Voice testing. For the given sense of voice testing, that is.

[morethanadream]

[Don't mind Sandy. He's just going to float in the air, napping quietly.

Until his mun gives him a nice metaphysical tap on the arm.

He shakes himself awake, then blinks sleepily, glancing around the new place. Huh. He didn't think his mun would actually try playing him, but okay. It's flattering that she wants to try, although it would have been nice if she had dropped him off somewhere near his friends. Speaking of...

Pictures made of golden sand start flickering over his head. An Easter Egg. A tooth. A Christmas tree. A snowflake. All of them are followed by a question mark while he floats around the area, searching for the other guardians. Or anyone at all, really. Despite not speaking, Sandy likes meeting new people.]

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[psimera]

...
Is that a PSI ability?

[Threat analysis doesn't bring anything up - apparently it throws off his PSI sensors. It's definitely nothing he's seen before, which means he needs to find out whether it's going to be a problem for Master Porky.]

[morethanadream]

[The Sandman frowns and cocks his head. He's afraid he doesn't understand, but he's guessing the boy is asking about his power, so he conjures a little cloud of golden sand in his palm and offers it to the boy to look at.]

[psimera]

[The Commander slips into a defensive stance when the small golden figure starts summoning more of - whatever it is, with his hand flying down to his side to grab at the hilt of his sword. He stays like that for a second or two, but relaxes when nothing else seems to happen.]

[After a moment, he impulsively reaches out to poke at the sand.]

[morethanadream]

[Luckily, as long as it doesn't hit him in the face, he doesn't go to sleep. Instead, this sand is soft and gentle, and at his touch, it forms an image from one of his dreams, likely something playful and sweet.]

[psimera]

[In this case, it's the Ultimate Chimera's chick. The Commander blinks at it for a second, then tilts his head. The chick has a rather fearsome guardian, but he has to admit it itself is cute.]

[Well, alright. Whatever this (PSI? He still doesn't know) is, it doesn't seem like it'll be harmful. He's not going to throw away the possibility of this being a deception entirely right away, but he is going to assume Sandy is non-hostile for the moment.]

[That doesn't mean he'll stop being curious.]

...
Who are you?

[morethanadream]

[Let's see if he can properly mime his name.

Sandy summons more sand, letting a little cloud float over his palm before emphatically rubbing it between his fingers, trying to bring attention to it, and then a giant E forms above his head.

Sand-E. Close enough.]

[psimera]

...right.

[The Commander is not even going to try to guess what that's supposed to mean. He's going to be bad at it, he can already tell. Instead, he'll just log this person as 'sand PSI user' and stop there.]

...

[Without asking permission, his hand darts out to try and actually grab some sand now, see if he can determine anything else about it by playing with it. Rude.]

[morethanadream]

[Wait wait no that's not--

Sandy jumps in surprise, and when his concentration is shattered, the sand bursts outwards in all directions. Uh, Commander, try to make sure none of that gets in your eyes or else you'll be out cold.]

[psimera]

[The Commander jumps back himself too, startled, arms raised to try to ward off some of the sand - but with so many granules, that's a bit hard. Enough does get past to his face, and, well...]

[He sneezes violently twice, stumbling back, nearly falling over backwards but catching his balance at the last moment. Thankfully, this leaves him not much further to fall when his eyes do roll back in his head and he falls asleep, his left eye visibly flickering off before closing.]

[Well. That was certainly a thing that happened. Maybe this will help him learn not to be so hasty, next time.]

[He should be fine if Sandy leaves him here, though - Dear Mun is safe enough.]

[morethanadream]

[...Oops.

Sandy glances around awkwardly, then sprinkles a little more sand on the Commander's face. Just enough to give him a nice dream.

Now he'll just... stay there. Make sure that the man doesn't get dragged off while he sleeps or something, because no matter what his mun says, he doesn't feel quite right leaving a person asleep on the ground somewhere where he doesn't know it's safe.]