Multiverse Mage: Worlds in your cauldron

[Donald Darf]

You frolic with glee in the grass with them
You play scrabble, don't know where those Wacky-Watchamacallits even got the game

You almost won a game of hide and seek, until the rest (who weren't the butter fairy) remembered they had wings so everyone just flew out of the way of your vision

The butter fairys grandma came over with snacks, she was just a butter fairy wearing a grey wig, but the sandwiches were delicious so you aren't complaining

Then you heard heavy breathing down your neck
A firm grip on your shoulder
And the air felt colder

<???>
"What are you? Why are you here? What do you want?"

You hear a flintlock being loaded
A second breath

What do you do
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[] Run

[] Figh- PFFT like THATS gonna work

[] Explain truthfully

[] Explain a made up backstory

[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

<You>
"IMMAWIZARD,ICAMEHEREFORFUN,IDON'TWANTTODIE!"

You're forcefully turned around, and are now face to knee with a couple Horror-Hunters leaning over yet still looking down at you, a testament too their ridiculous height
They also were looking at you with extreme confusion

They face eachother for a second, having a silent conversation with only facial expressions and eye contact, before coming too a conclusion

<Horror-Hunter>
"You're a crazy person I don't really trust around defenceless butter fairys!"

He turned too said butter fairy

<Horror-Hunter>
"No offense"
<Butter Fairy>
"Some taken"

Your eyes are wide from the fact you didn't know the butter fairys could talk
If you survive, you're asking them if that one from before was actually their grandma or you just made an assumption

The hunters prepare their weapons to kill you, but are stopped by the butter fairy, who whispers into their ears

<Horror-Hunter>
"Trustworthy sources have told us that you've been playing with them for a couple hours now with no harmful intent, or noticeable way to hurt them, but we can't just leave you alone, that'll make us look soft, so we'll have to make you pass a great and terrible trial to pro-"

What do you do?
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[] Let them finish expaining trial

[] Just leave Sillia in the middle of their conversation

[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

<Horror-Hunter>
"-ve your lack of harmful intent! By protecting this basket of innocent baby chicken eggs!"

He holds out a basket of eggs

<Horror-Hunter>
"Too the house on the other end of those creepy woods! And you can guess what will happen if any of these eggs are harmed or gone"

The Horror-Hunters crack their knuckles menacingly

You nod fearfully
And turn to face where they pointed, a forest trail weaving through dark and twisted woods of oak, every tree looks like it has a vague face frozen in an expression of great and terrible suffering

You gulp and march forward

Soon you see a fae wrapped in rags and carrying a staff, resting near the base of a tree
It asks you in a withered tone, their soul crushed by eons that went by without your notice

<Ragged Fae>
"Please spare a single egg for me to consume, I'll pay ye back kindly"

What do you do?
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[] Explain your situation, they might understand

[] RUN THEY'RE VERY CREEPY

[] Offer egg, maybe the H.H won't notice

[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

You can't exactly make them no longer hungry
But you CAN increase the likelihood that someones thoughts of eggs manifest gently on the ground

You stick out your hand, making the ragged fae lean their head to the side, curious about your gesture
Then the thoughts of an egg appear from thin air, close enough to the grass to not crack

The ragged one gently picks it up, and puts it behind the cloth covering its face, you hear a disgusting slurping sound, like a horde of loud carnivorous slugs scoffing down a large creature

<Ragged Fae>
"Such kindness deserves a reward"

You blink and they're immediately right next to you, and whisper a secret in your ear, a magical art of the fae

>Gained<
True Name Of Fire: The thoughts of a mad witch trying to truly learn the divine name of flames, she figured it out, but mistakenly spoke it aloud, say it to release an inferno that puts hell to shame; single use, potentially lethal to you and it burns from your mind after speaking

You finally are out of the woods, leaving that weird fae behind, finding yourself facing a small pink cottage on a green flowery hill
You walk up and decide to knock hoping there ain't witches or anything

The door opens revealing the Horror-Hunters and the little fae animals you played with, said animals hug you after the door opens

<Horror-Hunter>
"Neat, you made it in one piece, I thought for sure the Wise Beggar was gonna curse you for not giving him an egg, dunno how you avoided that, but more importantly I can start making omlettes! And you're free to not die I guess, STILL GOT MY EYE ON YOU"

The Horror-Hunters snatch your basket and close the door to begin cooking

<You>
"Did my life just get spared because I delivered their own groceries for them? When they could've easily done it themselves?"

