Mirrored lifts are becoming more and more common as the rifts between dimensions grow thinner, not that the average person would notice of course. It's the kind of thing you glance at from the corner of your eyes if you know what you're looking for and when to stop looking.
Really it's a skill you pick up if you spend enough time around mirrors, more specifically ones that are parallel. The infinite loop they reflect isn't just light bouncing to and fro, it's always slightly off the further you look past yourself and the longer you stare for until all you can see if the minor irregularities between the reflected versions of yourself.
It varies from minor delays in movements (just a fraction of a second off but enough to make a difference), variations in eye colour by a few shades and even height differences of a few centimetres. Never enough for you to notice at a brief glance, and something in our biology makes us want to not stare too long at these infinite loops of ourselves, but enough that when you do notice you never stop seeing it.
In every shop window you walk past, every aisle of mirrors you encounter you'll see these people that look almost like you. They are real, that's what gets people the first few times they experience this but they are very much alive just like you. They have their own rich and detailed lives and from their perspective you are the irregularity they are trying to live parallel to.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't pay them any attention at all, on the contrary if they notice you noticing them they tend to react worse than you. There are ones who do it in the places you can't see,where in their dimension there are no mirrors. Sometimes that version of you will vanish entirely as they retreat to a reflectionless void out of fear.
These are the ones you should worry about, when they decide to come back they come back with a purpose. They make themselves the only existing variant one way or another. Very few cases of this have been recorded but they remain graphic enough to warn the rest of us into being more watchful.
Look out for the signs(aside from a reflection vanishing for long periods of time and suddenly reappearing much closer than they should be). The way your reflections stop moving when you do or move towards you are the biggest warnings - the ones you get before they strike and eliminate you as a variant. Early warnings are down to your reflection maintaining eye contact when you turn your back or if they are carrying a bag that you aren't.
Be informed and be safe.
Don't make eye contact and be prepared to run.
Good luck.
Really it's a skill you pick up if you spend enough time around mirrors, more specifically ones that are parallel. The infinite loop they reflect isn't just light bouncing to and fro, it's always slightly off the further you look past yourself and the longer you stare for until all you can see if the minor irregularities between the reflected versions of yourself.
It varies from minor delays in movements (just a fraction of a second off but enough to make a difference), variations in eye colour by a few shades and even height differences of a few centimetres. Never enough for you to notice at a brief glance, and something in our biology makes us want to not stare too long at these infinite loops of ourselves, but enough that when you do notice you never stop seeing it.
In every shop window you walk past, every aisle of mirrors you encounter you'll see these people that look almost like you. They are real, that's what gets people the first few times they experience this but they are very much alive just like you. They have their own rich and detailed lives and from their perspective you are the irregularity they are trying to live parallel to.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't pay them any attention at all, on the contrary if they notice you noticing them they tend to react worse than you. There are ones who do it in the places you can't see,where in their dimension there are no mirrors. Sometimes that version of you will vanish entirely as they retreat to a reflectionless void out of fear.
These are the ones you should worry about, when they decide to come back they come back with a purpose. They make themselves the only existing variant one way or another. Very few cases of this have been recorded but they remain graphic enough to warn the rest of us into being more watchful.
Look out for the signs(aside from a reflection vanishing for long periods of time and suddenly reappearing much closer than they should be). The way your reflections stop moving when you do or move towards you are the biggest warnings - the ones you get before they strike and eliminate you as a variant. Early warnings are down to your reflection maintaining eye contact when you turn your back or if they are carrying a bag that you aren't.
Be informed and be safe.
Don't make eye contact and be prepared to run.
Good luck.
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