Insanity Clinic: Season Two

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

44 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

The driver smiled, "Well... it's kinda hard to explain. Imagine your universe is a pancake, and it's one in a large stack of em. Between each pancake is syrup that runs down all the sides, connecting the syrup and the pancakes into one sticky catastrophe. We're currently in the syrup." She paused, turning to Bookwyrm, "I take it that you lot have never been here before?"

"I haven't," Bookwyrm said. "Which is saying a lot, because I've been lots of places."

36 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"There'll be food where we're going."

"Then you'll want to know a few things," she said as she sped the hovercraft forward into what seemed a random direction. "Avoid neon colored buildings or roads, don't bother the funky looking things that look like they were birthed from snot, and don't mess with the lizard folk. They get a bit touchy if you ask them if they'd let you ride them or feed them fish." She checked a dohicky on the panel next to the wheel, "We'll be there in about fifteen minutes."

Bookwyrm took mental note. "Thanks for the tips." He wondered how quickly the situation was going to force him to break one or two of the rules out of necessity.

He glanced at his companions, somewhat uncomfortable. Am I going to have to babysit them? I can't very well leave them alone here...worlds above, I wish I hadn't spent so long away from the Clinic. He knew nothing about any of his companions, and was now trapped in an isolated and alien environment with them for who knew how long.

@RoyalBeeMage @Ancient Elantrian @shortcake @Spark of Hope @Cash67 @Aeoryi(? You're with us too, right? Am I missing someone?)

Bookwyrm turned back to the woman piloting the craft, stepped up beside her. He glanced over the controls of the craft briefly, then focused on her. 

"Have you heard anything about...something called a Soulless?"

@Thaidakar the Ghostblood

[Aeoryi she/her]

1 minute ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"I haven't," Bookwyrm said. "Which is saying a lot, because I've been lots of places."

Bookwyrm took mental note. "Thanks for the tips." He wondered how quickly the situation was going to force him to break one or two of the rules out of necessity.

He glanced at his companions, somewhat uncomfortable. Am I going to have to babysit them? I can't very well leave them alone here...worlds above, I wish I hadn't spent so long away from the Clinic. He knew nothing about any of his companions, and was now trapped in an isolated and alien environment with them for who knew how long.

@RoyalBeeMage @Ancient Elantrian @shortcake @Spark of Hope @Cash67 @Aeoryi(? You're with us too, right? Am I missing someone?)

Bookwyrm turned back to the woman piloting the craft, stepped up beside her. He glanced over the controls of the craft briefly, then focused on her. 

"Have you heard anything about...something called a Soulless?"

@Thaidakar the Ghostblood

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wait what am I missing something

Where are they right now?

 

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

2 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

wait what am I missing something

Where are they right now?

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Thaidakar sucked all our characters into another dimension where we free-fell for a minute before a lady in a yellow hovercraft rescued us, and now she's taking us to a city.

EDIT: Maybe we need to start doing the bolded location headings again.

 

Edited May 7, 2024 by The Bookwyrm

[Aeoryi she/her]

Just now, The Bookwyrm said:

 

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Oh, okay lol

Quinn looked up. "Who are you?"

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

33 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

 

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Bet.

 

5 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"I haven't," Bookwyrm said. "Which is saying a lot, because I've been lots of places."

Bookwyrm took mental note. "Thanks for the tips." He wondered how quickly the situation was going to force him to break one or two of the rules out of necessity.

He glanced at his companions, somewhat uncomfortable. Am I going to have to babysit them? I can't very well leave them alone here...worlds above, I wish I hadn't spent so long away from the Clinic. He knew nothing about any of his companions, and was now trapped in an isolated and alien environment with them for who knew how long.

@RoyalBeeMage @Ancient Elantrian @shortcake @Spark of Hope @Cash67 @Aeoryi(? You're with us too, right? Am I missing someone?)

Bookwyrm turned back to the woman piloting the craft, stepped up beside her. He glanced over the controls of the craft briefly, then focused on her. 

"Have you heard anything about...something called a Soulless?"

