Multiversal travel can be disorienting, but there’s no need to worry! All side effects are temporary and lessen with each trip. Your body may experience several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You may have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer dizziness while others are perfectly fine. You notice that the area you are in is filled with a soft cerulean light and feels slightly humid and dark despite the glow around you. Regardless of your current state, however, the stress of transit forces your body into unconsciousness.
Waking up is another story. Or maybe it isn’t.
You find yourself in a nondescript room; sometimes with others who have found themselves in the same situation, sometimes alone. Welcome to Avagi Station, your new home.
Avagi
That First Step, it is a Doozy:
There are always risks to exploring new environments and Avagi is rich with new nooks and crannies to explore. You’re checking out a new corridor that’s been opened, though there have been signs warning that there are areas where structural stability has been weakened by neglect and the passage of time. But maybe things have been going well, you’ve found a few interesting things of note and you’re ready to head back to your bunk for the day.
Except when you turn to leave, the floor is giving way without a screech of metal. Hopefully you’ve got some good reflexes and can catch yourself before you topple down a shaft that seems to go down at least thirty or forty feet. Do you call for help or struggle to handle it on your own? And more importantly, how are you getting around this giant hole in the floor now that it’s there?
The Buddy System:
In order to help new arrivals find their bearings the more experienced residents on board have decided to try out the buddy system in order until the new arrivals get their space legs. The guide is responsible for answering any questions, showing them all the important facilities and making sure their new friend doesn’t wander anywhere too dangerous. And what better way to get to know your buddy than to try and help them find all the supplies they need to be comfortable in their new home? Hopefully the barter blocks have some clothes in your size or else it could get a little bit awkward come laundry day.
Shining Bright:
The Observation Station is the best place on Avagi to get a look at the storm that rages all around. However today when you stop by there’s something strange and new to look upon. It’s not clear if it’s a change in the environment or perhaps an effect of the living energy that opens the portals but the entire room is filled with softly glowing floating lights. If you venture into the room and dare to touch one of the lights you’ll find that you find a song playing in your mind that fills you with a deep and abiding sense of peace. What you do with that feeling is up to you but it seems that these lights aren’t going to cause any harm then why not let yourself relax in a beautiful space for a little while?
Kaittos
This month there is a portal to the planet Kaittos, a peaceful world containing one large land mass and a scattering of lived-on islands across a clear blue ocean. On the mainland, a large city-state occupies the central region and southern coast and resembles what some travelers from some versions of Earth might know of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Bustling and lively, the city is clean and well provided-for due to the temperate climate and the bountiful natural resources found on its northern side; orchards, farms and forests extend into the distance, butting up against a small mountain range. The technology level is low compared to Avagi, with carriages and candles in place rather than cars and electric lights, but the craftsmen of the world have managed some very impressive mechanical feats.
Kaittans, the local residents of the world appear somewhat humanoid, but the bipedal race has hooves rather than feet, silvery skin and three eyes with vertical pupils. Although there is no sign of any other sentient species in the world, the locals are nonetheless excited to meet their guests, rather than suspicious or afraid; for some reason, they are not surprised that aliens exist, merely that they are here.
Visitors are encouraged to explore the city and partake in an exchange of goods and ideas, to share their culture and stories with the locals. Perhaps there’s a merchant willing to trade a bauble for a story or you want to try something entirely unknown to your palette in the culinary quarter. The possibilities, while not quite limitless, are enough to keep the curious busy for quite a while.
She seems like she's sh-shipworthy. [Bill has an easy time around other kids, though his friends he knew he could trust and would be patient with him. Ellie seems nice enough so far, and Bill smiles, glancing away a moment before giving the boat a good look over, turning her in his hands.]
Sh-she's real wood and it looks p-polished. Sh-should f-float along smoothly if we find a stream.
[He could handle any number of puns good-naturedly. He put up with Richie's terrible jokes and imitations all the time.]
Want to f-find out? [Not so long ago Bill had started to get a hold on his stutter thanks to a speech therapist and exercises. The past year had thrown all of that under a bus and his stutter was, at times, worse than it had been in years.]
[Ellie forgets all about trading for stuff of her own. Supplies are important but until she gets word that their time here is limited, it can wait. Bill seems like a nice guy, and she's all about playing around and wasting time.
His stutter registers with her but she doesn't show any outward sign of acknowledging it. She's met all kinds of other kids back home. There were stutters and some kids who wouldn't even talk at all.]
Come on, I know the perfect place for it to float.
[She saw it earlier back in the forest. It went on for a while, so they could follow it for hours if they wanted. With a grin she starts to lead the way, motioning for Bill to follow.]
[It's a relief t hear the excitement in her voice. A part of Bill worried she would think the boat was lame, or not be interested, and right now, friends and distractions are what Bill needs. He follows along at her pace, tucking the little boat between his arm and his side as they walk.]
I haven't done mu-much exploring yet. Just the ci-city. The people seem fr-fr-friendly.
[Far friendlier than most of Derry's residents. It feels almost inviting and colorful compared to the washed out feeling and look of his hometown.]
