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Oak and the Onion.

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Oak
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 23:30
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Oak and the Onion

This is a placeholder for the newest thread in the continuing adventures of Oak, GMed by Tadeusz.  :)
Tadeusz
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 1):

Spinning, giggling, dwerfing, you pelt down a rollercoaster track chasing a Robot Mouse chasing the coaster...

And you're sitting up, with your eyes running, and nose stuffed, and the smell of onion heavy in the air.  Beneath you is a slick and flat, white colored surface with long lines running to the near horizon that are two yards apart, and go in parallel lines far to the left and right.

In the sky above are white dots larger than stars.
Oak
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
at 23:57
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Oak and the Onion

:: Dearest LORD, please guard and guide me now, I pray... ::

:: Ring, are you online?  Please acknowledge.  If so, begin monitoring and recording.  Summarize contents of any available transmissions. ::

:: Are you awake yet, dear daughter? ::

I examine the white colored surface to see if it is in fact made of onion.

Then I experimentally attempt to use my clairvoyant senses to get an aerial view of my surroundings...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 3):

Ring doesn't respond.

#119 doesn't either.  You feel as if she was shocked by the versing experience.

You feel a sense of peace as you pray.

Tastes like onion...

Looking about you from above, you spot the curve of the onion.  Its far off, but this onion must be far smaller than the Earth.  Also, you see a worm with its pincered face sticking out of the onion.  Its twenty feet wide across the face. You spot several holes in the onion surface.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 00:10
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Oak and the Onion

Is the onion floating in space, or is it on a giant plate on a giant table in an utterly huge room, or something else?

I continue to use my clairvoyance to get an idea of the environment surrounding the onion...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 5):

It is floating in space.  It has growth green bits above, and tendrils below, and it appears to be less than five hundred and more than fifty miles across.  Perspective is hard to gauge.

Below it, you see an enormous celery stalk.

You hear a fluttering buzz, which you should not be hearing as it seems to be coming from near your pschyic viewpoint.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 00:27
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Oak and the Onion

I wryly attempt to smother the "Veggie Tales" theme song as it starts playing in my head...

I check for scriff vectors.

Then I rotate my clairvoyant view to try to see the source of the buzzing.
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 7):

You feel three Scriff vectors.

Something is fluttering toward you against the blackness of space.  You can see tiny bits of shadow, which hurt your head as you try to put them into a shape.

And then it comes closer.  It looks like a man sized cross between a wasp and a dragonfly, but somehow, you know its not that shape.  Its true shape is something that your mind can't understand.

You're aware that it doesn't exist physically, but only pschyically.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 01:48
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Oak and the Onion

I pray for wisdom, and I attempt to look at the approaching figure via Sight.

If I feel nudged to proceed, I move closer as well.

If I feel nudged to avoid, I retreat.

if I feel nothing, I hold my position and observe...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 9):

You SEE it, and it burns your brain so that you fall back into your body.  You can't remember what it looked like, only that it was not ....not....um....not....

You draw a blank.  Attempts to use your psionics cause pain for the next eight hours.

You cannot see it, nor do you hear it.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 02:50
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Oak and the Onion

I pray for healing, and for wisdom regarding whether I should pursue or avoid further contact with such entities.

If I still feel afflicted, then I settle down to try to sleep it off.

When I awaken, I gently try to probe my own memory using Perfect Memory, in order to recall what is currently blank.

If I am still in pain, I rest more, then try again.  Lather, rinse, repeat, unless something else happens or I am psi-capable once again.
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 11):

The healing causes the pain to retreat, but the pain is still there.  After sleeping a bit, you wake, and feel your abilities are back, and the pain is gone.  Gently probing the memory brings back the pain, but only for an hour.

You feel a vibration through the onion peel ground.  Looking about, you see a seventy foot long, twenty feet wide worm with many hairs heading your way at about ten miles per hour.

Stop. Food. Stop. A voice enters your mind, which since it hurts already, does not feel good at all.  You can feel it trying to compel you, and when that fails, you can feel it try to eat away at your willpower to resist.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 03:36
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Oak and the Onion

Since Ring is offline, I manually activate my Kinetic Shield.