@Thaidakar the Ghostblood

I'm not that rowdy. Elan thinks towards Bookwyrm. I promise not too much will blow up.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

4 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

Quinn looked up. "Who are you?"

"I'm Bookwyrm," Bookwyrm said. "I was...well, not one of the Clinic's founders, but an important staff member, and close friend of Calano and Emma. I fought in the Kaotic War." And also got possessed trying to rescue my future girlfriend from possession, and it was a whole mess.

Don't think about that.

4 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

I'm not that rowdy. Elan thinks towards Bookwyrm. I promise not too much will blow up.

Bookwyrm reflexively threw up a mental barrier.

Did you just...read my mind? he cautiously sent.

Edited May 7, 2024 by The Bookwyrm

[Aeoryi she/her]

Just now, The Bookwyrm said:

"I'm Bookwyrm," Bookwyrm said. "I was...well, not one of the Clinic's founders, but an important staff member, and close friend of Calano and Emma. I fought in the Kaotic War." And also got possessed trying to rescue my future girlfriend from possession, and it was a whole mess.

Don't think about that.

Quinn looked like he had much to say but didn't know where to start. "How long ago was the Kaotic War? Why is it spelled with a K (ignore how I know, it's a normal thing now)? Who is Calano, who is Emma, and who founded the clinic? And also, how Important are you on a scale of one to ten?"

 

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

48 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"I might've, though I was kinda going through a bit of trauma at the time."

Elan half-snorts half-laughs. "Noted."

 

45 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"intresting... care to tell me more?"

"umm... ok?"

 

6 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"I haven't," Bookwyrm said. "Which is saying a lot, because I've been lots of places."

Bookwyrm took mental note. "Thanks for the tips." He wondered how quickly the situation was going to force him to break one or two of the rules out of necessity.

He glanced at his companions, somewhat uncomfortable. Am I going to have to babysit them? I can't very well leave them alone here...worlds above, I wish I hadn't spent so long away from the Clinic. He knew nothing about any of his companions, and was now trapped in an isolated and alien environment with them for who knew how long.

@RoyalBeeMage @Ancient Elantrian @shortcake @Spark of Hope @Cash67 @Aeoryi(? You're with us too, right? Am I missing someone?)

Bookwyrm turned back to the woman piloting the craft, stepped up beside her. He glanced over the controls of the craft briefly, then focused on her. 

"Have you heard anything about...something called a Soulless?"

@Thaidakar the Ghostblood

The driver laughed. “So you do know a little bit about this place… Lizard people, dragons, soulless, they’re all the same thing. I just prefer tah call them the one they prefer the least.”

She turn from the controls, sitting down on the ground and leaning against the railing with a self satisfied sigh. A juice box appeared from a pocket in her messy uniform and she started drinking it noisily, “So what universe do y’all come from?”

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

1 minute ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"I'm Bookwyrm," Bookwyrm said. "I was...well, not one of the Clinic's founders, but an important staff member, and close friend of Calano and Emma. I fought in the Kaotic War." And also got possessed trying to rescue my future girlfriend from possession, and it was a whole mess.

Don't think about that.

Bookwyrm reflexively threw up a mental barrier.

Did you just...read my mind? he cautiously sent.

Elan internally flinches. Sorry. Not supposed to do that. It's instinctual, after a long long time in a really rough place. Sorry. I didn't read much. Sorry. Anyway... I'm Elan. And you are...?

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

 

 

The driver laughed. “So you do know a little bit about this place… Lizard people, dragons, soulless, they’re all the same thing. I just prefer tah call them the one they prefer the least.”

She turn from the controls, sitting down on the ground and leaning against the railing with a self satisfied sigh. A juice box appeared from a pocket in her messy uniform and she started drinking it noisily, “So what universe do y’all come from?”

"Most of them. I mean- we're from the Insanity Clinic."

[Aeoryi she/her]

2 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

 

 

The driver laughed. “So you do know a little bit about this place… Lizard people, dragons, soulless, they’re all the same thing. I just prefer tah call them the one they prefer the least.”

