Hello everyone. It's been a while, hasn't it? I've had this one on my drive for a while, and just not gotten around to uploading it.
Also, I'm experimenting a bit here with Turtle's POV. I think I'll continue this in the future, but I might not.
Turtle's pov.
"Turtle?" Dominar asked, knocking on Turtle's door as he was getting ready to leave. "May I talk to you about dimension travelling?"
"Sure…" Turtle replied, trusting Dominar as far as he could throw him. "But, why didn't you tell us during the briefing?"
"Because it doesn't concern them." Dominar said, coming in and closing the door behind him, looking as energetic as ever. "It only concerns you."
"Why?" Turtle asked, staring at Dominar.
Dominar sighed. "Because you're the only one that has another version of you inside of the timeline we're going to."
"Why does that matter?" Turtle asked. Just traveling to an alternative universe didn't seem to be cause for concern, after all Coatis had done it before, so why couldn't Kinkajou and himself?
"Because that means that you might feel a bit… off." Dominar said. "And you might experience a few visions about your alter, or feelings from him. If you do go, of course."
"... ok, why?" Turtle asked. What made him different from Kinkajou and Coatis. "Can't you just change the spell or whatever to accommodate that?"
"No, that would require re-structuring the dimension Coatis is from." Dominar replied. "Since the entire reason why is that there's already someone occupying your space in Coatis's world."
"Can't you do that? You're an omni-god or whatever, you're borderline omnipotent." Turtle replied, exasperated. He didn't understand what was the hold-up, beyond the enormous effort it probably required.
Dominar sighed. "When I say omni-god, I mean all-god, aka a god that's able to be in several different universes/multiverses. In order to do so, I have to limit myself and not go all out, and I'm also not omniscient or omnipotent. I don't know where your necklace that you lost last week is, nor do I know what numbers are going to be picked for the lottery. I have my limits, like how I can't just wander into a random person's mind, nor can I just fundamentally re-shape reality. I have to work with what I've got." Dominar said, sighing again. "You got that?"
Turtle was a bit taken aback, but nodded anyway. "But, I still have one more question. Why are you helping us out? What are your motives?"
My motives are to prevent something from entering both of your timelines. Dominar replied. Something even more powerful than me.
"Ok…" Turtle replied. He was sure Dominar was lying somehow, or not giving him the full truth.
—- Kinkajou's pov.
Everyone had gathered up on the day after Dominar's presentation, inside of Dominar's room, which looked like a tornado ran right through it. At least, that's what Kinkajou thought the aftermath of a sand storm looked like. She wasn't sure what to think about the strange writings on the wall surrounding a circle, along with bowls filled with strange liquids, smelling of strange fruits and metals. The floor felt damp, but not completely wet, for whatever reason.
"Ok, just walk through the tunnel when it appears." A grey-green Dominar said, walking over to the wall with the strange markings around the circle. "Or I should say rings."
"Um… what?" Turtle asked, looking at Dominar.
Dominar just touched the center of the circle, and the wall just… fell away. The circle started to just… fall into the wall, making a perfectly dragon-sized tunnel. How Dominar did that, Kinkajou will never understand. The tunnel itself was completely transparent, with rings of the same scarlet-red color that the markings were.
Dominar walked through the tunnel, with no real sound being produced. It was as if there wasn't any ground to stand on. It wasn't as if Dominar was sneaking around.
A pale yellow, blue lined Coatis was next, and he stopped to admire the tunnel itself. "Have you looked at the tunnel? It's super weird." Coatis observed.
Turtle and Kinkajou stood beside Coatis. The 'tunnel' was really a collection of rings going in a seemingly straight line. She could even see Dominar walking down the 'tunnel.'
"Um… ok." Turtle said, looking at the 'tunnel' then the rings. "I should just… walk on air? How does that even work?"
Coatis put his claw on thin air, with him turning a little more yellow. "Actually, the floor feels pretty solid. It's almost like very smooth stone."
"Must be due to how heavy Dominar looks." Turtle wondered out loud.
"Hey!" Turtle yipped.
"Well, it's rude to comment on someone's weight." Coatis replied, turning plant-green.
"Well, he's probably already found a mate." Turtle simply replied. "So my comments shouldn't have any meaning."
"That doesn't mean you can just blabber about stuff like that anyways." Coatis, glaring at Turtle.
"Can you two please stop?" Kinkajou said, turning a bit green with a dash of red.
"Ok." Both replied simultaneously. Kinkajou wasn't going to let her brother(?) and her boyfriend fight.
"Now, Coatis you go first." Kinkajou commanded.
"Yes mam." Coatis said, walking into the tunnel.
"Now you Turtle." Kinkajou calmly stated.
Turtle marched into the tunnel, like how Coatis did.
