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[the_matrix_walker]

The Leap Home

People of Interest-
Margret Hammond-Nichols - Mom!
David Nichols - Dad!
Marcus - Peter's best friend

Peter is able to influence his dream, and return home! He wakes up on his lawn.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

Peter goes and lies down to rest his weary bones. He concentrates and repeats familiar images in his mind as he lies there, trying to dream of home...

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter wakes up in an empty field. Its miserably cold, and he's naked, except for the comfort of fine dog fur on one side. No, its not a field... its a lawn. His own front lawn, at home. Or so it seems to be. His ribs ache with pain, his wrappings gone. His fingers are fridgid. Its late at night, with an overcast sky.

Peter tells his parents the tales of his adventures, but he leaves out the part about being possessed by a spirit, he's not sure how they'd take it. The naturally do not believe his story. They prepare a giant breakfast and plan an agenda to get Peter's affairs in order, starting with the police station. Peter is concerned if telling the police the truth is the right idea, and his parents assure him he should.

Peter goes to the yard and builds a fire in the firepit to see if his Karana magic will work at home, and it does, but is somewhat more difficult. Once he demonstrates this ability to his parents, they become believers in the rest of his story and agree that honesty may not be the best policy with the authorities. Peter elects to lean in to traumatic amnesia...

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

When they talk to the police, Peter plays it confused... His story is that he doesn't know what happened. He remembers the last time he was home, but then nothing but flashes of disjointed memories of being in the wilderness until last night, when he found himself on his street... He doesn't use the word 'shock' but he knows the symptoms from his first aid experience, and describes being dazed, tingly and out of breath and exhausted when seeing a tire swing in his neighborhood kind of woke him up, and he ran home. He keeps trying to remember, but he just can't seem to focus on it, and if he tries, he starts to feel panic.

A trip to the hospital reveals Peter is undernourished and they wrap his bruised ribs, but he is otherwise healthy.

Peter finally sees his friend Marcus, and realizes it would be unfair to burden him with the truth and maintains his cover story.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

After finding little of interest in his searches, Peter talks to Marcus and tells the story and he thinks he's convincing.

He agrees to hang out with Marcus and they meet in their usual spot in the copse of trees between the cul de sac and the school fence. Really too small to call a forest after being cut up by developments.

He gives his friend a long hug when they are reunited.

Peter steps on a thorny branch with a crunch and looks down and stomps on it again. 'God, I missed proper boots' he thinks.

He hangs out with Marcus for several hours. At first, he thinks he won't be able to keep his secret and will tell Marcus his whole story, and if he's half-honest with himself, he'd realize it was his subconscious plan to do so once they were together like this.

But while they are spending time together, Peter feels like something is off. It's not long before he knows, it's not that Marcus has changed, it's that he has. Marcus just seems to be just the same as he ever was, but Peter... Peter is different now.

For better or for worse, Peter had to grow up fast in a lot of ways and he comes to the realization that it wouldn't be fair to ask Marcus to share his burden.

[the_matrix_walker]

Broken Clockwork Sky

Broken Clockwork Sky People of Interest -
Tuvo Kyridas - Priest of Ink-Thur
Irodian - Kyridas's boss.
Lyn-dar, - Priest of Yu-Pelor of Pelora


The Pristine Realm People of Interest -
Ink-Thur - God of the Forge, and the God of Thuroma.
Arn-Oda - Sky God (currently deceased)
An-kona - a City Goddess, the first Peter speaks to
Tar-Billik - Peter's host in the Celestial Village
Yul-Pelor - A big man who seems to make a point of walking around shirtless. God of Pelora
Urs-Pen, A warrior God and sibling to two others. Carries a Bow and a spear
Yal-Pona, A Goddess of the wild, who isn't armed but seems like the main tracker. one of the siblings
Pal-Ursta, A city Patron and one of the siblings. He carries a spear.
Tym-Burzu, A city God with javelins and who can run quite quickly
Gim-Hyris, A city Patron with more muscles than could possibly be natural. He has a giant spear with a long enough edge to cut.
Iliphi-Phili - Goddess of Mathematics

Broken Earth People of Interest -
Dr. Goslin - A nuclear scientist from South Carolina
Mr. Cardin - Petroleum refinery owner from Wyoming
Mr. Patterson - Mayor of Springfield, Iowa
Dr. Caldwell - Pharmaceutical Plant Inspector
General Thurmond

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

That night, Peter dreams of a city of clockwork. Mechanical horses pull long wide carriages though busy streets. Robotic workers unload a train full of sacks of grain, occasionally returning to a heavy gear that plugs into their back and winds them up. Sooty-faced workers shovel coal into furnaces. A massive bmetal statue of a figure holding a mighty hammer dominates the a square, and is replicated in minature many places. In some places, polished copper shines through, though other places are painted a vibrant blue. A few bow to it, but most ignore it. The sky is filled with enormous and distant cogs.


Peter dreams of men on metal horses, armed with guns with solid barrels, riding through a portal... and dozens of captives with them, chained in a line. Most are men, but there are a couple of families. They are mostly wearing their night wear. Several have big red marks or bruises forming on their faces.


The portal is large and has a faint blue sheen to it. Peter thinks he can see a playground on the other side. A figure in copper and blue robes begins to chant and wave their arms. After about 10 seconds, the blue sheen brightens, and the portal vanishes.

Peter wakes up naked next to Goliath in an field of weeds. Its warm, like a summer evening, or perhaps he's just in a warmer climate. he sees a burned out wood-frame house nearby. The sky is filled with gears and cogs, but there's plenty of light coming from somewhere. The entire world seems to radiate a low level of magic, but far away and ethereal, untouchable somehow.

Peter gets 1 point from his adventures back home. He was there 4 days. This would be november 20th back home.

Upon awakening, Peter laments his lot, and goes on to clothe himself (but could only find right shoes) and get basic tools from one of several burned out homes. He remains out of sight of a patrol on clockwork horses, but they are summoned back by a family when Peter tries to approach the natives. They are kind enough to give him water and a matched pair of shoes.

