((Flexibility 21 made it, Stage 3 Cass, 22 miss, Old Thread http://gamingoutpost.com/discussions/topic/kyler-kaped-krusader/page/17))
*You are lying on the ground, you feel grass, and smell, wheat, it's temperate, something beating down on you as you lie there.*
Something beating down on me?! I hope you mean it's warmth. I'll be getting up now, opening my eyes, and checking on Cass. Feeling for the sense for my equipment.
*Kass is dreaming next to you, she doesn't look to have achieved your level of awake yet.*
"The suns are indeed beating down on you, 1 Yellow, 1 Red, it's about 75 out, you are in a field of grass, your equipment pulls you to your left."
I will pick Cass up and carry her towards my equipment sense. I consider it imperative that we get out of these ridiculous costumes as soon as possible.
*You pick her up and she does look hot in it, so there is that, she opens her eyes and grins*
"I could have faked sleeping longer so you would have to carry me the whole way."
*it takes a good 2 hours to make it to your equipment*
*You are by a forest, looks pretty standard, trees look a little different, but same general feeling*
Change my clothes first, look for traces of civilization second. We got to keep the guns?
*Guns, Batsuit/Catsuit, utility belts, sets of clothing all yours in fact, Cass has a lot more picking up to do, since she didn't have anything before, so it's good you got her dufflebags*
*No Civilization as of yet, there is a river in the distance to your north, you have the forest here, and plans back to your East*
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Well, rivers have always been sources of life and economy from ancient times, so we'll follow the river. Does it look clean, or is there any sign of civilization? Trash in it for instance? We'll follow it to its source.
*No trash, it flows north to south, do you wish to follow it upstream or downstream. It looks clean*
I was thinking to the source; but that depends on how wide and deep it is to some extent. Since the water looks clean, I'll have to assume that people are not defecating in it up upstream at any rate, so we'll go downstream towards wherever it flows to. I can't rely on a compass yet; not until I know it's reliable here. Two suns definitely makes me think probably not. Do they seem to follow the same course through the sky over time?
*They follow similar courses, so it's likely they will be in sync, but it's hard to say with a just a few hours of study*
*You follow the river for a few hours, and you see two people dragging nets up and down the river, and a village beyond that, it's hard to make out details at this distance, another 20 minutes of walking and you should be there.*
*GE Roll 7*
Good. What's the general feel of the place? The clothing on the people, et cetera. When I found my equipment, I wasn't expecting to find everything in one place; it's possible that at some point in my previous world we went and picked up our things from the world before, though. Is that the case or do I still sense some items in another direction? Either way, I should have my less attention-drawing leather armor that I can supplement with pieces from the bat armor. I've got my knives on, so I'm looking to see how civilized the people are; do I see jeans? buttons? dyes? tailored clothing?
*I believed you had all your stuff together from Dragon Age, either way it is altogether now*
*You get closer and see two women fishing with nets, wearing cotton clothing, but not modern, they are still not within talking distance yet, they are both above 5'8" the details still hard to see.*
Good, my clothing is well enough to almost blend but a high enough quality to show that I'm not to be messed with. I'll be wearing the cape, too, if possible; I'd like to wear the leathers, the gloves and boots and cape from the batsuit. Approach the men and greet them warmly.
*You do realize if there was magic here and I am not saying there is or not, the gloves, boots, helm and leather armor are used as a set and grant additional bonuses. You can do the above.*
*They are women, both, muscular, fairly pretty and not speaking common*
*They point and gawk*
*Cass smiles and translates*
((GE roll for Common, 21, Cass knows 30 languages from her demon days, so we'll give it to her))
"They haven't seen a man wearing arms and armor ever."
I didn't realize my leathers came with gloves and boots. I will carry the helmet and wear the cape. The leathers fit my persona better.
Hmm, language barrier. That's bothersome. I smile to them and ask Cass to let them know I mean them no harm.
*They look at Cass up and down and converse with her back and forth, they don't make any moves or talk to you all the communication is done through Cass, and she is speaking back*
*Cass grins*
"Males do not carry weapons, wear armor or fight here, they make dinner, gather food, watch the kids. Women don't even talk to Males, unless they are both single and looking for a mate, or telling them what they want. They are questioning me about why you are wearing weapons and I am not. They don't see the MP5 as a weapon, and I am not wearing armor, so it looks weird."
