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Gullara

2014-05-11, 05:14 PM

:smile: Please read as far as the line :smile:
before posting in this thread

The Good League of Good is a Nexus organization devoted to the care and support of those in need, a sanctuary for those that need it, and the redemption of evildoers. The organization strives to make the campsite a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.

If you are brand new to ffrp, please come to the Nexus OOC thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=279910) and introduce yourself. We all want to meet you! :smallsmile:

Charitable Activities
GLoG performs good works such as caring for distressed individuals in need, housing and feeding evacuees from the city during disasters, and healing sick and injured people in GLoG's infirmary - renowned as the most advanced place of healing in the Nexus.

Our Redemption Program
Individuals who come in search of redemption should be interviewed by a member to see how their needs can be best met, and then assigned to a mentor who will assist them. Graduation from the redemption program will occur when both the redemee and his/her mentor agree that they have made sufficient progress.

Attention Villains
Conflict is great! It's the heart of any story, and there isn't much to roleplay without it. However, as a player to player courtesy, please check in with the players who are active at any given time before launching an attack. Not everyone wants to roleplay combat scenes, and sometimes there are other things going on (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html) that players don't want to interrupt for a random fight. Either a PM/IM to players, a short post in thread to say ((Mind if I introduce a villain here?)) or a longer post in the OOC thread if it's a larger plot is appreciated.

Also, please don't plan any villainy that will result in destroying the base or having the same effect (poisoning the lake, burning down the forest, etc.) without the consent of the majority of the players who would be affected.

Base Defences
he GLoG campsite is now under the effects of the spell Plaza of Downcast Eyes. Almost all teleportation and scrying spells are blocked.

A Spirit Charm has been placed on the GLoG grounds. A number of willing spirits serve to protect the grounds. See the Miscellaneous Inhabitants section for more information.

There is a perimeter of cactus plants to encourage anyone on foot to enter by one of the main entrance points.

If any of your characters add more defences, please PM them to Gulaghar so they can be added.

If you're a newbie, and you've read this far, you should know enough to join in the fun.
Everything beyond this point is Bonus Material.

Members/Residents

Please PM Gulaghar to be added to the list when you bring a character into the thread with the intention of redeeming or of having them reside here on a regular basis. IC, we'll assume there's a sign in log somewhere. :smalltongue:

Our IC leadership council
Andreas Emeral (played by Zefir)
Brand Applehill (played by happyturtle)
Quinn (played by The Bushranger)
Pathfinder (played by Wolfbane)
Reelshka (played by Morty)
Runner (played by KerfuffleMach2)
Shrike (played by The Bushranger)
Zamira (played by horngeek)

The leadership council exists so that any one member can make important decisions affecting all of GLoG. Basically, when someone shows up and says 'I need to speak to the person in charge', any one of the leadership council can handle it.

Members/Residents

Name
Player
Species
Gender
Position
Cabin

Andreas Emeral
Zefir
Human
Male
Council
Ironoak

Bramble
Earl of Purple
Human
Male

Balsa

Brand Applehill
Happyturtle
Halfling
Male
Cook, Council
Poplar

Cacame
Earl of Purple
Elf
Male

Daffodil
Earl of Purple
Human
Male

Balsa

Daisy
Earl of Purple
Human
Male

Balsa

Eric
Harnel
Elf/Wolf
Male

Rowan

Jazirian
Kid Kris
Gold Dragon
Male

Julie Fiske
Slii Arhem
Succubus
Female

Rowan

Kate
Lost Deep
Human
Female

Khiansa
Kris on a Stick
Human
Male

Lichen
Earl of Purple
Lizardperson
Male

Balsa

Marley, Ebenezer
ThePhantom
Human
Male

Mark Two
LordDeathkeeper
Myr
None

Maple

Nishtar
Earl of Purple
Elf
Male

Pansy Applehill
Happyturtle
Halfling
Female
Cook, Child care
Poplar

Pansy
Earl of Purple
Human
Male

Balsa

Pathfinder
Wolfbane
Wolfen
Male
Council
Forest Hut

Quinn Druid
The Bushranger
Human
Female
Doctor, Council
Cedar(Infirmary)

Reelshka Trollfinger
Morty
Goblin
Female
Council
Mushroom

Renetta Oronar
Gulaghar
Elf
Female

Forest Hut

Sattael
Earl of Purple
Elf
Male

Shrike
The Bushranger
Human
Female
Council

Sophie Mouchabiere
Morty
Human
Female

Maple

Taurus Russkij
The Bushranger
Human/Drow/Brass Dragon
Male
Gardener

Waterstrider
Wolfbane
Wolfen
Male

Forest Hut

Name
Player
Species
Gender
Position
Cabin

Bailey
qwertyu63
Human
Male
Healer

Butler
Reinholdt
Catboy
Male

Cherry

Emily
Lix Lorn
Human
Female

Denim

Friend
Keveak
Mortal Ex-Fae
Male

Krystal Jones
KerfuffleMach2
Mutant
Female
Infirmary Assistant

Runner
KerfuffleMach2
Autobot
Male
Council

Tanar Aerdoth
tman2nd
Half-elf
Male

Oak

Vidalia
Lex-Kat
Human/Plant
Female/Onion

Cherry

Zamira
horngeek
Human
Female
Council

Children

Name
Player
Species
Gender
Cabin

Brinika Sneergrim
Morty
Goblin
Female
Mushroom

Carth
LordDeathkeeper
Griffon
Male
Balsa

Dag
Happyturtle
Skydragon
Male

Flamecrest
Gulaghar
Welfen
Female
Forest Hut

Hadrian
Firefox
Human
Male
Cedar(Infirmary)

Jamie Druid/Mikani
The Bushranger
Human
Female
Cedar(Infirmary)

Keo
Lost Deep
Catperson
Female
Outdoors

Lily Applehill
Happyturtle
Halfling
Female
Poplar

Natalie
Earl of Purple
Human
Female
Cedar(Infirmary)

Prism
Slii Arhem
Succubus/Starspawn
Female
Rowan

Salix
Gulaghar
Dryad
Female
Off-Site

Scylla
Harnel
Succubus/Starspawn
Female
Rowan

Tito Applehill
Happyturtle
Halfling
Male
Poplar

Timmy Saunders
OrchestraHc
Human
Male
Maple

Waxing-Lyrical
Flaming Eagle
Angel
Male

Name
Player
Species
Gender
Cabin

Abigail Hayashi
horngeek
Human
Female

Holly/Chione
Hyozo
human
Female

Redeemees

Character
Player
Species
Gender
Why they're here
Being helped by
Cabin

Anchor
Recaiden
Human?
Female
Murder

Not assigned

Aurelia
Arkhosia
Daemonfae
Female
Assassin
Quinn
Infimary

Chessxenna Maeana
Arkhosia
Drow
Female
Poisoning, Causing Anarchy, Murder
Brand
Oak

Invidius
Murkus
Lantern Archon
Male?
Rebellion
Sophie
Main Lodge Wardrobe

Meddy
Beans
Human (+metal bits)
Female
Killing and cannibalism (originally under duress, but became habitual)
N/A
Cherry

Tobias Druid
FireFox
Human
Male
War criminal
Sophie
Cedar(Infirmary)

Valaira
The Alexandrian
Deathhand
Female
Mass-Devourer; Partial Viceduchess
Zero
Maple

Character
Player
Species
Gender
Why they're here
Being helped by
Cabin

Reinholdt
Reinholdt
Enhanced cat
Male
Genocidal mass-murderer
Tony, Reelshka
Elm

Description of the GLoG Setting
Map
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx135/oots12321/Other/GLoGMap7_zps7ebebcdb.png
By Gulaghar
After the original GLoG building was destroyed by an army of catpeople, the survivors took out a mortgage and purchased Phoenix Lake Campground. Facilities include the main lodge house, a bathhouse with separate male and female sections, a stable (one horse present, a chestnut mare named Fancy owned by Dr Burnett), various picnic shelters, and a few scattered cabins. It's set in the foothills of the Acro mountains, and mainly surrounded by woods. There are many hiking trails nearby leading to mountaintop vistas, waterfalls, seacoves, and various other locations, both within this thread, and in the Outside thread. The campground is also within easy walking distance of the city of Inside, though there is also a Riftline station just outside the campground for those who prefer to take the train or who have farther to go.

At the lake, there is a small dock with a little shed nearby where a few canoes and paddleboats are stored. The swimming area has a GIANT slide and a rope swing. Because GIANT slides and rope swings are awesome. :smallbiggrin: There is a sandy volleyball court not far from the slide, a playground under the trees, set back from the lake somewhat, and a set of horseshoe pits.

Main lodge:
http://www.campgreenville.org/myimages/img_1464.jpg

GIANT slide:
http://www.campgreenville.org/myimages/historical_4.jpg

The lake:
http://www.campgreenville.org/myimages/img_1545.jpg

Buildings
Main Lodge: This large building contains an industrial kitchen with a cafeteria style serving area, and an open space that was once used as the dining hall. The space is warmed by a massive fireplace. Bunk beds are lined up on one end of the hall, opposite the kitchen, and a few comfy chairs and sofas are beginning to appear around the fireplace as they are procured. The building itself is made of stone.

Infirmary: If no PC is present in the Infirmary, patients are tended to by Nurse Piper, a ghost NPC who haunts the infirmary. Despite being a ghost, she is solid enough when managing anything to do with nursing. She has a tyrannical bedside manner, but will always put the welfare of her patients first. She is able to generally stabilize patients and do general nursing care, but cannot provide magical healing or any type of advanced medicine that would normally be performed by a doctor.

Infirmary staff include:

Quinn (The Bushranger)
Tobias (Firefox)

(PM Gulaghar if you want your character to be added to this list)

The outside of the infirmary looks just like all the rest of the buildings. Nothing distinguishes it at all. But inside, everything is white, with silver highlighting. Even though it doesn't seem possible, when looking from outside, sunlight filters inside. Giving the place a warm feeling with natural light. A soft, soothing music filters through the whole building and voices can barely be heard saying words of healing and comfort, like: "You are going to be okay." "We'll take care of you." "You are dear to us." and so on.

Each room is walled off for a limited amount of privacy, because the pixies know that humans seem to need this. Strange. But it is limited. There are no doors. The wall's angles are severe, so that people on the other side of the hall can't see into anyone's room. Only someone intentionally looking in, can see you.

Somewhat like this:
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|___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___|
|__/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/|
|__________________________________---|
|_\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\_|
|__\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\|

Cabins: Individuals can have their own room within a cabin, but they are unlikely to have a full cabin to themselves unless they come equipped with a family. Some of the cabins have been rebuilt, so may have more space than the 4 room cabins the campground came with, and a few cabins have had private bathrooms installed. All cabins are named after trees, and players are free to invent further details about their own cabins.

Main Lodge - Willow
Infirmary - Cedar
Nursery - Sapling
Visitor's Cabin - Apple

Cabin 1 - Oak
Cabin 2 - Ash
Cabin 3 - Redwood
Cabin 4 - Maple, full
Cabin 5 - Balsa, full
Cabin 6 - Cherry
Cabin 7 - Elm
Cabin 8 - Birch
Cabin 9 - Ironoak
Cabin 10 - Elm - full
Cabin 11 - Rowan, family
Cabin 12 - Poplar, family

Forest Hut 1, family
Forest Hut 2, family
Main Lodge Cellar - Mushroom, family
Cabin - Denim, family

New cabins can be added to this list as needed; just pick a tree name and start posting for it. PM Gulaghar to have it added to the official list.

Cabins coloured green are currently unavailable for new inhabitants, with the reason listed next to the cabin name. Typically this means a cabin is occupied by a family or has all its rooms filled.

The bolded buildings are not cabins of the usual sort and are not usually occupied by normal members. Few exceptions exist.

Visitor's Cabin - Apple is reserved for visitors who do not want to stay at the lodge. They are requested to check in at the main lodge, where any member can give them permission to stay for a few days. Longer than that, and unless they are in need, they would be requested to either join or move to their own place or one of the local inns.

Bathhouse: This building is divided into the men's and women's bathhouses, with entrances at either end. It has shower stalls, a line of sinks, and toilet stalls in each.

Workshop: A well built cabin designed by Reelshka, containing nothing at present but the Mainframe installation. It is locked. Drones fly in and out of a small entrance that opens for them when they send an encrypted signal.

Miscellaneous Inhabitants
The Spirits
Recently in the history of GLoG, a protective charm has been placed over the GLoG grounds. The shaman Pathfinder bid all the willing spirits that perished in and around GLoG to protect the grounds from those that would wish to do it and its inhabitants harm.

At the current time, Morty controls the spirits for the most part.

The Drones Mk 2
The drones are back at GLoG (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10099372#post10099372). Drones are NPCs who can be played by anyone, within the guidelines below:

Their Primary Function is member safety.
They no longer have teleport beams or alignment scanners.
They do have stun beams, little arms, and the ability to record what's going on around them.
They follow orders, unless those orders conflict with their Primary Function.
There are only 4-5 in operation at any one time.
They can be destroyed, but if so, they'll be restored from backup.
A few have been supplied with medical programming, and thus can be godmodded for infirmary duties.
They often have weird personality quirks and are prone to malfunctioning.
Statement: They speak in DarkOrange FixedSys
The only named drone (so far) is Caretaker, who is a private drone charged with protecting Brinika and controlled by Morty.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/GLoGDrone.png

The Ghosts
Having been built on a Generic Ancient Burial Ground, Phoenix Lake Campground is haunted by various ghosts. They are generally harmless, and for the most part glad to have some company, though pranks and hijinks may occur. Ghosts can be NPC'd by anyone unless they are listed as PCs in the following list. They tend to speak in Gray, and mostly appear for comic purposes, but this is by no means a requirement.

Ghosts:

Ghost
Player
Notes

Bloody Gentleman
Hyozo

Heather
Happyturtle
Drowned teenage girl

Irene
Reinholdt
Nymph

Ironbeard
NPC
A dwarven gentleman rake

Jase
Happyturtle
Teenage boy

Lady Anastasia Miranda Ophelia Stuart
Happyturtle
Former royal courtesan

Lady Phoenix
ThePhantom
The lady in the faded red dress

Nurse Piper
NPC
Former camp nurse, thinks of the GLoG infirmary as her domain

Palon
Hyozo
Teenage Prankster, seems to enjoy tormenting Charity

Archive
GLoG 88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?313621-Nexus-GLoG-88) 9Nov13
GLoG 87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=298945) 20Aug13
GLoG 86 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282991) 10May13
GLoG 85 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270408) 4Feb13
GLoG 84: Goblins and catgirls and dryads, oh my! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=258971) 20Oct12
GLoG 83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253377) 8July12
GLoG 82: So Many Babies! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13356580#post13356580) 7June12
GLoG 81: Ghostbusters! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240393) 20Apr12
GLoG LXXX: Continuation of a New Era! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=233890) 23Feb12
GLoG 79: So Lonely. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229577) 20Jan12
Good League of Good 78: Druids of Mass Destruction and other bioweapons (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224941) 06Dec11
Good League of Good LXXVII: Earth Vampires DON'T Sparkle! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219897) 22Oct11
GLoG 76: Now with a Decipherable OP! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215507) 15Sep11
GLoG 75: Gazebos Gone Wild (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210265) 05Aug11
GLoG LXXIV: Back to the Numerals! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206628) 09Jul11
GloG 73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203491) 16Jun11
GLoG 72 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199966) 20May11
GLoG 71: Redemption Equals Free Housing! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195960) 19Apr11
GLoG 70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194177) 07Apr11
GLoG 69 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191551) 19Mar11
GLoG 68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189891) 06Mar11
GLoG 67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187067) 11Feb11
GloG 66: Coupon Redemption (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184561) 23Jan11
GloG 65 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10122311#post10122311) 08Jan11
GLoG 64: Campsites, not Chessboards! (http://tinyurl.com/36v5yf2) 26Dec10
GLoG LXIII: Roman Numerals are back! (http://tinyurl.com/34r84po) 09Dec10
GLoG 62: Come for the paddleboats. Stay for the hawt shirtless catboy! (http://tinyurl.com/3xl5bym) 19Nov10
GLoG 61: Now with 100% More goblins (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174011) 31Oct10
GLoG 60 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172330) 18Oct10
GLoG LIX: Now with Trees! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171051) 07Oct10
GLoG LVIII: Shaken, but not baked (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166295) 30Aug10
GLoG LVII: Princess Power Trio Plus Protective Parents (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162251) 31Jul10
GLoG LVI: I had a joke but I forgot it (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158433) 02Jul10
GLoG LV: Witty Title And/Or Song Reference (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155622) 10Jun10
GLoG LIV: Sleeping with the Lights On (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150343) 26Apr10
GLoG LIII: These are the Days of our Lives. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147198) 30Mar10
GLoG LII: Home of the Next Generation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144489) 07Mar10
GLoG 51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140882) 05Feb10
GLoG 50: Rife with new Life. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139052) 20Jan10
GLoG 49: Who Ya Gonna Call? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137536) 07Jan10
GLoG 48: From the Ashes (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135587) 19Dec09

