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It was your first time visiting Outworld and had no idea what to expect. It was crazy that you got to go in the first place. You were part of the first ever civilians from Eathrealm to go to any of the other realms. You had chosen to go to Outworld. You had read a handful of books about the realm. Mainly about tbe geography, from Mt. Eterna to the hidden oasis of the Drylands. You were so excited but only now were you beginning to regret it. The place was more of a heat haze nightmare than an exotic getaway. You sighed and shook your head, you should be honored to be here.
You had been portalled to a small village and were greeted by human soldiers. Each soldier wore their respective flag on their bicep that was surrounded by the ocean blue colored uniform. You desperately wanted some water. Snapping yourself out of your thoughts you noticed that the soldiers' presence was strange. It had been years since the Outworld civil war and Tarkatan sightings were few and far between. Well, better safe than sorry you thought.
As you were led though the village you were shocked. Although you had already read about it, no book could've done it justice. The sky was tinted a light purple and royal purple where the clouds overhead covered it. You opened up your phone, you knew you couldn't call home but you were not missing the chance to take pictures. After you snapped a pic (that did not do the foreign sky any justice) you stood there slack-jawed and unmoving until you felt a hand on your shoulder. "We gotta get a move on darlin', or we're gonna get left behind" is what you registered before your mouth hung open again. You looked over at the man who had addressed you and figured that he was human but he didn't look like any of the other Earthrealm soldiers. You heard a chuckle from the cowboy next to you and that's when you finally you came to your senses and chilled for a bit. You cleared your throat and followed the man in the big hat. The rest of the group was walking toward a building at the edge of town. As you entered the building you noticed that there was a slow shift from Earthrealm soldiers to Outworld ones. You looked at the cowboy and asked "Aren't you supposed to hang out over there?" pointing to where the last of the Earthrealm forces were. He shook his head and said "Nah. I'm human but Earth ain't my home no more." You shot him a curious look but before you could press the issue further you were handed a small ticket. You stared at it to no avail as you couldn't make out what it said but before you could ask what it was for you were ushered to the outside of the building. The door opened up to a large green field, a stark contrast to the surrounding desert. As you moved forward, you couldn't believe your eyes. You had knew that that the beings of Outworld didn't use motorized vehicles but you weren't ready for what you saw. There was a large dragon made of wood and metal and in the center was a large platform to stand on. As you approached the wooden dragon thing, tickets were being checked. As you looked around you saw that your fellow humans weren't the only ones coming aboard. There were some locals as well as a good amount of Outworld soldiers. Even the sexy cowboy, not that you were looking for him you though.
You moved to the front of dragon contraption, the condragtion you decided to name it, and leaned on the railing. You sighed towards the purple sky and this time took a mental picture. More of a video really, capturing the heat and how the wind whisked it away. The smell of the dry air and the noise that condragtion was making beneath your feet. You breathed in, this wasn't paradise, but it was damn close.