gotosleep_idiot | March & April Test Drive

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March & April Test Drive

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[Red sky with two moons admittedly sounds a little fascinating, though if Clu seems wary of it, he'll content himself with perusing elsewhere for now.]

How very fascinating. What sort of changes does it incur?

[It also has monsters so yeah, best to steer clear.]

In the people who live here, or in itself? Because the latter is easy to explain, or at least give examples of, but the former is more complicated.

[He might have still gone anyway, because he is reckless like that sometimes.]

I suppose then I'll ask for examples of the latter, then, if that's easiest. I'm assuming this land itself changes or rearranges in some way?

Sometimes yes. One time the whole city was restructured to the point that my house ended up on a tiny island barely bigger than the house itself. One time it was overrun by monster plants; though to be fair that was just the culmination of another issue. And even under normal circumstances there's the De Nile river that seldom holds the same exact course for very long; it runs through the Northern and part of the Eastern District, but that's about as much as you can say for it consistently.

But I was more referring to what are known as Reality Storms. They can have all kinds of effects on the the city and its people ranging from amusing, to irritating, to downright dangerous. Sometimes all three at once, depending on your tastes.

[He seems genuinely fascinated by the whole thing. It seems like magic beyond anything he's ever encountered. Dangerous, yes, and certainly nothing to be trifled with, but intriguing all the same.]

What sort of effects have they had before, then?

[It is pretty fascinating to hear about. A little less so when you're living through it.]

A better question would be what effects hasn't it had. One made people randomly start singing, while another stuck them all in wedding attire they couldn't remove. Then there's the ones that turn people into animals, or alter their memories to make them think they'd lived entirely different lives. Then there's the really nasty ones like deactivating everyone's powers and technology and having the city overrun with monsters.

Fortunately, the effects only last about a week at the most, but for some of them, that's more than enough.

...that's quite a variety of effects. Even for a week, some of them do seem like they could rather damaging.

Interesting, of course, probably very fascinating, but also damaging.

Oh definitely. Fortunately, once they're over, we have our Bending back. That helps a a lot when it comes to clean up.

And as for the harm to the people well, not only do we have a well equipped medical bay, but death... kind of doesn't stick here. If someone dies in nautilus, usually they'll be restored after a week. Pushing your luck still isn't recommended, though; you still remember dying, so the entire process can be pretty traumatic.

I don't think I've heard of 'Bending' before. What is that, may I ask?

How curious. And how fascinating, really. I can't even imagine the possibilities, and also the consequences, of being essentially immortal. Traumatic, of course, but also I imagine that drastically affects the structure of society here.

Bending is basically using your will to affect reality; because of Nautilus is a bit closer to chaos than most worlds, reality is a lot more flexible here. Bending has a lot of uses, but the most common one is to create things you want or need.

[Clu demonstrates by Bending up a cup of tea and offering it to Dumbledore.]

You're right about it affecting things here, in good ways and in bad. On one hand it's helpful, for obvious reasons. But on the other it makes dealing with serious threats a lot more difficult. And there are serious threats, not just to Nautilus, but to other worlds too.

See, Nautilus is something of a nexus, where a lot of different worlds intersect. So what happens here can spread to affect those other worlds, for good or bad. Under normal circumstances, certain people from here travel to other worlds to help fix flaws in that reality. But if a powerful and dangerous enough entity got control of things, a lot of serious harm could be done, and very few people from those worlds would be able to really do anything about it.

[Dumbledore takes the tea, his eyes alight with curiosity. This is all so fascinating, and its all things he's never heard of before. Oh, the studying he could do!]

I don't even know where to start asking questions. Do you know how bending is possible? And what serious threats are there? And what flaws in reality?

Like I said, Bending is possible because Nautilus is closer to chaos than most worlds. Reality isn't as rigidly structured here as it is most everywhere else. But it's a delicate balance. Too much chaos, and everything falls apart, which is actually the reason reality storms happen; chaos builds up over time, then gets released with unpredictable effects to restore the balance. Conversely, too much order and nothing can grow or change or really do anything at all.

Which is what one of those threats I mentioned wanted. Her name was Isis, and she wanted to freeze all of reality into her own idea of perfect order. The citizens of Nautilus who were there then managed to defeat her, but it was very close.

And flaws in reality are...

[Clu paused for a moment, realizing he needed to think a bit about this answer.]

Well, they're when something happens to a world that makes some aspect of that world's physical laws start to break down. It's usually centered in one spot, at least at first, but if not stopped and repaired, it can spread out until that entire world is at risk.

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