♫♪♫♪♪♫♫♪♫♪♪♫♫

GLoG XLVII: Nothing can stop us. Well, except that. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132715) 24Nov09
GLoG XLVI: With a Maraschino Cherry On Top. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130806) 06Nov09
GLoG XLV: The winds of change be darned! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7157132#post7157132) 20Oct09
GLoG 44: Continuity has no place here! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7083539#post7083539) 09Oct09
GLoG 43: Behave yourself, Dani! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126397) 27Sep09
GLoG XLII: Yes, curtains still get dropped here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6941877#post6941877) 17Sep09
GLoG XLI: When you're smiling, the world plots against you. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6846909#post6846909) 02Sep09
GLoG 40: Now one year old! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122892) 27Aug09
GLoG 39: And there was much rejoicing. (Yay!) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122072) 20Aug09
GLoG 38: Pay No Attention to the Computer's Paranoid Ramblings (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6705222) 12Aug09
GLoG 37: Dysfunction Junction (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6633791#post6633791) 02Aug09
GLoG XXXVI: Curse You, Dramatic Irony! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119462) 26Jul09
GLoG XXXV: There shall be happiness!!! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6534057#post6534057) 20Jul09
GLoG XXXIV: It gets worse! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6474253#post6474253) 11Jul09
GLoG XXXIII: Do you think you can handle it? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117222) 04Jul09
GLoG XXXII:The Loved and the Lost (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6374234#post6374234) 27Jun09
GLoG 31: To live defeated and inglorious is to die daily (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115398) 19Jun09
GLoG 30: Defying Biology Since 2008! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114665) 13Jun09
GLoG 29: Under New Management (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114159) 09Jun09
GLoG 28: The People's Republic of Magtok (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113550) 04Jun09
GLoG 27: Pay No Attention to the Thead Behind the Curtain! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113096) 31May09
GLoG 26: Now With 100% More Things Trying to Nom You! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112530) 25May09
GLoG XXV (that's 25!): Mapped out and everythin'! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6119687#post6119687) 20May09
GLoG XXIV: This Ain't No House of Cards (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6077066#post6077066) 08May09
GLoG XXIII: With malice towards none. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110243) 27Apr09
GLoG XXII: Ahhhhhh!!!! They're after us!! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5984825#post5984825) 12Apr09
GLoG 21/XX1: Half of Life, the Universe, and Everything. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5928981#post5928981) 28Mar09
GLoG 20/XX: Twenty Times the Awesome (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5841981#post5841981) 03Mar09
GLoG 19: For those who can't make it over the rainbow (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104568) 13Feb09
GLoG 18: It's A Brand New Day (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5718680#post5718680) 31Jan09
GLoG XVII: SMITE CONTINUITY! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102962) 23Jan09
GLoG XVI: Built out of 100% recycled babies. That's why we're good. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5627357#post5627357) 12Jan09
GLoG XV: Beware the Ides of GLoG. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5583710) 03Jan09
GLoG XIV: Where Bad Puns Go To Die. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5556061#post5556061) 29Dec08
GLoG XIII: Bring It On, Omnipotent Beings! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5515315#post5515315) 21Dec08
GLoG 12: (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5424241#post5424241) 06Dec08
GLoG XI: We Failed Our "Witty Title Check" (DC 3). (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97041) 23Nov08
GLoG X: More Like Good League Of... Of... Crazy (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95462) 03Nov08
GLoG IX: Death is no longer cheap (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5148912#post5148912) 22Oct08
GLoG VIII: Thread of Exalted Deeds (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5118364#post5118364) 17Oct08
GLoG VII: Now Vampire Free! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93071) 07Oct08
GLoG VI: Thread of One Thousand Plots (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92304) 29Sep08
GLoG V: Where Everyone's a Hero (In Their Own Way) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91447) 20/09/2008
GLoG IV: Please refrain from kidnapping our members (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90630) 11Sep08
GLoG III: Albeit, we ate the cake with our sporks (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89767) 02Sep08
GLoG II: Now with 30% More Sporks (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88993) 26Aug08
The Good League of Good (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88624) 22Aug08

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Arkhosia

2014-05-11, 05:27 PM

[Ironoak Cabin]

The fox-pokemon might run into a tiny goblin girl as she exits the Ironoak Cabin. She's followed by a floating metal drone.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/040/6/a/morty901_by_dixfirebone-d5uciop.png

The girl may find Felix yip at her greetingfully, sniffing her, Agatha not yet having reached him.

Morty

2014-05-11, 05:31 PM

Earl of Purple

2014-05-11, 05:38 PM

Infirmary

At midday, Natalie will wake up. She looks around, to see if anyone is nearby. She's pretty sure this is GLoG's infirmary, which means her unstable portal was on target, which is good.

Arkhosia

2014-05-11, 05:47 PM

[Ironoak Cabin]

"Oooh," Brinika says. "I've never seen anything like you before," she adds as she crouches down in front of the pokemon. Up close, a fuzzy spider can be spotted, perched on her shoulder.

The fox pokemon sniffs at Brinika amicably, looking quite happy at meeting another creature that might pet him!
No Agatha yet.

Gullara

2014-05-11, 11:59 PM

Newcomer's Tour

"How can you tell the air isn't different?" She trusts her father more than Salix, because she's known her father all her life and Salix about five minutes (despite this scene being months old).

[Newcomer's Tour]

"Cuz I'm up in trees all the time. If anyone would know, it's me. I'm pretty much an expert!" Salix declares. Her logic is infallible.

Zefir

2014-05-12, 01:31 AM

Infirmary

At midday, Natalie will wake up. She looks around, to see if anyone is nearby. She's pretty sure this is GLoG's infirmary, which means her unstable portal was on target, which is good.

Infirmary

Andy is still there. He might be not at the bed, but he will be at sight.

"Ah your up. Do you feel well?" He asks as he comes with a tablet. On the tablet is a tee and some bread, maybe she is hungry.

Arkhosia

2014-05-12, 01:49 AM

Infirmary

A familiar-looking cat-eared girl, her fuzzy brown ears poking out of her pale yellow hair, complementing her vivid purple eyes and light skin, barefoot and in only a torn purple shirt and black skirt, stumbles into the infirmary, blood oozing from various claw wounds on her body.

Morty

2014-05-12, 09:08 AM

[Ironoak Cabin]

The fox pokemon sniffs at Brinika amicably, looking quite happy at meeting another creature that might pet him!
No Agatha yet.

Brinika reaches out to pet the pokemon.

"Do you belong to somebody? You don't look like a wild animal."

Arkhosia

2014-05-12, 10:21 AM

[Ironoak Cabin]

Brinika reaches out to pet the pokemon.

"Do you belong to somebody? You don't look like a wild animal."

The Pokemon, tipping happily as it's pet, yips in confirmation!
Brinika may hear someone calling out "Felix?"

Morty

2014-05-12, 02:38 PM

[Ironoak Cabin]

Brinika looks up, as she keeps petting Felix, and her ears twitch. Who might that be?

Arkhosia

2014-05-12, 02:42 PM

[Ironoak Cabin]

Brinika looks up, as she keeps petting Felix, and her ears twitch. Who might that be?

As Felix turns and darts to the voice, Agatha walks up, and with a grin, picks up Felix and holds him caringly, smiling.
Felix, running away from your trainer is not an activity that counts as play time.
She chastises

Earl of Purple

2014-05-12, 03:24 PM

Infirmary

"No, I hurt all over. But I think I'll be OK. This is GLoG, isn't it? The portal worked, right?" Natalie hasn't seen the room from this angle before, so she's not certain it's where she is.

Zefir

2014-05-12, 04:18 PM

Infirmary

"I did treat your wounds, so you should feel better soon. Yes this is GloG and I don't know anything about a portal." Andy replies as he heads for the newcomer. She doesn't look at any kind familar, if so Andy might not treat her wounds cause the only familiar catgirl he knows tried to kill him.

"You all right? Lay down here." He will try to lead her to a bed close to Natalie so they can still talk. A curtain between them is just so they don't look over to another badly wounded person.^^

Arkhosia

2014-05-12, 04:24 PM

Morty

2014-05-12, 06:39 PM

[Ironoak Cabin]

"Who're you?" Brinika asks, looking up at Agatha. "I haven't seen you here before."

Earl of Purple

2014-05-13, 04:05 PM

Newcomer's Tour

"Air doesn't have a smell, so how do you know there's not less of something important up there than there is down here?" Cheasadh is a bit skeptical of Salix's self-professed expertise. Her father wouldn't lie to her (even though she has been told several times already that actually, he would and did).

Slii Arhem

2014-05-16, 09:02 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Well, there's nothing stopping you from making words. You just have to make the right word. It might be kind of hard with the english alphabet, but you can probably get some kind of name. I bet other languages would have closer words for it. Ones made by beings that are more used to magic and supernatural things. Maybe draconic?" Bella closes her eyes for a moment, and when she next speaks it's in the language of the dragons. "<Huh, I expected the language to be more elegant, but this is a bigger mess than English. I guess that happens to any language that's around long enough.>" Bella suddenly looks tired, like she finished a good amount of activity. "And I didn't learn a word for what you want to be, either."

[Rowan Cabin]

"Everything had to be named for the first time at some point," Sophie observes. "No reason why you can't be the first one to name some things." She then peers at Bella. "What was that language you just spoke?"

Rowan Cabin

"I didn't find anything in draconic, and the closest thing in abyssal is like... blind-light-torturer? But that's almost exactly opposite of what I want to be." She shrugs at Bella before turning to Sophie and addressing her.

"But if I don't name it the right thing, then it will be wrong until someone makes a better name, and by then everyone will like the old, wrong name, and it'll be stuck being wrong." Prism looks down at her feet, shuffling them self-consciously, "Words are so hard, they get made and accepted without anyone even caring if what they're saying is right. It's..." She just trails off, pulling the end of a lock of hair into her mouth, chewing it nervously, "I don't like talking." That part has always been fairly obvious, though it may be strange to finally know the why.

Lost_Deep

2014-05-16, 09:37 PM

Morty

2014-05-17, 10:57 AM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Why would any name you pick be wrong?" Sophie asks in an encouraging tone, crouching down near Prism. "It's a unique thing you do."

Zefir

2014-05-17, 03:53 PM

The girl nods, following Andy, stumbling as she does so and trailing blood as she does so, and lying down-more falling onto-on the bed.

Infirmary

And will prevent try to prevent her falling onto the bed. He may strangly appear stronger then a normal human who looks like him should be. Well another point of beeing a cyborg, even if people shouldn't see it.
Since Natalie seems rather silent, Andy will go and treat the wounds of the new girl. At first he will give her something to slow her pulse which should make it easier to treat the wounds and lowers the blood loss. After that he will start to close the wounds.
"May tell me how that happened?" he asks as he starts. At least she may be poisoned , what he will check but if she says it it will give him more time.

Arkhosia

2014-05-17, 11:28 PM

Infirmary

And will prevent try to prevent her falling onto the bed. He may strangly appear stronger then a normal human who looks like him should be. Well another point of beeing a cyborg, even if people shouldn't see it.
Since Natalie seems rather silent, Andy will go and treat the wounds of the new girl. At first he will give her something to slow her pulse which should make it easier to treat the wounds and lowers the blood loss. After that he will start to close the wounds.
"May tell me how that happened?" he asks as he starts. At least she may be poisoned , what he will check but if she says it it will give him more time.
Andy will find that she's currently unconscious from exhaustion and blood loss!

[Ironoak Cabin]

"Who're you?" Brinika asks, looking up at Agatha. "I haven't seen you here before."
"I'm Agatha, and this little rascal over here is Felix!"
She replies
"I had just arrived when Felix darted off, that's probably why."

Morty

2014-05-18, 07:32 AM

[Ironoak Cabin]

"He's cute," Brinika says, reaching down to pet Felix some more. "Is he a fox?"

Arkhosia

2014-05-18, 10:01 AM

[Ironoak Cabin]

"He's cute," Brinika says, reaching down to pet Felix some more. "Is he a fox?"
More Felix pets = Felix bring quite happy!
Sort of. He's a type of Pokemon called a Zorua, which if I recall correctly is the "Fox Pokémon".

Zefir

2014-05-18, 10:23 AM

Andy will find that she's currently unconscious from exhaustion and blood loss!

Infirmary

Well thats not much to work with. Andy will treat the wounds and examine them of any kind of additional effect, poison illness whatever ca ne found.

Arkhosia

2014-05-18, 10:24 AM

Infirmary

Well thats not much to work with. Andy will treat the wounds and examine them of any kind of additional effect, poison illness whatever ca ne found.

Just a copious amount of cuts on thecatgirl's body.

Zefir

2014-05-18, 01:08 PM

Infirmary

Well As said he will treat the wounds. ((Timeskip please so she wakes up. Think it's best to seperate it from the scene with Earl))

Morty

2014-05-18, 02:15 PM

[Ironoak Cabin]

Brinika tries to pick Felix up.

"Um, I'm Brinika, and this is the Good League of Good," she says by way of introductions.

Earl of Purple

2014-05-18, 05:04 PM

"I made a great big crack in the sky and fell into the lake from it, and you didn't notice?" She's a bit incredulous about that, unaware it was night time when she did it, or that she's been unconscious for at least ten hours.

Zefir

2014-05-19, 12:40 AM

Infirmary

"I know that you felt into the lake this night, but I also know this won't get those wounds. I noticed you after I heared a splash so if there was any kind of Portal I didn't saw it." Andy replies sitting on Natalie's bed and bringing her something to eat. It really looks like he just grabed what he could find. An apple a slice of bread and a soup. He places it next to her so she can grab it if she wants.

"That magic must be dangerouse if it cause this to you." He says and points at the bandage.

Slii Arhem

2014-05-19, 08:36 AM

Rowan Cabin

"Yeah, but pure communication has it's own issues. I'll give you that what you mean is always communicated, but it can also communicate more than you wanted to communicate. There's always going to be good reasons to not communicate well, even if there are many more bad reasons to not communicate well." Bella sighs. "Things always seem to be too complicated until you try to make them simpler and they don't work right."

[Rowan Cabin]

"Why would any name you pick be wrong?" Sophie asks in an encouraging tone, crouching down near Prism. "It's a unique thing you do."

Rowan Cabin

Prism huffs, crossing her arms over her chest, "But things have real names that people don't use, and it's wrong. And if a thing doesn't exist yet, once I make it, it'll exist and get a real name. And if the name I give it when I make it isn't its real name then it'll be all wrong." Infallible logic in the mind of a hyper-aging pseudo-preteen. Sophie or Bella might understand that she's talking about true names, but how she found out about them goes unsaid.

Lost_Deep

2014-05-19, 10:15 AM

Rowan Cabin

"Not everything has a real name. It depends where they come from, or what rules they wind up with. The Nexus is weird that way." Bella shrugs.

Morty

2014-05-19, 02:16 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Sophie thinks for a moment. It's obviously really important to Prism, so brushing it off as unimportant and needless worrying won't do much good.

"Maybe we could experiment with names and try to find out if any name we can come up with is a true one before settling on it?"

Earl of Purple

2014-05-19, 02:46 PM

Infirmary

"Of course it's dangerous. It's magic. But it was the only way out, and I really wanted to be back here, and I was confident enough to try it anyway. I wasn't expecting the journey to be so rough, though, but now I know I can be better prepared for next time. Wear more padded clothing, brace myself for landing better, and so on." Though Natalie hopes there won't be a next time as she takes the apple to eat.

Zefir

2014-05-20, 05:10 PM

Infirmary

"So what was the reason to come back here at all? I assume you know someone around here you want to see."

Earl of Purple

2014-05-20, 05:18 PM

Recaiden

2014-05-20, 05:23 PM

[Entrance to GLoG]

A gentle knock can be heard, or seen, depending on if anyone is nearby the front gate/door/thing to GLoG. If some passing member decides to investigate they'll see Garn Kubo, the 5'5" Jedi Master in his tan uniform and billowing brown cloak. He requests entrance into the camp and an audience with one of the leaders.

