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nexus_crossings2020-12-10 05:32 pm
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We're not in Republic City anymore.
She sat, cross-legged, meditating. One day, she'd find a way to reconnect with her past selves. All the previous avatars, stretching back through time. But the meditation itself never hurt. To think just a few years before how bad she'd been at it. So hotheaded, so rash. She'd been tempered. By hard experience, but also by wonderful people.
So she smiled when she felt the breeze stir her hair. It was a reminder, to her, of so much. But then she heard the creaking of a door.
Her eyes opened, and she stood. There weren't any doors here, not out in the wilds beyond Republic City. But there was one, in the face of a boulder near to her, grass swirling in front of it like it had always been there, just a part of the scenery. She stepped forward.
She didn't remember taking hold of the handle. All she remembered was the flash, and then there was...another city. One she didn't recognize, with strange smells, and strange sounds. She turned in a small circle, eyes wide and mouth open.
"How does my life keep on getting stranger?"
So she smiled when she felt the breeze stir her hair. It was a reminder, to her, of so much. But then she heard the creaking of a door.
Her eyes opened, and she stood. There weren't any doors here, not out in the wilds beyond Republic City. But there was one, in the face of a boulder near to her, grass swirling in front of it like it had always been there, just a part of the scenery. She stepped forward.
She didn't remember taking hold of the handle. All she remembered was the flash, and then there was...another city. One she didn't recognize, with strange smells, and strange sounds. She turned in a small circle, eyes wide and mouth open.
"How does my life keep on getting stranger?"
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"I promise I'm not trying to be disparaging on purpose. I'm still getting use to this whole socializing thing. I didn't have a lot of opportunities for it back home."
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"It takes years to get right, trust me. But it's worth it when you do."
She had been rude, and brash, once. Abrasive. Hotheaded. But friends had mellowed her. Taught her without teaching. And she loved them all so much for it.
"And the not picking a fight in the first few minutes part? Better than I usually get, so hey - you're way ahead now."
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"So I take it you get a lot of challengers then?" He asked, since she seemed use to the idea of someone wanting to fight her.
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"Like you wouldn't believe. I'm in everyone's way on their path to power."
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"Well at least around here, you won't have to put up with people seeking you out just to fight you for a power trip." He offered as a bright side. "Aside from some screwy happenings then and now, it's been fairly peaceful around here."
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"Does...time pass, you know, outside of here? Like, if I'm here a week, does a week pass back home? Because I like what you're saying but I have, well...responsibilities."
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He was no stranger to responsibility back home, so he got where she was coming from.
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She paused, rubbing the back of her head.
"And this gets normal to people? I mean, I guess it has to, but...how long have you been here?"
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"I've been here for over a month, but yeah once I got the run down of things here, it does feel more normal."
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It may begin to sound like a woman who is ticking things off a mental list.
"Nobody going on about, I don't know, realigning the world or unification...?"
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"Not that I am aware, but this place is pretty large. There could be troublemakers around just biding their time." He replied honestly. He didn't want to say something was certain only to be proven wrong the next instance.