Let's Do The Space Warp Again

[iamnotpolaris]

'Guided random' selected, parameters recalibrated, universe selection initiated.
What's on the other side now?

Comments

[endragoned]

"How unfortunate for you. Well, if you like your home."

[whatamithinking]

"We're very fond of it. And there aren't any other telepaths in most other universes. And the two universes we found that did also had alternate versions of our parents, but not alternate versions of us, which would have been awkward in the long term.
And the relevant version of my dad--who is not terrible and I love dearly--was an infamous criminal in one of them, which would have made things even more awkward when I got fed up and snapped at someone for saying unkind things about him."

[endragoned]

"Ah."

[whatamithinking]

"It was awkward enough just being there temporarily. I got stuck talking to him for a while and had to lie about my name because I was named after his mother."

[endragoned]

"Why not tell him so?"

[whatamithinking]

"Because his archnemesis was the relevant alt of my other parent, and I would have had to explain that instead of the unhappiness he was going through, in another universe he had gotten to keep the love of his life and raise a family with them."

[endragoned]

"Would he not have wanted to know?"

[whatamithinking]

"I think...knowing my father the way I do, at that point in his life it would only have hurt him more. He knew that the things he was doing were wrong, but saw them as necessary evils. He saw himself as a necessary monster. I think if he saw what could have been, it would have only convinced him that if he didn't have them then that meant he didn't deserve them."

[endragoned]

"A sad thing."

[whatamithinking]

"Yes."
"I wish I could have helped him, but some people you just can't help without their own cooperation."

[endragoned]

"Of course."

[iamnotpolaris]

Emily hugs her sister.

[whatamithinking]

Hugs.
"So if we come up with a way to leave the Wild Magic a forwarding address, did you want to come with us?"

[endragoned]

"How would we leave the Wild Magic a forwarding address?"

[whatamithinking]

"We have a few extras of the devices we use to travel between worlds. You can only use them as communications devices without my sister's power to boost them, but it sounds like that would be good enough. We could probably leave one with the dragons and the Wild Magic could send a unicorn when it needs you contacted."

[endragoned]

"That seems a functional solution. But - hm. If I do travel with you, will there be sufficient prey to feed a dragon?"

[whatamithinking]

"Well, it depends on the universe--the last one we found before this was a barren wasteland--but opening portals between worlds isn't difficult or resource-intensive. He could always pop back here when he was hungry."

[endragoned]

"Hm. Then I might like to travel with you, yes."

[whatamithinking]

[endragoned]

[iamnotpolaris]

"If we're going to go anywhere other than barren wastelands and nigh-uninhabited islands you should probably acquire some form of pants or a kilt or something."

[endragoned]

"Should I?" he asks, smiling slightly and glancing between the sisters.

[whatamithinking]

"It would be civicly irresponsible to cause someone to walk into a tree looking at you."

[endragoned]

He laughs.

[whatamithinking]

Out of her face, blood, you do not belong there.