"So?", Karyn said, " Are you not going to tell us what's going on?"
" Don't get your britches in a knot, lady, I'm getting to it." Josh said, slightly irritated from all the nagging. "Why I'm here is easy. I'm here to kick that little punk off his high horse and return things to balance, because I have the actual verifiable authority and responsibility to do such things."
"You're really dodging the point of the question aren't you? She wants answers, and I've seen more than enough to make me want to hear this." Jon replied, eyebrows raised and arms crossed in anticipation."then you're gonna wanna sit down for this, cause it's a doozy of an explanation. This might change your outlook on life and how you use the stone." Josh warned, while Jon and Karyn both sat down on the bed." Well, get on with it!" Karyn exclaimed, tired of waiting.
"First things first, I'm human. At least, this version of me is but I've met quite a few others who are only partially human. Simple fact is, there are multiple dimensions on the same dimensional plane, and these dimensions are not singular realities, where the only distinction is how timelines worked out, while physics is basically the same. Each dimension has many facets, like a crystal, and depending on those facets, entire areas of science and reality can change drastically. However, there are certain base cores of souls that are shared amongst facets, basically ending in the same people, if different due to their facets and experiences. Each base has a certain measure of power it is given. It can grow through all the normal ways, but that is only pertaining to one soul, not the base as a whole. The amount given to the base is the absolute minimum of power that soul and all its many extensions it has, and as such, is a good balancer. However, the process isn't equal. Greater power is given to those born in certain conditions, or those whose base is deemed worthy of having that potential. This isn't based off good or evil, just potential, and as such, some incredible evil people come into play. I wasn't born in a confluence of cosmic energy or anything. Just that my base was the last one granted power, so my base got what was left over. Turns out that was a massive pool of energy, allowing all the versions of me to basically be incredible beyond most human standards. So really, I'm more of a mutant without the DNA difference.
"I come from a facet that where most people have developed the genetic ability to manipulate energy outside their bodies with their wills and cause effects with them, like creating and controlling fire and heat, though most can only control a certain type of energy. This is so common it is known collectively by its many different categories as ' Mancy', with such things as Pyromancy, Kinetomancy, even an odd variant of Lumomancy known as Chromamancy. And than there's the rare and incredible ones. Aeromancy, the un-creatively named CopyCatomancy, which allows it's wielder to copy the Mancys of those whose powers he comprehends the workings of, only limited by their ability to remember them. Then the almost impossibly rare one, a power only granted to base souls. Dimenomancy; The ability to wield any kind of energy and shape it to your will. The holders of this insane power are able to create sub-dimensions in space-time, sonic bubbles that ravage everything inside them except for the holder, portals to other dimensions, anything they can imagine and make work in reality. They can block out other forms of reality shifting and reverse changes, but that wouldn't solve the problem here. This circle is one such example of that principle, and is more powerful than the stone can penetrate. It uses EM waves and base soul resonance to restore the natural state of those inside of it, as we've seen with Karyn here. I learned this way of weird science/thaumaturgy from a version of me who so happens to be a mage of a large magnitude. He called it the Therapy Cube and told me it had to be sealed with either blood or magic energy. The energy a soul receives as a base isn't finite. It regenerates, and is pure. As such, it is transmutable into any kind of energy at a moment's notice. So basically, me and the other versions of me are what is basically the Green Berets of this dimensional plane. We keep the peace by force if we have to. In short terms, I'm a Dimenomancer, I'm a sarcastic crazy 18-year-old, and I'm here to force-feed Roger an economy-sized barrel of ass-whoop. Any questions?" He raised his hands like a speaker at a seminar waiting for a hand to go up, with the same expression on his face.
Karyn was sprawled on the bed, trying to make sense of what he just said, while Jon was quickly sat upon the edge of the bed rubbing his chin with his hand, quickly piecing together all he knew of Josh using the explanation as middle roads and adhesive to put together a picture that he thought with increasing certainty was the correct one.
Karyn seemed to come to terms with this fairly quickly and sat up next to Jon, saying "OK then, now that we know our fearless ace in the hole, what's the plan for taking down Roger and getting things back to normal?"
