#strange dimensions

[thequantumlyunstableman]

Falling Down the Hole 6-12 Mar

I rolled over, so I could look down. I could see various outcroppings below me. There was a dim reddish glow to everything. I could see that the glow got brighter further down, but I couldn't see where the light was coming from. There was only one way to find out.

I got to my feet and backed myself up against the wall, feeling its warmth against my back. I swear I felt some kind of pulse go through it. But that was a worry for another time. I took three quick step forwards and leapt across the chasm, reaching for the ledge across the way. I slammed hard into the ledge knocking the wind out of me. I immediately began to slide off. Fear of falling overcome my inability to breath. My hands searched for something to grab hold of, as my body continued to slip downwards off the ledge. I desperately tried to slow my downward progression by holding onto the cliff, pressing my nails into the rock, but it was no use. I was going to fall. I continued to slide back off of the cliff. Desperately, I scrambled to find something to hold onto. But just when it seemed that all was lost, I found a bump in the ledge. I held to it as tightly as I could and stopped my slide.

But I was now trapped, barely hanging onto a ledge who knows how far up with barely the strength to hang on for more than a few minutes. I glanced around and saw there was ledge below a little off to the side. I began to rock back and forth side to side. When I got a little momentum going, I let go and fell down onto the other ledge, rolling as I landed. Unfortunately, I almost rolled too far and nearly went right off the ledge. I just managed to save myself at the last second.

I took a deep breath as I lay there, thinking about latest near death experience which had been preceded very closely by at least two others. This life was getting a bit too dangerous, I thought and then instantly burst out laughing. When hasn't it been dangerous? Not for many, many years.

I sat up, crawled over to the ledge, and looked down. There was still way too far to go. It was slow going. I didn't want to kill myself. But I eventually made my way to the bottom of the hole. At the bottom, the cave was lit up brightly. Light streamed in from a tunnel off to the side. It was the only path. Obviously, I had to go down it. If I was going to find the others, if I was going to save them that was the only way to go.

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[thequantumlyunstableman]

Whining and Flirting 24-30 Oct

"And 'next time we meet' what would you like me to be wearing?" she said stepping closer to me. "Something skimpy and tight?"

"Would you two stop flirting?" Lu growled.

"I'm not flirting," I said.

"Well, whatever you're doing, stop it. We have somewhere to be."

"I can walk and flirt," Kink said. "I can do most things and flirt. There's not..."

"We get it, Kink," I said. "You're great at flirting."

"Aw," she said, rubbing my arm. "I didn't know you liked it so much, Franky. Maybe..."

"Walk!" Lu shouted. "Start moving already!"

Kink closed her mouth and stared daggers at Lu as we walked on. "Anyone want to help me with this one?" G'fon said.

"Let me guess," Kink grumped. "They're heavy." She spared a glare for me. I guess she didn't forget what I said.

"Well, yes. They are," G'fon replied.

"Oh, are they? I thought you were supposed to be strong."

"Don't give me that. It's not as if anyone else here is doing any real work. Just me."

"We've all done work, G'fon," I told him. "I was just carrying Kink..."

"And now you've put her down. I should be able to put Tam down too."

"Oh, just give me them!" Kink snapped, taking Tam from G'fon's arms. "You're such a whiner."

"I'm not..."

She pointed at his chest. "Whiner."

"I'm not whining, I'm just..."

Kink snorted and spun around, holding Tam in her arms. She walked away and the rest of us were left to with no choice but to follow. "You got them?" I asked, catching.

"You worried about me, Franky?" She asked with a smile.

"Do you two ever stop?" Lu groaned.

"I'm not flirting with her!" I snapped at him. "I was just making sure she was ok. She's just woken up and Tam..."

"Quiet!" Lu said.

"I'm trying to explain..."

"I said, 'Quiet!'," he yelled.

"What?" G'fon asked.

"Don't you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"That!"

It was the sound of horses galloping. Many big, loud horses galloping toward us. I looked ahead and saw nothing coming. I looked behind us and saw nothing. I looked to the left and the right. I looked all around and I saw nothing. "Where are they coming from?"

