“So you won’t
need any help back in your home dimension?” asks Sam as we see Fiona off.
The portal she
is using is already open in one of the lower levels of the base. It turns out
the old League had a interdimensional portal device stored away.
I wish I had
known about this sooner, I think, I could have used it to help Narszara get
back home. Why didn’t think to look for it before now?
Fiona is in
her costume with two containers of Sentinel Tech.
“Thanks for
the help guys,” says Fiona with a wave goodbye to us before stepping through
the portal of swirling multi-coloured energy.
I hesitate for
a moment before deciding on a course of action.
“I need to ask
Fiona something,” I tell the others before going through after her.
I look around
as I arrive in another world, on top of a mountain. This is my first time in
another dimension, I realise as I spot Fiona at the mountain edge. I follow her
trail of sight, looking at the American town below that the mountain presides
over.
She puts the
containers down and sits down, her legs dangling over the edge.
“May I join
you for a moment?” I ask Fiona as I walk up to her.
She turns her
head and stares for a moment, before saying, “Sure.”
“Thanks,” I
say and I sit down next to her.
“I assume there
is a reason you followed me through?” says Fiona.
“Yeah,” I
reply, “I wanted to ask you something, but it slipped my mind until the last
moment.”
“What is it?”
“When you
first arrived, you said you came to my universe because something unusually
there stood out to you. I was wondering if you could explain what is was in
greater detail?”
Fiona thinks
for a moment before replying.
“There is a
interdimensional phenomenon called Outsiders,”
Fiona answers, “It occurs when one isn’t connected to a universe and as
result, become immune to effects that would change that reality at its core.
Usually when someone ends up in a foreign universe or they end up travelling
between dimensions. Because we’re from outside that reality, when it changes
internally, we’re not affected because the local stuff doesn’t apply to us. So
say someone travels to another dimension and settles there. They would be an
Outsider. Then someone goes back in time and changes something. Everybody else
would act if the change had always happened because for them, it had. But the
Outsider would remember before the change and would be able to act on them,
because as foreign element, the internal changes wouldn’t be part of them. This
makes a settled Outsider a *&@#”£ to fight as they wouldn’t be affect by
time travel, reality warping or other stuff like that. Plus the vast majority
of Outsiders are tough and dangerous as they had to struggle to survive and end
up very good at surviving and adapting to rapidly changing situations.”
“So a settled
Outsider in my universe and that is what drew your attention?” I say.
“One that’s
particularly unusually,” replies Fiona, “You should know something about
Outsiders. When they’re in a universe, it can’t split into alternate realities
that occur when different paths are taken. This is because you can’t get
alternate version of an Outsider. While you can get alternates that both end up
as Outsiders, an Outsider won’t form any more alternate of themselves. This
means that any changes to that reality are permanent and proper. So time travel
or reality warping would usually create an alternate version of a reality, but
if it has Outsider it won’t happened because that would form alternate of that
Outsider.”
“So what
you’re saying is that my universe is particularly vulnerable to internal
changes?” I say.
“That’s one
aspect of it,” agrees Fiona, “But you should be aware that people can leave
their reality and return as Outsider like I am. And not always after the same
amount of time has passed. For example, it has only been two years for my
reality since I left, but it’s been six years and a half from my perspective. Over
three times longer for me.”
“Thanks for
that information,” I reply, “It might come in handy someday. Call for advice if
you need it. I’ll also send you some spare costumes once you inform me where
you want them to appear in this dimension.”
“Goodbye
Sentinel,” says Fiona as I get up.
“It’s just
Daniel Griffin,” I reply, “I’m not in my armour. And goodbye Flashblast.”
I walk back
through the portal where Narszara is waiting.
“Milord,” says
Narszara as I deactivate the portal, “I wish to ask you something.”
“Ask away,” I
reply with a wave of my hand.
“You have
technology that can be used to communicate with those in other parts of the
Multiverse?” inquires Narszara.
“Correct,” I
tell her.
“Excellent,”
says Narszara happily and begins to walk away.
Wait a moment…
“Narszara,” I
say and the Norgardian comes to a halt, “Do you know what an Outsider is?”
“Aye Verigar,”
replies Narszara.
“Are you an
Outsider,” I ask her.
“Yes I am,”
answers Narszara, “I do fit the criteria.”
“That is all,”
I say and she leaves the room.
Narszara is an
Outsider. If my suspicions are correct, it was her presence that got Fiona’s
attention.
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