The riders speak english and take him prisoner. He is taken to a priest who uses magic to grant their local language to Peter. When they go to process him, Peter uses his Karana manipulation to swirl the incense smoke to be similar to their portals. They demand to know who his god is and how he handled "the Breaking."

They take Peter to a cell in a castle for special prisoners, where he meets four men, Dr. Goslin, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Patterson, and Dr. Caldwell. All of who were kidnapped through the portals for ransom, their expertise, or both. Peter is brought incense and books on the gods to identify his patron, but he does not have one and focuses on one of dreams, Kal-Mor.

He is told of "The Breaking."

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

"The breaking... You, at least, have seen the sky. Eight months ago, the sky was blue, the sun shone, maps worked, and the great, wise and clever Ink-Thur visited us at least once a month. Now, the sky is gears, the earth is many shifting pieces of land, and no one has heard from the Gods since. We have averted famine, but we must do more than that if we are to survive."

Peter reveals that he dreams of other worlds and travels there, and his magical knack, and he is give encorts and wide latitude to try and assist them in contacting their gods. Peter spends the night in the temple of Kal-Mor and dreams...

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

That night, Peter dreams of a starry night sky... above, below, and to his sides as well. But that star is actually a chunk of marble... as is that one over there. Many of the stars are large chunks of marble, looking like ancient temples... or more properly like the temple he's currently sleeping in.


Below him is a massive slap set up as an amphitheater and stage. On the stage are two identical bodies, and a portal. The portal leaks and blasts magical power at an incredible rate. The bodies each have a sigil on their chest. Peter recognizes the sigil: its that of Arn-Oda, the Sky God, and chief God. One body has its head fractured and a blood stain over its heart. The other is covered in cuts both large and small.

Peter sees no one else in this space.

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The Celestial Realm
- Temples in the sky like Diamonds -

Peter finds himself in the temple of Arn-Oda floating on a rock in a sea of other floating temples like it. There is a swirling portal and a pair of identical Arn-Oda corpses present.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter wakes up on a cold stone floor. Goliath is near him. Opening his eyes, he sees he is in a dark hall with pillars and statues, maybe?. At one end, the hall opens outdoors. The ceiling is high, maybe 30 feet. The sky he can see outside of the door is filled with stars.

He can feel a draining, twisting, effect with his magic sense. There isn't much of it, but most of it is moving towards a point someplace to the left of the temple, and moving fast. It feels somewhat similar to the flow of magic out of the portal he saw near the two bodies.

Peter explores the area and tries the throne on for size before realizing there are people visible on the other side of the portal, who are able to see him as well. An-kona, a City Goddess bids Peter to come through the portal and he does.

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The Pristine Realm
They are excited to encounter a mortal and curious if Peter is able to return to the mortal world. They are at the portal absorbing energy, as part of a campaign to defend against an invading enemy. They wear glowing spheres around their necks, where they store and transfer magical energy.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

""The most powerful and clever of us have shut down our seat of power, as well as magic in the connected realm. The portals are key to that. An enemy is trying to invade, and they require fairly unique conditions to reach us. So we are drawing power out of those two realms so that the enemy cannot enter. The realms are connected to power, so there have been... side effects. And Yes, I can store a little of that drawn power... you must be sensitive to these flows. What are you? where are you from?"

Peter is sent to stay with Tar-Billik, and assists him with constructing furniture and repair on the gods primitive homes. Tar-Billik sells Peter's work for energy into his sphere, and uses some of that energy to purchase their dinner. He asks them about these worlds and for their advice which they happily give and spends the evening singing with them by the campfire. He learns some of their songs and teaches them some Beatles and Billy Joel.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

They call this place the divine village, as opposed to the divine realm, which is were the marble structures are. Some of them have other names for the divine realm: "The Sea of power", "The Temple World", and "Home" get used a fair amount as well. They are quite tight lipped about what the threat is, but seem quite confident they are safe here... as opposed to the divine realm. The world the divine village is set on they call "the wilderness", or sometimes "The pristine realm". They say its mostly just another world they had access to, and that its quite "safe and boring, except for the wildlife".

Originally Posted by ericthered

After dinner, Peter is able to start singing around the fire. The voices of the Gods are distinct, strange, and beautiful. He has not felt power used in this world, but something about each word is memorable.

[the_matrix_walker]

Broken Earth and the Return to a Broken Clockwork Sky

When sleep comes, so do dreams of home, but not home. Peter dreams of the Earth connected to the world of the Broken Clockwork Sky

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter dreams of a world with a clockwork sky... and of portals in it. Portals with the same rushing, draining effect on magic that he'd seen on the portal from the divine realm. The portal leads to a town that looks mildly familiar... to the town where he grew up*, but perhaps slightly different. Different shaped trees in front of the old historical buildings...

He wakes up in a field. The sun is just coming up. He can see a familiar old church steeple... he's within a mile of where his home should be. He can feel a portal spewing magical energy into this world. The portal seems to be in the wood, about half a mile away. Goliath is next to him.

Peter swipes some clothing from a clothes line and heads straight for a portal that he senses. it is guarded by soldiers, but he is able to evade them and passes through the portal. He finds a patrol and has them take him to Tuvo Kyridas.

He begins the negotiations, first for his own freedom, but then for all of the captives taken from Earth. Peter will be their messenger to their gods, and the priesthood would return all of their prisoners and halt the practice of abductions.

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The Pristine Realm

That night, Peter's dreams turn to a portal he found outside of the city, but he turns his gaze to the Divine Village

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter dreams of the divine village, with the various deities going about their work. He dreams of An-kona, who greeted him, along with others who are armed, talking about how long the "punitive expedition" is taking, and discussing how long they will have to stay. The numbers range from a few more months to several years to one person who says it might be permanent.

Peter awakens and goes to see An-kona who is unhappy with having to concern herself with keeping track of clothing for Peter. He gathers messages and charms from the gods to prove contact and serve as Emissary, and he gathers support from the gods to have their followers stop their abduction practices. That night, Peter dreams of home, but he pushes his thoughts back to Thuroma.
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a Broken Clockwork Sky

Peter reawakens in Thuroma amongst the spoils of a raid. He can hear the language of the Thuromans, but he can no longer understand them as the spell has worn off.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter focuses his thoughts on Thuroma, and on stopping the raids. His dreams shift. A column of mechanical horses file into Thuroma in the dark. They are laden with goods from earth, mostly high quality food, and armed to the teeth. There are a few captives, bound and on the backs of the mechanical beasts. Scribes count the items brought in a put them into boxes.


