Somewhere In The Preserve, Early Saturday Morning

[rebelseekspizza]

There was this place, neatly nestled between the trees, where nothing but grass ever grew: it was meant for something else, and nature knew it.

That something else was today. A bright light sprang to life in the center of this clearing, briefly blinding, then faded somewhat into a humming purple portal into possibility.

Lo, the children would come.

[[ you're all good to go, woo au kids! ]]

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[hello_sirs]

"Hello? Hello? Is anyone reading me?" Angus McDonald, boy detective said into his stone of far-speech. When no answer was forthcoming, he took a deep breath and nodded. Because he was gonna have to detect his way out of this shit.

Clue number one involved a glowing portal. Very suspicious.

[failedasavingroll]

Richard stumbled gracefully landed on the island, squinting at her location for a moment before trying to decide which parent would be easier to find at that very moment.

Odds were pretty even, so she simply took off in a random direction to see who she found first.

[medium_rainbow]

Media tumbled out of the portal laughing as she somersaulted into a standing position and, as she dusted herself off, looked around.

Ah! The preserve! Fandom! Media had been here often enough with her moms to know how this was supposed to work.

"Quota," she said eagerly. "What year is it?"

Quota, her phone, buzzed out the year.

"Oh my gosh! They're going to be my age! I have to find them right away! And then, then we'll go find the Grandpas and make them feel really old."

[midi_shan]

Dessa used the Force to cushion her landing, brushing off leaf litter and checking her lightsaber was still hanging at her hip as she stood.

Stang, portals were going on the list of things not to touch unless she wanted a good dozen lectures, least three of them from her mother. Not immediately recognising this place, she reached out into the Force to get an idea of where she was.

"Huh."

[what_dad_was_like]

Jacen's landing was... well. He'd had far more impressive ones flying the Ghost with his mom, admittedly, but since he wasn't flying and his mom wasn't here to tease him about it later, his head-over-heels tumble could have stood to be more graceful.

Then again, he still managed to finish it on his feet, so it all came out in the wash, right?

He glanced around, reaching a hand up to idly wipe some leaf litter from his phoenix-and-wolf emblazoned jacket, and then broke into a grin.

"I had a feeling today was going to be an interesting one."

[eensy_weensy_spider]

Gabrielle's landing was perfect. She somersaulted through the portal and giggled as she jumped up land on all fours again.

Then she looked around. Oo, this was fun! What world was this?

[clonewelldone]

Angela walked through the portal and smirked. One day, her fathers were going to have to get used to her wandering off a lot.

But right now, it was so much fun seeing them younger!

She felt around for their minds, nodded, and headed off.

[blue_eyed_cosmos]

Kueng had been raised on the island. He knew better than to go through random, unsolicited portals on a whim without first checking to see where that portal wound up. Even when they appeared in his bedroom.

Unfortunately, Silly—bumbling, ridiculous, his mom's Silly—had decided that the portal was something to go through.

And while calling for his dads would have been the more prudent option, there was no way Kueng was losing his chicobo. It would be an unacceptable loss.

Through the portal Kueng went, stepping out into the… preserve, he snatched Silly out of the air (carefully, carefully). "You're more trouble than you're worth," he told the bird, who beeped contentedly back at him.

"Come on," he said, "let's go home."

Only, when Kueng turned to go back through the portal… it wouldn't let him through. He rested one hand on the purple light and sighed.

"This is your fault," he told Silly. "One hundred percent, absolutely, your fault."

Fine. Fine. He'd walk back.

[in_atla_we_trust]

Of course Atla knew that one should be careful around strange and mysterious things, but how could she not be curious about a portal so beautiful and intriguing? She hesitated, but her sense of adventure got the better of her, and she went through it, eager to see where it went.

And got slightly worried when it disappeared not long after she stepped tgrough, but no matter! Surely a solution back home to Zora's Domain would present itself in due time...

[somethingwithbloodstains]

Fuck yeah, portals!!! Her mom never let her go through Great-Grampa Rick's portals, so when showed up and her mom want around, Hematemesis was diving right for it, full speed ahead. She emerged through with a wild battle cry, and heaven help anyone who was nearby when she did, because they were gonna get kicked out of the way.

[eensy_weensy_spider]

"That was great!" Gabrielle applauded the other girl and tried her own battle cry. It was...less than impressive.

[somethingwithbloodstains]

"No duh!" shouted Hematemisis from behind her bucket helmet that was totally mentioned in the last post , and she whirled toward the other girl, fists clenched and ready to go. "Who are you? What clan? Do you submit to the war princess Hematemisis, or do you wish for death?"

[eensy_weensy_spider]

Gabrielle put her own fists up. Was this a spar? "I'm Gabi, of the clan...um...Exiles? I don't submit, but I don't want death, either. Are you really a princess?"

[somethingwithbloodstains]

"Yes," Hematemisis said, pulling her shoulders up a little more. "My mother is the Queen of the Death Stalkers, Mistress of Death, Empress of Destruction, and so that makes me the Princess of all those things. So it would be wise to do as I say."

[eensy_weensy_spider]

"Are you a villain?" Gabrielle asked, her eyes narrowing suspiciously. "My parents fight villains."

[urapoomphead]

Unicycle's arrival was . . . less than graceful. She faceplanted right into the grass, and took a few moments to collect herself before looking up.

"Is this Earth?"

Okay, so definitely not a portal made by Uncle Funsize.

[nextoftheirkind]

"See!" Hayley said, turning triumphantly to her brother. "No snakes. Just a buncha other kids!"

[nextoftheirkind]

Tyrus just sent her a long-suffering Look. "No snakes yet," he corrected. "Maybe the portal was meant to summon kids here so a giant snake can eat them."

[nextoftheirkind]

"I don't think so," Hayley said, basing that conclusion on... absolutely nothing. "Come on, let's go exploring!"

[nextoftheirkind]

"Mom's gonna kill us," Tyrus muttered to himself, traipsing after his sister as she took off in a run. "And then great-grandma's gonna kill us even more." Because they were supposed to know better than to just jump into strange portals that led to who-knows-what dimension.