Neblae stood next to a huge faceted crystal the glowed a pale pinkish purple. Neblae had seen stones just like that in the wreckage of Ahrini's Trow Work-bee. Neblae's ears hurt from the tomb-like silence that engulfed her. She shouted, "Am I DEAD? HELLO! IS ANYONE HERE? NARCHI? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?" A moment later, Toxic blinked into being, with a death-grip on Martya's left forearm. The left glowing bracelet was gone, and Toxic was nude again. Martya was dressed in some odd uniform, that she had dreamed of often. Martya shouted in surprise at the shift of perception, and after a moment, said in wonder, "HEY! My arm don't hurt!" Toxic laughed, "DOESN'T hurt! Wrong tense! Who is you?" Martya blinked at Toxic and said,"You're nekkid! I'm Martya. I'm a Scav from The Fortress of Shalmiraine. What is this place?" Toxic looked around and shouted loudly into the silent ,cavernous place, "WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!" It thundered back in echos like the sound of surf. Toxic jumped up on a low wall and balanced, remarking, "Im Toxic! When things bite me, they die. Do you have a cookie? I want a cookie!" Neblae cleared her throat to speak and was cut off by Toxic pointing and squealling, "It's Narchi's little friend! Wheeeeeeee-eeeee! She's so CUTE! Wearing lil jammies,TOO!" Neblae frowned and said snippily, "YOU can call me, Yellow-Knot-Woman!" She looked over at Martya, who smiled and shrugged. Neblae Asked tersely, "Do either of you know why we are here? OR where HERE is?" Martya shrugged and waved her arms and looked over the edge of the platform. She carefully spit over that edge and watched for a moment. "WOW! That's a hundred thirty-two foot drop! No clue. Never seen anything like here before! Weird looking place. Very cool, but wierd!" Toxic happily walked the small wall, looking around and singing, "La-la-la", to herself. The Measure-of-the-Bridge-Between-Worlds popped in between Martya and Toxic in a blink. The Measure looked awe-struck as looked around in shock. SHe had been talking to Aldus Panchetta onboard of an Airship heading towards Taru City, then she was here. Toxic giggled and shouted, "HEY! LOOKIT! We have a horny snake-lady here,now!" The Measure looked at Toxic and blinked in shock. The Measure said levelly, "I know you. You're Taoxic! Chalchilaloc's child! We used to play together when we were small children." Toxic shook her head and grinned. "NOPE! Wrong-o! Don't know you! I'm Toxic. This is Martya. She's my best friend, now! And the lil brown one over there is Narchi's GIRL-FRIEND, Yeller-knotty-girl!" Toxic broke up giggling. Neblae blinked and said in irritation, "Yellow-KNOT-WOMAN! I AM NOT NARCHI'S GIRL-FRIEND, DAMMIT! Damn, girl, what is WRONG with you!?!?" Toxic giggled and said, "Nothing! I feel great! I feel FINE! I felt like dying before, but I all better now! WHEEEEEEEEE!" The Measure felt her face and said in admiration, "The SNARE really is convincing, even to ME! It must be the artifacts generating the SNARE field?" Neblae asked, "Who are you and what is going on here? WHERE IS HERE?" The Measure turned and said more calmly than she felt, "I am called the Measure-of-the-Bridge-Between-Worlds, or just 'Measure' for short. We are in a SNARE." Toxic looked at her foot and started giggling. "Which foot is in the snare?" "Simulated Non-Actual Reality Experience. Like a sim-web, but without all the material technology needed to generate it." The Measure held up her necklace which glowed, and said, "These artifacts are making it seem that we are in this place. We are laying asleep, or unconscious somewhere else." Martya asked in a whisper, "WHY are we here?" The Measure shook her head and looked around nervously, "I don't know. .....Yet." --TO BE CONTINUED-- Media is Wings 3d to make the thingies, and poser 6 to put'em all together in! ^__^ v,, More to come!