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I recommend listening to Pink Floyd's Time while reading this. I particularly like this version, even though it’s not the whole song… |
The Gamma team exits the Whispering Cairn to find that everything's changed. Clearly, you're not in West Virginia any more. Before you even open your eyes, a continuous sound alerts you that something is odd. The sound is a series of jangling bells. You realize that you are standing up, but completely unable to move. It’s not uncomfortable and you are not restrained, but somehow you are unable to get your muscles to respond.
Opening your eyes reveals a strange scene. You are standing in a misty void with no sky, horizon, or ground. Floating in the distance, you see various hourglasses, sundials, digital clocks, and other time-keeping devices. Some of them are the source of the bells that have awakened you.
You are all standing in a semi-circle. At the center of the semi-circle stands a tall, slender man, shrouded in a gray, hooded cloak. His arms are crossed and you cannot see his feet. He seems to float several inches above where you would expect the ground to be, if there were a ground in this misty void.
The whole scene seems vaugely familiar. Maybe you saw it in a movie. Or a deam. Or was it a former life?
The man sighs, “Pardon the interruption... once again.” After shaking his head, he continues, “As usual, I hate to intervene, but I simply couldn’t let you continue any further. Too disruptive to the balance of things, you see. Those blasted Chaos Lords are really mucking things about now. Ghosts aren't even supposed to exist in this setting!”
“I'm afraid the time/space locus of our little problem has moved. If you're still willing to help, I'm going to have to move you. Once again, it will be an unfamiliar alternate reality/time stream, but, once again, you won’t be anomalies. While you decide if you're still going to go along with my plan, I can answer a few questions. It’s not like I don’t have all the time in the world.” He chuckles, shooing away a particularly annoying alarm clock that has been buzzing around his head.
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Feel free to ask this odd fellow questions, in character, while we work out the ooc details of the new game outside this thread. |