Peter wakes up naked behind a box full of oranges. He hears the people talking, and realizes he can't understand them... though he recognizes the language he's been speaking over the past few days, he just doesn't understand it anymore. Goliath is nearby him.

Peter is reunited with Tuvo Kyridas and they report to the priesthood. Peter delivers charms, messages and stories received with joyous cheers. Once the charms are delivered, Tuvo Kyridas once again bestows the local language on to Peter.

Lyn-dar, a Priest of Yu-Pelor comes to Peter in the hops of improving relations between Pelora and Thuroma, and recommends Peter help Kyridas in the political arena to further all their goals and make it clear Peter would like any directives that Irodian wishes to set be delivered through Kyridas. Peter includes this into the agreement they are working on.

Peter works on learning the local magic and finds he can impart "american" to his escort, and he can open and close portals by manipulating their magic. His attempts at improvisation and imparting information other than language fail, but he is able to impart an archaic version of the local language.

Soon, Peter dreams of...
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Home

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Dreaming roll... 11


Peter starts dreaming of a US military camp outside of a modern town... but he focuses instead on going home to visit his family. It works. Peter wakes up in his own bed, with the glowing alarm clock showing 1 AM.


Reguardless whether he finishes the night in his bed or gets up now, His parents are very happy to see him.



His mother asks: "Is this just going to keep on happening? Again and again? Are these places dangerous?"

Peter spends a few days at home, enjoying familiar comforts, reviewing some school work and working on his book. He lays low and avoids being seen, as he has once again been reported missing. (Presumed, not discussed)

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A Broken Clockwork Sky

Peters dreams start to pull him to the Divine Realm, but he turns the dream back to Thuroma, where he is now recognised by the guard and they are quick to assist him.

Peter begins to put together a council of the prisoners of importance and Thuromains to help with negotiations with their homeworlds to make apologies and reparations regarding the abductions and arrangements for mutually beneficial trade going forward. This starts with Dr. Goslin, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Patterson, and Dr. Caldwell.

Kyridas has moved the process forward and Peter is formally recognised in their church, and they give him an official raignment. For his next trip, their most pressing questions are What is Arn-Oda's status? And where is Ink-Thur? Soon Peter dreams of those who may have the answers.

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The Pristine Realm

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

That night, Peter dreams of the divine village. He dreams of An-Kona talking with a group of other armed gods, discussing something about "secrecy" and "draco", and "the hunters".



Peter wakes up in the back of the tent, with the gods he dreamed of talking about the table. He is, of course, naked, and Goliath is with him. The Gods don't seem to have noticed him yet.

An-Kona recommends rather than report that he is dead, to say that Arn-Oda was rendered dormant by an old but mysterious foe, and that the unavailable Gods are off seeking to avenge him. She reluctantly agrees to be his go between with the gods here to smooth discussions and Tar Billik would be his advocate.

Peter collects more charms and they are able to store information in them directly they also experiment with writing messages on Peter's skin.

Peter experiments and is able to put energy onto the god's collection orbs which they find very exciting and start calling Peter a "little lost godling".

Some of the gods of commerce come by to assist in ideas and structures for a way to pay Peter for his duties as their Emissary, and Peter befriends a crow along the way and names it Dahlia. It is not long before Dahlia is riding on Peter's shoulder.

Tar-Billick shows Peter the god's power of creation, and Peter learns how to generate a puff of smoke. It takes all of his energy and hours of investment at first, but he is able to do this several times a day.

Before long, Peter Dreams:







Some information imparted

Originally Posted by ericthered

• This world has a fair number of robots
• City states are independent
• Electronics don't work here
• They report a huge number of active Gods... but the prisoners haven't seen any of them apart from the priests doing miraculous things, while the books have living memory accounts of physical visits.
• They have a fairly strong class system, and the peasants and workers general work in poverty
• Their governments range from oligarchies to kingdoms to theocracies
• They have myriad languages, but a single formal "trade language" that the prisoners can now speak.
• If they escaped, they'd want to go north west to the city of Ith-Melgo, which is an oligarchy traditionally opposed to Thuroma, and the only city in the area capable of standing up to the exceptionally strong city... and even then it'd be a good idea to keep moving.
• They also express worry that if they escaped they'd eventually loose the ability to speak the language... it doesn't last forever. Dr. Goslin has lost it once and had to have the ceremony again.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Kal-Mor listens, and then says:
"I do not have my full abilities at the moment, and I have not seen you dream. I can tell you a few things though. You are not truly interacting with dreams: what you see is too real, and too literal for that. And then you use them to traverse worlds. You must have some part of you that requires deep isolation and relaxation to use its power. These dreams are not sent by someone else: they appear to be a part of what you are."

[the_matrix_walker]

Magic of the Broken Clockwork Sky

Requires the burning of incense

Ritual Magic, Broken Clockwork Sky (IQ/A)
Effects:

• Healing
• Language Absorption
• Portal Manipulation

Notable - it seems the language can be one that neither the caster nor recipient possesses:

Originally Posted by ericthered

No, he gave the man the "local language"... which turned out to give him a rather archaic and formal version of the language the man normally speaks.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Further experimentation at Grunkle's Bob's house indicates he can get Spainish from a dictionary that's lying around.

Creation Magic of the Gods

Undefined - Peter is now able to generate a puff of smoke sizable enough to repurpose for Karana creations. He has been focusing this power and has been attempting to create a grain of sand, and had so far produced a very fine ash like material with his efforts.



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Originally Posted by ericthered

Yeah, Broken World or "Broken Clockwork World".

Those are the three we've worked with so far. Looking over the source material (this is not an original world), there is also... communicating via dreams between the two worlds (only the recipient is asleep)... but you don't have any records on how that one works, Thuroma doesn't have that secret.


Yes, that's a different skill. At this point, I think its just something he can do when he has enough ER.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter spends his time doing schoolwork, writing, and practicing breaking the laws of physics. And occasionally annoying the bureaucracy.