"Up there." Lu pointed toward the sky.

I looked toward the horizon and I could see over a dozen dark gray horses races toward us in the sky.

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[thequantumlyunstableman]

Out of the Woods 17-23 Oct

We floated away until Lu couldn't keep us aloft anymore. "I'm sorry, but teleporting us here took a lot out of me."

"Levitation..." G'fon began to argue, before I cut him off.

"No need to explain, Lu. You saved us. We're safe now, so walking will be just fine."

"Safe?" Lu snorted. "Don't think just because you don't see the threat means that we're safe. The worlds of the omniverse can be dangerous."

"So what you're saying is that if you put us down," G'fon asked, "the ground could open up and eat us?"

"That's not what I was saying. But yes."

"So, maybe you shouldn't put us down."

"Or maybe," I suggested, "Lu could do some kind of check to make sure that nothing will eat us?"

"I can't do that," Lu said. "But I can send out feelers to see if there's signs of life beneath us."

"Fine," G'fon said. "Do that."

He waved his hands back and forth. "Everything seems to be clear."

"'Seems to be'."

Lu sighed. "I'm putting you down."

He lowered us to the ground and we weren't immediately attacked. I took that as a good sign. "Which way now?" G'fon asked.

"I believe the nearest city is that way," Lu said.

G'fon looked out at the empty landscape. "Ok. How are we getting there?"

"Walking."

G'fon pointed at Tam and Kink, who were still unconscious. "And what about these two?"

I bent over and hefted Kink onto my shoulder. "We carry them until they wake up." G'fon looked at Lu, who stared back.

"Are you going to..."

"G'fon," I warned.

"Fine," he huffed and picked up Tam.

We were walking for a little while before Kink finally woke. "Now, if you only treated me like this when we're alone."

"You're awake," I said, glancing back at her.

"Are you sure? Being in your arms, feels like a dream, Franky."

I rolled my eyes and lowered her to the ground.

"You don't have to put me down so quickly. You can hold me longer if you want to."

"You're too heavy," I said.

"Well, that's not a nice thing to say," Kink said.

"Yeah, well, maybe next time you see me don't have giant eagle wings, ok?"

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[thequantumlyunstableman]

The Rise of Maqesh 28 Jul-3 Aug

And then the Chamber blew up.

The entire side of the castle was gone and everything in it. Even Maqesh and the Wizard had been knocked to the ground. I survived only by one of Lu's enchantments and the very effort made him pass out again.

It looked like the Chamber's enchantment had also been broken. Lu's sorcerer's visage was gone and I had returned to being a woman. Maqesh, too, had changed. His mouth had shrunk and hit teeth were much less prominent. He had no horns on his head or thorns on his tail. He was no more a twisted, cartoonish demon. Now, he was just a 4-armed, hairless beast of a man. The Wizard looked the same. Maybe a little smaller.

"Getting better," the Wizard said with a hint of admiration as he looked at the rubble that had once been his chamber.

Maqesh had no patience for a witty retort. Instead, he began firing off enchantments left and right, but the Wizard batted each one away. All I could do was to try to carry the once again unconscious Lu to safety.

And then the Wizard began to fire back. Maqesh was able to deflect his attacks, but it was clear it was much harder for him than it had been for the Wizard. Maqesh was on the ropes, but he hadn't given up. "You won't defeat me so easily, Dakkoe!" He held his glowing fist high in the air. Then a giant mouth clamped down hard on his arm.

The Sharkwoman had returned! She bit down hard and Maqesh screamed in pain. She thrashed about, tearing at his skin. I thought she was going to tear his arm right off, but instead Maqesh grabbed her with two of his remaining free hands and held her tight. With his last hand, he grabbed her necklace and pulled it free. He tossed her away as if she were nothing and he began to laugh.

"No!" the Wizard screamed, firing a massive enchantment at the villain. "You will not...!"

Maqesh caught it in his hand. "Oh, yes, I will." He fired it back, catching the Wizard in a crystalline explosion.

