1st Quarter Alert [Action/Video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[When Calhoun awakes, she finds herself facedown on a table in what must be Tapper's. The wood is slightly sticky under her cheek and smells of root beer, although when she moves a hand around stiffly, there's no mug anywhere to go with it. Which is strange.

What's also strange is that she's in Tapper's when she's supposed to be leaving Sugar Rush. That was the last thing that happened, right? Wreck-It had finally gotten his butt moving and they were going back to where they belonged before...

Stiffly, Calhoun sits up and looks around. And her eyes narrow. This isn't Tapper's. Wherever this is, it isn't the familiar watering hole filled with other arcade citizens. There isn't a single familiar face anywhere. And her gun is nowhere to be found.

For that matter, her armor isn't anywhere to be found. This is a plain white dress. What in the seven levels is this dress.

Calhoun is not amused. With a low growl, she gets to her feet - hits her head on the low-hanging light over the table - and takes another glaring look around the bar. Definitely not in Sugar Rush anymore. This isn't saccharine pink enough. There is, however, a thick journal with her name on it. She knows better than to leave a key item like that behind. After flipping through it quickly and deciding it's infinitely TL;DR, she takes the impatient route and just pokes at the transmission options a few times before she finds the video function.]

Anybody care to share what the flying fairydust is going on around here? Short version. I don't have the time to go through this whole cheat guide here.

[Aaand end transmission.

Alright. Now. First things first. She has to find her scanner, then her gun, then her armor. Then she can figure out what happened.

And somebody is going to get smacked for this.

Calhoun can be spotted slowly making her way through the main part of the village, looking almost like a lioness on the hunt at first as she tries to sniff out any kind of threat. Once she's made her stops into all the stores and found what she's looking for, she'll be a little more at ease, but no less irritated-looking. She's still got this place to scope out and figure out.]

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[video]

[not_a_troll]

[Sure, Loki can do short versions.]

Aye! Pay attention as I will enlighten you in the most short way possible.

[He takes a deeeeeep breath.]

This is the land of Luceti and you are one of the many test subjects of these scientists called the Malnosso.

Just like everyone here, you see? Such a tragic fate...

[Loki shakes his head.]

Those wings are not meant for flying.

[Action]

[gonnawreckit]

[Guess who has two thumbs and spends most of the day oblivious of the sarge's presence? This guy, that's who.

The same lummox who is all to easy to sneak up on as he walks through the square. In fact, Calhoun may be stalking him just in time to witness him trying to sneak a scratch onto his posterior.]

[sugarglitch]

[When in doubt, go to the bakery was Vanellope's new thing. Rapunzel hung out there a lot, plus the cupcakes they had were always to die for. Figuratively, of course. Anyway, she's decided to take a few from the bakery to take back to the apartment and her route takes her right across the plaza. She's tiny enough that people don't really give her a second look, so she can peer around at everyone without getting noticed... And woah wait that's a familiar, ridiculously tall bombshell blonde!

She races on over, careful not to drop her goodies.]

Sarge!

[Action]

[daisy023]

[A person in armor walks around the village when she notices an unknown presence.

Her helmet perks towards Calhoun... and looks up. And up.

.......

SPARTAN-023 realizes how her shortest friends feel around her.]

[action]

[eightlazylegs]

[And while she is making her way through the doors, she may come across a shelf with a winged octopus sitting on it. He's got a purple cashmere hat covering the top of him and several of his tentacles are wrapped in reinforced leather.

He's attempting to open a packet of fish.]

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

Welcome to Luceti, don't touch the wings on your back, it'll hurt.

Everything's free, relax, have a nice day, and wait until the shifts or drafts happen.

[action]

[savarin]

[So, what does a diminuitive dog-person do when he encounters someone literally twice as tall as he is, looking like she's about ready to fight? He tries to edge away to safety, that's what he does. Even in his robot, she's still taller than Red! Forget shopping, staying alive is more important.]

What the heck's with all the really tall girls here?!

[Oh. Did he just say that out loud? Yep, he did.]

[Action]

[brokethefourthwall]

[A lioness on the prowl, huh? How do lions feel about ponies? Because a little pink one just bumped into your leg.]

Oof!

[Action]

[voidseeing]

[Gai can tell from this woman's behavior that she's a soldier-- she's wary in a way that your average citizen wouldn't be, and it's not hard for him to recognize a fellow fighter.

Good. The more people with skills here, the better.]

I'll save you the time: don't bother looking around. There's no way out of here.