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the ACCIDENTAL EXTRADIMENSIONAL TOURIST meme

Have you ever wanted to travel to another planet? Another REALITY? Even if this is something that has never crossed your mind, It's about to happen. For reals. A giant wormhole has opened up beneath you and dropped you elsewhere. You have no choice in what world you're heading to, or even where you'll be landing. Luckily (or unluckily) you'll be dropped near to a resident of the world who will have no choice but to play your tour guide and help you get to know your new home.

How it works

1. Post with your character. In the body include a little bit about where your character is, or what they are currently doing. You can write as little, or as much as you want! Just a simple sentence saying something like [John Doe is sitting in his office at the paper company goofing off and playing call of duty while his boss isn't looking.] is fine, or you could go into more detail and write a paragraph or two describing a key place in your world's canon to really set the scene for incoming tourists. Try not leave your initial comment blank. This meme will probably work best if you set up a scene or leave a couple ideas, no matter how short.

2. Find someone else who's world you are invading and post dropping in on them. Maybe you just opened a door and found yourself there, maybe you fell into a worm hole. Either way you are not where you were a moment ago. optional: The wormhole might have handily provided you with the means to blend in to your new environment. If you find yourself hopping out into a school, you might be wearing an appropriate uniform, if you happen to fall out into a swords and sorcery type world you might find yourself sporting plate armor or wizard robes, and if you find yourself on an alien planet... well you might look just like the aliens who live there.

3. Remember that with this sort of meme it's probably best to tag outside of canonmates. But, either way, have fun and try not to kill the tourists!

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( I've created a starter but if you'd like something else just let me know! )

This is a world filled with nothingness. The sky is dark and starless, the terrain flat and featureless. The air is still. The silence is overbearing. It feels like a tomb. And in a way it is. There is only one being in this world, she doesn't live here so much as exist here. Her brothers laid her to rest in this bubble beyond reality after her murder. And so in this emptiness she exists alone.

Alone until she is not.

She appears near them, walking slowly from the emptiness. Despite the dark her ancient silver armor almost seems to glow. The first impression one might get of her is a being so large it's hard for the mind to comprehend. Blink and she's still big, the size of a building but not so overwhelming massive.

"It's been a long time since a visitor came here," despite her size her voice is soft, and there's something almost sad about it, "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

[Welcome to the world of Pokemon!

~~Are you a boy or a girl?~~

You awaken to the sensation of a slight chill in the air and grass against your cheek. When you open your eyes, you find yourself in a huge, beautiful countryside. There are rolling hills and rivers, the latter connected to the land by bridges, trees both grouped together and standing on their own, and patches of tall grass. In all of these areas, you'll notice strange creatures milling about. They're all minding their own business, or stopping only to groom each other, or even start a battle.

Look to the left, and one in particular has taken an interest in you. Its eyes light up, a challenge shining through them.

Whatever astronomical power you might have is weakened here, and instead, you have empty pokeballs with you in an attempt to catch the creature.

What creature, or rather, Pokemon is it, and what will you do next?

(Raihan is nearby if needed, but he won't show up unless the character catches the mon or if they clearly need help. And please, no legendaries!)]

[[Before I go on too deep here, how do you feel about someone who has no concept of "wildlife that isn't actively part of an apocalypse" and is on a timer before they get some nasty withdrawl from combat drugs? I can definitely go lighter, but God Eater and Pokemon mesh so poorly I'm tempted to swing for the fences.]]

((WELL, I'd rather there not be death and destruction and chaos or anything, but I certainly don't mind her trying to fight and getting stopped by Raihan and/or League officials! And I'm def cool with playing out her getting withdrawal symptoms, so no worries there!))

[[Oh, don't worry, she won't get violent, especially with her mutations neutered. Just have a bit of a problem with the whole idea "they're mostly harmless, especially if you have one". Let's see how we go!]]

What on Earth is this? An Aragami nursery?

