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[araneidal]

​​[ Evenly, ]

How many of you have travelled to other dimensions before coming here?

​​[ a beat ]

Were they worlds like your own or extremely different? How did you get back home, if you did?

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[sheriffing]

I have.

[She doesn't usually offer that up, but trading information seems like their best bet around here.]

Getting home usually involves opening a portal.

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[araneidal]

[ Neither does Natasha, but sharing is caring. ]

What kind of portal?

[intelligently]

I haven't, but each one I've heard about has involved magic or a portal.

And trying to recreate it here has ended badly.

[araneidal]

What happened, if I may ask?

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[righthemisphere]

I have. Just came through another if I'm not mistaken..

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[araneidal]

[ Natasha switches, to match him. ]

Where were you?

[sponsored]

Totally different. Dark magic to break through.

[araneidal]

How did you escape?

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[undealt]

By dimensions, I assume you mean other worlds. It's not always simple, but it's a common enough practice where I'm from, and usually the worlds are quite different from one another.

However, if you're looking for a way out of Wonderland, my dear, I'm afraid you're going to be sorely disappointed. I've looked into all the traditional means of traveling between worlds.

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[araneidal]

[ A short pause, then, ]

Have you? What have you found?

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[vampdetective]

More than a few times.

[Each less pleasant than the last.]

None of them were anything like home. Different worlds entirely. Lot of portals, where I come from.

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[araneidal]

Let me guess, all magic?

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[henrydaniel]

I've been to a lot of different realms. And usually you have to have a portal, where I'm from. A looking glass, or magic bean...

I just came here from Camelot. But I've been to a place called the Enchanted Forest, too. Oh, and Neverland.

[Said completely nonchalant.]

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[araneidal]

[ He's young, but in her experience, one can never be too young. ]

You sound like your visits are regular.

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[agentxthirteen]

[ There's a banging on the door, but Sharon doesn't try to get in.. ]

SHARING IS CARING, NATASHA.

Just a reminder. See you!

[ Sharon goes back to her room, then the door sounds again as a thought occurs to her. She bangs on the door again. ]

Just double-checking. You're in there, right?

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[araneidal]

[ After she's done with her conversations, she pops into Sharon's room. ]

Yes, I was.

[belovedson]

I've been to a few; they were all pretty different from each other. [Though the Enchanted Forest had been more similar to Neverland than it had to London, there had still been some pretty big gaps. But now comes the part that's a little less believable, making Neal grin as he goes on.]

In order? I used a magic bean I got from the Blue Fairy, I hitched a ride on Peter Pan's shadow, and I got caught up when the then-Evil Queen broke a curse she'd cast. Only the last one got me back to my original realm, but I figure you'd want to hear about all the possibilities.

[araneidal]

You know, ten minutes ago I might have said you were making fun of me.

[ Lightly said. Natasha pauses. ]

There's a lot of people from your world around here, aren't there?

[interspatial]

[ oh hey. for once, the network isn't serving as simply distraction... ]

If you keep collecting data at this rate, I'll be forced to ask Tony to help me design a quantum hard drive. I'm pretty sure that falls under unforgivable.

[araneidal]

[ A little wry, ]

Just wait until you hear about time travel.

[ All she has so far are beans, and dark magic. Natasha trusts neither. ]

I'll compile what's useful, at any rate.

[outofthebreach]

[ Brennan doesn't pop up on the network as much as he probably should, mostly because navigating technology is still an exercise in patience and frustration for him. But this post gets his attention. ]

I am not sure about these dimensions, but where I come from, there are two realms. The normal one where people live, and the Fade, a realm of spirits and magic. Our spirits drift there while we dream, it's said, but travelling there physically is usually impossible unless you're a very rare talent of mage.

[ Except then he'd come along and walked in and out of it twice. ]

[araneidal]

[ A beat lapses after he's finished, Natasha is frowning lightly. ]

Oh — are you from Thedas?

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[hugedork]

[ If he'd been in Wonderland a shorter amount of time, the idea of meeting an alternate Natasha might have thrown him more. It's strange, but not strange enough that he can't accept it as truth. Even so, there's a bit of a twinge in his chest when he hears the familiar voice before he has to remind himself that this isn't the same Natasha at all and that this Natasha is much more comfortable with that idea than he thinks he'll ever be. ]

I have to admit that this is my first time dealing with anything like this, but I've been doing experiments to try to work out the relationship between science and the "magic" we encounter here in Wonderland. If any of your findings might contribute to that, would you mind passing them on to me?

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[araneidal]

[ Natasha's voice has an easy warmth when she replies, ]

Of course, Bruce. Would you mind if I popped by during your experiments?

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[heroica]

[ Robyn smiles at the question, though Natasha won't see it. ]

Have I ever told you about the Fade?

[ If she talked about it when they last met, then Robyn won't remember, given. The drinking. ]

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[araneidal]

[ Lightly playful, ]

You may have.