Hunting Ground of MonstersTime continued to move on, seconds becoming minutes which in turn became hours as the various characters, beings, and entities made their acquaintance with both each other and the geography. Finally, it was the promised time. As all of the clocks in the City struck 6:00 AM through a mysterious synchronization effect, the dulling glowing tower lit up like a beacon. Where before the light had been dim and gradual, it suddenly brightened to something as intense as a second sun, though burning violet in corner. Waves of power flared into the visible spectrum as they rippled outwards from the great spiral to encompass the city in a dome as the seas raged and the earth trembled under the violently churning heavens.
Buildings would be lifted off into the sky and rearranged like some great invisible child was using the entire place as a toy set, scenery rapidly grew verdant or withered into ashes, ice became water and vice versa. Giant gulfs sprang up where there had been once solid ground and things just continued to be rearranged by some seemingly mad whim. As lightning flared and thunder pealed among the black clouds, a giant humanoid shadow could be seen looming over the city for a moment before promptly disappearing. Then... all color was leeched from the world until there was only monochrome. Time stood still for everyone... and then the world exploded into a million pieces.
At least that was what it felt like for Ranma and Shiroe as they gaped at the rather showy visuals before they blanked out entirely. When they came to, they found themselves in a giant green valley underneath a clear blue sky. Picturesque snowy mountains framed the horizon with crystal clear rivers running throughout the obviously fertile land filled with fruit trees and flowers. In the distance, those with good eyesight could see shapes meandering through the valley to graze. Curiously, they looked like herbivorous dinosaurs, though not of any variety found on earth.
Dappled grey and brown with black stripes, sporting crests on their heads and spikes on their tails, the giants could be heard bellowing and grunting lowly in the distance.Ranma stated dully at the scenery with one of her eyes twitching sporadically as she took it all in. "Magic... I hate magic... It just continues to screw with me! It made me pull a Ryoga into god knows where, and now there's dinosaurs in the background!" The girl ranted, not noticing that all of the newcomers to the city had been shifted to the meadow for their general location. Grunting as she saw words somehow float in her vision, the girl blinked a few times before she found what looked like subtitles pop up.
{Trial 1: Hunt Down the Legendary Dragon} "...F@$#IO#U!" Some rather not nice words erupted from the redhead's mouth as she and the others got their mission objectives.