The Nexus

[On the Edge]

Xun's extradimensional storage space produced a large bottle of whiskey. You lot brought yourself cups, right? All I have are bowls.

[On the Edge]

Xun already has one fish gutted open with a claw and is carefully separating out the organs for examination. Smells like fish, anyway.
Seems to have all the right organs too. Trout, I think. Come take a look, but I think we can eat this safely.

A Friend for Reginald

Skitty does, in fact sniff Felandria and Reginald, politely, before nuzzling and checking if she has any treats.

On the Edge

Didn't know if it would work or not. Let's try the net. I want to dissect one. Xun sniffs at the water, then starts pipetting a bit of it up.

On the Edge Xun examines the device carefully, inspecting each wire and dial for a long time before shrugging into the harness, then spending some more time spinning and adjusting everything until her curiosity is satisfied. Finally, she squeezes the nozzle carefully with a paw. The others have man...

[On the edge]

Jerick finds himself the subject of the most withering look a feline can muster. Let me guess, you forgot that not everyone here has opposable thumbs.

[On the edge]

Xun is still climbing down one of the rainbow ribbons. How that works with cat claws is anyone's guess. It is, but can we get somewhere set up to sleep please? It's getting late.

On The Edge

Xun calls down to Jerick. "Tonal-Alignment-Device, yes? Do you think you could tune a campsite area maybe, just for a test run? It is getting late. The cat climbs down one of the rainbow ribbons of unreality, somehow using her claws to hold on.

The trains spit the little MERC group out somewhere in outside, on the edge of a very picturesque set of mountains. From here it's quite a walk - or ride, in Xun's case, as the velcro on the back of her wolf's jacket turns out to be for cat claws. Finally, the group reaches the edge of...reality? Or...

A Pet for the Commander Some of the raptor's coo back, opening their mouths like young birds do. Even if Koshal can't understand the reply, the presence of little egg teeth on the beaks answers the question. One of the raptors, a pale fellow with a very light green shimmer on his feathers, clumsily...

The Lab Luna, over here, we're getting your coat on! Luna, it turns out, is a black wolf on the smaller side, who shrugs into a jacket covered in various pockets and pouches and with a thick velcro-like pad on the back. If you've got any bedrolls you might want to grab them. Xun sticks a packed pop...

The Lab There might be a way to find them, or to recreate them. Jerick, do you have anything from your home that you can spare? Xun starts gathering equipment, vanishing most of them into her interdimensional pocket but tossing a few larger pieces at Olvsin. Nexus is a strange place, full of a wild...

A Friend for Reginald Please, do come in. I was told you are here to meet Skitty? Skitty is, it seems, not actually a cat. Instead, a man in a matching purple plush robe comes out cradling a possum in his arms. Skitty extends her nose for a sniff, the velvet bow on her head flopping slightly. Mary ...

[The Lab]

Xun frowns, sketching a few things in her notebook. Do you happen to have samples of these plants on hand? I suspect the unpredictability is coming from the pandemonium brush. I'm not actually familiar with the plant, mind, but it's a very...evocative name.

A Pet for the Commander There are so many options for the group to see! But eventually their attention will be drawn to a stall set up against the rising rocks. On one of the lower rocks next to the stall, there's a nest with a trio of small and very fluffy raptors, peeping loudly at the party from...

Mary and Company Some animals can talk. Most can't. It gets a bit boring that way, really. The strange feline purrs softly. And yes, some of us will agree to come home with you, if it's suitable. TALBot The woman chirps a thank-you noise and opens the gate to the balloon. It appears to be on some s...

The Lab Could potentially serve as a unique area of effect weapon. But I'm more interested in the nonreplicability of the results. Do you have any information as to the ethereochemical composition of these potions? Or whether the sources are based primarily in biomagical elements versus alterorgani...

The Lab Xun helpfully appears perched right on top of the divider shielding her notetaking area, as her own magic manipulation abilities prevent any catastrophes. She jumps back down onto the desk and takes more notes. Spaciotemporal distortion via the underlying reality wave cycle, tuned specifica...

[A Pet for the Commander] The leopard gives off a huff and a low friendly growl. It seems unattended, but there's a collar with a nametag on it. The tag reads " Empress " but doesn't have any other information on it, other than a stamp of a bell symbol on the back. [Sekhmet and Company] Y...

The Lab

Xun takes a few notes Basic explosive result, noted. Please proceed.

[The Lab]

Among other things, yes, yes it has. Now, could someone please move one of the warded test dummies into the arena?

[A Pet for the Commander] The flying snake preens slightly, apparently intelligent enough to understand being admired. However, Cass's reverie is interrupted by a large feline head being shoved into her hip. It's a...leopard? And apparently it wants to be petted. [Sekhmet and Company] Mary finds th...

The Lab It's the kind of lab where you do things in a relatively safe environment where I can observe and see what happens. And not accidentally change someone's sex with no way to fix it or something like that. Xun sounds like there's history here. Right at this point though they are arriving. The...

On the Way to the Labs The fact that the wolves are well trained can probably also be seen in how neatly Xun is able to weave her way down the hall without being bothered by any of them. Cat-chasing is definitely not acceptable behavior. Well I wasn't exactly going to set up shop in the section mad...

Sekhmet and Company The parrot reaches a beak through the cage bars and snatches a big bite of the cotton candy! The bird squawks out a Thank you! after dropping the treat inside its cage. It has shimmery bright blue wings, almost metallic. Meanwhile, the little fairy bug evades the baby's grasp an...

Front Office Mercenaries need a lot of equipment though, and we take contracts for more than just straight defense at times. Xun sniffs Solenoid politely. My personal lab is this way, however. Xun starts heading down a corridor that is rather full of wolves. This might surprise Jerrick. It's unlike...

"Ooh! Ooh! May I..?" "Here you go." Sekhmet presses a small coin purse into her daughter's hand. "Sir? I'd like one of those." She points to a purple glob of cotton candy and holds out a few coins. Assuming she can buy it without incident, she runs along towards the ne...

"What's all this about?" "You'll see..." Three people, one large, one small, and one very small, appear on the islands. The larger one has batlike wings, six horns, and a long barbed tail. The smaller one has just one pair of horns and her tail is shorter and its spade tip has n...

After some transit and a bit of a roundabout trip, Xun, Olvisin, and the newcomer named Jerick arrive through the front door of the MERC offices. Xun has taken up perching on Jerick's shoulder due to a combination of that being easier to provide directions and a typically feline lack of comprehensio...

"I feel like testing this thing should involve tossing it from behind a thick wall," Olvisin observes. "Is it always destructive?" Jerick replies, "Well, there was a time where it turned all the dirt in a ten foot radius to gold. Oh, and there was a time where it grew a mas...