As answers don't come with the speed he'd hoped, Johan finds himself standing frustrated as the others start working towards understanding. Anastasia he holds, more for something to do with his hands than anything else- "Very good," he says distantly as the fairy pushes into him, distracted by looking around. When the next wave comes, he's not ready; freezing again in place, he rides out the waves of arcane tomfoolery that seem to have entered his body and begun playing with all the levers. "Urk," he comments eloquently at the rapid movement of everyone around him, trying to parse the conflicting signals his mind and body have been giving about not only the wood and dirt, but about reality itself. He wasn't a philosopher or sage- all he knew was that this was Very Wrong and he wanted things to Be Less Wrong right the hell now.<br/><br/>With the appearance of a new attractive woman.. well, it wasn't quite everything he wanted, but Johan was willing to accept a tacit truce with the gods on the basis with supplying him with new friends. She seemed to notice him too, so while it was Bad News that they weren't hidden from the powerful, ravenous creatures around, it meant he could at least talk to her. That was a necessary prelude to... well, many things.<br/><br/>"Hello there," he says, taking a smart step forward towards the maybe-not-really-a-dragon-girl with sword sheathed and his hands empty to show he wasn't about to attack. "My name is Johan Mahina, and my friends and I got lost in a magical accident and ended up here. Could you tell us where, exactly, we are and what armies were fighting over this place? And if you'd be kind enough to answer some more of our questions after that," he says with a smile, "You'd be even kinder than you are lovely and obviously strong, miss...?" He raises an eyebrow, and hopes nobody's stupid enough to attack her sight unseen.<br/><br/>[[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/270908">Diplomacy</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+8</span><span style="font-weight: bold">26</span>. Hello, lady!]]