[This was bad. This was very, very bad. The Aragami were all new types to her, and mostly small, but they were everywhere and she didn't have her God Arc. Not to mention the trees and the rivers, which meant this was... well, a long way from any route she'd ever been on.

Then some glowing eyes from her side got her attention. Claire kicked the ground, clearly an attempt to jump backward... that didn't achieve much. She expected a lot more from her body, but the strength a God Eater relied on wasn't there.]

Oh, crap. Nice, uh, whatever you are...

[It was a small quadrapedal, about when she'd been told a dog or cat looked like. Its hindquarters were a darker blue, almost black, with a star on the end of its tail. The forequarters were a much lighter blue, and the head had large round ears, all with yellow accents. Honestly it probably would have been cute, if Claire wasn't automatically assuming it was a nanite colony that was looking at her as a mobile pile of nutrition.]

Think think think...!

[As the blue creature advanced on her, a strangely intimidating gleam in its eyes, Claire started frantically patting herself down. A trap, a flash grenade, and ampule to throw as a distraction, anything. All she found, however, was some brightly-coloured balls.]

I hope this does something...!

[Out of ideas and faced with an enemy that seemed ready to pounce, she wound up and threw the ball as hard as she could. She was expecting - well, hoping, actually - that it would break and release something that would by her some time. She was not expecting it to bounce off the thing's face, suck it inside, then drop to the ground and wobble a few times before going inert.]

What...? Oh, what have I gotten myself into...

[Oho! Not even a battle to weaken it or anything, that's a lucky catch! Or, rather, this is memeland, where the specifics don't matter. Regardless, Claire has caught a Shinx!

After a moment of the pokeball just lying there on the ground, a somewhat deep and rough voice makes itself known.]

You gonna pick it up or what?

[Turning to that voice reveals Raihan, in all his tall glory. He walks up to the pair, an easy smile on his face with his hands in his hoodie pockets. It's a little strange, seeing someone catch a pokeball and not immediately go for it, but who knows. Maybe they're a little new to this.

(Not too new, though. No one would allow someone in the Wild Area without at least one Pokemon of their own. Right?)]

[ Well. This sure isn't anywhere Adachi expect to end up. It's too peaceful, too idyllic, even a sense of dread at something being wrong can't fully creep in and settle with such a nice breeze blowing relief against the sunlight of a perfect day.

But then he catches a glimpse of the wildlife. He starts when first noticing them, half in surprise at these alien creatures and half in worry that he's been dumped in the middle of their territory or something. Unless something even weirder is going on here you can't really reason with animals and tell them you have no idea how you got here, honest, he'll just get up and leave you all alone now, go back to your business.

Which they seem to be doing anyway, barely paying Adachi any mind. Huh. Guess whatever these things are they aren't too territorial. He'll still be careful as he moves to stand, though--

Or, tries to. One of the creatures snuck up on him and now has his sleeve in its (unsettlingly huge) teeth, looking up at him intently with an anticipatory waggle of its fluffy tail. The...pooch? Hyena? He can't tell, but whatever it is doesn't let go when Adachi tries tugging himself away. ] Alright, drop it.

[ It instead begins growling a terribly menacing puppy growl, opening up only to chomp right back down on Adachi's hand. ] Shit!

Down! Heel! Bad dog!

[It's a pooch and a hyena! You could say it's a Poochyena!

The Poochyena growls around a mouthful of Adachi's hand and gives a tug backwards, although its tail is still wagging. The little pooch has teeth, so it probably hurts, though it's also not chomping down hard enough to draw blood. It might, but it feels like battling and playing, and it's not particularly hungry.

Besides, humans aren't exactly on a Poochyena's menu.]

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[ This would probably be cuter if its teeth weren't so teeth, yeah. It's making pulling back a little difficult, not wanting to actually break skin, and he gets the impression that any more tugging would just egg the little thing on. ]

Geez, I'm not a chew toy! Can't we find you a stick or something? Stick! Nice big stick, you want a stick?

