The Linear Thread

[Condensation she/her]

Melody was very confused. However, there was no way she was letting this... Doctor Octopus? do anything to her friends. "What do you want with Gerald?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Reserved said:

"My nemesis!" proclaimed the octopus. "I see you have followed me here!"

"Actually-" began Gerald.

"Well, your journey ends here!" proclaimed the cephalopodic android. He threw a metal ball at Gerald, which quickly expanded into a long tube. It wrapped around the squid, then tethered itself to the ceiling.

"HEY!" Ellis attacked the robot thing.

[Condensation she/her]

"Yeah, that might be a better idea. But why are you attacking Gerald?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

51 minutes ago, Ookla the Channelknight said:

"HEY!" Ellis attacked the robot thing.

Dr. Who Octopus wrapped him in an extendable robotic tentacle.

"And who are you?" he asked, puzzled.

[Condensation she/her]

"That's Ellis. Leave him alone! Let Gerald go, too!"

[Channelknight Fadran]

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Reserved said:

Dr. Who Octopus wrapped him in an extendable robotic tentacle.

"And who are you?" he asked, puzzled.

1 minute ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

"That's Ellis. Leave him alone! Let Gerald go, too!"

"I'm, the... I'm one of the potential applicants for the position of Dark Lord."

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Channelknight said:

"I'm, the... I'm one of the potential applicants for the position of Dark Lord."

Extra comma there... not sure if it was on purpose.

"Well... yes, but no."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Gerald?" asked Dr. Who Octopus. "Do you know these people?"

Gerald was silent.

Edited December 14, 2020 by Ookla the Reserved

[Condensation she/her]

"Of course he knows us!"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"What do you mean?" asked Dr. Who Octopus, fitting a cage over her as well.

[Condensation she/her]

"Hey!" Melody closed her eyes and cast an illusion of her teleporting out of the cage. "There, that's better. And we ran into Gerald earlier in my garden, he's been hanging with us."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Hey!" said Dr. Who Octopus with a frown, grabbing the illusion with one of his tentacles. When it passed straight through, he felt inside the cage.

Satisfied, he replied. "Ah, well. I suppose you'll have to... ah... hang with him for a little while longer." He chuckled to himself, lifting the two of them to the ceiling to hang besides Gerald.

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Reserved said:

"Hey!" said Dr. Who Octopus with a frown, grabbing the illusion with one of his tentacles. When it passed straight through, he felt inside the cage.

Satisfied, he replied. "Ah, well. I suppose you'll have to... ah... hang with him for a little while longer." He chuckled to himself, lifting the two of them to the ceiling to hang besides Gerald.

"Don't make me summon my army of the undead on you!"

[Condensation she/her]

"What do you want with Gerald?" Melody pouted at the bad joke.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Channelknight said:

"Don't make me summon my army of the undead on you!"

"Oh, no, I'm so afraid!" said the octopus mockingly. "Ha! Pull the lever, Capodoto!"

The floor of the room split apart to reveal a pit filled with crocodiles, snapping and gnashing and-

"No, no, no, wrong lever!" declared Dr. Who Octopus. "That's not till later, neingern!"

Disgruntled, he pulled a different lever, revealing a basement filled with humanoid figures of all shapes and sizes.

"Behold, my undead army! And, well, partially unalive army, since most of 'em are made of clay and not flesh - but that's not the point. The point is, who's the evil overlord now?"

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Grammatical said:

"What do you want with Gerald?" Melody pouted at the bad joke.

Dr. Who Octopus shook a balled up tentacle in the air. "Time and time again, he has foiled my plans! But this time, I will get rid of him for good!"

[Condensation she/her]

"A flying squid... foiled your plans," Melody said skeptically.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Hey, I'm just as surprised as you are," said Gerald tiredly.

"Don't get me started!" ranted the Dr. "It all started the cephalopod apple juice, part of my brilliant idea to turn everyone into a specific category of sea creature, then sell antidotes for a fortune! I tested it on him, to resounding success! I had big vats of both serums mixed up in large drums, ready to spray the world! And then, this neingern cracked them and caused them to spill all over the floor!" He took a breath. "And me."

"What?" said Gerald defensively. "Someone used me as a baseball, what was I supposed to do?"

"You can fly!" said Dr. Who Octopus, furious. "How could it not have been a purposeful strike?"

"I was dizzy," said Gerald defensively. "You try to aim after bounding off a bat at 100 miles an hour."

[Mystic Syn she/her]

Oh crap, I forgot about this.

Q shook herself out of her daze, looking up at the chaos around her. "Okayyy," she said, raising an eyebrow. "If anyone needs me, I'll be throwing up over the balcony." Q showed herself out, looking a tad bit sick as she did so.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

2 minutes ago, Mystic Syn said:

Oh crap, I forgot about this.

Q shook herself out of her daze, looking up at the chaos around her. "Okayyy," she said, raising an eyebrow. "If anyone needs me, I'll be throwing up over the balcony." Q showed herself out, looking a tad bit sick as she did so.

Capodoto produced a wastebasket.

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

Random Cameo time.

A knock sounded at a door.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Dr. Who Octopus paused his rant. He glanced at Capodoto

"Who is it?" asked Capodoto politely.

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Reserved said:

Dr. Who Octopus paused his rant. He glanced at Capodoto

"Who is it?" asked Capodoto politely.

"Delivery for a Doctor 'Whoctpus!'"

Edited December 14, 2020 by The Ookla's Guard

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Uh... wrong house," said Capodoto, after a quick shake of the head from the octopus. "This is Capodoto."

[The Ward's Guard he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Reserved said:

"Uh... wrong house," said Capodoto, after a quick shake of the head from the octopus. "This is Capodoto."

"You sure? The address on your door matches the one on the package."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"I'm sure," said Capodoto. "Perhaps the sender made an error?"