Gambit (IC)

Nuke woke up in a field of grass. Except this was definitely NOT where he had been a few moments ago. He had been meditating in his large sanctum.
If this place didn't seem so peaceful, I would almost think this was Apollyon again he thought, the entire thought process he had been going through taking less than a second.
Nuke allowed himself to feel the area, and immediately noticed the presence of others. He got up, ever composed, and took a walk towards one of the beings, with a mask with a large beak.

"-nd if you keep failing like this, then I'll have to- what?"  The tan drake spun around, the glow in his eyes dissipating.  Somewhere in the back of his mind he knew being this easily distracted was something he would never live down, not with these people, but there was something very strange going on.  He was vaguely aware of the gasps of his oh-so-stubborn 'chosen' behind him, but that wasn't nearly as interesting as the strange glowing 'door' opening before him.  "heh," he muttered, "we'll-"

"-have to talk later"

Zal-Tek blinked, looking around him with an expression a bit too curious to really be surprised.  Before the light around him had even entirely faded, he had done a check of the magic in the area.  It didn't match any of the other gods, but it was far too potent to be anything else.  Interesting.

There were three other signatures though, they had appeared out of nowhere- well, he supposed he was the one who appeared out of nowhere.  He didn't recognize them, but he could tell that none of them had anything to do with the door.  They were, however, wielders of some power different from anything he'd seen.  Though not quite enough that he couldn't sense it.  The first one Zal-Tek noticed was blindingly obvious, but somehow also subtle.  He could tell the being had a lot of power, but he could tell nothing else.  Another was reasonably skilled, at among mortals he often met, and the third...  Perhaps he had some potential, but it was hard to tell.

Finally, he actually looked around.  Mismatched eyes scanned the area, noting several different beings.  He tensed slightly at the sight of one of them, a cloaked humanoid figure wearing a birdlike mask.  This was the source of the strange power he had sensed, and it unnerved him how utterly unreadable he was.  Perhaps it was best not to look dangerous.

Quickly, he swiped his tail across the grass, wiping off the blood he had gotten on the blade strapped to his tail moments before.  He took a few steps toward the cloaked figure, noting that another creature did the same.  "Greetings," he said cautiously, all too aware that he was about to give away his own ignorance, "do you... Happen to have any idea where we are?"

Nuke looked around at the other beings, feeling their physical details through his sensory aura. He decided to be civil and introduce himself. "Greetings, I am Nuke. What are your names?"

Zal-Tek bowed his head in greeting, though he did not smile.  "I am Zal-Tek," he stated simply, deciding to go with the somewhat more honest route.  He knew for a fact that his feeble attempt to clean his blade had no chance of working well if anyone was looking, or had much of a sense of smell.

He took the time he gained with such a short introduction to try and come up with a way to explain that. 'I murdered an idiot because my pawns were too stupid to' was out no matter how honest he wanted to be. 'It needed to be done' was simple, but iffy. He settled on 'self defense' after a moment's consideration. Defending himself, defending his plans, close enough.

Nuke nodded to each as they introduced themselves. "It is good to mee you all." he responded. He paused, having noticed Zap-Tel's dirty blade when he came up. "Are you an assassin? he asked him, "You seem to have killed someone recently"

"An assasin?" Zal-Tek scoffed. "You say that as if someone would be able to hire me." He raised an eyebrow, wondering why such a specific profession was the first thing that came to this stranger's mind. "But no," he continued, "a matter of self defense. I make it a point to be able to keep myself safe under any and all circumstances, though..." he smirked, "this is a new one."

"I see" replied Nuke, unaffected by Zal-Tek's manner. He shook his head "In my experiences a knife honestly would do nothing to keep one safe."He turned to the others "So does anyone have any ideas on what we are doing here?"

Zal-Tek rolled his eyes. It seemed that Nuke was going to make his own opinions, regardless of what he was told. Not that it mattered that much, he had far more than a tail blade up his figurative sleeve. As for why they were here, he had no idea, and he hated not knowing things.

"Well," he said, "I certainly didn't come here on purpose, and I've never seen this place before. If no one else knows what's going on, I suggest we try to find out."

He wasn't entirely eager to stick around these strange people, but in all likelyhood they would be willing to help each other, if only to figure out how to get home. He supposed he had a few ways he could get back on his own, but none of them involved getting the others back to their respective homes too. More importantly, there was only one course of action that might tell him how he had gotten here in the first place. So that was the one he chose.

Nuke considered the various directions they could go for a millisecond, then pointed in an arbitrary direction straight into the forest. "I suggest we go this way" he responded

Zal-Tek was going to say something about not being an idiot and maybe they should think before taking off in a random direction, but he stopped himself. Everything in view was identical, and even if it hadn't been, they had no idea what was good here just by looking. With a sigh, he followed Nuke, off into the woods with no idea where they were going. It was only then that he fully realized how stupid their plan was.

Hearing Whitefire, Nuke stopped walking and turned towards her "I am going this way because it is more productive than just sitting here, and since no one seems to have any idea where we should go, we might as well just choose a direction and stick to it until a better option presents itself."

Zal-Tek blinked, watching Whitefire ascend. This was new. He realized that he had no way of knowing what these people were capable of, wielding magic and technology that he had never encountered before. He didn't like being this clueless. But then, that was why he was staying here, for now at least.

Not for the first time, he wished he had put effort into creating a form for himself that had wings. Yet somehow he never got around to it. He figured it was because changing that much required too much effort. Hopefully Whitefire would be able to guess where they were going. "Do you see anything?" he called up, curious.

Nuke rolled his eyes slightly at Whitefire, as he stood on the ground below her. She hadn't considered that there were alternatives to flying when it came to knowing what was around them. And right now he knew that this forest stretched for several miles.