It was all very pretty as far as the cameras were concerned.
"Heillecourt, France, a community of 3100 people in this scenic area now swollen by the news of this newest visitor to over 100,000. Little do they know of the DOOM that awaits them."
Several people looked askance at the news commentator, choosing to ignore what they saw as wishful thinking.
"Has anyone noticed that whenever these things come to rest, there's a lot of water nearby?" asked one of the crowd.
"Oh, it was just a water main breaking, they'll have it fixed in a couple of days," said another of the crowd.
At which point crowd control failed and there was a rush of people through the Gate. Possibly because a news agency had offered a significant cash reward for pictures from the other side.
Ranma took a deep breath and stepped through the Gate 01-01. Which was unimaginative as far as names concerned, but it was the first Gate on a world which was linked to from another Gate. Besides, maybe someone would come up with a better name.
From humid and warm, Ranma felt the air go to thick and cloying immediately. "You getting any of this, doc?"
"Relays seem to be working," agreed the voice on the transceiver. "Can you pan to the left?"
"Yeah yeah," said Ranma, turning in the indicated direction.
Hotaru stepped through the 01-01 Gate and made a small noise of disapproval.
"Yeah, it kinda stinks over here," agreed Ranma. "It's a swamp, they do that."
"Looks like there were some tanks over here too," said Hotaru, pointed at something mainly unrecognizable because of all the creepers and moss covering it.
"I thought that was just a tree stump or something," said Ranma. "Look out!"
Hotaru swung around in time to see they were being attacked by:
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