Then, with a prayer, I activate my light saber, and stand my ground.

If it tries to attack, I will let it experience what it feels like to use a light saber as a toothpick...  :)
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 13):

It comes up to you, and you can see from a handful of yards away that the bright light of the saber worries it.  Then it gathers itself up, and lunges at you.

It hits the shield, and bounces off.  Infuriated, it gathers itself again, and really lunges, throws its body up in the air, and down on you with its mouth turned toward you.

Your shield breaks.

The saber flashes twice, and then you're in its mouth, still conscious, but battered.  The saber was knocked out of  your hand.  You're not sure where it is.  You can smell giant worm guts and burnt worm guts.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 03:55
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Oak and the Onion

With a prayer, I stick my fire staff down its throat, and activate it...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 15):

WHOOSH!!!

It screams in your mind, and you're grateful its an animal, and flings itself back and up, leaving your stomach, so to speak behind.  And then it dies.

It's body recoils on itself, and you fly arcing over the Onion, several hundred feet in the air, and rapidly approaching the ground.  Oh, your clothes are on fire.

+@1 skill with firestaff.

Your earlier prayer about the Mind Wasp thing is answered with 'Cautiously'.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 04:06
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Oak and the Onion

I pray again, and reactivate the kinetic shield, and frantically pat out the flames from my clothing as I await impact...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 17):

Your clothes are still burning when you fall into a twenty foot wide hole in the surface, and begin falling down it.  The worm tunnel extends away into the dimness below you.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 04:34
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Oak and the Onion

OOC: I am wearing protective armor that appears to be normal clothing.  Are we assuming that clothing I may be wearing on top of that protective armor (such as a jacket) is on fire, or that the protective armor itself is on fire?  :o

I pray as I continue to pat out the flames, and inwardly sigh as I fall down the tunnel.  Getting back to the worm carcass is going to be a pain.

A part of my brain recalls the various articles and speculative fiction I have read regarding wormhole travel, and compares it to the current reality.

I check for scriff vectors (both beings and belongings) as I go...
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:36, Wed 19 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 19):

The outer clothing is on fire, but you have finished putting it out.

Your saber, and another vector changes.  And the tunnel begins to veer, and soon you're tumbling head over heels down the gradually increasing slope.  Thinking better of this, you work to right yourself, and skid down the slope in your Kinetic Field bubble, a little shaken up, and with holes in your outer shirt, but otherwise fine.

You've fallen at least several hundred yards.  The tunnel continues on into the onion.  The floor feels mulchy?? Wet, but kind of stiff, but like you could punch your fist into it a short distance.

OOC: Somehow I put Jeff's response in the PM's as a new message to Glantri.  Help me, Obi-wan.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 05:00
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Oak and the Onion

OOC: "You must learn the ways of the Force, if you're to come with me to Alderaan."  (Misdirected post now fixed :)

I pause to give thanks for deliverance.

Assuming that I am now stationary and feeling the floor, I check again for scriff vectors to see if the vector changes were merely a result of my own motion, or if they were because the beings and belongings were also in motion.

Then I assess the feasibility of climbing back toward my light saber.

Finally, I gently probe my memory once again, looking for clues about the blank spot from my encounter with the psionic entity...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 21):

The feel of a smile greets your thanks.

Just your motion.

Its doable, if you don't run out of endurance.  Its going to be a long climb.

At first you're not able to force yourself to try to remember.  Your mind flinches.  But you bear down, and do it.

And you're left with another headache, and this time a nosebleed.  But it passes within an hour.

OOC: Thanx.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 15:07
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Oak and the Onion

OOC: What do I remember about the blankness?

I pray for healing after the headache and nosebleed.

Then I ponder my options.

: Hmmm.  Psi is still painful.  Ring is offline.  I can feel prayers answered.  And... I still have two feet...:

I start to climb... and as I do, my thoughts drift back over the many verses my path has taken me through thus far.

