Conflicting realm variables when using i18_variable
Found the fix thanks to some help from @piyuesh

  $items['embed-form-configuration'] = array(
    'page callback' =&gt; array('get_embed_form_configuration'),
    'access arguments' =&gt; array('Embed Form Configuration Permission'),
    'access callback' =&gt; TRUE
  );


It was silly in hindsight, as my page callback was a drupal get form, and in the callback function I was returning a drupal get form as well. THat is why multiple realms.