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You (@OliviaV) slowly wake up on your back in an unfamiliar, alien environment. By that I mean, you don't ever recall seeing this field before. In fact, you don't remember how you left the last place you were, when you went to sleep...whenever that was. You gradually come to, seeing the bright blue sky, not a cloud in sight, and feeling the moist lush grass beneath your hands. As you look around, attempting to keep calm and not freak out, you realize there is another individual lying in the field, a few meters away. But before you can take in his alien appearance, your hear an ever-so-light whisper. In fact, it's such a small voice, you ignore it at first. But then it becomes impossible to ignore as the voice begins screaming inside your head.

"Get out of my mind!" the personality shouts at you.

Sitting there in the grass, you realize you are possessing someone. You look down to investigate your body, but you can't make out heads or tails of it. Like the other person, this body seems to be of an unknown origin. The flesh has a light glow to it, and the skin cells seem to be much larger, almost like scales. After closer inspection you realize that it is the cells that are emitting the evanescence. Your skin seems pale, but it's difficult to discern the actual color due to the light. You gaze down at your hands; there doesn't seem to be anything amiss about them, aside from the skin. In fact, is this even skin?

You take a deep breath, and notice that breathing seems to be a lot easier in this environment. You might also notice some other things, if your perception is high enough...

You may choose to do anything, @OliviaV. However, before you do anything, roll a d20 for a perception check. If you do not have one, there are several options, including virtual dice on apps and this site (I think).

The voice your head, rather the original occupant, does not want you to be here, and suggests that you immediately vacant their body and mind. Since you do not know how to do that, and the other personality quickly figures this out, they suggest you remain calm, and investigate Anani, who you can easily determine - by the fact that nobody else is here - must be the other person, who seems to be unconscious.

However, if you wish to flee the area, or do nothing, or even something completely random, you may do that as well. No matter what you choose to do after you roll a perception check, you make the decision and allow me to describe the outcome.
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d20 perception check: 16

I try to gather my thoughts, but they soon become swallowed by the original occupants own shouting. As I am still in a daze, I decide there is nothing left to do other than to look around and take note of my immediate surroundings, maybe I can make a rational decision if I can identify anything around me.
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As the fog of unconsciousness clears, you are inundated with starkly bright colors and saturated by the golden light of the sun, which hangs above you in the perfectly blue sky; there's literally not a cloud above. You're unsure if it is the nature around you, or your mind or eyesight that is improved, or some combination. But the beauty is breathtaking, which is a feat in and of itself, considering the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. As a rabbit bounces through the tall green grass a few dozen meters away, it appears that gravity is much lighter here as well; the rabbit leaps into the air, soaring higher than what you would have thought normal, before landing and then lunging again and disappearing into the ancient strong trees of the forest that surrounds the field. Your sight is not your only sense that seems to be heightened. You can clearly hear various animals distantly in the woods, birds high in the sky, and critters and insects crawling in the field around and beneath you, but not in an overpowering way. Looking down, you feel a red ant the size of your middle finger crawl over your hand, but it merely looks up at you and skitters away harmlessly. It seems nothing here is dangerous.

There also seems to be a calming influence upon you. Fears and worries slowly ebb away as the serene scene unfolds before you. If you focus enough on your fear however, you realize that the otherworldly serenity does not negate your emotions, or those of your host. Free will is still a thing here.

"We should check on Anani. Something like this happened...before...recently. Our community received...visitors. At first we thought they were just rumors...but I see that it is true. My name is Zaraqa. I am an Archon, a leader in the council of the Golden City of Light. The City is just north of here, but we must check on Anani. She should not even be here. She was supposed to go with Diana and Daniel to --"

Zaraqa cuts herself off. You can feel her emotions of hostility bubbling toward you. Her anxiety and feeling of violation resurface as she questions why she is telling you any of this. You also realize that Zaraqa does not speak English, though you comprehend both her thoughts and her emotions. Her singular overriding emotion is distrust, which is probably an understatement considering what's going on. However, you do not know everything about her, or this place. You are unsure if she is intentionally keeping things from you, or if it is all a natural part of whatever infused the two of you. Or a combination of both.

Zaraqa is about to suggest checking on Anani again, but before she can do that, you notice (first hearing and then seeing) what appears to be a small Tyrannosaurus Rex lumbering in your general direction through the woods.

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