Hmm. "Well, we're not from around here, so I hope that explains it. I wonder why I suddenly have this intense urge to sweep you into a passionate kiss?" ((Honestly, it's not a huge culture shock for me -- actually, it kind of reminds me of a race of people I created once))
*She continues to talk to them about you, all short of showing them your teeth, they shrug and go back to work*
"They said the village is an hour down the river, and they suggested you not appear like that there. The guards will be on you. Might want to put on regular clothes, and get me a set of armor and weapons asap. It's ok, I will protect you."
*she smirks*
Hmm. Well, if it's what she wants to do, I'll let her take the lead. "You want me to wear a skirt, too?" I ask sarcastically, but I change into regular clothing, and she does have the option of the catwoman suit, if that could even be considered armor, and several outfits (and more pairs of shoes than our collective weight limit could probably bring even if we left everything else behind). At any rate, we're off to the village.
*She considers the skirt comment and tosses one to you*
*She grins*
"I am just saying do you really want to piss off the natives a day into this world. If it sucks, we attack them we die, go somewhere else, so no big loss there. I do have jeans and button down shirts, but no armor, and I have a feeling there are no men to be impressed here, well no men that I would consider men but you."
I give her the "are you serious" look; if she is I'll go ahead with it.
*she gives you the be a wiseass, and I'll be a wiseass right back to you look, she is the kind of woman to fight fire, with fire, and takes the Skirt back when you give her that look, knowing her point was driven home. You know she is more willful than you are, and it shows.*
I'm glad to not be wearing that. I was just thinking how if I wasn't with her, that would be something I definitely wouldn't do.
*You both make the walk to the town, the gates of this small village are guarded by two women with jet black hair, ice blue eyes, muscular, slight frames. There is not a lot of meat on them aside from the muscles to use weapons or run.*
*The cross their halbards and speak in that unknown tongue, they nod and bow down in reverence and Cass pats them on their heads, as they run in screaming in town, and people come out and bow in reverence.*
((GE Roll 4))
I blink at Cass. "Looks like they've heard of you, babe."
*she grins*
"All I did was tell them that my beauty was like Aphrodite, and it must have come out, I am Aphrodite, innocent slip up. They wanted to use you like a breeding animal, so it probably worked out for the best."
*she winks at you*
I smirk. "I don't think I'd make a very good breeding animal anyway. Part of breeding involves reproduction, and judging from past experience that's the one area I'm lacking in."
*She grins*
"They probably would have gotten angry with that and make you a unich, anyway, your goddess needs to address her people."
*She starts walking among them and kissing hands and receiving admiration, talking and laughing, making friends wherever she goes*
I leave the friend making to her, paying little mind and more attention to my own safety.
*She gets them to settle down, and they bring out men to offer to her, she polietly points to you and says something, they nod, still ignoring your presence, but getting looks at the corner of their eyes at you when they aren't looking and smiling*
*She comes back*
"I got us a room to stay at while we are here, it's a strange place, They warship the Greek Gawds and Gawdesses here, but there is very little magic or psionics, so no one would likely ever answer."
Hmm. So it's like Ancient Greece, huh. "Are the Greek gods female? Greece was once a matriarchal society, but the men weren't ever cast out like this; they seem like Amazons, not Greeks."
*She shrugs*
"Didn't delve that far into things right now, asking those questions all in a row might shed doubts on my story, but you have to admit, I'm goddess material."
*she smiles and winks*
"Oh, I agree. I wasn't really saying you should ask them, more thinking out loud." Hmm... "So what did you tell them about me? Just that I'm your side of beef?"
*smiles*
"I refused the company of other men because you were hung like a horse and they couldn't satisfy me. I lied, but not they aren't trying to slut me up with all their men, so it works out."
*she winks*
"It's a good size."
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"What, you think they could satisfy you even though they aren't hung like me?" I know, I know, but it did come out like an affront to my pride.
"I guess we'll stay here, then. I wonder if the entire world is like them... and if men get pregnant here...."
*she kisses you on the forehead*
"I won't knock you up and leave you for another man."
*smiles*
"I said your fine you goofball, I just didn't want to deal with all the other men."
*She smiles*
"I need to be able to build my street cred and then we can go."
Some part of me is starting to enjoy being in a submissive role to her, but I try to ignore it and think of this as temporary. "Sure.. we can take as long as you need."
*She works on the town, for a week and you learn that the gawds here are in name only, no one can attribute a direct act or a sighting of them for years, it seems that this place was devoted to warship, you quickly find out that this is a 50 by 50 mile island, and there is no known land outside that anyone has ever reported. You notice the men's spirts are beaten down, they work, breed, clean, take care of the children. You do see women pregnant, so you are safe for now.*