We find our group of heroes in Gamma's lab, staring at a door in front of the armor lockers.
P: Look Gamma, what I'm telling you is that doors don't appear out of nowhere.
Γ: And I'm telling you this door came out of nowhere Rho!
Psyche: I thought you had learned to trust me more Alex. But I am not so sure where it might go.
Y: I do not want to take chances with either this door or you Psyche, especially with your earlier compromise.
Psyche: I will be fine Johnathan, do not be concerned with me.
Ω: He's not worried about you, the only thing on his mind is that girl.
E: Lay off of Upsilon, Omega. Let's open the door and see what's inside; Hephaestus anything on the scans?
Hephaestus: QUANTUM ANOMALY DETECTED.
Γ: Quantum? Then this might be a door to the multiverse!
Y: It may also be a trap.
Ω: Doesn't need to be, if Gamma is right.
E: If it at least means that we can learn more than it's a risk worth taking.
Psyche: Please don't encourage Victor.
Γ: Just let me have this Psyche.
In a unknown facility…
Praetor: I'm not so sure what this thing is Imperator.
Nero: Do not fret my Consul, it is a door.
Praetor: Yes it is. Do you know anything more, my Lady?
Helen: My name will suffice machine; and this is a strange oddity.
Nero: Very well, Praetor stay here and ready the rest of your men. We'll press on through the portal.
Praetor: Be safe Imperator.
P: Great, just fantastic! We go through a mysterious door and now here we are in a city suspended in the sky by nothing!
Γ: It could have been worse. Psyche can you estimate a date and location?
Psyche: Circa 1910 A.D. Location: Atlantic Ocean
Ω: Could such a place exist; this 'Columbia' as I've heard it called seems American in design, it would have tipped the balance in the present war.
P: It's obviously a sovereign country.
E: It is a beautiful city.
P: Doesn't mean much in the early twentieth century, the faith presented in this place is both ignorant and hypocritical. Especially since these people are led by a 'prophet'.
E: True, and it is a shame-wait who are those two over there?
Y: Those, Epsilon, are the Luteces: Rosalind and her brother Robert. They are the leading experts in quantum mechanics, which seems to be the reason why the city floats. Next time do a little research when you enter a strange place; there is a good library nearby.
E: Could they be the reason the doors exist?
Γ: No. There are similar doors around here, but I'd bet that they're the ones able to harness and stabilize the doors they do find.
Psyche: Indeed, and the source seems to be on Monument Island. What's strange is that the energy is transmitting itself as if it were a brain wave.
Γ: How is that possible?
E: It's easy when the power source isn't just a machine.
P: You mean the power source has a human component?
Ω: He means the power source is human.
Nero: Amazing, doors everywhere; linking to an infinite amount of worlds. All the knowledge that could be-can be-gained in only a single lifetime…
Helen: And apparently you're not the only one who's aware.
Nero: You're right, they don't look lost either. These two seem to be twins, then again they might be the same person.
Helen: That's quite a stretch.
Nero: Not really, look through enough of these doors and there's probably a male you running around.
Helen: R-Right…
Nero: If it would comfort you, we can ask them.
Helen: No, I can't explain it, but it doesn't feel like their bodies are in one place.
Nero: Then it might be unsafe to stay, we'll have to press on. A pity, it would have been an interesting conversation.
