(Figured I'd get an intro RP for JB and Meiou to get a feel for the place and so they can introduce their characters)

A female raccoon (Katy) is in the middle of combing over the forest floor to check on traps; whether they have been set off or need maintenance or whatever. With her are a male coyote (Joe) and a small black dragon similar in size to most mobians (Pyrus).

Coming from the opposite direction is a red rabbit. Whenever the group sees him, they will recognize him as Meiou, the guy who left Channelwood years ago.*

Both groups see lights and lightning just 20 yards off. Katy rushes to check it out and anybody else rushing to check it out will see what looks a lot like when the Terminator arrives after time travel. But instead of a big, beefy human-looking robot of death, there is a mouse collapsing to the ground.

JB is awakening in the middle of some unfamiliar (to him) forest, a raccoon looking at him from a distance along with whoever else ran to the sight.

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*According to Meiou's backstory, he got some Channelwood Freedom Fighters hurt during a mission, but it is kind of up in the air who, how, and whether it was his fault. Which works fine since it was years ago and different people can remember things differently.

In reply to Katy Coloflower (msg # 1):

The Mouse, over two feet tall, dressed in black and white, just huddled in a ball where he collapsed, shivering as if he's near frozen.  He had an expression of grief and horror on his face as he half-sobbed.  It would be easy for someone to assume that something terrible happened to him.

His head peeked out, revealing a field mouse-style face, with a black plum nose and ears of different color (Right Ear grey, Left Ear Black.) His green eyes were almost pinpricks with tears streaming down them, and his buck teeth chattered audibly.  His eyes stared ahead, not seeing much of anything.
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The rabbit was confused by the lightning in the middle of the woods. He reached down to his wasted to grip the handle of his shock pistol and dashed forward to see what in the world was going on.

  Joe really, really hopes there is not actual time travel involved.  That's almost as tiresome as learning you have a boring accountant with a goatee as your parallel dimension duplicate-

  Oh, right. Empathy for apparent suffering. You hooked up with Katy's group to be avoid the edgelord loner gutter Joe, work on that.  "Would you like a minute before we ask you what year you think it is?" What did we just say Joe?

  Then a bright pink rabbit runs in with a gun... Maybe they know angel?  "Hello. Please don't point that at anyone until we're sure they are an asshole first."

Pyrus is gradeschool age, but since he's a dragon he's already as tall at the teen racoon girl.  He hurries over to the poor mouse to help warm him up, assuming the guy is freezing to death.  To ensure the newcomer doesn't feel trapped, the lil dragon circles around him to snuggle up to Johnny from behind.  Pyrus' outside is about as warm to the touch as someone else's inside, so he's great for hypothermia patients.  Not so great for cuddles during summer heatwaves.

As the dragon boy reaches to give the mouse a hug and slowly blanket him under a wing, he tries to reassure him, "Good news, sir.  You're among good, helpful people.  We're going to make sure you get well."

(( I'm imagining this version of Pyrus with a scratchy, slightly growly voice.  Kinda like the original MLP Spike:  https://youtu.be/XImCzBD63Kw?t=38s ))

Seeing Pyrus has the comforting cuddles handled, Katy does a double-take upon seeing Meiou. "Meiou..."

Katy then registers what Joe said and speaks up. "Whether this new arrival got here via Robotnik or by himself, his means of arrival may have attracted attention. We need to get him out of here fast and cover our tracks while we're at it. Survival first, pleasantries later."

She goes to pick up JB and slump him onto Pyrus. "Joe, cover our tracks, please. Meiou, follow me."

When Katy reached over to the mouse, he flinched at the touch, and then looked right at the Racoon, his eyes all but pinpricks.  With a free hand, he reached out to her, grabbing her arm, then her shoulder, then her face.  "Are you real?  Are you Real?" he half-says, half-sobs, as he touches her face as if he was blind.

His teary eyes blinked a couple times, and they start going back to normal, revealing twin green pools.  "You are real, right?  Everything...back...real...excuse me here...everythin'...a blur...you probably...don't under-stand...don't know...how to...be...gin..."

He fell limp and fainted enough for Kathy to slump him over the dragon.  In spite of the weather, he was still shivering, as if the forest was the artic instead.  However, once he's under the dragon's wing his shivering subsides.  As much as he could, however, he couldn't keep himself from falling unconscious.  He looks exhausted.

(Note:  The mouse didn't have the chance to introduce himself, so nobody would know who he is yet.  Simple faux pas)
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The CRIMSON furred rabbit hearing joe as he arrived started to put away his pistol.
He jumped and almost fired it from its holster upon hearing Katy.

"Katy..h-hey. I was just on my way to see you actually.."

he noted the mouse and his reaction to waking up. He wasn't sure what he had been through
but Katy knew what she was doing so he quieted up and followed after her when she left.

  Look, Joe has trouble some mornings remembering if he's a Coyote or Jaguar in a given timeline.  So a narrative lapse of OC color coding is above par.

  He is quicker to pick up on how nearly trigger happy the rabbit is, though.  "If you were seeing her for reasons that will matter within the next half hour, might as well say it on the way." Joe comments as get gets to clearing their tracks.  Which is the easy part compared to traces of the lightning show.

Not everyone can boast they've rode on a dragon's back, but there are those who would say it is a rare honor.  (( https://dunbarcostumes.co.uk/w...s/2017/07/8712-1.jpg ))

The mouse yet to be introduced as Johnny babbling weirdness about who or what is real or not has Pyrus worried that there's more going on than just hypothermia.  Head injuries or mental illness are things a young dragon are not prepared to help with, but maybe one of the wise adults back home will know what to do.  At least the shivering stopped.

As for the apparently awkward reunion with the gun bunny, Pyrus wasn't there to witness why the guy left, and no one has brought it up since, so he's completely in the dark about what's going on there.

"Hi there, Mr. Meiou.  My name is Pyrus.  I'm a black dragon.  I don't change color like the marzlooplial kind.  Do you know how to fix a crazy person?"

She pulls out her slingshot and has a rock ready to fire at any sudden enemies that might pop up. "Thanks for handling the mouse, Pyrus."

This isn't the first time Katy has seen someone speak gibberish and sadly won't be the last. This world has driven its fair share of people crazy. But Katy suspects with the lightning and stuff that this guy had a direct encounter with Robotnik or one of his more insidious inventions...

Katy continues northward and then gives Meiou a quick glance and says, "Like Joe said, Meiou, feel free to tell me what's going on while you follow me."

The Mouse would've considered riding a dragon to be quite an honor...if he was conscious enough to enjoy it.  Unfortunately, he just slumped on Pyrus' back and kept being exhausted.  His gray ear twitched as it took in the voices around him, but the rest of him didn't notice.  He just gasped for air and for some reason, his white-gloved hand stroked Pyrus' back as he carried him...wherever.