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  1. DragonHeir
    It “burnt” away a little bit of the Narration in her fingertips, but nothing else seemed to happen. Then she became more - more aware of the Thread, of others, of herself, of her mind, of language, of patterns; the leaves moving in the wind, the dirt underfoot and the shapes it made, the clouds in the sky, the beating of her heart, the moment of the people around her. All these things matched up, aligned, somehow fit the same formula- and then one of the robotic arms Rebus had set up fell over and hit him, knocking the torch away. Rebus brushed himself off, made the machine get off of him, and ensured the reaction was still going. “That was odd. I think that the last portion was a buildup of Chaos - are you all right? Every bit of utility fog in that thing’s path just went offline at once - so I supposed it could also be Order. Or I guess the point is that it’s both.” “You knew him - he was your friend, wasn’t he?” Rebus said. Xino was viewing the Thread recently, I think. He didn’t do anything, though.
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    Thank you. I like to think my ideas are good, even if my communication isn’t. Rebus grinned. “It worked. I made Ordered Chaos - the Light and Darkness bleed off as light and darkness, and the Ordered Chaos combines the Order and Chaos to make more. I’ve been thinking of it a bit like fire. You need fuel,” he put out a hand, and a sort of torch made from Nullite was teleported to it, “a plentiful material for it to react with,” he waved a hand, throwing off a stream of Narration, “and a spark - which you provided, and now I can keep burning.” He touched the torch to the experiment, and the reaction spread onto it, sucking up the Narration Rebus fed it and combining it with the Nullite. The surface turned grey, pockets of a lighter and a darker shade growing and shrinking as the Nullite “burned”, while wisps of glowing light or obscuring darkness rose off of it. “I have not decided yet. Ordered Chaos - or I suppose, Chaotic Order - is the scientific definition, but a name for the metal - and eventually, the being - is not something I have decided on. Emergence, fractals, paradoxes, counter-intuitive states, recursion, metaphorical burning, categories and patterns from randomness, seeming randomness from patterns, instability, emulsification, self-propagation… there’s a lot to work with, but nothing that comes to mind as first - most important, best to name it. We could name it with emergence, I suppose. Keep changing what we call it until one thing catches on.” Well, if @Immortal Platypus gives me a more thorough explanation, I could do it. That’d also keep Rebus away, which I think many people would appreciate. I’m more active, and I think I can be fair and do it justice if I’m given the necessary context.
  3. DragonHeir
    He got Muin’s “help”, which let him use Muin’s powers to prevent the metals from doing what they were supposed to (which would be repelling each other). They combined, bleeding off the Light and Darkness as mundane photons and destruction of photons. Then he used that material as an emulsifier itself, making a more stable combination (which will keep decomposing, but it will also continue combining the metals). He’s got a couple more steps to go through, though. Yeah, they’re fun. I think I’ve got a much better grasp of how things should work, simply through explaining them. I’m kinda sad I missed that Nullite discussion earlier. Ordered Chaos cannot exist naturally, but one of the things it can do is amplify counterintuitive interactions (thanks to emergence). One of those interaction is its own creation, so it can make more of itself given the correct materials. Take fire as an example - I would quite logically be shocked if some guy hit a rock with a metal rod and suddenly made a big glowing thing, but I’d be far less shocked if someone took said rock and metal rod - flint/quartz and steel - and used it to start a small fire, then light a large fire. Muin’s powers were a metaphorical fire starter, making an initial “flame” in the form of the first portion he merged. That combined more Nullite and Prismite before Rebus dropped the power and it decomposed into Order and Chaos. Said paradoxium(or whatever we end up calling it) will continue decomposing, but it can combine more Nullite and Prismite before it does, making the reaction stable in the short term.
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    @Bird Furious The robotic arms touched the two metals together, and Rebus stepped up to them, touching the connection point. He kept his hand still, though the Nullite was uncomfortable for him to touch, and black smoke surrounded his finger for a mere moment. The metals he touched exploded with light and darkness, respectively, leaving a dappled grey where they had fused, smoke leaking off of it. But the light and darkness didn’t stop when Rebus removed his finger - moving quickly, he ensured there was a bit of the material not leaking smoke, then ended his use of the powers (for good reason - he’s unstable enough already). There was another rush of energy, Rebus’s hand briefly falling to pieces while the air moved as one, causing a ringing sound. Then the combined material stabilized, and Rebus grinned. “Exactly. Depending upon how this goes, you may have to step in to contain it.” Rebus dropped to the ground in the center of the dance floor, then followed her after a brief moment.