Ok, my turn. Kinkajou thought to herself. She knew that the walkway was solid, from Turtle, Coatis, and Dominar, but she didn't know exactly where to put her talon down. She hesitantly started to put her talon down, but she overestimated where the floor was, her talon meeting the 'ground' a few inches below where she thought it was. Kinkajou briefly let out a yelp, causing everyone to look at her.
"Is everything ok?" Turtle asked, fully stopped, half turned around.
"I'm fine." Kinkajou replied, turning a light blue. She hadn't even gotten into the tunnel and she was having issues. How could she possibly hope to reach the end of the tunnel?
Kinkajou took another shakey step, this time managing to actually get her talon down on the ground. After taking a few more steps, she finally got a feel for where the floor was, she was able to walk 'normally.' At least there weren't any bends or turns. She was actually able to look around and see what exactly was outside of the tunnel.
Beyond the 'tunnel' there were clouds. A whole lot of clouds… Kinkajou wasn't sure that any dragon had been up this far. It was making her feel a bit dizzy…
She quickly looked off in the distance, and saw the beautiful sunset. No, sunrise. She didn't know what it actually was, but it was most certainly beautiful. The clouds were a nice, soft, golden-yellow color. Like a bit of honey. It was just beautiful, ok?
"Hey, what's up with the sunset?" Kinkajou asked, still staring at the beautiful scene before her.
"Actually, it's unknown if it's a sunset or a sunrise." Dominar replied, his talons still making some of that forsaken noise. "Some beings think that it's a sunset, to represent the end and rebirth, while others think that it's a sunrise, to represent a new beginning. While some don't see it at all."
"How can it represent something? How does that happen?" Turtle asked, looking back at Dominar. "Random objects don't have meaning. That's just insane."
Dominar chuckled at Turtle's questions. "Actually, they do. Everything has a meaning, a fundamental concept attached to it. Some beings think that if they find all of them, they get closer to god or whatever."
"What do you think?" Coatis asked, turning a light blue.
"I think it's both." Dominar calmly replied, looking out at the scene. "You see, there's never a clear end or beginning, only transitions. You will be slightly different tomorrow than when you woke up today. The world is in a constant state of transition, whether it be slight changes or big, there's always something. Whether you like it or not, the world changes."
"Wow." Kinkajou said, turning a mix of orange/yellow. "You must've seen a lot to come to that conclusion."
"Yeah." Dominar sighed. "Guess that's one perk of remembering."
A creature pierced the clouds on the opposite of the sun of the 'tunnel,' the clouds parting for it. It was a giant whale-like alien creature, which was a deep rich green-blue color, with several glowing eyes white along its front. It let out a low wail, making Kinkajou turn a bit yellow. It was spectacular, just seeing a creature that ginormous, to be many times bigger than Darkstalker himself.
"We're here." Dominar said, as they approached another ring, except this one showed different scenery, but unlike the previous rings it had a room through it, which was a bit trippy.
Dominar stepped out into the room, followed by Coatis and Turtle.
When Kinkajou got to the portal, she carefully stepped down. The room was empty, except for the tunnel they came out of and a hovering clear crystal hovering in the middle. The room itself had a stale, dark atmosphere, with a dark wood for the room itself, being cuboid in design. There also was a light fixture on the top, barely lighting up the place. The only other fewture was a door on a wall.
"Everyone here?" Dominar asked. When everyone nodded, he continued. "Good. Now, let's get to the back room. Coatis, would you do the honor?"
Coatis opened up the door, turning a bright yellow. "Welcome, to my home." He said, smiling. "I hope you stay for a while."
Once everyone was outside, Kinkajou admired the hallway. It was open air on one side, with pillars periodically holding up the ceiling, along with holding some beautiful flowers, with combinations of blue, and purple. The air was nice and warm, a nice breeze came through the hallway. The smell was amazing, mostly on account of the flowers.
"Hey! No fire!" A gruff voice called out. "You don't want to be blown to bits!"
"Sorry." A smaller voice replied.
Everyone looked over to the source, and saw three sandwings, big one female and two smaller males, all handling barrels of something. What was in them, Kinkajou didn't know.
The female looked over to the group. "Go away ya filthy half-breeds." She spat out.
Dominar's colors visibly darkened at that comment, before talking. "Coatis, take them to the back room."
"Ok." Coatis said, before leading them away.
"What was that about?" Turtle asked, looking over to Coatis.
"Oh… Dominar kinda gets a bit… angry whenever a dragon calls a 'cross-tribe' something along the lines of 'half-breed' or something else." Coatis said, turning a deep purple. "Apparently where he's from they're offensive."
"Oh." Turtle said. But, where is Dominar from? Kinkajou thought to herself.
Ok, done. Sorry for the cliffhanger, I'll try to write up the next chapter as soon as possible.
And, I also challenge you to find one positive thing and one negative thing(beyond 'this is a cooky concept'), and post a review explaining them.