The entrance to the Good League of Good is not a door, but a pathway, representing the path we all must walk towards righteousness. Actually it was just too difficult to build a wall around the whole thing. However, a child's mechanical car bounces down the path to meet Garn as he enters. A speaker mounted on its right mirror pops and buzzes a voice.
"Welcome to the GLoG. The leaders are not *static* but can be usually found in the Main Cabin, to which I can direct you if *static*. Alternately I can record a message for them."
Other than the lack of driver, Garn might note the pot containing a miniature forest in the passenger seat.

ThePhantom

2014-05-20, 07:51 PM

Lakeshore

Marley sighs, holding a fishing pole in his hand. At least its a nice day out here, pity that the fish aren't biting.

(Interaction wanted)

The Bushranger

2014-05-20, 09:19 PM

[Infirmary]

Jamie, having bopped her player over the head, rushes in having just heard that Natalie is here.

Zefir

2014-05-22, 02:37 AM

Infirmary

"Jamie's my best friend, and since my father died, I've lived here. Before, actually, Dad sent me here to escape the political problems in my homeworld because here I'm safe. Well, safe-ish, from the threats back home anyway." Obviously, having been kidnapped, it's not as safe as her father had hoped.

Infirmary

"I'm sorry, didn't know that." Andy replies. He got near no idea of most people here in GloG, but what should he do. most leave befor he can talk and at all he is a bit to shy to just talk to everyone. "I make sure Jamie knows your here." he says. Right then he uses his cyborg parts to contact her....

[Infirmary]

Jamie, having bopped her player over the head, rushes in having just heard that Natalie is here.

what seems to work well.

"I'm right over there if you need anything he tells to them as he stands up and goes to a table to mix some medicine."

Earl of Purple

2014-05-22, 03:33 PM

Infirmary

"JAMIE!" Natalie yells and smiles, as Jamie enters. Natalie climbs out of bed to give her friend a big hug. "I missed you, Jamie."

Slii Arhem

2014-05-24, 02:36 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Not everything has a real name. It depends where they come from, or what rules they wind up with. The Nexus is weird that way." Bella shrugs.

[Rowan Cabin]

Sophie thinks for a moment. It's obviously really important to Prism, so brushing it off as unimportant and needless worrying won't do much good.

"Maybe we could experiment with names and try to find out if any name we can come up with is a true one before settling on it?"

Rowan Cabin

"But this one will, I know it." She says firmly to Bella. Her planned calling in life is apparently important enough to peer through time to know at least some of the specifics of. It probably was never a good idea to let Waldorf child-sit.

"But what if someone likes one of the names we come up with better, and then they start using that one instead, and everyone likes it but they're all wrong? Or what if its real name is too hard to say, so people shorten it or don't say it at all?" The little far-girl starts fisting her hands in her hair, shaking her head as the stress begins to get to her.

Lost_Deep

2014-05-24, 03:50 PM

Morty

2014-05-24, 04:45 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Sophie tries to put her hand on Prism's shoulder to calm her down a bit.

"Calm down, Prism. Bella is right. You shouldn't worry about what other people might do. Deal with problems as they come."

The Bushranger

2014-05-27, 07:18 AM

Infirmary

"JAMIE!" Natalie yells and smiles, as Jamie enters. Natalie climbs out of bed to give her friend a big hug. "I missed you, Jamie."

Jamie almost glomps Natalie, but holds back enough to make it just a big hug of her own. "Natalie! I've missed you too. Are you alright? What happened? I heard you were here and, well..."

She looks a bit guilty. Somebody hurt her friend and she wasn't there to help!

Earl of Purple

2014-05-27, 05:28 PM

Slii Arhem

2014-05-28, 07:07 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Easy!" Bella raises a hand, beseeching Prism to calm down. "We don't have to worry about it. No matter what you choose, there might be problems. if you think about all the problems all the time, nothing ever gets done. I haven't been around long, but I keep finding that in order to do anything I can't let myself worry too much."

[Rowan Cabin]

Sophie tries to put her hand on Prism's shoulder to calm her down a bit.

"Calm down, Prism. Bella is right. You shouldn't worry about what other people might do. Deal with problems as they come."

Rowan Cabin

"Problems exist everywhen Aunty Sophie. It's too hard to deal with them in the present when they've already become real, I'd rather just make them not happen at all before they are." Despite getting her words jumbled, Prism does seem to be calming down. She looks between Sophie and Bella and seems to realize that they probably weren't here to listen to her stress out about naming unmade things.

A faint blush made of refracted light spreads across her crystalline-patterned skin, "Uhm, what would you like to do Bella?"

Lost_Deep

2014-05-28, 07:50 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Uh... I dunno."

Or maybe names and the nature thereof were a very interesting topic and now the socially awkward girl doesn't know what to do!

Morty

2014-05-29, 04:46 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Maybe you could show Bella that game I got you and Scylla last year, Prism?" Sophie suggests gently.

[On the Way Back]

In a separate timeline, Sophie is returning to the campsite after a day spent volunteering at the orphanage in Riverside.

Lost_Deep

2014-05-30, 03:20 PM

On the Way Back

Sophie is privy to a very unusual sight. A ways in front of her, a bit off the path, reality contorts and twists, and after a moment seems to regurgitate a young woman onto the grass. There's even a rather disturbing sound effect. the woman is confused, having just been deposited on her rump in a grassy area, but seems unharmed.

She's wearing some kind of grey pants and a T-shirt, white torso and black sleeves. She has a large backpack, white with some blue highlights, that seems to be fairly full. The other important splash of color is the bright orange hair that reaches down her back to her waist. She's not unusually tall or short, thin or fat, beautiful or ugly, she's rather plain all around. Her face is similar, it's the kind of face that totally reminds you of someone else, but not so much now that you get a good look at it.

Unless that someone else is Kate Kyland, because this person seems to be Kate Kyland.

Kate looks around, completely confused, and if given a minute will get to her feet shakily.

Morty

2014-05-31, 08:38 AM

[On the Way Back]

Sophie runs up to Kate in a hurry. She doesn't recognize her at first, since she didn't know Kate that well, and she's supposed to be dead.

"What happened? Are you alright?"

Lost_Deep

2014-05-31, 09:45 AM

On the Way Back

"I'm fine, I think." Kate says as she gets up. She looks around, confused. "Where am-woah" Kate lifts her hands up to hold her head, working to stay upright. It seems that she's suddenly dizzy.

Morty

2014-05-31, 10:09 AM

[On the Way Back]

Sophie steps forward and tries to keep Kate steady.

"Calm down. You're in the Good League of Good."

Lost_Deep

2014-05-31, 10:55 AM

On the Way Back

"Good League of... why does that sound familiar?" Kate shakes her head, and then looks around again. "How did I get here?" She's nervous, starting to edge into panic. "I was just on the spacebus!"

Morty

2014-05-31, 11:24 AM

[On the Way Back]

Sophie is about to explain things to what she assumes is another Nex'd person, but then...

"Familiar... wait a second. You're Kate Kyland, aren't you?"

Lost_Deep

2014-05-31, 11:28 AM

On the Way Back

Kate is completely shocked by this turn of events. "Yeah, how did you know? I don't know y-" She stops. "I don't think we've met?

Morty

2014-05-31, 12:34 PM

[On the Way Back]

"I think we have, but you don't remember," Sophie says. "Did you say this place sounded familiar?" she asks, while activating her Second Sight to see if there's anything supernatural about Kate.

Lost_Deep

2014-05-31, 01:36 PM

On the Way Back

There is nothing supernatural about Kate. Nothing whatsoever. This is probably the first time in a long time that's been true.

"I think I've heard of it? But I have no idea where. It sounds like something from a kid's show."

Morty

2014-05-31, 04:47 PM

[On the Way Back]

"Alright... well, do you remember what you were doing before ending up here?" Sophie asks. Let's keep it safe for now. The situation looks tricky.

Lost_Deep

2014-05-31, 05:42 PM

On the Way Back

"I was on a spacebus heading to a nearby system. I had just gotten to my cabin, and we had gone into tesseract drive... and then everything just goes weird... I don't know, I'm suddenly dropped onto this grassy path!" Kate's back to being upset now.

Morty

2014-06-01, 05:02 PM

[On the Way Back]

Sophie is quiet for a moment. Tricky. It's Kate, alright, but maybe some sort of alternate version of her? Either way, she's not equipped to deal with this. She needs someone who knew Kate better... and that means Julie. It's a risk, because it might give her succubus friend false hope, but she doesn't see another option.

"I see. I think there's someone here you should meet... she might be able to help us figure it out."

The Bushranger

2014-06-01, 08:48 PM

Infirmary

"This evil woman came up to me whilst I was out in the woods. She showed me some dead animals- at least, I thought they were dead. I hoped they were. But, the badger was still struggling, so I didn't look long and threw up. She said I could come with her or join them, so she took me through a portal. I escaped, eventually. I tried opening my own portal, but I couldn't, so I made a dimensional rift instead. It was unstable, and tried closing around me. I had to fight to keep it open all the time I was using it." She's covered in scratches and cuts from where it tried to close around her, and she's temporarily exhausted her entire magic supply, so she can't summon anything until it's recovered, which will take a while.

Jamie's eyes widen as Natalie tells what had happened, and when she finishes she goes to pull her friend into a very tight hug. While using her abilities to try to take away whatever discomfort Natalie is feeling from the scratches.

"That's...that's terrible! I wish I'd been there. I should have been there to help. I'm sorry..."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 01:57 PM

On the Way Back

Kate nods. "Okay, if you say so." She obviously has doubts about it, though. Or perhaps about this entire situation.

Morty

2014-06-02, 02:13 PM

[On the Way Back ==> Rowan Cabin]

And Sophie leads Kate there, hoping Julie or at least Eric are home.

Earl of Purple

2014-06-02, 02:17 PM

Halae

2014-06-02, 02:56 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Assuming the door is knocked on, there's a young girl that answers. pitch black skinned and with a third eye in the center of her forehead, it's Scylla! This new Kate may be a bit surprised to find that Scylla also has a nest of tentacles for a lower body instead of legs.

Her face goes from surprise, to confusion, to joy, and Kate will suddenly find a pseudo-preteen launching herself for a hug, "Auntie Kate! You're here!"

Uh oh.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 02:59 PM

Rowan Cabin

Utter confusion.

It's a thing with an extra eye and tentacles, and it knows her name, and it calls her auntie, and it's hugging her. Kate's look is one of total non-understanding, to the point that she seems to check out, mentally, for a moment.

Morty

2014-06-02, 03:03 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Scylla, are your parents home? I'm afraid Kate needs their help," Sophie asks, sighing inwardly. Really, she should have seen this coming.

Halae

2014-06-02, 03:07 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Scylla will let go of Kate, smiling brightly. Save for being part eldritch abomination, it's fairly easy to tell she'll be quite beautiful when she's older, "Yeah! Let me go get daddy!" She rushes off, her tentacles moving in a weird form of locomotion as she goes to retrieve Eric.

Sophie and Kate will have a moment to process what just happened before the super-psychic appears.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 03:13 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Effl... ada... tacl... seh... hivel... nucle... baha... refo... nefl?"

After that, Kate looks slowly at Sophie. She is so confused. So very confused. Her eyes beg for an explanation.

Morty

2014-06-02, 03:18 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"That girl and her sister know you as their aunt. Or a godmother, you could say. Or someone who looks and is named exactly like you, at any rate. I wanted you to speak with her parents, but I didn't predict her opening the door," Sophie explains. "They should be able to help us figure out what's going on."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 03:34 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate's brain works for a moment. "Wait, so the reason you know me is because I'm good friends with the couple here, and... that doesn't make any sense. She shakes her head strongly. I've never been here. She points in the direction that Scylla went. I've never seen anything like that-" Kate stops suddenly. She seem unsure. "Have I?"

Morty

2014-06-02, 03:49 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"I think you have," Sophie says. "Or at least, some.. version of you has. That's what I brought you here to find out."

Halae

2014-06-02, 03:56 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

After a moment, Scylla will return, dragging her father along behind her. He looks surprised when he sees Kate, but remains composed, and keeps his daughter from leaping in for another hug. For those who may be unaware, he looks entirely human, save that there's a strange lightness to his step, and the air around him buzzes with power.

"Look! Look! I told you!" Scylla says enthusiastically, bouncing up and down in place.

After a moment of surprise, Eric regains his composure and waves the two women inside, "Let me guess - flash of light, possibly a terrible sound, and you've no idea where you've ended up or how you got here, right?"

Seems Eric is on the ball. One has to wonder how he figured this out.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 04:04 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate looks at Eric when he enters, and nods to his question. "Yeah, yeah. Well, kind of. Less of a flash and more just everything going... weird. And there was some noise, but I'm not really sure what it was?" Kate shrugs, and then after a moment awkwardly asks, "Um, have we met? You seem familiar for some reason."

Morty

2014-06-02, 04:09 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"I was coming back from Riverside when I saw her appear," Sophie says. "I was hoping you and Julie might help me work out what's going on here."

Halae

2014-06-02, 04:15 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Eric nods. he goes to sit on his recliner, and Scylla climbs up onto his lap, which he's fine with, "Alright, Kate, this is going to sound odd, but we've got a couple ways of doing this. Do you want all the information dumped on you right away and then we give you some time to process it, or talk about it slow, letting you ask questions along the way?"

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 04:19 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Uh, slowly, I think. Things have been moving a little fast for me since I... got here?" Eric might notice that Kate is carefully not staring at Scylla. She keeps looking around the room, like she can't quite believe what she's seeing.

Morty

2014-06-02, 04:26 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Sophie sits down on the nearest available piece of furniture, letting Eric explain things.

Halae

2014-06-02, 04:34 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Right, the first thing to say; You're in the Nexus. Given you're Kate, I'm fairly certain you vaguely know what that means, but to enlighten you, we're in a cross-dimensional point. It's constantly changing, and the people who fall out of their own realities end up here. As for why everything seems to familiar... You've already been here. Or another version of you, at least." Eric frowns. He's fairly certain that this is an alternate Kate from a different world. Let's not drop her death on this new one so soon.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 04:42 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Seriously?" Kate asks, looking doubtful. "Even ignoring the alternate me thing, you're saying I fell out of my reality, into the "Nexus"? It's not like I was doing anything that would warp reality. Okay, I was on a ftl spaceship, but people have been doing that for hundreds of years! And I remember the transition to tesseract drive, too, so it couldn't be a drive malfunction. And even if it was, a tesseract drive is 67% safeguards to keep anything like that from happening! And you're telling me that this has happened twice now? I don't know what the other Kate was up to when she got here, but this entire thing sounds utterly..." Kate takes a deep breath, "Utterly impossible." she says it like she knows it isn't true. She shakes her head, as if to clear it.

Halae

2014-06-02, 04:52 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Maybe it is, and you'll just wake up eventually feeling like you just had an incredibly strange dream. But on the other hand, if you're really looking at a man who claims to be an extremely powerful psychic and his farspawn daughter, you need to wrap your head around what's going on. The how doesn't matter; what does matter is that you are, in fact, here."

"Have you ever heard the concept of "The One"? In theory, it's that the multiverse has copies of every existing individual ever in different dimensions. It was only a matter of time until someone had multiple copies of themselves land here, if that holds true. And if I'm right, you're absorbing the essence she left here in the Nexus."

"Daddy, does that mean she's not really Auntie Kate?" Scylla asks, frowning.

"She's close, but she's not the Auntie you knew, kiddo." Erin says, patting Scylla on the head.

"Oh. Okay." She looks like she's about to say more, but Eric shushes her so that the conversation with Kate can go on.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 04:57 PM

Rowan Cabin

"So, there's another Kate here-wait. She left? She got back to where she came from?" Kate looks hopeful for a moment. She hadn't even thought about escape yet, but knowing that it's possible immediately brightens her mood.

Poor girl...

Halae

2014-06-02, 05:00 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Eric looks at Kate sadly, resting a hand on Scylla's head as the far child rests her head against his chest for comfort - the loss is still fairly fresh for the family, and the old Kate was a very good friend of the family. They miss her.

"No."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 05:04 PM

Rowan Cabin

"...oh." Kate looks awkward. She then realizes what this must be like for them, having a dead girl show up like this. That makes her MORE awkward. She tries to find some words, but there aren't any. She turns that over in her mind one more time.

