ANY OTHER DIRECTION
Compasses are sometimes born with directions that do not coincide with the traditional cardinal set. This is due to the rapid compression process that occurs when compasses are pulled from the aether.
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These so called Soft Compasses have access to the infinite directional arrangements that exist beyond what a normal compass exhibits. These alternate cardinal headings bubble & foam just outside the contemporary compass needles reach, but on occasion, leaving this realm of inside outs & circular headings strictly in the hands of the Soft Compass.
Following the "Other Cardinals" on the face of a Soft Compass has proven to help locate shortcuts to the Underside of the Earth & the Backroads of Time, which flow in three dimensions instead of one.
Seasoned Temporal Navigators keep at least one Soft Compass on hand at all times. Attempts at traversing the Extra-verse without one are doomed to failure. There are stories of Navigators trapped in the throws of an eternal confusion, unable to decide on their next move, bits of time winding in & out of their eyes like misbegotten threads.
