I think we're mostly looking for the events that lead up to stepping through the portal, though. You know, the bit that happens at the beginning of most missions.* It's something that every PPCer is going to write at some point (if they want to write missions, that is), and it's also something we've seen a million times already, so we want to see if you can make it interesting.

* If you don't know what "the beginning of most missions" looks like, please read some more of them before you apply for Permission. Thanks!

~Neshomeh