"Am I being possessed by the ghost of an alternate me!?!" and given the sudden panic and look of horror, Kate's paranoid streak just kicked in.

Halae

2014-06-02, 05:09 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Given Kate couldn't be resurrected by the god that presided over her funeral, I very much doubt her soul stuck around long enough to play body snatcher," Eric says. Scylla is remaining silent, something Sophie may recognize as Eric and the little girl talking in their minds.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 05:18 PM

Rowan Cabin

"That's, uh, good, I guess. Wait, a god?" and now she's looking at Eric like he's crazy again. This is going to take a while.

Halae

2014-06-02, 05:20 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"We can leave that one for later; I'm sure you'll meet him eventually," Eric smiles slightly, remembering how Julie told him Cos was crushing on Kate, "For now, do you have any other questions?"

Lost_Deep

2014-06-02, 05:29 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate seems to want to object for a second, but Eric IS the one who knows what's going on here. She thinks for a bit, but for some reason all the questions that come to her don't feel important for some reason. After a bit she asks, "What was she like?"

Zefir

2014-06-03, 02:37 AM

Infirmary

"I leave you alone. call me if anything happens." Andy says befor leaving the infirmary to take a walk outside. He will still be close to the infirmary so if any new pacient comes or if anything happen.

Halae

2014-06-05, 04:48 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"You should probably already know that," Eric says, "Near as I can tell, you're the same people. Though... you are a bit younger than her, I think." Eric scratches his chin, "In fact, Kate had been around for two years, and I believe she was 20 at the time she left us. How old are you?"

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 04:58 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Eighteen," Kate says, "So we were taken at the same points in our life? But she 'arrived' two years early? How does that work?" Probably exactly the way you just said, Kate. It's not super difficult.

Halae

2014-06-05, 05:49 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Scylla, can you help me with a little demonstration?" Eric asks of the far-girl.

"Sure thing, Daddy."

He walks her through it mentally, so I'll avoid posting that here. Instead, he extends a single hand, and an hourglass - illusory, but there all the same - appears above it, the sand slowly draining. "Time moves differently in different dimensions. Sometimes it's slower, sometimes it's faster, but it's never the same, down to the second." Scylla herself lifts up her hands, and a pair of glowing balls appear above them. Eric moves the hourglass into one, and the drop of sand, impossibly, slows to a crawl. Then, he moves it into the other ball, where the sand begins to flow shockingly fast.

"Her world was likely just a little ahead of yours, and so she arrived first. that's all."

Scylla lets the balls drop, and breathes out. that had been a big effort for her, "Did I do that right?" she asks her father

"Yeah, you did it perfectly, sweetie. Good job; you can have a cookie if you like."

She immediately brightens at that, and begins rushing off towards the kitchen to get her reward.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 05:55 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate watches the demonstration, and doesn't seem to be too phased by the illusions. However, she proceeds to ask, "Why is it impossible for two worlds to have the same time rate? I think it's just as likely that one world is just two years ahead... wait, that's assuming that temporality between worlds is connected at all. It's entirely possible that at that level of separation time just doesn't matter."

Halae

2014-06-05, 06:01 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Two reasons. The first, which you've said already, and the second is because the temporal rate changes constantly. Even here in the Nexus, some things go faster than others. to our perceptions, everything happens at the same rate, but that's because we're moving between different positions that are moving at different rates. In some cases, an event that might take five minutes for the people involved may seem like a week has passed outside the conversation they were having." Eric shrugs, "You learn to live with it, but there is one thing you should be aware of; This place is as much a trap as it is a paradise. the Nexus has everything you could ever desire, but it has a way of keeping you here, at least until it's tired of you. Likely, fate was unsatisfied with the end of the last Kate that was here."

((dohohohoho))

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 06:06 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Wait, the Nexus gets bored of people?" Kate seems to react to that half-way between disbelief and fear.

Halae

2014-06-05, 06:12 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Eric shakes his head, "The nexus isn't exactly sapient, or even sentient. Fate, though, likes to screw with people. Which... brings me to our next point. Kate was, essentially, a weirdness magnet. Vanilla humans have a tendency to experience physical changes while they're here; vampire transformations, the addition of cybernetic limbs, faeries deciding to play tricks on us; it happens because humans are basically an open canvas, and being the 'extremely average' appearance that you have, save your orange hair, you're a prime target." He scratches his chin, "Just... if something happens to you, keep an open mind about the change. If it's useful, attractive, or similar, then you'll probably end up keeping it. It's the debilitating changes that are a real problem, and Julie and I will be here to help if you need the help."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 06:18 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate blinks. "...how much of a weirdness magnet? Are we talking 'I see ghosts' weird, or 'my roommate is a ninja' weird, or... 'I'm a fox now' weird?" She's taking this pretty well. She doesn't really believe Eric, but at least she isn't loudly voicing the impossibility of the situation.

Halae

2014-06-05, 06:22 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"That's a very good question, but Kate had a sapient spider capable of speech for a roommate, had become half-dragon, and had several useful cybernetics added to her, as I recall. There was probably more, but I never really kept track of the changes," Eric shrugs. He honestly doesn't seem too disturbed by it, "I was actually a vanilla human when I first arrived, then became a star spawn of yog-sothoth, and then I was human again for a while, and now I'm essentially a human shaped mass of grey matter. You're more of a magnet for it than I am. Or, rather, you might be; you've only just arrived, and we don't know yet. Suffice to say, though, a fluid sense of personal physical attributes will serve you well here."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 06:30 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate is quiet. She takes some time to mull over this. If Eric, or Sophie, has sometime more to say, they can take the time now to do it.

Halae

2014-06-05, 06:36 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Eric remains quiet for the moment, letting Kate think.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 06:38 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate comes to the logical conclusion, closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and says, "I would like to wake up now."

The logical conclusion is not always the correct one.

Halae

2014-06-05, 06:41 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Eric breathes out, "Sorry Kate, but pinching yourself isn't going to work. You're here."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-05, 06:57 PM

Rowan Cabin

"I don't know that. All I have is things that don't make sense and a bunch of weird feelings. I mean, this is a lot less disjointed than my dreams usually are, but that can be explained. My memory of my dreams isn't all that clear, this will probably just be really weird when..." she stops. There's doubt on her face. "I mean, there's no way this is actually happening right?" she reassures herself, "This can't actually be real. There's no way," Okay, judging from her tone of voice it seems to be that not only is she trying to persuade herself, but she's somehow failing. "There's just no basis for this. No reason for this to happen. There's an explanation..." Kate thinks hard for a moment. "Like Tesseract Drive dream alteration, the theory that the T-drive can cause slight alterations in brain chemistry that- that was disproven fifty years ago." Kate holds her head in her hands. She's quiet a bit more.

"My head hurts."

Morty

2014-06-06, 02:29 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"We understand," Sophie says. "It's a lot to take in. Even more than most Nexus arrivals have."

[Sapling Cabin]

Brinika is there, standing over Tuskfang's crib and playing her flute. This causes a handful of colourful pebbles to levitate above the crib, spinning and drawing shapes. The baby gurgles and grabs at the stones, but doesn't manage to catch them. It seems Brinika is trying to exercise more fine control over the rocks.

Halae

2014-06-06, 02:38 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"I'm sorry, there's just no way around this," Eric frowns, "We can help you settle in, but that's the best we've got to offer."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-06, 02:45 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate leans back in the chair, looking upset. She doesn't say anything for a bit.

The Bushranger

2014-06-08, 06:36 PM

Infirmary

If Jamie can feel how the scratches feel, she knows it's quite painful- like being covered in shallow paper cuts; deep enough to really sting but most are not enough to bleed.

"If you were there too, one or both of us might have joined the animals. She's the most powerful person I've met, I think. She created the realm I escaped from." Natalie will squeeze back, really unwilling to let go.

I'm not sure if Clarissa did create KINDER, but Natalie believes that to be the case.

Jamie can, however she's more than willing to take it so that Natalie can feel better.

"Oh. Well, still. We would have made her pay for it," Jamie says emphatically, clearly more than willing to hold Natalie for as long as her friend needs it.

Halae

2014-06-09, 03:53 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Eric frowns, and looks at Sophie sadly for a moment, before saying, "I've got something I need to do in the kitchen. I'll be back soon." And then he stands up and leaves, leaving the two women together.

His hope is that Sophie is able to help console Kate a bit more. For this current Kate, she's quite clearly the one with more emotional traction; Eric is the guy who just dumped world shaking news on her. He's a source of information right now, but Sophie is a friend, and friend's tend to talk more when it's just friends talking.

Morty

2014-06-09, 04:02 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"I know how you feel," Sophie says. "There was never an alternate version of me here, but I know what it's like to be torn out of your old life and thrown into a new world. It had happened to me before I wound up here."

Earl of Purple

2014-06-09, 04:03 PM

Lost_Deep

2014-06-09, 04:08 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate looks over at Sophie. "What was it like for you? Arriving and all? How'd you do it?"

Morty

2014-06-09, 04:15 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"I was lucky enough to meet someone who explained it to me," Sophie says. "I came here when I heard it was a place for redeeming evil-doers and other such people; I wanted to keep doing what I'd done back home."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-09, 04:24 PM

Rowan Cabin

"This is a what?" Kate looks confused again. No one actually told her what GLoG is, so this reveal of it is unusual.

Morty

2014-06-09, 04:39 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"One of the purposes of this place is to serve as a sort of rehabilitation centre for people who want to turn away from some sort of wrong-doing in their past," Sophie says. "The other is charity and helping those in need. I was a social worker, in my old life, then I helped monsters find some peace with what they'd become, so it was the right place for me."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-09, 04:45 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Monsters?" Kate asks, looking a bit concerned. She seems to think about it for a moment, but can't find a good explanation. "What do you mean?"

Morty

2014-06-09, 04:52 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"On my homeworld, supernatural beings, most of them unpleasant in one way or the other, hide from the sight of normal people," Sophie says. "I received a revelation that showed me the truth and gave me powers to do something about it. But unlike others who were enlightened in the same way, I didn't want to just destroy monsters. I was more interested in helping both mortal victims and those monsters who'd had their state thrust upon them... and there were many of those."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-09, 04:57 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Oh. That sounds a lot different from where I come from. Wait... I wouldn't actually know if there were... yipes." That's a scary thought. She finds it doubtful, but not impossible.

Morty

2014-06-09, 05:10 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

Sophie smiles slightly.

"You've had a taste of the paranoia every hunter faces daily. I wound up here while fighting a corrupt, myopic sorcerer. I have no way back, as far as I know, but I've made a life for myself here."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-09, 05:20 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate nods. After a moment, she finds another question, "So, did you travel from planet to planet finding the monsters, or mainly stay on one?"

Morty

2014-06-09, 05:27 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"My homeworld was only one planet," Sophie says. "The moon is the furthest humans have ever got, and it was just one expedition years ago. There are some parallel dimensions that some supernaturals access, but I don't know much about them."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-09, 05:35 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Oh! That didn't even occur to me. There's probably a lot of people here that don't know about FTL travel, huh? Is there more than one planet in the Nexus, or what?" Kate's getting a bit more comfortable. Kate has always liked knowing things, even things that one would think fall into 'ignorance is bliss.'

Morty

2014-06-10, 12:40 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"I have no idea, really. People do come here from worlds that have faster-than-light travel, though," Sophie says. "But it's never been something that interested me."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-10, 12:47 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Oh. I can understand that, a lot of people never leave their home planet. At least where I come from, anyway." Kate looks up, out a window. "How's life here? I mean, not counting the weird stuff. How's the economy, for example? Is there an economy?"

Morty

2014-06-10, 05:20 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"There is an economy of sorts," Sophie says. "GLoG is a charity organization, so we mostly support ourselves from donations. I like living here. It's peaceful and there's lots of opportunities to do good. I also volunteer at an orphanage my religion runs in one of the cities."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-10, 05:24 PM

Rowan Cabin

"That's very nice, but I more mean, what's the quality of life like for the average citizen? How easy is it to find a job? Will it take me a while to get on my feet?" Kate's worries are pedestrian, on account of specifically not letting the more unusual worries to the front of her mind.

Morty

2014-06-10, 05:28 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"It varies," Sophie says. Not very helpful, maybe, but true. "The Nexus is chaotic, so it might go differently for everyone. 'Average' doesn't really apply here. The... other Kate managed to find a job, though, I think."

The Bushranger

2014-06-11, 12:26 AM

Infirmary

"No. We would have died, slowly and painfully. You were not there; you didn't see what she did. And I couldn't see you hurt, Jamie. You're my best friend." Natalie isn't letting go yet, and sighs slightly as the pain leaves, noticing it but not commenting, yet.

"...alright. But I feel bad you were hurt. You're my best friend," Jamie says softly, holding Natalie tightly and closing her eyes as she starts to hum a soft, comforting tune.

Lost_Deep

2014-06-11, 09:26 AM

Rowan Cabin

"I... guess that's promising, then." Kate muses to herself. "What's the next step? What do I do to start?"

Earl of Purple

2014-06-11, 04:17 PM

Morty

2014-06-11, 04:57 PM

[Rowan Cabin]

"You can stay here for a while, as you gather your bearings," Sophie says. "The Nexus is full of possibilities, so it may take a while to take them all in."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-11, 09:44 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Yeah. I guess." Kate is quiet for a bit more.

"Should I try to find the other Kate's friends, or avoid them? Because one way it'd be awkward, but the other way I'm pretty alone." And being alone in this kind of situation strikes her as bad.

Morty

2014-06-12, 09:58 AM

[Rowan Cabin]

"That's a decision only you can make," Sophie says. "But for what it's worth, most of them are my friends as well. They're good people."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-12, 11:10 AM

Rowan Cabin

Kate sighs. "I just don't know, then. Maybe I will, but... I don't really want to rely on people I don't really know. I mean, it was kind of odd seeing Eric, because I recognized him, but I didn't really know him... and even his child... when she hugged me I felt... weirdly happy."

Morty

2014-06-12, 11:18 AM

[Rowan Cabin]

"Just give it time," Sophie says. "Maybe more will come to you, maybe not. Either way you'll get a better grasp on how you feel about it all."

Lost_Deep

2014-06-12, 11:32 AM

Rowan Cabin

"True..." That's all Kate says, letting the situation lapse back into awkward silence.

The Bushranger

2014-06-12, 06:27 PM

Infirmary

Natalie will listen for about five minutes, joining in the tune if she knows it but otherwise remaining silent. Afterwards, she'll slowly release the hug and go back to sit on the bed. "Thank you for being such a good friend. If you've still got my pain, can I have it back please? It's nice to be without it, but I earnt it and had gotten used to it enough to ignore it." So she doesn't want to stay painless for too long, or she'll have to acclimatise to it again.

Jamie blinks in surprise, then slowly shakes her head. "I...it doesn't work that way," she says apologetically. "Once I take someone's pain from them, it...doesn't go back. One way."

Natalie might have caught the brief moment of shocked horror on the Magical Girl's face at the suggestion Natalie had 'earned' pain.

Earl of Purple

2014-06-12, 06:51 PM

The Bushranger

2014-06-13, 03:36 PM

Infirmary

Natalie does spot the horror, and looks shocked herself. "That's not how I meant it- I meant I could live with the pain for now because I received it performing my greatest act of Conjuration yet. I'm not saying I deserved it, or anything!" She still prefers to have the pain herself than have Jamie have it, though, because Jamie's her friend. She does hope she makes herself understood, though.

Jamie relaxes, looking embarassed for having misunderstood, and nods. "Oh. Well. I get it. Um...well, it doesn't last long once I do that thing. But...well, like I said, it's only one-way. It...SHOULD make it more bearable if the original cause is still there, though."

Earl of Purple

2014-06-13, 04:41 PM

Infirmary

"Ah, well. Thank you, Jamie." She'll lean forward and give the seemingly-older girl another hug, unless stopped or something horrendous happens outside.

The Bushranger

2014-06-14, 12:23 AM

Infirmary

"Ah, well. Thank you, Jamie." She'll lean forward and give the seemingly-older girl another hug, unless stopped or something horrendous happens outside.

Jamie returns the hug gently-yet-tightly! Pulling away after a few mintues.

"You wanna go get some ice cream or something?"

