The ground was firm beneath Jade's feet. It was firm and stury but he could still feel the rotation of the world. How fast was it turning? His estimate would be around 1,500 miles an hour. Maybe 2,000 if he had been drinking recently. But no. He was pretty sure the planet of Delta-5 spun roughly 1,500 miles per hour.
Of course, the inhabitants of the world didn't mind the speed. The Klatrodaks - an alien species living on Delta-5 since the birth of the planet - only could survive when moving at extreme speeds. They were known in this universe for having the fastest ships and even faster card games.
Jade stood in the middle of a busy road. Hover bikes road past him in blurs that he could barely make out. Maybe he shouldn't be standing in the middle of the road?
…
Nah it was probably fine. Whats immortality without riskless fun?
Though he had his fun with this universe, he was sad to know that the fun had finally run out. Universe 32-D had no more surprises for him. He had seen every moment. Interupted every one too. The explosion of the biggest star in this universe was mainly caused by him. Some of the universe's greatest idols and emporers lost power when Jade rolled around for some fun.
No, Jade has had enough of this universe. Every species it had held, every death that had come. Even the little things like an insect species dying to instinction.
Jade straightened his long, black trenchcoat, reaching into his white T-shirt and pulling out a circular locket. He clicked it open, using the tiny mirror inside to look at himself. God, he looked old. His hair had turned shriveled, short, and grey over the eons. His eyes had bags under his bags. And his face was more wrinkled than a shirt out of the laundry.
Reaching into his trenchcoat pocket with his other hand, Jade pulled a small disk from within. The disk had a bulb in the middle and a botton on the back. Turning it over in his hands, Jade rose it to his face and clicked the botton firmly. There was a flash of light that practically blurred Jade's vision like a photo from the early years of the universe. Jade lowered the disk and when he looked back into the mirror in his locket, he looked brand new. His hair was long and dark brown, his eyes were a bright electric blue, and his face was clean shaven with smooth skin.
Returning the disk to his pocket, he clicked the locket shut and stuffed it down the neck of his shirt. Immortality meant infitely aging. It has to happen. But no one said you had to look grusome while doing it.
Taking a look around, Jade sighed deeply. Welp.
"Geronimo!" Jade said to himself.
And with one single step, Jade stepped into traffic.
Static. All around him. It always freaked him out whenever he left a universe. Maybe it was how much the constantly changing black and white sparks hurt his head. Or maybe it made still made him uneasy to travel this way.
Looking around, Jade noticed a dark orb the size of his head behind him. This was the universe he had just been inside of. He could tell it was a universe because of the tiny, tiny specks inside the orb that were really the planets.
Jade floated around the static void for a while. He never really understood how he floated around at will or why this void of nothingness looked like static. Maybe it was just the way a nonexistent dimension looked as it actively tried to create something from nothing.
Another orb was just a while ahead, maybe thirty or forty feet if the place actually could be measured. He started floating in that direction, reaching a hand out for the orb. As he got closer to the dimension, something strange started to happen. The world began to flicker around him, changing between the static void and a… a library. Whether it was a public or private one he couldn't tell, but it sure scared him. Odd. He hadn't been scared in a long time.
Speed himself up, Jade flew at the dimension with both hands outreached. The void flickered between static and the rows of books faster as well. Jade felt himself getting nauseous and just as his finger was a foot from the dark orb that was a universe-
He landed flat on his back, an aching pain spreading down his spine. He groaned, knowing he would feel that again later on.