"Shit....shit...shit" Sifer whispered this to himself as he ran down the alley. The sound of his boots making contact with the wet pavement echoed off the concrete walls, becoming a kind of discordant background music for this chase. Sifer had been encroaching on the territory of the local carney street performers, and they didn't take too lightly to it. They had given him one warning, which he choose to ignore, thinking that whatever threat that came from a clown would be a small one, what a mistake that was. Now he was running down the alley, with three carney folk behind him, a knife juggler, a strong man, and a snake handler. Sifer had almost stopped at a dead end that would have sealed his fate, had he not been swallowed by darkness.<br/><br/>Sifer felt like he was a square block forced to go through a round hole as he moved through the darkness, being spit out of the wall into a shadowed cave. The young man took a step forward and fell into a small dip in the ground, and decided that he needed light. He took in a deep breath as he lifted up his right hand, focusing his mind. Sifer exhaled with a short breath and a ball of flame no larger then a baseball appeared barely hovering in the palm in his hand. The ball of flame cast a orange light, dispelling the shadows and revealing an uneven path before him. He made his way through the short tunnel quickly but carefully, coming up to a room enough light to see shone and the ground was flat. Sifer closed his hand and the flame dispersed, as what appeared to be a man in a hooded cloak and a plain white porcelain mask beckoned him to come forward with his hand.<br/><br/>"Hey buddy, mind telling me where I am? Not that i'm looking forward to going back...." The porcelain masked figure spoke with a voice that sounded as if it was unisexual "This is the alpha section of the tower of babel, the entrance if you will." Sifer was about to say that had to be nonsense, but then again, he did just get transported here, so anything was game at this point.<br/><br/>"Well, why did I get brought here? I win the lotto?" Sifer laughed nervously, this was unnerving him, though he did count himself lucky he got here when he did.<br/><br/>"It's because of what you desire" The figure spoke with a simple certainty as he pointed to the ceiling "At the top any and all things that were ever known and ever will be known reside, anything you desire is at the top." The figure then redirected his point to two large doors with were behind him "Say the word and you will be returned to where you were taken from, but once past those doors, you are here until another opportunity arises"<br/><br/>The finality with which that last phrase was said caused shiver to ride down Sifer's spine in waves. Still, he didn't really have any choice in the matter, go back and he was as good as dead. Besides, the idea of all knowledge that ever existed was something that appealed to him. Sifer took a deep breath as he put his hands on the door, the masked figure watching him the whole time "The road less traveled, right?" He said with uncertainty as he pushed open the door and entered the room.