Personal Journal of Kerlund. Universe 117. Entry 113.

It’s official! I’ve been accepted into the Investigation of Multiple Universes research team. An overwhelming amount of people applied to the group and Frankly, I am surprised I was selected. With the increasing numbers of our kind heading off on their own to seek after other universes, the Council of Mistakes has finally relented by creating a formal research endeavor on the matter.

If the findings support the evidence of other universes and how to find them, it could result in a mass exodus from this universe. Many, including myself, have lost close friends and family that have ventured off into the empty void not knowing whether they are safe or even alive. If our numbers in this universe dwindle too low, we risk being overtaken by emergent species that discover the Rondure of Confluence.

On the other hand, if it is discovered that other universes don’t or can’t possibly exist, it would paint a bleaker picture. All those that had departed in search of them would most certainly be dead. Worse, we’d know that there is nothing else out there. We have nearly mastered this universe. Once we do, there would be nothing else to accomplish.

I am optimistic we will discover at least one other universe and with it, near limitless possibilities. Yes, there is risk, but also excitement and I for one am in desperate need of invigoration.