The air on earth smelled different than Enlai had expected.
That was, for some reason, the first thing that came to her mind as she stepped through the portal and into the entirely new world that she'd heard so much about but had never really put much stock into picturing what it would be like. She'd always been so focused on training, to getting to the point where she was good enough to get here, ready to get here. Training for it had become such a big part of her daily routine that the idea of actually coming here had always seemed so far away, so unreal. A concept rather than a reality. Now, actually being in this place, Enlai felt like she was going to faint. It was all so much, and she actually swayed a bit on her feet.
Looking around at her surroundings, she was aware that they had come out behind what looked to be an earth building; she had seen enough pictures in their training to know what the dwellings of humans looked like. It was one thing in pictures, but it was another entirely to see how different everything looked in person. For a moment she was so transfixed by the sight of the sky being blue that she completely forgot she wasn't alone. Or at least, she wasn't supposed to be. Quickly she looked over her shoulder, hoping that her brother had come through the portal without incident as well.
Nimme burst through the portal into the new, unknown world, ready for whatever was out there. He hit the ground on his feet somehow and immediately started to take in his surroundings. They were behind some kind of building that reached high into the blue sky.
"Wow, it really is blue!" He exclaimed to his sister, who had come through a few seconds before himself. "And look at that thing, it's huge!" He gestured grandly to the tall, stretching building before them.
Enlai was no stranger to Nimme's chaotic energy, but in such a new place, it just served to make the immensity of this new experience even more overwhelming. Watching him gesturing at their surroundings that he was presenting them to an audience, she nodded slowly, her mind already trying to mull over the next course of action. She knew their mission in general, but the first steps to take...that for the time being was undecided.
"I didn't expect it to be so big," she agreed, looking again up at the sky. The scale of everything somehow seemed to be different here. It was as overwhelming as it was exciting.
"Where should we go first?" He asked excitedly, looking around from where he stood before moving swiftly to the corner of the building and peering around the side. There was so much over there, so much out there in this strange world, and he was ready to experience it all.
At his question, Enlai paused. Where should they go? All their training could not possibly have prepared Enlai for the real deal, and her head was swimming. Following him close behind so they wouldn't get separated, Enlai peered around the building too. Human society was...bustling! There shops, there were streets, and there were people everywhere. People who looked like them, but she didn't see any wings, or horns. Of course she'd known that was the case, but it was bizarre to look and see nothing but seas of people without those familiar features.
"Do you see anything you like?" she asked finally, deciding to be diplomatic. If one of them was going to have a specific idea that came to mind it would probably be him, she figured, given his endless curiosity and fascination with new things.
"Are you kidding me, I don't see anything I don't like!" He practically shouted. He whirled back around to face her, horns popping out through his pale hair in unbridled excitement. "I wanna see everything!"
This place was so exciting and thrilling, full of energy and people- boring looking people but still people nonetheless- and he could barely contain himself. "Let's go explore!"
When Nimme's horns popped out, Enlai rushed to cover them, letting out a small panicked shriek as she did so. She actually almost fell over in the process, her body shaking with worry. But Nimme was too excited to be contained for too long and her hands slipped off his head.
"Your horns!" she reminded him, covering her mouth with her hands. "Don't forget your horns! We're not supposed to show anyone." Exploring sounded good, but if Nimme was going to give them away in the first five minutes they would never get the chance to.
"Oh, sorry!" He immediately retracted the horns, patting his head for good measure. "See, it's all good!" He made a mental note to be more careful in the future. A screw up like that was no joke, and he didn't want to get a lecture.
"Let's go, let's go!" He grabbed his sister's hand and peered again around the side of the building before looking back at her. It didn't seem like anyone had noticed his faux pas. "You ready?"
'Ready' wasn't something she would currently use to describe herself, but Enlai was...unwilling to sit still. She knew they needed to get started and couldn't hide behind a building for the rest of their lives. So she nodded, feeling herself instilled with a sense of bravery when he grabbed her hand. His excitement and confidence definitely helped her feel more at ease, and she was glad that she was here with him. On her own, it would be far more terrifying. "Let's go."
With her confirmation, he rounded the corner of the building and started out toward the.. 'street'. That was what it was called, he believed. That was where the humans traversed their lands in their big metal mechas. He kept his hand locked with hers so they could stay together, and to remind himself not to do anything too rash, as he'd already done before they even left the spot where they'd been transported.
The clothes that humans wore were... strange! But he liked them. Liked the way they looked and felt and their simplicity yet complexness. The fasteners were overly complex and annoying, but it was so fascinating!
"Where should we go? That way!? Or-or that way!?" He pointed in a few different directions, still brimming over with excitement and unable to even process it all.
