Fractured

Myriad Reality

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It's been a while since I've made travelers stew. Best with wild ingredients, but can be made with stuff from the market.

*I set aside the meat while waiting for Lily and Noct to return*

So... You've been traveling for a while I assume, what's the most amazing thing you've seen so far?

@Vacare

*Chuckles*
Now that isn’t a fair question. I might have to give that award to an incredible floating city, surrounded by water falling toward the planet, evaporating into mist before it hit the ground.

Myriad Reality

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Fair enough, I just wanted to know what it took to do it. There's not a lot of ways to test that besides doing it for real.

*I continue to fillet the rabbit and get all the meat that I could from its small body*

You've got the pot boiling water?

@Vacare

Sure, I’ve got it. Now we just need the familiar and the spirit to show up again.

Myriad Reality

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*Immediately cancels the spell and the door dissipates into thin air*

I can't even believe I did that. I just tried to keep my mind clear and open a random doorway. I wonder if I could get back to my world with this...

*I paused for a moment to think with a hand to my chin before looking up to the sky again*

Nope! That's a bad idea. If the Darkness did indeed take my world, I'd be unleashing a horror on this world that none of us are prepared to face.

@Vacare

Or at least wait until we're about to leave before you do that.

Myriad Reality

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*A magic door way appears out of the ground and opens to reveal an unfamiliar place filled with unknown technology*

That's... Something else. What's this world now? There are automatons and flying metal airships and... What? What is this???

*Veil's face shows visible shock and confusion.*

@Vacare

Way too dangerous, whatever it is. Something in there will probably kill us.

Myriad Reality

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Hmm... Let me try something.

*I hold my hand out and cast a spell*

Hallways out of sight, hidden doors and paths, reveal yourself by my hand.

@Vacare

*Leans back and watches*

Myriad Reality

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Hmm... But... I don't understand how. Is it like... A teleportation spell?

@Vacare

Mine? It's modified teleportation, yeah. I have no idea how the others do it.

Myriad Reality

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How would I even go about that?

@Vacare

Different beings do it in different ways. I use a gate spell so Lily can modify it, but I could use a skill instead to avoid the mana cost. Some people I know can do it without being able to use magic at all.

Myriad Reality

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Well I don't have my world anymore... But I do have you two and I don't know where we'll end up but I can't really see myself wandering alone in this foreign world without you two.

@Vacare

*Pokes the fire with a stick*
Sounds like you don't have much to lose. There are several worlds besides this one that you could visit.

Myriad Reality

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I do, but when you really think about it. Noct is allowed to leave at any time, it's not like I force him to stay. We have a contract, but if he so wished I would let him go. Maybe that won't happen and I'll be thankful, but if it does and I truly turn out to be immortal... I've heard stories. Watching all the people you care about, grow up, grow old, and die while you stay forever young for centuries. It's... It's not a life I want.

@Vacare

I can see how that would be painful for a certain kind of person. Who would you be leaving behind?

Myriad Reality

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Yes... I was chosen for the heroes party. So I feel great shame in not being able to protect my world. But as Lily said, we can only keep moving forward.

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It's a possibility that I hope is not true. It's quite lonely being immortal.

@Vacare

Lonely? You have Noct.