Millennium Puzzle: The Legend of Professor Gil and the Golden Fawn
The fire crackled in the center of the inter-dimensional nexus—a quiet clearing that existed between the folds of their respective worlds. It was an unlikely assembly: a prince of Narnia, a duelist from Japan, a blacksmith’s son from Deltora, and a mechanical warrior from a future that hadn't happened yet. The Gathering Peter Pevensie sat tall, his hand resting habitually on the hilt of Rhindon. He looked at the others with the weary, noble eyes of a High King who had seen too many winters. Across from him, Yugi Muto shuffled his deck, the soft snap-snap of the cards providing a rhythmic comfort. Leaf was busy checking the clasp of the Belt of Deltora. The seven gems—Topaz, Ruby, Opal, Lapis Lazuli, Emerald, Amethyst, and Diamond—pulsed with a faint, rhythmic light, sensing the strange magic of this place. "It feels... different here," Leaf whispered. "Like the Shadow Lord's reach is long, but it can't quite touch the borders of this forest." "It...