His work at making a grain of sand is pretty exhausting, and tends to make smoke, but he thinks the smoke shows up more reliably. At the end of the day, he thinks he managed to make ash, or perhaps very fine dust.*

Lunch is in a cafeteria. Someone walks up to him and thanks him for getting them out of Thuroma. Then another someone. And another. Heads start turning to listen. These are people he's never met, only that he helped to get out of Thuroma. It seems they're almost all still here. And glad to be here. Several people tell him if there is anything they can do for him, let him know.

He goes to sleep without anyone getting back to him about his requests, and wakes up in the morning again. He gets an email: General Thurmond, whoever that is, wants to meet with him tomorrow at 11am.

*this practice is going towards increasing his ER pool, as well as expanding his creation capabilities.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter manages to make cinnamon smelling smoke and use it for broken-world magic (the trick is to try to summon cinnamon... and his practice has been helping, he thinks)

[the_matrix_walker]

Canned Dinosaurs - Part 1

Originally Posted by ericthered

Cretaceous-7 is in an "Earth-Solar-L5" orbit, Also known as the "midnight conglomerate" in the "seventh orbital" and "equatorial plane". The whole place seems to be on one time. The Can is one of thousands in the midnight conglomerate.

People of Interest-

Cat-Girl
Slick

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter dreams of dinosaurs that night. enormous sauropods lazily moving across the ground. Tyrannosaurs sporting a fine dusting of feathers. Triceratops, ankylosaurus, and hadrosaurs, all bearing the exotic bony markings of their species. Both Pterosaurs and birds in the skies. Smaller dinosaurs in the brush.


He wakes up to cold metal on his cheek. He's on some sort of metal overwalk. down below him are massive clean white tanks. He hears someone, probably a man, groaning as he is beaten. Some yelling in english about "Snoops" and "Your Corpse".

Peter awakens to find himself in a vast industrial complex with bio-tanks on an extensive catwalk system. Four men are beating and berating a fifth who is tied to a chair down below. Two of the men are armed and uniformed.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Four men are surrounding a fifth, with the fifth tied to a chair. The Cabinets are arranged into a sort of room, with a work-table in the center. They don't seem to be interrogating the man, just beating and berating him. One of them is holding a rather large and intimidating looking assault riffle. Two of the assailants are wearing uniforms of some kind, including the guy with the gun. The other two and the man being beaten are wearing white lab coats, though the coat of the victim is now streaked with red.



The cabinets look very useful: clothing is peaking out of one. Another seems to hold tools. They have locks on them, but have been left open.


The tirade of abuse has references to "our operation", "exposing us", "you think you're so clever", "the law", "How much you've cost us" and descriptions of how painful the man's death will be. He appears to be an officer of the law himself.



Goliath is sneaking along behind Peter... but then the dog turns and wants to go looking behind a set of ducts.

While Peter investigates the lights and a way to get down, Goliath makes a discovery!

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Goliath indicates that he found something as Peter is looking over the breaker. Peter goes back, and finds a girl about 16 years old, with cat ears and a cat tail. The ears and tail look quite authentic, and the ears lay back against the head when she sees him. She looks around to see if she can find anyone else. "Where are we going?"



She's wearing a shapeless paper garment only marginally more stylish than a hospital gown.

Once Peter is able to get ahold of himself and shake of the shock, He introduces himself and tells her to stay close. He kills the center lights and leads the girl and Goliath down to the floor level. He is able to grab a lab coat and some tools, and uses a torch to start a small fire. Inspired by the visions of dinosaurs, Peter creates a pack of five "compies", four programed to harass and distract the guards, and one to free the prisoner. The effort ultimately fails to free the prisoner, but they are able to get away from the group. Peter leads them past a number of tanks and out through a garage with vehicles. The Cat-girl tells Peter the man being beaten "decanted" her from her tank and told her to hide before being captured. She asks about her purpose, and tells Peter she does not have a name and will not until she receives her purpose. What she knows was taught to her in 'the first world' which is apparently some kind of teaching program.

Once they get outside, Peter beholds another strange sky...

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter opens the door and the group steps out. He's outdoors... he thinks. The ground slopes up smoothly on either side, curving up and almost over his head. The center of the sky is a strip of bright white light, like a giant fluorescent tube light. There is a layer of fencing between him and the light. Behind them is either an artificially smooth cliff or a massive wall, made of iron plates. The area immediately in front of the door is landscaped and paved. about 200 yards beyond it is a wall maybe 60 feet tall, connected to the fencing overhead. Enormous trees of a jungle type he's never seen before* are up beyond the wall. There are some big gates in the wall, and some small doors.

Peter is left with the option of re-entering the facility or crossing into the wild on the other side of the fence. Peter opens the manual unlock and alarms sound off. Peter considers that if he takes this newborn creature into the wild, she would be unlikely to survive if he dreamed away in the night. He allows them to be taken into custody, hoping the authorities here would sort this out. The prisoners are seperated and Peter is taken to a cell.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter sleeps but does not dream. When he wakes up, there is a sort of cold sandwich and the floor.

If he picks it up, he'll see a note scribbled on the side of it in some sort of edible ink. "If you gave her a purpose, sit near the door. We can help you."

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Shortly afterwards two security men come in to cuff him and escort him down to an office. The office's walls are screens depicting a pleasant beach. The furniture looks like its carved wood. The room looks large enough to hold a conference in, but its only holds one man's furniture. In fact, the room looks super sparse. Like it never gets used.

The man is wearing a Suit, of sorts. It has a shimmering blue sheen, and the sleaves are almost skin tight. The man has a goatee, and hair artfully swooshing into the air.

"You're an interesting specimen. I can find no files on your DNA. Its quite strange. You turn up inside this facility at the same time we finally capture a noted and persistent saboteur, with some of our product in tow. I cannot afford to let you go. Even with the deepest assurances, its just too much. But I am curious. You're not a citizen, and you're not on any of our files, but you do have some unique DNA features, so who made you? And for what purpose?"

