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WHERE ARE THEY COMING FRO--

YOU

Creamheart flicked an ear, looking towards the ceiling where the sound was, "I-- Just a little. I'm... I'm allowed." She said, a little indignantly. Ava was helpful and kind and knew a lot about the world of worlds she'd been thrust into, but this was her power. Ava didn't have to be there for every single little thing Creamheart did.

She hadn't done anything, was the problem. All she'd done today was tidy up the living room as best as she could (nobody told her this, but it was the least she could do, right?), eat one of the ration bars Ava left her for when she got hungry again (she had to pull the weird, shiny skin (?) off first, but otherwise it just tasted like bugs. She was fine with bugs), and...

Her amber eyes looked over the marble again, cupping it in her paws

It still glowed. Still had the indecipherable writing on it. Creamheart had been hesitant to mess with it, or any of her 'abilities', after her venture into the Weird Void, but she didn't know what else to do.

She sighed, slipping the marble back into her bags before looking at her paws. An impulse, and her claws unsheathed.

Ava wasn't here. She was off doing something else. Creamheart didn't know what. It seemed like she was running around everywhere sometimes. It made Creamheart feel worse whenever the Captain took time out of her day to deal with her, even if she had 'time to'.

The point was, she wasn't here. Creamheart shouldn't try anything risky. Something might happen, or she'll accidentally break something. Do something she can't undo.

...

Well.

Curiosity killed the cat.

The gem on her bracelet glowed purple, orange, blue, and red again, and her claws began to glow as well.

She didn't go for a full swipe. Instead, she precisely cut a small hole through the fabric of reality.

The cut grew until there was a hand sized slit into... the void.

Creamheart hummed, looking through, before willing the portal closed.

Then, she tried again, but did something differently.

..

The gem glowed a bright green now, catching Creamheart's attention for a moment, before she quietly opened another sliver open.

The portal opened, and.. It was the garden.

The garden Dark brought her to.

Just like she had been thinking of.

Creamheart stared for a while, taking in the sight of butterflies alight in the air and flowers blooming in various vibrant colors under a glass roof.

But, eventually, she closed that portal too.

...

After another moment, she had a thought, and shut her eyes to think of something she didn't think would work.

And yet the gem flickered.

Creamheart craned an eyelid open, and saw the gem glow red, purple, and green.

She opened another portal.

... Creamheart had thought of the phrase, 'Take me anywhere.'

And this was certainly anywhere.

It was a town. A lively, bustling town. Creamheart's portal must've opened behind a barrel or something, since her vision of everything was obscured by something wooden. Still, what she could see was a sight to behold.

Humans were moving in and out, chatting to themselves or-- no wait, that wasn't a human, was it? That one had pointy ears, and-- Was that a human made of rocks?

They were all walking and talking and trading and laughing and living. A couple had sharpened knives and swords she recognized from her world's abandoned village her colony lived in, and some were wearing metallic clothing. Armor.

"So I told the fellow," A particularly loud voice traveled through the street and through the portal, "If he was too much of a chicken's shit to hunt that Chimera, then I'd have to be the one to slay it!"

"And you did?" The woman's companion inquired.

"Well... it's a work in progress." She chuckled, "Caught the beast in the woods once and left it with a nasty cut along its midsection, but it ran off before I could claim the bounty."

"That one's part cow, innit?" The other woman asked, "Gods, I can only imagine how it might taste."

"Is that all you're thinking about? You and monster food, I swear." The hunter teased as the two of them came into view. "But but but," She slung an arm around her companion, "If it pleases you, I'll make sure that when that thing's dead, I'll bring back a nice ribeye for you."

"You spoil me." She smiled.

The hunter kissed her, "You deserve it."

Creamheart watched the two walk off, switching the conversation to be about a spat between the hunter and an 'elf' (whatever that was) before they were out of earshot.

When they were, she closed the portal.

...

Her gem glowed purple, orange, red and blue again.

The portal opened up to the void, again.

...

She closed it.