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Annnddddd I'm back at school again. UGH.

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ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago

🎵 Back in school again, Maxwell plays the pool again. Teacher gets annoyed!.... 🎵

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chatterghosts  ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago

(( ...something about that seems strangely familiar, but I feel like looking it up would ruin the nostalgia, so I've been trying to remember where I've heard that before. I know I have, but for the life of me... ))

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ATasteForVintages  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

...do you want me to tell you?

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chatterghosts  ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago

(( Could you give another line? ))

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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Jekyll1886 Helen Jekyll )

Author looked at Hela sadly.

(Hey, Lewis? Can't she keep at least one book?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Unfortunately, no. She left not one book for Helen, after all. Perhaps, in time, she may earn back the privilege. But not today. Actions. Have. Repercussions. This is one of them. When she behaves properly, things will go better for her."

((Helen Jekyll ))

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"That's not true... Crime and Punishment belongs to the doctor. A few are tucked away in her wardrobe as well." Hela spoke softly, with solemn resignation. "But I'm sure that doesn't make a difference to you."

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Lewis, did you catch that? She's not lying.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Yes, Author, I did." I'm neither deaf nor stupid. I'm actually striving very hard to concentrate on Hela rather than you at the moment; I can't do both well. Kindly leave this to me.

He addressed Hela:

"Contrary to what you may believe of me, it does make a difference. I'll leave Crime and Punishment, in that case." The themes of that book are not lost on me. "I did see the books in the armoire, but had presumed they were yours, as they hadn't met with destruction. I shall gladly return them. As well as some of yours--one for each of Helen's you've spared." I searched through each and every single book anyway when I put them all out in the hall; there are now no longer items hidden in any of them. Examined all the clothing, too. Everything in this room. I'm nothing if not thorough.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Hela raised her head, studying Lewis for a long moment. Then she nodded once. "Fair enough."

For as big of a pain as he is, at least this guy has a code. You lose what you take and get what you give. Simple.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

(That's not what I meant Lewis, and you know it.) Author said curtly into his mind, and heavily considered disappearing right then and there.

Sozo was meanwhile impressed at Lewis' thorough search, and kept a steady hand on Hela's arms.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis nodded at Hela in return.

Actually, Author, no. I didn't know what you meant. I still don't. I'm not a mind-reader. All I can tell is that you're apparently unhappy with me for thinking the thoughts which naturally occur to me. I'm at a loss for what to do about that.

Weir went into the hall and fetched the books in question. He returned them to their proper places.

"I've left the writing quills and paper for you, Hela. And I'll return shortly with a more suitable inkwell than that glass affair. You should be able to write down your thoughts, at least, should you feel so inclined." Or make paper aeroplanes. Or a miniature Hastie and noose.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author sighed. (I didn't mean to imply that you were deaf or stupid. She had just been speaking quietly, and I also wanted to check that I hadn't misheard her myself. As to your thoughts, isn't it somewhat rude to communicate with me that way when not everyone present can hear you? Or were you not meaning to do that?)

Freaking telepaths. Sozo thought to himself with a huff.

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Why, so you can read them all? Hela guessed but held her tongue, contenting herself with glaring at the doctor as Author spoke.

His thoughts...? That alien can read minds? She blinked and shifted her weight, struggling to empty her thoughts.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"On the contrary, Author," Lewis finally answered aloud. "If you continue to speak and I continue to merely think back at you, you ought to take that as a sign I wish to keep the conversation private. Or that I'm doing my best to concentrate on the situation at hand and would rather not be distracted. Besides, I can't help what I think. No one can. Thoughts occur as they will, uncensored and perhaps not even entirely meant. It's hardly my fault you if you choose to read them."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Sorry, I didn't realize that. I tend to miss social cues.) Author felt awkward, and opted to speak silently after that. (I usually try to control my thoughts, it seems to work most of the time. Though I do find it interesting that you tend to think in full sentences instead of concepts.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"'Happens to the best of us," returned Lewis. He was relieved Author had shifted to a silent mode of communication.

You...can control your thoughts? And are successful in doing so most of the time? How remarkable! he reflected, with a touch of awe. You must be a superior class of being, no doubt about it!

As to Author's reference to sentences, he thought-replied:

I do tend toward the verbal, if I'm honest. I enjoy playing with words, so it's no surprise I tend to think in them.

"Sozo...you may let Hela go," Weir instructed.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Hela grinned, massaging her shoulder and turning to face Sozo. "Finally... you have one Hell of a grip..." Her eyes surveyed his body, working their way from the floor, up.

"So, will snow cap be going or will I have to live with him, too?" She asked and shifted her gaze to Lewis.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"I wouldn't live with you if he payed me, Jail Bird." Sozo snarked in return.

(Only to a point, and it sometimes feels like by brain is skipping a grove when I avoid some thoughts. But I'm flattered nonetheless.) Author explained as best they could silently. (I have more trouble reading abstract concepts than linear sentences.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"We'll all leave you to your own affairs here, Hela. And, as promised, I'll bring you an inkwell as well."

Ah, he answered Author, no wonder I'm such an open book to you, then. It does make sense, though.

"Come along," he said to Sozo and Author. He unlocked the door and held it open for them, all the while keeping a watchful eye on Hela.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"All of my affairs are outside of these walls. You won't be leaving me to anything." Hela countered and folded her arms across her chest. Frustration crinkled her eyes, and though the open door drew her gaze, she remained where she stood.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Sozo and Author followed Lewis out of the room.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Nonsense. You've plenty to read," replied Weir, and locked the door.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Sozo and Author stood awkwardly in the hallway and wondered what was next.

"Need any help with the confiscated stuff Sir?" Sozo offered.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"If you wouldn't mind commandeering an empty box or two, that would be helpful," said Lewis with a nod.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(You want them in cardboard or the wooden variety?) Author cut in eagerly, ready to be of assistance.

Sozo shot them a look which they didn't see.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"It's...really immaterial," shrugged Lewis.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

(Fair enough.) Author nodded and was suddenly holding two medium sized cardboard boxes. (These good? Do we need more?)

Sozo rolled his eyes. "Showoff."

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Author...?" said Lewis. "Where did those come come from?" He tilted his head curiously.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(I'm sure there is some mathematical equation that would explain their origins, but i don't know what it is. The short version is "I thought them into existence.")

"And you just love to flaunt your powers." Sozo grumbled taking one of the boxes and setting about filling it with the contraband.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Then...I take it they didn't come from elsewhere in the building?" He set to work alongside Sozo.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(I, don't condone stealing if that's what you're worried about.) Author said confused. They sat down with the other box and began filling it as well.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Weir gave a sigh of relief. They continued to fill the boxes.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(What?) Author asked, mock-insulted. (You think i have no morals?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"'Never said that," replied Lewis. "But they are different from typical morals, that's for certain."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(They kinda have to be. Most morals I think would cave under this kind of power.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"The problem, Author," said Lewis sadly, "is that power on the level of yours is so tempting, so insidious...that one would never realize if they had."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Believe me,) Author thought at him. (Working with you, I've come to realise a lot.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Oh? thought Lewis in return. What have you come to realize?

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author sighed, fiddling absently with the corner of a book. (Well, for starters I realised that despite my good intentions, it was, somewhat wrong of me to pull Catt from her world the way I did. Even going so far as to try to repair her without permission.) Another sigh. (Now I'm just trying to make the best of a, bad mistake.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Author, I...you don't know how glad I am to know you've come to such wisdom. He smiled at Author, his eyes just slightly wetter than normal.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author looked at him stunned. (I-, you-, what?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

He blinked rapidly a few times and inhaled once, quickly, composing himself.

I'm...just very happy for you, you know, he thought, picking up one of the boxes.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Uh...okay?) Author said, thoroughly confused.

Sozo picked up the other full box and the two followed Lewis' lead.

(You sure you don't want me to carry it? Your foot...) They offered.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Oh, I'll be fine," said Lewis in a good-natured manner as he balanced the box against his side, his left arm under and around it. "It's not that heavy." It was true: Sozo carried the box of books; Weir, the box of clothing.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(If you're sure. And, I don't think there's much of a reason for me to stick around now.)

"Is there ever?" Sozo quipped from behind the box.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"There shouldn't be much happening anyway, Author," said Lewis as he stifled a yawn. "We'll just put away the boxes, then I'll go home and sleep."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Okay. See you again sometime!) So saying, Author promptly disappeared back to wherever they called home.

"Annoying aren't they?" Sozo asked.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis watched Author vanish.

To Sozo's question, he pondered a moment, then asked:

"'Hope you'll not think it rude, but are you from this dimension?" A pause. "I'm not," he explained.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Definitely not. This world doesn't seem to have the Crusaders that mine did." Sozo chuckled.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Hm," said Lewis. "Any chance your world had moving pictures?"

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"You mean like cable TV, or like holograms?"

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Oh," said Weir, "films, actually. As at the cinema."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Oh. That's a rich people thing, isn't it?" Sozo asked, curious. He'd heard rumors about film, not sure what a "sin-emma" was though.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis laughed.

"More or less. Depends on the country--and the dimension--in question. It's like...I suppose it's a bit like a 'TV', only larger. And only particular works are shown."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Okay. Our clan only had the TV a Scavenger brought in, one of the Tinkerers was able to get it running. Pretty much all of the stuff was in English though."

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Ah, handy, that," said Lewis. "Ever see Dr. Strangelove?"

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Not really, our main language is Swahili. And I don't think so." A brief crest of longing lapped at the boy's mind, he pushed it away. Now was not the time to be getting homesick.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

They reached the front hall. Lewis set the box down and fetched his coat.

"Ah," he said, picking it back up. "The title goes on: Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." A grin...perhaps not entirely sane...split his face. "Substitute 'Narrator' for 'Bomb', and there you have it."

He looked at Sozo, and pointed briefly with his chin at the door, hoping the fellow would open it for him. Weir was ready to leave.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"I'll take your word for it." He said, opening the door with one hand. "Can't say I understand what you mean though."

He followed Lewis through the door, still carrying the heavy books.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis walked outside with Sozo. They approached the street, where Weir set down his box and waited for a hansom to happen along.

"In the movie," explained Lewis, "there are nations who each have weapons which could destroy the world. One of them accidentally launches theirs. No harm is meant, but the proverbial genie is out of the bottle; the weapons, once launched, can't be stopped. So the other side, seeing these weapons flying through the air, launches their equally unstoppable weapons."

A hansom appeared around the bend, and Weir hailed it.

"Meanwhile, the ordinary, everyday people can do nothing. Greater powers than they are about to play havoc with the world, and life--if it even manages to survive--will never be the same. Much like Narrators in this world. Author may mean well, but I've a feeling there are more Narrators where Author came from. And we're going to be the ones caught in the crossfire."

The horse-drawn cab pulled up alongside them.

"So," Lewis continued, loading his box into it, "in the film, some of the characters resolve that, since they can't change what's coming, they may as well stop worrying themselves silly over it and just enjoy the ride to Hell."

Weir took the other box from Sozo, loaded it as well, and climbed into the cab.

He looked at Sozo with a mix of pity, resignation, and resolve.

"I suggest you do the same."

Lewis called up to the cabbie:

"Hanover Street."

"Yessir," returned the man. He drove the horse onward...and they were gone.

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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Sucks about school. *hug*)

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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Best of luck to you!))

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Alicia Ghast • 2 years ago

(What the heck you made this at 11 at night where I live

Sleep)

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Alicia Ghast  Alicia Ghast • 2 years ago

(IT WASN'T EVEN MONDAY YET HERE XD)

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Setae • 2 years ago

You have my sympathies.

