Teleportation in its various forms is just a part of everyday life in WoW.  Mages burn a runestone and move themselves or their friends across continents.  Warlocks summon their friends through the nether.  Engineers — both goblin and gnomish — cobble devices together that transfer their users from one place to another.  They’re part of how your characters move from one part of Ulduar to another.  Or Icecrown Citadel.  Or even from Booty Bay to Gnomeregan.  You can summon your friends at meeting stones.   Some NPCs will even fling you gleefully about the world, if you ask them to.

And of course, there’s your trusty hearthstone, nestled snugly in your backpack from the moment you set foot in your starter zone.

There isn’t much in the way of mechanics explaining how it works, in-game.  It’s mostly just accepted: you’ve been given the spell, it does its job (even if it sometimes it doesn’t go quite as planned…)

So, for a little bit of Monday afternoon, oh-god-when-will-the-work-day-end fun, tell me about your characters’ experiences with teleporting — if they can teleport themselves or other people around, how does the magic (or the science!) work for them?  If they’re at the mercy of others, what does it feel like to be teleported or summoned around?  Does it make them nervous?  Do they say a prayer before stepping through a portal?  Are they disoriented when they come out on the other side?  Have there ever been any…complications?

Have at it!  Bonus points if your reply is in the form of a short fic!