[apprehensive]

Running along the keel of an enormous ship
Giant propellers off in the hazy distance
Slides down the hull to a clear patch of sand
Rusty and twisted steel
Wreckage all around



[hurting]

Bleeding from small cuts
Angry voices in the distance

"Gotta get to the node!"

Pulls out the control
Displaying waypoints



[nausea]

Rips off the last of the injection needles

"Truth and Integrity"

"Yes"
"I..."



[energized]

Running again
away from the ship
away from the buildings

"Gotta rest and let the drugs burn out"
"Can't jump in this condition"

"Under the bridge..."



[drowsy]

Startled
scrambling up

Walking unsteady
Pulse racing
Darkness



[expectant]

The control lights up
making a barely audible noise

"Ah, there..."

The node



[shaking]

Keypad hard to see
Wearily keying in the 4D coordinates

Pressing the center of the circular screen...

"Did I enter the correct coordinates now..."

A sharp jolt to the nervous system
A tingling sensation



[vertigo]

Like moving in viscous invisible fluid
Sudden rapid time accelerations and de-accelerations

"When... Where..."

"Intent is a Factor"

"What!"

Control blinking red

"What does it say now..."

"Error: Superposition State Activated"



[dread]

In the distance familiar persons in a room
Off to the right, a tranquil landscape
Above, an enormous white marble building

Every small change in orientation reveal a different vista


"...like being immersed in a kaleidoscope of possible realities..."

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