the fellowship of the thing The Fellowship of the Thing - I'm bored. Let's mess around! (Retired)

[Channelknight Fadran]

42 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said:

"I thought you knew about this kind of - "  Something flares across the point at the back of his skull.  Loud.  He shifts to parade rest as his vision goes white.

"Martin?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Martin?"

For a long, stretched moment, there's nothing.  Then a second flare, that races up and down his spine, and everything snaps back into place.

He inhales instinctively, staring at nothing.  "I - "  How much time did he just lose?  It can't be much.  "I - " What does he say?

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

5 minutes ago, Spren of Kindness said:

For a long, stretched moment, there's nothing.  Then a second flare, that races up and down his spine, and everything snaps back into place.

He inhales instinctively, staring at nothing.  "I - "  How much time did he just lose?  It can't be much.  "I - " What does he say?

"Hey, hey... bud?" Ayia's face changed from her regular perky grin to a concerned frown. "Are you okay?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Hey, hey... bud?" Ayia's face changed from her regular perky grin to a concerned frown. "Are you okay?"

He's not.  He knows that for sure.  "I'm mostly functional," he says slowly.  Camille is still working with tree branches.  Ayia is still here.  So he can't have lost more than five minutes or so.  He reaches up to touch the spot on the back of his neck.  It feels normal.

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, Spren of Kindness said:

He's not.  He knows that for sure.  "I'm mostly functional," he says slowly.  Camille is still working with tree branches.  Ayia is still here.  So he can't have lost more than five minutes or so.  He reaches up to touch the spot on the back of his neck.  It feels normal.

"What happened? You just... stopped for a minute."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"What happened? You just... stopped for a minute."

"Just something that...happens sometimes."  Great.  Now the thing's on the fritz.  Another stretched moment, but not as intense.  He can track things.  He can't speak.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"What? This happens to you often?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"What? This happens to you often?"

There's a difference between this and before, but... "Yes.  It won't impede me," he hurries to add.  "It never happens when I'm doing something important."  The bio scanner is good for something after all.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"I don't care when it happens. It doesn't... hurt you or anything, does it?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"I don't care when it happens. It doesn't... hurt you or anything, does it?"

"Eh.  Not anymore."  He's reasonably certain that most of the more advanced stuff can't be triggered across universes, so it seems likely.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Anymore? Martie, stop pretending like glitching out is fine!"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Anymore? Martie, stop pretending like glitching out is fine!"

"I'm... not?"  What is she talking about?  "It's just something that happens.  There's nothing I can do, so I might as well adapt."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"There's nothing you can do? Surely there's some way you can fix it or something."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

7 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"There's nothing you can do? Surely there's some way you can fix it or something."

"It's a long story."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Then I want to hear it."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Then I want to hear it."

"Okay."  Martin closes his eyes.  "But.  Maybe not here.  This isn't something we really want people overhearing."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Alright. Then where should we go?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Alright. Then where should we go?"

"Let's just walk that way."  Martin points away from the camp, towards the trees.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Kay." Ayia reached out and took Martin's hand.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Kay." Ayia reached out and took Martin's hand.

Martin smiles.  "Thanks."

He thinks while they walk.  Where does he even begin with this?  "So.  What do you want to know?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Just... all of it. What's making you shut off like that?"

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Just... all of it. What's making you shut off like that?"

Well.  Best to start at the beginning, then.  "I'll be honest.  Some of this stuff, I pieced together from reports, cam footage, and individual accounts.  It's possible I'm wrong on some of it.  But.  You know I was a special operative."

[Channelknight Fadran]

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You don't have to quote me every time. I get notifs just for people posting on FotT 

"Yes."

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

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Sorry about that.

"Something I learned early on is that you always add contingencies.  Damage control of sorts.  And, well, they weren't taking any chances."  He rubs the back of his neck with his free hand again.  "There were contingencies for all of us."  This part is the one he doesn't quite understand.

[Channelknight Fadran]

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Don't worry about that.

"What do you mean by contingencies?"