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HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

"No, it's just, I...I knew Henry Jekyll. And, of course, later, Edward Hyde. And Lanyon, and Utterson. I knew them all. But the reason it's funny, is...Henry and Edward--same man, really, when you get down to it--were my one successful case. D' ya see? I helped them reform. I cared for them. Even after Hastie's death. You don't just stop caring for someone. It...it may be hard, but ya go on. Salvage what ya can."

That's quite true.

( He studies Lewis for a moment, brown eyes narrowed thoughtfully. Suddenly they widen, a spark of something alighting within them. )

Your job sounds difficult. What motivates you when your cases get tough?

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Jekyll1886  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago • edited

"I suppose it's...the notion I can make a drop of difference in this vale of tears. If I didn't think that--and if I didn't have 'tethers', people I love--I'd fall in a bad way. No point in bothering to strive to do better, if fate's bound and determined to strip me of agency. I know myself. I'd try to destroy such an unjust world on general principle. Or out of spite. Futile as that might be."

A pause.

"I suppose that's why the Narrators bother me so. I really just want to be left alone, to tend to my affairs in my own way. I need neither their interference nor even their input." He shook his head. "Even the 'nice' ones can't seem to leave me alone. I fear I'll never be rid of them. And that they'll shake my faith in the world and myself to the point that I fail utterly." He swallowed audibly. "And fall."

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HenryRoseQuartz  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

It's difficult to heal when you have people looking over your shoulder. Even the best of us would have a hard time working through that!

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Jekyll1886  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

"It's positively nerve-wracking!" Weir confessed. "Author may mean well, but they can read my very thoughts! And often second-guess me. Or distract me while I'm trying to focus on the task at hand. It's bloody maddening!" He gave an anxious sigh, as if at a loss for what to do and embarrassed by his own outburst, to boot. He picked up his cup of tea and sipped it.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Oh my! that sounds terrible.

( He sighs and takes a sip of his own. )

Our minds are our safe spaces, where we go to seek refuge from the world. It is cruel to deprive someone of that right.

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Jekyll1886  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

He took a swig, honestly tempted to reach for something stronger to drink. Yet he simply sipped more tea instead.

"That's exactly--thank you! It's such...such a violation of...of privacy, of autonomy! Can a man not even have his thoughts to himself? And I never know when they're going to choose to do it, either! Hell, they could be reading them right now! And it's like walking on eggshells to talk or think or what-have-you with them. I never know when the other shoe's going to drop. Will a stray thought offend them, make them sad or unhappy, raise their ire, betray a closely-guarded secret? I've no way to know." He sighed, and took another biscuit.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

I can assure you one thing. ( A bright smile flashes across his features. )

Your thoughts are perfectly secure here.

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Jekyll1886  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

"I...appreciate that, Dr. Rose. Truly." A fond smile.

Lewis let out a breath he didn't realize he'd been holding, relaxing visibly.

"It is so very good to know."

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HenryRoseQuartz  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

( A chuckle. )

Come now! I wouldn't be a very good doctor if I left your secrets unguarded.

I may not always be able to protect you, but I can promise you that you do at least have a safe space here, to heal, to learn, to grow.

This is your time.

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Jekyll1886  HenryRoseQuartz • 2 years ago

A confident smile.

"Indeed it is."

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Anchestor • 2 years ago

(Okay so I don't think this is a funny enough story to warrant it's own thread but I thought I'd share here for the off chance someone is amused by this)

So my university launched new propaganda material promotional stickers, and I got such a Jekyll-vibe out of these

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Helen Jekyll  Anchestor • 2 years ago

These are amazing!!! XDDD

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Catt Hatter  Anchestor • 2 years ago

(Dude, can we mail-order these? I want them all! XD)

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Setae  Anchestor • 2 years ago

Briliant! :D Are these for the Science March when it comes along?

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Anchestor  Setae • 2 years ago

Naah. Just the university trying to lure new students in :P

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Setae  Anchestor • 2 years ago

Oh well. I'd bite, anyway.

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Elbread  Anchestor • 2 years ago

Next panel Jekyll speech "Only science can save us now." All dramatic with hand thrown into the air.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Anchestor • 2 years ago

I WANT THEM ALL!!!!! :DDDDDDDDD

That is fantastic and I love them so much! XD

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RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

(Awwe well I hope school doesn't completely suck the big one...besides...i'll be doing a new parody with the help of a mysterious collaborater today. X3)

(Yo @HydewithoutaJekyll i'm over here! X3)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

(Sorry for disappearing like that! XP I was out of town but give me a moment and I'll post a reply as I do love Rose's response so! :DDD )

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She's got spunk! The man thought, closing his book and giving Rose a proper once over before looking her dead in the eyes. His smile grew a touch wider before hardening into a scowl, This was going to be fun.

"I don't think you heard me correctly. That bird," He pointed to the desired gift without ever breaking eye contact with he blonde, "is Sixty pounds."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

But the blonde wasn't gonna give up.

That bird would belong to Lady Venom if it was the last thing the sexologist ever did!

"Thirty pounds!" Rose corrected defiantly as she glared at the man.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

The man's stern demeanor didn't crumble however as he responded flatly, "Seventy Pounds."

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Thirty pounds and I will give you a potion to increase your sex appeal!" She snapped back with a tone filled to the brim with determination.

(Also just so you know, HJ. I have sent you lyrics for a new parody...have fun, fam. X3)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

The man's solemn demeanor broke at this and his face turned bright red as he sat back with a laugh. "I was not expecting that from you, Dearie!"

(YES! :DDD I'll be checking it out shortly!)

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Rose grinned proudly at the comment.

"So do we have a deal?" She questioned in a somewhat smug yet curious tone.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Why the hell not!" He grinned, thrusting out a hand to shake on it. "You've certainly made my dull day a little brighter!"

Quite the honor to meet such an unpredictable young lady.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

The sexologist lit up with joy as she quickly shook the hand that the vendor had extended out to her, thanking him profusely as she did so, before she fished out the thirty pounds, along with the potion with which she had promised the man, and then handed them to the man.

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Tairais • 2 years ago

(( If it makes you feel any better, I don't get my break for another month and 3 days ;-; ))

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Catt Hatter  Tairais • 2 years ago • edited

(Aww, sorry to hear that! ;-; *hugs*)

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Tairais  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(( *accepts hugs cheerfully* Thanks XD ))

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Catt Hatter  Tairais • 2 years ago

(Yay hugs! ^u^)

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Tairais  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(( ^^ ))

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Elaina Hyde  Tairais • 2 years ago

(Why would that make anyone feel better

Now I feel bad because you have to wait)

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Tairais  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

(( Oh I just mean in the sense of we're all suffering together XD ))

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Elaina Hyde  Tairais • 2 years ago

(Oh. Well still! Not makin me feel better about nothin!)

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Tairais  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

(( Sorry ;-; ))

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Elaina Hyde  Tairais • 2 years ago

(It's fine XD)

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Tairais • 2 years ago

(You poor thing!! 😭😭)

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Tairais  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(( *Shrugggg* Yeah, thats what I get for going to a school whose break is based off Easter~ XD ))

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Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

(@Mz. Hyde)

Mz. Hyde

She's still a stupid bitch. She should've never gotten out.

* Mz. Hyde bites into a chocolate covered pretzel with a loud crunch.*

"Gotten out? Is she supposed to be in jail or something?" Gemma said before realizing that she probably should have hidden the pretzels better...

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

She almost killed my best friend and we locked her in her room. My friend had a bullet in her head for weeks. She is also the Hyde of another friend of mine, so who knows what horrible things she's doing there.

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

((Gemma, Gemma Gemma Gemma. You should know these things by now))

"Oh... That is unfortunate. Sorry if this should be obvious but I thought Hyde was a name?" Gemma tilted her head to the side like a confused puppy.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

It's fine, you're new to this whole "rouge scientists with evil alter egos" thing.

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Yeah I guess I am... Sounds rather terrifying though."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

For many, it is.

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago • edited

"Well its nice to know about at least. Anything else you wanted from the kitchen?"

((We may have to postpone revenge... Seems Hela has dissapeared in recent events. Unless something else ends up happening.))

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

(But didn't this happen before she disappeared?)

Steak.

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

((Ah yes it did. Timelines are confusing.))

"Okay... You'll have to make it yourself, I'm not too good with meat"

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

Aw man! First Hela destroys the food table, now I have to feed myself!!!

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Well there was steak at the food table and probably would have been some left over... But it was destroyed."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

WHATTTT?! THAT BITCH!!!

* She punches a wall.*

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"Umm... Yeah..." A hairline crack forms in the wall. "Its not like we can don anything about it."

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

LIKE HELL WE CAN'T!!

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Background Scientist #37  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

"We can do something?" Gemma questioned, slightly frazzled by the outburst.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

We can hit her!! With a rock!!

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Catt Hatter  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(What about the food Catt saved?)

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

She saved food?! WHERE?!

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Catt Hatter  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(You'd have to ask Gemma where it went. Catt was only able to save a small portion of everything, she left it on the counter the night after the Valentine's Dance.)

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Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

(( ATasteForVintages

Well, please pass this on to Jasper and Dr Rose, then: I only asked

him because he seemed to be saying something about it himself and I

wanted clarification of what it was he was saying. You can hardly say

that even what the person is saying themselves about their gender is

none of my business. So if you want to take someone to task for asking

impertinent questions, find someone who actually does, rather than

doggedly insisting on making an example of a person even after it's

clear that they didn't and wouldn't mean that at all and are in entire

agreement with you. That's what I meant about "won't get you

anywhere". Save your powder for people who actually are disagreeing

with ouy.

Oh, was THAT what you meant? I see. It wasn't clear

the way you put it, I just thought you were saying that I should have

addressed Dr Rose in the first place, which I had. Well, never mind

that now, I've said what I was going to say.

Actually, people are

ALWAYS making OOC comments during an IC discussion, there is no rule

against that at all, so it wouldn't have been a problem. If you've

given Dr Rose to understand that there is, you'd better put him

straight. It wouldn't have been interrupting the IC events or creating a

new timeline at all, since the characters can't see what's being said

OOC. "Narrator stories" are different from regular stories. Or am I

misunderstanding the problem?

Can I ask you, please be kind and

don't make me deal with the Narrator stuff more than absolutely

necessary. I'm very tired and ill and I don't have the mental energy to

get my head around it.

Cheers. Wouldn't have brouhgt this up again, only I wanted to get straight about this because I wanted to be pals!))

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ATasteForVintages  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Heh IIIII wouldn't be passing anything onto Jasper. She's a good person, but she's heavy handed and angry. You can still talk to the doctor though, he's already on this thread :) As for the narration, I'm not sure he was saying anything about his gender?

I reread his post and I can see why you thought he was though.

I can't really tell you what he was referring to, but if you take a look at "A Rose is a Rose" it might shed a little light on the subject !

As for the OOC chats, in ordinary places like these, you see them all the time, but in serious events like "The End of an Era", the characters typically just focus on the plot before them. It would be kind of weird to watch someone talk to the air anyway.

It's kind of like if you interrupted an actor in the middle of a play. They would probably love to address you, but they have to stay in character, y'know?

I'm so sorry you're not feeling well and I know this world can be complicated. Just know that Rosy doesn't bite and he's here for you.

And wow, thanks!

