Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-34100315-20180826180401/@comment-26892768-20180828095544

Mack is notably disappointed by Terezi's response, but merely sighs. "Well, okay then..."

He then walks out of the alley, looking for someone else to ask, when he notices something in the sky. "What is that?"

The thing he's spotted is - of course - a high velocity Valeena, heading for the city.

Mack's going to soon learn what that is whether he likes it or not.

And walking nearby Ruby, Yang, and Cinder is a group of three men.

One of them is obviously older than the other two, and also is a bit more effeminate than the other two, wearing a shirt with a floral pattern, earrings, and...what may possibly me eyeliner. That being said, he's also clearly more muscular than the other two - one of them being a black-haired, rather serious-looking youth with his hair carefully tended to - were it not for his casual clothes one would think he'd be going to some sort of business meeting - and the other being a brown-haired youth with glasses, who...kinda looks like a nerd to be honest. All three appear to be of Asian descent, and judging by what language they happen to be speaking at the moment, they're specifically Japanese.

''"Kore wa hidoi..." ''The brown-haired youth, Hideyasu Jonouchi, groans, putting his hand on his head. "Watashitachi wa henpina tokoro ni mezame, dono kurai made watashitachi ga Zawame kara aru kamo shirenai ka wakaranai!"

"Shinpai shinaide. Watashi wa kakushin shiteimasu..." The black-haired youth, Mitzusane "Mitchy" Kureshima, trails off, noticing Ruby, Yang, and Cinder. "Eh? Karera wa darenano?"

"Karera ga watashitachi no shitsumon no kagidearu to watashi wa shinjiteimasu!" The older man, Oren Pierre Alfonzo, answers, grinning.

"Karera wa kiken ni mieru..." Mitzusane points out.

"Nansensu! Sore wa daijōbudarō to kakushin shiteimasu!" Oren reassures, before turning to the girls and slipping into an accented English. "It's showtime."

The group walks over.

"Excuse me, young ladies!" Oren grins. "My friends and I just need to ask you a simple question real quick - ignore them, by the way; they can't speak English."

Upon hearing this, Mitzusane looks at Oren with shock, before slipping into English himself - which actually sounds a bit cleaner than Oren's. "Actually-"

"Hush, darling, the adults are talking." Oren cuts off Mitzusane, still keeping up the grin. "Now then..."

As Oren talks, Mitzusane happens to notice the sign. "This is really a rather simple question - it won't take up a lot of your time, I assure you-"

Mitzusane loudly coughs, trying to draw Oren's attention to the sign.

"What did I say?" Oren turns around, silencing Mitzusane, before turning back around to the girls and somehow completely missing the sign. "As I was saying, we simply wish to know where we are!"

"Anata no jōshi wa chotto bakadesu, kare wa arimasen ka?" Mitzusane remarks to Jonouchi.

Meanwhile, also in the wilds of Poni Island...

Two knights walk through, completely amazed by their surroundings.

"Fascinating..." Shovel Knight examines one of the trees as he walks by. "I know nothing like this grows in Pridemoor. Where do you think we are?"

"I have nary a clue," Shield Knight responds, looking closely at the surroundings herself. "but I'm sure we'll figure it out later. For now...let's just take it in, shall we?"

(Translations, in order of when they're said:)

("This is terrible..." "We woke up in the middle of nowhere, and we have no idea how far we could be from Zawame!")

("Don't worry, I'm sure..." "Who are they?")

("I believe they're the answer to our question!")

("They look dangerous...")

("Nonsense! I'm sure it'll be fine!")

("Your boss is a bit of an idiot, isn't he?")