Chapter 5: The fondlings of fate.
Vuvi leads him back through the house and towards a heavy wooden door. She flings it open and they step into the world outside.
Pip freezes as his metal feet sinks into the soft grass.
"Beautiful!" he mutters to himself.
Rolling hills and flower filled meadows stretches to the horizon where mountains, crusted with giant, glowing crystals, floated lazily through the skies. A winding road, made of intricately laid cobblestone runs past their cottage, weaving through the fields and vanishing into a misty forest. Pink and purple clouds race through a sky crowned by twin suns and in the distance... dragons. Their scales on fire as they screech through the air like a squadron of flaming fighter jets.
Pip clunks forward, eyes flitting about as he tries to absorb every sight, smell and sound.
"Welcome to the cursed lands of Elthrea!" Vuvi exclaims, spreading her arms open towards the world before them.
Pip turns to her, eye-cameras flickering as his brain struggles to keep up with the flood of new information.
"Listen carefully, Pip, this is how we're gonna save this world." she proclaims as she steps in front of him and lifts six fingers towards his face. "It's a foolproof, perfectly planned, six-step process!"
"What have I gotten myself into my?" He wonders as she starts counting off her fingers dramatically.