She turn from the controls, sitting down on the ground and leaning against the railing with a self satisfied sigh. A juice box appeared from a pocket in her messy uniform and she started drinking it noisily, “So what universe do y’all come from?”

"The... main one?"

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Just now, Aeoryi said:

Quinn looked like he had much to say but didn't know where to start. "How long ago was the Kaotic War? Why is it spelled with a K (ignore how I know, it's a normal thing now)? Who is Calano, who is Emma, and who founded the clinic? And also, how Important are you on a scale of one to ten?"

Bookwyrm blinked.

"In the Clinic's time, it's only been a year...It's spelled that way because the god we fought, Kaos, was also spelled that way. A twisted and corrupted essence of the concept of unpredictability.

"But...you are a Clinic patient, right? You haven't heard of Calano? How long have you been a patient for?"

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

The driver laughed. “So you do know a little bit about this place… Lizard people, dragons, soulless, they’re all the same thing. I just prefer tah call them the one they prefer the least.”

She turn from the controls, sitting down on the ground and leaning against the railing with a self satisfied sigh. A juice box appeared from a pocket in her messy uniform and she started drinking it noisily, “So what universe do y’all come from?”

So...they're just...dragons? Interesting.

"I...come from a universe far from anywhere near here. But our home base right now is the Insanity Clinic for the Moderately Brandofandonitis Afflicted. Don't ask what Brandofandonitis is, it opens a whole other can of worms." He glanced around. "At least I think most of us are from the clinic."

1 minute ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Elan internally flinches. Sorry. Not supposed to do that. It's instinctual, after a long long time in a really rough place. Sorry. I didn't read much. Sorry. Anyway... I'm Elan. And you are...?

Bookwyrm. And don't worry about it; I understand, if it was unintentional. If you spent a while where that was the norm...yeah.

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

4 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

"The... main one?"

"dont be silly. the insanity clinic is universe 12h99b39a.2379d subsection 4"

Edited May 7, 2024 by RoyalBeeMage

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Just now, RoyalBeeMage said:

"dont be silly. the insanity clinic is universe 12h99b39a.2379d subsection 4"

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Can Bookwyrm hear this?

 

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

3 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Can Bookwyrm hear this?

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i think so...

 

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

1 minute ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

 

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Okay, I just...have no idea what's going on with the yellow text, and I thought it was a telepathic thing for some reason.

 

6 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"dont be silly. the insanity clinic is universe 12h99b39a.2379d subsection 4"

"That's it's number by one counting system. One I haven't heard before."

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

Just now, The Bookwyrm said:

Okay, I just...have no idea what's going on with the yellow text, and I thought it was a telepathic thing for some reason.

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yellow text is just because it is to difrienciate between normal roy and helios which roy is only half off.

 

3 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

 

"That's it's number by one counting system. One I haven't heard before."

"it is by the interuniversal system. what system have you heard before?"

[Through the Living Hope]

1 hour ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"There'll be food where we're going."

"Then you'll want to know a few things," she said as she sped the hovercraft forward into what seemed a random direction. "Avoid neon colored buildings or roads, don't bother the funky looking things that look like they were birthed from snot, and don't mess with the lizard folk. They get a bit touchy if you ask them if they'd let you ride them or feed them fish." She checked a dohicky on the panel next to the wheel, "We'll be there in about fifteen minutes."

“Good to know.”

4 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

 

"That's it's number by one counting system. One I haven't heard before."

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Basically light half of Quinn merged with Roy and changed the color

 

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

14 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Elan internally flinches. Sorry. Not supposed to do that. It's instinctual, after a long long time in a really rough place. Sorry. I didn't read much. Sorry. Anyway... I'm Elan. And you are...?

"Most of them. I mean- we're from the Insanity Clinic."

11 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Bookwyrm blinked.

"In the Clinic's time, it's only been a year...It's spelled that way because the god we fought, Kaos, was also spelled that way. A twisted and corrupted essence of the concept of unpredictability.

