I'm really surprised I never saw any roleplaying story which involved teleportation fuckery, like this one...You'd think it'd make for a decent plot device, to find your lost teammates?
(I guess it's not used as much, since in an actual game, splitting the party also means splitting the amount of game-time each group has...I still like it, though. I hate playing a game in which everyone are always together.)
P.S: I see some comments call out the teleportation-incident as contrived and stupid. And now I'm getting Mushoku Tensei flashbacks.
A lot of people hated that teleportation-arc, too. And it was just as contrived, only this time, this story has: "Well, it's game-logic, lol" to cover for it...