Odo was facing a familiar predicament as a result of his nasty habit of procrastination. His 16 hour regeneration cycle was nearly up, but a virtual stack of paperwork sat on his desk. Staying in humanoid form would soon cause immense pain, but he couldn't exactly work as his liquid self...Eh, he could do it later. This was just Starfleet paperwork, and the higher-ups didn't necessarily need the paperwork on this week's drunk-and-disorderly incidents. Besides, there was somewhere he wanted to be much more... 

Odo was one of the newest UMMA Agents, only a month into the job. A new portal opened up inside Deep Space Nine, a portal so small and so tucked away only a shapeshifter or a Cardassian vole could reach it. This portal was located two meters deep into Odo's cabin air ducts, where he somehow found his way in his natural form. He slipped into it, finding himself on the ground outside a massive structure. Yggdrasil. He shifted into his humanoid form and introduced himself to the first person he met.

Naturally, he kept this a secret. Supposedly there were other agents from his universe--and the parallel universe--and they kept this secret. Out of respect for them, and for the safety of the multiverse, he agreed to keep the portals existence and the existence of the multiverse a secret. And now, with his resting period approaching, it was a perfect time to visit. No one on Deep Space Nine will bother him, as they believe him to be a puddle on the floor, hastily waiting to gather his strength and form back into his humanoid shape. And, the UMMA has much more odd agents than himself, and won't see a shining brown, gold, and purple blob as a "freak". 

Odo entered his personal cabin. He typed in his locking code, pressed the "Do Not Disturb" option, and [i]let go[/i]. Shifting was a lot like keeping one muscle clenched. There was a 'tightening' feeling when taking a form and a 'relaxing' feeling when regressing back to his natural state. The humanoid Chief of Security was replaced with a shimmering plasma on the floor that quickly stretched itself into a small grate close to the ceiling. Odo crept into the duct as silently as possible--he shared a wall with another--and slipped through the portal. 

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Will post for Giovanni later.