“Wake up Tim.”
…
“Tim will you wake up!”
“Go away.”
“Boss you should get up.”
“Yes wake up Sardan.”
“Sardan will you get up.”
“What?”
“I mean which ever one you prefer Tim or Sardan will you wake up.”
“Oh shit, you don’t mean it really happened.”
“Yes!”
As Tim sits’ up and takes a look around him he notices a few things right away. First he can see clearly without either his glasses or contacts. Then the weird things start registering. He was sleeping on a narrow cot that appears to be in a barracks of some sort. The person speaking to him is familiar but a little off he sounds like his friend John but he looks bigger and much more muscular and then there is the fact that it looks like he is wearing Blue Dragon Scale Armor with a crystalline sword strapped to his back.
Tim takes a deep breath and looks around more slowly taking it all in. Arrayed around the room he sees six other individuals. They appear to be two elves, two dwarves and two more humans. There is also two very large wolves standing next to one of the elves and clinging to the footboard of the bed appear to be a squirrel and a miniature griffin.
“Oh no”, he moans.
“Yes Tim it is real” says the one he thinks is John.
“Ah boss, why is Ulrich calling you Tim?”
“Because, Spike that is his name from his other self”
“Ariel are you sure? He doesn’t look like some other self”
“Oh man, what was I thinking two familiars.”
“I did try to warn you master, after all he his only a squirrel.”
One more look around the room confirms his suspicions. The tall muscular elf in green dragon scale armor with the wolves has to be Eric or Erik Liryrial wild mountain elf, barbarian ranger and novice beastmaster who travel with two dire wolves Hayze and Sleet. The slightly smaller definitely leaner elf in black dragon scale has to be Dave or Cyran Rilysian high elf, shadow ranger and Ronin from clan Elk. The young bald dwarf in black dragon scale armor can only be Dave or Kanoc Skystone professional tomb raider. That means the other dwarf in black dragon scale is Sandy or Conak Skystone older cousin to Kanoc and member of the Empresses Own. That leaves the three humans. The tall lean one in white dragon scale has to be Joe or Father Randall Bonesea cleric of The Great Church. If John or Sir Ulrich Bellum the cavalier is the big guy in blue dragon scale that means the other large fellow in red dragon scale is Matt or Mandan Silverstreak fighter sorcerer. This leaves him, Tim or Sardan Silverstreak wizard fighter to complete the roster of the Phantom Company adventuring band and members of the Royal Geographic Society.
“OK you all can stop glaring at me I never in a billion years expected this to happen” says Tim.
“I mean come on what are the odds that we would one day wake up in what is obviously and ancient Star Guardian cache. At least this way we’ll be properly armed for what ever comes our way. Look at you John I can see from here the Guardian Dragon Armband is on your left arm and I can see one on Matt’s too. You guys all know what that means you are able to summon the dragon that inhabits that arm band. So what’s yours called John?”
“Mountain Thunder” mumbles John.
“And you Matt?”
“Forrest Whisper”
“Like I was saying, just like home.”
“But at home it was a game here it’s not” shouts Dave. “Here it’s going to be real. It’s some other dimension.”
“Yea so, if you relax for just a sec you’ll feel your other self’s training and powers just waiting to be used. Hell, I had a squirrel and tiny griffin yammering at me in my head before I even woke up. No offence Guys. And I’m sure you Eric can hear Sleet and Hayze in your mind no matter what you keep telling your self. Not to mention all the magical power that is bouncing around in my skull. Right now I would really like to see the effects of one of these spells especially Lightning Bolt. How about you Matt I remember you character there some juice in there just dying to use not to mention you skill with that beautiful sword you carry. What was her name? Oh yea, it was elvish some thing like Aueirael”
“Yea that’s her name,” states Matt. “But that not an issue. What is at issue here is why we are here not whether we are loaded for bear like some SWAT team which there is no denying we aren’t.”
“Well I’m sure I don’t know why we were brought over. Though I’m sure it wasn’t done on some whim. But think of what we can do here. We can do great things here and earn some serious coin here. Plus we may be able to take it back with us depending on what we find.
