The Spaces Between
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The Spaces Between
25th Jan 2019, 5:01 AM in Season Two, Part 6 - Target: Chaos
Average Rating: 5 (5 votes)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
When she needs to, Sophie can walk in "the spaces between", folding space in a way to get where she needs to go in a short amount of time. But, as she says here, it is not without its dangers.

In general, dimensional things are within Sophie's skill set. We'll see more of this sort of thing from her at a later date...

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User comments:
lirvilas
lirvilas
Miraculous travel always struck me as ridiculously dangerous--at a minimum Earth is spinning and revolving around the Sun, so the destination is always a very fast moving target...
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sigpig
sigpig
And the Sun orbits the galactic core, the universe is accelerating in constant expansion, etc - but it's all relative...
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lirvilas
lirvilas
Nah bro we’re totally heliocentric over here
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
@ sig: I am not sorry. (Your comment made me think of that song.)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
@ lirv: Only someone completely insane would use what you refer to as "miraculous travel" all willy-nilly. You are right about the dangers, even with the compensation inherent in magic.

You are far less likely to miss the Earth (as there is a sort of "centering" effect) and more likely to "miss your exit" (hence the incinerator reference) or attract the attention of things that you don't really want to attract the attention of...

Of course, there is a greater than zero percent chance that you miss our wonderful ball of mud entirely if you are not careful.
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Microraptor
Microraptor
Whoah, trippy!

But do I understand it right that we are indeed talking about physical travel from A to B via this method? Does this mean that Sophie will tumble out of a wormhole when she arrives at her destination?
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Delta-v
Probably more like "step out". She has a certain...influence...over the artist when it comes to the avoidance of looking foolish.......
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
@ Delta: Despite said "influence", I assure you that, should the story call for Sophie to look like a fool, she will look like a fool. There are no Mary-Sues in Autumn Bay (unless we name a character Mary-Sue for some reason, but that's a whole different kettle of fish).
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Delta-v
I wasn't exactly referring to the character per se, Prof. ^^
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
@ Delta: I know to what you refer... :P
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
@ Micro: Confession time: we aren't actually going to see Sophie exit, so if you want to headcanon a tumble out of a wormhole, feel free.
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Delta-v
I notice with a certain amount of interest that she's treating the path more like a tightrope than a racetrack. :)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Absolutely. She's not an idiot. :)

(That path is not exactly stable, and is terribly fraught with danger.)
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NeilKapit
NeilKapit
Follow the blue aether road...
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thing is, there is a greater than 0% chance of ending up in the Emerald City if you follow the blue aether road...

Or, you know, anywhere else. There is a reason that say, Mercy for example, doesn't use this method. Sophie is very skilled in these matters, and it scares her to do this.
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AmeliaP
AmeliaP
A slip and bam, you're done, sis.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
More than done. Extra-done.
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