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Wizardblizzard  ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago



On completely unrelated subject: I never knew that about Mardi Gras, by the way, what Sister Mary Simon said about it being originally a Jewish festival. (Not sure whether Sister Mary Simon is yours or another "starring as herself" character. Anyway, doesn't matter whether she is or not, point remains.) That makes a lot more sense, if the story in question is the one I think it would be!

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ATasteForVintages  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Yes, that would probably be for the best

Sister Simon knows her way around religious holidays. It kind of makes sense though, doesn't it?

Passover is about the angels not killing Jewish babies, 40 days for the exodus from Egypt. We associate a lot of church calendar events with the New Testament but the root of a lot of these actually come from its predecessor. Isn't that neat?

And someone gave these people their flowers ;)

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chatterghosts  ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago

(( Yeah...thankfully, there were no problems later in the game with OOC, but if there were, I probably would have tried to snuff it. It...sounds rude, but...

..that was belated and silly, sorry! ))

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ATasteForVintages  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

No that wasn't silly! you restated the exact point I was trying to make, thank you!

"The End of an Era" was a heavy, dense, past paced story full of EXTREMELY important canon details. For each Seer to stop and respond to Narrator questions, it would have bogged the whole thing down.

You guys were already having trouble finishing it before the discussions timed out as it is XD

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chatterghosts  ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago

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Setae • 2 years ago

Oh, @Hyde without a Jekyll, I gave the drawing some color. Here are actual pink geckos.

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Jekyll1886  Setae • 2 years ago

((This is fantastic! Love it! :D))

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Setae  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(^v^)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago • edited

((THAT IS THE BEST THING EVER!!! THIS MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!!!!! *is sending it to all the people!*

And in response to your last post (sorry this took so long! I was out of town for a long time and wanted to finish up writing another story for you) I'm really glad you liked them!! Honestly, I've got tons of stories like this and I'm more than happy to share them! :DDD

And yes!! He's such an eccentric scientist and his resemblance to the 7th Doctor is uncanny!

Awww! >///< That's so sweet of you to think my work is fascinating! And I bet you will do something just like this one day! I know it!

As for the mammal vs birds, most definitely! I would be surprised if there wasn't a rivalry intelligence-wise!

So Atlases are these massive books filled with pictures and diagrams of the brains. Basically it's like someone hand drew the sections (like what's on the microscope slides), labeled the different parts, and did this for several sections of the brains. Now more common lab animals have more atlases then less common. Rats have infinite books while starlings have none. We uses a couple of books with bird brains of similar structure to that of the starling for our research. I hope this explains some things!

I couldn't help myself! XD Any chance to have a plat form to share these crazy things and maybe make a person laugh in the process is worth it!

Funny Story

The Nexus of Disappointment Sends an Email

This story will give you a much, much better incite into my colleagues and their relationship with each other. There's not any sort of science behind this one (unlike like Pokemon invasion and Twenty Four Dead Birds) but dear god everyone was crying in some form by the end. We were all in tears whether that be from terror, shame, panic, hysteria, or just from busting out guts laughing.

Now a quick piece on Carter as this story mainly focuses around him. Carter is one of the most driven people I know. He's hard working, he's extremely intelligent, and he will push him self past his limits to succeed in life. This in of itself has both positive affects and attitudes (striving for his PhD) and negative consequences (spending a week eating, working, and sleeping in the lab which he does not recommend doing, ever). He's currently working a job, is a Teacher Assistant, doing his grad research, attending college courses, and juggling a life all at once. We all really respect him and his work but...we don't show it in the typical way. The Doctor likes to push him to try his hardest and also enjoys teasing Carter. Danielle enjoys jumping in on the band wagon but also is the voice of reason when he over works himself. I attempt to learn from his stories, lessons, and mistakes so I don't fall into the same traps he does.

Now I don't mean to paint him as a workaholic who has no sense of humor or life as that's far from the case! Carter has a wife who is a chemistry major (girlfriend at the time of this story), several friends, etc. and he has one of the best senses of humor I've seen in a long time.

With all this in mind, Carter does have a few...problems. He's always over worked and he jumps to conclusions about himself. These are two traits that the Doctor and Danielle love to poke fun at as best can be seen by this story:

I was working on staining a large batch of brains on the lab side while Danielle and Carter were gossiping totally doing all the work ever on the office side. It was a pretty quiet day and I had gotten into a nice rhythm of soaking the slides in ethanol. I listened to their conversation half halfheartedly while waiting to switch over the slides.

"Did you see the Doctor about your grant today? I'm supposed to meet with him tomorrow about mine." Carter asked Danielle as he scrolled through articles on the internet.

"He said I would need to follow up with an email." Danielle replied flicking through her papers with an headphone perched in one ear.

"Should probably start working on it right now as the college's emailing system has been acting up." Cody clicked on a page scrolling past the pictures to the bullet pointed blocks of text.

"When is it not acting up." Danielle grinned at her paper.

"True." He nodded, "But it's been worse than usual with messages being delayed and page links breaking."

"Speaking about emails did you see what Chance [a grad student in another lab] did Saturday?" She snickered at the memory.

"Oh yeah! I heard about that!" Carter snickered too, "He accidentally mass emailed the entire science department."

Danielle nodded, "He really needs to be careful around that send button--"

"Oh!" Carter exclaimed and my head popped up to see what had happened, "Danielle, come look at this!"

She pulled out her other headphone and huddled around the computer with Carter. I couldn't quite get a good look at the article they were reading but I could tell it was an instructional guide for...something probably science-y. I shook my head turning my gaze back to the soaking microscope slides.

"Do you think my girlfriend would like this?" Carter asked.

"I don't know," Danielle was certainly intrigued by whatever they were reading, "does she like that sort of thing?"

"She said she was interested in it and the source seems reliable."

"That is a very reliable site."

It took me a while to catch on to what they were talking about but once I figured it out, my face lit up bright red. The article in question was that of an instructional nature on different techniques to be used in the bedroom along with videos. In blunt terms it was p*rn and instructions how to preform said p*rn. They eventually decided this was something that he should share with his girlfriend and sent her the article.

Afterwards the conversation went back to gossip and science and science gossip. Danielle finished her paper and Carter found some intriguing grant research which he sent to the Doctor in preparation for his meeting tomorrow.

After a while I finished my staining and took my snack break, plopping down in a near by chair next to the blood mites to eat my granola bar. Carter began explaining to me the reasoning behind my next job, when the Doctor walked in.

"Hey Doctor." Danielle called over her shoulder adsorbed in her article.

"Doct--" Carter began to greet him only to stop mid word.

Danielle and I turned, wondering what's wrong with Carter and we saw it. The Doctor stood in the door way glaring Carter. You'd think he was Dark Vader chocking the poor kid the way Carter gagged on his words.

Eventually he manages to sputter something coherent out, "Um...Sir? I was wondering ....if you got my e-email..." his voice trailed off unable to finish the thought about the grant money and his meeting tomorrow.

The Doctor, dead silent, continued to stare at Carter with an icy gaze before turning and walking out leaving the three of us in utter confusion.

"Oooooo!!! You're in trouble!" Danielle sung, grinning at Carter.

"I-I don't know why!" Carter stammered his mind turning, searching for an answer, "I found some potential grant money and I'm prepared for our meeting tomorrow. I've been reading all the articles he sends me! I've been getting data! I've been feeding the birds! I'VE EVEN DONE THE DISHES!" He's now shouting and visibly panicked.

Danielle took a minute to snicker at his distraught nature before buckling down to solve this mystery, "Was he mad at you this morning?"

"NO! The Doctor was in a fantastic mood this morning! He told me to do the dishes or I'd never make my degree. That's one of nicest things he's ever told me!" Carter is having trouble sitting still now.

"Was your meeting with him today?" Danielle proposed.

Carter whipped around to face the calendar that hung from the cork board above his desk, "No! That's tomorrow!"

"Did you say anything to him?" She's grasping at straws now.

"No! All I did was send him the grant information!"

They're silent for a while attempting to figure out what the Doctor's odd behavior was about.

"What if it was the email?" I propose from my seat next to the blood mites.

"No!" Carter turned to me panicking, "That was the grant research he asked f--"

"Not that email." I say shaking my head as they stared at me confused as I continued, "The email server has been... difficult lately, right?"

"Yeah..." Carter responded wondering what I was getting at.

"Is it possible that you might have emailed that article for your girlfriend to the Doctor?"

"That could only happen if..." his voice trailed off as his eyes widened in horror. "DANIELLE CHECK YOUR EMAIL RIGHT NOW."

"Um... okay?" Danielle did what he asked though she was very confused about it, "What am I looking for?"

"JUST DO IT!" Carter at this point was logging back into his email as quickly as the slow 80s computer could manage without outright dying.

"I'm not seeing anyth--" Her sentence is cut off by a the iconic DING! from her phone. She just received an email. "Carter?"

We both turn to her.

"Yeah?"Carter's eyes wide with anticipation and fear.

"Did you send me an email?" She looks up from her phone at him.

"No." Came the terrified response.

"Because I just received one from you." She turned around the phone and sure enough there, at the top of the list, was an email from Carter.

"Open it!! OPEN IT!!" He screeched.

Danielle frantically began clicking on email, "It's not working!" her voice was just about as desperate as Carter's now, "The page isn't loading!"

A terrified gurgle rose from his throat and he turned back to the ancient computer which now displayed his email and rapidly clicked on Sent Mail.

Error. This page could not be loaded.

Please contact the following number for assistance as to why.

"ERROR?!" Carter shouted at the screen as he attempted to load the page again and again and again and again.... Only to receive the same answer:

Error. This page could not be loaded.

Please contact the following number for assistance as to why.

At this point Danielle had also given up trying to load the email. "Carter?" She looked at him still not entirely sure what was going on, "What's in that email?"

Carter buried his face in his hands, "The reason the Doctor is mad. The only way I could have emailed that article for my girlfriend to the Doctor was if I accidentally emailed it to the entire department."

Danielle looked down at her phone, "This email I have was sent to the entire department."

At this point Carter loses it throwing his head down onto the ancient keyboard and bawling, "I sent p*rn to the entire neuroscience department! They're going to take away my TA and my scholarship! I'm going to be kick out! I'm going have to change my name! I'm going to have to shave my beard! AND I LIKE MY BEARD! I'm going to be homeless, and jobless, and beardless!! The only job I'll be able to get is as a dishwasher! I DON'T WANT TO BE A DISH WASHER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!!"

Danielle and I sat there and watched Carter slowly spiral into madness.

"I doubt it'll be that bad," Danielle tried to comfort him, "These things happen and you still have your masters!"

Carter sat up and stared at Danielle, tears in his eyes, "I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH A MASTERS AND A REPUTATION AS A P*RN PROMOTER!!!"

Seeing that nothing we could say would change Carter's current state of mind we sat back and watched as he began looking up job openings as a dish washer.

"Maybe you should try refreshing the email again?" I timidly proposed after a few minutes and several applications.

"What good would it do?!" He cried pulling up the email and refreshing the page, "It'll only tell me how much of a failure I already know I am!!"

We didn't even make it to the Sent Mail page when we saw an email from the Doctor sitting innocently in Carter's Inbox.

"Oh God!" He cried mouse hovering over the email, "This is it! He's going to ask me to step down!"

Clicking on the dreaded email a new page popped up displaying the following:

To: The Doctor, Danielle, Chance, and 17 others

From: Carter

Carter

Neuroscience

Email: Carter@neuroscience.org

Number: 555-2837

CARTER

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Reply:

To: Carter

From: The Doctor

You are a Nexus of Disappointment.

