[ The circumstances of his arrival on this planet, in this place, are still weighing on Caleb. His many layers are still faintly damp, but the lingering hangover from Hupperdook is mercifully gone. He's thinking about the impending fight as he skulks between cottages. His magic isn't quite there; every time he reaches for it, he feels it fizzling.

The low-level thrum of panic won't let him rest, so he walks through the cabin, past the villagers, to the beach. Even the stars are different here. It's staggering to think how wholly he has been displaced. The sky has changed. How far from home has he managed to land?

Of course, looking up and fretting isn't the best approach to walking along the beach. Instead of treading on sand, his boot comes down firmly on a fellow stargazer. ]

Ah. [ Caleb hops back a step. ] I didn't see you down there.

[ It should probably have crossed his mind to watch for anyone laid out on the sand. Even the threat of the approaching storm or the inescapable worry over current circumstances couldn't really ruin the beauty of the beach. Caleb takes another step back, prepared to just start walking back the way he came depending on the response he gets. ]

[ At this point, Caleb needs to get off the bike. It's a miracle he's alive, and a bigger miracle he hasn't crashed. It takes him a long moment to loosen his grip from the bike, and relax enough to take in the aftermath of the battle.

The monsters were beaten back. That should be unquestionably good, but Caleb doesn't feel much in the way of relief. He survived something that he's reasonably sure he shouldn't have, but the complete severance from any modicum of familiar reward only leaves room for weariness. He's not going to get anything out of having survived this. In Wildemount, there had at least been some sense of progress. Here, he's been jettisoned so far back it's as if he's never started. Caleb slumps momentarily in his seat, before he shakily descends.

And when confronted with the direction towards chainsaw and corpses, Caleb immediately doubles over and vomits. Great first impression, right? ]

widogast: Hello?

[ do whatever, i'm down to roll with it. his canon point is episode 24. mark any spoilers for later critical role episodes, please. ]