Seeing that there's no protest, Mateia moves towards the edge of the forest by herself. "Hello? I'm back," Mateia calls out.<br/><br/>“Mateia, you’re alive!” a voice calls out, accompanied by whoops and hollers.<br/><br/>“Mateia?” A rough voice calls out as Mateia continues forward. Several people appear from out of the buildings, but the most noticeable is a massive eight foot tall lizard man covered in blue-black scales. He rushes forward and scoops up Mateia in a crushing embrace. She squeeks and then wraps her arms around his thick neck, or tries to anyway since her arms don’t quite reach all the way around.<br/><br/>“Ikasku, you made it! I was so worried,” Mateia replies as she hugs him.<br/><br/>“I was worried about you. I wasn’t able to stop that gellion from following you,” the lizard man rumbles as he gently sets the girl on her feet again. Behind Ikasku several others approach. There is a short, stout man with a bronze complexion and wild auburn hair streaked with grey.  He’s wearing coveralls and there’s a large bazooka like cannon slung over one shoulder. To his right there’s a younger, much taller man with broad shoulders and short blonde hair. He’s holding what appears to be a shotgun, with a large hammer strapped to his back. Next to them is a young woman with large pointed ears, bright green eyes and pale lavender colored hair. She’s wearing a bandolier of small glass vials filled with various liquids, a pale green vest, white blouse and dark jeans. She also appears to have a furry lavender colored tail.<br/><br/>Then there’s a tremendous flapping sound that kicks up dust and a huge owl with purple feathers glides out of the sky and settles itself nearby, regarding Mateia and the others with large, intelligent amber eyes.<br/><br/>“Everyone,” Mateia says. “I was successful, I found people from another world who are going to help us,” Mateia continues as she steps away from Ikasku and gestures towards the forest.<br/><br/>“Masato, please bring the others forward so you can meet my friends,” Mateia says with a smile as the strangers from the village turn their attention towards the forest with curiousity.<br/>