Topiary tiger nods

What do you do?
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[] Play with fairys

[] Leave Sillia

[] Wander Sillia

[] Wander Sillia with fairies

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[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

You decide to go looking around now that the Horror-Hunters aren't threatening to murder you
Hopefully

You and the fae animals wander around till you come across a strange scene, a clearing with the sound of someone mumbling, some metal clanks, and electric buzzing emanating from it

You and the animals put on fake moustaches to disguise yourselves and take a peek
Topiary Tiger looks at you guys with a single brow raised
You and the others nod in agreement at their assertion, putting on fake moustaches made of leaves

The Topiary Tiger realizes there is only a couple brain cells in this friendgroup, and it has them all

You proceed to peek in yout brilliant disguise, seeing a.......

Normal human being in a tattered labcoat, slightly cracked lense on their square rimmed glasses, lisp that they were probably bullied for in school, mumbling as they attempted to fix a large mechanical hoop on the grass
And it has the logo of the Caine Corps, god fucking dammit they discovered interdimensional travel, good thing they obviously didn't master it yet

What do you do?
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[] Kill scientist, destroy device, capitalism must not claim fairyland

[] Talk with scientist, ask how exactly did they get into this mess

[] Help scientist, they probably won't bring about a horrible interdimensional conquest if you're nice

[] Sabotage scientist, oh no someone bit the wires

[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

You walk out of the bushes, discarding your brilliant disguise, and walk towards the scientist, curious of their situation
You tap their shoulder and watch as they turn around quickly
Eyes widening as they stare at you

<You>
"Sup?"

After a couple seconds of awkward silence

<Scientist & You>
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

When the screaming finally stopped after an hour the scientist bombarded you with a plethora of questions when he figured you weren't going to kill him and lay eggs in his stomach
Stuff like how do you speak the same language?
What is the local wildlife like?
And many more questions about your people and their culture, since you're wearing tailor made clothes and he thinks you're a native inhabitant of this world

<You>
"First off, how did you get here? And so you don't try to talk to me like I'm a cave man, I understand sci-fi bullshit, since that metal circle looks like it came straight outta some sci-fi concept art"

<Scientist>
"Oh, well okay then, does sci-fi mean the same thing in your wor- okay I'll explain just don't give me that glare, I work for Caine-Corp, an organization that..... specializes in protection"

Bullshit, but to be fair, you wouldn't mention your bosses profit off mass murder either if you were in his shoes

<Scientist>
"I was inje- I entered some kind of trance, yes it sounds weird, where I immediately started to build the device you see before you, and turned it on"

He gestures towards the metal ring
You know he was going to say he got injected, probably doesn't want to spill company secrets too a foreign world, for all he knows you might try to follow him home to get your hands on the Make-You-Nerd Shrooms

<Scientist>
"If you know where I could find something that produces electricity, it would be very appreciated, the device is mostly fixed now I just need a power source"

What do you do?
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[] Increase likelihood of thoughts about energy to manifest something near the scientist

[] Kill scientist, the butter fairy could probably make a good bludgeon

[] Say you'll help, but actually just sabotage him

[] Help scientist but convince him to not mention this world to his capitalist overlords

[] Write-In

 

[Donald Darf]

You decide to perform the aforementioned actions

The Topiary-Tiger gives you a little goodbye roar, or its just hungry, you can't really tell
The Horror-Hunters were in the bushes with the Ever-Merchants, but said Ever-Merchants were getting the shit beat outta them and the H.H were too busy giving said beating to hear you
The butter fairy hugged you in the most adorable way possible

You grab the scientist by the back of the collar, freaking him out, and drag him through woods as he begs you not to lay eggs in him or something
As you go through the woods, the scenery changes slowly, the bark and grass get more detailed, and that whimsical feeling you got from breathing in the air was gone
Replaced with the scent of sweets and iron

>Gained<
Minor ++ influence in Sillia, you can stretch the rules a bit but can't break em
Butter Fairy could become a potential familiar if you go and bond some more

The Scientist who we will refer to as Nerd from now on, was understandably freaked out, holding his metal ring close to him, and the stick you made him pick up too, just incase he has to fightback

<Nerd>
"What the fuck just happened?!"