Though Enlai was still overwhelmed, she could also feel a seed of excitement starting to bud inside her chest. Squeezing Nimme's hand, she walked alongside him, matching his pace so he didn't have to drag her. She could tell he was living for this, could feel his energy practically pulsing through the air from beside her.
She tried to answer Nimme's question, but there was too much in either direction for her to even be able to choose! The bright colors and the sights and sounds were such a thrill that even in her nervous state, she couldn't stop looking around at everything the human world had to offer. Everything from their strange modes of transportation to the strange way they were dressed--though she had been given something like theirs to wear before they left--to the way they moved around was so different. Enlai couldn't stop staring at the humans around them and their big and small dwellings, the clear fronted ones that showed various human items with bright and gleaming tags emblazoned with numbers. A human boy skirted by them on a strange metal structure, two round wheels keeping it precariously upright, and when he pushed a small silver globe resting on one of its horn-like protrusions that he held for support, it made a ringing sound! It took everything Enlai had not to shriek in shock.
Among all the overwhelming sights around them, Enlai's sensitive nose picked out something that stood out from all the rest of the sensations around them. It smelled salty and bright, and it made her mouth water. Quickly, she pointed desperately in the direction it was coming from.
"That way," she replied. "Do you smell that? I want to see...whatever that is!"
He looked excitedly in the direction she pointed, giving it a hard sniff. "Wow, that smells amazing!" He turned to face the direction she'd chosen, happy that she had a preference at all, and started to move toward it.
It was so hard to just walk. It would be so much quicker to just fly to the source of the amazing smell, and to see so much more of the world in the time they had here. His impulsive nature would be the death of him, he reminded himself, logic winning out. No wings, absolutely not. That would cause an inter-dimensional crisis, and that was not okay.
"Whadda you think it is!?" He asked excitedly as they made their way through the throngs of people toward the source.
Enlai was happy that he was as entranced by the smell as she was, and she carefully picked her way through the people around them alongside him, still glancing furtively around at the strange new surroundings. There were small fuzzy animals with long strings connecting them to humans, and the animals were leading the humans along. Why were they doing that? What exactly were they? Some people were trying on glittering jewelry inside some of the clear buildings, but it didn't look anything like the jewelry she was used to wearing. Sparkly human things... Enlai made a mental note to look at some of that later.
"I think it smells like it would be round," was the only assumption she had of the smell. Whatever it was, it was more delicious than anything she had ever smelled in her life. She wasn't used to walking so much, especially not this quickly and for long stretches, and her legs were already starting to feel a little tired. "I hope we can eat it. Do you think we'll be able to eat it?"
Nimme only thought about it for a second, a personal record probably. "Well if it smells that good, there's no way we can't eat it!" He enthused. "And there's only one way to find out, anyway!"
He swerved around a group of people; staring at small screens, some chatting amongst themselves. What was it they were looking at? They seemed so intent on it and he tried to casually peer over one of their shoulders without stopping. There were pictures on it, and they changed when the person swiped it with their finger. Fascinating!
That seemed like sound logic to Enlai; why would something smell good if it wasn't food? It seemed like a fair principle to abide by while they were here. Especially since she had heard mentioned that humans had far more sensitive digestive systems than their kind and could even get sick if they ate the wrong things. So certainly they would make sure to make foods smell good and other things that weren't for eating smell bad so they wouldn't get sick from their strange human stomachs rebelling against them.
"Well in that case...I really want to eat it," she admitted.
Enlai was intrigued by the changing pictures too. She wondered if they could get some of those! What exactly was their purpose, she wondered also. Were they just to look nice, or were they to absorb knowledge? Another person on one of those two-wheeled metal machines zoomed past, and Enlai was startled yet again. So those must be common here!
By now the smell was getting stronger, and Enlai was aware of how much her mouth was watering at it. It was a little embarrassing and she quickly wiped her mouth with the end of the sleeve of her strange human garment.
The smell was becoming almost unbearable, in a good way. He could barely contain himself as they got closer and closer to whatever it was. His mouth was practically dripping, and he could barely keep his fangs in check. Not that anyone was going to be seeing them, anyway.
"I wanna eat it, too! Let's eat it!" Food wasn't something he'd really thought of before venturing here, he hadn't even considered that it would be different from what they were used to. But here they were on a quest for whatever food it was that was causing their senses a delicious overload, and Nimme was excited to find out what it was.
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That was, for some reason, the first thing that came to her mind as she stepped through the portal and into the entirely new world that she'd heard so much about but had never really put much stock into picturing what it would be like. She'd always been so focused on training, to getting to the point where she was good enough to get here, ready to get here. Training for it had become such a big part of her daily routine that the idea of actually coming here had always seemed so far away, so unreal. A concept rather than a reality. Now, actually being in this place, Enlai felt like she was going to faint. It was all so much, and she actually swayed a bit on her feet.
