"Immortality" said Aziza on a Zoom meeting with her colleague "You're sure the virus works the same way in this universe?"
Regina picked up a knife--she was in her kitchen--cut a deep slash in her arm, and watched dispassionately as it healed almost immediately. "Looks like it does."
"In other words, its not enough that you're the second, maybe tied for first, most powerful person in the world. Now you're immortal and invulnerable as well. You don't see how that leads to Kylieville? Our power was limited, mine still is, by the fact that we were mortal. What keeps you from being a goddess? And where does that go? If you become corrupted after I'm gone, who can stop you? Savannah? I don't think so, not with invulnerability. These people in Lesbian Land call themselves goddesses--is that where you're heading? I'm a Saudi--don't tell me power doesn't corrupt."
"So you don't want to join me?" Regina sounded slightly disappointed.
"Keep the virus the fuck away from me and the fuck away from Kylie. I'll face death and judgement and whatever Allah has for me rather than turn myself into some undying tyrant."
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"I'm thinking that all of this dimensional travel has weakened the boundaries of this universe, which is why we're hearing all these stories about how these dimensional portals that open for a few minutes and then disappear." said Katerina.
"That could be really bad" said Savannah "As in 'the universe dissolves into quantum soup bad'"
"Sorceresses supreme should be getting off their asses and doing something about it, particularly since they the ones who created the problem in the first place. But no, too busy collecting girlfriends from other planes. Leaves us."