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[wizard_redfive]

[The journal picks up a scratching sound, a little like a cat, if its claws were made of metal. Soon a mechanical voice starts to speak, quiet and dry with dread.]

Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh oh.

[Then Dairine's voice can be heard, getting progressively louder as she approaches the journal.]

Spot? What are you doing with my-?

Uh oh.

[Dairine freezes.]

Ohhh boy... That can't be a good sign.

((Regular type is Dairine. Code is her Wizard Manual, Spot.))

Comments

[wizard_redfive]

That's nice to hear, though I doubt he'll come back out. He's usually pretty shy around other people.

It is admittedly more common for troubles to come from more local causes, with the exception of the Lone One, of course. [But That is a tricky subject when it comes to Its location. Or anything else about It.] But considering the Collectors that recently dropped by, it wouldn't surprise me if the local worldwalls were thinning, which would make us susceptible to even more unwanted visitors.

[radiantwingedone]

It is perhaps unsurprising to you that I have no idea what this 'Lone One' is, nor the idea of 'worldwalls', local or not.

[wizard_redfive]

A little. I'm fairly sure you've heard of the Lone One, though you might not have realized it. Most people have. That Power has a nasty habit of sneaking into folk lore and different religious tales.

Worldwalls are basically what they sound like: invisible walls that separate different versions of a location. It's not to difficult to grasp if you have an idea of parallel worlds or the multiverse. Have you hear of those?

[radiantwingedone]

... Then there is perhaps a problem in that there is no 'religion'.

[ There is silence, and Duke can't think of more to explain quickly. ]

The idea of branching paths - a choice made could have been made differently, and alter everything - is vaguely familiar. As is the notion of 'Fate', that one can do anything and still end up with the same results down the line, or something that draws people together.

[ Distasteful, at the second agreement. ]