Tang Portal

A Tang portal creates a tiny wormhole between dimensions. These dimensions could be the dimensions of 3D space, somewhat like a Dimension Door spell in the popular RPG Dungeons & Dragons; other planes of existence, something like the spell Gate from the same game; or even alternate realities, such as in the TV shows Sliders or Rick and Morty.

A manifested portal is as hot as a sun on the inside, and radioactive. While it seems to prevent dangerous radiation from escaping its interior, the same cannot be said inside of it. Either the creation of the wormhole causes nuclear fusion to occur in the gravity well, or traveling through the portal necessitates traveling through a sun or some sort of Elemental Plane of Fire. Prinx Tempest believed the Tang portal created boltholes through the layer of The Void that has become known as The Overflow.

From an outside perspective, a Tang portal looks something like a vortex of raw fire, though it does not radiate any external heat. If one gazes into the vortex of the portal without entering, it looks as though someone is rapidly stirring a tall glass of Tang artificial beverage, hence the name. When a Tang portal manifests, it creates a momentary fluctuation in the electromagnetic spectrum that is impossible to miss if one has the correct instruments trained on its location, which disappears once the portal has stabilized.   On the inside, the portal is in fact a vortex of superheated plasma which radiates its own incandescense. Queen Sable and Prinx Tempest seemed to be immune to its hazards, but without protection of some kind, it was likely to be fatal to almost anyone else.   While radiation does not seem to escape a Tang portal, sound does. The portal manifests with a fiery whooshing noise that continues as long as the wormhole is open, and its volume increases with its size.   It is possible to see and hear through this hole in reality, as if looking and listening through a tunnel or porthole, although this might be hampered by the brightness and noise of the portal itself.   When a Tang portal manifests nearby, there is a faint "hot metal" scent in the air, as if someone is soldering or has left an electrical element on for too long. When such a portal has manifested for more than a couple of minutes, the scent of burnt hair and occasionally, barbecued meat, have also been reported.   When the portal closes, it creates an audible, reverberating popping sound.

Prinx Tempest believed this ability was a result of their attunement to the layer of The Void known as The Overflow.