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Working for heartless is often exciting. Emiko doesn't think their leadership's paranoia is warranted but that's true of half her colleagues. Heartless always does some of the most ambitious research though. This time it's research into travel between realms without magic. This isn't their first attempt by any means but it's more promising than most. So far they succeeded at transferring a few samples between close realms and they're beginning longer tests this time between two realms without such closely aligned metaphysics. Emiko is adjusting some of the apparatus when something goes wrong. Several fail safes break and the apparatus targets her. The next moment she's flung into the between and not the nearby between either she's somehow flung far beyond the furthest edge of exploration. For the first time she's truly grateful for the paranoia of Heartless. A mage crystal within her body activates doing it's best to protect her. Her internal reactor ramps up to support the higher draw. Her medical systems spin up as automated algorithms triage and discard her limbs and then push her into suspended animation. She observes all this in the space of a few eyeblinks and approves the choices of the automation before fully entrusting it with her life.
A pack of a dozen wolves are circling her little clearing each easily larger than her and each with large erect phalluses below their barrel.
Surprisingly enough she's not into giant wolves. She doesn't really feel up for fighting though. 'Can you fight for me?'
'Affirmative. Cede control.' They extend a query, they needs her permission to take control of her body. When she gives it, the armor plating fully extends helmet and all and a bladed tentacle sprouts from her lower back like a tail. It launches into a series of attacks blooding the wolves with metallic blades and bursts of electricity making it clear that they are not easy prey. Giving them a chance to retreat.
The suit retains control for long enough to jump away from the clearing bouncing between branches deftly avoiding various tentacled plants and making their way to a safe nook between the branches of one of the enormous trees.
'Safety' it declares before handing back control.
'That was amazing,' she sends. 'Perhaps next time we have a long session we should find a way to muffle the sounds I make though.'
She spends another couple minutes recovering from doing two rather physically taxing activities in a row.
'Confirmation' And then it begins an introductory lesson in magic. She possess six physical elemental filters and has quite a few runes carved into her soul. It walks her through a few basic bits of casting.
Magic!!! Spellcasting is quite interesting, she's not very good at it but that makes sense for a beginner and there's a subtle feeling of approval as she works to improve. Her favorite experiment so far is channeling air aspected mana into a slow and unsteady but very real flight. She can move faster just by jumping but maybe as a supplement to her jumping it will be useful.
When she gets hungry the suit helps her find some edible plants and prepare a small meal, after that she slowly makes her way in a randomly chosen direction snacking on small edibles and playing with small spells along the way.