[center][h3][color=aba000]Alexander Shields[/color][/h3][/center]

Alexander nodded "[color=aba000]Right, thanks. If you could just shrink the portal, that would be great, since I'm not sure how long this is going to take[/color]. With that said, he stepped through the portal to the forest on the other side, and said portal began to shrink. Now alone (or at least alone enough), he began the ritual to contact Sol "[color=aba000]Oh he who-[/color]" and was interrupted almost immediately. Alexander felt himself surrounded by a overwhelming presence that was simultaneously, blinding, enraged, scorching and resolute. The shear weight of it caused him to fall to his knees. Despite there being no visible change to area he was in, the whole place felt completely different

[color=f7941d][i]Do It[/i][/color]

It wasn't a voice, or even words, but Alexander felt [i]something[/i] there. Something that told him that he had the all clear to bless the ship. Still shaken, he wordlessly got back to his feet and walked to the portal "[color=aba000]hey, um...I'm done. It went faster than I expected[/color]" When the portal was enlarged, he stepped back through it and spoke again "[color=aba000]I...just got the go ahead from the big man. So...yeah, I'm going to go do the thing[/color]"As he made his way to the ship, he couldn't help but think '[i][color=aba000]Was that what a religious experience was supposed to feel like?[/color][/i]'