“Cam, you’re doing it wrong!” Little hands forced the Barbie out of Cam’s rebellious fingers. She had been trying to fit a tiny plastic shoe on the graceful arch of the doll’s foot for the past two minutes-to no avail. Cam released the doll with little protest.
The little girl wiped her long dark hair out of her face and shoved the blue pumps forcefully onto the blonde’s feet. It was honestly embarrassing how effortless the little girl made the tedious procedure appear.
Mr. and Mrs. Chandra, an Indian couple across the street from Cam’s house, had asked Cam to babysit their two young children.
Anna Chandra, of course, wanted Cam to play Barbies. Cam was a little more concerned as to where her brother Noah was. He was known for his mischief.
“There’s a big portal in the hallway!” A chirpy voice, followed by a little face, entered the bedroom. The boy blinked his thick lashes seriously. He and his sister were almost identical, with black eyes, dusky skin, skinny frames, and round faces. The only big difference was Anna’s long black hair.
“No there isn’t!” Anna retorted. She knew all too well that he was just trying to trick her.
“Yeah there is, see?”
Before anyone could react, the boy jumped back into the hallway and seemingly disappeared.
Cam stood up, certain it was another of Noah’s jokes, but eager to find an escape from the mundane Barbie game.
She stepped into the hall and immediately wished she hadn’t.
There was a rift ripped right through the air in front of her. It was a doorway to another world. The edges were ragged like it was a rip in the fabric of reality. There in front of her, Cam could see a forbidding forest, so palpable she felt that could reach out and touch it. No. Not just palpable. It was there. She could reach out and touch it.
And Noah was nowhere to be found.
It simply screamed responsibility.
Cam wheeled on Anna, ripping her phone out of her pocket, unlocking it.
She hoped her voice didn’t shake, didn’t show that she was afraid.
“Do you know your mom’s phone number?” Cam asked.
Anna nodded, squinting her eyes seriously.
Cam drew in a breath. “Ok. First, do not go near this. Do not touch this. And don’t go in this.” she pointed at the portal behind her, before feeling the need to clarify. “This portal.”
Anna nodded again.
“Second, call your parents. Explain the situation. Then call 911. Explain it to them too.”
Or should she do it the other way around? Should she call 911 first?
Anna gave one final nod.
“And I am going to go in there and find your brother.”
Easier said than done. Cam felt an unseasonably warm breeze on her icy cold skin as she stepped through the door to the other side. This new world would be nothing like her own.
~
Welcome to Boreala!
All of the unusual things in the coffee shop world came from a different place. Anyone with unusual abilities etc. comes from original migrants who escaped to earth long ago, coming from another dimension. Though there are many legends of this place, Boreala, the descendants of the original migrants have all but forgotten.
While they multiplied and married into human families, the blood of these Borealan people became diluted, erasing much of their unusual appearances and causing many of their children to have none of the abilities of their parents. However, they still have a magnetism towards the realm they once came from.
Some populations, like little people, are still unadulterated, and tend to clump together.
The original threat in the other dimension has long ago died, but a new, more dangerous one has arisen, and it wants Earth. This new terror is using the same methods that the migrants used to escape.
With a huge unleash of power, rifts were ripped between dimensions, creating doors of opportunity.
So far, no other move on the offensive has taken place, but the inter dimensional rifts are creating worldwide issues. Strange and unusual creatures may enter through them, endangering human beings, but worse is the fate of those who enter the rifts.
Many curious children are entering these doorways, and they need someone to save them. Who knows what dangers lie on the other side?
These rifts appear in higher frequency around people with blood from the Borealan migrants from that place, though they can appear around anyone. The rifts show a unique magnetism to them, just like the stones that Kyle placed.
The bug curse was placed for unrelated reasons, but it was thought that it would wipe out the human race regardless of its intentions. Now, in January, these doorways were created because it had failed.
So far these doorways seem stable, but that could change. So these doors provide but a window of opportunity. Will you take the challenge and face this unknown evil?
Little is known about Boreala, except that it is a place of beautiful forests, mountains, and landscapes, but also great danger and strange, deadly creatures. A regular human wouldn’t last long alone.
My intentions are that we make it up as we go like the other rp.
I’m also hoping you don’t kill your characters.
The evil is unknown, but it is clear that the population of Boreala are unhappy with it. They are not the enemy. Rather, the evil and it’s select minions are.
Everyone who goes into the world shows up in one place, a platform of stone in a dark forest with another doorway hovering over it. However, you don’t have to stay there.
If you already have a character on the character page from the last you don’t have to enter it, I will automatically admit it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-most-dangerous-coffee-shop-member-page.74924/
If you’re new or your character is not on the character page, enter the form in this format here and I will make sure that it is acceptable.
Name:
Gender:
Physical description and abilities:
Personality (since you insist on adding it anways):
Here is the old rp, if you’d like to go back and read.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-most-dangerous-coffee-shop-a-role-play.1332356/
Chat thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-hidden-door-chat-thread.1343910/
@FrankieDoodle @LittleBrownie @HeavensHens88 @Butterscotchbitesfinger @Cluckcluck1215 @Rose Quartz @RoostersAreAwesome
The rp will start at a date we can all agree on.
Any Questions?
