[Arhra]

"It was just too pedestrian to really draw much attention to." Arhra admitted to Phil. "Hmm.. giant eagles you say? That could work, as long as we don't go too high. With the warping on the place and the atmosphere distortions caused by the barrier arond the Gate, I'm paranoid about bad things happening. We'll go with eagles and spaceships then. It's not like some convenient portal is about to open right in front of use after all."

A portal, linking to parts unknown, conveniently shimmered into existence, opening barely a foot in front of Fenris.

Arhra paused at this. She knew she was good, but she wasn't that good. "Uh... right." Arhra said blankly, "I guess we should take this as a sign and not question it in any way." She entered, jumping out a second later. "Had to make sure it was safe." the chaos being explained, promptly walking back into it.

Some of the NPFers followed her, others thought it was a stupid idea to go jumping in enigmatic portals and didn't. But staying behind wasn't going to accomplish anything and they wouldn't be able to do anything about dangers on the other side if they weren't there, so they ended up entering the portal anyway. So really, all of the NPFers followed her.

On the other side, they found an eerie expanse. Miles and miles of empty parking lots, stretching on past the horizon, towards infinity. There was only a single building to relieve the white stripped tarmac. A sign declared it "Denny's".

"Right..." Arhra said. She turned to Hydra, looking up at the unshrunk kaiju in training worriedly. "Sorry, I've been meaning to find some solution for your transformation, but it things just keep getting in the way." She concentrated, a thorn of chaotic magic as long as her arm appearing and falling to the ground with a hollow clatter. "Try using that to find a fix. Maybe some sort of shapechanging?" she advised; having the option to transform into a giant monster was always nice. "I made it extremely impressionable and it should react to the chaos already present in you."

"But I don't know anything about magic. It could be impossible for all I know!" Hydra protested.

"Then ignorance will be an advantage." Arhra replied firmly, "Everyone else, let's check this place out."

Heading in towards the restaurant, there was no company but the wind. It was clearly in business, despite a clear lack of people to be in business with. The NPFers came to the door and entered.

The place was almost empty, the employees standing blankly at the cash registers with empty eyes. They only had one customer, sitting in splendid isolation in the middle of the room.

It was the Hazel Eyes White Capitalist, Pedro O'Sullivan.