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[ambiography]

shitpost maybe eventually?

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[ambiography]

And so is how we get back, if we can't find how we arrived in the first place.

[goalsides]

Usually that's through another gate. Sometimes we found them ourselves, and sometimes they opened on their own. If there's a gate here, it's probably under construction, I bet.

[ambiography]

Then it all comes right back around to waiting.

[which is not, in this situation, ideal.]

[goalsides]

For now. But just because we're waiting doesn't mean we can't start looking for other solutions, right? Nobody really knows how we got here, but I've been hearing a few things from other people about things around campus.

...don't get too close to the construction, by the way. Apparently it'll make you black out.

[ambiography]

So I've heard. From what I know, the dorm buildings aren't too different from each other either, but I'm not discounting the possibility that one might be more useful than the others.

[goalsides]

I dunno. The inside of fall's dorm looks pretty different than ours, and what I've heard about winter's is even different from that. So I don't think I'd discount it yet either.

[ambiography]

Well- yes, the decor is varied, but at their cores they have the same purpose. It's the other rooms that I'm less certain of.

[goalsides]

Do we have any idea what the other rooms could even be? It's not like I think of "coffeehouse" when I think of spring or anything.

[ambiography]

None so far. I haven't heard anyone describe them, yet, and if ours is any indication... guessing will be hard at best.

[goalsides]

I might start asking around again to see if people will share. If not, then we'll figure out something else. It can't be that bad.

[ambiography]

In time, maybe they will. It should be fine.

[it's just kind of a pain to be unable to actually finish assessing this place entirely.]

[goalsides]

Until then, what do you plan to do, Director?

[ambiography]

The same thing I've done so far. Keep an eye on what I can, talk to the rest of you, and see if there's-- well, anything at all that we can figure out.

[-at least after tomorrow there'll be more chill, here.]

[goalsides]

Good enough.

[...but hm.]

Can you tell me a little more about your experience? It does sound different than ours.

[ambiography]

We've studied the planar system, in my world. There isn't only one component to it-- we live on what is known as the Prime Material Plane, but there are thirteen in total, from the Astral Plane of the dead to the Elemental Planes. Any given world is an entire system, but while you can travel between the planes, it is... difficult, at best, to leave a world in its entirety and travel to another system. Under most circumstances, it's impossible.

If you're able to meet those-- particular circumstances, there's no telling where you might end up on the other side.

[goalsides]

So it's probably advised not to leave to go to another system at all. What kind of qualifications do you need to do something like that?

[ambiography]

You don't need any qualifications yourself, exactly. The system itself needs to be under certain conditions, but it's... best not to experience them.

[goalsides]

So everything's controlled by a system that's pre-set.

But how do you change the system?

[ambiography]

Not... really. Any planar system isn't preset so much as it operates in a particular balance, which-- is capable of being disrupted, in extreme cases.

[goalsides]

["Why is everything always about balance..." this is always a lowkey question even if he does, actually, understand why. for the most part. so instead he's busy trying to understand the planar system.]

Does it take a lot to keep it balanced? Or is it kind of self-sufficient that way outside of extreme cases?

[ambiography]

It's self-sufficient, yes, unless it's disrupted-- but if it is, the consequences are usually... well, rough. Interfering with them can eliminate life on the Material Plane.

[goalsides]

[so interfering means the plane can be destroyed.]

...that other world and our world were linked together, so we had to do a lot to keep it balanced, too, otherwise both worlds would be destroyed. So I get it.

It doesn't surprise me there are other places like that, but they're just different enough.

[ambiography]

Enough so that I think yours must not be a part of our reality. Either way, it's--- good to know that ours isn't the only one where these things are possible.

[goalsides]

I knew that other worlds were out there, but I didn't think about the possibility of meeting people who could travel to them, too. Even back home it's only a few specific people who can go to that other world.

I haven't met everybody here, but maybe there are others, too.

[ambiography]

Honestly, I didn't expect it, either-- but you just might be right. There are two of us already.

[it's the kind of thing she wouldn't blame people for keeping to themselves, but... worth checking out.]