I don't know hot Terra Incognita work, but as I understand it, they're like... sub-worlds. You can get to them from the world, but they exist apart from it. So, there should be a way back. What disturbs me the most, though, is how much "alike" this space is. It looks like where we started, but its empty of life. In the "no animals" sense.
We started a long walk back to where Standish would have been and found an odd clearing, roughly the size of the town. I consulted the bones and got some direction for what to do when the town appeared. Moira nearly broke my concentration by telling me how attractive the svartalfar look made me and suggested I keep it (Yeah, no...). I have to keep it for now, though. It takes a lot of energy to change forms.
Once the town appeared we decided to get going on the task of finding a "new house of bars" that my vision told me. Asking around and checking phone books got us nowhere (for the record, we set in motion getting the people together to help them deal with the circumstances as, very quickly, people will start to panic). Though, we did hear rumors of an odd building in the center of town.
It was an odd concrete dome. Well, we let the heavy hitters bust the door down. Alanna was getting antsy and Tetsuko looked like she was still agitated from before (more to the point, she was getting aggressive with Moira. I'm not sure what has gotten under her skin so bad, but she was really upset). So, I stood back and let the fighters have at it.
I think I froze up. I hadn't really gotten to watch them fight and it was like a whirlwind of death. At one point, Alanna got stabbed through the chest by one of the Tengu that were inside. I thought she was dead, but her wound sealed up in seconds. Moira was royally pissed and jumped the Tengu with her cat claws. Then Tetsuko and Alanna double-bisected the second one. I just stood back holding my ice sword.
We decided we needed to get a few more supplies and Alanna and Tetsuko started bantering in Japanese. I don't know about what, but it was about me. Alanna whispered it to Moira who blurted out that Tetsuko said something about having her way with me. I know those two Irish girls like to exaggerate, but I couldn't help but be emberassed. Poor Tetsuko isn't very good at taking teasing, but I tried to half-jokingly tell Tetsuko that, despite the events with the svartalfar, that I'm not easy and would like dinner and drinks, first.
She... didn't react as well as I'd hoped.
Now, because of that, it seems the Irish girls have taken it upon themselves to get Tetsuko and me together. She's a cute girl but.. I don't know... she's really intense and so proper...
Ahem, anyway, I'm not going to think about it, I don't have a snowball's chance in hell at getting with Tetsuko. So, I'll just focus on getting what we need while Alanna continues to rib at me and while Moira and Tetsuko see to getting fed.
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