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[ad_arbitrarium]

Greetings. I am Alice Spade, and I run the inn called the Arbitrarium. It is a very special inn, for it exists between dimensions and can appear in many places at once, acting as a dimensional nexus.

When I was bound to the Arbitrarium as a spirit of sorts, I managed connections between dimensions and various mechanics of the Arbitrarium itself. I suppose that, having already lost some of my humanity in the process that made me the Arbitrarium's master, deification was the next logical step. Does this mean I've truly lost my last tether to humanity? I hope not.

If any of you tire of the Radiant Plane and wish to meet with some of your denizens, you may enter any Arbitrarium in any dimension that you can find it in. I know that I'll be there some of the time, for I still need to manage it at least a bit. However, if I'm not there, look for the old woman at the reception counter. Her name is Doris, and she will guide you around the place should you need it.

I look forward to... shall we say... ruling with you all?

Comments

[alephbet]

Humanity is harder to get rid of than you'd think.

Nice to meet you. I'm Aleph.

[ad_arbitrarium]

I certainly hope so. I was once human, but it feels like it's been so long since I did normal human things...

Pleased to meet you, Aleph. What do you rule over?

[alephbet]

Messiahs. It fits - I was made to be one when I was alive.

[ad_arbitrarium]

You were made to be one? Was it difficult for you, being taken out of your former life?

[alephbet]

Ah, no, I'm an artificial human. I mean made literally.

[ad_arbitrarium]

Oh. You must come from a very advanced world, then. I think the Arbitrarium may have had some "artificial" guests in its time, though I have yet to meet one- aside from you- personally.

[alephbet]

Now you have. We're just like regular people, really.

hi i'm sorry i could not resist pointing out the name

[jack_of_spades]

I just know all tha' technical stuff's gonna go over my head, but any dimension, y'say? Any, Miss, eh, Spade?

Name's Spades Slick. Pleasure's mine.

I really should have seen this coming. X'D

[ad_arbitrarium]

It could possibly appear in any dimension, but it doesn't appear in every dimension, of course. That'd be too much for it to handle...

...Oh? I see what you did there. Pleased to meet you, Spades Slick. What are you the god of?

8D

[jack_of_spades]

What about timelines? Specific timelines? Ones where...say, someone who's dead in my timeline is alive?

And heh, I couldn't resist. God of Hatred right here, what a laugh, eh?

[ad_arbitrarium]

I have had episodes where multiple versions of the same people from different timelines meet in the Arbitrarium, but since then I've calibrated it to not do that as much.

God of Hatred... Oh my. How do you preside over it? Do you manipulate it, or do you store it within yourself?

[jack_of_spades]

I ain't looking to meet an alternate of mine, doll. But, eh, if ya can't help me then I guess I"ll jus' haveta make do.

As fer that, well, I"m pretty damn good at hatin' a lotta things.

[ad_arbitrarium]

I see... so you harness hatred for yourself. [She's really trying to be polite here even though she's getting BAD MAN UH OH vibes.]

I lacked icons of his nonhuman version before oops sorry about that

[jack_of_spades]

[Oh yes, definitely a bad man here. He grins, showing off all his ridiculously pointed teeth in the process.]

Looks like it. 'pparently m'good at getting folks ta hate me too. Hah, next thing ya know and I've got other people hating each other. S'hilarious.

That's okay! Alice needs more icons period. X_X

[ad_arbitrarium]

It certainly is contagious... what would you say is the biggest feud you've started? [Well, if a villain's going to be not-dangerous to her, the least she can do is get a story out of it.]

[jack_of_spades]

Biggest feud I started, eh? Hm, well. [The answer, of course, is himself versus the universe, but he's not interested in talking about her right now.]

There was this other gang that started movin' in on m'turf. So we declared war on 'em, turned the whole city right against 'em while I was at it, heh, considerin' I ran the town.