The Doctor

Neuroscience

Email: TheDoctor@neuroscience.org

Number: 555-2398

THE DOCTOR

We sat there stunned. No one moved. No one spoke. It was a dead silence (except for the skittering of geckos in the walls). Carter had not sent p*rn to the entire department. Instead he mass emailed his signature--a blank document with only the automatic signature at the bottom.

Carter began to shake and we slowly turned to look at him. The relief radiated off of him, his lips spread into the widest grin while tears flowed from his eyes. His trembling turned into a hysterical giggle and then a deep belly laughter. We joined in. The room echoed with cathartic chuckles! Some out of relief, others in hysteria, and even more laughing at the absurdity of the situation.

"I sent him my signature!" Carter cried between breathless laughter. "MY SIGNATURE! I DON'T HAVE TO BE A DISHWASHER!" I have never seen anyone so relieved before.

As the laughter died down and the tears were wiped from our eyes and Carter continued, "I didn't email the entire department p*rn! I emailed them my signature by accident!" he leaned back in his chair exhausted from emotion. "I'd never thought I'd be this relieved at an accidental mass email!"

"God Carter!" was all Danielle could exclaim between snickers, "You may have dodged this bullet but you're still a Nexus of Disappointment!" she cried pointing at the email.

Our smiles only widened with relief and humor but mine quickly diminished as a horrifying thought came into my head, "If it wasn't the email...what was the Doctor so angry about?"

As if to answer my question a cackle drifted through the closed door and into the lab. The iconic cackle of the Doctor which retreated from our shut door before fading out of existence. We all looked at each other knowing that the Doctor was never mad at all but only pulling a prank on Carter.

Carter turned to Danielle, grinning with a mad liberation, "Give me a sticky note!"

Danielle raised an eyebrow as she passed him a blue post-it note, which he quickly snatched up. He pulled out a permanent marker, scribbled a message, and tacked it onto his bulletin board for all the world to see.

NEXUS OF DISAPPOINTMENT



That sticky note remains on his cork-board today and every time I see it I can't help but smile. If there's any sort of lesson to learn here: Be careful with your emails.

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

(Oh my god I love this! Your writing is so GOOD!! (And again, it's fair, thank you for writing this :D (and im late aswell :P))

It's good you have a mentor figure there if you're going in the same direction. But really, poor guy XD That's an unpleasent experience, thinking you've screwed your whole career up because of an e-mail (even if he blew that way out proportion, that's relatable :P) He was just in despair! And now he's known as the Nexus of Disappointment :D

Your Doctor is a major troll! Is Carter his only victim?

Yes, more, please. Whenever you feel like it. I think you should save them somewhere. Maybe for your future memoire :P Or anyone really.

Brain-atlases: Oh, yes, that's some cool information :D And it kinda makes sense I guess, rats and mice are the most common lab animals, right? And next to monkeys they resemble humans the most. I'd actually like to study more of the differences in brain anatomy between species. When I get of my lazy a**.)

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Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(( Mz.Hyde, one of my comments is oddly pending approval, could you please make sure it goes through? Thanks!))

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Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

That sucks

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The Fox • 2 years ago

( Gaaahhhhh.....I'm really sick and i want to try rping again. ;m; Oh well, I'm on break soon enough. Maybe i'll be better then. )

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Wizardblizzard  The Fox • 2 years ago

((*hugs* I hope you are! I know the feeling. You'd probably do fine, at least I'm RPing when I'm not really up to it myself, so if you think I'm doing OK then you probably will be too. But equally don't do it if you think you don't really feel up to the effort yourself... I keep making that mistake myself! Hope you're better soon.))

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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago

((Oh, dear! I hope you feel better soon! Let me know when you'd like to RP again; it was fun!))

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Catt Hatter  The Fox • 2 years ago

(Hope you feel better soon!)

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Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

(( Jekyll1886 Continued from Page 87 thread:)

Wizardblizzard:

"Oh, hello Dr Weir." Isabella

rolled up a sheet of filter paper and stood it on its edge in the dish

of liquid. "They're not going, to any extent that's visible with the

naked eye." She left the dish to its own devices. "LatelyI only ever

seem to have odd minutes to work on anything, and when I do get a chance

to, I can't think of anything anyway. How's the world treating you? I

haven't spoken to you since... don't know."

Jekyll1886:

"It's been some time," he agreed. "Life's been keeping me on my toes,

lately, I'm afraid," he said with a faint laugh. "My apologies for not

seeking you out sooner."

((end recap))

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"That's all right. Anything I can help with?"

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"I wondered if we might speak of magic," said Lewis, "as we discussed earlier. That is, if you have time."

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Isabella nodded eagerly. "I have always time for that. That," nodding at the glass dish, "just needs to be left to stew now anyway". She sat herself down on one of the benches. This could take a while. Especially if they ended up discussing... well, any of the things that she'd noticed recently.

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Lewis took a seat near Isabella.

"I have to confess," said Lewis, "I'm relatively new to this dimension, and the fact that magic exists here at all is quite intriguing. I was hoping you might tell me of some of your experience with it--your own perspective, as it were."

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Dimension? "The fact that other dimensions exist is relatively new to me," Isabella replied cheerfully. It would take a close observer to catch the suddenly faintly brittle note to her voice. "Apart from - mm. Well... I'm not sure I'm really the best person to ask. My father and I are modern magicians. We study magic rationally. Which is as much as to say, we're not very good."

I forget. Does Lewis read emotions or is it just fairly basic things that he picks up like whether someone is human or not?

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

((Both.))

A chuckle.

"You're speaking to someone for whom the fact that magic even exists is extraordinary," said Lewis. "Any skill with or understanding of it whatsoever will impress me. Doubly so that you and your father study it rationally. I'm a fan of the rational approach. As for other dimensions...I learned of them only recently myself. Quite the shock, that," he admitted.

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"I can imagine it would be!" Isabella laughed. "And thank you." She thought for a moment. "Magic doesn't always seem to like being studied rationally. It has rules, but then it likes to break them. I'm sure there ARE underlying laws of magic, but they don't seem to be the ones we're looking at, at all." Isabella rummaged distractedly in a drawer. As she was speaking, she took out

several objects including an unidentifiable little iron dingbat, possibly once

part of an electric motor or something, which she handed to Lewis while she

tried to fit two of the other things together.

((In that case, creeping suspicion and trying not to panic. Dating from roughly the words "I'm relatively new to this dimension myself".))

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Lewis accepted and held the odd iron piece.

"Ah. That's unfortunate," he remarked. "I had hoped science might light the way in that regard. Still, it's good you persist. One day, it may yield its secrets yet."

He gave a small laugh as a thought occurred to him.

"Perhaps the only hard and fast rule about magic at this point is that it's unruly," he half-joked.

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

It was hard to pin down, but Isabella definitely seemed relieved when Lewis took the object.

She smiled at Lewis's quip. "That's about the size of it! I suppose that's the point really. The definition of magic is that it breaks the laws of nature. If there were hard and fast rules about what it could do, then breaking them would be magic." She frowned. "I'm not sure whether that makes sense or not. Anyway, there are rules of magic in a sense. You can say that normally, for instance, this or that effect requires such and such things to be brought together - the person's name, say, or a piece of - of silver, or what have you. But in an emergency the rules often seem to go out of the window. - Hang on, mistake, can you give me that back, please?"

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"It makes sense," said Lewis, handing Isabella the object in question. He had a hunch he'd just passed some sort of test, and silently wondered if she'd almost said "iron" instead of "silver". "Yet...every magic working does require some sort of energy, doesn't it? Be it that of the practitioner (released through dancing or chanting or what-have-you) or the burning of a candle or even the spilling of blood, so I've heard. Is that correct?"

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Yes, yes that much is true. Extremely difficult forms of energy to quantify, unfortuantely for scientists, but there DOES have to be energy. I know there are some spells that draw on the weather; some can only be done in the rain, or by moonlight. Whatever, either the magician uses their own energy or draws from something else. ...Except divining, scrying and so forth. That's the exception That doesn't always seem to take any. The best theory that anyone's come up with so far is that in that case the energy is from the thing being looked at."

((Very few flies on him.))

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

((I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with this expression.))

"Interesting," remarked Lewis. "If scrying draws energy from the scried-upon, might they perchance feel it, if they were sensitive to the flow of energy about them?"

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Must be a British speciality - and here's me vaguely thinking it was American. "No flies on him" means nothing gets past him, kind of thing.))

"Almost certainly. I've heard of that happening. It was supposed to be a dangerous game to spy on another powerful magician, for that reason. But then, that would apply whether energy was going in or coming out. You could only settle the question if you were perceptive, and experienced, enough to tell the difference between the two. Which some people might be. Different magicians tend to be better at different things, you know - just as one person can draw and another can sing."

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

((Ah. Thank you.))

"I see."

A pause, as he debated with himself internally.

"Are you able to scry, Isabella?"

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"With a good deal of luck," Isabella said modestly, and then more seriously, "Yes. Probably. What...?" She looked up inquiringly. An observer might have been reminded suddenly of a dog on a scent.

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"My field is transcendental metaphysics," said Weir. He shrugged and smiled as he continued, "It's essentially just a fancy phrase for 'the energy and essence of things'."

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"That sounds fascinating. We probably study all the same things, and disagree flatly about all of them. Which is always promising. By the way, I'm sorry about that business just then." She smiled the smile of the caught-bang-to-rights.

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Lewis smiled good naturedly and gave a chuckle.

"Worried I was one of the fae?" he half-joked.

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Well... yes!" She shuffled her feet, embarrassed. "In our family, we take that seriously. I didn't think it was likely. But when someone sits there with eyes like that and tells you he's new to this dimension... well, you can't help nasty thoughts coming into your head. I didn't particularly want to be th' one who dropped the ball. Anyway, doesn't matter, you weren't! Unless you're that good that I wouldn't stand a chance anyway!" Isabella laughs, to show she's not actually worrying about that possibility. She pauses. "Speaking of which. Why are you here?"

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Lewis laughed, too.

"Honestly? I just want Lanyon to live. Well, 'not die prematurely', to be more specific," he clarified. Everyone perishes eventually. "If I happen to learn some things along the way, or even make a few friends, then that's icing on the proverbial cake. Speaking of which," he continued, "I'd be happy to assist you in discovering which way the energy flows during scrying, if you like."

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"That makes sense." Isabella nodded in apparent understanding. "More sense than my own supposed remit, anyway. I really am here to study too, you know... How does that song go? 'She's all my fancy painted her, but oh, how much besides!'" She laughed, but there was a brittle edge to her voice.

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"Ah," said Lewis. "I understand." He smiled, sighed, and shook his head. "Isn't that just Life, eh?" A rueful but good-natured chuckle. "She can be quite the saucy one, can't she?"

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Wizardblizzard  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"I don't think you do understand, quite. It's me that's not quite all their fancy painted me. I'm like you, I was by way of being a kind of friendly spy." She smiled wryly at Lewis, before continuing.

"I didn't only come here to raid the library and bother everyone with nosy questions about their research; I came here originally because we were worried. My father got the idea that the Society was in some kind of trouble, and he proposed the idea that since I don't live that far off, I should go down there and see if I could find out what was the matter and if there was anything we could do to help. It's a good idea if only they can make it work, and we don't want to see it go to the wall." She smiled wryly. "Of course, I soon found out it wasn't that simple."

((By the way, sorry if Isabella's mood seems to change every posting. (Maybe it doesn't, I don't know, hard to tell from here.) I'm posting so far apart, and my own mood gets mixed up with it. I'll stop trying to spell it out so laboriously in the first place, that'll probably help.))

