[b]Garie Tūmān - Outside Yellow Flag[/b]

[i]"I'm the first!"[/i]

Eyes slid open with the slightest glimmer of confusion, as Garie found herself in some strange new place. She could only assume that after all, since the last thing she remembered was being on a beach, fighting one of the Gear users of SONG. Her presence here indicated that that had ended as she had expected, yet in spite of that she felt no wounds or battle damage. Odd. 

"Tch, what a nuisance," Garie said to herself as she rose from the position she had apparently landed in in side this crater, to a more standing one, though it remained a ballet pose with her arms to the sides.She couldn't complain about her survival, but it raised all sorts of questions that needed to e answered. Had she succeeded in what she had gone to do, or had she failed, and failed Carol in her goals? So long as she was here, there was no way to know.

For the moment, she checked herself over. She had her clothes, no wounds, and one of the alchemical crystals that would let her return home. But she didn't use it immediately, didn't want to waste it when by all rights she shouldn't be here. Who knew if it would even work? And that was all.

As for her surroundings, they were less than amazing. She appeared to be in some sort of alleyway in a dingy part of wherever this was, with numerous smells and debris to further reinforce that point. Less than stellar, though at least it was some place that she could recognize, as opposed to an alien landscape. Or anything made by advanced technology. 

For the moment though there was something else to worry about. Specifically, the apparently drunk person standing near the edge of the crater watching her. Catching his presence, Garie thought on it before getting an idea, and a grin to go with it. Well, she needed information, and this would be a good way to get it. So why waste the time?

So she moved, joints ratcheting a bit as she moved from the crater up to the man looking at her, who backed away slowly ashe realized that he had been spotted. Still, it wouldn't let him get away, especially as he ran into the back of a wall and was pinned there by the Autoscorer. 

"YOu know, watching a lady without offering your help isn't very nice," she noted aloud before diving in. It wouldn't be much, just a kiss, but it would be what she needed as she turned alchemy to work. There was the terror, the fear, the panic, but she merely feasted on it as one by one she stripped his memories away, adding them to her own mind. The man's body shuddered and aged, like he was turning into an old man in a manner of minutes as his life force was drained away. 

At last there was nothing left and she let go, pulling back and letting him drop to the ground, unconscious, dead, she didn't really care. "Well now, isn't that interesting," Garie noted aloud as she wiped off her mouth with her sleeve, glancing around once more.

So, a city, large, housing creatures from all different worlds and places. Wouldn't Carol be interested in this? Of course, he hadn't known if there was a way back, but there had to be. She just needed to find it. With that decided she set off, walking about to see if she could find anyone else interesting.