06-05-2015, 06:20 PM
Before he could even see, he could feel the heat. As Zack emerged from the portal he was blasted by both the thick, ashy air of the Ashen Steppes and the immense heat that seemed to be coming from everywhere. Immediately he began coughing, because in his surprise at seeing such a radical landscape he ended up inhaling a fair amount of the debris that was blowing in the wind. He stumbled a few steps forward, beating his fist against his chest as he coughed and finally spit out a blackened wad of gunk. He cleared his throat and stood up straight, looking at the expanse. The red sky was ominous and clouded. The landscape was nothing but blackened rocks and mountains, and the occasional lava pools or streams he could see. The mountain range made it difficult to see terribly far, but one mountain obviously stood out above all the others.
"They didn't think to warn me this place might be dangerous, too?" Zack asked aloud to no one as he remembered his conversation with the soldiers from Camelot.
He squinted a bit, and held his hand flat above his eyes as he spied what appeared to be some wildlife in the distance. One in particular stood out. It looked like a small, thin dragon that was flying around, looking for something or someone to devour most likely.
"'Not the world you know'...'Do not fear death,'" Zack repeated the strange overlord of this land's words aloud to himself.
As he said that, he was walking towards a cliff face. He crouched down for a second, and then with a powerful jump scaled the sixty foot cliff with little trouble. He landed at the top, now with a much better view of the area. Of course, it still looked like more mountains and lava, although he thought he could make out something resembling a settlement in the distance. Brushing it off for now, he looked back at the small dragon creature he'd spotted earlier. It couldn't have been more than twelve feet long from it's head to the end of it's tail, and certainly wasn't all that wide either. The creature was flying around under the cliff, wandering somewhat closer in it's search for food. He was happy to know he still could jump like he had been able to in his previous world, but he wanted to make sure all of his other abilities were intact. Zack had to smile. Born and raised in the remote town of Gongaga, this country boy was a hunter at heart. What better way was there to test oneself? He picked up a sizable rock in one hand, looking down to the dragon with a grin.
"Well, let's be interesting," Zack said to himself as he continued to think of Omni's words.
"They didn't think to warn me this place might be dangerous, too?" Zack asked aloud to no one as he remembered his conversation with the soldiers from Camelot.
He squinted a bit, and held his hand flat above his eyes as he spied what appeared to be some wildlife in the distance. One in particular stood out. It looked like a small, thin dragon that was flying around, looking for something or someone to devour most likely.
"'Not the world you know'...'Do not fear death,'" Zack repeated the strange overlord of this land's words aloud to himself.
As he said that, he was walking towards a cliff face. He crouched down for a second, and then with a powerful jump scaled the sixty foot cliff with little trouble. He landed at the top, now with a much better view of the area. Of course, it still looked like more mountains and lava, although he thought he could make out something resembling a settlement in the distance. Brushing it off for now, he looked back at the small dragon creature he'd spotted earlier. It couldn't have been more than twelve feet long from it's head to the end of it's tail, and certainly wasn't all that wide either. The creature was flying around under the cliff, wandering somewhat closer in it's search for food. He was happy to know he still could jump like he had been able to in his previous world, but he wanted to make sure all of his other abilities were intact. Zack had to smile. Born and raised in the remote town of Gongaga, this country boy was a hunter at heart. What better way was there to test oneself? He picked up a sizable rock in one hand, looking down to the dragon with a grin.
"Well, let's be interesting," Zack said to himself as he continued to think of Omni's words.