Peter is questioned by a man called Slick who believes Peter to be a custom bioroid well outside of human baseline. He insists that Peter's memory is a lie and he is giddy with greed at the possibility of manipulating and cashing in, even if he's not sure what he has. Peter tells him the truth about how he got here and Slick dismisses it as more fantasy, but is interested in a description of the worlds.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

"Come now, come now, we both know that's a lie. We cook up custom bioroids for the wealthy, and you sneak in to try to disrupt our operation. I suspect you're a bioroid yourself, after a fashion. Not one of ours though. Were you hoping to find home?"

"People don't have memories of being born. That said, scans do point towards you being developed in a biowomb of some sort, possibly even in a live surrogate. so you probably can't use our dream-world training, and we don't have any programs for algebra. Get a computer to do it for you."

"Your DNA is... you have a fairly large section of abnormal DNA. An extra 10% on chromosome 5. We're not sure what it does. So who raised you? what kind of people? A creche? Millionaires? A Researcher? the Military?"

Peter is taken to a computer room where he is held and Goliath is brought to him, where he is meant to document the worlds he has been to, and he investigates some information on this place. After being checked up on, Peter provides a description of the Karana-World and his first savage plague world.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

There is no external access, but it seems there is a relatively small library he can reach. The location data for the computer isn't set, so it can't tell him where he is. He is able to find a number of "Interactive Aids" that let him get some sense of where he is.



Earth is currently a nature and historic preserve, almost a giant museum, while most people (76 Billion) live in habitats. These habitats are in a variety of named locations, most in big clusters, and most at about the same distance from the sun as earth. The Habitats are big cans that are spun for gravity.


Old earth "around the millenium" (its not terribly precise here) is depicted as a time a great crowding, poverty, suffering, and irresponsibility, while also being the birth place of computers.

Soon Peter sleeps... and dreams of the Pristine Realm, but turns his thoughts to Thuroma.

[the_matrix_walker]

A Broken Clockwork Sky

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter yanks his dreams back to Thuroma. He aims for his chambers in Thuroma, and wakes up. The contrast of the two chambers strike him: his plush prison was made of plastic and electronics, while this place is made of polished stone and hand-crafted furnishings.

They've been decorating the place while he's been gone, with insignia and statues of many of the Gods. Ink-Thur is prominent, as is Yu-Pelor. Goliath barks twice, and a junior priest runs down the hall. "Emissary, we are pleased to see you have arrived in the night. I will fetch your secretary."

He bows and moves to walk out.

Peter returns to Thuroma and he is treated as a VIP. He reports his information from the godly realm to his secretary and gets updates on the release of prisoners. He visits the last of the Americans, this original cell mates, and further discuss formalizing diplomatic and trade negotiations. Pleased with the progress, Peter sleeps soundly and dreams...

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter dreams.

Peter dreams of a dark road in an old forest, filled with gnarled trees and bristling thorn bushes. He swore indistinct shapes moved in the gaps between the trees. Walking down the road, a figure walks, wrapped in at least three layers of tunics and cloaks. The figure constantly glances from side to side. Peter gets a glance of the hooded face: its a bare skull, with only vestiges of sinew clinging to it.

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

"Nope nope nope!" Peter's mind panics, wanting no part of such a horror.

Peter tries to turn his dreams back to the world of the gods...

Peter recoils from the image of the apparently undead figure and turns his dreams to the The Pristine Realm

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The Pristine Realm

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

His dream of the village is simple: huts, fires, and the simple furnishings at twilight. And Dahlia, the crow, hovering over it.

He wakes in the dark, naked, near an outdoor fire. Goliath is next to him. He's just outside some huts. Is that An-Kona's?

Peter finds himself at the home of An-Kona, who throws clothing at him and closes her door when she sees him coming. Dahlia the crow is quick to Peter's side on his return and he begins to teach her to fetch small items. Peter's memory exercises are paying off and he delivers the messages from their followers. There is some disappointment that the attempt to write on Peter's skin was unsuccessful. They wish to try scratching, but Peter refuses. Tar-Billick comments that already he may come out richer than anyone.

Peter decides to join a number of gods on a hunt, he considers buying a bow, but decides it is too expensive and borrows one instead. Peter is able to track a kill for them, as well as do the honors of cleaning and dressing the possum like beast. He and Goliath are then able to track a great bird of nearly 300 pounds! they decide to pursue it even if it take them until too late to return that night. The gods slay the beast and there is much celebration. Peter explains he may not be there in the morning due to his travels, and the gods declare they will be in debt to him for a feast if that is the case.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

While he is working on preparing the creature, he composes on the fly and sings a song telling the tale of the hunt from tracking to to the kill, working in Pal-Ursta's phrases 'a beast worthy of slaying' and a 'fowl worthy of combat'.

Peter does indeed dream that night.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

He dreams. He dreams of An-Pona, around the council circle again. One of the gods is talking about "Preparing for if they don't come back". His dreams shift, and he dreams of his own room in the temple complex of Thuroma. His room.

He wakes up in his room, as an emissary. The dirt and blood isn't on his body anymore. Goliath is nearby. The messages to deliver are clear in his head. This is the third trip: they will let the four "leaders" of earth go after this, and they can start working on his project.

Peter is invited to a somewhat formal dinner at Kyridas' home with his family. They discuss reforms and ways to make their trade agreement work for everyone.

Later at breakfast, one of the priests mentions he had a portal open up in his room and Peter goes to investigate. The portal is guarded but open, and Peter reassures the guard "I'm the Emissary, this is what I do" and he passes through the portal. Peter seals the portal and proceeds to the nearby road and determines he is too far from anyone he knows, and rather than hitchhike across the country, elects to reopen the portal and return to Thuroma. He instead elects to go to earth through the portal the last batch of Americans were sent a few miles away.