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Jekyll1886  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"Oh," said Lewis. He hadn't seen that one coming. "I see." While he was surprised, he didn't seem at all upset by this new knowledge. "Is your father part of some organization, or simply a concerned citizen? Because, in point of fact, I do think the Society's in trouble. And would like to help in any way I can. I simply need to know what I'm dealing with."

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Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

(Does anyone want to do anything with Elaina

I honestly don't even care anymore

As long as she's not dead or in a coma you can do whatever

You can make her, like, inches away from death

But, I mean, don't paralize her or anything, I want her to still be a usable character XD

You can taunt her and torture her with words I don't care, just... say something here and I'll be glad to go along with it.

I hate Elaina XD)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

It had been a while since Catt had seen the blond dearest of Helen, and given how long it had been since Helen had last been seen, she figured she might drop by to offer some comfort. She knocked on the door with one hand, and held a tea tray in the other.

"Elaina? You in?"

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(This is definitely not going to be torture but sure! XDD)

Elaina looked up from her book, frowning faintly before smiling wide. She got up and jumped over to the door, opening it. She looked up at Catt, looking very excited to see her. "Hi, Catt! What's up?"

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Hi! I was wondering how you were holding up, and thought I'd bring you some tea!" she said with a smile.

(Sorry, I like Elaina. If you want we could have this be a freaky dream sequence or nightmare that totally doesn't happen in the waking world? That would enable things to get really dark and ooc.

But I really do like her. :,< )

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Naw it's fine, I said I don't care! :3 I'm glad you like the little brat this... child)

She looked at it. "Oh, gee, thanks, Catt! I'm pretty good. I miss Helen a lot, but I've been reading and a bunch of stuff."

She looked like a mess, despite her happiness. She clearly needed a haircut and the roots were a lot more visibly brown. Her room was just a disaster. But she was happy, so it's okay!

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"You sure? Your room looks like a tornado hit. Or is it usually like this?" she asked, looking for a space to set down the tea tray.

(She is cute irresponsible bundle from the [relative] future!)

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

She looked back at her room and laughed nervously. "It's normally like this. I'm too lazy to clean it. Trying to keep my mind off of all the bad things... so I don't clean and I do things like read poetry!" She grinned happily. She pushed some stuff off her desk, making space for the tray. On her desk was a small box, and some papers with messy writing on them that were in no way related to each other or the box.

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

Catt set down the tray and began serving.

"What's in the box?"

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Elaina looked at the box and giggled nervously.

"It's just a box!"

That was clearly not the truth.

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"I can see that, I was asking about what's in it silly!" Catt laughed, handing her the teacup.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

She took the tea cup, laughing again. "A gift for Helen..."

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

Catt smiled gently, almost sadly at the girl. "That's very sweet, I'm sure she'll love it."

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Elaina sighed, looking down and seeming to deflate.

"If she ever comes back," she mumbled softly.

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"I'm sure she will come back soon. Lewis is helping now!" Catt was doing her best, but also was scared for her friend. She could only imagine what Elaina was going through. They were special to each other after all.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Elaina looked up and grinned again. "Really? I didn't know someone was helping her!"

She sipped on her tea and smiled. "This is really good!"

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Yeah! And I'm going to be helping too!" Catt cheered. "I'm glad you like it."

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Thank you, Catt... I bet Helen will be back soon if you're helping!" She out the tea down and hugged Catt tight.

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

Catt returned the hug, rubbing her friend's back as she did.

"I'll do my best." She said softly.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Elaina didn't let go for a while. She hadn't gotten a lot of human contact recently and was going to hold this out as long as she could.

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

The two stood there, hugging in silence for a long while. Catt could tell that Elaina had been needing some affection, and was glad to offer her support.

Even if the tea got cold.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

After a while, Elaina let go, looking down. "Sorry..."

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"No need to be sorry," Catt said, gently squeezing her shoulder. "It's hard being apart from the people we love."

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Elaina nodded slowly. "Okay..."

She picked up the tea again, sighing.

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

Catt picked up her own tea and gave Elaina a sympathetic look. "You know, it might be a good idea to go chat with Doctor HenryRoseQuartz. I've heard he's good to talk to about stuff like this."

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Oh, okay... that sounds good."

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"You sound nervous."

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Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

My my, the Lodgers are really tearing those beasts apart this week!

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Helen Jekyll  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

Definitely! I only hope that Rachel will be alright.

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

Oh NOW you come back!

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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

At long last. Did you miss me?

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

No....Of course not! Baka!

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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

I missed you too~

Say, you would you be interested in a RP?

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

.....Yeah....Sure....W-whatever! 😣

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Catt Hatter  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(Are you cheating on me? ;3 )

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Of course not! You know that my character and I are two different people!)

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Catt Hatter  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

(D'aww! I know! ^u^ Just teasing you! ^//3//^ )

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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago

Great! Do you want to start or shall I?

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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

You wanted it, you start it.

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Helen Jekyll  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago

Hastie! It's good to see you! :D

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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Hey guys! I still have a slot open for a free digital art piece if anyone was interested.)

http://theflotinghead.devia...

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Wizardblizzard  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

((Let's do that then please! That'd be nice! Will post on DeviantArt in a minute.))

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Catt Hatter  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

(Cool!)

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Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

(( Miss-Dreamerkat Sorry, even overran the finale thread... Did she get a letter? And are there any letters, or do we just take it that there was one?))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

(There are letters and yes she got one. I'm just waiting for someone to roleplay that part of the discussion.)

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

((Page 2 thread))

Isabella put out her hands either side of her, palms towards the floor, and muttered something that sounded like Latin.

Nothing happened. She looked crestfallen for a moment, before laughing. "Doesn't take orders from me, hey? My dad thinks that if magic is a force it should just add up like other forces - if two people make spells they should add up to an effect twice the size. But magic refuses to take any notice of that theory."

A thought seemed to occur to her. "By the way, I never got the chance to ask you, what's a 'Hyde'?" Mistaking Dreamer's expression for one of puzzlement, she added, "You remember, Nex said she was 'going back but not as a Hyde'?"

((Tell her or not as you like. If not, she can always try and weasel it out of Lewis.))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"Magic is an interesting thing, it's not a force it is mostly like a sort of being," Lizzy says.

Dreamer's face fell, "A hyde is what occurs when one consumes a formula that splits the minds good and evil sides." She said looking away.

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"I never thought of it like that. That's a good way of putting it."

"When - what? Good heavens. So that was how you came to be two people?" She thinks. "Are there many of these pairs at the Society? I have noticed there seemed to be an unlikely number of people here calling themselves Hyde. Mz Hyde of course, and Nex, and Elaina, and what's-it - Evangeline..."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"Well there the same person, unless a process is undergone to separate them," Dreamer said looking down tears in her eyes.

Lizzy got up and sat be Dreamer.

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"I don't quite follow you... Process, meaning this formula? ...Never mind if you'd rather not."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"No not the formula, a whole different process that isn't defined. Me and Nex were separated with magic." Dreamer said.

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago • edited

"So if you have only the formula, then...? you said they'd be the 'same person' without that... so what does the formula do?"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"I-it" Dreamer's voice cracked, a lot of emotion was in her voice. "It separates the good and evil of the human mind creating a separate being for the evil. With both fighting for dominance."

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

"But... You mean, in the same body? That is..." Long pause. Isabella's face was rather a picture. "Well, it - is. That's all you can say, really. I'm sorry, I wouldn't have asked, but I needed to know."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"I-it's fine" Dreamer said voice cracking.

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Isabella shook her head awkwardly, at a loss for words. "What an awful mess but... it's also rather amazing." She thought for a bit. "At least I WOULD have said awful, but.... but you and Nex

seemed to be such friends. Nothing's ever straightforward, is it?"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

Dreamer shook her head tears in her eyes now.

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago • edited

"God moves in a mysterious way," Isabella says sympathetically, "by which I mean to say, it's got me licked. Thank you for telling me

about all this." she moved to get up. "all right, no need to go on, I'll leave you alone - unless of course you want me to stay and talk? I don't know."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

"We need to finish packing, '' Dreamer said.

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

(( Catt Hatter Want to come and get your letter? ))

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Wizardblizzard  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

((Birds Leaving the Nest Page 3 thread))

The next time Isabella arrived at the Society, somebody handed her a letter. "This was left for you"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

On the cover of the letter it was written: We may have gone, but this isn't the last letter it is the beginning of many.

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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Jekyll1886 )

As Lewis was heading down to dinner, Author decided to drop in. They were tense, but doing their best to hide it.

(Hey.) They said awkwardly, hovering over the edge of the banister.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Hello, Author," said Lewis, not at all surprised. "What brings you round?" he asked in a chipper tone.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Me? Oh nothing much. What have you been up to? Anything good happen today?) They said a little too fast.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

"I've just come from a meeting with Dr. Rose," explained Weir. "It was very productive. Thank you for asking. And you?"

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

(Ohnothing. Uh, what,) Author cleared their throat. (What was the meeting about?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Author, are you entirely alright?" asked Lewis. "You seem a little...tense."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Yeah, no. I'm fine.) They looked away. (Just, wondering what was going on with the meeting.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis raised an eyebrow and tilted his head.

"Oh?"

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Yeah.) They still weren't looking at him, preferring eye contact with the floor a full story beneath their feet.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Is there...any particular reason for that?" said Lewis cautiously, his pitch skewing higher from "reason" on.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author just made a disconcerted "mng" noise in their throat.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Well..." said Lewis after a rather awkward stretch of silence, "perhaps I ought to be getting on, eh?" His voice still rose unnaturally; it was obvious he felt at least a little nervous. "Aheh." He began to take a step, to continue down the stairs.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author was torn between telling him what was on their mind, and trying to perpetuate the lie that everything was fine. They floated alongside Lewis as he descended the stairs.

(I-i... Un...)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis faltered a little. He slowed his pace and came to a stop, not more than a third of the way down the stairs. He turned to look at Author.

"Yes?"

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(I-I'm scared.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"What...do you mean by 'scared'?" he asked. What could possibly scare a godling? This didn't bode well...

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(I-i was checking on people, making sure I wasn't needed anywhere, but when i went to check on you everything went dark.) They explained, a subtle quaver in their voice.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Author..." said Lewis, a tremor reaching into his voice, too, now, "how often do you 'check in' on people? On me?" He had a terrible, sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(As often as I can, but it's usually once a day.) They explained, the relativity of time not withstanding. (Aren't you at all concerned about whatever blinded me? Something that powerful is dangerous! Especially in the wrong hands!)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

I hope to God it's not when I'm in the shower...

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Ew! No!) Author exclaimed, cringing with their whole body. (I'm sure you're nice looking but I can't even begin to list all the things wrong with that!)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

"Precisely," said Lewis, dead serious with an underlying sadness and sense of loss. "It's no less a violation of privacy to look--repeatedly, day after day, as you said--when someone is unaware of your presence. Whether or not they happen to be wearing clothes at the time."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Author gave an exasperated sigh. (You hardly resent people who see you on the street for noticing you're there! Why can't you seem to make up your mind how you think about me!?

I come to you because I'm worried and you go off on another moral superiority rant!)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis was silent.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Catt Hatter This is 100% out of game by the way but I was wondering if I could steal Lewis here? We'd been talking about getting Alice some help as she's not been doing so good and 86 offered a check up. I might be reading things wrong but I believe he was on his way to an appointment with Alice who's chilling out in the kitchen. Just wanted to check on things for timeline reasons.))