[ Please say it wants a stick. ]

[Wow, rude. It's not a Yamper. Sticks are beneath a mighty Poochyena!

...

Except it kind of sounds fun. And it can really let loose on a nice and thick stick, whereas humans are just more trouble than they're worth.

So it lets go and looks up at Adachi expectantly. There might not be any sticks nearby, but what ho! There are red and white balls hanging on his belt! He can either throw that, or go for the stick as promised!]

[ Oh thank goodness, Adachi takes his hand back and starts rubbing at it. What awful torment, unlike any pain he's ever faced before in his life, weh weh.

But uh, hm. Pooch sure did seem to understand the promise of a stick, didn't it? A quick glance around doesn't give him any sticks within arm's reach, and he's not sure how patient the pooch is willing to be. If he doesn't deliver is he just gonna get gnawed on again? There's gotta be something else he can use as a distraction for now.

Wait, what? Oh! Where'd those balls on his belt come from? No time to ask questions when he's got the perfect opportunity staring him right in the face.

Retrieving one from his belt, ] In the meantiiiime, look! Ba-- [ OH IT JUST GOT BIGGER. Did he push a button? Whatever. ] Ball! Balls are fun too! You want it? You want the ball?

Fetch! [ And we are chucking it!! ]

[That is not a stick.

In fact, it's a pokeba-

HECK

The Poochyena tries to escape, because it'd rather be caught correctly, aka the human showing its strength and their worth, but things don't quite work out the way it wanted. It didn't quite look at the path of the pokeball's arch when it started to run, and so ended up flying right into where it lands!

The ball bounces off of the Poochyena, which gets enveloped in the light of it!

Once the pokeball lands on the ground, it shakes once, twice, thrice... and then it becomes inert with a slight sparkle.

Congratulations! Adachi caught a Poochyena! Somehow!]

[

Wait.

What.

There's a few moments of pointed puzzled staring at the now inert pokeball, more curiosity than concern that a small animal just disappeared inside it. That is what happened, right? He was too caught off-guard look away while any of it was happening, and that sure is what it looked like.

Carefully, like the pooch will pop out and start biting again at any moment, he approaches the ball in the grass to squat down and get a better look. ]

[Yep. It's just lying there. That is how a pokeball do.

After a moment, a slightly deep and rough voice makes itself known - if this were the Earth Adachi knew, the accent of it sounds a bit like a posh Scottish one.]

Hey, congrats!

[Raihan makes his way over, a light smile on his face and hands in his hoodie pockets, his hooded eyes making him look sleepy, but that's just how he normally looks. When he's noticed, he gives a wave with one hand, one that's holding a phone.]

That was a lucky catch there. Pretty rare chance for a Pokemon to get caught without battling it!

[ WOAH hello there, person he had no idea was watching! A huge person at that, double woah. Despite the sleepy look of the guy Adachi can't relax quite yet, opting to carefully retrieve the ball (his ball now??) and hold onto it instead of putting it back on his belt like a cat guarding its toy. ]

Guess that depends on your definition of a battle.

[ Then, after a moment, his eyes dart from the man's phone back to his face. Suspicoous.

(This whole situation is suspicious, but one problem at a time.) ]

...So, uh, how long have you been there?

[Whoa there, easy, it's just a phone! A phone that seems to wink at Adachi as Raihan puts it back in his pocket. Or maybe Adachi's just seeing things?

Regardless, Raihan gives a shrug at that question.]

I was just passing by. The Wild Area's huge; I could see what was going on from pretty far away.

[Granted, he didn't catch a lot of it, but the Poochyena didn't look weakened in the slightest. It's certainly not unheard of for a trainer to catch a Pokemon even without a well-timed Quickball, but it's still pretty rare, enough to comment on.

Honestly, he's more surprised this guy doesn't recognize him, as he's pretty popular throughout the Galar region, and thus also known worldwide. Eh, maybe he just doesn't watch much TV.]

I was about to jump in myself, but it looks like you've got things covered here.

