something strong, but that’s how Donny knew it was good medicine. ”For ya wolf. Dunno why he helped us unless yer a Beastmaster. Haven’t seen any of those before.”

Odum had gotten his meal, and said while in the middle of bites, " Oh yeah, Mr.Edgelord? Why the hell do I have a rifle on my back? And is my hair different?! Also, who are you?" He said it in a quick manner so he can continue eating. "Oh.. and my name is Odum."

Lucas blushed, the tips of his ears turning red when Naomi said his ears were cute. "My name is Lucas Evergreen." he said softly

"Heh, guess you always did have a way with animals though huh? Like that cat. Guess we just see how things go for now." Lance was about to head for the food before Donny suggested they go for introduction before handing something for the wolf over to Tawny. Lance stares at Donny for a moment. "Lance Hellbourne." He then heads for the food grabbing two plates, returning one to Tawny who was caring for the wolf. Once he has a hand free he goes to take a bit. "..mmm" it was more sarcastic then enthused as his eye's narrow, followed by a gulp.

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"Reina Black, Nice to meetcha~" Reina says with a Japanese style bow thanks to her mother who was Japanese teaching her Japanese manners not that she used them very often outside of her home.
"So anyone got any theories on where we are and how we got here? because the last thing I remember is falling asleep in those temple ruins during a storm and then waking up in a pristine temple with a sunny almost cloudless day outside" Reina says fold her arms and tilting her head to the side slightly.

Tawny only remembered the cat once Lance brought it up. That's right, it already started back then... Another individual who walked in seemed familiar at first glance, but she did not think much of it until he started to speak. Her head snapped around to look at him a second time. Wait... Odum? Why is he blond? Well, it was really not that strange anymore, considering the other things that happened to the others, like Lucas' ears changing. Donny, who had overheard her conversation with Lance then offered her some bandages and medication for the wolf.

"Oh, thank you. My wolf? I doubt it's actually-" she paused, pondering over the last thing he said. "Beastmaster huh? Interesting..."

It was all starting to come together. Was it possible that in addition to being transported to this strange place, each of them had somehow been granted a different supernatural gift? It was apparent - Lucas' accuracy, Lance's combat skills, her control over beasts, and the visible magic powers of the other two girls.

She was then brought back when everyone started introducing themselves. "Pleasure, my name is Tawny."

While she worked on the wolf's wounds, Lance had gone over to bring a plate of food to her. She was pleasantly surprised at this gesture, and her eyes widened a little before she gave him a smile.

"Aww, thank you dear," she said, before deciding to run her fingers through the animal's dark coat before she got started on dinner. "I'm thinking we could name it Ash. How about it?"

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Donny nodded his head as he looked to the others making their introductions, confused about where they were and what they were capable of. They dressed like nobles, had abilities that could be best described as "magic", yet don't know about them. They seem surprised at how some had changed their appearances. Nobility was weird, but Donny was thinking something stranger was afoot.

"I wish I knew more bout that temple, Lady Reina. Unfortunately we don't got many holy folks around here who'd take care of it, and my pa told me that the temple was here before even his pa settled in Wayward. Whatever the place is, it's old and ancient. Ain't no one ever been able to figure out what it's for or what it does, though evidently it brought y'all here." Donny cleared his throat, laced his fingers together, and looked at everyone.

"So where y'all from? Something tells me... You're not from around here. Or even this world."

"Yeah, it definitely seems like we're in a different world." Lucas said, still playing with the tips of his ears, thinking at any moment he could just wake up.

Naomi laughed softly hearing the questions and answers but one, in particular, struck her as funny.

We surely are not of this world but which we might be from is unimportant as our name might mean nothing at all here or just mean dirt; We call it Earth or Terra depending on who you ask

Then she caught Lucas playing with his ears and giggled

If you keep playing with them you might go blind

"How do you figure?" Lucas asked, looking over at her.

Lance scoffs at Tawny's remark of calling him dear. "Kind of an old persons title, wouldn't you think?" he smirks as he probes at Tawny's choice of words. In response to the next question he simply shrugs "I guess, I mean it sort of matches his fur colour? Just call it what you want, so long as it isn't trying to maw our faces off." The groups discussion seemed to have been diverted back to the question of where they were or where they were from. As Naomi had basically given the only answer there was to give Lance forced down another bite of the food before tearing a piece off and dropping it before the wolf.

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@Azure Flame

Naomi giggles then says

It was a reference to self-abuse; perhaps a bad one but still funny as far as I'm concerned

She said it before she weighed the idea and blurted it out potentially embarrassing him

Lucas's eyes widened as he realized what she was referring to, his face and ears turning bright red as his hands moved away from his ears and he looked away.

"Well!" Odum said with satisfaction, " That was certainly a great meal, but, if you excuse us, we will be going now, after their done eating, trying to look a way back home. Oh, yeah, names Odum." He said picking up his rifle and holding out his hand.

(After interaction)

He smiled a fake yet sincere smile, " We'll be going, unless," Odum said turning toward the group, " Anyone objects, I'm sure we could stay here, but I don't the man to have a bunch of strangers in his house." Then he turned toward the owner, Donny, he believed was his name. Wow. Odum never knew any f the kids names, but now knowing them, he sighed in relief, he didn't want to call them, Kid 1, 2, 3 so on and so on. Somehow, he knew they had to stick together, it felt like their lives might change, for the better or for the worse.

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