The door from Milliways opens into ( a small room. )

Felix, as has been established, is about to plunge into the unexplored depths of Sol Sanctum in a search for ancient secrets that may save his world - or may, once again, doom it. But that's a concern for after they're found ( Read more... )

Kraden,
Found a hole in the world. Seemed to be sucking in Alchemy. Felt dangerous. What do you know?
Felix
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Felix,
That doesn't sound familiar. Can you tell me anything more? Where is it?

Kraden
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Kraden,
About 10 miles ENE from Kolima. In a clearing, no obvious effect on local plants. Slightly low animal/monster presence. About two feet in diameter ( Read more... )

( In the windy Suhalla )

In the darkness, underground, a meter takes its measurement. A threshold is reached, and a message is sent to a control center.

The time has come. Commands are produced, and engines begin to turn over. For the first time in millennia, the machine is operating.

The light is sufficient for the shadow, so the shadow is brought.

The landscape, one might notice, is quite unusual ( Read more... )

Felix sees a realm full of grey mist.

He hears a sound behind him, and turns around. There is Sheba, just as he remembers her - but more, somehow. More complete, more Jupiter, more Sheba, than ever before; no longer the little girl she was in so many ways ( Read more... )

It's over. She's gone. There's no reason to stay ( Read more... )

All he could think was I wasn't there, I wasn't there.

He'd told her he'd be by her side, and he wasn't. And now he couldn't be.

She was gone, they were putting her in the ground No, don't do that, she needs the wind wants the sky must have the air and there was nothing he could do. Nothing he'd been able to do ( Read more... )

It wasn't the first time they'd been to the edge of the world, but it was the first time since Alchemy had been restored. Sheba was curious to see what it looked like over the edge, again, and to see if anything had changed ( Read more... )