[Groggy and confused was a much better state than he expected to be in. Alive was a better state than he expected. Maybe he wasn't alive? It was pretty easy to die when one's airship was destroyed under their feet.

After fiddling with the phone for awhile, and dropping it twice, he gets it working. He might as well ask, right?]

Greetings. I will not waste time inquiring about how this... world works but I must know how it is that most come to be here. The circumstances that led to my being unconscious before arriving were dire, leading me to believe that this is either some kind of afterlife or that my mind is locked here while my body is controlled by a very powerful entity.

The complexity of the illusion makes it unlikely that the dragon is behind this. Unless it is far more intelligent than previous speculation suggests.

[As calm as his words are, he looks concerned.]

Is it common for others to arrive here in the middle of a deadly encounter? If there are other sylvari that can hear me now, I would be exceptionally grateful to know how you came to be transferred to this place. I still feel a connection to the Dream, though it is fainter than I have ever felt before.

I welcome any explanations that disprove my theories.

Who: Ni and Astronema
What: Ni shows up in the Bay, still bloody from the fight with Sanzo and co
Where: The Bay
Warnings: Not really

Huh. That neatly summed up Ni's thoughts throughout waking up somewhere that wasn't a forest after getting shot in the face and, presumably, not even the same world he was used to. The Bay created an unfortunate bottleneck. He couldn't hide who he was here and couldn't even teleport himself away, having no idea what he might run into trying that.

This all would be a curiosity to explore later. Now he was annoyed. He'd set up that confrontation months in advance, only to have it interrupted twice. How unbelievably rude.

It was nighttime, a small upside to all this, spoiled somewhat by bright street lights nearby. The sooner he adjusted to this new place the sooner he could disrupt whatever calm it had. First he needed to not be so obvious...