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[convents]

[ that's it. a rather detailed drawing of an apple. one man's journal is another man's sketch pad. ]

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[believable]

I've been here twice. It sends you back sometimes. This second time has been longer than the first. It's been about a month.

[convents]

Can you define "it?" Does "it" have a name, an origin, a purpose?

[believable]

Not as far as I know. All anyone ever sees before they find themselves here is the big red door every time I've asked. [ she's done some snooping herself, just not to satisfying conclusions. ]

[convents]

Sounds more like the opening to a children's television show than a gateway to another dimension.

[believable]

And yet, here we are.

[convents]

Sans the bear in the big blue house.

[ somebody's a dad who puts nick jr. on the television for a little tyke his friends had better be keeping an eye on while he's afhd. (away from home dimension) ]

[believable]

[ this reminds elena she does miss mr. teddy. ]

What about you? Did you just get here?

[convents]

I wouldn't say just, but my arrival's pretty recent, all things considered.

[believable]

Welcome aboard. [ there's a wryness there that just does not translate to the text, sadly. ] I'm sorry you have to be stuck here with the rest of us, but at least it's not too dangerous. So far as we can all tell.

[ did she just jinx them? she probably just jinxed them. ]

[convents]

I've been stuck in worse places.

[ like acathla's hell dimension, and yes. she probably just jinxed them, but that's okay. ]

Dangerous, I can handle. I handle dangerous professionally. Call it a lot in life.

[believable]

Same here.

[ the rifts liked to send them through all kinds of rabbit holes, some of which were less than kind, to say the least. there aren't any monsters so far, and no immediate life-threatening situations, so elena will be calling that a victory. ]

Handle danger professionally how? [ curious elena powers, activate. ]

[convents]

I help the helpless on behalf of the Powers That Be as one of their Champions on Earth. Which I realize sounds lame on paper — not that it sounds any better vocally — but that's what I do, and it's important there's someone in this world around to do that job; to step up to the plate and tackle the issues nobody else is willing to.

[believable]

[ ... h u h. ] I don't think it's lame. [ some of the people in chicago banded together for a similar cause, though there'd been no powers that be. elena is no bleeding heart slash superhero, but she always wants to protect her own. ] The title could use some work. [ dry dry dry. ] Who are the Powers That Be?

[convents]

[ angel wouldn't call himself a superhero, either. he's just a monster trying to do the right thing. ]

I didn't pick it. [ though champion's p much stuck at this point. ]

Higher beings. The higher beings.