Traveling to HavenVale
It all begins with a keyhole. The type of medium doesn’t matter. I like to use chalk, but you can use anything. To make the keyhole, all you need to do is draw a circle, color it in and a then draw a line straight down. Its size and dimensions really don’t have to be that exact. The next part is the hardest part. You must do this with solid conviction and faith and a dash of imagination. You must say the magic words to activate the keyhole. They are ancient and some of the most difficult words for most people from the world of reality to say. They are, “I believe”. It doesn’t matter what language you use only that you truly do believe in HavenVale. The slightest doubt and chances are the only result you will get is looking the part of a fool. Now lack of faith can be made up with increased amounts of imagination. But this too in the world of Reality is increasing in short supply.
You will know it works because the keyhole will light up with a green light. If by chance the light is red, it means that the traveling network is either down or the Sentinels are blocking it in your area, usually because of smugglers.
When the keyhole light is green then you insert a key. Any key will do, but mind you make sure that the corresponding door that the key goes to is big enough for you to fit through. You will see why in a moment. Once you insert the key you must think about where it is you want to go holding it in your imagination. Then you simply say aloud the name of your destination as you turn the key in any direction. You can say simply HavenVale, which will most likely take you to the next available exit location or you can say a more precise location. Like, the Twilight Baron’s home in HavenVale. Another option is to say the address of a location if you know it.
Once you do this the really magical part happens. First a doorknob will grow out from the keyhole, then from the doorknob the rest of the door will grow out from there. The appearance of the door will be based on the type of key you use. If you use your own house key, the door will look exactly like the front door of your house, right down to the smallest details. This is why it is important that the key you use goes to a door that is big enough for you to fit through. Once in a hurry a young friend of mind, Mars pulled out an old car door key and the door to that old car appeared. He found it less then comfortable crawling through the doors opening to his destination.
Now that you have a door, remove the key and open the door, pulling it towards you. It use to be when you opened a door you opened it pushing in. But it caused all kinds of problems like people running into the sudden opened door on the other side. Once you open the door simply walk through the doorway to your spoken destination. Pulling the door closed behind you is polite manners. Failing to do so can lead to unwanted attention from the Sentinels. HavenVale or where ever it is you’ve chosen to come to is not paying to heat or cool from where ever it is you came from. Plus unwatched doors can lead to accidental migrations, whether inconvenient or dangerous. As Patrick found out one day when a small Fire Bear wandered through one of his left open doorways to Mars’ bedroom. The Fire Bear got frightened by the TV in Mars’ room (having never been to the world of Reality) and belched fire on the TV. Destroying it and almost the whole pool house with it. Luckily the fire marshal ruled the fire was caused from the sudden, unexplainable explosion of the TV. Needless to say the Fire Bear fled back through the doorway when all this happened, leaving Patrick with a mess to explain to the Sentinel and more importantly to Mars.
When you close the door behind you it will quickly fade away. If you don’t want the door to fade away, you can place the key back into the keyhole of the door turning it locking it in place. This is not encouraged either. Leaving doors like this can lead to adverse affects to both sides of the door. From Reality leaking into the other location and perhaps Magic or Spirit leaking into the world of Reality. Plus it will also lead to a thickening of the barrier that separates all the Worlds and Realms, thus making it harder to travel. And once again, the unwanted attention from the Sentinels.