Yeah, a little too friendly. It's messed up, and you better not trust it.
[She's not used to adults giving her the time of day, much less being this nice to her. It makes her want to pull away from everyone because she can't trust it. He's okay though, since they look to be about the same age. There's a level of trust there just from that. Kids trust kids unless they're bullies. That's just how it goes.
She hurries out of the market and toward the forest, where they slip through the trees.]
Too fr-friendly? [He looks a bit baffled by her, but he understands the concept in theory. It's just so unusual, but for Bill, an optimistic young man, people being nice is just a nice change from Derry.
He keeps up with her easily, at least, used to running or biking around with the other losers. The forest is inviting more than off-putting and he enjoys the sights and sounds of it.]
I-i'm- [His stutter this time is worse, his face burning slightly. A girl asking his name isn't a common occurrence, especially not a cute one. He mentally repeats his mantra, but it doesn't help as much in his head, where the stutter never exists.]
No. I just got here. It's been a pretty wild ride so far.
[Not that anything that eventful has happened, but waking up on a space station far away from everything she's ever known is pretty eventful. She needs to get back to Joel or figure out a way to get him here with her. After she figures that out, she can stop feeling so tense.
She glances back at him as they encounter what looks like it used to be a fence made out of stone. It's too tall to just hop over, so they'll have to do some climbing. She knows that the stream is right on the other side. It's not really that hard of a task so she doesn't hesitate before starting to climb up and over.]
This is my first time on some other planet. What about you?
It r-really has. [He agrees, showing no hesitation as he climbs the wall to the side of her, pulling himself up and sitting on the top a moment to look over it before judging the distance to drop down, dusting off his jeans once he's on his feet again.
He doesn't show any lack of confidence in her ability to do the same, but he's there if she stumbles at all, always looking out for the others of his group, or trying to at least. For now, that's her.]
This is my f-first time outside my hometown. [The Barrens were technically still part of Derry.]
It's very di-di-different from what I'm used t-to. [And that was anything but a bad thing, though he kept feeling like he was forgetting important things. He adds to it as he looks back to the forest] This is more f-familiar.
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Sh-she's real wood and it looks p-polished. Sh-should f-float along smoothly if we find a stream.
[He could handle any number of puns good-naturedly. He put up with Richie's terrible jokes and imitations all the time.]
Want to f-find out? [Not so long ago Bill had started to get a hold on his stutter thanks to a speech therapist and exercises. The past year had thrown all of that under a bus and his stutter was, at times, worse than it had been in years.]
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[Ellie forgets all about trading for stuff of her own. Supplies are important but until she gets word that their time here is limited, it can wait. Bill seems like a nice guy, and she's all about playing around and wasting time.
His stutter registers with her but she doesn't show any outward sign of acknowledging it. She's met all kinds of other kids back home. There were stutters and some kids who wouldn't even talk at all.]
Come on, I know the perfect place for it to float.
[She saw it earlier back in the forest. It went on for a while, so they could follow it for hours if they wanted. With a grin she starts to lead the way, motioning for Bill to follow.]
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I haven't done mu-much exploring yet. Just the ci-city. The people seem fr-fr-friendly.
[Far friendlier than most of Derry's residents. It feels almost inviting and colorful compared to the washed out feeling and look of his hometown.]
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[She's not used to adults giving her the time of day, much less being this nice to her. It makes her want to pull away from everyone because she can't trust it. He's okay though, since they look to be about the same age. There's a level of trust there just from that. Kids trust kids unless they're bullies. That's just how it goes.
She hurries out of the market and toward the forest, where they slip through the trees.]
What's your name, anyway? I'm Ellie.
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He keeps up with her easily, at least, used to running or biking around with the other losers. The forest is inviting more than off-putting and he enjoys the sights and sounds of it.]
I-i'm- [His stutter this time is worse, his face burning slightly. A girl asking his name isn't a common occurrence, especially not a cute one. He mentally repeats his mantra, but it doesn't help as much in his head, where the stutter never exists.]
It's Bill. Have you b-been here long, Ellie?
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[Not that anything that eventful has happened, but waking up on a space station far away from everything she's ever known is pretty eventful. She needs to get back to Joel or figure out a way to get him here with her. After she figures that out, she can stop feeling so tense.
She glances back at him as they encounter what looks like it used to be a fence made out of stone. It's too tall to just hop over, so they'll have to do some climbing. She knows that the stream is right on the other side. It's not really that hard of a task so she doesn't hesitate before starting to climb up and over.]
This is my first time on some other planet. What about you?
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He doesn't show any lack of confidence in her ability to do the same, but he's there if she stumbles at all, always looking out for the others of his group, or trying to at least. For now, that's her.]
This is my f-first time outside my hometown. [The Barrens were technically still part of Derry.]
It's very di-di-different from what I'm used t-to. [And that was anything but a bad thing, though he kept feeling like he was forgetting important things. He adds to it as he looks back to the forest] This is more f-familiar.