Portal mechanics

Reaching out, I touched the air before me and it split, opening a gateway back to Earth Bet.

Stepping out, I realized that I was in someone’s house. A woman and a man were huddled beneath blankets while holding a candle between them. The sounds of the ocean waves had alerted them, and they started screaming as I stepped through the portal. They couldn’t have seen much, just a shadow, but it was enough.

I stepped backward and closed the rift behind me.

I tried to remember where I’d been and how far I’d come, but I’d lost my bearings somewhere along the way. Walking forward a hundred feet, I opened another portal and I looked out. I could see a street sign, and from that, I had my bearings.

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Inferno