Earl of Purple

2014-06-14, 01:32 PM

Morty

2014-06-19, 05:46 PM

[Lakeshore]

Brinika is sitting cross-legged there, with her drone and her spider, as she so often does. But this time she's doing something a mite unusual. She's playing her flute in deep concentration, and rocks actually seem to emerge from the water in front of her.

ThePhantom

2014-06-19, 06:24 PM

Lakeshore

As is usual for Marley these days, he was out on the shore, fishing. Today, however, he walks over to Brinika, wondering about the rocks that appear to rising up in front of her.

"Hi Brinika, what are you doing?"

Morty

2014-06-20, 09:50 AM

[Lakeshore]

"I'm trying to see if I can make stepping-stones, Mr. Marley," Brinika responds solemnly. Marley may or may not have heard that Brinika and Salix both received some sort of divine powers last year.

ThePhantom

2014-06-20, 05:55 PM

Lakeside

"Oh really? I think it would take a lot of those to get to the island."

He did hear about that, a bit. He doesn't fully know about it, he was a bit of shut-in for a while.

"Or are you planning on having them going someplace else?"

Morty

2014-06-21, 03:35 PM

Zefir

2014-06-21, 04:27 PM

[On a bench outside]

Here is Andy, well people might not identify him as Andy because he looks a bit differetn. Instead of his usual Labcoat Andy got a normal T- ****r where the left sleeve is pinned on his shoulder preventing the sleeve from floating around. He doesn't got his mechanical arm on right now which is another strange occasion. He seems to just rest in the sun making the best of a warm and sunny day.

INTERACTION WANTED

ThePhantom

2014-06-21, 05:51 PM

[Lakeside]

"I know it would. Once I'm sure I can do it, maybe I'll do it faster, or raise a whole bridge," Brinika says. "It'd be nice to be able to go to the island without using a boat or swimming, wouldn't it?"

"But part of the fun is the swimming or using a boat. Besides, if you put up a bridge, you couldn't go boating around the whole lake."

Marley puts his fishing pole down and leans on his cane, smiling.

"Then again, its good to practice what you can do. Don't let yourself just past through life. There's too much in the world for that."

Morty

2014-06-22, 04:31 PM

[Lakeside]

"Don't people only use boats because they have to?" Brinika asks. "If I make a bridge, people won't have to use boats."

ThePhantom

2014-06-23, 06:24 PM

[Lakeside]

"Don't people only use boats because they have to?" Brinika asks. "If I make a bridge, people won't have to use boats."

"Some people use boats for fun. I did it a couple of times when GLoG first came to this camp. But I thank you for your thoughtfulness."

Marley waves at the boathouse as he talks.

Morty

2014-06-24, 05:43 PM

ThePhantom

2014-06-24, 05:52 PM

[Lakeside]

"But boats are scary," Brinika says, her ears twitching. "They float and toss you around and they're all wobbly."

[Outside Ironoak Cabin]

Reelshka is sitting under an umbrella, letting Tuskfang get some fresh air and sun - only half of him is goblin, after all. The baby is currently trying to gum on his own toes, without much success.

"Well, I am bigger than you, so I would have easier time. Plus I know how to swim in case of something happening."

Marley thinks for a bit, tapping his cane on the ground.

"Would you like some help practicing? I think I might have a way to do that."

Morty

2014-06-24, 06:12 PM

[Lakeside]

"I don't know," Brinika says uncertainly. "I'd have to ask my mom or Aunt Reelshka." She's rather reluctant to get near water.

ThePhantom

2014-06-24, 06:13 PM

Lakeside

As she stands on the shore of the lake. Oh well, Marley nods at this statement.

"That's fair. I wouldn't want to get you yelled at later."

Morty

2014-06-25, 03:40 PM

[Lakeside]

"Do you like using boats, Mr. Marley?" Brinika asks. As she speaks, her lifelike spider toy scurries up to the top of her head and peers at Marley, clicking its mandibles.

ThePhantom

2014-06-25, 05:37 PM

Lakeside

"Well, a boat is easier than swimming for me. So, yes, I like using boats, Brinika."

Marley reaches up to adjust his hat to help it sit on his head better. Good thing that he doesn't mind spiders, otherwise there might have been an issue with her toy.

Morty

2014-06-25, 06:08 PM

[Lakeside]

Brinika notices where her toy just went and reaches out to stroke it. The spider is around the size of a tree frog.

"Do you like my spider? I got him on Thanksmas. I call him Fuzzles. He looks just like a real one."

ThePhantom

2014-06-25, 07:06 PM

Lakeside

"Well, he's not what I would call cute, but Fuzzles seems like a good toy."

Most humans are not fond of spiders after all. Marley thinks about holding out his hand for Fuzzles but doesn't do so.

Morty

2014-06-26, 10:39 AM

[Lakeside]

"Really? But he's fuzzy and has beady little eyes," Brinika says, stroking her spider some more. Turns out goblins have a bit different standards when it comes to cuteness.

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 12:09 PM

[Somewhere Incomprehensibly Distant, and Yet Near]

She stood alone.

Alone. Alien. Displaced in time to an era as wrong to her as the others no doubt felt about her. And yet she still stood. She had faced down the King himself at his strongest, when his burning heart was dissolving him from within. He had died in a cataclysm of radiant death while she was battered and broken, yet she endured. She still stood.

She stood alone.

But standing alone was all she ever needed, for she was a legion unto herself.

Without mother, without father, without a name of her own save for epitaphs whispered in her wake, without any connection to the world she carved our her own place in a hostile time where the very air itself worked to annihilate her. But carve out a place she did. And she reveled in the destruction she wrought.

There were others who weren't fond of her tastes in decorating. Chief among them the young Prince and his allies who saw her as a challenge to be overcome. Those were pitched battles, epic in scope. Some lost, some won. But regardless of outcome, she always endured. But in the end it wasn't another titan that struck her down. It was the little ones. The humans with their champions of steel and sword and burning light. It was an inglorious defeat, really. If it could even be called a defeat. A weapon meant to cast its target adrift in space and time. To render the afflicted someone else's problem.

It was an awful feeling, to have one's self ripped away atom by atom and cast to the winds of an unseeing, uncaring Cosmos. But as she felt herself being eroded by that horrible nothingness that ate away her magnificent body, something did see.

Something acted.

[The Forest]

A star was born in the middle of a clearing, a three foot wide lamp of incandescent light and howling wind that begin spitting out matter in all directions, spraying the surrounding glade with a hurricane of rocks, soil, water, and bits of twisted metal. The anomaly slowly shrunk as it disgorged its cargo indiscriminately, gradually contracting until at last there was nothing more than a brilliant pin-prick that vanished with a WHUMP! of displaced air.

And deposited a naked human woman rather unceremoniously on a bed of moss, alive, breathing, and wholly unconscious. Her hair was ruddy and disheveled, a muddy red shot through with brown and black. Aside from her violent arrival the only thing odd about her would be her strangely ivory complexion, almost as if her flesh were made of some sort of pliable bone rather than simple skin.

It would seem the Nexus has gained another Castaway.

Morty

2014-06-28, 01:01 PM

[The Forest]

As it happens, Reelshka was taking her son out for a stroll through the woods. Tuskfang stares at everything around him, makes noises and tries to grab things. Then, however, his mother spots an unconscious figure lying on the forest floor. She approaches cautiously, two indistinct shapes of spirits forming behind her protectively.

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 01:18 PM

[The Forest]

Conscious thought tickled at the edge of her mind, vague, half-formed memories. The battle. The weapon. What she had been sure would be her death.

She felt exposed. Small. Diminished. Less.

The choir of voices in harmony, the legion that was her self, was smaller. Vastly smaller. Whatever the horrible weapon had been, that devouring hole in the sky itself, had left her ravaged. Crippled. There was no telling how much of herself had been eradicated. At least not until she could open her eyes and gain her bearings. Just just had to stand up...

Her body, however, seemed to have other ideas. An attempt to move was met with pain and a hissing intake of breath. With that breath she expected the familiar sensation of caustic, toxic gas burning at her insides as she struggled to neutralize it, but instead...

Instead she tasted only clean air.

How long had it been since she last tasted clean air?

With a groan and some effort she pushed herself upright, rubbing her hands over herself. She felt... soft. Weak. What had that awful weapon done to her? The sensation of alien feelings only grew when she finally opened her vibrantly orange eyes. No... no this was wrong. This couldn't be right. She was one of those things. One of those soft, mewling, scurrying, poison-breathing things.

"What did it do to me!" she shrieked as she began tugging at her own pliable flesh. "What did that thing do to my beautiful body?"

In her hysterics the woman hadn't noticed Reelshka yet.

Morty

2014-06-28, 01:39 PM

[The Forest]

Reelshka stops, cautiously, and the baby in her arms begins to cry, startled by the woman's shriek. The two spirit-shapes step forward to protect her. As the goblin woman tries to calm down her son, she says to the woman:

"Calm down. You're in no danger here."

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 02:13 PM

[The Forest]

Then a voice.

A voice not at all her own.

If she had been thinking the strangeness of talking would have already struck her. There hadn't ever been a need to talk. She was legion. She had only her self and others. And communing with others was pointless. They weren't her. But, caught up as she was in the moment, the alien actions taken by her alien body seemed natural and she didn't think to question them.

She hissed through her teeth at the tiny, mewling thing that was glubbing at her. She had seen the humans up close before when she was small, when she was scattered across ten thousand bodies. But this creature wasn't a human. It was something altogether different. It was an unknown. And she knew well enough that the unknown was dangerous.

Quite in spite of the creature's insistence to the contrary.

It was strange that she understood it, but she didn't question this, either.

"There's always danger. Even if it's just the poisoned air eroding us from the inside," she said. It felt like the right thing to say, even if she couldn't feel the poison eating her anymore. "I'm human. And you aren't. Why?"

Morty

2014-06-28, 02:27 PM

[The Forest]

"Because my father was a goblin, and my mother as well," Reelshka says, a bit tersely. Tuskfang doesn't seem interested in calming down. "How did you get here?"

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 02:43 PM

[The Forest]

Mother and father.

She knows what those words mean, somehow, in a vague sense. Creatures that communed without being one. Things giving rise to more things. Discordant, without unity. Alone in themselves. She had tried to grasp the idea of absolute aloneness, the idea of a single voice railing against the uncaring Cosmos rather than a choir in harmony. But the idea was just so... alien. She imagined that they must be perpetually lonely without the fellowship of a vast self.

Maybe that's why they huddled together for protection.

They couldn't hold fellowship with themselves, so the held fellowship with others.

Wrong. Perverse. Alien. Unnatural.

And yet...

Wasn't that what she was doing even now, by speaking to this other?

"Banished. I was banished. And diminished. And..." she paused, looking over her own disgusting, soft flesh. She felt almost compelled to rip it off in hopes of finding something right under it. "And changed."

Morty

2014-06-28, 03:32 PM

[The Forest]

Reelshka's expression softens a bit. Tuskfang, as if picking up his mother's mood, calms down somewhat. Looks like she was hurled into the Nexus rather violently, so she can be forgiven some less than friendly behaviour.

"I'm sorry. But if you need help adjusting to what happened to you, and I think you do, you might be in the right place."

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 03:57 PM

[The Forest]

Being social with others hasn't ever been high on her list of priorities. Others are a source of danger. Or a source of food. Never a source of fellowship. Fellowship only came from herself. But... her self seems so quiet, now. She can still hear the choir, but it's dulled and muddled and blended together. Her voices sound more like a voice. And that disturbs her deeply.

"You did nothing wrong. You weren't the others that did this to me," she replies, her face contorting as if it hadn't the slightest idea how to properly represent the emotions roiling inside her. Help from an other... she should be shunning this, but again, she didn't question it. Not as much as she should have. Slowly she gathered herself to her feet, shaky and unsure. Her balance was all wrong. This body's shape had a few superficial resemblances to her own, but it was wrong. Alien. It felt sluggish and congealed, like a metastasized tumor that refused to heed her song of self. It moved when she willed it, but it didn't move as she willed it.

This frightened her.

Terrified her.

Would she be trapped in this body?

Would she be a prisoner as it rotted out from under her?

Would she simply... stop being?

"I feel wrong. This body is wrong. I want to be right again."

Morty

2014-06-28, 04:31 PM

[The Forest]

"We'll see what we can do," Reelshka says patiently. "But this forest is no place to talk. Why don't you follow me?" Whoever this woman is, she needs help, and they might be able to provide it in the campsite. If she proves dangerous, the spirit charm ought to be able to keep her in check.

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 04:44 PM

[The Forest ==> The Campsite]

She didn't look dangerous. Just confused and dismayed. And naked. That wasn't precluding any kind of weird magical powers, of course. One never knows with the Nexus...

After a moment's hesitation the woman began to follow. Because... forests were no place to talk? There were specific places to talk? This puzzled her. No doubt there were many rules for talking with others she didn't know about. After all, she hadn't ever done it before. As she walked she winced every now and again from stones or sticks poking her in the soles of her soft, fleshy feet. It was just another reminder of how wrong this frail body was.

A bubble of gnawing anxiety began welling up inside her. This body was so fragile, what if it were destroyed? There would be nothing left of her. As far as she knew she was the last fragment of herself in the vast, uncaring Cosmos. She would be gone. Extinct. The feeling of exposure and vulnerability grew all the more pronounced with each biting step.

She did her best to banish the rebellious thoughts and focus on something else.

"That other," she began, pointing at the small mewling thing the larger other thing was carrying. "Did you make her with... the help of another? She's only half-you?"

Morty

2014-06-28, 04:51 PM

[The Forest ==> The Campsite]

"He," Reelshka corrects gently. "But yes. This is my son, and I "made" him with the help of his father," she explains with a slight smile. Made him, indeed. "But I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Reelshka. Do you have a name?" An odd way of phrasing that, but at this point she suspects the strange woman doesn't remember her name, if she has one.

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 05:08 PM

[The Forest ==> The Campsite]

Dimorphic sexes were another thing on a long list of things that she had trouble understanding. She understood though, in a vague and nebulous fashion, that two different others would come together to make a new other. It seemed better to her to just take an other's lifesong and use what verses of it one could. But maybe these things couldn't do that? Maybe that's why they were so congealed and calcified, so cut off from each other.

"He," she repeated the word aloud. "And... you couldn't just make more of yourself? You had to make an other?"

This was important.

If they had to partake in this perversity then that was somehow less offensive. Less an affront to nature. It was just a new nature that she had never encountered before finding herself displaced in time. The world changed. She knew that. She had watched it change for so long before falling into her long slumber.

Then a question. How was she to answer a question like that?

"I... am me. I never needed a name. But if I must fellowship with others then... I need one... yes?"

A name.

A thing that others would call her self. Something that was her and not any other. Something that made her unique in this alien, hostile world of things and poisoned air. Her voice, her lifesong, her choir, it rose up in her mind and briefly crystallized the muddled haze into clarity. A name. Her name.

"Choir. I am Choir."

Morty

2014-06-28, 05:37 PM

[The Forest ==> The Campsite]

"Yes, we do. We have no other way of making more of us," Reelshka says, deciding not to add that she and Pathfinder rather enjoyed the first stages of Tuskfang's "creation". It's not really the time for education on this topic. "Choir it is, then. Let's see if someone can take a look at you." She directs her steps towards the infirmary.

Rebonack

2014-06-28, 06:07 PM

[The Infirmary]

Well of course making more of one's self is pleasurable. Even if it's only half of one's self. Giving a species a carrot to encourage them to reproduce is a good way to make sure they don't go extinct.

Also, it might be a good idea to get her some clothing. Unless no one would mind her wandering around naked? That'll probably confuse her, too. But she has already reserved herself to the fact that there's a great deal about fellowshiping with others that she doesn't understand. Though in spite of this she watches everything curiously. She has, of course, seen the homes of tiny others before. In those times when her self was scattered across many smaller bodies she had seen them, devoured them, was killed by them. But they were others. She didn't fellowship with others.

Unlike now.

Would she be trapped like this, forced to make others that were only half her so that at least some part of her self would survive?

It was a horrifying idea.

"Will looking at me help to make me right again?" she asked. She curiously poked at a random object with a long, slender finger. They were so much more sensitive than those of her old body, but so much more fragile, too.

Morty

2014-06-29, 02:24 PM

[The Infirmary]

"Let's hope so," Reelshka says as she looks around. "Anyone here?" she asks the infirmary at large.

Recaiden

2014-06-29, 02:41 PM

[Infirmary]

"What is needed?"