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    Rebus let them go, though the Ennuller core weakened magic close to it, making it hard to move. Rebus can use those few seconds of magic at a later time - he literally possesses the help that Muin could give. What does the power look like while emulsifying, actually? Rebus smiled at her. “Alright, stand by in case this manages to both remove my Narration and also summon something dangerous.” Rebus teleported ordinary Prismite and Nullite in front of him, constructing a containment field in case of problems and robotic arms to hold the metals. “Thank you. That shall be excellent. If my Author manages to miss the party I’m going to be very disappointed. Though I suppose a dramatic entrance would require being late, regardless.” Yeah, I’m not sure any single word would encompass the Axes - even light and darkness don’t full describe Light and Darkness. Making sense is good.
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    “I haven’t tried them yet. If you’ll take the cores, I can investigate it now.” Rebus was still holding the cores - or, rather, hovering them above his hands, since touching either would cause them to do things. “Be careful with them - Chaotic Light is as volatile as you’d think, and both can sometimes activate if touched, which will use them up.”
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    Muin’s powers were already back. “I told you - a few seconds. What I’m attempting to do is combine Chaotic Light with Ordered Darkness in order to make an emulsifier, which I can then use to combine them further. To break them on just that boundary requires very little time, really.”
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    “Because I need them for the experiment - I posses that instant of magic, which I can use to mess with my own powers. Willing agreement - when combined with magic - can do wonders. You can still help people and use your powers, if you’re worried about that.” Rebus did not look particularly sorry, but he wasn’t smug either.
  9. DragonHeir
    “I, Rebus, also agree.” Something happened, and Muin’s powers briefly weakened. “I now possess your help - I shall use it to perform the experiment. Here are your cores.” Rebus put his hands out, and two fist-sized crystals appeared over them. One was shining in every color Muin could think of or perceive, loops of magic more meaningful that could merely be seen continuously moving around and through it. The other was very very black, an aura around it removing color and dimming light that passed near it.
  10. DragonHeir
    Rebus did not think that bitterness was particularly strange, considering the circumstances. “As soon as you can, but that can be done here and takes mere seconds. Likewise I shall give you the cores as soon as I can - which is as soon as I have your help.”
  11. DragonHeir
    Just saying, but I think Symbol lost her chance at medieval when she made floating violins. (Though I guess that’s inside the barrier, now) Rebus constructed crystals - of legitimate crystal glass - and sent them floating upwards to the chandelier. They caught the light, sending points of it scattered across the floor like a million stars. And they began to spin to the music, making the lights glide around like they themselves were dancing.
  12. DragonHeir
    Rebus looked upwards, admiring the decorations. “May I?” he asked. “We can place floating crystals around the chandelier, to refract the light around the room. If we dimmed those braziers first, the effect would be impressive.” In other words, Rebus’s first recommendation is a fantasy-y disco ball. I actually wrote out him doing it, then decided he would ask first (if it was anybody else, he certainly would not). If she were to ask me directly, I would have to tell her, or at least be evasive enough she would know. Otherwise, I would end up breaking my word. That has dangers of its own. It’s closer to causing and preventing, perhaps? I took life and death directly from Xino’s blog, but I guess they’re not quite the same. Did I get this right? If Chaotic Light had its way, everything would be bursting with color and creation, activity and fun, with little regard to who got hurt. Many would call it a paradise, but many would also call it dangerous and ridiculous. If Ordered Light got its way, people would be safe and happy doing what they were supposed to. They would be nurtured and guided by light, helping crops grow and people from different worlds interact. Many would call it peaceful, but some would call it stagnation. If Ordered Dark got its way, nobody could do anything they were not supposed to. Any threat to anything would simply cease to exist. It would be safe, but it would also be controlling. If Chaotic Dark got its way, nothing would exist. I think most people can agree that would be bad. To speak to your newest post, I think you said something like that - that he was something like the Witherlord, who can control Mordite. Rebus nodded. “You are perhaps the most skeptical person I have made a contract with. That is not a bad thing, honestly. Our original agreement was as follows:” “We then amended it thusly:” “Do you give your word that you agree?” Well, Rebus’s favor requires almost no effort from him, and since his life is a resource he cannot replenish, if he’s in true danger he can save himself and complete the favor later, or ever negotiate for a new one. The only thing here that isn’t in his favor or neutral is the fact that if Muin fails now, he doesn’t need to give back the cores, but Rebus has another favor for him. Of course, declaring failure, since the contract is magically enforced, means that Muin cannot then complete the Gem without severe consequences.
