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[unfadingdragon]

[So there is a very worried looking young man staring at the camera. They said other people could see him with this. That he can just talk and they'd see it. It's still strange to him, but he's supposed to deal with being told he's a 'fictional', right? Right. So after a few long moments, Ryu speaks.]

Um... I'm Ryu... I'm new here, I guess... uh...

[He shakes his head. This is too hard to take in.]

I don't understand any of this. How could I not be real? I just need to get home. I need to find him. I need to go back.

[No one's here that he knows. He'd asked.]

I don't know what to do...

[... He's not sure what else to say, so he reaches over and turns the video off.]

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[unfadingdragon]

... Thanks.

[He's suddenly aware of how lost he feels without his friends with him or an objective to go after.]

[ time for action!! ]

[twicecharmed]

[ she's knocking on each door helpfully ]

Hello?

[unfadingdragon]

[Well, he walks around, before noticing her knocking on doors.]

... Hello?

[twicecharmed]

Hey, you there?

[unfadingdragon]

Yeah.

[He peeks around, waving to her. He did say he was near the hospital... not in it.]

You're the person I was talking to, right?

[twicecharmed]

That's me. I'm Piper Halliwell. Are you okay, honey?

[unfadingdragon]

... I'm not sure. I don't understand anything that's going on. This city is so much stranger than the ones I've seen. It's huge compared to even Wyndia, and that's got a castle.

[All this is super overwhelming.]

[twicecharmed]

Unfortunately I don't know much about Wyndia, but maybe we could get some coffee and I'll explain this to you slowly?

[unfadingdragon]

Um... sure.

[He blinks a little slowly.]

I don't know what coffee is... and you don't know about Wyndia? You're not from the Empire, are you?

[twicecharmed]

Unless we're talking Star Wars, no I do not. Coffee is a kind of drink. One you'll appreciate a lot.

[unfadingdragon]

Okay.

[This may be the worst mistake ever he will be the most hyper dragon.]

I don't know what Star Wars is. But there's the Fou Empire and the Eastern Kingdoms.

[...]

This is what they meant when they said there were people from other worlds? Though that's still kind of... confusing.

[twicecharmed]

Well, from what I heard, most people here are from different places. So things like, er, kingdoms and magic and science are all different.

[unfadingdragon]

Why were we summoned here, though? That's the only way I know that people can travel through worlds, and it's always for a purpose.

[twicecharmed]

Good question. I assume it's to mess with our minds or it could be a giant conspiracy. The reasons are endless. Don't get tangled in them until you learn more, okay?

[unfadingdragon]

[- don't mind him as he chuckles a little bit when Piper says 'endless'.]

I seem to end up in those things whatever I do though.

[twicecharmed]

Yeah, well... I could be part of that club too.

[unfadingdragon]

It's not so bad. I get to hep people.

[- and then the color drains out of his face as he remembers what just happened.]

... Usually...

[twicecharmed]

What happened?

[unfadingdragon]

[He looks down at the ground, trying to hide the tears welling up. It hurts to remember what he did. He doesn't have a problem fighting people, but slaughtering them like that...]

I... they were hurting the villagers... they just wanted to get to me. He... he beat them... innocent people... just to taunt me. I couldn't let him keep doing that.

It's... hazy... but I transformed into something... new. A dragon form I'd never used before. And I wiped him out so easily. I wiped out the soldiers, too. And then I was going to hurt my friends, because I couldn't tell who was my friend and who wasn't. Nina calmed me down, but... I could have killed everyone.

[twicecharmed]

... But you didn't. It's important to know, in these situations, in these moments, that you have someone who will bring you back.

[unfadingdragon]

But she's not here. And I could hurt people again. I don't think I can control myself if I use that form. But I might need to at some point.

[twicecharmed]

But your, uh, baddies aren't here either! So you know, you don't actually have a reason to go berserk or dragony or whatever hip video game language they use nowadays.

You might need to, yes, at some point. But some point doesn't have to be right this minute. Okay? Okay. Let's get coffee.

[unfadingdragon]

Video game?

[What is that even.]

... You're right.

[He's just gonna follow along and try to push that from his mind right now as much as possible.]

[twicecharmed]

It's this game kids play these days. It can wait until we get you up to speed.

All right! Let's go. This place is depressing me.

[unfadingdragon]

Sure. I'll follow you.