The End

[foundationmods]

After a long trial and a tearful rebirth, it was time to move on to the next journey. But where would they all go? And how would they be able to say 'goodbye' after seven weeks of bonding?

Those answers would not come easily. However, the Pieces did not need to make those decisions alone...🗈

Rest is needed, but it isn't quite time for that yet. No, there are places to go and people to see.

Given that most of the Pieces did want to return to the Foundation, the Witch of Dimensions opted to stop there first and drop them all off. The stragglers can be handled later, when he has rested and regained more of his energy.

But where did he decide to put them? After all, the Foundation knows they have gone missing. To return them right to where he took them from would only put them in danger. So instead, he opts to take them to the people best qualified to offer help with multi-dimensional dealings.

Comments

[cryosurgeon]

... I'm just a doctor, not a mage or a metaphysicist. Multiple realities, souls... I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it, alright?

[killtheanimals]

Well then, wrap your brain around this: just because people write about us does not mean the people of this world have the ability to create worlds full of people with souls. It's an insane coincidence, but a coincidence nonetheless. It's probably more like that thought experiment, with the infinite monkeys with typewriters if you must think of it that way.

[cryosurgeon]

I... suppose that makes sense, in a way that's far less disturbing than the concept of "fictional beings brought to life."

[killtheanimals]

Precisely. The people of this world don't have magic like some of us do. To do such a thing would require the work of a god.

[cryosurgeon]

[Something in Erhard's eyes grows almost sad at the mention of the word "magic" this time.]

Magic... that's something I wish I had, I admit.

[killtheanimals]

Maybe one day you'll find a god kind enough to give you magic of your own. [Though there's an edge to his eyes that might indicate he's actually just picking on Erhard for not being as fortunate.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Yeah, he's gotten a lot better at reading that kind of thing. He sighs, because of course this is another shitchild.]

Of course. You would be just like him, wouldn't you....

[killtheanimals]

[Raising an eyebrow, yet also not looking at all remorseful.] Oh?

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard just shakes his head. Details are unimportant and will only cause more trouble, he's sure of that.]