  13. DragonHeir
    I think I am. I simply agree with you. Good. I assume the memory manipulation extends to anything I might have to say on the topic, so I do not break my word?
  14. DragonHeir
    I think you’re planning this wonderfully. Rebus smiled, genuine and a little bit sad. I will keep this secret on your behalf, though not hers. But if you truly break her, there will be consequences.
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    “Very well. You shall not need to give the cores back. Do we have a deal?” Rebus phrased his contract well, if I do say so myself. Rebus had expected as much - he began to prepare for that meeting. Doing and undoing, action and inaction, life and death, existence and emptiness, intensity and calm? That sounds a bit like the mantle, actually. Yeah - for everyone involved. That was fine with Rebus.
  16. DragonHeir
    “I give you two cores - one of an Ordered Darkness entity and one of a Chaotic Light entity. You use these to complete your task, and once you are finished they return to me in whatever state they end up in. If you deem your task to be impossible, the cores return to me and I shall offer you a different boon, which we will negotiate at that time. In exchange, you give me your help - which shall take you little effort and inconvenience, and invoke no subsequent responsibility - so I can complete the experiment I was using them in. This experiment will not endanger you, though it does involve metaphysics and will give me new capabilities. In addition, I will owe you a minor favor - I am willing to accompany you on a journey, perform a task for you, or make you an item, but I will not expend any resources I cannot replenish. This is the sole extent of our contract, and I give my word it shall be satisfied.” Rebus came up behind her, walking through the air, and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. He didn’t say anything, he simply listened to the music in silence. Meanwhile, the clone that had been talking to Lady Bug looked thoughtful. It seemed she hadn’t truly know what she was doing.
  17. DragonHeir
    Rebus maintained his dignity, though he gave a small smile. “I have an experiment to run myself. A couple, actually.” Rebus gave a belated wave with a raised eyebrow. “We will meet again, I suspect. I am not certain yet whether it will be as allies, rivals, or bitter enemies.” Alright… I’ll try some more later today. I think Order and Chaos can stand on their own, because a net neutral in terms of creation and destruction makes far more sense than somehow neither Order nor Chaos. If I have some, I shall. I think that was Nameless’s plan to defeat him, at some point. Not sure if it worked. No, the Skeins were some sort of sapient field of Ordered Light - they were the ones who sealed the Witherlord away, though I think they were destroyed in the process. Yeah, that’s a bad idea. (Rebus did consider doing so at one point, but realized how stupid trying to harvest Platypus’s organs is). Rebus had two things Platypus didn’t, though: the work of others, and metagaming.
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    Just you wait… that party is just two dozen pages away. “Isn’t this the very objective of the experiment?”
  19. DragonHeir
    Rebus will be very interested in that… “Good. I quite honestly may agree with you, depending upon what you do wish.” “I’ve been trying to combine the metals myself, though I am aiming for a neutral balance between Order and Chaos.” “That could be a worthy goal. The issue with gaining vengeance for all is that people often wish vengeance for others’ acts of vengeance.” Alright, then - perhaps we’ll witness that at some point. Alright - the apostrophes are throwing me off. The tricky part is imagining something neither structured nor unstructured. Things have to have some arrangement, whether it be effectively random or very regular. Alright. I’d be willing to help with that brainstorming, though as we’ve found I seem to have a poorer grasp of the lore than I thought. To unbalance him by introducing more Ordered Darkness (or Chaotic Darkness, but that’s risky). Huh (to both). The Skeins were Witherlordish for Ordered Light, right? Or at least had more power than a Luxsprite. The balancium one - I think he did use it in the duel, though I’m not sure it worked. Rebus found and reactivated the one that turns you into Nameless, but he was… unhelpful (he stole and absorbed a bunch of Prismite, then ran away). That’s what I said, too. I think Platypus is the last. Rebus chuckled inwardly. He’d been in that situation before - honestly, he still was. “Muin, as I said, if I can have your help I can get you the first two cores. Is that satisfactory?” “Time cannot be wasted if your goal is to continue doing things. I may not be able to protect Symbol from whatever you plan to do, but I will help her become all the stronger because of it.”
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    “I likely deserve that.” “That decision is good for your health - though if you truly break her, I can and will hunt you down.” Yeah - he has a plan for the core, but he thinks he can use normal Nullite and the corruption effect instead, so he’s willing to give it up if Muin helps him with that experiment (and actually all Muin has to do is promise him help - agreements with Rebus are magic).
