Jack 1.01
The moment Jack steps through the door into the moving carriage, he senses the tugging "that-way" sensation narrow, become weaker and move to the other side (it had been behind him, now it's above and to the side).
The Wizard replies, "I'm Djaymi. This is Dotter, she's in charge here. I'm going for lunch now. I'll be back later. Would you rather rotisserie falopy or kalkine? Nevermind, you'll have kalkine." Djaymi walks back out the door, closing it behind him. The moment the door closes, Djaymi and the hallway disappear, replaced by the local terrain.
Dotter, who also seems to be a Wizard for some unclear reason, says, "Welcome, Jack, to the resistance. Shortenned-long-story, our first Jack showed up about 3000 years ago with all sorts of advanced technology and never before seen magics. He lead a group of rebels against the nationalists and overthrew the oppressive regime. For about 100 years, he was a fair ruler, but then the second Jack showed up. He had different technologies and magics, and teleported directly next to our Jack and killed him. Noone figured it out for the first 300 years, but the tyranny of Jack increased. The spidermen were created, and one day original Jack reappeared. Original Jack and second Jack entered into a battle Royale with automatons, golems, teleportation and all manner of casualty causing calamity.
"We eventually figured out what he was and learned the whole backstory, but we had long-since become the victims of this multiverse surfer - this verser. His rule became even more intolerable than second Jack was. He keeps the power and preaches about democracy. He claims to rule on behalf of the people, but anyone who disagrees is shipped off to an unnamed planet out in the middle of intergalactic space.
"That doesn't even include the people he kills in secret. Last year, 10000 people suddenly disappeared at the same time that Jack teleported from one side of the planet to the other. 10 years ago 100000 people suddenly burst into flames on an ice planet. Jack had just used his magic to cool the temperature on a desert planet he was visiting. He knew about both before anyone else, and he didn't admit anything or apologize. It is interesting that the people who disappeared were all in political opposition to Jack on one thing or another. It is interesting that the ice planet had just declared independence from Jack's Empire.
"So we fight for our freedom, and you're our best chance of success. You were brought here as the last act of our sister-in-arms. Her ghost used the projectors in that helmet you're wearing to open the portal to your world. The only people who ever came close to freeing us were other Jacks. Help us! Oh be one k'nob'y, you're our only hope!"
Behind her there is a wall of video feeds of different atrocities being committed by Jack. Everything from sexual predation to brutal torture and murder were recorded and are being shown.
"Anyway, there are two doors before you." There are two doors on the carriage, one red and one blue. "Go through the blue door and we drop you off on the streets of Jacktown where you just were - you can do whatever you want. The Red door leads down the Rabbit Hole, and into the rebellion. Make your choice."
*Roll*
Jack feels certain that the choice really is his to make. Fate may decide what happens, but he is being given an open choice.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:55, Sat 02 Apr 2022.