"Not that one!" Vaprrenon calls as she wanders over to you, sitting down at your feet. "That's the Catboys of Cosmivjive. You want to visit the creatures of Planet FROG for now, believe me. You'll love visiting them!." She points to the one next to the one before you. "Planet FROG pets are through there, not here." She smiles up at you. "Starluck created Planet FROG, just as elfie created Isilldorn." She sees your blank stare. "Oh, you'll figure things out eventually!"

She takes your wrist, dragging you over as she sits still. "Now, go on," she urges. You ask if she is coming with you and she shakes her head. "No, another of my pets is sick and I need to take them to the vet. You'll be fine for a while. I've already arranged for a guide to take you through FROG."

You thank her and smile, raising your hand dully as she waves and does a summersault before skipping off and disappearing into another portal to get the pet she was talking about. You shrug and step cautiously into the portal, wondering that with the name "Planet FROG" if you will soon find yourself knee-deep in swamp sludge. You shudder, not liking that idea at all, not one bit!

Surprisingly, you find yourself in a nice meadow, with odd plants all about, vines and grasses, trees, all of them different colors. You see butterfly-like creatures fly through the air, but they flutter so quickly that you can't see them all too clearly. You hear something behind you and turn about, coming face-to-face with a smiling red-haired young man.

You blink, seeing that he has no shirt, and a sword strapped ovr his shoulder. He raises a hand and waves slightly. "Hey," he greets, smiling slyly. "Welcome to FROG, I suppose. You must be the one Vaprrenon told me about. Well, I guess we'd better get going, then, huh?"

He turns to lead you off, but you simply stare in confusion. You call to him to wait as you hurry after him. He turns and waits for you to be by his side and you pause when reaching him. You ask of his name and he blushes slightly before he gives his answer.

"Me? I'm just a Loney Bastard." You blink, susrprised by that answer. He shrugs. "That's my name, Bastard....." He laughs. "Guess I am, too!" He smiles. You blink. "Well, now that thta's out int he open, you still wanna follow me or not? Vaprrenon's not here." You sigh and nod, following him once again.

"Well, at least we didn't have to go too far," you hear your guide say to himself as he leans against a nearby tree. You blink and come up beside him, gazing at two creatures. One looks to be a dragon of some kind, the other like an odd sort of deer.

You look on as the deer-like creature shakes its head and turns to the nearby pink draconic creature. The man standing at your side shrugs. "Randorph was a CCF Christmas gift back in 2002. Valson, the little dragon there, was a CCF Valentine's Day Gift. Vaprrenon took the two of them in and stuck 'em with me." He shrugs. "The three of us were gifts to the CCF, in a nut shell. Most that you'll find in these parts probably are."

He kneels down, clicking his tounge on the back of his teeth as he calls to the two creatures. They glance up and wander over cautiously together, inspecting you. The dragon, Valson, seems more daring than the timid Randorph, so you reach out to pet the little cyberpet.

Valson ducks away from you for a moment, but allows your touch after realizing you're posing no threat. After a moment, the creature seems to enjoy your company, and rubs against you. He swishes his scaly tail a bit, making a happy gurgling noise.

Randorph sees this and now wants attention as well. He nickers for your attention, nudging you with his head until you pet him as well, wanting equal attention from his visitor. You smile, but the man at your side only rolls his eyes. "Come on, then," he says to both you and the two Planet FROG cyberpets, "We don't have all day just to stand here. Get up. There's more for you to do than to just sit here petting these two fuzzy things all day long."

You give the two little creatures another pat on the head each before standing to follow behind your guide. You follow after the man, as he's already started off without you, and glance around the strange, almost surreal area as you both walk on through. After a few minutes the Lonely Bastard stops short. So short, in fact, that you nearly run into his back. You peer around him at a small pond not too far off.

"Stay quiet," he instructs softly, gesturing to the waters. "Them there don't take too kindly to loud noises. They spook pretty easy and are too shy for most visitors to get all that close. There's little Sorsi now...she was a Christmas gift from Starluck, er, Syrcaid"

You have no idea what the man is talking about until you see a little blue head bob up and down among the reeds. The tiny little thing sits on the pond's edge, seeming to entertain something in the water that you cannot see. You have no idea what that strange blue creature must be, but you find you have to admit it's rather cute, blissfully unaware of your presence. Your guide frowns, taking your hand to lead you. "Let's see if we can get a better look at 'em."

You follow the man closely as he searches around the pond from a distance, trying to find a better spot for you to see the little blue Sorsi creature. "O'er here," he hissed at a whisper to you, turning back toward you and waving for you to come nearer.