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Broken Earth

Upon passing through the portal, Peter is confronted by Private Isaiah Rodriquez as he changes clothes and is taken prisoner. Peter cooperates and says he comes bearing gifts and asks to be taken to their leader. Peter is generally cocky and less than reasonable, a bit jaded from the treatment he's been getting in Thoroma. He comes to the realization that he has not come so far as he thought in solving this world's problems, and he's likely already done all that he can. He explains and documents the process for closing portals and other Thuroman magic. He jokes with them about being paid exorbitant tax free sums for his efforts but then adds that he's kidding and if they feed and cloth him they should send any reward to the Boy Scouts of America. He is taken to an army training base in Missouri: Fort Leonard wood. Dr. Cauldwell and Mr. Patterson are there and he gets an update on their progress. He also aranges for schoolbooks to work on getting caught up with his work.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter is able to find some text-books pretty quickly, and they are mostly the same as the ones he's using at home. He's quite a bit behind, of course. Sending them to Thuroma is tricky, given that no one knows how to get there and if they did the army would just patrol that spot and detain anyone trying to go in or out.


The Four old men have all been working on different things. Dr. Cauldwell is focused on medicine, aid, and so forth: He's got around four people who are willing to help, and a couple of donors considering funding the project. He says he has a bunch of people who are too scared, but if their fears could be worked around, he has hopes for them.

Dr. Goslin hasn't really done anything on that front: he's skeptical that any of this is anything more than giving money away to the enemy.

Mayor Patterson and Mr. Cardin have been looking into setting up the trade route to Thuroma. They say they are having trouble finding leadership all over the US, but they think they've got the seed of a network, with 30 of the 48 lower states having someone they might be able to work with. The bigger issue is getting cooperation with the military to let them through the portals. They're actually hoping for more than that: without the military passing on information, they don't think they can find the portals.

Peter submits proposals to the government regarding the recognition of his Ambasador/Emissary status, and working to support the trade efforts to promote a stable mutual future. Peter meets with a General Thurmond and explains he will deal with all sides fairly and share only information in either direction that the parties would not find a betrayal of trust, and that he is working toward a mutually beneficial and peaceful solution. He is offered a $1,000 a day to hunt portals and work with them and Mr. Cardin agrees to administer the account so that Peter can access the money, automatically donate 20% off the top to the Boy Scouts of America, and set up a clause that if he doesn't touch the account for a year, it all goes to the Scouts.

Peter continues a routine of Schoolwork, military self defense classes, and protal hunting for some days. After some convincing, the soldiers teach him to drive in the fields. On Friday Evening, he goes to sleep, and dreams.




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[the_matrix_walker]

Canned Dinosaurs - Part 2

People of Interest-
Lisa Mendenhall - Gate Sentry
Leo - Gate Tower Sentry
Officer Ronan Powell, Patrol 32, Supervisor Milton Jayawag.
Mrs. Pruitt - Government/Police (Social?) Worker
Risinki - Dramatic showman - unused employment lead
Cat-Girl - AKA Rebecca

The Dream

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

On Friday Evening, he goes to sleep, and dreams.

Peter dreams of the cloning facility with the cat-girl. He dreams of men patrolling, cleaning, and shouting at each other. He dreams of the cat-girl climbing into a box and whispering "almost there", and of men loading the box into an iron shipping container.

Originally Posted by ericthered

He takes a look around in his dream: Its seems to be part of the facility he found her in: a massive indoor complex of rooms and equipment, butting up to a large Forested enclosure. Some of the area beyond in industrial part seems to include a small city, with hotels, restaurants, stores, and swimming pools.

He wakes up naked. In wet dirt. Goliath is near him. He's in the jungle, unable to see the false sun through the dense canopy. He hears the crackling of a campfire, and hears someone talking about a "game trail"

Peter Finds himself in the Jurassic park in the tin can in space. and comes upon a group of hunters. The shocked men offer him a pair of hand towels and paracord, and Peter fashions himself a loincloth and sets off into the jungle. He sends up a smoke-puff Karana bird to assist in getting his bearings and heads for the gate.

Along the way Peter is able to encounter a few dinosaurs! One bigger than a house, and the second about four feet tall that he is able to get within a few feet of.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Its a strange looking beast: Bipedal, with enormous front claws and a smallish head, like he'd have expected to see on a long-necked dinosaur. The neck is only of moderate length. The animal is large enough that he's not actually sure of the size: "dinosaur-sized" is the first thing that comes to mind. Its covered in the most scraggly flightless feathers Peter has ever seen.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Its another two hours, and most of the way to the gate before he sees anything really large. And its not that large, but it is that threatening: he suddenly sees a green and black spotted theropod dinosaur, maybe four feet tall. It may be shorter than him, but its much longer, and its definitely weighs more than him. Its seen him too, about 13 yards away, watching him with big curious eyes.

Peter turns himself in to Leo in the tower and Lisa Mendenhall at the gate as a trespasser and he was taken into custody. Lisa tries to run him through the system and demands to know what he did to the system when she does not get the results expected. She gets a call and comes back seeming to believe he is conducting some kind of internal audit. They give him clothing and a phone device and tell him someone will be down to collect him soon. They ask if they can get Peter anything, and he asks for some food and uses the distraction when they get it to slip out and into the public shopping area. He stashes the phone and retreats a business where he can watch and to see what happens. He finds a demo phone to do some research and finds out where he is... A habitat called "Creatceous-7"

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

He's able to find a demo device... a phone.

The headlines:

• A space junk collision killed 13 people on Elysium-12
• Contaminants in canned foods from Grand Zenith have caused illness and a massive recall is underway
• Ethan Drake and Ava Lawson have filed for divorce
• 46 people dead in ongoing violence in High Springville
• Large Protests over Prolonged Movement Restrictions to restrict epidemics across the solar system.

Looking for information on Habitats, he finds most of them are around five miles in diameter and between that long and 10 miles long. Most of them have multiple layers. This one is called "Creatceous-7", and its dedicated to tourism: most of the habitat is set aside for dinosaurs.

He's keeping an eye on his phone, and has done very little research before the man who was coming towards him down the hall stops at the can, and searches for a few seconds before pulling up the trash can and picking up the phone.

Peter recognizes the man and it is one of the thugs that he witnessed beating the Decanter at the cloning facility.

