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"Well, any direction is good as any other," Nix said thoughtfully, "And we don't actually have to come back to right here to go home, so, uh," he paused, looking around. "That way," he said, pointing.

"We'll just go a little ways, then head back home. No reason to keep you here too long, but if you wanna see," he grinned and shrugged. "You are already here, after all."


There were lots of trees in that direction, that was for sure. Lots of silence, too. "I've heard sometimes people find like...abandoned cities and stuff on their worlds, so, I'm sure there's one here...somewhere."

"Now, I'm not really sure," Nix said thoughtfully, as he started off in the chosen direction. "But I think if NASA ever did come here and look closely, they wouldn't find what we're seeing."

"I've also visited the Moon--that is...Earth's moon," he said, in an almost awed fashion. "And, well, I'm certain I was on the moon. I could see the Earth, and the gravity was really low." Was pretty low here too, all told, but way more than one would expect of a moon of Pluto. "But there are buildings, and signs of an old civilization. Structures, tech, all kinds of stuff. Mostly ruins, though." He shrugged. "In that area, at least...I'm not entirely sure where on the Moon that was."

"Anyway, I think whatever magic lets me 'power up' and be like this," he patted his suit lightly, "Hides the true nature of the different planets and their, er, magical stuff. You'd never recognize me if I came up to you as a normal person, even though as best I can tell, I look exactly the same, and this," he touched the green patch in his hair, "Is pretty unique. I dye it this way. And yet, nobody can connect the dots. It's weird, and kind of scary in a way. But useful."

"Now, uh, I don't have a particular way to get there, but...as far as I know, there's also stuff on Pluto. Or was. From what I hear, most of the worlds out there are kind of, er, dead. Like, used to be have life and people, but now don't." He shrugged. "So, that I have trees here is kind of unexpected."

"As far as I know," he went on, nudging at a fallen log that appeared to have just come down, were it not for an ample amount of dirt across it. There was no sign of decay at all...It just laid there for who knew how long. "There's nothing stopping us from telling everybody in the world about it all. I, uh, kinda think that'd be a good idea, honestly. But, you see, there are Bad Guys out there..."

He hesitated a moment. "And they apparently quietly control a lot of stuff on Earth, so if we were to start shouting from the treetops that we're out here, there's a good possibility we'd get painted as alien invaders come to take over the world." He laughed. "Which, uh, is kind of nuts. But that's how it is."

"And," he added as an afterthought, "I don't think seeing all this does anything toward making you one of us. I mean, it's something about past lives and stuff, so, er, I guess I'm a reincarnation of someone important from," he waved a hand in the air, "this place."

"It was like a thousand years ago," Nix said with a shrug. "Sad, but...not really anything to worry too much about, ya know?"

"The bad guys...uh, well, some are kinda like me, but wear darker outfits, and have spooky marks here," he put a finger up on the little metal band on his forehead. "But most of 'em look more like, uh, parodies of military people, with funny weapons. Oh, and they have the monsters, too."

"I don't think they'd go the cult angle. I can easily demonstrate that a lot of what I say is true. You can attest to that." He shrugged. "There's way more of them than there is of us, so it's better to hide a bit. For now, anyway."

"Yeah, I guess so," Nix replied with a nod and a shrug. "Bright and colorful--and frilly in a lot of cases--versus dark and dreary. I wonder why it's like that sometimes, but I think a Wizard did it." Or a wizard-cat, but you know, no need to do too much of an information overload. "If I didn't already have, you know, magic powers, and I found out about a weird cult that visibly had them, I'd be hard pressed to say no...especially if they're not evil."

He squinted and leaned forward some suddenly after a bit. "I'm not sure, but...I think I see something other than trees in the distance..."

"Alright, that's true," Nix allowed. "Who knows what you're agreeing to..." He shrugged. "I didn't, really, when I first got my powers, but I also knew I needed to do something, so I wasn't gonna say no. And it's not like I had to sign a contract or something."


He advanced forward some more, and in the gloom beneath the trees, there was...a pile of junk. It sort of looked like the remains of a small building or vehicle of some kind. Possibly once shiny and metallic, but now partially covered over with dirt, grime, and moss. "Huh. First signs of anything other than trees that I've seen so far...I wonder what it was..."

There was also a rather green pond just beyond the wreck. Didn't look very drinkable, all told, but it was definitely something other than trees.

The dirt was caked on, but underneath appeared to be undeniably metallic. Very smooth, although any shine of it seemed to be long gone. Nix gently touched it, and moved his finger along a smooth surface to create a three lines smilie face =).

He looked around again. "I wonder if these trees have been growing for a thousand years...if so, there could've been anything here, I think...or maybe everything just stopped until I came back? I dunno. Magic is weird."

It did seem to wobble a bit as they touched it. "Maybe this flew!" he said as he nudged it again. "Flying cars and space ships would be pretty great!" He laughed lightly at that, not being wholly serious.

That said, this was no medieval construction they were poking at.