Gate of Memoirs/Warp Dimension

There are accidents in laboratories, and then there are happy accidents in Noel's laboratory.
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Music: "Hazama"	Music: "Hazama"
 	
**beep...beep...beep...*
 	
*Noel: Whoa!
 	
*Noel: I must have dozed off.
 	
*Noel stretches himself out of his cramped, curled-up position on the desk and starts rearranging the papers he'd displaced in his nap.
**beep...beep...beep...*
 	
*A blinking blip on a nearby panel draws his attention, but winks out before it can leave a lasting record.
*As he turns away, the beeping starts up again.
 	
*Noel: (Wait, this is...in a pattern.)
 	
*His eyes begin to widen as he traces the origin of a signal to a large, empty space on the multiplanar map.
 	
*Noel: Impossible. This...
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*Noel: Is coming from Athensphere.
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*If you're being called to the Summoners' Hall this early, there's really only a handful of reasons why.
*One: There's been a breakthrough, and if your experience is any indication, you're almost always the one caught up in it.
*Two: There's been an accident, and you are somehow always conveniently located to be a first responder.
*And of course there's the third reason, which is both.
 	
*Giselle: ! And not a moment too soon.
*Giselle: Quickly, or I think Noel is going to vibrate out of his chair.
 	
*Noel: No, I am not.
 	
*Giselle: Look, he's already out of it!
 	
*Noel pointedly ignores Giselle and nods at you to follow, striding confidently in front of you.
*Noel: Has Giselle told you anything other than to come as soon as you can?
 	
*Giselle: It wasn't the place to talk. Not with so many people around.
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*The doors close behind you as you enter the familiar lab.
 	
*Noel: So, ...
*Noel: ...Do you remember shattered Athensphere?
 	
*How could you not?
*The way the world had shattered into nothingness at the end of your involvement was seared into your mind,
*to say nothing of the visions you had immediately after returning to the laboratory.
 	
*Noel: That's what I thought as well. But take a look at this.
*Noel: Here is an older report of Athensphere and its approximate location...
*Noel: ...overlaid with the recorded signals that came late last night, which then stopped abruptly.
 	
*Giselle: So unless there's a bit of errant equipment swimming around, you're saying that something is still there.
 	
*Giselle: But you're just going to find debris there, aren't you?
*Giselle: If you can even find anything, that is.
 	
*Noel: There's no stable anchor for any sort of portal travel, and I'm not about to launch anyone into empty space.
 	
*Giselle: That sounds like fun, actually. I wonder what you'll find there?
 	
*While the two debate about the fastest way to probe that area, your ears perk up at the sound of an insistent beeping.
*But before any of you can react, a discordant, high-pitched whine jars everyone present, and the portal dock flares to life.
 	
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Music: "Nothingness"	Music: "Nothingness"
 	
*As a gaping rift tears through the fabric of space, you catch a glimpse of a familiar entity slipping through the jagged edge of time.
*You feel an enormous, invisible clawed appendage hook around your body and slowly drag you in.
 	
*A deep chill settles in your spine as a bewildering torrent of emotion washes over you.
 	
*There's no time to explain to Noel or Giselle.
 	
*You'll just have to make it through and hope you come out the other end in one piece.
 	
*Throwing caution to the wind, you plunge through the portal.