And then Maqesh was suddenly standing over Lu Wu. I tried to fight him, but Maqesh let out a breath and I was blown a dozen feet away. Maqesh bent down and picked up Lu. "It is time to open that gate."

"You will do no such thing!" the Wizard yelled trying to pick himself off the ground.

"Just try to stop me, Dakkoe." Maqesh made a motion as if he were opening a door, using Lu's body as a key. "Goodbye forever, Wizard. Today I make myself a god!"

And then with a poof, Maqesh and Lu Wu were gone.

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[thequantumlyunstableman]

The Tarrgair Beast Attacks 9-15 June

I thought they were done for, but I saw the Sharkwoman squeak out of the Beast's fist at the last second. Twice more the Beast tried to get them and squeeze them, but it just couldn't catch them. Frustrated, the Beast clapped two of its hands together sending a shockwave through the air that struck us all like a hammer in the back.

I went flipping through the air and began to plummet as the enchantment was broken. I managed to stretch out my arms to slow down enough to roll as I hit the ground and avoid any serious injuries. I looked around and I couldn't find Werz anywhere, but I did see the Sharkwoman not too far away. She wasn't moving.

I ran to her. By the time I reached her, she had started to stir. Before I could see how she was the Beast took another thunderous step. "Where are the others?" she asked, trying to get up.

"I don't know." I looked up at the Beast that was looming over us. "How can we beat that thing?"

"We just need its horn."

"And how are we going to get that?"

"We shall take it!"

I looked up toward the giant as great boulders continued to fall off of it. "Ok," I said. "Good luck with that." The Beast raised its giant foot. "Move!" I yelled trying to help the Sharkwoman, but she was too heavy in her full shark form. 

She started to swim and I grabbed a hold of her as the Beast's foot came down. It missed us by inches, but the force of the impact sent us flying. I lost my grip of her and as we crashed to the ground I went bouncing away. When I stopped I was thirty feet away. I tried to get up, maybe we could get away, but the beast's foot was already raised for the next stomp. I looked up at the monstrous foot, but, beyond the foot, past the giant Beast, I saw what could have only been a whale flying our way.

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[albtraume]

Dinner...or lack of?

by reddit user TwiceAgainThrice

I've been reading this sub for awhile, casually. I've never had something happen I could share, so I'm not sure if I'm subconsciously looking for things now or if it just stood out more. This freaked me out, though.

Anyway. After I got off work yesterday, I went to the grocery store to pick up a small steak and some shrimp to cook for dinner last night. I remember getting home, turning on some TV, and starting to season the food. I cooked and ate it. I remember distinctly watching a re-run of Curb your Enthusiasm (the one about the Palestinian chicken place) and eating my dinner.

I remember the taste of it. I remember throwing the scraps away and cleaning off my plate.

I watched a little more TV and checked some work e-mails before getting tired and going to bed.

Then, just about an hour ago, I woke up. I don't normally wake up in the middle of the night, and I felt a little off. I had to use the restroom pretty badly (upset stomach) and even openly wondered about the shrimp or if I had over-seasoned it.

After I was done, I went into the kitchen to get some water out of the fridge. I opened the door and...there they were. The still paper-wrapped shrimp and vacuum sealed steak in it's container. I actually felt a little dizzy for a second being so disorientated.

I hadn't bought two sets as I don't remember doing so and the receipt was still in the store bag on the counter, and I did not already have these items as I tend to buy immediately before when I plan on cooking a meal.

The date was even yesterday's on the sticker paper the store uses to seal the brown paper and show the weight/price.

I'm also not hungry, and I know I would have had something to eat or else I would have been severely hungry waking up.

It's really bothering me, and I haven't been able to go back to sleep laying in bed thinking about this. It occurred to me to post this here. I feel like I'm going crazy a little bit. What did I eat?

[albtraume]

Hoia Baciu Forest

The Hoia-Baciu Forest  is situated near Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and is often referred to as the Bermuda Triangle of the country. It has a reputation for intense paranormal activity and unexplained events. Reports have included, ghost sightings, unexplained apparitions, faces appearing in photographs that were not visible with the naked eye, and in the 1970s, UFO sightings were reported.

