The red wolf was chuckling, thrilled, as he was tapping gem after gem on the grand artifact he stood at. His tail wagged wildly as The Ring started to glow and light converged to the center of the massive artifact. As the cascade of lights settled inside, it became a window to a world where a storm was brewing over an open field that rested beside flowing lava. Artison grinned ear to ear as he reached a hand for the portal, and, reaching through, he only felt the cold chill of the air on the other side.
"This shall be perfect..." Artison said and quickly took out a book, "Lava in flowing liquid state despite continuous exposure to wind and oxygen. Plant life able to withstand being so close to RIVERS of this stuff. God knows what awaits us, how exciting." He rigorsouly wrote thigns into his book, "Just need to make sure I remember how to access this world..."

The door opened to another odd creature tan fur with crimson dye for designs. Accompanied by clothes matching her fur marks, she walks into Artison's lab rubbing her eyes. "Artison, sir?" She says groggily, "Are you seriously still up?"
"Of course, I only rest when I absolutely need it." Artison said, "Use to do it all time while at the academy. I was top of my class because I always had things finished before most expectations." He finished his writing and closed the book again.
"Don't you still need to do other things?" Mira asked, "Like sleep, or just take time to relax?"
"Oh I get in time for that too." Artison smiles back to her, "About ten minutes ago, I took a break from this and got to finish a new tesla conductor."

Mira was now more awake, but she just stared at Artison, "So... you work to relax?"
"Indeed." Artison chuckled, "Loretta says I'm a workaholic, but I don't really see the flaw of that. I work, I'm happy to work, and I accomplish so much because I work."
"So you really don't plan to do anything else?" Mira said with a droopy ear behind her head twitching, "Not even sleep?"
"Oh no, I'll get some sleep, as soon as I finish preparation." Artison said as he walked over to a work table, "We got a grand world to explore tomorrow." As he was stuffing a bag, he looked back to Mira, "You can go ahead and sleep if you wish."
"I was asleep," Mira said. "I woke up because of a disturbance."
Artison's ears lowered as he looked to her again, "Oh... sorry."
"No, I just had to use the bathroom, I only heard you on my way back to bed." Mira started to walk for the doors, "Maybe we could do something else tomorrow?..." She headed out of the lab.
Walking to the bedroom, she passed a stain glass and looked through it. Even with her mind shifting to comprehend how she could have lived here, she remembers the world she is actually from. Looking back on it, she could have never imagined she would live above the clouds. Walk among platforms and spires. However, this was about as much as she knew. Walked a few bridges to other spires or platforms. Rode on a flying ship once and a while. That was about it, however. She looked to the clouds and tried to see what was beneath it, but then yawned once more and walked to the bedroom. She took Artison's bed as normal, and fell asleep as she thought about her life now in Terra.

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The Dimension Traveler is back! And looks like he's rearing for a new adventure in another world. How exciting!

Part 1

Title: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57321890/

Part 2: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/57431629/

Mira (C) Calypso-Dreams

Artison, art, and story (C)  watcher12