Deep within the cracks between the dimensions, a crack opens up. Out of this crack slithers a little snake like creature about one centimeter long, and a millimeter thick. It slithers along the paths, looking into bubbles without having eyes. Within the bubbles are more bubbles, connected by thin strings. In the middle of the bubble is a shining light, playing some kind of movie. There are two people in the bubble, lovers. After a bit, there's bloodshed, and the female lover dies. A long sword impaling her. The snake slithers away, afraid. In the center of the vast space, there is a big bubble. The snake slithers inside, appearing in a warm room with a fire. The snake decides to rest here.

When it wakes up, there are other snake like creatures, and eggs. The eggs have many different patterns on them. The snake slithers around, restless. A small barrier in a doorway blocks his path. There is a sign on it, but the snake cannot read. Through the doorway steps in a female inkling with long purple hair. Her voice is soft, trusting, and can be trusted.

Inkling: "Oh? Are you new here?"

She looks down at the snake with forest green eyes, expecting it to talk, but it cannot.

Inkling: "You must've been just born a day ago."

She picked the snake up gently, for it's bone structure isn't fully developed. Walking slowly, she takes the snake out of the room into a long hallway. Walking towards the inkling is a young male human, his eyes a light blue.

Human: "Is that guy new?"

Inkling: "Ah, you must be the one touring today. Why yes, this is a newborn that most likely came in last night. Do you know how to tell what it'll evolve into?"

Human: "Isn't that the marking on their chest when they reach ten years old?"

Inkling: "That is correct. Now, how do you tell the gender?"

Human: "The gender? Hm… Oh! It's the color of line along their back when they reach five years old!"

Inkling: "You're very good for how young you are."

Human: "Mhm. Papa told me about all of this, since he wants to be like you."

Inkling: "Well I'm sure with proper training he'd make a great worker here."

Human: "Thanks! I'll tell papa you said that."

Inkling: "Now you run along now, there's a lot more to look at here."

Human: "Okay!"

The human back down the hall, each footstep making a hard drumbeat in the snake's ears. The inkling walks down the hall the opposite way the human went, passing by many doors. She stops at an open door, and walks in, putting the snake in a small container. She puts the container in a machine, mechanical whirs fill the room. The inkling starts talking to a male floran from the Starbound dimension sitting in a chair at a computer, the container deafens the speech to mere white noise. The snake relaxes, and bubbles start to flow around in its mind. In each bubble is a small clip of the same room, different things happening in each. In one of them, there is a scream as the container shatters and the machine catches on fire, the snake dying along with it. Out of sheer impulse from seeing that sight, the snake jumps into the wall of the container, knocking it out of the machine. The machine shuts down automatically.

Inkling: "Hey now, let's not get too wild here."

Floran: "Woah, I think it was a good thing it jumped out, Ms. Sam."

Inkling: "Why?"

Floran: "The soul stabilizer was about to catch fire if it didn't shut down! It's like the baby new."

Sam: "Oh… That would've been a disaster."

She knelt down and picked the snake up.

Sam: "I'm glad you're safe. Let's get you back into your room now.

After that, things were relatively normal for five years. Every day was almost the same: Play with the others in the room, get taken out by Sam for a few minutes, watch the hallway as people rush by, repeat. The snake now has a blue line down the middle of it's back, some of the others have pink. Some of the snakes have developed legs to walk on, but they are still not tall enough to walk over the barrier, and it's too slick to climb. But after the next day, everything will change.