Arrival

[letsplayamod]

The moment is a bit different for everyone. Perhaps you were just minding your own business somewhere, others may have been in more... dire circumstances. Regardless, you were approached by a figure you can't quite picture, and they offered you an accord; in exchange for aiding them in the healing of a world lost to chaos, you would be granted something almost unheard of. Godhood.

And each of you said yes, more or less.

A blurry hand, shifting and rippling, reaches out to you. You feel a glow of warmth, unlike anything you've known before. As soon as you think you can describe it, you wake up.

The room you're in is plainly furnished, but it's about the size of a small flat. Plenty of room to stretch your legs. Don't get too comfortable, however. On the bedside table each room has is a letter; handwritten, it's wrapped around a bronze key. The lettering could only be described as the platonic ideal of 'neat and precise'.

If you are reading this, than our deal has been made. You've awoken in a place that will surely feel strange, so I want you to take some time to acclimate. Meet with the others. Breathe. I shall be along shortly.

-A

Whatever that means becomes more apparent as you step out of your housing and behold the world around you. The building you were in, and every piece of architecture you happen across, is blatantly pre-modern. Yet, something about it is otherworldly. Stone and iron and glass as far as the eye can see.

But above you was where the real questions were. It wouldn't be right to say the sun was shining on you now, nor would it be right to say it's the dead of night. Instead, the sky is a hazy mixture of both, wrapped in suffocating storm clouds that are threatening rain. Everywhere you look, into the horizon, it's the same.

Welcome home. Take your time and explore. Nobody ever said godhood was easy.

Comments

[latinumsbetter]

It's a big universe and there's a whole lot of strange stuff out there. And that's not even counting the mirror universe. Death being a thing seems like small grubs in comparison.

[murchada]

Just today is weird enough already... What's a little more weirdness.

[latinumsbetter]

Exactly. You'd have to have a pretty narrow eye on things to think it was that big of a deal.

[murchada]

Well, I'd still call it a big deal, but not unbelievable.

[it's clearly a big deal to poor Alex anyway]

[latinumsbetter]

I mean, the threat's a big deal, sure. But not the belief.

[murchada]

Honestly, right now I think I'd believe nearly anything.

[latinumsbetter]

Oh, well, if that's the case, I've got a moon to sell you. Maybe even ten moons, if you're quick.

[murchada]

...I already have a Paper one.

[catsgothistongue]

Ditto.

[if you told him his entire canon plus the events of today would happen to him a while ago he'd think you didn't have a screw loose but missing an entire hardware store]

[rockymountaindie]

[ no seriously when is the other shoe gonna drop ]

...You- you really believe me?

[ he actually. kind of looks like he's gonna cry. ]

[latinumsbetter]

[oh.

boy.]

Kid, we're on another planet and hanging out with a goddess--[he hooks his thum at Athena]--and got some god powers ourselves. It's really not that much of a stretch.

[phototraces]

He… is telling the truth. He cheated Death like I did.

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark glances over at that]

...you, too, huh? So you're both hiding out here for now.

[rockymountaindie]

Y-yeah, I know, but—

[ No one... Not even Clear, at first...

Very abruptly, Alex turns around and starts to roughly rub at his watering eyes. ]

—Shit. Wow.

1/2

[latinumsbetter]

[ah frinx--]

2/2

[latinumsbetter]

Yeah, yeah, I know, it is pretty great having a guy like me backing you up. [it's said flippantly, easy bravado in his tone]

No need to get all teary about it. [he says that, but he is reaching out to put his hand on Alex's shoulder]

[rockymountaindie]

[ His voice is stuck in his throat for a moment, but the touch shakes it loose. With a slight watery cough: ]

Sh-shut it, I'm not.

[catsgothistongue]

[sotto voce]

Dude, do you need a tissue? You look like you're gonna bawl your eyes out

[rockymountaindie]

[ SHOVING HIM ]

F-fuck off, man, n-no I'm not!

[ yes he is ]

[sweetsynergy]

Please elaborate on the words "mirror universe" sooner rather than later.

[latinumsbetter]

Now, see, that wasn't so hard, was it?

[sarcastic. But anyway--]

It's an established alternate universe. There's supposedly other versions of ourselves over there with alternate personalities and lives to ours. I've never been there, but they've gone over to our side and some of ours have gone over to theirs. Mostly by accident on our end, but usually on purpose from their end.

[sweetsynergy]

And this is a documented phenomena, where you're from.

[latinumsbetter]

Yep.

[sweetsynergy]

...Which part of the galaxy did you say you're from again?

[latinumsbetter]

Which galaxy?

[he waves a hand]

I'm originally from Ferenginar, but I own a bar on the Starfleet space station Deep Space Nine in the Alpha Quadrant.

What galaxy are you from?