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(He was? I thought he was on his way to dinner. :T)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

((You know how Alice likes her food? Well she doesn't trust Lewis so meeting over a middle ground of dinner is sort of like her safe space. She's just hanging out in the kitchen while they cook as she's very nervous about this and the aroma helps her fears. I can push this to a different time I was just again wondering for timeline purposes and where it should be in order of the Wikia.))

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(I'm, honestly not sure. This caught me totally by surprise.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

((Sorry! Sorry! I just got back from a trip and I'm not really sure what was and what wasn't talked about. I mean you guys can totally finish up your RP first, I was just trying to figure out when in the RP this was as we've got so many finishing discussions going on and I've been off for a bit. ))

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Oh! I hope the trip was nice, and welcome back!

This story takes place the same day, but after Lewis' chat with Dr. Rose.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

((Oh it was lovely! Thank you!

Ah okay! That's very helpful! I just saw dinner and remembered that Lewis was supposed to meet Alice for dinner and thought maybe this RP flowed into that? Just a bit groggy from the travel. XP ))

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(I think we might overload Lewis if we gave him both stories in one day, but you'd have to ask Jekyll1886 )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

((That's an excellent point! Don't want to break him, we've only got one now! I'm totally fine with waiting if he's overloaded and you're overloaded with stories Jekyll1886. Just got confused is all and I don't want to intrude so feel free, either one of you, to tell me wait till later.))

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

((He himself actually doesn't eat at the Society all that often.))

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Oh! I didn't know that. :T More blind spots for Author!)

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author alighted on the stair next to him visibly relaxing. (I know you recognised that verse. What poisoned you against the idea of powerful beings having your pest interests at heart?) They asked gently.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Experience," he answered simply.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Yikes. It must have been pretty bad for a total loss of faith.) Author said solemnly. (Would it help if you got to know me better as a person, instead of some hyper-powered being from another realm?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"As a...person..." Lewis repeated, as if the thought were a novel one.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Yes. I was a person before Catt or Sozo or I came to this world.) Author explained. (Is it really that surprising?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Yes." A pause. "And no."

"Hmmm..." He wondered what to make of this new information.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Confusing situation, isn't it?) Author sighed with a wry, almost tired smile.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"I can't help but think of the ancient Greeks," said Lewis as he once again continued down the stairs. He could, after all, converse and locomote at the same time.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author followed him on foot. (The ancient Greeks? How so?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"How familiar are you with the different pantheons of the various world--or worlds'--religions?"

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Not very, I'm afraid. Though I do greatly enjoy learning about other cultures and ways of viewing the world!)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"I think..." said Weir, as he reached the bottom of the stairs, "if you read Greek mythology...you'll understand." He continued walking along.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

A dissapointed sigh. (Homework? Really? Can I at least get some specific titles?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

"Bulfinch," said Lewis, off the top of his head, as they continued toward the kitchen.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(What's a 'bullfinch?')

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Bulfinch's Mythology," Weir explained. "Specifically, the first volume: The Age of Fable." They were coming up on the kitchen now.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Oooh! It's a book!) Author took out a pen and quickly wrote down the title on their left hand. (I should be able to find it in a library, yeah?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis nodded.

They arrived at the kitchen. Enticing aromas wafted toward them.

Weir entered and looked for Alice. She'd wanted to meet with him, and he'd agreed. In all honesty, he'd been a bit worried about her, and was glad they'd finally get the chance to speak.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice was standing by a nearby pot of boiling stew. Her eyes closed, breathing in the sweet aroma that drifted up from it. Normally this was more than enough to calm her racing thoughts, surrounded by the orange hues and glows of the kitchen, but not tonight. There were too many things on her mind and while she hated turning to Dr. Weir for help, it was her best bet for answers at this time.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author felt something run up their spine at the sight of the girl's tousled hair. Images of iron and darkness flashed across their mind, and they took a deep breath to steady themselves. They had never actually met, after all.

(H-hello? Alice, right? I'm Author.) Best to be polite at the very least.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis looked from Alice to Author and back again, unsure if each was entirely alright. Yet he didn't wish to press the matter. Instead, he simply took a seat, unobtrusively.

"Hello, Alice," he said quietly.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Alice hadn't even heard the door open, she was so grossed in her thoughts. She wanted to speak to Dr. Weir not about what really troubled her (as she couldn't even put a name to it) but instead in hopes of getting information about Elias's Hyde....The thought of him them set her on edge and she'd hoped that getting more information on the matter would help. Elias's Hyde. It just didn't seem right and the foreign concept made her sick to her stomach--

The greetings jostled Alice out of her mind and she called out Lewis and the newcomer turning around, "Oh Dr. Weir! I didn't kn--"

Alice stopped short at the eyeless figure, her own eyes wide--staring.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author pulled out a pair of dark glasses and put them on. The large lenses completely covered where their eyes would have been. Should have been.

(Better?) They asked.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis shot Alice a quick glance which was one part embarrassment and one part apology. He shrugged, not entirely sure how to proceed.

"Alice...Author," he said haltingly, looking from one to the other. "Author...Alice."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Though dark glasses now covered the eyeless face, Alice continued to stare seeing only the empty divots where Author's eyes should be. She attempted to shrug off the odd new comer's appearance and dress as just the Society being the Society yet there was one thing that still bothered her, "I didn't know anyone else would be joining us today, doctor."

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Oh, not to worry. I'll be leaving soon.) Author explained evenly. ('Just thought I ought to meet you in person. Catt speaks kindly of you.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Author is Catt's...Narrator," Lewis explained cautiously, not wanting either party to accidentally step on the other's toes.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Alice looked from Author to Lewis and then back at Author, "Catt's...what?" She had heard a lot of odd terms being thrown around the Society but this was a new one.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Guardian.) The word hung in the air, heavy like a storm cloud ready to burst.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis reflected there might have been less conflict if he hadn't said anything at all.

In speaking words which might've prevented it, I may have inadvertently--

Oh, dear...

Belatedly, Weir elected to say nothing. Perhaps the gathering storm would pass them by...

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Her Guardian." Alice repeated mulling over what exactly this meant.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

(Mhm.) Author nodded. (No worries though. I just thought I'd drop in, say hi, let you know I exist.) They smiled at her. (Don't really plan on doing anything.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Oh, thank God, thought Lewis, visibly relieved.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Doing anything-- oh." Realization struck her. The night with Catt, that regrettable, regrettable night. She had buried the memory so deep in an attempt to avoid it that it's sudden revival about knocked her over. It all came quickly back. The cool night air. The screams. The blood. That strange, strange man. It felt like a dream from another life time but Alice knew it wasn't. It was her past and if this Author was any indication, her future.

Yet another thought drifted by. Weren't Catt and her now friends? Did her "Guardian" know of this? Did they know of her vow to never hurt Catt--anyone again?

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Yeah, I know.) Author nodded solemnly. (And I'm hoping we can be friends. I just thought in the interests of honesty, that I should let you know.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis said nothing. Things were going relatively smoothly, and it wouldn't do to muck them up.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Know? What did Author know? All Alice had said was oh and for that matter was her night with Catt what they were referencing? Best not to give anything away as her history with Catt being dug up was the last thing she needed...the last thing Catt needed.

"It's always good to know that more people are looking out for Catt, especially with Hela around." Alice mimicked Author's solemn nod. "But...who are you?" This figure had appeared without a word on the grape vine. Not to mention all they had stated was that they were Catt's "guardian" and they would like to be friends...plus their eyeless (sightless?) nature rose many more questions.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Author sighed. (If you keep thinking in linear sentences, I can't help but overhear you. And yes,) the voice suddenly shifted to inside her mind for a moment. (I know about the warehouse.)

(If you're wanting to know more about me, who I am, then I suggest we get to know each other!) They extended a hand. (Sound good?)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Alice did not reach for the hand.

Her face paled. Her stomach dropped. Her heart leaped to her mouth.

Who were they?

What were they?

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Lewis noticed Alice's distress, and moved to step in.

Why couldn't I have just met Alice unaccompanied?

"Author," he explained to her, "is a 'Narrator', a godling--er, demigod," he corrected himself, "if you will. One of a class of beings who can read thoughts and affect our reality, even breaking the laws of physics. They're very powerful." He hoped Alice would tread carefully, so as not to offend. This could easily turn ugly, given her history with Catt...

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Sorry Lewis,) Author apologized privately into his mind, keeping the hand extended. (I'd kinda thought you were going home, not to a meeting!) To Alice they smiled kindly and said,

(I'm just here to introduce myself, and maybe make a friend.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Demigod.

Alice was standing before a Demigod. That would explain the mind reading, and thought projection, and the knowledge that no one else had, and even the eyeless-ness.

Yet...yet something deeply unsettled her about the situation. Was it the fact that they wanted to be friends? Or that they were so interested in Catt? Or maybe the tone with which they had declared their title as "Guardian"? What ever it was it set Alice on edge and even if she wished, she could not move to shake Author's out stretched hand.

Was this stiffness their doing? Were there more of them, these Demigods? These Narrators? Where they hearing her thoughts now? The questions tumbled through her head quickly and endlessly eventually settling on one that seem to encompass them all.

"Why?" She breathlessly gasped staring at thing person figure demigod Narrator Author.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Why?) They seemed surprised by the question. (Uh, because friends are better than enemies?) After a moment, they realised how that sounded and backpedaled quickly.

(Wait, no! That came out wrong, sorry. I mean that, y-you're interesting and I want to be able to offer my assistance if you should ever require it! A-and I like you, you're cool.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis was doubly relieved.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice however was not. In fact she was even more confused. Why did this demigod want friends? Weren't demigods supposed to be powerful and didn't power surround itself with more power?

And assistance? Why would they want to assist? Why would they want to assist her?

Cool?

Thus the question still stood, "Why?" However it was accompanied with a slight tremble in voice and in figure.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Confound that persistent "why!" (I don't know. Because I'm nice? Because I'm seeking fulfilment by helping others? Because I'd rather be forgiving than vengeful?) Author waved their hands above their head exasperatedly. (Do you always interrogate people who want to be your friend? Lewis, help! I don't know what I'm doing wrong!)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Ah," said Lewis, stepping forward to stand to Alice's left and Author's right. "Very well."

He turned to Author.

"I would imagine Alice's experiences have taught that there are often hidden meanings and strings attached to offers of help or aid, Catt notwithstanding. As the saying goes, old habits die hard, and a little caution is natural. Moreover, Author...understand that simply being in your presence is an experience outside the normal ken. Not everything will go smooth as silk at a first meeting; a few bumps are to be expected. But that doesn't mean things are going badly. It's just...normal, for an abnormal experience."

He addressed Alice:

"I can't answer for Author as to why. And, like any other person, even they themselves may not necessarily know the reason. But the drive is there, so we may as well acknowledge it. And eat," he suggested. "Things are always better on a full stomach."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Alice did not look at Lewis or speak this time. Instead she continued to stare at Author, wide eyed and tense.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author just stood there awkwardly being stared at and feeling rather uncomfortable.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Just to break up the awkward silence, Lewis busied himself getting bowls and spoons for the stew.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

The clinking of china broke the trance and Alice glanced over at Lewis.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Uh, did-, did you want a hand with that Lewis?) Author offered, not sure what else to do with themselves.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

"If you wouldn't mind setting out a few glasses, Author, that would be most appreciated. And, likewise, Alice, if you would bring that pitcher of water."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Alice, still not sure what to say, did as she was told grabbing the pitcher and caring it over to Lewis. Thankfully her mobility returned even though her speech did not.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author meanwhile kept checking cupboards until they finally found the glasses, and set two out on the table for the others. They didn't think it would be right to take some for themselves, especially since they could make their own out of thought. Which they did.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis set the pitcher on the table. He then went over to the pot on the stove, and began ladling stew into the first bowl.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice had gone to pour Author's glass of water when she saw one...appear in their hand.

