In the ruins of Denver and the surrounding territory of Culrud, Jesse was a bit above the common waster in terms of knowledge and combat ability. This was thanks to being the last member of a gang known as the Bastards. But while the Bastards were always a little more clean, studied, and nourished than a commoner, they weren't nearly as clean as most people in this year in Moonlight Falls or in the US where it resided. Wandering the alleys, Jesse could hardly by discerned from a common homeless, though not many walked around with guns and axes.

"Hey...I ain't seen you around here before." A hobo in a tattered dirty tattered jacket said to Jesse

"I am from Denver, and where is this?" Jesse said

"This is Moonlight Falls. Man, you must have been on some crazy mushrooms to not know where you are." The hobo said through a mouth with half as many teeth as it should have.

"Is this the Old World? Are men flying giant metal birds across a giant lake?" Jesse asked, to which the hobo just started laughing.

"Well at least I aint crazy." The hobo said as he walked off.

Jesse shrugged, and continued exploring the alleys and hoping to learn more of this world. Deciding after hesitation that he had traveled far enough from the site of the incident to emerge from the alley again, he did so. He found himself on a sidewalk in a somewhat friendlier part of town, with even nicer establishments and even more posh inhabitants. He couldn't help but look at some of the women. Such beautiful women weren't seen outside of a lord or aristocrat's harem. These women were perhaps even more head-turning. But Jesse's gazing around changed when he spotted someone the likes of which he had never seen. It was a gnome, but Jesse wouldn't know that.

"I'm new in town" Jesse said bluntly "Which way to the nearest pub?" Jesse asked, not sure what to expect in a place like this.

@Letmehaveone2

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"Is that your pet?" A female cop asked Teo, looking at the two-tailed fox "Is that a...fox?"

"No," he said curtly. "That is my acquaintance."

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"No," he said curtly. "That is my acquaintance."

Tails had been hiding behind Teo's leg and covering his eyes while shaking fearfully trying to not look at anything, but he'd seen enough to scare him and know what happened at least partially. At the very least Teo had been thoughtful enough to tell his young acquaintance to stay put, it had lessened the impact slightly enough for the incident to not scar the poor kitsune for life.

He had only just appeared behind Teo seconds ago after the injured man was taken away, when Teo acknowledged him Tails tugged at the man's pant leg to get his attention again "Teo w-was the m-man okay?" Tails looked up at his friend with worried eyes and his posture was closed around all the strange people around them "I'm scared Teo..." he sniffled a bit with his eyes welling with tears.

Frug awoke with the most awful pains in his belly, he quickly sat up, making it even worse.
He began scrounging among his pile of junk, until his hands located the Big Red Button.
As soon as he pressed the button, out came the tuna sandwhich among other things.
The projected vomit seemed to freeze in mid air,then slowly formed into a medium sized ball of puke and vanished.
Unfortunately , a void opened somewhere in this new world, and rained puke down upon some poor soul.
Wiping his mouth off with his sleeve, Frug sighed" That was a close one."

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Tails had been hiding behind Teo's leg and covering his eyes while shaking fearfully trying to not look at anything, but he'd seen enough to scare him and know what happened at least partially. At the very least Teo had been thoughtful enough to tell his young acquaintance to stay put, it had lessened the impact slightly enough for the incident to not scar the poor kitsune for life.

He had only just appeared behind Teo seconds ago after the injured man was taken away, when Teo acknowledged him Tails tugged at the man's pant leg to get his attention again "Teo w-was the m-man okay?" Tails looked up at his friend with worried eyes and his posture was closed around all the strange people around them "I'm scared Teo..." he sniffled a bit with his eyes welling with tears.

Teo laid a hand on his head.

"He'll be fine. Got no idea what I managed to summon up this time, but it took care of his injury. The other guy they found though..."

He fell silent with a small shake of his head. As though he'd thought about saying more but decided against it.

"It doesn't matter. The man is okay, and most importantly, we're okay. That's all that matters. You can't always help everyone after all, but if you can just help a few..."