[ Phones can record embarrassing things like bargaining with a weird dog.

But that's beside the point right now. Wild Area? Is that where he is? Fitting name, he guesses, since it's just flora and fauna as far as he can see. No signs of civilization except for this guy and his phone, so loathe as Adachi is to admit he's in trouble in front of a stranger... ]

I'd love to have things covered, but that's stretching it a little. I have no idea where we are right now.

[The first thing you notice as you awake is the room you're in. It's a high-ceilinged metal room, the shape of a giant coffin, and great racks of supplies and equipment are stored in cages at the corners. The second it the sense of movement - it's not a building, but some sort of vehicle - or a car in one, at least.

The third is Claire, who's now pointing an assault rifle at you.]

Who are you? How'd you get in here?

[ Messing with space-time can lead to unforeseen consequences. What happened? An accidental wormhole created by reality breaking powers clashing? Or perhaps you're the one in her universe, an announced intrusion into the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Start kowtowing and Sakuya might not murder you for trespassing. ]

Edited 2021-03-05 11:11 (UTC)

[ As much of a workaholic Dimitri could be, life as a king sometimes got too hectic for him, at which point he would need to take a break. This is one such occasion, as he heads into the woods that are near Fhirdiad. Other than two guards standing at the exit from the woods, he is alone.

But not for long.

With a tearing sound, some kind of rift opens up in the air above Dimitri. Startled, he jumps back, expecting some kind of attack. But no attack comes. Instead, a person falls through. Without a second thought, Dimitri runs toward the falling person and reaches out, catching them in his arms. With his strength, it's easy.

It's only then that he gets a better look at the person. It's a woman, an exceptionally beautiful one at that. And she appears to be wearing a maid outfit. Sakuya, meanwhile, will find herself being held in the arms of a tall man in black armor and a fur cape, with an eye patch covering his right eye. He'd look a lot more intimidating if he didn't have an expression of bewilderment on his face. ]

[ Sakuya was at the moment, a little dazed after all of that exploding in her face, but she was at least aware of the sensation of falling and being caught before hitting the ground... ]

[Dimitri's tongue is caught in his throat for several seconds before he's able to finally say something.]

Are you all right, miss?

[There's a million questions flying through his mind, but the most important and urgent of all was making sure that this woman was unharmed.]

I... believe so.

[ Other than being confused, she wasn't hurt despite what just happened. ]

[Dimitri lets out a sigh of relief.]

Good. That's good to hear. Just exactly what happened?

I... believe there was a bit of an explosion when my powers interfered with another's/

Powers?

[A look of confusion shows on Dimitri's face upon hearing Sakuya say that.]

What do you mean by that?

I suppose I'm very far from home...

[ She vanishes suddenly and in the same instant appears nearby. ]

[Sakuya's action catches Dimitri by complete surprise. So much so that it takes him several seconds to locate her, and his arms remain in their positions for several seconds longer.]

Wha-what was that!?

Ah, perhaps I should have warned you? I merely stopped time, moved and let it resume.

[ She low-key enjoys startling people like that... ]

You stopped -- what!?

[Dimitri has never heard of such a power before. To hear this woman mention it so casually is simply incredible. And yet, he apparently witnessed it in action.]

I've never even heard of magic that can do that. Just what in the world is happening here!?

I... perhaps it would be best not to try and think about it too much.

I'm afraid that's far easier said than done.

[Dimitri lets out a sigh.]

However, for now...is there anything I can do to help you?

[ It occurs for her to take stock of the situation, namely... the lack of portal.
Patchouli can bring her back, right? ]

Ah... it collapsed. I'm afraid I may need a place to stay until a way back is provided.

Lodging, you say? I can provide you that with ease. There are any number of places to stay in Fhirdiad, and it's a wonderful city that will always have something for you to see or do.

[Dimitri might even be willing to let her stay in the palace. He suspects based on Sakuya's clothes that she's a maid or something along those lines, so if she would be willing to work on the staff, he would let her stay there.]

