#RPGaDay2024 Day 22 – Interdimensional Space

Day 22 of #RPGaDay2024. I continue posting about the alternative prompt challenge list by Skala Wyzwania. For more information on RPG a Day, see David Chapman’s Autocratik blog post for 2024.

The RPG challenge theme for today is Interdimensional Space. Rolling a 1d10 for the quest. The result is 9: Write an Eavesdroppable Dialogue.

The Orrery of the Beyond

I gasp for air. Crossing the portal felt like my body was pulled in ten different directions. The food under me is cold. I look around. The room is lit, but there is no visible light source. It is as if I were walking outside under the sun but could not see it. Behind me, on the wall, there is the shape of the portal I crossed and carved into the wall, but there is no door, no portal, just a stone wall. I hear the approaching voices and scramble to my feet. I silently dash down the corridor and come to the room.

A cavernous room with a giant orrery in the center, spheres float in the air, and the domed ceiling opens into a night sky I have never seen before. The voices come closer, and I hide under one of the desks around the giant orrery.

From the corner of my eye, I see the woman wearing white and golden robes, her dark curls framing her beautiful face, walking next to a bandaged man wearing silver and blue robes. Every part of him is seemingly covered in bandages over bloody wounds. They stop and listen momentarily; I hide in the shadows and hold my breath. I cannot see them, but I can hear their conversation as they walk away.

The woman’s voice is melodious, “The mortals of the south have rallied the hordes of the Darkness in the lands. The otherworldly interlopers are defeated, for now. The wizard seeks a way to the Hall of the Potentates of Night. She thinks she may yet break their hold on their world. She plans to use the Mirror of the Worlds Beyond to find her way.”

The man’s voice is gruff, and it is as if every word he speaks hurts. “We cannot allow this. If she fails, the Dark Ones may travel beyond her world.”

“You would doom them to save the other world?” The woman’s voice is impassionate, more curious than outraged. He chuckles. “Theirs is not the world we protect. They brought this upon themselves.”

“Then we must stop her,” the woman replies calmly. Let us see the portal of the Mirror.”

A way to defeat the Nocturnal Potentates, and these fools will stop it. It cannot be; I must do something.

We haven’t seen this nameless character since Day 6 Portal, and the speakers reference the Mirror of the World Beyond from Day 12. What’s going on? We might get back here before the month is over. Let’s see what the challenges bring forth.

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