Visitors to the forest often report intense feelings of anxiety and the feeling of being constantly watched. Moreover, the local vegetation is somehow bizarre in appearance, like something out of a make-believe story with strangely shaped trees, and unexplained charring on tree stumps and branches.

The forest was named after a shepherd that disappeared in the area with a flock of two hundred sheep. Most people who live near the forest are afraid to enter it due to the stories and legends that have been handed down. They believe that those who visit the site will never return back home. Many of the locals who have been brave enough to venture into the forest complained of physical harm, including rashes, nausea, vomiting, migraines, burns, scratches, anxiety, and other unusual sensations.

Some people believe that the forest is a gateway to another dimension. 

People have been known to disappear, strange lights have been seen, the wind seems to speak,. Several stories tell of people entering the forest and experiencing missing time. Some have known to be missing for quite some time with no recollection of how they had spent that time.One such story focuses on a 5-year-old girl who wandered into the woods and got lost. The story goes that she emerged from the forest 5 years later, wearing the same untarnished clothes that she wore on the day she disappeared with no memory of where had happened in that interval of time.

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[thequantumlyunstableman]

Monster Infested Waterfalls 12-18 May

I jumped into the water until I reached the falls. I found a purchase on the rock face and began to climb. The water was beating down on me, but I made sure not to look up. Just focus on the task at hand, one rock, then the next one, then the next.

Things seemed to be going pretty well. I didn't dare look to see how far I had to go, but we were moving upwards at a steady pace. I was beginning to feel optimistic, that we might actually do this when, suddenly something jumped out from the falls and snapped at me! I pulled my hand back quickly as something that looked like a cross between a crow and a piranha shot out of the water. I slipped on the wet rock and only kept from falling by holding tight to the handhold I had with my other hand! I tried to find a foothold while another piranhacrow jumped out at me. "Narroots!" Werz yelled. "And they look hungry!"

"How are we supposed to climb with these things snapping at us?" I asked as I swatted away another Naroot.

"We may not be able to," Werz said.

"Then how are we supposed to get up? These clothes the Wizard gave us don't fly, do they?" I asked.

"No, but the Wizard also gave us this." He pulled out a length of cord and held it out.

"How are you going to fasten that to the top?"

Werz threw the cord with a snap of his wrist and one end went flying. He threw it hard, but there was no way it was going to reach the top. And it didn't! But it didn't fall back down either. The end of the rope just hung in the air as if it were glued there! With another snap, Werz let go of the rope and it went stiff as a board. "Jump!"

"It's not attached to anything!" I yelled back.

"Just jump!"

I looked at the dangling rope, but the Narroots continued to snap and I was only holding on by my finger tips. So...I leapt! I grabbed hold of the rope and was greatly surprised and relieved when it held. I began to climb happy to not have water pouring down on me. When I passed him, I saw with trepidation Werz reach over and grab ahold of the rope. I was amazed it held him as well.

We kept climbing and were more than halfway up when the rope began to shake. "What's that?"

"Uh-oh," Werz said, "It might be waking up."

"What's waking up?" I asked.

"The Purtek."

"The what?"

"The thing we're climbing!"

"You mean the rope?"

"Yes!"

"The rope is waking up? The rope is alive?"

"It's a Purtek!" Werz shouted. "And it's waking up from its dormant state!"

"Dormant...?"

"Just climb!"

I climbed as fast as I could and the rope end of the rope began to curl up. It rose until it was even with me and I could see its open mouth! The Purtek lunged at me, quick as a bullet! I tried to dodge it, but I was hanging from a rope which was the creature's body. It slammed into my side. Fortunately, the Wizard's clothes kept it from ripping out my kidney, but the impact sent me spinning. "We've got to move!" Werz yelled.

"Where? Back to the waterfall where there are piranhabirds waiting to eat us?" I asked as I spun. But the Purtek's mouth was turned back toward me now and I wondered if dropping back down to the water was that bad of an idea.

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