"But...you are a Clinic patient, right? You haven't heard of Calano? How long have you been a patient for?"

So...they're just...dragons? Interesting.

"I...come from a universe far from anywhere near here. But our home base right now is the Insanity Clinic for the Moderately Brandofandonitis Afflicted. Don't ask what Brandofandonitis is, it opens a whole other can of worms." He glanced around. "At least I think most of us are from the clinic."

Bookwyrm. And don't worry about it; I understand, if it was unintentional. If you spent a while where that was the norm...yeah.

"Ahh, the Insanity Clinic." She smirked. "I've heard of that place. Didn't some war happen there with chickens?" She giggled.

14 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

"The... main one?"

11 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"dont be silly. the insanity clinic is universe 12h99b39a.2379d subsection 4"

3 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

 

"That's it's number by one counting system. One I haven't heard before."

"Ehh," she waved her juice box, "There are scholars that sit around and just argue about the different systems all day, I recommend picking a name for each universe and going with that. See," she said, pointing to a small scratch in the floor, "I got that from the cookies and cream galaxy. I got a scar in... an unsavory place from the Idiotic universe, and this one on my cheekbone from the supercalafragilisticexpialadocious dimension."

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

15 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Bookwyrm. And don't worry about it; I understand, if it was unintentional. If you spent a while where that was the norm...yeah.

Yeah. Well... nice to meet you. You're a lot older in this universe, aren't you.

3 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

 

"it is by the interuniversal system. what system have you heard before?"

"It's also EU1052097 if you use the E-subset universal counting system." Elan says.

 

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"Ahh, the Insanity Clinic." She smirked. "I've heard of that place. Didn't some war happen there with chickens?" She giggled.

"Ehh," she waved her juice box, "There are scholars that sit around and just argue about the different systems all day, I recommend picking a name for each universe and going with that. See," she said, pointing to a small scratch in the floor, "I got that from the cookies and cream galaxy. I got a scar in... an unsavory place from the Idiotic universe, and this one on my cheekbone from the supercalafragilisticexpialadocious dimension."

"Ah, the cookies and cream galaxy..." Elan says, gaining a far-off look. 

Edited May 7, 2024 by Ancient Elantrian

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

8 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

 

"it is by the interuniversal system. what system have you heard before?"

"The Worldseers had their own coordinate system, but most universes had official names. What organization is running this interuniversal system? Is there some sort of interuniversal civilization I'm unaware of?"

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The best thing about the Clinic's multiverse is that no one has the same idea of how it works so we get to jumble all our headcanons together.

 

6 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"Ahh, the Insanity Clinic." She smirked. "I've heard of that place. Didn't some war happen there with chickens?" She giggled.

Bookwyrm's face fell. "Yeah. There was," he said somberly. "I don't want to think about it right now."

6 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"Ehh," she waved her juice box, "There are scholars that sit around and just argue about the different systems all day, I recommend picking a name for each universe and going with that. See," she said, pointing to a small scratch in the floor, "I got that from the cookies and cream galaxy. I got a scar in... an unsavory place from the Idiotic universe, and this one on my cheekbone from the supercalafragilisticexpialadocious dimension."

Bookwyrm nodded. "That's the best way to keep track of them, I'd say. The Worldseers used the coordinates to get around, but strings of numbers didn't help anyone in differentiating any one dimension from the other."

 

5 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Yeah. Well... nice to meet you. You're a lot older in this universe, aren't you.

...Which universe? Because I have no idea how old the one we're in right now is. And most universes are very old. And I'm not that old. ...I don't think I am, at least...

Bookwyrm frowned.

I guess it's not really important right now.

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I totally am not still lacking a concrete backstory for this guy...

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EDIT: I have to probably go to sleep now...so don't do anything too crazy while I'm gone. Or if you do make it easy for me to catch up. Or something.

 

Edited May 7, 2024 by The Bookwyrm

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

3 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"The Worldseers had their own coordinate system, but most universes had official names. What organization is running this interuniversal system? Is there some sort of interuniversal civilization I'm unaware of?"

