[center][h3][u][color=c4df9b][i]Starfire![/i][/color][/u][/h3][/center]
[center][indent][b][u]December 30th, 5:22 AM
The Scar[/u][/b][/indent][/center]

Two days earlier...

A green flash divided the clouds over expansive muddy midwestern fields. An emerald meteor came crashing down, and smashed into the dirt, causing an explosion of dust and rocks. The smoke clear and there was an orange-skinned woman with vibrant brown hair that fell just past her shoulders. She was wearing all purple clothes, composed of a top that was cropped at the ribs, a miniskirt and purple boots. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing heavily. A few moments later, she stirred and her eyes fluttered open. Her eyes glowed bright green, and it was quite striking to see the light vanish and reappear with every groggy blink. She really needed to work on her landings. Still, she managed to slow her descent by a lot, and broke her fall with a shield. It was only unlucky that she banged her head, but the Emerald within her seemed to patch that up rather quickly.

Standing, she began wiping the mud off of herself and looking around. It was a barren place with no one in sight. The mist was thick here, and after a few moments of walking, Starfire had noticed someone standing quite still in the dirt. She doubted they would understand her Tamaran language. Fortunately, given that she was being trained to be a diplomat before she was...well, she was being trained to be a diplomat. That training hardly even began, but the first thing her mother taught her was the ability to learn languages. In order to do so, one must place their right index finger underneath the chin, or wherever the vocal cords were, and the left thumb against their forehead, or wherever the brain was. Then, place one must place their mouth upon the other person's mouth, and create a bridge of energy between the two. A few moments later, and one would be able to speak their language! It was quite fascinating how versatile the energy of the stars really was.

Starfire didn't want to startle the first native she saw. [color=c4df9b]"Anna!"[/color] She called out a greeting to the distant figure. The figure turned slowly and began walking towards her. No...galloping? It was an odd way of moving, that was for sure. The figure seemed very intent on reaching Starfire, as quickly as they could move.

[color=c4df9b]"Anna! Jenzk o Wenlendmun-" [/color]Her greeting was interrupted as the figure grew closer. Their hair was matted and patchy, with sunken eyes and a face that looked disfigured. Well, the first part of diplomacy was not being judgemental. The hideous fish creatures of Chtho'an were the friendliest in the galaxy, according to legend. Beauty is subjective, for all the species. The person, who seemed to be a man (though she could be wrong) gallopped ever closer.

[color=c4df9b]"Anna?"[/color] She said again, and he slowed down a little, hunching over as he got closer. Now she could do her trick that allowed her to learn the language of any species she came into contact with. Carefully, Starfire smiled, and placed her index finger under his chin, and her thumb on his forehead. She drew her lips in close and-

[color=c4df9b][i]"Aaeeiigh!"[/i][/color] Suddenly, his teeth were clamped upon her neck. It was like nothing she had ever felt. Poison, or acid, or perhaps just raw biting power! His teeth dug in, and took some of her orange flesh with them. A beast? A savage? Either way, Starfire was taken totally by surprise. Still a little groggy from the fall, she had no time to put her defense up, either. She wrenched him off of her, and her fists became aglow with green energy. Hard Light formed around her knuckles and she punched him across the face. He stumbled back onto the ground.

She didn't want a diplomatic incident so early...but from the records she had read (apparantly outdated!) this was about what a human looked like. They came in shades of light beige to dark brown according to the record. This one was oddly grey now that she looked at him closely. That bite really, really hurt! Must be sound kind of flesh-eating poison. She heard the humans of this world were relatively fragile. A bite from this creature were most likely have their entire throat be torn out! This was no human at all.

[color=c4df9b]"Orve sthi varn carrivelos!" [/color] She spat down at him, giving him a chance to run away. Instead he came in for another bite. This time, she was ready. Her body was now covered in a thin, invisible layer of Hard Light. Not only was her skin naturally resistant, now his poison would bounce off. He clamped down on her forearm, and just like she suspected, his teeth were too weak to penetrate her armor. And he was too stupid to realize this. She punched him, once, twice, three times. She knew nothing about this planet. Even if he was not human, perhaps he was someone's pet, or maybe he was going through a bout of madness. Diplomacy was key! Her normal punches were enough to get him off of her. He fell down again, and Starfire ignited two orbs of glowing green energy underneath her purple boots. They elevated her off the ground about four inches. Like skates, she rolled them underneath her heels and toes and leaned forward, causing her to glide above the surface. After about a minute she was going forty miles per hour across the wasteland. 

There were more of these creatures scattered about and all of them looked just as friendly. Unbeknownst to Starfire she was heading east. All she wanted to do was get away from this awful place. Hopefully, she thought, the whole planet wasn't like this. If she were a better Tamaran she would have circled around to the half of the planet submerged in darkness, and seen the glittering lights of civilization from far above. But Starfire wasn't that clever and wasn't skilled enough to stop herself from crashing down. So onward she went. Travel far enough in any direction and she would reach something, eventually. Time was not of the essence, as long as the sun of this planet didn't burn out (which Starfire estimated would take at least a few more billion years), she could travel freely. All she needed came from the sky.