Felix in Beacon Hills (again; this time with more Fenris)
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One Felix away from home. One Felix here.

The immortality is powerful, but ultimately not perfect, and there was no way to account for inter-dimensional travel. Felix was captured in some extremely bizarre phenomena in the middle of the Bermuda Conflux and snatched to another world. As a result the immortality spring count him as "disconnected" and created a second Felix as usual, but also warned that it was a disconnection, not a true death. And a piece of the dreamshard was missing too at same time, no way a coincidence. And with a odd stroke of inspiration, Fenris decides to meditate holding the dreamshard.

It takes two weeks until they figure out that the dreamshard wanted to be used again, to have new dreamshapers, and another week after that to unlock some of it's power, to see that other Felix in another world, an Earth unlike their own, but an Earth nonetheless.

Fenris meditates with the dreamshard, unraveling it's secrets and desires and, after nearly two months he... strikes a deal of sorts. Three volunteers become dreamshapers. Three more if the plan is a success.

Then there is the other end of the bargain.

Fenris couldn't find a way to retrieve the other Felix back, it might truly be beyond the dreamshard power.

But Fenris thinks of an alternate solution, go to that Felix, be there for him, the immortality spring will mean a Fenris here to live his life, knowing that in the multiverse there is another Fenris keeping company to the second Felix. To patch the fucking flaw in reality that allows any version of his brother to experience even a second of misery.

That idea turns out to be rather controversial.

Two months and one day after the Bermuda incident, they have come up with yet another alternative. Fenris himself doesn't need to go alone.

So, after two months and two days there are twelve immortal skymages flying towards the Shattered Skies, the epicenter of the Bermuda Conflux weirdness and the place where one Felix disappeared.

The other Felix is flying right beside him looking concerned. If this plan works, it means... two Felixes in the same universe. A great boom for that universe, in Fenris opinion.

Their grandfather and sister are also there, they have been told everything and aren't going to come in this trip, but want a farewell of sorts. But they keep a large distant, too far to shout, too far to hear Maira crying, she still doesn't understand everything, but understand that these Fenris and Felix won't see her for a really long time. So both grandfather and granddaughter insisted on coming to watch.

They get in the general area where Felix was snatched away and Fenris takes out the piece dreamshard they brought.

The other nine that are meant to do this one-way journey reach out and hold it. They wait.

They don't have to wait for very long, the portals flare with tendrils of energy and they are snatched away...

...and now they are flying above a town, Fenris actually lets go of the dreamshard, but of course he chained it to his hand, so it doesn't fall.

There are only five of them, Fenris, Felix, Kato, Vera and Vii. This isn't a sign that the plan worked correctly.

Well, does this at least look like the correct place?

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It looks like a quiet town surrounded by a forest. Warm and sunny, but not otherwise very exciting. 

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Fenris can recall the place from his dreamshard meditations. It fits, not a certainity, but it fits.

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Felix, the one that came, is worried with what happened with the other five.

Vera comforts him.

Vii points out they should find the other Felix soon.

Kato is just quiet, but he offers a bracelet to anyone that wants to scout the place.

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Fenris volunteers as a scout, taking the bracelet. And sends the other four to find a place where their Felix to find pocket dimension activity that indicates where the other Felix is.

They really should've come up with nicknames for the Felixes.

Anyway, Fenris uses fog to cover their descent and then activates the bracelet, their wings are still there but invisible and Not Important even if touched.

Fenris walks around, searching for familiar faces from his dreamshards visions and asking "Has anyone seen my identical twin?" and "Does anyone know someone called Scott McCall?"

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"Why are you looking for Scott?" asks this random passerby.

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"I have reason to believe he knows where my identical twin is."

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"If you lost your twin I don't know how a high school kid can help, but if you'd rather I not go to the police or the hospital..."

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"It isn't urgent enough to involve them yet, if you would be so kind as to point me towards the right direction I would greatly appreciate it."

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"I don't actually know where he lives. You can go to the hospital and ask for Nurse McCall, and tell her you're looking for her son. Don't imply there's anything actually dangerous going on, nurses have to tell the cops if they think there's been a kidnapping or something. If you're really sure, that's what I would do."

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"It's not a kidnapping, just a personal thing," Fenris says with a smile that looks forced but polite, "Thank you. If you see Scott, would you tell him that Fenris Dalkaila is looking for him?"

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"Okay. I'll make sure to keep an eye out. Good luck."

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"Thank you," Fenris walks away, he knows where the hospital is.

He makes more fog, takes flight and lands near the hospital.

Where he can find Nurse McCall?

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Nurse McCall is between patients, hanging around by the nurses' station.

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"Hello, do you happen to be Scott McCall's mom?"

Fenris watches for her reaction, maybe she recognizes Fenris' face from interacting with Felix? In that case, the lack of wings would be very surprising.

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Not even a flicker of recognition.

"I am. Is that what I'm known for around here?"

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"My apologies, I was asking because that me and my twin are new in town and we accidentally got separated and I was told he was with Scott McCall. We lost our phones during the move so I can't just call him. Do you mind put me in contact with Scott? Or do you happen to have seen Felix? We are identical."

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"No, I can't say you look familiar. I'll give you his number and Scott will handle it until my shift is over."

She borrows a notepad from the desk and scrawls a number on it.

"Here, see if you can figure it out, and if you still haven't found him, I'll call in reinforcements."

She returns to work, leaving him with the piece of paper. 

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"Thank you, that shouldn't be necessary. I just need to tell Felix something."

Fenris keeps the polite smile until she is out of sight, then he finds the nearest phone and calls Scott.

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"Hey, do you know if escargot is just snails or can it also be slugs? Or do they just look the same?"

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"I'm almost certain it needs to be snails, usually specific kinds because otherwise it isn't profitable. Why do you ask?"

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"Okay, we should definitely talk later. I'm assuming you're looking for Scott? He'll be here in a minute."

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"Well, I'm looking for my brother Felix, who I believe is or was with Scott."

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"No. Scott would have mentioned something. Oh, here he is." 

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"Sorry about that, what do you need?"

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"I'm looking for my brother, Felix Dalkaila. I'm Fenris and I have strong reasons to believe you are or were with him?"

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