Peter elects to call the police. He tells them of the cat girl and the incident at the gate, and directs them to Lisa and Leo at the gate to corroborate parts of his story. They are quite dismissive "having shaken this tree before" but will follow up. He elects to search for the cat-girl on his own. He remembers the wall structures from his dream and using the public maps, determines where he thinks he needs to go, but when he gets there, the container is gone! Peter again talks to the authorities, he allows them to take his biometrics and they give him a place to stay, programable clothing, and a phone while his case is reviewed. He is going to look into employment opportunities when it occurs to hi that this is a space station, and the cat girl's container may have been moved, but perhaps not yet shipped out.

When Peter speaks again to the police, his witnesses did not corroborate his story, and they are convinced he is making false accusations. He investigates the loading practices on the habitat, and realizes the container is likely not loaded. He breaks into the loading dock and using Karana big scouts locates the container. He uses his creations to create noises and comotion and make the container appear to leak smoke until the workers open it to investigate. Peter sends a karana compy running past the worker who opens the container while Peter records on his phone. The worker dashes off screaming "dinosaur!" while Peter dashes into the container and finding a metal bar, pries open the cat-girl's container. He leads her from the container and immediately video calls the police.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

"Your purpose is to get your freedom! To get out of here, figure out what kind of life will make you happy, and build it! now take my hand and let's go!"Peter takes the girl by the hand and flees from the container and heads for the break in the fence he gained access by. He waves at the surveillance cameras and then thinks to pull out his phone. He dials a video call to the cop he was talking to and holds up the phone as they run to get the cat girl in the frame."Found her! Toldja!"

The cat girl, having a purpose asks her name and Peter says he likes Rebecca, it is pretty like her. (Peter realizes maybe he shouldn't have done that.)
Rebecca is frightened and confused, but obedient when Peter asks her to cooperate with the police, who she was programed to fear.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Officer Powell: "I'm here to help, like the boy says. What's your name? Rebbecca? Thank You. Where did you come from?"

Rebbecca: "The first life"

Powell: "Tell me about what that's like."

Rebbecca: "Its a place where we are trained to fullfill our purposes. We learn to walk, talk, and obey there."

Powell: "Where is it?"

Rebbecca: "Its another world, a place completely different from this one."

Powell: "How did you get from there to here?"

Rebbecca: "Through the second world."

Powell: "And what world is this?"

Rebbecca: "The third. The world of purpose."

He keeps asking questions. Rebbecca is clearly uncomfortable, but compliant, and views what happened to her in a way that makes it hard to pin down details that would be useful to identifying her real place of origin.

Rebecca is taken "somewhere safe" to be protected and probably deprogrammed. Peter works with a sketch artist to build a profile for "Slick" and he points out likely candidates in photos and the police appear pleasantly surprised. Peter is hard on himself believing giving Rebecca a purpose was a bad move, but the police reassure him that all in all he did good. He does everything he can to make sure the investigation is good to go without him, and asks that Officer Powell look out for Rebecca for him.


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[the_matrix_walker]

The Beast in the Village

Gerwin - Village Priest, Helmut's brother
Helmut - Village Protector / Dead man Walking / Possibly the real Beast
Luitwin - Leader of the militia
Landolf - The Beast, Cursed creature soon restored to humanity

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter sleeps... and Peter dreams


Peter dreams of a fur-covered humanoid monster, armed with teeth, claws, and powerful muscles. It slinks through tall fields of grain in the dark, looking for something... or someone, headed towards a sleepy village of thatch-covered daub houses. The terrain is rough, with mountain peaks and steep slopes covered in trees surrounding the fields. Something throbs inside the monster... something Peter can sense, even through his dream. Something akin to the instructions he gives Karana.

Peter is able to use his meta-sense to follow the creature through the darkness and finds it stalking a woman. Peter grabs a stick and he and Goliath shout, bark at and generally menace the creature and scare it off long enough for the woman to escape back to a nearby village. She runs off without a word and Peter follows. Flickering flames can be seen in the village.

Peter comes into town and feels the sources of magic and compares them to what he knows.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Hmm... what magic has Peter really seen that he can compare things to?
Parachronic travel, Soul Riding, Bodily Transformation (is that all senerich did in front of you?), Karana (formation, control, and some weird AI), Thuroman Healing, Thuroman Language Transfer, Thuroman Gate manipulation, Divine Conjuration, and Divine Energy transfer.

The Beast seems to have some transformation and control effects on it.

One of the sources in the village seems quite large, like a big building or field, and to be some sort of effect Peter hasn't seen before. It also seems stationary.

The other two sources seem to be mobile. One is maybe similar to soul riding, but weaker, and also seems to have aspects similar to the big stationary effect. The other is more similar to the Karana Demons (not so much the creations, but the demons) , and it has a new strange effect on it as well, distinct from the others he's sensing. Maybe just a little like senarich's transformations.

Peter swipes some clothing from a scarecrow and takes it's stake for a better weapon and heads into the village. He hits some sort of barrier as he approaches the church, and the church bell rings in reaction. Peter has Goliath fetch an item tossed over the barrier making it clear that whatever is rapelling Peter does not affect his companion.

People start to look, when there is a scream and Peter sets off to investigate. The creature has broken into a home and is menacing a woman, and Peter and Goliath distract it and lead it out of her home when a warrior appears and shoots at it with a crossbow, missing. Goliath is injured in the scuffle trying to protect Peter and the newcomer comes in and injures the creature with a sword swing. The creature retreats.

A holy man with a censure appears and his incense is compatible with the broken world magic and he is able to slip some of the smoke away with karana to heal Goliath's injuries and capture the local language. The warrior, who is called Helmut, asks Peter what he is after seeing his magic and says he fights like a soggy rag and sets off the "church ward". Helmut sets off Peter's magic sense as having some kind of alteration on him, as does his brother, the priest Gerwin.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter hasn't sensed Helmut or the predatory creature using any magic, just observed effects on them. That doesn't mean that they can't only that they haven't. Both seem to be active effects doing something though.

The Priest is able to manipulate and control the magic, though he also seems to have an effect on him.

Helmut: "Son, no one just 'has a knack for magic'. Magic touches you. Magic changes you." his voice fades "Magic replaces you. "

"So where does your magic come from?"

"The Church ward is a miracle, brought by the light. Gerwin has sworn an oath to it, and it gives him power to channel such protections."

