[IC] Lost in Dreams [Graham]

[ericthered]

"A dream walker then?" the shortest of the elves who led him in asks "This could be a manifested form..."

"But he does it naturally and unconsciously, from accross the barrier?" The woman pointed out "That would be a feat much greater that breaching the barrier."

"Perhaps he can only send part of mind, a frozen reflection of who he was before he snatched it and sent it across the worlds." This is the one with the large nose. He directed the next question at Graham "Which magics do you practice? and do you know any ...." the word translates somewhere between magician, gate-hopper, and conjurer.

[momothefiddler]

"Magics? I know no magics. In fact, outside of my dreams, magic is just a fantasy."

[ericthered]

The elves looked shocked, and Graham feels the swirling power gather around the short one. The elf pauses, and then says "He speaks the truth, at least to his mind. And yet he is here, on the other side of the barrier. This world is heavy in magic, and a favorite target of demons and other invaders. The barrier is a magical defense to keep them off this world. you don't know magic, and yet you pierced it."

[momothefiddler]

"This world? You mean the barrier's around the entire planet? Or this whole... universe?"

[ericthered]

As Graham speaks the words, he hears himself speaking elvish, but the translation breaks down. The first word, given for world, translates to the exact same word as universe. Speaking his thoughts again, Graham tries for "planet" instead. The whole thing comes out very awkwardly.

The Elf with the large nose puzzles out the question "You want to know if we have a barrier around the world or around the... oh, you think you're on an infinite world. Slythana is finite. The barrier is in the astral, and protects the whole world-universe"

[momothefiddler]

"Finite? Even if you go up?"

[ericthered]

"Or down. Up will bring you to another part of Slythana. Down will lead you to tunnel directly into the astral plane. don't they study topology where you come from? and what world are you from anyway?"

[momothefiddler]

He stares at her for a few seconds, trying to visualize this. "So it is - Slythana is... flat? And I don't know what world-universe I come from. As far as I know, we've never traveled to any others so we don't have a name for it. We generally just call it 'the universe'. I personally live on a planet - a flying sphere of land - that we call Earth. That's just as generic because, again, we're not terribly well-traveled."

[ericthered]

"A flying sphere of land in an infinite flat universe.... not unheard of but fairly far out there. And you say there's no magic? thats a impressive claim. How does your world not fall apart?"

[momothefiddler]

"No, the universe isn't flat. It's infinite in all directions. At least, we think. And it holds together because of gravity. There's no magic as far as anyone's been able to find. Well, and prove."