As Gaige lowered her shotgun to turn back to Scout, she saw his expression change. Curious, she turned her head back toward the incredibly large man just in time to see a chain flying toward her, yet he still did not appear to be marked red on her ECHO, which meant that he didn't have any kind of killing intent. That didn't stop Scout and the other woman, who Gaige now knew did not own the ranch, from overreacting. First Scout shoved Gaige out of the way, then the woman shouted some words and  wall of blazing fire erupted from the earth itself. Surprised, but not totally bewildered, Gaige quickly got up only for Birdie to already be running off.

[color=royalblue]"Woah woah woah!"[/color] she shouted, approaching Scout and the woman without bothering to brush herself off. [color=royalblue]"What was with that?! Did we get involved in some kind of duel or something? Because that fatty didn't want to cause me any real harm, you know, or are your ECHO devices broken or something? You know I can fix them up."[/color] Taking another look over them all, Gaige noticed that they actually didn't [i]have[/i] any ECHOs on hand, which she thought was particularly weird. [i]Everyone[/i] that came to Pandora was given a free ECHO due to an old promotion run by Dahl that they never disabled when abandoning the planet. Her bewilderment showed clear on her face. That is, until the weird man from the dirt said something.

[color=B98B3F]"I believe you mean Eorzea...! After all, I was just in Ishgard speaking with my beautiful adopted little hildy when I found myself catapulted here! I've never heard of Pandora before! It sounds like a wonderful place! But i've never quite seen THIS part of Eorzea before! Stunning, i'd say! After all, you ARE using technology made by the imperials are you not?"[/color]

[color=royalblue]"Eorzea?"[/color] Gaige inquired, raising an eyebrow with a hand on her hip. [color=royalblue]"Never heard of that planet before..."[/color] she muttered to herself, ignoring the weirdo's statement that she was using technology made by the "Imperials," whoever those were. Then the weird man approached the other woman in the group and asked if she was a "black mage." Gaige had to step in, waving him off with her robotic hand.

[color=royalblue]"No no no, I'm sure it [i]looks[/i] like magic to anyone that isn't entirely educated on the matter, but what we have here is a bonafide siren. It's pretty amazing actually. I mean, there are only supposed to be six in the universe at any given point in time, and I'm personal friends with two. You'd actually be the fourth one that I've met!"[/color] Gaige allowed herself to drop her guard by storing her shotgun back in her storage deck before she continued to address everyone. [color=royalblue]"Well wherever we are, anybody know how we got here? I mean, I'm no genius (well actually I am but that's beside the point), but it's pretty clear we're all from different planets, and I need to get back to Pandora. My friends need my help to hunt the Leviathan and scout out the rest of the Vaults in the universe. If you're badass enough, then I suppooooose you can come with me."[/color]