Bloom

Portals are rather strange.

Of course that strangeness comes from the fact that you are essentially stepping through a ‘fold’ in spacetime.

Normally that’s not an issue for a short range portal, however, longer portal distances have shown problems.

For something like a city to city portal you might just get a small feeling of easily dismissed vertigo.

For longer portals like Empire capital city to other Empire capital city, there can sometimes be severe reactions.

This portal I leaped into is so much worse.

I’m pretty sure, it’s not connecting to anything on my planet, probably not anything in the previous universe.

So, I think I should be forgiven for what happened when we exited.

Honestly, it’s not the first time I’ve burned down a forest, so really, it shouldn’t be unexpected.

Rustle.

I am not a pyromaniac!

Did you just take a separate trip or what? That portal gave me the bends!

Of course the first thing I would do when it spat us out was try to make a light!

How am I supposed to predict the combustability of another universes mana?

I.

Am.

NOT.

A GOD.

Powerful, yes!

Debonair, yes!

Young, yes!

Rustle.

No, you can’t slip that kind of word in there during my monologue, that’s vile!

Anyways, point is, I can’t foresee a goblin ambush much less the combustability of another universes mana.

Rustle?

An excellent question, to which my answer is stimply….Status check!

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…..

And there you have it.

Different universe, different rules.

Hm…

Flash.

Crack.

BOOM!

Well, certain Laws are still in effect, although, there are severe differences in power output.

Also, what is with this rather annoying tide of insects rushing at us from underground?

Just because we burned the carnivorous forest by accident, doesn’t mean we should be attacked by unhappy bugs.

Squish.

Oh.

Oh my.

These things are tasty.

Crunch.

Very, very, very tasty.

That’s it, whatever this species of insect that appears to be a cross between a beetle and a praying mantis is on the menu.

I haven’t had such a delicious taste in a long while.

Yes, it tastes like…

Old Earth Chicken.