hadriel_logs | Event Log: The Beach Episode

Who: Everyone!
What: The event log for the transition to our new planet!
Where: The city, which has now been fragmented onto four separate islands.
When: May 27th-June 10th
Warnings: Surf's up! If by 'surf', you mean separation from your friends, weird sea creatures, and cold rainfall.

The sun and the sand and a drink in your hand- well, it all sounded pretty nice when you voted for the island planet, but ultimately what you're getting is a bit less glamorous.

The transition takes place instantaneously, with very little noteworthy shakeup, though those of you who are particularly in-tune with the supernatural may feel a bit dizzied or nauseated by the sudden movement. And that's exactly what it is: for those of you who are outside, the change is fairly noticeable, as in the span of a single blink, what used to be miles of desert is now rocky ocean. The city is simply in one place one moment, and then somewhere entirely new a second later.

And that somewhere new is exciting! The islands have plenty of landscape to explore and weather conditions to adjust to, fish to catch, and- wait, how do you get to the other islands? What if your friends or your home or the bar is on these other islands? Enjoy having to figure out who is where and how you're going to get by with only a small fraction of the city to work off of- hopefully those boats will come sooner rather than later...

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"It's hard to have known about this place in particular in advance when there are so many worlds. But it does seem like the Door might make travel between them simpler, you're right about that."

It wouldn't be right to say the concept is an old one; it was only within the past year, after all, that the ability to link material worlds with fragments of the origin stone became known outside of a few isolated groups. Word of Svala Lindgren's research spread like wildfire once she began sending her people to collect the stone shards. But each one links only to one place, and she still doesn't know fully how they work. This Door seems far more flexible - and if she can figure out how to use it, the worlds of the multiverse will crumble to Ironhold's vast armies.

"It's funny, though. If we gain control of the Door, I expect many will simply want to return home. Our captors will be left without hosts again - won't they have to try to stop us?"

"Yeah, I'm guessing that's why they won't let us have access to the thing in the first place. If we figure it out, they're probably in trouble, because most of us are going to leave."

Most everyone except those who have nowhere to go. Which is mostly just the ones who are dead back home.

"And it's not like we could just invite them back with us. That would mean potentially inviting the Null back with us, too. And seeing as how they killed all the gods' other hosts, that's not exactly a great idea." Michael doesn't like to think about this too much, but- "If we figure out the Door before they figure out the Null problem, then it'll probably come down to a fight."

"Right, right. Although I suspect luring the Null along to another world may not go so poorly if the right one is chosen. Aren't there worlds here where people have advanced knowledge of machinery? Just because these fools couldn't figure out a solution doesn't mean other places can't."

In any case, the Null don't seem like that much of a problem to Caedra. It seems they simply want to be left alone, away from the influence of the gods. So, then - kill the gods, gain control of the Door, and everyone is happy. Left in isolation, the Null may well turn to invading other worlds, bent on wiping out emotion-expressing people throughout the multiverse, but it won't be her problem any more.

"I mean... I guess. Probably. If we managed to fight off an invasion, a whole world probably could."

Assuming that whole world had magic or powerful weapons. Hadriel's kind of cheating, like every other person is a wizard or something.

Of course, the invasion force they fought was somewhat smaller than intended, since Fear moved the city before they could all swarm in. A whole world of Null against a whole world of other people? Might be a more even match.

"Exactly. Probably not what anyone really wants to bring home, but it might not be so bad," she says, then pauses a moment in thought before nodding at her own suggestion. Yes, of course she's right.

"And if that world can't, then the next one will, once the Null are weakened. They're only one race, after all, and they can't survive a war of attrition against a multiverse. Are they magical in any way, the Null? Do you know?" She assumes not, with how everyone describes them, but a construct that has some sort of innate ability fused into it isn't unheard of.

That sounds awfully close to the idea of sacrificing an entire world to weaken the Null, but he'll ignore that for now.

"They don't have magic, no. They have laser cutters and devices that make your brain melt out of your ears, but nothing supernatural. They do have a weapon that can affect things like the gods, and spirits, stuff like that. So they're definitely aware of it? But they didn't use any spells."

Look, mortal worlds and their civilizations are cheap and plentiful. Nothing more than pools of resources to drain, burn, or sell. It usually happens at a level well above her, though, even if she speaks as if she's very involved and knows so much about how these things are managed.

"Well, then that makes them very limited, doesn't it? Put them against enough well-prepared war casters, and handling them should be trivial. If our jailers would simply lend themselves toward cooperation, this would all have ended long ago."

"You mean like taking the fight to the Null? It's been suggested before and, yeah, they weren't that into it."

Of course, unless they do grab an army of mages or whatever, they'd be kinda screwed going up against them on their turf.

"At the end of the day, I think they're just scared. All of their choices seem to be playing it safe. Not saying that's a good thing, but it is what it is."

"It's boring," she sighs. "It's as if they don't even want to find out how to use their own tool better. The Door has so much potential and yet they still don't know how to use it, after - how long? Years, I've heard, right?"

As if being stuck here wasn't enough. Being imprisoned by creatures who run scared from a fight and who try to maintain things the way they are instead of taking risks just makes her endlessly miserable. If she were in their position there would be so many things she would do differently.

"But - I'm just complaining now. I know there's nothing more about it that you can do either." Naturally, given he's just some nonmagical human. He may as well be an insect.

Event Log: The Beach Episode

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