Modern Machinery

[sleeps_in_tubs]

I had an accident recently, most unintended. It seems I passed through a sort of threshold. I hadn't heard of these things in years, actually, and was rather surprised to come across something I always thought was reserved for cautionary tales

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[e_flat_dim9]

...You sleep in tubs?

[sleeps_in_tubs]

Not actually, no. I did it once, and George refuses to let me forget.

[phantomteamaker]

All the time.

[sleeps_in_tubs]

Lies, little miss stalker, you know I have a perfectly lovely bed.

[mydestinysucks]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mitchell. I'm Merlin. What sort of threshold was it, if you don't mind my asking?

[sleeps_in_tubs]

Merlin? Named after Merlin of the wild, or Merlin the enchanter?

A threshold to a portal between worlds. Other dimensions. Very ... old. Ancient.

[mydestinysucks]

Merlin the who?

....Was it a mirror, by any chance?

[sleeps_in_tubs]

Enchanter. Father of magic, etcetera.

Yes, it was. A great hall of them.

[phantomteamaker]

It's your own fault for messing about with things you shouldn't.

[sleeps_in_tubs]

I wasn't messing about with anything, how was I supposed to know the sun was toxic on the other side of that mirror?

[phantomteamaker]

You messed about with the mirror. If Harry Potter has taught me anything, it's that bad stuff happens in mirrors.

[sleeps_in_tubs]

Didn't the mirror help him save the day, Annie?

[wolfporter]

Why are you two talking about how normal we're not?

[sleeps_in_tubs]

Annie started it.

[wolfporter]

This is not helping us look normal.

[sleeps_in_tubs]

So we tell everyone she's a bit soft in the head. There's a blue vampire here, I saw. And a pregnant man. It just may be that here, WE are normal.