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Ch 1: Pg 13: Portal Sphere

Sameth

on March 1, 2019

So, the portal sphere is kind of a combination between the doors from Monsters Inc. and this key from this SciFi miniseries called “The Lost Room” that is something of a cult classic. Without going into too many details, the key had the ability to be inserted into any lock and when you open the door, it leads to a motel room (a specific one, the eponymous Lost Room). You close the door, concentrate on where you want to go and the room opens to a new place. I just got rid of the room and added in magic.

This book series I’ve been listening to on Audible called Sandman Slim have something similar and I absolutely love their traveling system. You can only access it if you have the key to the room with 13 doors. The 13 doors lead to different things, but the main character, James “Sandman Slim” Stark has the one and only key and can travel to different places much like the Lost Room. He has to go to the room to get to other places, but instead of using a door like here and The Lost Room, he can step into a shadow and come into the Room. (I did come up with my portal sphere before I listened to the Sandman Slim series, but it was cool to see it in practice.)

*Sigh* And I guess there are some Floo Powder inspiration here, too.