Thurvishar D'Lorus (thatdlorusbrat) wrote in valloic, @ 2020-09-16 07:50:00 |
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I've spent my week in book shops and in coffee houses, trying to figure out where, exactly, I'm needed here. Truthfully, my inclination was to sleep for a dozen years; I'd been burning the candle on both ends for-- oh, I don't know. My entire life. So a week of few responsibilities was fantastic until I got bored so: I'll be working for the DOA in Research. My specific point of focus will be how this alternate dimension compares to those in our home worlds, as after speaking with some of you I've determined that it's not an uncommon occurrence (yes, Frye twins, my current employment does make betting in your competition possible).
So, in the name of transparency, the alternate dimension I'm familiar with back home is a lighthouse called Shadrag Gor. You can't stumble upon it accidentally; someone must take you there, typically by illegally opening a Gate (teleportation). It's a beautiful lighthouse, I suppose, never quite day or night. Fog blots out any astronomical specifics, and the ocean beats with regular waves against the sides of the circular series of rooms beginning at the base of the lighthouse all the way up to its flame. Time moves very differently at the lighthouse - I've tried to put an equation to it, and the closest I've come is fourteen and a half hours at the lighthouse is equal to six minutes at home. I spent all of my childhood there, emerging from it when I was well into my fourth year, but the Quuros empire had not moved on; it was the same empire as when I was a baby. I am currently seven years older than my friends born the same year due to my use of the lighthouse throughout my life.
Obviously such magic has its uses. As of late, I have been using Shadrag Gor as a place to compile interviews and eyewitness accounts of the history being made in our empire. I work as an advisor to our Empress, and when she needs a comprehensive assessment of the last one-hundred years of the Kirpis vane race, she needs it yesterday. So the lighthouse is a fantastic way to allow you time to become thoroughly informed on a matter. Unfortunately, our rivals have also discovered the magic of Shadrag Gor, and as of late I've been in a war of leaving rude notes about the place with the righthand academic of our greatest enemy - you know, filthy observations such as "Senera dog ears priceless tomes" and "Thurvishar doesn't cite his sources" - but on the whole, the lighthouse is more useful than it is troublesome, and I'm glad we have it to our advantage.
So my question for my initial research project: do you have experience with alternate dimensions in your home world, and if so, briefly describe its qualities to me. I may ask you follow up questions. It goes without saying that if you have no interest in my poking about your past, you need not reply. Thank you in advance.