Tales of the Courier – The Crossroads Keeper
These are the crossroads. Things can change at the crossroads, quickly. Oftentimes it happens so quickly it seems like nothing happened. Until later.
All things intersect at the crossroads. The meetings are not random, they are predestined. Random is the view at the intersection, but not from here.
The crossroads exist and are governed. They are also not random. They are more hidden than seen, and occur more often than is known. Function over form is the crossroad path.
Keeper
The key was lost many millennia ago. In the great ages of cosmic change. The doors were shut, and worlds of wonder, became solitary and isolated. The key, lost and sentient, watched and waited.
The ethereal beauty of the crossroads, carries in all directions. Every path, is well lit, and shines its way into the cosmos. There are an infinite number, and they all connect at the crossroads.
A single journey can easily become two at the crossroads. It may also remain solitary, not everything changes there. Sometimes, it’s only certain things, at certain times. This is where the keeper resides. In those subtle changes, unnoticed and quick.
The crossroads have always been. They were before the great foundation. The key was made by those who formed the crossroads. It is much more than mere key, and is shielded and protected against the misuse of its power. Protected and shielded by the keeper.
Until it was lost.
Time passed, and the cosmos aged, and the worlds of wonder, were unlocked once more. Only the key can manage such power, which meant it had been found.
The Courier
At the crossroads, the keeper has watched the courier pass through, repeatedly. This one has used the key. Only the selected may use the key, and this one has used it more than once. There is no precedent for this occurrence, and the keeper has become intrigued.
Doors that had long been shut, have been opened wide. Old enemies are now rejoined, and the cosmos shudders. The key must be returned to the protection of the keeper. It must be removed from its place of imprisonment, and returned.
Those who have sought to contain it, are foolish, and do not know what is ahead. This has all been done before, in the long ago. The keeper will not watch it happen again.
The courier. This is where to start, and the keeper has started. Soon, there would be answers.
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