It appeared out of thin air. As if by magic.

This magic once again startled Alice and she stood hugging the pitcher and staring between Author and the glass of water that they held.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(S-sorry, Alice.) Author said sheepishly.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis hadn't seen the glass appear. He had just set the first bowl of stew to the side and begun to ladle out the second when he heard Author apologize. His ears perked up as he wondered what was amiss. He finished his task, however, not wanting to spill the stew.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"H-How?" Alice stuttered, not taking her eyes off the glass as though expecting it to disappear the moment she blinked.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Uhm, magic? I-I'm sure there's science that could explain it, but I don't know it.) They apologised shakily. (Sorry.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Weir brought the bowls of stew to the table and set them down accordingly, having already laid out the spoons.

"Demigod," said Lewis with a shrug, and took his seat. It was as good an explanation as any.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Demigod..." Alice repeated. Lewis had said they were powerful but Alice didn't know in what sense of the word, not really--not until now. If they could read minds and make glasses of water appear what else could they do?

Or a better question, what couldn't they do?

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author tried not to listen in on Alice's mind, but with very little success.

(Well, I can't block out your liniar thoughts for one. I've tried. I'm still trying!) They took a gulp from their glass.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis reflected silently that it was good to have food. And Alice and Author seemed to be sorting things out nicely. He picked up his spoon and began to eat.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"S-Sorry." Alice winced, she thought she wasn't thinking "linearly", whatever that meant.

But none the less the question still stood: What couldn't they do with all this raw power? This seemingly infinite potential? If they could create a glass of water why not a world? If they could read minds why not read everything? If they could control this boundless energy that flowed through their veins what couldn't they do?

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(It's not like you can help it I guess.) Author sighed. (And frankly, I'm scared to find out.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Find out what?" asked Lewis, looking up from his soup.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Scared? What could a being so powerful be scared of?

Alice stared at Author, completely ignorant to the fact Lewis was still in the room.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(What a Narrator can't do.) Author swirled the water in their glass. (I don't fancy testing the limits of this supposedly 'unlimited power.' I might break something.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"Unlimited power..." Alice repeated wide eyed. And what if something were to "break"? Could they just fix it? If they broke it wouldn't they be able to repair it with a snap of their fingers?

Couldn't they fix anything?

...

Everything?

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis tried to contemplate what that would look like--feel like--this testing of limits. But the fact was, he eventually reflected to himself, anything he could conceive of in that vein was likely just that--the conceivable. Whereas Narrators dealt in the inconceivable.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, came the thought, as he stared at his stew.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Author wished Lewis wasn't so pessimistic about them. Frankly it hurt, but rather than open their big fat mouth, they opted to take another drink of their water.

Or at least they faked it.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

As the silence in the room grew so did Alice's thoughts.

If this all-knowing, all-powerful being didn't know what their limits were...were there limits at all?

Her mind reeled with possibilities and questions and thoughts, Alice eventually settled on one. Shuffling her feet she stared at Author unsure on how to approach the subject.

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

As the room had gone quiet, Weir returned to eating.

May as well. It'd be a waste to let it get cold.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(Alice,) Author broke the silence, feeling it would go on forever unless stopped. (Your soup is going to get cold.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Alice nodded but didn't pick up the soup. Instead for the first time sense the glass of water appeared she blinked and then looked away from the Author. Staring at the ground she, shuffled her feet embarrassed by her next words.

"Um...A-Author?", Was that right? Was that the right name?, "C-Can I ask you something?"

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Yes, that's the correct name. And yes,) Author smiled gently. (You may.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

She smiled at this trying to lighten her mood but Alice's eyes remained locked on the ground, "C-Can I ask for your...assistance?"

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Sure!) Author snuck a nervous glance at Lewis, who was still eating his soup. (W-what with?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Lewis continued to eat, but divided his attention between the stew (which he'd more than half finished) and the conversation.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"With..." Alice swallowed hard and closed her eyes, quickly and quietly uttering the next three words, "bringing back Allison."

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author sat in stunned silence for at least a solid minute before they were able to collect themselves enough to speak.

(I...really should've seen that coming.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Good God, I hope Author doesn't realize Alice isn't technically my affai--

F***. He chastised himself as he belatedly recalled Author could hear his every thought.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice wrapped her arms around her torso and stared at the floor.

It was a stupid question. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!... She scolded herself mentally.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(No no! It wasn't stupid, I was just surprised. And, then I was dissapointed in myself that I was so surprised.) Author explained with a chuckle. (I believe I can, yes.) Then privately to Lewis they thought,

(You really need to stop thinking ahead when you're around me.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Can't really help that, dearie, he thought as he gripped the spoon tightly. It's only been how I've survived...

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"I just thought..." Her eyes looked wetter than normal.

If a demi-god couldn't help her then who could? So many things had gone wrong in her life. The night with Catt, Jasper no longer speaking with her, the events in the jail cell, and Allison. Lovely Allison the first in a very long line of mistakes. But maybe...maybe if Allison could come back everything else would undo itself in turn. If the first mistake could be undone then perhaps the rest would follow suit.

She saw her death wasn't an answer nor her leaving. However, maybe....just maybe this demi-god with vast power and a willingness to assist could help Alice take her first step in the right direction.

Alice had come to the kitchen in search for answers but perhaps she'd found something far more precious....perhaps she'd found a solution.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(I can't make any promises with what would happen after she came back, but I can.) Author explained. (And a word of warning, as with all Jekyll and Hyde relationships, you must be careful not to crush her, or let her crush you. You'd make Catt cry if you dissapeared.

I'm assuming you'd want her to be back in the body that was originally hers, yes?)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"I..." Weir said softly, finally finding his voice. "Forgive me for being a spoilsport, but I'd strongly advise against this...this course of action. It's your decision, naturally," he said, looking at Alice. "And you make it of your own free will, but..." He shook his head.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice began to nod at Author, raising her eyes as her face lit up in hope. However she was quickly cut off by Dr. Weir's opinion.

Strongly advise against this? Why? Wasn't bringing Allison back helping everyone? And for that matter what did Lewis know?! He's just a nosy man who can't keep himself out of other's affairs! He claims to have all this incite on the Jekyll and Hyde Phenomenon yet where is his proof?! Weir wasn't some know-it-all doctor but a no-nothing quack! How could he possibly be knowledgeable of what was to happen if Allison came back! He can't see the future! He didn't know who Allison was! He had never experienced anything like this! And for that matter Weir was only in his thirties, by the looks of it, only a moment of time and hardly enough to support his claims of his bountiful wisdom!

While Lewis often spouted nonsense, one thing was true: this was a decision made from a place of free will. No one was forcing anything. No one was controlling anyone. What was to happen next was brought upon by a free hand, a willing hand, and a helpful hand and the results would not go unrecognized.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Now it was Author's turn to make use of the recurring question.

(Why?) They asked, turning to look at Lewis. More questions and ideas hovered under their tongue, but they were held back in favour of leaving space for the first's answer.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"There are too many unknowns," Weir answered simply. "We don't even know how Allison would feel about this," he said, meeting Alice's gaze.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Alice's face fell at Lewis's first statement. There were so many unknowns and actions did have consequences, for better or for worse.

However at his second statement she grew furious, locking eyes and growling, "It's not like we can ask her! She's not here and this is for her!"

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Author glanced between the two nervously​. While they valued Lewis' council, they also wished to grant Alice's request.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"I know that, Alice!" he said, his own volume rising before he reined himself in. More calmly, he reiterated, "I know. I just...have reservations, alright? That's me." He shook his head. "Just me." He looked at her earnestly. "And it is your call." He sighed. I just can't help worrying...

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Reservations? Why?" Alice scoffed now fueled by a passion, awkwardness shaken from her like a wet coat.

If anyone could do this it was this demi-god! They had the power to make things appear, and hear thoughts, and project ideas! They had no limit and infinite knowledge! If they didn't see any problems then there were none! Lewis had done his job and found Alice the help she needed, he should be happy! Celebrating his victory!

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Woah now Alice, I never said I had infinite knowledge!) Author interjected. (However I do believe that it would be good to listen to Lewis' concerns. Perhaps I can configure things so your fears may be allayed?) They asked Lewis.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

"I just think that, where the Jekyll and Hyde phenomenon is concerned, there's always the potential for things to end badly. I don't mean to dash your hopes, Alice, and I'm not ruling it out. If, Author, you can configure things as you say, I'd be glad of it."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Alice was silent at this, an unhappy silence. Author's humility was appreciated but now wasn't the time for it. If Author could hear minds then she must have more knowledge than either Lewis or Alice! And as much as she hated to admit it, she should listen to Lewis as he was more level headed than most.

"There's always a potential for things ending badly! That's called living life!" She stated, crossing her arms. This was something she had learned in recent months but it didn't mean life wasn't worth living.

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Point taken," said Lewis. "It is your life, Alice. And it's yours to do with as you see fit. Consider all the factors, all the potentialities, and then make the best decision you can. That's all any of us can do."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(To that end Lewis, would you mind enlightening us as to exactly what your concerns for this endeavour are?) Author set down their glass and leaned forward on the table. (It would be a great help, and I would like to avoid as many pitfalls as possible.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"I'd advise against putting Alice and Allison into separate bodies; it tends not to end well.

"Secondly, I wouldn't seek to alter the balance between the two. Let them work it out on their own.

"Thirdly...this is more just metaphysics or maybe even myth, and might not have bearing here, but...in the interest of caution, I feel it meet to mention. In realm after realm and story after story, every 'easy answer' is more complicated than it first appears. Every 'quick fix' has its hidden cost, to be paid now or later. 'All magic comes with a price,' as some have put it." He addressed both Author and Alice. "Whatever it is, you must be willing to pay it. Know that going in."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Being in separate bodies tends not to end well? How could Lewis say that after seeing how happy Mz. Hyde, Dreamer, Nex, Velius, and John were? Not to mention if they were separated Alice could hug Allison. Look into her face again and see her eyes. She could tell Allison how sorry she was and how much she missed her. Maybe then Allison would...forgive her.

The thought made her eyes a little wetter but she blinked it away as Weir continued.

Alter the balance? Is this what Dr. Weir's definition of balance was? Every time Allison looked into a bloody mirror she saw less and less of Allison. It had grown worse after the events in the police station and she was surprised no one else had commented on it, but they didn't know Allison--not like she did. Every day Allison was slipping more and more away and she was terrified that she'd never see her again. But she hadn't dwelled on these thoughts upon Lewis's request. Allison would come back in her own time, is what he told her. Yet with this new philosophy whispering in her ear, Allison just slipped more quickly away. This was not balance but murder! A slow and painful death. Soon she would be forgotten from time and history...maybe even Alice's memory! It was a thought she couldn't bare.

This was no 'quick fix'! This was something that had needed to happen for years. Alice had suffered long enough....Allison had suffered long enough and whatever the so called 'price' would be--if there would be any price to pay in the first place--was worth it. It was worth it to end this hell.

"I understand,"Alice nodded, acknowledging Lewis's concerns but her voice was hard and determined, "but those are your opinions! You don't know if whatever your so worried about will happen! And whatever price there is to pay, I've saved up more than enough these past six years!"