...Would you be in need of a maid for the time being? I dislike being... idle.

[ It would also be best for all involved, if she were given something to do... ]

Oh?

[Dimitri hadn't expected her to offer. After all, she was a stranger in a strange land. But perhaps this is her way of claiming some kind of normalcy while she's stuck here.]

Ah, well, we could make room for you at the palace, certainly. You would be far from the only maid, and it would be for a large building. Would that be all right?

It would, thank you. Lady Remilia's mansion is quite large.

[ A complete and utter workaholic, this maid. ]

A mansion, you say. Then perhaps it won't be too far off in terms of size or detail.

Oh, but I should introduce myself properly. My name is Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd. As it so happens, I lead the kingdom you have found yourself in -- the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.

[He bows.]

My name is Sakuya Izayoi, your highness.

[ Of course, a prim and proper bow. ]

I am pleased to make your acquaintance, Sakuya.

Now, shall we?

[Dimitri motions with his hand in one direction. It's the way back to Fhirdiad, the capital.]

Of course.

[ She'll follow his lead, of course. Even here, etiquette matters. ]

[Dimitri takes the lead and walks Sakuya out of the forest. Once out, they find themselves looking upon a large, walled city. Within the walls is a bustling, terraced metropolis. Near the top is a large palace.]

This is Fhirdiad. It's the capital of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.

[ Quite unlike Gensokyo indeed, even more so than he outside world... ]

Quite the city...

It's the largest city in Faerghus, and the pride of the land. I'm sure you'll find plenty to occupy you in your downtime here.

[Rather than go for the gate, though, Dimitri goes to a different part of the wall. He places his hand on a stone embedded in the ground. It glows with a symbol, then a hidden door slides open at the base of the wall, revealing a staircase leading underground.]

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[Working for a vampire has taught her a little about things that are obviously a secret. She will keep this secret passage to herself.

And so, the maid follows.]

The screen lights up, a very white background with pale blues mixed into the back. The girl, a blonde haired woman with a ponytail dressed in a white spaghetti strapped dress, speaks brightly and with a smile. “Hello! Welcome to the DETROIT experience. I'm an android and I'll be your hostess. Remember: this is not just a story. This is our future.”

“Stop talking.” A sigh fell from Elijah’s lips and he waved his hand at the computer screen, effectively quieting the AI on it. It wasn’t his idea to make a game that depicted the story of the Androids Revolution, he certainly hoped it wasn’t Markus’ idea. Though he had to admit it did tell a fairly compelling story from the Android’s perspective. Certainly it made the world more sentimental toward them. Not him, he couldn’t truly care one way or another. He didn’t even buy the game, it was sent to him.

Detroit, the Android Capital of the World. It was the home for CyberLife, the original company that created Androids, made by himself, Elijah Kamski. It was the root for the Android Revolution too, the place that started the domino effect of freeing Androids everywhere. In the bright year of 2039 they had long since passed the revolution and rolled right into trying to give Androids the same rights as humans and freeing the rest of them. He was fairly certain Japan was giving them the biggest struggle but they had other problems of their own, since Deviancy was now spreading.

Elijah sighed and rubbed his forehead, spinning in the chair in his lab to look at the Android sprawled across his table. Chassis wide open and wires connected to their body, not technically illegal he’d gotten them from a disposal site. You couldn’t bury Androids like you could a human, they didn’t break down they just destroyed the Earth, so unsure what to do with them they tried to either repurpose their bodies (like organ donation) or fix them. Elijah was doing a bit of both with this one. Spinning back around in his chair he looked to the computer again and started typing to run the numbers the Android was pulling up.

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the ACCIDENTAL EXTRADIMENSIONAL TOURIST meme

Solus Prime | Transformers Aligned Continuity

Raihan | Pokemon SwSh

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Claire Victorious | God Eater 3

Sakuya Izayoi | Touhou Project

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Elijah Kamski | Detroit: Become Human | M/M