09-09-2021, 10:45 PM | #1 |
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[IW] What would you call...
... a region full of rifts or portals to other worlds? The idea is a geographic area somewhere between a county and a continent in size that is peranchronically "porous," with reasonably stable connections to multiple parallel timelines. Such areas might be sources, where disappearances are common; sinks, where travellers and oddities appear on a frequent basis; or neutral, with easy two-way traffic.
The terminology in Infinite Worlds doesn't seem to cover this possibility:
"Nexus zone"? "Dimensional labyrinth"? "Sidewise country?" "Temporal interchange?" "Crossroads of time?" I'm looking for suggestions, with maybe a bit of justification to go with them. |
09-10-2021, 12:15 AM | #2 |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
As a physical location, it could be called "Anywhere" :-).
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09-10-2021, 05:09 AM | #3 |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
Other than being called a war zone (because once two different organizations are aware of it you can be sure they will fight to control it), yes a nexus seems a proper description.
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09-10-2021, 07:40 AM | #5 |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
Nexus Zone sounds like the classification for such a spot. Any instances will almost certainly pick unique names from Nexus oversight.
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09-11-2021, 10:05 AM | #6 |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
Okay, "nexus zone" it is, unless someone else has a clever suggestion. Thanks, all.
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09-11-2021, 11:51 AM | #8 |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
If it is the large number that seems to be indicated I would go with Grand Nexus.
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09-11-2021, 02:53 PM | #9 | |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
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09-15-2021, 11:46 AM | #10 |
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Re: [IW] What would you call...
A name I came up with for a cross-over comic I did with a buddy of mine ages ago was "The Perpendicular Zone", as it was a region which cut across several parallel worlds.
Mostly because it's fun saying "Perpendicular".
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