Demon's guide to the Multiverse: Spires of Pavia

Lu Necroson digs through the fridge looking for water bottles. After being convinced by Evan and Jax to join them on adventures in the multiverse he makes an appointment with Celine to do a portal.

"Gaahhhh come on, come on, one more please have one more… HA! GOTCHA!!" Lu swipes up a third water bottle and shoves it in his bag. The bag is red with demon horns and a plastic window allowing for pins to be seen. Inside the main pocket of the bag other than the water is his phone, a portable charger, headphones, and packets of fruit snacks.

"Alright guys, I'm out!" Lu shouts as he puts on his slip on sneakers.

"Stay safe! Have fun!" The voices of his friends make their way from the other room.

Closing the door and starting the walk to Celine's house, Lu thinks to himself excited. "New adventure let's go! Kinda wish I knew more about what Celine has in store other than 'bring water'." Lu imagines where he could be going. The air is cool and comfortable. "Water… fire.. Hot.. Desert maybe?"

Lu reaches the old mansion at the edge of the town and the forest. Knocking on the door is met with "one moment!" Then a light flashes from inside. The door opens. Celine is standing with her hair a mess.

"Sorry, I was testing something," she clears her throat. "Ready for your portal?"

"Heck yea I am!... Uh… how does this work?" Lu asks as Celine leads him inside and out to a shed in the back.

"I have been studying the multiverse and have connected with a universe called Paper Demon. You had a dream about getting fire powers correct?" Celine sits at the desk on the left side of the room.

"Yea I did. Same thing happened to Evan and Jax right?" Lu leans against the wall by the desk and takes out a packet of fruit snacks. "Want one?" 

"No thanks, but yes, the multiverse is giving you another adventure. Today you will do your first portal to Pavia." Opening her book, Celine flips to a page with images of rocky spires and deserts. "You are going to visit the spires! What I will do is open the portal. Once you step in the portal will disappear and can not be opened for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes you can ping me with your phone and I will get you home. Simple as that!"

"Alright! LET'S GO!!" The demon exclaims excitedly.

Celine stands up and grabs her staff. A gray wooden staff adorned with amethyst crystals and a black lantern holding a blue and red orb on the end. Closing her eyes she goes over to the back of the shed where a purple tapestry hangs. The orb becomes orange and Celine draws a large triangle. With a flash and a blast of warm air, the portal shows large spires built of sediment and stone.

"Have fun!" Celine smiles.

Lu enters the portal and it vanishes behind him. The sun's heat pounds against him. Lu decides to take off his red hoodie and ties it around his waist. He is wearing a black tank top. Better than the hoodie at least.

Lu holds his hand up to shield his eyes from the blinding light and starts to wander. 

"Ok I need shade…" Lu finds shade behind a red, yellow, and brown striped spire. In the distance Lu can hear cheering.

Doing some investigation, Lu can see other people at the peaks of some spires. Then a rumble and the peaks start to crumble as the people do a mad dash to the bottom without getting hit.

"Those guys seem cool!" Laughs Lu.

Lu leaves the shade to continue exploring. A large patch of shade passes over him. Looking up, Lu discovers large flying, almost dragon-like creatures. "DANG!!" More of the creatures pass by. "Ok next time I want to ride one of those!" Time to retreat back to the shade. 

Lu sits under this spire for longer. The spire gradients from yellow, to orange, to red, to purple. One more water bottle left. It's not worth eating the snacks, they are probably melted by now. He checks his phone. 5 more minutes till he can go home. Fine by him but Lu decides he wants a souvenir. Leaving the shade the walk in the heat continues. 

More people racing down crumbling spires. A picture is taken but only a cloud of dust is captured. Two more groups result in two more dust cloud photos. More of the dragon-like creatures fly above. Those pictures look cooler. The creature's underbellies can be seen but in shadow. Lu gets a picture of a few flying in a circle making them look like vultures. Finally he takes some photos of some spires knowing Evan would appreciate it. 

After checking the time, Lu goes to the shade and magically pings Celine. A triangular portal showing his friend appears in front of him.

"Welcome home!" Celine smiles.

As Lu walks through the cool air hits him and he falls to his knees.

"Oh my GOD! IT WAS SO HOT!!" Lu takes in the cool air of his universe. His world. His home.

Celine laughs but helps her friend up. "You're okay. You're fine."

"That was fun. Wait, look at the pictures I took!" Lu swipes through the dust clouds, dragon creatures, and spires.

"Oh send those to me! I want to do some studying!"

Lu and Celine go back to her house to recoup. They talk and talk. Mostly staying on the topic of the adventure. By now Lu has put his hoodie back on and is at a comfortable temperature. He thanks Celine again and asks to give him a message when another adventure can be done. They hug. 

The sky has gotten darker, the air, colder. Lu can't wIt to share his first adventure with his housemates. 

The door clicks. "I'm home!" Lu yells to his friends who are presumably upstairs or in the other room.

"We are in the kitchen having pizza! We saved you some! Tell us all about it!" The voice of the vampire calls.