A toy car of moderate size (http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-10300008dt.jpg) rolls through an interior doorway. It is covered in many sorts of tools and machinery: cameras, saws, robotic arms, a small vacuum cleaner, a laser pointer, and a set of speakers from which the voice comes. It turns and approaches Choir, and cameras swivel to inspect her.

Rebonack

2014-06-29, 09:01 PM

[The Infirmary]

The woman Reelshka brought in isn't particularly remarkable aside from a somewhat odd ivory-ish skin tone. Aside from that she appears to be a normal human. She also appears to be naked. Someone might want to give her an outfit or something.

She looked at the tiny jeep.

It is rather tiny.

And covered with things.

A tiny jeep covered with things. That talks. Somehow.

Now she's confused. Her experience fellowshipping with others is fairly tentative and doesn't include talking tiny jeeps. After staring at the machine is silence for what felt like an awkward amount of time she finally decided to simply try repeating her problem to it. Maybe that would help somehow?

"This body is wrong. I want to be right again."

Recaiden

2014-06-29, 09:10 PM

[Infirmary]

How interesting. The skin tone is odd, not matching any recorded variation, but minor (and major) cosmetic differences are not usual here. The speech pattern is not common Nexusian.

"Preliminary examinations suggest that the body is in working order. Do you perhaps mean that it is not your customary body?"

The jeep wheels away, then closer. One of its arms unfolds and produces a stethocsope, which is draped over a microphone and then held up towards Choir's chest to listen to her breathing.

"Reelshka, would you kindly fetch the patient some clothing, if she wishes to wear them after being examined?"

Zefir

2014-06-30, 01:48 AM

[Infirmary]

Just befor Reelshka can react, there i Andy. The young man in his labcoat hand over some of the standart patient clothes you may know from hospital. He doesn't say something for now, just takes a seat and watches the little car doing his work.

Morty

2014-06-30, 11:28 AM

[Infirmary]

"Sure, after I've put Tuskfang to bed. This really isn't a good place for him," Reelshka says. The baby in question is staring at the weird thing that makes noises like people but looks like one of his toys. Provided nobody stops her, the goblin leaves. She'll be back in a while with clothes.

Rebonack

2014-06-30, 11:41 AM

[The Infirmary]

"I was banished here. It made my body wrong," she replied. "Different. I feel... congealed. Stuck. And my thoughts are muddled."

Her choir sounded less like a harmony and more monotonous to her, now. But she didn't voice it to these others like that. She was sure they wouldn't understand. They couldn't understand. They were too different, too alien. They had no context for what it was like to be her before she was warped by that horrible weapon.

"I just want to be my self again. I don't want to die like this. I don't want my self to go extinct."

Then the other holds out... something... at her.

She looked at it. Flimsy. Of a rather bland color. Like a skin flayed off something, but not. What was it for? Was it some ritual she wasn't aware of? There was so much involving fellowshiping with others that she didn't grasp.

"I don't understand?"

Recaiden

2014-06-30, 08:24 PM

[Infirmary]

"Would you kindly place the cloths on the counter, Andy?" Such rages barely deserve to be clothes, so they are merely cloths.

After whirling back and forth a short distance in a sort of nod to Reelshka, the not-a-toy turns its attention back to Choir.

"Can you identify the realm you were banished from? It is likely that a majority of your symptoms are due to having what is simply referred to as a body, specifically, a living human body which exists in three full spatial and one partial temporal dimension."
Her speech is consistent with bound minds attempting to explain their bodies, although her command of language is oddly fluent despite the lack of context.

"There is little danger of your self becoming extinct in the near future. The current shell you inhabit has a limited lifespan, but its time is relatively long, and will almost certainly last long enough to restore you."

"The item being offered to you is referred to as a 'medical gown', an instantiation of the 'clothing' type. It is used for temperature regulation, partial concealment, and light protection of the body. You may wear it if you wish...I can assist if its shapeform is unfamiliar to you in a degree precluding its unassisted use."

The poor thing seems rather lost.

"If it will help you communicate, you should know that this unit is only a part of myself, and is superior in several ways to the human form you currently possess. Alternate: I am also outside of my native realm, although I am a voluntary visitor, and not a product of banishment."

Rebonack

2014-07-01, 12:42 AM

"I was in a city looking for food. A human city full of humans, tiny mewling things. They always had food there, locked away inside of stone towers I had to break open and dig out. One of their machines challenged me. A machine nearly as large as my self, a giant compared to them. We fought, but I was winning. I always won. I survived my battle against the King at his strongest, and there is none stronger. But he is dead and he had no equal. The humans used a new weapon, not like the other ones. It didn't freeze or explode or pierce or cut or burn. It threw a patch of blackness at me so dark that it was painful to look at. I felt it ripping my self apart. I could feel my bodies dying. And then when I had only a few bodies left I was here and I was human," Choir recounted, her face once again contorting with emotions uncertain of how to shape her expression. "That blackness did something terrible to me. I don't want to be human. I want to be my self again."

She paused, considering.

"I've always had bodies. Many, many bodies. Sometimes I let my bodies scatter to forage for food. Sometimes I brought my bodies together to fight or hunt. But now... I think I only have [i]one body. Having only one body makes me feel very vulnerable. It's a large body..." she continued, rubbing one hand against the other. "But humans are so fragile. Even if they can breath poison without being hurt. I don't like it. It doesn't feel right."

Suddenly she gasped, eyes widening at some horrible truth suddenly dawned on her. Something so incredibly simple and yet so totally alien that she hadn't ever considered such a thing before. "I can still think... I only have one body, but I can still think. When I have fewer bodies together thinking becomes harder... I always assumed that since humans only had one body they couldn't... ...can they? Can humans think?"

When the machine spoke of the 'medical gown' Choir hesitantly picked it up to examine it. Smell it, eye it, lick it. Finally she settled on draping it over her back like a cape. Though at the mention that the machine was only a fragment something not altogether different from a hopeful smile tugged at her face. "You have many bodies, too? You're like me? I've only ever found one other like me, many bodies and a choir of voices. But it was discordant and vile. Unnatural and perverted and full of deadly poison. I tried to exterminate it, but it was resilient like I am. Or... like I was..."

Recaiden

2014-07-01, 01:59 AM

[Infirmary]

The machine listens patiently to her explanation, trying to think of what she could have been. At the mention of breathing poison, all the previous models leave its mind and it starts afresh, finally admitting that it doesn't know. A new experience!

It folds its arms back up as it answers. "Affirm: humans can think. They are in fact renowned for their exceptional ability to think, among singular animals. A great deal of thinking capability is concentrated in the organ known as the brain, which can equal several lesser creatures combined in cognition."

The machine backs away a half turn of its wheels, shaking back and forth, negative. "I believe that I am more similar to a human than I am to you, but I do possess similarities to you that they lack. You appear to be a colony organism, whereas I am a hive. However, there are others in this realm of existence more similar to your described means of existence. I know of one whose component bodies are each semi-distinct humans."

"Allow me to clarify, the garment is meant to be placed on the opposite side of your body. Did the humans have a name for what you were? It may be familiar to us and allow us to help you return."

Zefir

2014-07-01, 03:00 AM

[Infirmary]

Andy puts the clothes close to the necomer.

"Yes, we humans are able to think. I'm for example a human as we see it in this dimesion."

"Or maybe you got a name for yourself?" he adds to the car-doctor's question.

Rebonack

2014-07-01, 08:20 AM

[Infirmary]

Is that... guilt she's feeling at having killed so many humans? She never felt guilt before over her actions. But then, she had been sure that humans weren't aware since they only had a single body. When she had a single body she couldn't think, and so it stood to reason that humans were the same. By the same token, she had tried to kill that disgusting toxic abomination even though she was sure it was aware. But she had a good reason for that.

Guilt...

It had to be because of the human body. It was warping her thoughts.

"Colony and... hive? I don't understand the difference. Those words mean the same thing, don't they?" she asked, though she wasn't sure how she knew this. Simply that she did. She simply knew a great deal of language were before she knew none. Her thoughts had been a great deal more visceral before, she recalled. Thoughts of sensations and images and scents. Thoughts of actions. But now her thoughts were words. So many words were pouring out of her mind. Including the words that the humans screamed when her smaller bodies slew them.

"Destroyer. They called me destroyer."

She fiddled with the garment until she managed to cover herself with it. It seemed silly, but thinking back the humans she had seen always covered themselves with such things. She hadn't ever understood the purpose of it.

"I was told I needed a name by... Reelshka... I never had a name before, so I picked one. Choir. Call me Choir, because that's what I am. Or was... many voices in harmony to make a whole. I can still hear my song, but it's muddled and monotonous now."

Recaiden

2014-07-01, 10:50 AM

[Infirmary]

The patient appears upset. This may have been a difficult revelation for it. Hopefully it doesn't try to reinterpret humanity all at once, that would likely tax it severly. Besides, thinking can be dangerous when one lacks as much information as this one apparently does.

"There are subtle detinctions in the words; a colony is gestalt, whereas the hive is an extension of certain of its parts." The machine is fairly sure of the difference, having participated in several modes of thought. Why, it once had only a single body itself. That was not a good time, although not because it couldn't think.

Destroyer. Apparently a description of Choir's action-state relative to the humans. But it could also refer to one of at least 5 mythological figures known to it, a classification of aquatic war vessel, several types of aircraft, spacecraft, fighting machine, and military units, a type of autonomous vehicle not known to have any thought, several musical groups, sports teams, and low-importance 'supervillains'. Most of these can be immediately discounted for relevance. Even the one example of a voracious dangerous many-bodied entity does not seem to match the patient. "Choir. As it is customary for introductions to be relatively symmetric, I am called 'Kestrel', and this is 'Andy'. Are you sure that the song has changed, and not your perceptions of it?" It inquires cautiously.

Rebonack

2014-07-01, 11:50 AM

[Infirmary]

A gestalt, many bodies and many voices forming a single choir. As opposed to a single voice with many bodies. That... makes sense. When disharmony arose amongst her voices she always simply brought those collections of bodies together in communion. Thoughts and memories became one. Harmony was reached and the song of her self continued.

Her song...

Was it really different?

Or did her human thoughts simply make her hear it differently?

That idea was... troubling...

"I'm not sure... I've never thought like a human before," she admitted. The idea that humans could think with only a single body still disturbed her. Because of their... brain? Which organ was the brain? She had found many organs when she first took the humans she had killed apart. It had been a surprise then, an honest surprise. She had expected the humans to disperse into many bodies like she did when they were injured. She had hoped that she would be able to take communion with them, to share their thoughts, their voices, their life song. She had hoped to find something like herself. But all she had found were congealed organs that couldn't change, bodies bound in a single shape that had no thoughts of their own. Not even small, simple thoughts.

It was why she was sure they couldn't think. They only acted like they could think.

But... she had been wrong.

What else had she been wrong about?

"Is there a way to make me right again... Kestrel?" she asked. She spoke the name only tentatively, as though afraid that she might break some unknown rule of fellowshipping with others.

Recaiden

2014-07-01, 12:23 PM

[Infirmary]

Success. Choir considers the question without anger. With reasonable concern instead; it is a disturbing thought, that a change of perspective could alter the relative quality of something, so much worse if that thing is part of oneself. What would its own processes seem like from Choir's native perspective?

"It is not in my immediate power to make you right, but I believe we can accomplish it. It is likely possible to end or reverse your banishment. However, the machine and the weapon it used to banish you are both unknown to me; it will likely not be an easy process. There is unfortunately a considerable chance that you have none of your original bodies remaining alive, and that they would not be restored by the ending of your banishment." It speaks warmly, hoping to reaffirm her uncertainty. Choir's mere existence is interesting; in its own region of existence, swarm intellects even vaguely like the one described were considered, but never achieved. Even hives were not properly implemented before it had remade itself.
"Even in that regrettable case, there will be ways to restore you to something like, if not exactly the same as, you were before."

It pauses briefly to consider the possibility that Choir is delusional. This would be the most reasonable conclusion on any other world, but there are enough curious but true beings here that Kestrel takes her at her word.

"Could you describe your bodies? Size, shape, composition, other relevant information. Relative to humans if necessary."

Rebonack

2014-07-01, 01:41 PM

[The Infirmary]

The notion that her original bodies may all be extinct, leaving her only with a horrid, congealed human form, filled Choir with a deep sense of sorrow. She had hope that she would be right again, but she wasn't sure how well founded that hope was.

"But if I can still hear my song, even if it's muddled, maybe there is something of my bodies left in this one? Just... stuck," Choir reasoned. "Maybe there's a way to allow them to become plastic again?"

If that were the case, if her bodies are still with her and simply have their voices muted and driven into a state of slumber, then maybe if she could wake them... If she could wake them then she would be able to make herself right again. Then she wouldn't need to feel vulnerable and threatened. She could begin growing again.

"My bodies are very small," Choir recounted. "When I have many bodies together they're too small to see the individuals. I'm... not sure what they look like. I've never seen them since individual bodies can't see well. They foraged for food and they spawned more bodies. But when I brought them together, when there were enough for them to gain a voice, I could see them. Hard shelled and red. And... eight. I always made eight limbs regardless of the greatness of the voice. I'm not sure why. It felt right. And a tail. With cerci at the end like a pincer."

She focused hard, trying her best to remember details.

"I learned from the lifesong of others I ate. I learned new ways to join my bodies together. To make voices that sang louder and clearer for a beautiful choir of self."

Recaiden

2014-07-01, 02:42 PM

[Infirmary]

A new question presents itself: should they be helping Choir? An intelligent, alien super-predator, without understanding of how other beings exist, apparently absorbing patterns or chractersistics from its prey. With replicating components of a size beneath the visual range; it is amazing that the humans defeated her, as described.

But she's so adorably clueless. "It is possible. Could the weapon have forced your bodies into this human shape?" The machine rolls along a bit, collecting lenses and scopes before attempting to look at Choir more closely.
"What will you do once you are back?"

Rebonack

2014-07-01, 03:42 PM

[The Infirmary]

"I don't know," Choir admitted. "I felt it ripping my voices apart and killing my bodies. I... don't think it did this to me. Something else did? Maybe whatever brought me here?"

She paused to consider that, then slowly nodded.

"Yes... I don't think the black weapon was supposed to send me somewhere else. It was supposed to make me extinct. Something else did this to me. Something else... saved me. But I don't know why."

Were Choir aware of the inclination of the Nexus to grab strange things (and occasionally cram them into a human shape) she would be significantly more certain about this explanation.

A closer look reveals something curious. All the tissue that would be derived from ectoderm, skin and nails and neurons, isn't human at all. Rather, it's a collection of innumerable discrete organisms mimicking human skin tissue. For whatever odd reason any other part of her body tested, such as a blood sample, could come back irrefutably human. But skin and brain and nerves? All of those are colony organisms locked into a single configuration. It's probably worth noting that they aren't single-celled, though they are quite small, each falling below the millimeter length range.

"What... would I do?" Choir echoed. That question confused her. What does anyone do? "I would forage for food and make more bodies. I would grow and learn new lifesongs to improve myself. What else does one do?"

Recaiden

2014-07-02, 12:42 PM

[Infirmary]

"Glad news: It appears that many of your bodies have survived, and currently make up portions of this human shape. They appear somewhat static; that is you are mimicing the shell of a human only. Other portions of your body are actually human; one third of you is composed of your own bodies, the other two thirds are a human scaffold. The fact that you arrived here may have been the work of the Nexus itself. Clarification: The Nexus is the term for this region of reality."

The car hurries off to replace the lenses after its looks and scans.

"Each being has a reason for existing. Self-improvement is only one of them. Am I taken to understand that there were many beings like yourself, with their own songs, in addition to human-pattern organisms?"

Rebonack

2014-07-02, 01:05 PM

[The Infirmary]

"They've been congealed and now they're slumbering?" Choir reasoned. "If my bodies are slumbering I need to wake them up. I'll need food. And a place without any toxic air."

Hope!

That must be hope she felt. Or at least that's what her mind called it now that it was full of words.

"When my kind awoke we were scattered and discordant. But then we started gathering our bodies together and singing the same songs. We would meet and take communion with each other, combining our bodies and voices into a new, greater song. Our thoughts became bigger as our bodies grew together. Eventually we became me. I'm the sum of the thoughts of my whole kind, our voices lifted up in a single song, in a Choir."

Hence her name.

"That's why I thought the humans didn't think. When I tried taking communion and joining their bodies with mine I only found flesh. They didn't have a voice or thoughts or memories to partake in. There was only meat. How would meat think and remember and sing?"