Teo trailed off into total silence, removing his hand from the kitsune's head and sliding it back into his coat pocket. He seemed to have fallen into a muse, though what it was about only he knew for sure.

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Teo laid a hand on his head.

"He'll be fine. Got no idea what I managed to summon up this time, but it took care of his injury. The other guy they found though..."

He fell silent with a small shake of his head. As though he'd thought about saying more but decided against it.

"It doesn't matter. The man is okay, and most importantly, we're okay. That's all that matters. You can't always help everyone after all, but if you can just help a few..."

Teo trailed off into total silence, removing his hand from the kitsune's head and sliding it back into his coat pocket. He seemed to have fallen into a muse, though what it was about only he knew for sure.

It helped a little that his friend took a moment to comfort him, calming Tails down slightly as he took deep breathes between ragged sniffles before completely relaxing yet his posture was still guarded around the officers as he thought they looked scary.

"After this can we get quiche Teo?" Tails asked changing the subject for both their benefit.

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It helped a little that his friend took a moment to comfort him, calming Tails down slightly as he took deep breathes between ragged sniffles before completely relaxing yet his posture was still guarded around the officers as he thought they looked scary.

"After this can we get quiche Teo?" Tails asked changing the subject for both their benefit.

Teo chuckled as he looked down at him.

"Sure, if we can find a place that sells them that is."

@ZAVAZggg@Dark Cloud

The kitsune drew glances and outright stares from the responders at the scene, as such creatures as Tails weren't exactly common. Nobody had the courage, or the time, to go to much in depth with questioning the nature of the kitsune. Still, surely Tails and Teo heard whispers between the officers and first responders that had time.

"What is that?"

"Is it for real?"

"Is he for real talking to it like a...kid?"

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@letmehaveone2

He had never been to a city? He was from an island? Strange. He knew of people who traveled far, even a man from a sunken land "of the rising sun" whatever that meant.

In addition to looking like a confused druggie, Jesse was spattered with blood from the man he killed and the man he injured. Those who noticed kept a distance.

"So you are from elsewhere as well. What do you know of this place, if anything? I am...new here." Jesse said, not wanting to say he died and awoke here to avoid accusations he was insane.

@MikkishtheLeprechaun
Unknown/Tee looked around before answering the question. "It's very different, that's for sure. I'm gonna guess huts aren't a thing here." He doesn't know that what he calls 'huts' were actually houses here.

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Teo chuckled as he looked down at him.

"Sure, if we can find a place that sells them that is."

"Alright Teo." Tails folded his ears backward suddenly as he heard people whispering, they murmured "It" or "Thing" when referring to the young kitsune like he wasn't even a person.

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"Alright Teo." Tails folded his ears backward suddenly as he heard people whispering, they murmured "It" or "Thing" when referring to the young kitsune like he wasn't even a person.

"Ignore them," he said before walking along, motioning for Tails to follow. "Now, let's go get you a quiche!"

He paused midstride, eyeing the area carefully.

"Hmm... there should be a bakery around here... somewhere. Has to be. What kind of city doesn't have one after all?"

He sniffed the air briefly, brow furrowed, before a wide grin suddenly broke across his face.

"Aha! Found one!"

Teo pointed towards the other end of the street ahead of them, which merged into a four-way intersection.

"Just around the corner too."

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"Ignore them," he said before walking along, motioning for Tails to follow. "Now, let's go get you a quiche!"

He paused midstride, eyeing the area carefully.

"Hmm... there should be a bakery around here... somewhere. Has to be. What kind of city doesn't have one after all?"

He sniffed the air briefly, brow furrowed, before a wide grin suddenly broke across his face.

"Aha! Found one!"

Teo pointed towards the other end of the street ahead of them, which merged into a four-way intersection.

"Just around the corner too."

"I can't wait to try quiche," Tails skipped alongside Teo with his toolbelt jangling "And I'll tell you more about where I came from and you can tell me where you came from!" he said excitedly as they slowly neared the bakery.

