You sigh and shrug to yourself. Might as well humor your feline guide. Maybe if she sees you cannot fit into her portals she'll suddenly pop up again, out of the blue like usual, and give you a hand at figuring out how to actually visit these pets of hers.

Hesitantly, you stick out your hand to feel the small white portal. Instead of feeling the rough blank canvas in front of you like you originally expected, you instead feel as though your hand has been plunged into some liquid. Warm milk, that's what it reminded you of, though you weren't quite sure why. You stand there perplexed for a moment before you suddenly feel weightless. The whiteness surrounds you, pulling you inside somehow. You tumble for a few seconds, finding yourself laughing at the tickling sensation of the journey.

You feel yourself suddenly on a hard surface. There was no impact, no thud, you are just suddenly...there. You blink. The first thing you hear is leaves rustling in the wind, then you see the clouds overhead. You sit up and realize you are on the edge of a forested area, a lake off to your left side. You go to stand up and take a better look around but freeze when you see a little creature nearby watching you.

You reach out to pet the critter when it tosses its head and runs away abruptly. "That was Molly," you hear from behind you. The ishna helps you to your feet and starts guiding you toward the water before you have a chance to speak. "She's pretty skittish. I'm glad you got a chance to at least see her."

Vaprrenon kneels by the water's edge, gently smacking the surface with her fingers. You are about to ask what she is doing when you see a tiny school of colorful fish suddenly swim up to the shallows. Farther out you can see two shapes moving around. As you look you see they're strangely colored dolphins!

You smile, watching the little fish swim around happily to greet their owner. The only thing that tears your attention away from their flashing colors under the water's surface are the chatterings and chitterings of the pair of dolphins farther out. You glance up to see them jumping and playing in the once-calm waters. The playful dolphin stereotype certainly seemed to hold up in this place!

Your guide smiles proudly up at you and opens her mouth to speak again when you hear something snap nearby. You both look to see two deer, one an impossibly purple color, and two squirrels chasing each other up and down and around a tree behind the ungulates.

"Ah," Vaprrenon says, standing back up and putting her hands on her furry hips. "That guy there is Nam," she says, gesturing to the closer of the two deer. "He's kind of shy; I wouldn't expect him to come too much closer." She shrugs and looks back at her other pets. You do the same.

"those two crazy nutballs are Chai and Nips. They're not usually so energetic, but it's getting to be mating season, you understand." She laughs and rolls her eyes. The rodent pair don't seem to notice the presence of anyone else as they dash about around the trees.

You ask Vaprrenon about the strangely colored deer. Watching it, there doesn't seem anything special about it besides its color: it seems to be grooming itself at the moment, chewing at some of its fur or something from the look of things. You stand up and look to your guide for some sort of explanation.

"Oh, him? That's Psycatrick. I was going to ask him to lead us to some of the other Fifty Penny Pixel cyberpets. He's rather popular around here and knows just about everybody." She looks over to the deer and waves her arm around to get his attention.

The purple animal looks up finally, spotting the two of you. He calmly wanders over, allowing you to pet his neck and back. You are surprised at how soft he is! He stares at Vaprrenon, as if they two are somehow communicating telepathically, and eventually nods. He starts walking away from you both and Vaprrenon gestures for you to follow.