Prologue: New Beginnings

"Everyday? You have to travel all the way here everyday?" A lanky woman with short light blue dyed hair complained as she followed her girlfriend to work. "You said you needed a job, right? Does the distance really matter?" The shorter, blonde puffy haired woman with silver eyes retorted with a cute smile. 

"Jaina..." The blue haired woman, René, began to complain again but was shushed by Jaina as she pointed to a rather unassuming office building in the centre of the crowded city streets. "Come on, we'll be late." She smiled and grabbed René's leather jacket, yanking her across the street. "Wait, wait!" The other tried pulling back their wrist, but was surprisingly powerless against the shorter woman.

Jaina opened the front doors and let René enter into a quiet, barely decorated reception area with a single security guard casually browsing his phone as he put his feet up on a modern wooden desk. He gave a short glance over to the two before giving a nod and pushing a button, motioning for the two to enter into a grey steel elevator at the back.

"Thanks, Paul!" Jaina gave a wave to the security guard, who gave a slight nod as the two casually walked past him and into the elevator. "You actually talk to people?" René joked with a slight smirk as the doors closed. 

Jaina took a deep breath before facing her with a nervous smile. "Okay, so no one really knows about you and me dating. Don't say anything about us, don't look into Dave's eyes, and don't bring up my hobbies."

"Geez... You worry to much. This is just a travel agency job, right? Relax. People adore me." René laughed and leaned against a wall as Jaina opened a hatch at the bottom of the elevator button list, pressing a hidden button that had a galaxy sticker on it.

"What the h-" She was cut off as her girlfriend pressed the button. The elevator suddenly rocketed downwards at what felt like a near impossible speed. René screamed her lungs out in terror, thinking they were both going to die as Jaina remained as bubbly and cheerful as always.

"JAINA, I LOVE YOU! I'M SORRY WE'RE GONNA DIE BECAUSE OF MEEEE-" She screamed before hitting the floor with a thud. She got a hand up from Jaina, who couldn't help but giggle at the sight. "Come on, I thought you were this big bad tough girl?" 

"I... Think I'm gonna be sick." She said as her legs trembled, barely able to stand on her own while the elevator doors open. Jaina couldn't help but laugh again as she lead René out of the horrifyingly fast lift. 

Once René had regained her bearings, the two walked down a beige corridor before reaching a small wooden door. It was eerily quiet, filling René with a sense of dread. "A-Am I dead?" She asked with a light chuckle while Jaina casually flung the door open. "No. Death doesn't apply here." She said in a ghoulish voice, wigging her fingers to creep René out more.

The blue haired woman let out a slight yelp as they entered into what looked like a standard office waiting area with a gigantic red couch that seemed comically large compared to the duo. "Just take a seat for a bit, I've got work to do. Catch ya later." Jaina gave a playful wave as she entered through a black door on her left.

René watched with dread as her girlfriend left, not having a clue what to do. She looked over at the large couch before noticing a regular sized couch placed conveniently next to the bigger one. She took a deep breath and sat down, checking her phone nervously. 

"Yo... You lost?" A casual, uncaring voice called out, making René jump slightly. She quickly looked around, failing to notice the woman sitting next to her. "You look on edge... Want some nip?" The woman pulled what looked like a cigarette from her black beanie, a few strands of dark purple hair caught up on it.

She politely declined while the woman pulled a lighter from her black suit pocket. "So what's a woman like you doing here?" She asked as she took a long drag of her cigarette and blowing it playfully in René's face.

"I'm here for a job interview... Can I ask a q-question? W-Why is this place so... Weird?"

"Weird? Girl... This place is pretty normal in the grand scheme of everything and anything." The woman said with a laugh, the light of her cigarette glowing against her tanned skin. René let out a sigh, looking the woman over before realising she was wearing blue jean shorts, confusing her more. 

"So... Who are you?"

The young woman took another drag, holding the smoke in her lungs as she grinned. "Nunya."

"Nunya?"

"Nunya Business." She laughed, frustrating René slightly. "Aren't you funny." She said with an annoyed sigh before hearing a loud howl come from down the hall. "Shit..." The woman mumbled under her breath as what sounded like a bat squeaking loudly.

Suddenly, a gigantic grey werewolf ran down the corridor, with a small wounded bat trailing behind. René looked at them, completely baffled as the woman beside her put her lit cigarette under her beanie.

"Charlie, Eli... You two are later then usual." The woman said with a smirk as she watched the werewolf struggle to fit through the doorway. The bat quickly squeezed through an opening and went on their way. 

René was growing more and more confused on what was happening, until a masculine voice with a New Orleans accent was heard yelling down the hall. "I swear to the god in the deepest pits of this building, if Charlie is stuck in the door again, I'll turn everyone into frogs!"

The woman watched with a smug look as René watched in silence before smelling what could only be described as burning hair. As a lanky, dark skinned man with short black hair, wearing a rather classy yet mystical black and purple suit appeared holding a cane. 

As if on cue, the woman began yelling in pain as she threw off her hat. Her hair having caught on fire from her cigarette. She began trying to force the werewolf out of the way to reach the bathroom in her desperation as the man watched with a blank stare at the chaos beginning to unfold before him.

He let out a loud, bored sigh before slamming his cane down. Suddenly, the lights in the office dimmed as a fire quickly consumed the wolf stuck in the door. The woman quickly tried to run through, but tripped on a voodoo doll, tumbling to the floor as her flaming hair set alight to a stack of papers, which quickly spread across the broad, muted office space.

René thought in that moment she had died on the elevator and was now in the afterlife, but her thoughts were quickly dismissed when the man slammed his cane again. Everything froze in place, even the other workers, who were in the midst of panicking. 