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    “Yes, if the instructions for time travel - which, mind you, is already possible here - are encrypted with the Fundamental Substances, we would only need one of each to decode it. I can provide both Chaotic Light and Ordered Darkness, though I am currently using the latter, and would need your help substituting it.” Rebus smiled at her in a deliberately frustrating way. Let the record also show that Rebus was making sure Lady Bug didn’t attack her during that time.
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    “So what is to stop you from destroying everything? You could do it right now - end the entire planet.” “Your experiments here do intrigue me.” “I suppose you are. What Vengeance do you truly wish?” Yeah, I guess Order probably locks everything into crystal structures or something, and is hence immovable, while Chaos probably acts like fire, corrupting everything to itself and then basically falling apart. Ah. Is the second stage some sort of anagram? You’re probably right. I am finding it hard to imagine something that is neither structured nor unstructured, since orderliness is kinda a necessary state for something that exists, while something that is neither Light nor Dark can maintain a balance and not create or destroy, simply rearrange and change. Alrighty. Are you planning to recon the properties a bit so they fit a little better? That makes sense, I suppose. The same can be done to Platypus himself, I expect. I’m not sure it matters at this point, but I simply wanted you to know that Rebus did have a plan. Well, some of the shard could teleport while the others didn’t, and they started moving around on their own once Platypus showed up. I think the only being that has been seen telekinetically moving their metal is the Witherlord. “I would like to note that your task is potentially both impossible and unnecessary. If everything you have told me is correct, to reassemble the Gem would be induce an identity crisis too great for many to bear. If magic truly is connected to it, to reassemble it would require every Narrator, every Ennuller, every withergeist, and the last Luxsprite - who happens to not be a Luxsprite at the moment, being corrupted by Darkness and on a rampage. If we needed his help, we would have to undo his corruption. Alternatively, you could find Nameless’s Medallion, which can change fundamental substances between each other, except that is also impossible, since you cannot get it without finding a man who is currently nonexistent.” Rebus’s voice was a little strange, to one who could sense magic. Actually, his entire being, and even the air around him, was suffused in some sort of life unlike life. “I will help you though, if I may have your help in return.”
  23. DragonHeir
    Yeah, I agree that both sides have valid places to come from. I shall endeavor to stay reasonable, and do hope we can come to a conclusion because under the frustration is genuine interest in Platypus's motivations and goals (keeping those hidden is understandable, because we know they're there). Agreed - there's a difference between "there's something going on, but you don't get to find out what until later" and "oh yeah, this has been happening the whole time there was just no sign of it". I'd like to sorta disagree with hitting the alloy as opting it - I was perfectly willing to have Rebus's Plotblade destroyed, but the objective was to learn its properties to exploit them. I feel it was untelegraphed that the crystal was able to have its properties altered (but only by Platypus, for some reason). The absorbance makes sense, in a way. Darkness is very corrupt-y, so I can see converting more materials into itself. The repulsion feels weirder, though - it feels like Pure Darkness should be a black hole, crunching everything it touches. But yes, the properties feel inconsistent from a metaphysics perspective.
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    "How could one possibly enforce such a thing? Magic is not real to the Authors." Hmm. "The communication severing? Why would that possibly require ignorance of its effect?" "Hmmm. I'm surprised your blade still functions, and hasn't take its Vengeance on you." Alright... I guess Rebus can show he doesn't need a magic sword in order to think on his feet. What would make it stop? Rebus's plan for Platypus taking his sword would be to fake severing his connection to it (which he has done in the past), then summon it back to him or exploit Platypus's connection to it with what would be best described as soul malware. If the shard had only destroyed his Plotblade, since it also absorbs Mordite and Nullite he could use it to counter anything that could kill a Narrator. Understood. If I were in your place, I would have made them weaker and removed the teleportation. A metal that corroded anything it touched, stopped everything that touched it from moving, and absorbed light fits Darkness better than one that can teleport around to follow Narrators. (Also, I don't think your cipher was written correctly, at least not in any way I know of. I can't crack it, and neither can the first couple online programs I tried) That does kinda make sense, but wouldn't Darkness be prone to self-destructing? That makes sense, but the way this would interact feels kind of odd. An alloy doesn't allow this kind of "this part does this thing, then this part does this thing" behavior - the components are regularly distributed, and this makes new properties that aren't the sum of the composing metals. Rebus basically managed to cause a few explosions - he was planning to try some emulsifiers, but then NameIess went inactive.
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    Rebus had though that some normal turtles were omnivorous, though kelp probably would have been better. "I would agree. Sheldon is rather silly, but it might work." Why thank you.
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