What do you do?
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[] Drag him around to explore

[] Drag him to find a settlement

[] Drag him to find a witch

[] Explain what you are to him

[] Just chill and see what happens

[] Write-in

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[Donald Darf]

You ignore the scientists new questions and begin to pick up random stuff of the ground
Mostly weird looking rocks, some weirdly shaped leaves, and a stick shaped like a phallic reproduction organ

This is a forest so there wasn't really many interesting trinkets just lying around
But then you feel a bonk on your head

Complete darkness, something knocked you out, oh dear lord, you hope it isn't a witch, you're too young and pretty to be boiled in a cauldron!
Well, if this is your fate then they cook you wel-

Oh, it appears that you're awake again, yay!
Bad news, you're in a rustic looking jail cell

Nerd was looking at you from outside the bars, sitting on a wooden stool

<Nerd>
"Some lady with a steampunk prosthetic arm knocked you out, saying that you must be a minion of a witch since humans don't normally have purple skin"

He stared at you menacingly while gripping the bars

<Nerd>
"Then they assumed you kidnapped me to probably be witch lunch, I don't know if that was your goal or if she was right, but thats not important, you took me to a completely different environment with just a small jog"

You see his grin grow, it disturbs you

<Nerd>
"Can you go to other worlds?"

You gulp trying to give him your best poker face
But Nerd was hired by a grand corporate conspiracy, he wouldn't have been hired if he couldn't keep his mouth shut, and he can tell you're an amateur at it, worse excuse for a poker face he ever saw
So now he knows he hit the nail on the head perfectly

<Nerd>
"They left to go sort some torture devices out, and you have 2 paths ahead of you, I open the door and you BRING ME HOME, or I let them have you"

He then pulls out a small flintlock

<Nerd>
"Stole this when the hunter wasn't looking, I'm pretty sneaky, which is required where I work, this is incentive for you to actually take me home if you accept the deal, and not just dump me in the middle of nowhere"

What do you do?

Fyi, world hopping requires some space to actually move, so you can't just pop outta here
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[] Yes deal (Truth)

[] Yes deal (Lie)

[] No deal

[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

<You>
"No deal, fyi I wasn't planning on eating you"

The Nerd looked a bit pissed and confused

<Nerd>
"I just said an entire second ago that I don't give two shits if your plans were eating me or not, because I thought I had you in checkmate! But it turns out you're a fucking idiot with no survival instinct! "

He continued ranting about your stupidity for a minute, it slowly devolved into him crying his eyes out on the ground and ending it with

<Nerd>
"-Just let me go home"

The witch hunter was there for the whole rant she just didn't wanna interrupt

<Witch-Hunter>
"Soooooooooooooooooooooo............ what the fuck is actually going on? Because you're way too sapient sounding for a witches minion, and you my eyeglass wearing fellow are ranting about smarts and other worlds? For some reason?"

The Nerd sighs and says

<Nerd>
"He can teleport great distances somehow, if his goal was to bring me to a witch you wouldn't have found us in the woods, though I think hes got like a limit to it or something cause he ain't just leaving the cell, but the point is I would already be in ones house, or hut, or wherever they live, if that was his goal"

<Witch-Hunter>
"They're called lairs, sorry just in a nitpicky mood, so wait you were fucking lying when you agreed with my guess?"

<Nerd>
"Not exactly, I just wanted to put him in a position where I had all the leverage, don't know why"

The witch-Hunter then proceeded to slap the Nerd across the face, before taking her stolen flintlock back
She then cradled the gun like it was a newborn baby and asked if it was fine and if the big scary man hurt them

After that poor show of mental health she pulled out a second gun and said

<Witch-Hunter>
"Okay you're both telling me the full story, or the both of you are sharing the torture room, cause I'm in a very pissed off and confused mood"

What do you do?
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[] Tell her the truth

[] Tell her a lie

[] Jam her guns and make her trip, tell Nerd to fight her and take the keys, though this relies on the Nerd not betraying you after

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[] Write-In

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[Donald Darf]

You proceed to explain the truth
And Nerd tells his side of the story

The Witch-Hunter just looked confused, then a look of understanding came upon her when she saw the sincerity on both your faces

<Witch-Hunter>
"Oooooohhhhh, I get it now, so you guys are completely insane, probably the result of a Witch fucking up your heads, which would explain the green skin on you, you're not a witches minion, just a victim of magic experimentation"

She then put her flintlocks away

<Witch-Hunter>
"And I just pointed my guns at some mentally disabled folks, goddammit, don't worry I'll get you guys to a proper doctor in no time!"

At the start of that sentence she sounded ashamed, but a frightening optimism came upon her in no time, she quickly cuffed Nerd to his dismay, then opened the cell, quickly cuffing you to your dismay

She then started guiding you both out of the, Witch-Hunters office? You guess? And onto the sidewalk of the settlements mainstreet, a bunch of people going about their lives walking right past you
Others staring at You and Nerds weird appearances

What do you do?
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[] Use influence to trip her over and make a run for it

- take Nerd

- leave Nerd

[] Just follow her to the Doctor

[] Try to convince her you're not crazy

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