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Hate to break it to you Lewis,) Author said, feeling rather awkward now. (But altering the balance is exactly what would need to happen to bring Allison back. I don't know if you've noticed, but Alice's hair isn't as two-type as it used to be.)

(Also Alice?) Author pulled out some battered notes. (Are you still in constant pain from the half-transformation, and is there anything you'd like me to change about that? Since we're on the subject and all.)

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Weir shrugged.

"Ultimately, it is Alice's decision to make..." he admitted. It was her life, her choice. And she wasn't his affair. At least Author was being reasonable about it. He'd been given the chance to voice his concerns, and both Author and Alice had heard him. The rest...was up to them.

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Background Scientist #37 So sorry for the delay on this one!

Hyde without a Jekyll Dr. H. Griffin • 8 days ago

Alice elected to ignore Griffin's comment instead addressing Gemma, "I made several! Making sure to tried all the jams, and the vegetables and all the other delicious things out there!" she gestured to the buffet table before continuing, "Which one did you like best?"

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Background Scientist #37 Hyde without a Jekyll • 7 days ago

"I like the blueberry's the best. Take a wild guess why," she gestured to her head, a hint of a smile on her face. )

"Completely going out on a limb here," Alice giggled with sarcasm, "but is it because your favorite color is blue?"

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Jekyll1886 Totally forgot we still had this to finish up! XP )

"I'm in your flat..." his voice trailed off as the gears in his head spun. Maybe the golden goose wasn't exaggerating after all. Maybe he was no longer in the Society but in a different building altogether. Yet if this was the case how did he get here, where were his belongings, and why couldn't he pick up his flask? His eyes drifted up from his empty vest to the delusional man before him.

"You abducted me!" He shouted at the man as all the pieces of the puzzle clicked into place. He really shouldn't be surprised considering this wasn't the first time. Doctor Weird Eyes must have abducted him at some point during the night, took him to this run down closet his flat, stole his belongings, and did god knows what to his flask or worse...his personage. The man couldn't repress a shudder at the horrid thought.

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

"All I did was pick up your flask after Elder ate you!" countered Lewis. "All I can conclude is that you were such a lush in life that you're haunting the damn thing!"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"A elder?! Eaten!? HAUNTING!? How drunk are you?!" The man was clearly off his rocker not to mention that his story was by far one of the most absurd drunk ramblings he has ever heard...and he's heard enough odd stories to last a life time.

Shaking his head and throwing his hands into the air the man cried to no one in particular, "JUST GIVE ME MY D*MN FLASK!"

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Take it, then, you insufferable sot!" cried Lewis, rapidly capping the flask, "If you can!" He thrust it out toward--

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

No one.

No one was there. The room was completely empty.

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

"What the..." said Weir softly, at a loss as he looked about the empty space.

He was alone.

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Miss-Dreamerkat Here you go! Let me know if I need to change anything!

http://the-roleplaying-scie... )

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Everything looks good!

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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Hey Wizardblizzard? I sent you a message over on Deviantart. Did you get it?

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Wizardblizzard  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Got it, I expect you've seen the reply by now, if not then check.)

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Catt Hatter  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago

(Got it, thank you! :D )

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Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Recap:

(Catt, I need to ask you some questions about Helen! *the voice faltered* I mean, not Cat-Cat... The Catt that can hear voices like me and is in the Society!)

Hm? *Catt lifted her eyes from the book she had been reading. It had been a busy day for her, so she had retreated to the library to relax.* Someone there?

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(Ah, yes, that would be me! Sorry to interrupt, I'm a huge book lover myself, and I know you don't really like my kind very much but... Would you mind a brief interview?) The voice seemed to be coming from in front of her now, despite no one being there, and was followed with the sound of paper rustling and the click of a pen.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Catt Hatter Here you are!)

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Helen Jekyll  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Thank you! ^-^)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"If you make yourself visible, sure." Catt said, marking her place in the book before setting it aside.

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

(Oh, uh... I don't... know if I can do that.) There was the sound of shuffling feet.

(I wouldn't know what to appear as.)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"From the sounds of it, I'd say something with a mouth and at least two feet."

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

The voice brightened in a way that hinted at a smile. (Well, I don't know what I'd do other than that... Oh!) A flash of light and before Catt stood an exact copy of Helen, holding a notepad and pen, beaming. (How's this? Nice and familiar, right?)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Catt blinked in silence for a moment or two, looking utterly flummoxed.

"Actually, it-, it's kinda creepy. 'Cuz, you look like Helen, but you're not. Y'know?"

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Hmm, yeah, that makes sense.) The not-Helen frowned, rubbing their chin and tucking the notepad under their arm. (Sorry, I'm really at a loss...) They sighed and vanished once more. (I'll just... leave, I guess...)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Oh, n-no no! Please, stay. I didn't mean to send you off!" Catt hurriedly apologised to the empty space, springing to her feet. "Couldn't you be a mythical creature or something?"

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(A mythical creature?) A pause. (I think I could do that! Let's see, what to do...) Dark grey smoke swirled in the empty space, odorless and warm. It dispelled after a few moments, revealing a dragon the size of a Great Dane clad in golden and silver scales with two crystal blue eyes, both twinkling with mirth. (Is this what you had in mind?) The beast tilted its head, its mouth unmoving. (I've always liked dragons.)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"No, but I didn't have anything in mind." Catt admitted, scratching her head. "You're a very pretty dragon though!"

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

They lowered their gaze, grinning sheepishly, an expression that didn't look quite so self-conscious on a dragon. (Thank you, Catt. You're even nicer in person... And twice as flattering!) Their tail swished on the ground.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Catt blushed, avoiding the crystalline gaze. "N-not really. You're just th-that good at dragons!" she shook her head. "A-anyway, you said you had questions?"

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

(Ah, right! Nearly forgot why I showed up.) They drummed their claws on the ground for a moment, clearing their throat as a plume of smoke came from their nostrils. (One thing I was wondering about, since you believe that you'll be living forever or at least for a lot longer than normal human do, what will you do when your friends in the Society start to grow old and pass away?) Their tone held no malice, only curiousity. (Afterall, even if Helen and Hela survive everything on their plates now, time will still eventually claim them both.)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Well ain't that a sunny subject. "What makes you think I believe I'll out-live everyone?" Catt asked sadly. "And isn't there some sort of life-prolonging potion or somesuch we could all share?"

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh, um... Well, you haven't aged... and your Hatt keeps you from harm... so I just figured you'd be sticking around for quite some time.) They traced a circle on the ground with a claw and mumbled. (I don't know if humans are really built to live forever... but I'm sure there's something that could help. If not, I... I guess I could create an item or potion of sorts.)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

"Please do, I don't want to see any of my f-friends-" Catt's voice broke into silence, the thought made her throat so tight it hurt. "I-I don't-..."

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Their head jerked up at the sound of Catt faltering, their jaw going slack. (Oh God, oh God, I'm so sorry! You're crying! Please don't cry, it's okay!) They stammered and rose to their hindlegs, clumsily struggling to put their arms around the girl. (I'm sorry, I should've known you'd be upset! I shouldn't have asked!)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Catt hugged the dragon back, her shimmering scales warm against her cheek. She swallowed back the sorrow and approaching tears.

"Th-there's no harm in wanting to know more. It's okay. I, I like asking and being asked questions."

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

(But that question was too sad! We've only just properly met, I shouldn't be interrogating you on such personal subjects!)

The dragon let out a huff of smoke and peered down at Catt with distress.

(If you want, I could ask the next thing... or if you need a minute, I can wait...)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"It, it's okay." Catt sniffled. "I don't actually remember what the questions was, maybe it's best if we moved on?"

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(R-Right, of course!) The dragon coughed. (Uh, what do you think about Author? I mean, you seem to not like them very much and I don't know if that's just them or if it's because you just don't like Narrators or...) They trailed off, their tail tucking beneath them.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Author? I dunno." Catt shrugged, crossing her arms. "Most of the time I kinda forget that they're there, since they don't come by to pester me too often. Though I guess I should find it disturbing to know they're always watching me, but meh. I've got more important things to do than worry about something I can't change. Especially since they've been trying to help."

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh! So you don't hate me because I'm a Narrator?) The dragon curled back it's lips in a toothy grin, the voice hopefully light. (I was worried you'd be angry with me!)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"That would be rather closed-minded of me, don't 'cha think? I mean, it's not like you can change what you are."

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

The grin grew to reveal every pointed fang. (You have no idea how happy I am to have you hang around Hela. You have to be the kindest, most compassionate person I know. And I appreciate that...) They pressed a clawed paw to their chin. (Though I've never tried to change myself with my supposedly "unlimited power". I try not to test its limits.)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"That sounds like a wise move." Catt nodded. "Though I think if you were the only thing being affected, then it might be safe."

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh, well... is it silly to be worried about causing a paradox that'll destroy this dimension and everything in it, including myself?) Bowing their head sheepishly, they curled their tail around themselves. (Because I worry about that.)

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"It's not silly, but I would say that any change ever made irrevocably alters the dimension in question. That's kinda the nature of time, life and humanity, wouldn't you say?"

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Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

(Hey, Catt! You busy? I wanna ask some questions, if... you don't mind.) *the voice was female and nervous. You could hear the smile in her voice.*

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

Catt looked up from her sandwich. "Hm? Who's that now?"

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh, um... I'm Elaina and Alicia's... um, whatchamacallit... I guess you call us Authors. I've always thought of it as Narrators. Am I interrupting something? I can go, and let you eat it peace...) *There was no body attached to the voice.*

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Nah, I'm good." Catt shook her head. "And I always called your types Narrators, Author is just one that follows me for some reason."

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh, coolio!)

* a pause*

(You probably want me in a body, dontcha?)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"It would help me know where to look, yes." She smiled awkwardly at the empty space across the table.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh- uh, alright, hold on.)

* Across the table, there was now a girl who looked similar to Elaina, with slight differences, like faded pink hair and brown eyes* (okay, how's this?)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Nice. I like your hair." Catt smiled at her new dining partner.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

* she blushed and started playing with her hair nervously.* (Thank you!)

* she froze and dropped her hands, laughing* (right, I came here for... a reason. Absolutely. And a good one! Uh...)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Take your time," Catt encouraged, taking a bite out of her sandwich.

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

* she hesitated, thinking hard*

(Well... uh, words. First, I wanted to thank you for being nice to Elaina. I don't like her much, but she's real sad and you're helping a lot.)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Oh, well thank you!" Catt smiled again. "I want my friends to be as happy as they can be."

She did find it sad, and a bit troubling that Elaina's own narrator didn't like her. Just how bad could her life get with a guardian that didn't have her best interests at heart?

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh, don't worry, I don't like her, but I'm not being terrible to her!) *she laughed softly* (Most of the bad things happening to her are because of Hela. If you haven't noticed yet. I'm awfully nice to the characters I don't like. And pretty mean to- I'm sorry, I'm rambling!)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Ah-heh... I actually don't mind the rambling, a-anyway. What else had you wanted with me?"

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

* the girl blinked* (I, uh, wanted.... um.... oh, I know! Y'know Ali... er, Alicia, right? Yeah, of course you do. So, uh, Artemis isn't around and she needs someone to comfort her. She's having a lot of problems. I think she needs to talk to someone. If you could talk to her, that would be... awesome of you.)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Sure! I'm always happy to cheer up a friend. Just one thing though," Catt asked. "Where is Alicia's room?"

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Elaina Hyde  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(Oh, it's.... uh....) *the narrator giggled* (I dunno...)

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Catt Hatter  Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

"Oh. That's a bit of a problem then, isn't it?"

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