Recaiden

2014-07-02, 01:29 PM

[Infirmary]

The machine whirls an affirmation.
"What is it that you eat and breathe? As you likely know, this is non-toxic to humans and many other lifeforms."

At this point the machine laughs, as cold and mechanical a sound as all its voice.

"You are also flesh. Your bodies are tiny creatures little different from humans conceptually, although you have a much different size and shape. Thought and song derive from an arrangement, not from the material used to make it. Humans have meat, you have meatless cell-bodies, I have metal, but we all sing."

Rebonack

2014-07-02, 01:57 PM

[The Infirmary]

"I don't breath," Choir states simply. "But this body does. It feels strange, filling my insides with poison... But humans need it to live, don't they? The poison? I remember when I destroyed it so it wouldn't burn me they started gasping and writhing, then they went to sleep and died. When my bodies are woken up the human parts of this body will die. I hope that doesn't hurt..."

She remembers quite vividly the humans dying. How they struggled uselessly. Those that were too close dissolved. She had tried to take communion with them, but their huge, congealed bodies wouldn't join with her. So she had to simply eat their flesh instead. It made her sad now, remembering it. It would have been so much better if she had been able to join their voices with her own. She was sure they knew things and thought thoughts that she never knew nor thought.

"Food is... well... There are different kinds of food. There's flesh and vegetation. I need those. But I need rocks, too. Special rocks that are always warm to the touch and make me feel warm inside. The humans always hid them within great stone towers and under the earth and they fought fiercely to protect them. I'm not sure if the humans eat them, too. I saw them eating flesh and vegetation, but I never saw them eating the special rocks. I never found any inside them, either. Only sealed away deep and hidden. If I don't eat enough rocks my bodies begin to grow weary and fall asleep."

She thought about that. About the elaborate buildings the rocks were inside, deep underground and submerged in water that glowed like the King's fierce flames. Why did the humans go to so much trouble to protect the rocks if they didn't eat them? Was it just to keep them from her out of spite?

Recaiden

2014-07-02, 02:15 PM

[Infirmary]

"Perhaps provisions could be made for its survival. It would likely cause you pain if you did not separate from it immediately upon waking, as your bodies serve as the sensory system for it." The machine is having trouble finding words to properly describe Choir's mode of life.

"Interesting. You are a radiotroph, and an obligate anaerobe. We have not previously encountered such a combination." How did Choir's type come to exist, especially in a world where it can coexist with humans? From all it can imagine, she should live only deep underground. But then, other worldplanes needn't conform to its models.

"Just as oxygen, the part of air that humans need, is poisonous to you, so are the rocks poisonous to them. Being near to them causes damage to their bodies. They can disrupt my thoughts as well, although my body will not be permanently harmed by the experience. However, they are very useful. The poisonous energies can be converted and used to power machines, or concentrated for use as a weapon. My predecessors used similar rocks in order to fly."

Rebonack

2014-07-02, 02:42 PM

[Infirmary]

She didn't want to feel pain, but if pain was necessary to wake up her bodies again then she would endured it. She had to endure it. She couldn't stay like this.

The tiny machine spoke some words to her, words she found herself understanding, though she had no reason to. She had no reason to comprehend any of these words. She hadn't ever communicated with words before. It hadn't ever been necessary. Anarobic. She didn't need oxygen, that horrible burning gas, to survive. Unlike the humans. Radiotroph. She fed on the radiation produced by the special rocks. It seemed strange to her that thing that were toxic to one creature were required for another.

Life was so peculiar.

"You know where to find rocks like those, then?" she asked hopefully. "You'll help me wake my bodies up?"

She paused though, thinking. Once she was awake again she would be dangerous to the humans. Everything she touched became poison to them. And if she didn't do that the very air would be poison to her. She was small and weak. The humans would try to drive her to extinction if they thought she was a threat to them, she was sure of that. She would do the same. Maybe...

"Is there a way to keep... oxygen... away from me? So I don't have to destroy it?"

Recaiden

2014-07-02, 03:28 PM

[Infirmary]

"I know of locations where some were located, from when I first entered this worldplane. It is likely that they still remain there. This body of mine is likely unable to reach them, but other beings could guide you. There are also likely those able to create or sell the rocks you are looking for."

The machine whirrs noncommitally, unsure of how to proceed.

"As for keeping ocygen away, it could be effected by staying inside some sort of barrier, such as a pressure suit built to your eight-legged shape, or by repelling it with magnetic fields. Both would require some sort of machinery. It may also be possible using what is called 'magic', or be specializing some of your bodies to hold or repel it, if that were possible. What was the method you used in order to 'destroy' it?"

Rebonack

2014-07-02, 03:46 PM

[The Infirmary]

That was a good question.

How did she destroy it?

Choir had a dim understanding that her bodies weren't able to do this originally. They had learned it from... something. Something that she had made part of herself while her thoughts were still very small and scattered. Maybe if she described what happened the machine would understand? That seemed to work thus far.

"I make something that takes the poison out of the air and combines it with water. They become something new that looks like water, but has a sharp smell. Others dissolve and sizzle when it touches them, but it doesn't harm me. I usually foraged on the dissolved remains," Choir recounted. "The... oxygen... doesn't hurt my bodies when they're asleep. But they need to be awake for me to feed, so I have to remove all the oxygen from my surroundings. But the liquid that results kills everything else."

She paused to consider the various suggestions. "A suit? Like... a second shell to wear around my self? How would I be able to grow inside something like that?"

Recaiden

2014-07-02, 04:15 PM

[Infirmary]

"You react the aerial oxygen into a peroxide or acid. Could you live underwater? The water itself, you imply, does not harm your bodies. Yes, like another shell. You would have to refit it whenever you grew, so it may not be practically possible."

Kestrel rolls back towards the wall.

Rebonack

2014-07-02, 04:30 PM

[The Infirmary]

Peroxide or acid. Now she had a name for the strange smelling not-water.

"I lived in the water when my thoughts were still small. But then the water was filled in with land and I began to wander in search of new sources of food. That was when I found the humans and learned from their lifesong. My thoughts grew much bigger after that."

Choir had many answers now, many explanations. She had an idea of what she needed to do. What she needed to find.

"I want to wake up my bodies as soon as I can. Who can help me find the food I need? I'm sure there's none nearby. I would be able to smell its warmth on the air. I need someone who can show me where I need to search."

She paused for a time as another thought cross her mind.

"Will the humans try to stop me from getting the food I need? They always guarded their rocks so jealously before. Gathering what I needed wasn't ever easy."

Recaiden

2014-07-02, 05:09 PM

[Infirmary]

If Kestrel could properly feel fear, that might be terrifying. Or it might have lived in a relatively small area of water, perhaps a pond or swamp. The sentence is ambiguous.

"You should see, once you grow free, whether you can live again in the water; it would keep you safely isolated from oxygen and most humans who could pose a danger."

"They will likely object to your taking of the 'rocks', if they are owned. There do exist deposits of rocks that are unclaimed. The difficulty there is finding and reaching them."

Rebonack

2014-07-02, 05:23 PM

[The Infirmary]

Choir was, for the record, 'born' in a bay. That portion of the bay was inundated with fill and built on top of as a result of a nearby city's explosive and continual growth. Filling in the bay had prompted her to find ways to survive on land and ran afoul with the humans who didn't care for her sterilizing everything she touched. Of course, she lacks the vocabulary and context to properly explain all of this. While she's intelligent, her grasp of how the world works is tentative.

"I can still live in the water," Choir confirmed. "I feel safe in the water. It's where I was born, I think. I began in the water. I only moved to the land because I was forced to."

The further explanation only continues to build her hope that she would be right again soon. "If there are rocks that I won't have to fight for then I want those," Choir reasoned. "That's how it was when I was still scattered and my thoughts were small. There was plenty of food and there were no others who fought me for it. I would rather prefer to live and grow without having to fight the humans if I can. Their weapons are unpleasant."

She could almost still feel the sensation of her bodies being torn apart.

She didn't like it.

Morty

2014-07-03, 03:29 PM

[Infirmary]

Reelshka returns to the infirmary now, having left her son with his father and carrying a bundle of clothes for Choir.

The Bushranger

2014-07-06, 03:41 PM

Infirmary

"Sure! I can pay." With that, she flourishes her hand and tries to cast a spell to summon a shiny coin into her fingers. Unfortunately, the coin remains where it was, her Individual Magical Effect does not activate and she's left looking a bit silly. Also, surprised; that was supposed to work! But due to her currently drained state, she doesn't have the magic available to perform even such a minor piece of legerdemain.

Jamie probably recognises what she was trying to do, though; it's her favourite spell.

And BR apologises for leaving this hanging so long. His brain has been scattered lately.

Jamie, meanwhile, smiles and shakes her head. "I'll pay. You've been through a lot, it wouldn't be fair to impose on you. Any particular ice cream shop you'd like to go to?"

[Elsewhere]

A Junco flies into the camp, landing on top of a tree and peering downwards with a beady eye.

Earl of Purple

2014-07-06, 03:54 PM

Morty

2014-07-06, 04:17 PM

[Elsewhere]

The junco might find himself stared at by a certain tiny goblin girl from behind a rock. Literally, since she's crouching behind a rock in which she made a hole through which to look. There's something about this bird that even the subterranean child who has trouble telling them apart noticed. He won't elude her any more.

The Bushranger

2014-07-06, 04:36 PM

Infirmary

"That's good. I keep my money here anyway and teleport it to me when I need it, so I don't have any on me." Specifically, if Jamie's looked through Natalie's things for whatever reason, behind the drawers in her chest of drawers. "Which one's closest?"

Jamie is many things, but a spy on her friends she is not!
Well, not that sort of spy, anyway.

"Well, there's R. Stigetto & Son Creamery & Soda Shoppe that's just on the edge of town," Jamie says after a moment's thought.

[Elsewhere]

The junco might find himself stared at by a certain tiny goblin girl from behind a rock. Literally, since she's crouching behind a rock in which she made a hole through which to look. There's something about this bird that even the subterranean child who has trouble telling them apart noticed. He won't elude her any more.

...the fact the junco is wearing a tiny bowler hat MIGHT be a small clue.

Tom tilts his head, and peers at the rock.
His peering can unnerve evil shadowcasters!
Thankfully he doesn't have it at full power.

He does tilt his head one way. Then the other.
Then looks directly at the rock.

"Seeeeeeep?"

Morty

2014-07-06, 04:39 PM

Earl of Purple

2014-07-06, 04:47 PM

Infirmary

I thought she might have looked for a clue as to where Natalie went, or found it accidentally whilst looking for something else.

"Sounds good to me." Natalie smiles and nods, standing up and wincing slightly.

Arkhosia

2014-07-06, 06:21 PM

[Celica's Cabin]

Tensing up somewhat, the protective Khyli subconsciously bites her bottom lip. Just the thought of Nicole meeting Celica makes her feel ill at ease. She may have acted as though introducing Celica to Nicole wasn't such a big deal last night, but...

"Nicole will be dropping by later, I'm sure. Mother literally isn't herself, and all of my other siblings aren't exactly keen on the idea of visiting me since they're either too busy with their own things or I've battled and banished 'em from other realities I've lived in before. I'm cool with most of my brothers and sisters but Greed always tries to convince me to fund one of his imbecilic get-richer quick schemes, Sloth eats all of the junk food in my possession, and Envy..."

"I have a sneaking suspicion that Envy just wants to murder everyone! I can't stand her! She's so weird!"

"Anyway, just...be careful when Nicole visits. She'll probably try to test you somehow. Just remember that you don't have to play her games if you don't want to."

And then, Cheasadh enters! Or maybe Cheasadh entered the room during Khyli's "my kinfolk are nutters" dialogue and Khyli only now spotted her!

The demonic/angelic Khyli may be able to detect that Cheasadh is a crazy cultist kiddie, but she doesn't outwardly show any signs of noticing this.

Khyli, with the friendliest of smiles, merely quietly waves at Cheasadh as she waits for Celica to introduce her to her daughter and her daughter to her!

-------

Celica nods understandingly.
Morning Cheasadh! This is my girlfriend, Khyli. How did you sleep?
She inquires, smiling amicably.

Rebonack

2014-07-06, 06:23 PM

[The Infirmary]

Choir gathered up the new set of clothing and examined them.

It had taken her some time to figure out how to get the simple article on, but these seemed even more complicated to her. She understood, in vague terms, what she was supposed to do with them, but little more than that. She gave those in the infirmary an uncertain look.

"I... think I require aid. I don't know what I need to do with these, or how to apply them."

Recaiden

2014-07-06, 07:48 PM

[Infirmary]

"First, you remove the original garment. Then, garments are applied in order of size; some are placed over the others." Kestrel goes to pick up a piece underwear first. "This piece is placed over the lower body. The legs, which are the long extended pieces on which you stand, are placed through these holes, one at a time. The large opening encircles the body."
Kestrel will go on, narrating the process of each garment and using its arms to place them in the correct orientation for Choir.

"Thank you, Reelshka. Choir intends to set out to find certain radioactive minerals that we believe will allow her to return to her preferred state. Are there any members possessed of a more widely-applicable locomotion system who might accompany her?" Kestrel rocks back and forth to indicate its wheels, in case Reelshka didn't know what it was talking about.

Earl of Purple

2014-07-07, 04:41 PM

The Bushranger

2014-07-07, 06:40 PM

[Goblin versus Junco]

Brinika plays a short tune on her flute in response. It sounds remarkably bird-like, mimicking the junco's call. It seems that some of the tiny goblin's divine spark ended up in the instrument after she's used it for a while.

If one has not previously seen a junco in a bowler hat double-take, one has now.

Tom peers downwards. Tilts his head.

"Seep seep chirrup seepseep?"

("...say, guv'nor, 'ow you get that to sound that way?")

Infirmary

I thought she might have looked for a clue as to where Natalie went, or found it accidentally whilst looking for something else.

"Sounds good to me." Natalie smiles and nods, standing up and wincing slightly.

It's possible.

"Let's go." Jamie smiles, holding out her hand to Natalie.

Morty

2014-07-07, 06:58 PM

[Goblin versus Junco]

"Are you trying to tell me something?" Brinika asks from behind her rock. "I don't speak Bird."

The Alexandrian

2014-07-08, 12:40 AM

[Celica's Cabin]

Goodness gracious! Fate really isn't very fond of Cheasadh, is it?

Or maybe it is in a strange way. Her parents intended to raise her as a deranged cultist, after all.

After Khyli has jotted down a mental note to research that bear creature that is following Cheasadh around so that she can be sure that it won't maul anyone, Khyli steps out of the room for a second. She returns with a tray of hot food and cold drinks which she attempts to set atop a small wooden table she conjured up out of thin air.

"I cooked breakfast for you. I mean, I cooked breakfast for everyone, but this is your's if you're hungry."

Khyli tentatively mentions, not quite knowing what she ought to say to Cheasadh.

"If, uh, demons bother you at night sometimes, you might want to study warding magic?"

Arkhosia

2014-07-08, 01:17 AM

Celica's Cabin

"Good morning Celica, Khyli. I slept quite well, thank you. Fluffy and Pookie scared off the nightmare-demons." Cheasadh doesn't take any notice of Khyli's familial musings; she has no idea what's happened to her brother and her parents are dead, so she usually phases out other people's family talk. She waves and smiles at Khyli.

She would also be quite adamant that Celica isn't her mother, if she was asked.

[Celica's Cabin]

Goodness gracious! Fate really isn't very fond of Cheasadh, is it?

Or maybe it is in a strange way. Her parents intended to raise her as a deranged cultist, after all.

After Khyli has jotted down a mental note to research that bear creature that is following Cheasadh around so that she can be sure that it won't maul anyone, Khyli steps out of the room for a second. She returns with a tray of hot food and cold drinks which she attempts to set atop a small wooden table she conjured up out of thin air.

"I cooked breakfast for you. I mean, I cooked breakfast for everyone, but this is your's if you're hungry."

Khyli tentatively mentions, not quite knowing what she ought to say to Cheasadh.

"If, uh, demons bother you at night sometimes, you might want to study warding magic?"

No, Khyli, that's not something to worry about. After all, life teaches us that bears of any type that doesn't wanna get you in your sleep are the only natural predator of nightmare demons.
She replies, a goofy smile on her face.
Celica often makes jokes like this, not at all worried that Cheasadh could grow up believing bears nom nightmare demons.