"The monster is a weapon, a poor soul transformed by the rage, sent to kill and destroy by some enemy. it's far from where it was aimed, I would guess."

"I was a solider. I left this village to fight for the duke six years ago. I have seen much of the world, and I am tired of fighting, so I retired from the army, and returned home to my village and family. Gerwin is my brother."

Peter can tell he's lying about retiring from the army. He's a deserter, or he's secretly still working for the duke, or something worse.

Peter offers to apprentice for Helmut and learn to better fight and help to defend the village. Helmut is concerned that Peter cannot identify the source of his power and implies it must be sinister as the light's barrier repels him. Peter is convinced that whatever is moving him around is benevolent, and believes his magical power to be his own (somewhat incongruently). Peter asks what the rules are and if the ward would not stop Helmut's magic, throwing him into a rage. He lunges after Peter and missing his grab, Peter bolts! When he unable to capture Peter, he becomes desperate and asks peter to stop running and talk, that he needs him and he will vouch for him if he will not tell his secret, as long as the people of the village will not be harmed. Peter has no idea what Helmut is talking about, but agrees, so long as Helmuts actions would not bring about harm as well!

Peter asks Helmut if Gerwin can cure the cursed "beast" and he says not to get his hopes up, but they can ask. Gerwin is not comfortable with Peter, but Helmut continues to vouch for him. Gerwin says it is possible.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

The Victim has just been brought to the church. She is bandaged, but quite injured. Peter offers to heal her, but she looks terrified at the suggestion and insists on Gerwin doing it, even after Peter asks Helmut to vouch for him.

Gerwin's healing feels very similar to Thuroma's method, but he's drawing on the strength of the magic around church as well as his own. He's using incense, but Peter is pretty sure its not actually necessary to the method Gerwin is using. It seems to pull on something from... beyond, though Peter is pretty sure that the original Thuroman Healing method did that too. Peter can't see exactly what's being done: the healing is inside the walls.

Note: analysis works best on things he's already seen similar things to. Thus the wealth of information on Gerwin's healing but the mystery about the ward.

Gerwin looks at his brother: "I thought you said he was alright."

Helmut: "He's very confused, but he has control. And should maintain control for at least a week. maybe more. I'm keeping an eye on him."

Gerwin: "The Light is our guardian and protector. It is the power of Truth, Mercy, and Creation. I have been charged by the light with the care of this village."


It seems the entire village intends to spend the night on the church grounds. Helmut insists on going around checking the borders of the village obsessively.... Peter notices he never tries to cross the ward. The head of the militia also insists on his people checking the perimeter rather than just taking Peter's word that he can detect the beast... they also seem to keep an eye on Peter.

How will he spend the night?

While the villagers sleep in the protection of the Church ward, Peter spends the night in the mill with Goliath. In the morning, Helmut, Luitwin and the town militia have gathered and Peter acts as tracker and lead them to the cursed one. The creature is surrounded and wounded, and Peter urges them to capture the creature. It breaks away, but soon collapses while Peter tracks and ties up the creature. Gerwin heals the creature enough so that it will not perish, and sets about administering the cure.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Peter stems the bleeding.

Gerwin hears the suggestion, and pointedly claims the healing for himself "I will heal it. A little."

Peter watches the healing ceremony... he's seen it before, and its once again very similar to what he learned in the temples of Thuroma.

The extraction ceremony has a lot more setup: candles set in a circle around the beast, a chalk circle, several bowls of burning incense, and mirrors. A simple symbol figures prominently.

Gerwin starts chanting, and none of this these things seem to be just "cultural" except maybe the clothing and location. And the words... probably the intent is more important here, though Peter thinks gerwin needs to chant something. All seem to be drawing a little bit of energy from that source of beyond. Gerwin is using some of his own power too. The idea seems to be to overwhelm the magic on the beast, and perhaps pull it off. Its a long process, with Gerwin's magic slowly slipping into the beast --- maybe. Its sort of like wedging a log apart, bit by bit, sliver by sliver.

Helmut notices just how hard Peter is concentrating and remarks: "I doubt it'd work on you."

After about five minutes, Peter notices bits of Gerwin's magic dissipating, and the magic on the beast becomes more active. The beast starts moving. Gerwin seems to falter for just a second before continuing the chant.

Peter examines the magical flow, and when Gerwin falters, Peter is able to bolster the strength of the ritual to help, much to Helmut's horror.

[the_matrix_walker]

Helmut thinks he could have fouled the ritual and killed them all and again say's no good can come of Peter's power, and talks about the cost of his own. Helmut reveals the secret he thought Peter had already figured out, that the magic he sensed on him was animating his previously dead body, and that there was an ongoing price to be paid.

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by ericthered

Helmut sputters for a few moments, opening and closing his mouth without saying anything. Finally, he says:


"As I implied earlier, I'm dead. I'm moving, speaking, and thinking only because of a bond with Kailasol, the Black Flame. I no longer require food, but instead fuel for the black flame. I can go a long time between offerings, but they must come. I... acquired this condition in the army, and I deserted."

Peter leaves to clear his thoughts and digest this information and goes walking, he finds an abandoned village and contemplates not going back, but he turns around and returns to confront Helmut. He tries to convince him to be honest with his brother, and maybe there is something they can do. Helmut is convinced his brother will reject him and likely try and destroy him if he was to find out the truth. He proclaims his "balance" is in a good place as he has saved lives, and that he can keep control and protect his village.

The formerly cursed one, Landolf, approaches and expresses gratitude, as others have told him Peter argued and fought for the man's recovery. Peter tells the man he owes him nothing, he would have done it for anyone, and he and Goliath travel alone. Landolf then asks if he may travel with them as a favor to him, as the lands are dangerous, and Peter apologizes and tells him that they would make unreliable travelling companions.

That night when Peter goes to sleep, he dreams...

[the_matrix_walker]

Magic of the Village of the Light and the Black Flame

Little is yet known about the workings of powers of this world. There is some similarity with the magic of the broken world. Magic is attributed to pacts with other forces, and so far "the Light" and "Kailasol" the "Black Flame" have been referenced.

The Light:
Healing
Barriers
Curse Removal?

The Black Flame:
Revivification


Physical and mental transformations