AonEne

Godmodding police came back and smacked Bowser.

Godmodding police showed up and smacked Narrator Jell for controlling Truthless, Archivist, and Bowser.

I was following it at one point because I’d stopped caring about losing, but then in an effort to have less notifications I stopped. Edit: guys for some reason I think this might be a perpendicularity...

“You got a cat?” Cassie stared at it, tiny and adorable and oh Stormfather she loved it to death already. It was as welcoming as seeing a spark of Stormlight in a dark room. She wasn’t sure if Doc would let them keep it...but she was going to argue in favor of doing so, and he didn’t care that much about what they did on their own time. Nobody’s allergic, right? She shook herself out of it and looked around the room. “Anyone else need to grab a new pet?”

Anytime sule! How’s everyone’s day going?

“I prefer deskwork - I know, not exciting,” he answered, then stayed quiet to let them finish their conversation.

@Blessing of Potency @kenod @Invocation

Managed to continue living.

“Yep, some of us are down there, some of us are heading there right now, and some of us are running around telling people the big news,” he said dryly, pressing a hand to his chest. “It’ll all calm down soon, I’m sure.”

No apologize, boots! Drama is good too! Ene gasped, looking down at the blade in her stomach. She stumbled backward, letting the knife slide out of her, and tried to press her hands to the wound, but she was suddenly dizzy and her breaths came too fast and what if it had hit something and why had Salad done this and she was never, never going to find N. She sat down hard - well, more like fell over onto her side - and curled inward, putting pressure on the area of entry. Were those deathspren she could see out of the corners of her eyes? She’d always dismissed them as a Rosharan myth. But something loomed, dark gray and shapeless and getting closer, and Ene couldn’t quite find enough air, and...the sky wasn’t supposed to be that color, was it? Oh, and now everything was changing colors and glowing. She wondered why, and reached out to catch one of the little balls of light that were floating around with a bloody hand, forgetting her injury. It didn’t hurt anymore. She caught it, and it buzzed in her palm. She pulled it closer - redgreenblueyellowsharpgoldsoftsilverwetcoldpainwarmlossanswersjoybloodfailureblackgonegonegone Ene died. Her body relaxed, hands falling to the ground, one dropping from her stomach and one from the air where she had gripped nothing. As it did this, she stood up, looking down at her unblemished torso, seeing no wounds and no color in her body. She was light gray all over, from her clothes to her eyes, though her corpse beneath her was colored normally. “Aon,” a voice called, and she looked up automatically. A woman was beckoning to her. “I go by Ene, actually, Aon is more of a surname, but don’t worry people make that mistake all the time...” She trailed off as the woman continued to gesture her forward. “Okay, I’m coming.” The woman was a darker gray than her and looked middle-aged. “Come, Aon,” she said in a lilt that made it seem she was singing. “I am,” Ene said uncertainly, walking to her. “Er, is this the afterlife?” The woman smiled maternally. “No, Aon, this is...somewhere else.” I think it’s my turn to apologize to you because what did I just write

I am definitely joining! (Also, you’re welcome! Though you clearly did more turning it into a game than I did.) Is the cake a reference to what I think it is? (Hey Ash, I know you’re busy these days and might not be up for something timed, but this feels like your thing, so I’m gonna tag you @Ashspren)

It’s fine I’m just struggling through the first book.

First didn’t disappear or reappear behind Price, but it was suddenly behind him all the same, looking over his shoulder at the contract. The chair it had been sitting on was gone. “Neither. I have no gender and no need for formalities,” it said absently, reading. “This is good, but it would also be good if you repeated this: I, Pryclin Evada of Hopearaa of the Twin Concepts of the Creator, give my word to the Concept First that I will assist it in the gathering of information relating to the deterioration of Hopearaa, and if required participate in actions to control the spread of this condition. I pledge my Power and my intentions to this cause. You don’t strictly need to, but it would help me a great deal, and I could say something to the same effect. I’ll tell you specifics of what I need afterward, if you do say it.” First took a step back, looking at him with eyes that still did not close. “As for the bad things, they are already happening, and will only continue to get worse without intervention. The wars. The insanity of the gods. And...a few other things.”

Cassie heard her name and looked up, away from the body she’d been staring at, its stomach sliced open. She glanced down at her clothes, then the rest of them. Right. “Yeah, I can do that. And good idea, Rob.” She’d only vaguely been listening - it was hard to concentrate when her mind would only focus on the sounds of death in her ears and splashes of blood behind her eyes. @Wyndlerunner @I think I am here. @Eluvianii

“I believe it was growing there. Likely some latent Splinter of Ruin or something - I don’t know, Investiture isn’t my specialty.”

Whoops, I meant to refer to Lanfear ambiguously, but then walked away for a bit and forgot when I came back. I’m really forgetting my ‘they’s lately.

Really, that’s awesome! “I worried you might consider it a competition, and I was too much of a coward to ask if we could work together,” Ene said, drying her eyes. (Which is completely unrealistic, I’m the messiest crier ever IRL lol) “This is such a relief.” She laughed quietly at herself. “Do you...maybe want to look for him together?” Just how some conversations happen to happen, I guess.

The first one is the guy who everyone wonders who killed him, right? (Didn’t Alcatraz say he did it once?) Famous name. So maybe him. But the second one has a great name, so maybe him?

The amount of nonbinary genders out there amazes me, I never knew there could be so many different ways for people to identify. It’s cool. Sorry for the tangent though “He might be gone, but I’ll never stop looking for him,” Ene whispered, looking up at them. “Whether I find a man or a Zoroark, I don’t care. I just want to see him again.” She swiped tears away from her eyes. “I thought you wanted to find him too. You’re really not going to kill me?”

“There’s an organization exploring some caverns recently found under the Alleycity, and they discovered atium,” Ran explained. “It’s a bit of a big deal even for here, so the guild is busier than normal.” The door burst open, and he jumped slightly; after the newcomer had had his say, Ran said coolly, “Yes, we do. If you’d like to buy some, I can direct you to our closest bakery.” @mathiau @The_Archivist @Soulbinder

What are my options? I don’t know what those are.