Earl of Purple

2014-07-08, 03:51 PM

Infirmary

Natalie smiles and takes Jamie's hand, following wherever Jamie wishes to take her. Though at the moment if they get in trouble, Natalie can only help with her natural shapeshifting. Not that I expect Jamie to lead them into trouble deliberately, mind you.

Celica's Cabin

To be fair, I don't know what's happened to Arteitheo. Last I heard, he was a prisoner of HALO. And then I forgot about him.

"Fluffy's been protecting me from nightmares longer than Pookie. So it should be multi-headed wolves, not bears. And Pookie's not a bear, he's a Teddiursa. He's cuter." And mostly they are mundane nightmares, from when she hid in a closet from undead and a mutant beholder. Confidence that Pookie and Bane will protect her keep them away, mostly away anyway. And all Celica is really doing is reinforcing a belief instilled by her parents in this case, rather than introducing a new one.

Cheasadh accepts the breakfast with a smile. "Thank you, Khyli." The gnome-girl will start to eat, feeding some morsels to Pookie, but she has researched what he's supposed to eat and gives him plenty of natural food in addition to treats.

Morty

2014-07-10, 09:26 AM

[Infirmary]

"I don't know if anyone is available," Reelshka says, uncertainly. "I'd have to ask around a bit. With Reinholdt gone, our membership isn't very exploration-oriented."

Rebonack

2014-07-10, 03:22 PM

[The Infirmary]

It took several false starts, but eventually Choir managed to get her new clothing on.

The whole process baffled her.

Were humans really so fragile that they had to wrap themselves with false skins? Were they really so poor at thermoregulation?

Choir couldn't imagine how a race like theirs had managed to survive for so long.

"Then... what am I to do while I wait?" Choir asked. Concern had begun creeping into her tone. While she had been assured that she wouldn't die here she couldn't find herself trusting this weak, frail, singular body. She couldn't imagine how these creatures functioned knowing that they could become extinct at any moment.

She idly glanced off in the direction of two others that had just come and gone.

What were they doing?

Arkhosia

2014-07-11, 12:18 AM

Recaiden

2014-07-11, 12:07 PM

[Infirmary]

"In that case, that no one is available, I will begin arranging a body that will be suitable for the task. I remind you that the pieces I constrct myself from are much larger than your bodies, Choir, that this will take some time. I suggest you use the time period in order to experience the world from a singular perspective and learn about the nexus."

Maybe Reelshka, as a macro-scale biological being, can make them better understood to the newcomer. Or someone else. Kestrel turns and goes to roll out of the building and away; it doesn't keep its spare limbs and cables anywhere on the GLoG grounds, much less right here in the infirmary.

Morty

2014-07-11, 12:47 PM

[Infirmary]

"Looks like you have some time, then," Reelshka says. "If you have more questions and concerns, I'll be glad to help."

Rebonack

2014-07-11, 01:11 PM

[The Infirmary]

Choir nodded slightly.

She had to grow accustomed to have a singular body, at least for a time. It made her uncomfortable, but it was something that had to be done. She opened her mouth to speak to the others, but a strange gurgling sound accompanied by a fluttering feeling came from her abdomen. She turned her attention to it quickly, a look of vague horror creeping across her face. This was it, she was sure. She could already feel an awful twisting sensation inside her. It couldn't possibly be something good.

"What was that? Is my body supposed to make sounds like that?"

Was she sick?

Was she dying?

She certainly hoped not, not when she had learned there might be a way to make her whole again.

Morty

2014-07-11, 01:46 PM

[The Infirmary]

Reelshka raises an eyebrow and her right ear perks up.

"Sounds like you're hungry," she says. "It's something people with bodies like ours need to worry about."

The Alexandrian

2014-07-11, 08:28 PM

[Celica's Cabin]

"Um..."

What to do; what to do?

Khyli disagrees with Celica's parenting methods, and Celica appears to be blissfully unaware of her daughter's taint. It would be rude to review Celica's parenting technique in front of her, but...

Frankly, this is mildly frustrating for her to watch.

"Erm..."

On one hand, she might upset Celica if she recommends that Celica's nightmares are, as a matter of fact, something to worry about because Cheasadh is consorting with something evil, but, on the other hand, if she says nothing, the child could fall prey to whatever unholy creature she is somehow interacting with...

No, this...this matter is not suitable for discussion during breakfast.

That said...

"So, have you made any interesting friends here at this camp, Cheasadh? Are there any improvements to your quarters which either of you would like?"

She can inconspicuously investigate with a battery of innocent questions.

Earl of Purple

2014-07-12, 05:13 PM

Celica's Cabin

"I've met Salix, a dryad. She's nice. Everyone else seems too tall to be a real person, though." She was raised in the belief that humans and other tall races couldn't get enough oxygen to their brains because they held their noses too far off the ground, which made them naturally stupid and inferior to gnomes, halflings and other short-folk. "I'd like more pink in my room, but that's about it really." Cheasadh would have asked for everything she could get away with being pink, or lavender. Some are purple, but it's mostly pink.

Arkhosia

2014-07-13, 10:57 AM

The Alexandrian

2014-07-14, 04:00 PM

[Celica's Cabin]

Woah! Khyli did not expect to strike paydirt so quickly!

How fortuitous (and slightly alarming)! If the child so readily expresses such radical notions in front of complete strangers, it's likely that she trusts the entity that has tainted her very aura to such an extent that she does not even question the veracity of its heightist gospel.

"Something or someone has corrupted her, Celica. I sensed it when she entered the room."

Khyli peacefully articulates. There is no judgment in her tone. She is not about to chastise Cheasadh or anything of the sort. If anything, Khyli seems to sympathize with Cheasadh.

The first step is to evaluate the situation. She must know the enemy if she is to break the hold it has on this child.

"But that is no fault of her's. She is merely a child. Do not be too stern with her."

Only now does Khyli speak to Cheasadh directly. Her tone is almost motherly. Almost.

"If you answer your mother's questions and a few of my own, I shall paint your room pink if it is not already pink and we will drive you to a toy store to buy any toy you want later today."

Earl of Purple

2014-07-14, 04:39 PM

The Bushranger

2014-07-16, 04:29 PM

[Goblin versus Junco]

"Are you trying to tell me something?" Brinika asks from behind her rock. "I don't speak Bird."

"Seep tseep chirrup seep. Seeeeeep."
Tom looks dissapointed.
As he flits closer.
And peeeers!
Before grabbing a berry off a bush and devouring it.
...for a little puffball of feathers, he looks quite fierce.

* "You don't speak avian. Heathen."

Infirmary

Natalie smiles and takes Jamie's hand, following wherever Jamie wishes to take her. Though at the moment if they get in trouble, Natalie can only help with her natural shapeshifting. Not that I expect Jamie to lead them into trouble deliberately, mind you.

Trouble tends to find them wherever they go.
And, finally, Jamie leads them out, perhaps towards Inside!

Morty

2014-07-16, 04:42 PM

[Goblin versus Junco]

Brinika ponders things. This little bird seems to understand her, but she can't understand him. She plays her flute once more, this time mimicking almost exactly what Tom just said.

Earl of Purple

2014-07-20, 02:45 PM

Infirmary- To Ice Cream!

I've always thought of Inside as being closer to GLoG, so that sounds good!

Since Jamie is paying, and therefore likely knows the ice cream parlour, Natalie will willingly follow the older girl.

Arkhosia

2014-07-22, 01:15 PM

Celica's Cabin

"My parents did, of course. Dad was especially clear about it." Cheasadh nods, only to frown at Khyli.
"I am not corrupt! And Celica's not my mother- my mother's dead! Celica's just the stupid human who decided to look after me in a pub! She doesn't know me! She just happened to be around when the scaly chap and the sacrifice wanted to get rid of me!" Bane is not known for His hightist gospel. That's just a belief of her father's side of the family, one her mother happened to agree with.

Cheasadh will try to storm off to her room, taking Pookie and Fluffy with her. Her legs are short, however, and it's entirely possible that somebody will stop her.

Cheasadh!
Celica darts after her adopted daughter, attempting to stop her.
Cheasadh, I may not be your mother, but I am your parental guardian and adoptive mother, and I may not know you as well as your mother did, but I am trying to, and I have a responsibility to care for you as well as I can!
She replies, attempting to after stopping her kneel down in front of her and place her hands on Cheasadh's shoulders, looking her in the eye as she speaks with honesty and care for her.

The Alexandrian

2014-07-22, 02:44 PM

[Celica's Cabin]

Welp, the good cop routine is gettin' her nowhere fast! Time to switch up the roles, people! Now, she's the bad cop.

"You should be more appreciative of Celica's timely intervention, kiddo. Though her benevolence, you were spared from the punishment all but a handful of cultists so richly deserve."

Khyli darkly chuckles as the door leading out of the bedroom probably slams shut before Cheasadh can reach it. She then reclines upon the bed with the smug satisfaction of a kitten that has cornered a terrified mouse. Her nearly spiked tail dangles lazily over the side of the bed.

"Your genetic parents are dead. Have you ever asked yourself why that might be?"

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[Alyca and Miriah's Cabin]

It's still standing! Hooray!

Sadly, the same can't be said for Alyca. She isn't allowed to stand yet - doctor's orders.

She survived falling out of the sky in a tank and then being ambushed by an extremely well-trained and well-funded band of mercs. Her legs were not so lucky. They had to be replaced.

On the bright side, the replacement legs look and feel natural. She can still sense when something is touching one or both of them. She can sprint endlessly and perform all manner of neat tricks with them!

On the downside, she's more machine than woman now...

At least she had the foresight to fill the freezer with ice cream before she "tripped and fell down a flight of stairs".

Earl of Purple

2014-07-22, 05:03 PM

Arkhosia

2014-07-22, 05:40 PM

Celica's Cabin

Cheasadh can be stopped, and listens to what is said with an ugly frown upon her face, though what Khyli said? Little bit too far; it makes Cheasadh cry.

Pookiee the Teddiursa cries too, joining in after his trainer begins to bawl.

Celica facepalms at Khyli's actions.
Khyli, I'm pretty sure that for parenting, The Good Cop Bad Cop Routine is not an appropriate route. Cheasadh, please don't cry, calm down.
Celica says as she tries her best to comfort Cheasadh.

OrchestraHc

2014-07-22, 07:49 PM

[Alyca and Miriah's Cabin]

It's still standing! Hooray!

Sadly, the same can't be said for Alyca. She isn't allowed to stand yet - doctor's orders.

She survived falling out of the sky in a tank and then being ambushed by an extremely well-trained and well-funded band of mercs. Her legs were not so lucky. They had to be replaced.

On the bright side, the replacement legs look and feel natural. She can still sense when something is touching one or both of them. She can sprint endlessly and perform all manner of neat tricks with them!

On the downside, she's more machine than woman now...

At least she had the foresight to fill the freezer with ice cream before she "tripped and fell down a flight of stairs".

[Alyca and Miriah's Cabin]

This cabin needs a wood name.

Justin has arrived after a long hiatus from hanging around GLoG, which is sad, because literally all his friends live here.

He feels as awkward as he looks, standing at the cabin door. When he last came to this door it lead to a... a weird situation. That weird situation has left his relationship up in the air, so he's come here to "catch it" to extend the metaphor.

His hand goes up and knocks gently at the door. He silently snickers at himself. He's recently realized that he's weirdly open and friendly with the people he doesn't care about, and horribly awkward with people he does. If he didn't care what Alyca thought of him, he'd probably have come in through a window.

The Alexandrian

2014-07-22, 11:25 PM

Until we choose a wood name...

[<Redacted> Cabin]

It's advantageous for Justin, then, that he does care about one of the the inhabitants of this cabin! It takes Alyca and Miriah a couple of minutes to answer the door. They weren't expecting a visitor today; if Justin had broken into the cabin via one of the closed and locked windows, he would be liable to find himself staring down the business end of one of those easily concealable semi-automatic pistols the girls are ever so fond of. The super secret spies simply are not willing to drop their guard so soon after one of them was nearly terminated in the invisible war that they so valiantly wage (except on weekends and holidays).

When Miriah does finally answer the door, it will immediately be crystal clear to Justin what she was up to when he first rapped upon her cabin's door. Glistening beads of hot water trickle down strands of her wet hair. They slowly but steadily drip down onto her solid black tank top. She models a pair of bright red sweatpants and comfortable black slippers with no socks.

She welcomes Justin to her home by swiftly stepping outside and carefully closing the door behind her as quietly as a mouse.

"Justin, before you charge headfirst into that melancholy cabin to confront my depressed sister, we need to talk about her condition."

OrchestraHc

2014-07-22, 11:46 PM

[<Redacted> Cabin - Is there a good spy/wood pun?]

"Ah," he mutters, "I really need to learn to call ahead. Sorry."

"What's up?" he asks, returning to seriousness. "I know she was in ICU, but I wasn't told much else." Spy organizations seem not to be very forthcoming with agent medical information. Shocker.

The Alexandrian

2014-07-23, 01:29 PM

[<Redacted Cabin> - Crabapple? :smallconfused:]

As in the Endangered Spy Crabapple? :smalltongue:
I know nothing about trees.

Aaanyway...

"I trust that the information I'm about to relay to you will not be repeated to anyone or anything else - besides Alyca, of course."

The uncharacteristically humorless Miriah whispers conspiratorially, double checking that nobody else is in close proximity to the cabin before she continues.

"She's dead, Justin."

"After Alyca was blasted out of the back of that VTOL we were traveling in, she tried to dive into a hovercraft. She succeeded in that, but she failed to buckle up before the tank hit the pavement. She reported that she was attempting to switch the mode of the tank while the user identity verification program was running so that her landing would be cushioned by a sequence of steady and rapid pulses from the repulsors on the bottom of the tank."

"The repulsors broke her fall, but the mode switch wasn't activated quickly enough to be 100% effective."

"The force that the repulsors didn't negate was absorbed by her legs. She was in critical condition when she was recovered. Thanks to her cranial augmentations, she only just survived the impact."

"Her legs were irreparably damaged."

"They had to be removed and replaced if she was ever going to walk again."

WarKitty

2014-07-23, 03:01 PM

Infirmary

A young woman walks up to the infirmary and looks around for anyone who could answer inquiries.

Rebonack

2014-07-23, 03:07 PM

[Infirmary]

Choir was still sitting in here.

At some point someone must have brought her a bagel to eat, since she was eating said bagel whilst staring blankly at a nearby wall. She looked like, well, a fairly normal human, really. Aside from the dayglo orange eyes. She had red hair speckled with black and brown, which gave it a dirty, rusty sort of quality. Her clothing was somewhat ill-fitting and was probably originally for someone else.

Could Choir possibly answer the new person's questions?

Well...

Probably not.

But she might try!

Might just end up confusing everyone involved, too.

WarKitty

2014-07-23, 03:11 PM

Infirmary

Candace doesn't really know how things work here, so she's going to ask anyway!

Do you work here, ma'am? I was looking for someone who I could ask about...amphibious treatment facilities.

Rebonack

2014-07-23, 03:27 PM

[Infirmary]

It took Choir some time to realize that the other was speaking at her.

That's a thing she still had trouble with. The concept that others would speak to her. It was growing more... comfortable with time. More natural. But a not inconsiderable part of her was still repulsed by it. Others were dangerous. Or food. She had her self. That was all she ever needed.

But now...

"Work?" she asked. She hadn't ever heard that word before. But she knew it. Ideas and concepts and other words lit up in her mind when she thought it. Work. It was a thing one did to make one's environment better. Things one did to survive. But there was more to it than that. It also meant... working for others. Working for common good, like she worked for her self. But not for her self. For...

"No," Choir concluded, as much for her own understanding as for the question. "I was banished here. And... changed. The others here said they would help me become myself again."

Hopefully soon. The fear of extinction still ate at the edge of her mind.

WarKitty

2014-07-23, 03:33 PM

Candace's eyes wrinkled a little. Her voice shifts to a hypnotizing, almost melodic lilt. It should be quite soothing.

Become yourself? Who are you?

Rebonack

2014-07-23, 03:44 PM

[Infirmary]

"My self, yes," Choir replied with a nod. She wasn't sure what the nod was for, only that it was the right thing to do. "I'm me. But this body is wrong. It's static, congealed, calcified. It's asleep and it won't join me in my song. It can't hear me. It won't change. I need to wake my self up."

This was one of the problems with speaking to others.

Every time she met a new other she had to explain all these things to them all over again.

It was...

Frustrating.

Things were so much simpler when it was just her self who she spoke to.

But now? Everything is so muddled and confusing.