"Jaina! Fire extinguisher!" He called out before seeing Jaina quickly burst out from the door she entered through with a fire extinguisher in hand, quickly running around and putting out the frozen fire.

Jaina quickly began putting everything back to normal as the man and René watched in silence. She put the voodooified werewolf on a desk next to where the Bat had landed, she put the beanie back on the woman and sat her on a desk next to a purple skinned nymph, who's frozen face could only be described as unbridled joy. 

"Done and dusted, Dr!" She called out with a smile as the man gave a sly grin, tapping his cane again as everything resumed. He went over to the woman who had started the fire, tapping her on the head with her cane. "Misha. How many times have I told you to stop smoking catnip in the office... Without me?" 

The purple haired woman, Misha, let out a groan of pain as she took off her beanie, revealing a pair of small cat ears that poked out of her burnt up bowl cut. "I dunno, man. Can't you just let this one slide?"

"You set fire to the office in front of our potential new hire. I'll just tell our esteemed host about this if you don't think up a good excuse." He smirked, crossing his arms as he began to walk away, letting Misha think over her apology.

He soon went over to René, who was silently freaking out. The man gave a dramatic bow as he twirled his cane. "Hello, good day and howdy. I am the ever so charming, ever so handsome and ever so excellent Dr Zanir Markeeth. Witch Doctor, master of multidimensional travel and proud professional chef. You're René, right?"

"Uh... Yeah. J-Jaina said you w-were hiring?"

"Yep, yep, yep. Since we are rather short staff, I'll just say you're hired right this moment, instant and second."

René looked stunned, turning to Jaina who was giving a supportive thumbs up. "S-So...What do I have to do first... Sir?" She awkwardly smiled, trying to look as professional as she could. Zanir tapped his can against his chin, though he already knew what he was going to do with her as he quickly pointed to Misha with a grin.

"I need you two to check in on something for me. Ya see, one of the many worlds we help send people to has recently disappeared, vanished and just down right left our able view. My ever so favourite cat, kitty, feline friend was from that world. So, so, so, I need you and her to check in on it for me, myself and I." 

Before René could even get a word in, a hole opened up beneath her feet as she found herself plummeting down into a black void of nothing, with Misha soon appearing beside her. "D... Did he already assign you a job?" She grumbled, letting out a frustrated groan as the two floated around.

Suddenly, a golden pathway appeared before them. Misha quickly hopped onto it, with René following soon behind. She began questioning Misha about everything that had happened, confused on what was even going on at this point.

Misha let out a bored sigh as they walked. She explained that their job was to help guide people to new worlds, mainly those who recently die by trucks, but as long as someone wanted to go to another world, they were the middle management who help guide those to their new worlds. 

She went on about how the world they were currently visiting was one that had received an accidental summoning quite a few times in the past, and now it had suddenly disappeared from their view.

"So that means?" René said with a continuation motion as they walked. Misha letting out a sigh, said flatly; "It means it either just got lost in our files-" But froze up when the pathway ended, revealing a split open star at the end of the road. "O-O... Or t-the star is... D-Dead. O-Oh Mollia... What happened!?"

Misha looked defeated as she saw her home was gone, split in two, but René pointed towards what looked like a fleeing airship in the floating void they were bound in. "I-Is that normal?" She asked with a confused look.

Misha looked towards the ship with a sigh of relief, beginning to walk back. "Okay... W-Well, it seems that our job is done. Now, what the protocol is... We don't report we saw this. We say the star is dead. No survivors. Got it, newbie?"

"Uh... Yeah." René gave a slight nod as the two began heading back, though she was confused as to why Misha seemed relived over something so random happening. after all, it was her first day. 

Once they got back, René was assigned a desk next to Misha and her fey friend, Jae. She let out a sigh as she began filling in forms, having Misha help her fill them all in 'correctly'. 

Jaina came over with a playful smile as she looked over the forms, giving a nod. "Good. Your first job went swimmingly. Though, sad that their were no survivors... Granted that's better then some." She gave a playful giggle, but Misha quickly froze up when René asked; "What if there were survivors?" 

"Oh, well we have to regulate every dimensional travel between worlds. If, say, a few people managed to escape the destruction of their star by going to another world, we'd have to eliminate them. But hey, that's only happened once or twice since I've been here." She gave a light giggle again as René froze up. 

"Y-Yeah... Thank god w-we didn't s-see anyone." She awkwardly laughed as Misha gave her a hard punch, but dismissed it as a bit of playful banter. Once Jaina left, the bizarrely garbed Jae whispered to the two; "You saw something, didn't you?"

Misha let out a loud sigh before giving a light nod. "Yeah... Don't tell anyone though... Or I'll tell Markeeth your growing bud in the ceiling." 

Jae gave a light chuckle. "Haha... You're funny. I... I don't grow bud in the ceiling. That's a lie." They quickly lent in close to Misha with a cold glare, whispering; "I won't say anything."

René let out a sigh, not wanting to even think about it anymore. She began focusing on her work, which today, mainly involved browsing the multiverses internet and checking out the news in other worlds. 

As everyone wrapped up for the day, Zanir offered everyone everyone a drink in celebration over there new employee. And one drink turned into two, then three and before anyone knew it, they had all passed out in the office.

Zanir sat alone in his office, continuing to drink as he sat next to the barely conscious Jaina. "You sure your girl, bff, partner is gonna fit in here?" He asked with a sly look, but Jaina let out a drunken laugh as she stared at her girlfriend through the office window. 

"She's gonna be fiiiiine... Unless she lies to me... She's gonna be fiiiine."