<br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/PAl5eEo.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/Yi5iOq8.png?1)</div><br/>(Nyssa)<em>"You are correct. I was out gathering firewood one night when I suddenly found myself in this place. It was quite unceremonious for such a life changing event"</em>he mused. The big horny boy leant up against the wall a few feet from Nyssa, companionable, but not crowding. When she mentioned demands she would suddenly feel a small chuckle tingle across her mind, (Nyssa)<em>"Well...people <em><strong>sometimes</strong></em> make demands, though they're usually polite enough to disguise it as a request"</em>he mused.<br/><br/>When she questioned the hows and whys Shade gave a scratch of his cheek, (Nyssa)<em>"Hmmm, a somewhat difficult question. Drip rather bluntly insists it's all just the flippant whims of this place's creator, a woman named Prime. She is in charge, and hands out a fair deal of tasks, though in her words it is not herself, but the Crossroads itself that pulls people here, or that people come here by their own volition, even if they don't do so consciously...."</em>he explained as best he could, clearly not the best informed on the topic, (Nyssa)<em>"My apologies, I'm not the brightest when it comes to complicated stuff like this. Before coming here I've just be traveling about rather aimlessly, and I have a bad habit of going along with things without questioning them as thoroughly as I could"</em>he added with an apologetic smile. Without his memories of his previous life, Shade had just been wandering to and fro, hoping that by seeing the world he might stumble upon something that might spark some recollection. Without a destination in mind it was easy to go with the flow, even in a situation as strange as this.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/oT6NnfY.jpg?1)</div><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/bkixbYm.jpg?1)</div><br/>While everyone was still in the midst of introductions and trying to come to grips with the situation, they would all be joined by yet another new arrival. However this time it wasn't a person, but a large wooden door that appeared right in the center of the room. It came without a sound, seemingly in the blink of an eye, and was standing upright without nothing in front of nor behind it, "Huh? Well that's new. Never saw Prime kidnap a door before" Drip said, though that did bring up the question of how she had conjured in all the original furniture the place had had.<br/><br/>Suddenly the door creaked open, and within stood a figure cloaked in a long robe of blue and gold. Behind them was a dark alleyway in leading into what appeared to be some kind of city at night, though if they were to look on the other side of the standing door they would still find nothing there.<br/><br/>The figure stepped forward through the doorway, a lantern in one hand and a large trunk suitcase in the other, and quickly pushed the door closed behind themselves. Once the door clicked closed it vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there at all, "A key to salvation...I see. It was just as the woman said..." a subdued feminine voice murmured from beneath the hood. The figure glanced around for a moment, taking in the surroundings and the people, before it caught up to them just how strange their unannounced arrival must have been, "Ah, forgive my intrusion" they said with a bow, "Apologies for my ignorance, but is this a place where one can request assistance of a...<em>heroic</em>nature?" they asked, seemingly unaware of where they even were, despite the rather elaborate means of arriving there. It seemed to be a common theme of this place.