 

Bookwyrm's face fell. "Yeah. There was," he said somberly. "I don't want to think about it right now."

Bookwyrm nodded. "That's the best way to keep track of them, I'd say. The Worldseers used the coordinates to get around, but strings of numbers didn't help anyone in differentiating any one dimension from the other."

 

...Which universe? Because I have no idea how old the one we're in right now is. And most universes are very old. And I'm not that old. ...I don't think I am, at least...

Bookwyrm frowned.

I guess it's not really important right now.

 

I just meant the Clinic's universe. You're older in it than I am, I thought. I came long after the Kaotic war. Not sure why I come at different times... not an Elanic scholar. 

Yeah, not important. Maybe some day.

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Go combining headcanons! Love those!

If you ever develop backstory I wanna hear it lol

Will try to keep the others quiet.

 

Edited May 7, 2024 by Ancient Elantrian

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

14 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Yeah. Well... nice to meet you. You're a lot older in this universe, aren't you.

"It's also EU1052097 if you use the E-subset universal counting system." Elan says.

 

"Ah, the cookies and cream galaxy..." Elan says, gaining a far-off look. 

"nobody exsept the council use the E-subset universal counting system these days...

11 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"The Worldseers had their own coordinate system, but most universes had official names. What organization is running this interuniversal system? Is there some sort of interuniversal civilization I'm unaware of?"

 

Bookwyrm's face fell. "Yeah. There was," he said somberly. "I don't want to think about it right now."

Bookwyrm nodded. "That's the best way to keep track of them, I'd say. The Worldseers used the coordinates to get around, but strings of numbers didn't help anyone in differentiating any one dimension from the other."

"ahh the wordseers. the interuniversal system is run by the court world to difrenciate their paperwork."

 

6 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

I just meant the Clinic's universe. You're older in it than I am, I thought. I came long after the Kaotic war. Not sure why I come at different times... not an Elanic scholar. 

Yeah, not important. Maybe some day.

 

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now i need the compleate elan backstory as well

 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

5 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

"nobody exsept the council use the E-subset universal counting system these days...

"ahh the wordseers. the interuniversal system is run by the court world to difrenciate their paperwork."

 

 

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Still working on writing it.

I mean you have the like basic "This is how Elan got broken", but none of the complicated stuff between then and now.

"And the E-Subset system is run by the Council of Elans. It only applies to universes containing an Elan."

[Aeoryi she/her]

25 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"Ahh, the Insanity Clinic." She smirked. "I've heard of that place. Didn't some war happen there with chickens?" She giggled.

"Ehh," she waved her juice box, "There are scholars that sit around and just argue about the different systems all day, I recommend picking a name for each universe and going with that. See," she said, pointing to a small scratch in the floor, "I got that from the cookies and cream galaxy. I got a scar in... an unsavory place from the Idiotic universe, and this one on my cheekbone from the supercalafragilisticexpialadocious dimension."

"I was just visiting. I come from a place that's way beyond the concept of dimensions."

40 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Bookwyrm blinked.

"In the Clinic's time, it's only been a year...It's spelled that way because the god we fought, Kaos, was also spelled that way. A twisted and corrupted essence of the concept of unpredictability.

"But...you are a Clinic patient, right? You haven't heard of Calano? How long have you been a patient for?"

So...they're just...dragons? Interesting.

"I...come from a universe far from anywhere near here. But our home base right now is the Insanity Clinic for the Moderately Brandofandonitis Afflicted. Don't ask what Brandofandonitis is, it opens a whole other can of worms." He glanced around. "At least I think most of us are from the clinic."

Bookwyrm. And don't worry about it; I understand, if it was unintentional. If you spent a while where that was the norm...yeah.

"I'm not a patient. I just decided to show up one day, kick out someone's soul, possess their body, you know, normal evil spirit stuff."

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

1 minute ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"And the E-Subset system is run by the Council of Elans. It only applies to universes containing an Elan."

"that is true... i always wonderd why the roy's never did the same. I guess we no longer have the ability to hear each other."