text; @b.crusher

[dancingmd]

There's something I've been thinking about over the past few months of being here: the portal appears to have a distinctly Human bias. I'm Human myself but I come from a universe with hundreds, if not thousands of other sapient species, yet the three of us who are here from that universe are all Humans. What's more is that no one else I've talked to here has ever encountered or even heard of the other people we share our galaxy with, no more than I'd known of Asgardians or Elves or the Prawn before I arrived. On the other hand, despite vast other differences in our realities here, most people seem to know about Humans, which seems strange to me. Surely there must be an infinite number of universes out there without Humans, right? So why are there no representatives of those worlds? Or simply more representatives of a wider variety of peoples?

Now, if this was one of the historical portals built by the inhabitants of the planet we orbit, I wouldn't think as much of it - perhaps they'd specifically target realities that were closest to their own. But if this one is supposedly a natural occurrence, then why this pattern of selection?

Any thoughts on this?

[Because surely, she can't be the only one thinking about it.]

Comments

[dancingmd]

So... that means it was sentient at some point? How did you find this out?

[spellslots]

✨✨✨✨ magic ✨✨✨✨

But I mean, alive shit isn't always sentient. It could be like a plant

[dancingmd]

[Beverly squints at her phone screen. What... are those... are they sparkles? How did he make that happen? She makes a note to herself to ask Lucretia.]

Did you really use magic or do you just not want to tell me?

Oh, of course! It's only that a few other people have floated the idea of the portal having some sort of consciousness, so I didn't know if maybe you had more insight on that.

[spellslots]

All I got is magic, pumpkin. I didn't science the shit out of an answer.

[He's not being down on himself here, he just realistically knows his strengths, and science is not one of them.]

Afraid I've got nothing on whether it's sentient, just
"once alive, now supported by the moon"

[dancingmd]

[Pumpkin...]

What sort of magic did you use? Remember I am not very familiar with how all of that works!

It's still more than I knew before about the portal so that's somethings!

[spellslots]

Divination, so it's like, revealing hidden shit? The specific spell tells you forgotten lore about whatever you're focusing it on

[dancingmd]

Interesting! So does that mean even the people from the planet below don't know the portal was once alive?

[spellslots]

Wouldn't have a clue, it hasn't popped up when I was searching around but maybe it's in a book somewhere I just don't have access to.

[dancingmd]

Perhaps it is time for me to do some more research!

[spellslots]

Fuck, no wonder you and Lux get along so well

[dancingmd]

You're telling me you aren't curious?

[spellslots]

Like, kinda? But not enough to research. Or spend any time at all on it when I could be doing fun shit

[dancingmd]

Are you calling me boring?

[spellslots]

I would never

But I mean, yeah I absolutely am 😘😘😘

[dancingmd]

[Look you can't see her but she is definitely squinting at her screen right now.]

What are those?

[Teach her the way of the emoji, Taako.]

[spellslots]

[oh my god]

They call them emojis, they're like little faces and shit, they're for expressing yourself

👌 🦄 🎉 🌈

[dancingmd]

How clever!

Though I must admit I'm not sure I understand what a unicorn means.

[spellslots]

It means I'm gay 🤷

I guess it also means like being whimsical and shit, or just cause unicorns are fucking great

[dancingmd]

Fair enough! And it makes more sense than a lot of these, now that I am scrolling through them.

[Is that...is that a smiling piece of shit?]

[spellslots]

A lot of them have like meanings other than what they just are

Like 🍆🍆🍆

[dancingmd]

Dare I ask?

[spellslots]

I'd say it's obvious but for real I think it's stupid as hell

It's a dick but why not use a zucchini or cucumber or something more dick shaped than a eggplant

[dancingmd]

There's always the classic 🍌

[Beverly, please, why are you going along with this?]

[spellslots]

My point exactly. It's lazy phallic imagery and I won't fucking stand for it.

At least 🍑 makes sense

[dancingmd]

[Oh, Taako, you're giving her such a good laugh right now. She takes a moment to consider her screen, now that she knows what line of thought he's on.]

A peach? I suppose it looks a little like a rear end?