That wasn't supposed to happen

[whatamithinking]

The parameters are recalibrated, the dial is spun, and a new universe is selected.
It won't be home--they haven't collected anywhere near enough coordinate data to think they can find home yet--but it will be another step closer.
And who knows, it might be interesting.
Edie steps through the portal first.

Comments

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yeah. These animals don't even have the rudimentary minds that normal animals do, so I'm not actually upset about it, but. Cuteness."

[not_only]

"They don't? I guess I'm not surprised."

[iamnotpolaris]

"When my sister said you were the only mind within her range she meant it, yeah. So--given that I'm pants at describing universes to someone who grew up in a completely different cultural context from me--does it sound fair to suggest you tag along until you find somewhere you feel like staying?"

[not_only]

"Yes," he says. "Do you think Terraria might end up being a good place to stay in between random universes, if you don't already have somewhere like that? As long as you stay on this island and don't go back to mine, it should be perfectly safe most of the time... well, unless a strong monster attacks, but I'm used to those."

[iamnotpolaris]

"It might. And we're used to being randomly attacked by monsters, some universes have random monster attacks, the fact that Edie would be useless against these ones is new but not insurmountable."

[not_only]

"One thing I do really like about Terraria is that I can build my own house however I want wherever I want and then live in it. It's almost like having my own Sphere."

(This is a term referring to some sort of personal domain that winged ones have.)

"I guess that part will be different with more people around, but I don't think that's bad, necessarily."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I mean, neither of us is going to think it's strange if you want to set up new houses and live in them every so often."

[not_only]

He giggles softly.

[iamnotpolaris]

"The whole Unfading thing sounds really convenient."

[not_only]

"It is. I don't know any winged ones personally, but I used to see them flying."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Flying is fun! I don't do it the normal way but I've been assured that that's fun too."

[not_only]

"The normal way as opposed to...?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Planets usually have magnetic fields. I can push off against them."

[not_only]

"Hmm," he says. (She may be able to tell how little he got out of that explanation by how awkward it was to render 'magnetic fields' in his language.)

[iamnotpolaris]

"The thing I work with has a certain strength in certain things. Most metals are responsive to it. Some objects have some of that strength. I have a lot of it. Planets have it, and I can push mine against theirs to lift myself," she tries.

[not_only]

"I can't decide whether that's more or less strange than your sister's power."

[iamnotpolaris]

"It's a natural phenomenon. I'm unusual in being a biological example of it, but..."

[not_only]

"What does it even mean to be a biological example of a natural phenomenon?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Well, one of my friends has weather powers, so."

[not_only]

"That is also strange."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Ehn. I grew up with it."

[not_only]

"In my world there isn't really a thing of people just... having powers, like that. Some people are winged and most people aren't and that's it, really."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I think that's the case in most universes, actually."

[not_only]

"With or without some people being winged?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Generally without."