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[firewalled]

[The first thing Rich notices is that his hospital bed is feeling mighty uncomfy at the moment. No matter how he tries to shift himself around, it feels like he's sleeping on rocks. He really doesn't want to wake up so soon, but with a mumble, he opens his eyes, hoping that maybe one of his friends has popped in to visit.

When he opens his eyes, he doesn't see any of his friends. In fact, he doesn't see the room he's almost gotten used to. When he turns his head to the side, he notices what he mistook for his hospital bed is actually a hard stone chair, something like a throne that he's currently seated in.

Then he notices that he is seated, and looking down at his legs, the bandages are completely gone. He makes a confused noise as he lifts his arms. They're mobile again... covered in scars, but otherwise healed. He frowns and looks around the room.]

Um... Mr. Nurse Dude? Did the doctors take the casts off while I was out?

[He takes in the rest of the room: the tall stained glass windows, the looming pillars, the sprawling velvet carpet covering stone floor. He feels way tinier than he usually does.]

...Also am I high?

[There is regrettably no answer. Not when he calls for Jake or Michael or Jeremy, not when he even tries calling for Chloe or Brooke. He waits for a while, but, antsy as he was when he couldn't move his limbs, it isn't long before he hops off the throne and starts using his newly healed legs to start wandering.]

((This is a joint intro of sorts! Rich's bestest bro Jake Dillinger (jakeyd) will have a tag under this post to respond to if you are so inclined.))

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[jakeyd]

[While Rich was fortunate enough to be allowed a gradual awakening in their new surroundings, Jake was not quite so lucky. As he had been wheeling his way to the nearest hospital vending machine for a soda moments before, the sudden loss of both his casts and wheelchair left him hanging a foot in the air when the strange dimensional shift occured.

So, naturally, his welcome to the castle ended in him being dumped on his ass in the middle of a random hallway.]

Oof! What the hel--uhhh?

[All at once Jake realizes that he has not simply slipped out of his wheel chair, but that it has disappeared completely, along with his casts. Even more puzzling is the fact that he definitely isn't in the hospital anymore.

After about a minute and a half of taking in his unfamiliar surroundings with wide, confused, eyes; he finally collects himself enough to venture calling out.]

Heellloooo? Anyone here?

[He waits. Nothing.]

I think they gave me something other than pain killers...

[But if this is some kind of drug induced hallucination it'll wear off eventually, right? So perhaps he need only wait in the hallway until hospital staff find him acting strange in the hallway. Or until it passes.
Which is nearly what he does, until he adjusts his position in an attempt to get more comfortable...and moves his leg on instinct. As in, it actually moved.
What the fuck? What the fuck? What the-]

I'm--my legs are fine?! [Jake immediately attempts standing, which was likely not the brightest idea should it turn out that his legs weren't fully healed--but they were. He was standing, unassisted.]

.....Rad? [Maybe it's rad? He's still confused.]

[leftright_a]

The sound of a gameboy booting up makes itself known behind Rich, accompanied by a swarm of pixels that quickly shape themself into the image of a man.

The way the pixels move is probably awful familiar--as is the blue and the circutry on skin.

"Weh-heh-hell, hey there, newcomer! Welcome to the castle! What's your name?"

(God. He hates not having access to this kind of information off the top of his head.)

[dustless]

[So far it's been a nice day.

Nothing's made them too scared or too mad or too happy (which might not even be a trigger for change, but Frisk doesn't want to risk anything). They've got access to the ballroom and all of its assorted sweets. They've been able to stay away from most people.

So mercifully, what he'll find in his wandering is a child. One completely ignoring him in favor of stuffing their face with a huge plate of cupcakes in the middle of a hallway, but still--a child, not a wolf-thing.]

[oldmantiger]

[Once Rich makes his way outside, it doesn't take long for Kotetsu to spot him. Mostly because Kotetsu is on his way down from the roof, after taking another shot at looking for dragons.

So as Rich is getting his bearings, he might see a man actually rapelling down the side of the castle, with the aid of a grappling hook which also seems to be a watch.

Either way, Kotetsu waves once he's down on the ground and calls out:] You okay there? Looking a bit lost!