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"I can't wait to try quiche," Tails skipped alongside Teo with his toolbelt jangling "And I'll tell you more about where I came from and you can tell me where you came from!" he said excitedly as they slowly neared the bakery.

Teo nodded as they rounded the corner, grinning slightly as the smell of baked goods wafted out the door and towards them.

"Ah! Nothing better than the smell of freshly baked pastries!"

He opened the door, holding it with one hand and gesturing with the other.

"After you."

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Teo nodded as they rounded the corner, grinning slightly as the smell of baked goods wafted out the door and towards them.

"Ah! Nothing better than the smell of freshly baked pastries!"

He opened the door, holding it with one hand and gesturing with the other.

"After you."

Somewhat exaggeratedly Tails tipped his imaginary top hat to Teo and stepped inside the bakery, bouncing excitedly on his feet as the smells of the bakery overloaded his senses.

@Letmehaveone2

“Huts?” Jesse asked confused. He knew some people would refer to the shacks some people built where he was from as huts, but he didn’t see any around.

“Wait...do you know about Collapse? And the Old World, and the World Before That? Have you heard of...Culrud?”

Jesse looked around, noting he was getting concerned stares and glances, and while this gnome was willing to converse with him, other were avoiding him. He didn’t consider it was how openly he carried weapons or the slight but noticeable blood spatter on his face.

@Dark Cloud@ZAVAZggg

“Hey!” Barked a chubby middle aged man, who seemed to be the manager “No pets in here!” He told Teo, as he was entering with Tails.

“What is that, even?”

The three headed demon flew in large circular patterns above the store.
Dark clouds were forming above, lighting and thunder crashing thru the sky,
As if there was a war taken place in the heavens above.
Rained poured from the heavy dark clouds, soaking the store clerk standing below in what was the parking lot.
The man pointed a double barrel shotgun at the winged beast, trying to get a good shot, but it was still outta Range.
"Hey buttface..s, why don't you bring your sorry ass down here and come get some!"
The winged demon roared as lighting lit the sky up, and he circled one more time, before plunging straight at Ash.
"Open wide, you son of a bitch!"
*KABLAM*
The shotgun blast blew the middle head off, unleashing endless amounts of blood and black booze.
The foul creature screamed in pain and agony, trying to fly back up.....
Suddenly the dark clouds parted, revealing a massive black hole and everything began to get sucked up.
Ash flew up and nearly bumped heads with the winged beast, but suddenly a fat gnome come falling down and landed on top of the winged monster.
Ash watched as the two of them fell back to the parking lot.
He looked up at the black hole and knew , it won't be long til he's back with those medieval babes.
Unfortunately, Ash came crashing down in the middle of some city instead.
"What the f..."

@Dark Cloud@ZAVAZggg

“Hey!” Barked a chubby middle aged man, who seemed to be the manager “No pets in here!” He told Teo, as he was entering with Tails.

“What is that, even?”

"Not a pet if that's what you're asking," he said, shooting the man a look. "Now... do you happen to have any quiches?"

@MikkishtheLeprechaun
"Collapse? Not sure. All I remember is going to meet a friend and then I ended up here." Said Tee.

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Valon was still wandering around trying to find him.

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"Not a pet if that's what you're asking," he said, shooting the man a look. "Now... do you happen to have any quiches?"

It bothered Tails to be treated like a freak but he didn't say anything and just wandered around near Teo waiting for their food.

Ash picked himself up off the ground, and looked around" Sure isn't Kansas anymore Toto. "
He saw a really bad scarred up fella who looked like he lost a battle with a cheese grinder, and then this little tyke who had to be an adopted son.
"Yo Mr.Rourke and Tatoo!" yelled Ash as he walked over towards Jessy and the gnome.
" No autographs please, just point me in the direction of the nearest exit of bizzaro land."
As Ash stood there waiting for an answer, he kept looking down at the son.
"Geesh, the Apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?"

@Mikk & @ Letme