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[timed after this. Because this is just.... not alright and -- ]

I can't be the only person who comes from a place, where for the most part... elves, fae, bogarts, and all such manner of creatures are something that you hit over the head with a poker before you befriend? Honestly.

[No, she's not afraid to admit, doesn't care who reads it. They're empathy lacking monsters as far as that goes for home.]

Not that that applies to all worlds, obviously, I'm not an idiot -- and was raised with better manners mind you. But I doubt that I'm alone in this.

[Says the governess related to Death of all things -- but that's different. Death is supposed to be a killer, and she's also fairly sure he's capable of more empathy than most people would ever imagine. He spared her father for her after all.

But she's worried, all the same. Just because their worlds are round it doesn't mean it can be that different. It was an oddly isolating feeling when the things you knew to be true were turned upside down. Again.]

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They do this without any reason for it?

I find it hard to imagine that this place becomes any less troubling than it already is. If you truly think otherwise then what you're asking for is complacency.

Well... they do it for the usual reasons... glory, power, sometimes money. It's all a bit foolish in the end, because they inevitably bite off more than they can chew really.

... It's a bit of a long story, but travelling through dimensions to fix problems that other people make isn't exactly... new to me, or my family. [never mind the messes she'd made herself.] I don't know about complacent though, I don't like sitting around when something is wrong.

[Short 'Hmn' sound.] It sounds very similar to the Fade then. All of it, in at least some way. The Fade is the world of dreams from my own world. But spirits and demons reside there. I suppose they are something like your elves and fae but.. [Nah, let's steer away from that.] Anyways, it's still... [A short search for the right word.] ...surprising to hear of places with similarities to others.

But what are you saying then? That you approve of their methods?

A world of dreams? [Susan gets comfortable in a chair in her room, arms crossed, thinking again.] It's interesting to me too -- I mean all your worlds sound completely different to mine in one obvious regard, I'm still working out the others. [she drummed her nails against her arm.] Do you have... Gods or Personifications that rule over The Fade?

No. I, in short hate when it happens to me, I get sucked into something because I'm the best suited after the person that's meant to be doing it -- and he just acts up all the time. But it just means... I'm used to it. This is just a little more indirect I suppose. [maybe for that, it's a little more merciful.]

Not... exactly. At one time the Maker did, or so the Chantry claims. But now it is divided into territories that demons themselves rule.
The Fade and my own world is divided by the Veil. Mostly, people only cross the Veil and visit the Fade in their dreams or when they go to the Fade in death. But some are... more attuned to the Fade than others.

So tell me then, is your world as corrupt as this one to the point that only sending others through time can help it?

That seems... how it works for us too. Some realms are made by immortal beings, others are... well they just exist.

[That's actually a difficult question, as it's not so much someone, as the universe deciding that she was a acceptable substitute for Death.]

Created by immortal beings?

[She's unsure what to make of the silence. But she'll at least take the opportunity,]

I'm Fiona, by the way.

... Personifications... I guess it'd be easier if I called them Gods. Though not all of them are treated like that. But they have the ability to create places of their own. Like... Oh well, there is Death's Realm, the Tooth Fairies Castle, most of the Gods live on their mountain I think. I haven't personally been, so I wouldn't know who does and doesn't.

[she's glad of it, it's a little too personal to answer.]

Susan Sto Helit. Pleasure, sorry about getting off on the wrong foot.

Do these Gods create new things or only recreations of what they see?

[Snort] It wouldn't be a first time. Well met, Susan.

... It depends on the God. Primarily they are created out of human's belief. But they take on personalities of their own. Same frustrations and hopes as any body else.

Not for me either. [but she sort of smiles all the same.]

But are these personalities predictable? In the Fade, demons and spirits have very specific... tiers that create their hierarchy. It's from these that the territories are divided.

[She shakes her head.] No, not always. They can be infinitely more unpredictable than all that. They comprehend more than you, or me. They exist... in a hundred different places. Take... ah I recently met the Oh God of Hangovers, he existed everywhere that 'beastly quantities of alcohol had been consumed'. So it really does vary.

So can your demons and spirits come back across the vale? Or are they limited to just their... 'tiers'?

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Limited to their own territories? No. There is much about them that we don't yet understand because there are risks in studying the demons within the Fade. But they can cross the Veil into the world, yes. [Her tone darkens] And on occasion they are able to but, it is hardly ever for benevolent reasons.

I guess that's like anything magical... prolonged exposure can cause problems if you're not ready for it. [there's a knowing look.] It's exactly like that when elves cross over, it's never for a good purpose.

[Hmn.] It would depend on the magic.

You said before some are more attuned to these other realms than others are. How are some different?

Not where my world is concerned, any kind of magic tends to be corrosive to... the normality around it. Libraries are probably the bets example.

Circumstances of birth is the usual reason. [she's being cryptic on purpose, it's a bit personal.]

Even magic used for healing?

Such as..? May I ask?

It's still magic. It's not good or bad, it just is, and it changes people and places. That's just what it does.

Birth, usually. Wizards are eighth sons of eighth sons. Witches tend to have something in their... well heart, that makes them a little colder than most.

And all of them are cold hearted?

[This reminds her of the discussion with Roxy all over again...]

... Usually, they run in bloodlines and tend to be made of something more sturdy, I guess you could say? It's not a matter of being cold heart I suppose, but just having to stare down everything else, especially the dark... tends to make anyone cold.

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