What would you do if you were on an underground train, when suddenly the train shook, you passed through a portal, and the next thing you knew your carriage was lying in an unknown new world? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: apparently this is a very common form of Japanese storytelling called an isekai. There are 8 billion people in this world, no idea can be original. And sometimes you miss out on things many other people know. I'm clearly one of today's lucky 10000.

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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 7 points 4 months ago

I would be shocked for sure but how would I know how to react if I don't know what this new world is like? Does it look like a barren wasteland? Does it look like Dinotopia? Does it look like a different planet altogether? When you say 'unknown', is it unknown to me only or do you mean it's completely devoid of any civilized/intelligent species?

[-] Fetus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

It is exactly like our world, only all doors that you expect to open outwards, actually open inwards, and vice versa.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Then I won't even notice I've world swapped until I meet my clone

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Motha getting isekai might be worth a watch.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

You look outside the train window and see what looks almost exactly like a forest on Earth, maybe something like redwoods, except the trees are much bigger than redwoods. A horse-sized dragonfly flits by. The front of the train carriage is crumpled, but there is a gash in the metal big enough to allow you to leave, if you desire, and to let the atmosphere in. You don't feel any ill effects.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Okay, so I'm shocked and after a while I'm definitely hopping out of the train, presuming no emergency services show up. I don't think I'll last long if dragonflies are that large but I sure will die looking for them

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