[If he's looking for that sort of thing, then he's not going to find it. They just sort of exist there in defiance of everything, giving off light because... Alec likes shiny objects.]
Keeps me busy.
[In the society Alec grew up in, everyone has powers - not these in particular, they're a bit of an additional feature - so the idea of not using them, or being afraid of them is like being afraid of his left arm. Which is utterly silly!]
They're caused by stress points and the power of belief. Each person carries in them a tiny fragment of their reality and unless you're very lucky, even people from the same main trunk of reality are from their own splinters. And you end up having sorrta... like what happens with magnets? They start pushing away from each other. You've got people from worlds where magic can't exist butting up against worlds where magic has to exist and they create little stress points, little paradoxes. Especially in a world like this where magic isn't really a thing. It's usually just science and trickery.
The cracks show up, like on an egg shell and the little paradoxes start weird shit happening like... I don't know... everyone getting turned into a pony or unique aspects of one world briefly taking over the entire nexus point. Say, something causes everyone to have magical powers, even those who are from worlds where that can't happen. But then it shifts and returns to normal or something else happens.
[Being a nexus being, as Alec could assure him, sucks ass. Discovering your daughter is one sucks even more ass. Because how are you supposed to help them that way?]
((I do not! But the sentiment is always appreciated! ^_^ Also, this has been a fantastic thread.))
I have the Star Trek/Who, I didn't realize there was Excalibur/who
Keeps me busy.
[In the society Alec grew up in, everyone has powers - not these in particular, they're a bit of an additional feature - so the idea of not using them, or being afraid of them is like being afraid of his left arm. Which is utterly silly!]
They're caused by stress points and the power of belief. Each person carries in them a tiny fragment of their reality and unless you're very lucky, even people from the same main trunk of reality are from their own splinters. And you end up having sorrta... like what happens with magnets? They start pushing away from each other. You've got people from worlds where magic can't exist butting up against worlds where magic has to exist and they create little stress points, little paradoxes. Especially in a world like this where magic isn't really a thing. It's usually just science and trickery.
The cracks show up, like on an egg shell and the little paradoxes start weird shit happening like... I don't know... everyone getting turned into a pony or unique aspects of one world briefly taking over the entire nexus point. Say, something causes everyone to have magical powers, even those who are from worlds where that can't happen. But then it shifts and returns to normal or something else happens.
[Being a nexus being, as Alec could assure him, sucks ass. Discovering your daughter is one sucks even more ass. Because how are you supposed to help them that way?]
((I do not! But the sentiment is always appreciated! ^_^ Also, this has been a fantastic thread.))