Looking around at her surroundings, she was aware that they had come out behind what looked to be an earth building; she had seen enough pictures in their training to know what the dwellings of humans looked like. It was one thing in pictures, but it was another entirely to see how different everything looked in person. For a moment she was so transfixed by the sight of the sky being blue that she completely forgot she wasn't alone. Or at least, she wasn't supposed to be. Quickly she looked over her shoulder, hoping that her brother had come through the portal without incident as well.
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"Wow, it really is blue!" He exclaimed to his sister, who had come through a few seconds before himself. "And look at that thing, it's huge!" He gestured grandly to the tall, stretching building before them.
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"I didn't expect it to be so big," she agreed, looking again up at the sky. The scale of everything somehow seemed to be different here. It was as overwhelming as it was exciting.
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"Do you see anything you like?" she asked finally, deciding to be diplomatic. If one of them was going to have a specific idea that came to mind it would probably be him, she figured, given his endless curiosity and fascination with new things.
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This place was so exciting and thrilling, full of energy and people- boring looking people but still people nonetheless- and he could barely contain himself. "Let's go explore!"
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"Your horns!" she reminded him, covering her mouth with her hands. "Don't forget your horns! We're not supposed to show anyone." Exploring sounded good, but if Nimme was going to give them away in the first five minutes they would never get the chance to.
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"Let's go, let's go!" He grabbed his sister's hand and peered again around the side of the building before looking back at her. It didn't seem like anyone had noticed his faux pas. "You ready?"
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The clothes that humans wore were... strange! But he liked them. Liked the way they looked and felt and their simplicity yet complexness. The fasteners were overly complex and annoying, but it was so fascinating!
"Where should we go? That way!? Or-or that way!?" He pointed in a few different directions, still brimming over with excitement and unable to even process it all.
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She tried to answer Nimme's question, but there was too much in either direction for her to even be able to choose! The bright colors and the sights and sounds were such a thrill that even in her nervous state, she couldn't stop looking around at everything the human world had to offer. Everything from their strange modes of transportation to the strange way they were dressed--though she had been given something like theirs to wear before they left--to the way they moved around was so different. Enlai couldn't stop staring at the humans around them and their big and small dwellings, the clear fronted ones that showed various human items with bright and gleaming tags emblazoned with numbers. A human boy skirted by them on a strange metal structure, two round wheels keeping it precariously upright, and when he pushed a small silver globe resting on one of its horn-like protrusions that he held for support, it made a ringing sound! It took everything Enlai had not to shriek in shock.
Among all the overwhelming sights around them, Enlai's sensitive nose picked out something that stood out from all the rest of the sensations around them. It smelled salty and bright, and it made her mouth water. Quickly, she pointed desperately in the direction it was coming from.
"That way," she replied. "Do you smell that? I want to see...whatever that is!"
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It was so hard to just walk. It would be so much quicker to just fly to the source of the amazing smell, and to see so much more of the world in the time they had here. His impulsive nature would be the death of him, he reminded himself, logic winning out. No wings, absolutely not. That would cause an inter-dimensional crisis, and that was not okay.
"Whadda you think it is!?" He asked excitedly as they made their way through the throngs of people toward the source.
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"I think it smells like it would be round," was the only assumption she had of the smell. Whatever it was, it was more delicious than anything she had ever smelled in her life. She wasn't used to walking so much, especially not this quickly and for long stretches, and her legs were already starting to feel a little tired. "I hope we can eat it. Do you think we'll be able to eat it?"
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He swerved around a group of people; staring at small screens, some chatting amongst themselves. What was it they were looking at? They seemed so intent on it and he tried to casually peer over one of their shoulders without stopping. There were pictures on it, and they changed when the person swiped it with their finger. Fascinating!
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"Well in that case...I really want to eat it," she admitted.
Enlai was intrigued by the changing pictures too. She wondered if they could get some of those! What exactly was their purpose, she wondered also. Were they just to look nice, or were they to absorb knowledge? Another person on one of those two-wheeled metal machines zoomed past, and Enlai was startled yet again. So those must be common here!
By now the smell was getting stronger, and Enlai was aware of how much her mouth was watering at it. It was a little embarrassing and she quickly wiped her mouth with the end of the sleeve of her strange human garment.
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"I wanna eat it, too! Let's eat it!" Food wasn't something he'd really thought of before venturing here, he hadn't even considered that it would be different from what they were used to. But here they were on a quest for whatever food it was that was causing their senses a delicious overload, and Nimme was excited to find out what it was.