In some ways, my current surroundings remind me of Georg's mind, or of the shared Dream world of Heartwar.

Yet the way I feel prayers answered reminds me of my very first verse, my rather brief stay in Haston, where music also had such a powerful effect.

So it is that as I climb, seeking the top of this wormhole, I begin to sing...

"I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I’m onward bound,
'Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.'

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s tableland,
A higher plane than I have found;
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where those abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.

Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s tableland,
A higher plane than I have found;
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground..."
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 23):

You remember a Shapeless Shape, a, um, well, ah...your right eyelid twitches uncontrollably for a second.  And the pain that had just been healed, comes back.

+@1 Willpower.

You climb up the slope for several hundred feet, and then face the vertical cliff. It goes up a long way.  Telling distance in a white tunnel, dimly lit, is hard.

You start to sing as you climb up.

+@1 Climbing for new use.

The first time through the song is spoiled by the sog in your nose.  You try again, and you find that your hands are more sure, your feet more stable, and your energy greater.

Climbing song.  RS/10 for Climbing skill, and energy level.  Lasts until you rest. 1@2.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 17:33
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Oak and the Onion

I pray for healing after the pain returns.

And I keep climbing up... and up... and up...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 25):

You're healed again.

Seventeen hundred steps up, you have to stop.  Another song, and another thousand times three steps up, and you drag yourself out on the surface with your limbs like wet noodles.  You think you ought to do something, and you're asleep.

Hours later, you wake.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 18:38
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Oak and the Onion

I give thanks for the successful climb, and pray for healing for my spent body and my blanked mind.

OOC: Hopefully the latter will be more effective than attempting to use psi to probe the blankness, and then merely praying for healing from the resulting pain.

Then I check for scriff vectors again, and use that information to track down my missing light saber...
Tadeusz
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 27):

As you pray, you become aware that the nature of the thing does not fit into your reality and your mind.  In order for it to fit, your mind has to be broken.

And you've still got that occasional eye twitch.

Its about a half-mile walk, and you find your saber.  Which is good because you see a swarm of football sized bugs of a dozen different colors and shapes chewing away at the giant worm.

A few dozen take note of you.
Oak
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
at 19:47
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Oak and the Onion

I activate my kinetic shield to discourage any bugs from approaching, and move away from them.

As I do so, I take note of the scriff vectors to see how much they shift as I move.

Once I have found my way to a place secure from bugs, I attempt to cautiously stretch out my clairvoyance senses once again...
Tadeusz
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 29):

One shifts, and the others don't.

You see onion peel, and holes in the ground every few hundred yards.  In the distance you see a couple more giant caterpillars.
Oak
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

I note the distance from my body to the giant caterpillars to ensure that they aren't close enough to disturb me while I am occupied.

Then I move my clairvoyant viewpoint in the direction of the scriff vector that shifted...
Tadeusz
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 31):

A great distance away, over the horizon, and past dozens of worms, and you find the vector is behind you.  Circling about, you find that it is inside the onion.  Doing math by guess since you have no good, quick measurement, you think it can't be more than ten miles deep.

Are you going straight out into space, or flying nap of the onion? The first is faster.
Oak
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
at 02:39
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Assuming that the caterpillars are far enough away, I first move my clairvoyant viewpoint out into space to check out the neighborhood.

Then, if there is time and there isn't anything too noteworthy in space, I zoom in toward the estimated location of the scriff vector within the onion...
Tadeusz
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 33):

In the far distance in space, you spot white nodules, and a green spot, and an orange line.  You feel as if there are things out here, in the Dark, with you, but few are easily visible.

You zoom down some distance less than five miles, and come into an open cavern by a white lake.  A log cabin sits by the lake made of burnt onion sticks.  Inside is a reptile bipedal who is asleep.  He is the source of the vector.
Oak
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

I pray for wisdom.

If I do not receive any nudge to the contrary, I attempt to use my Sight...

Then if I do not receive any nudge to the contrary, I gently reach out to sense his thoughts...
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:08, Thu 20 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 35):

In the sight, you see a small campfire.

He's dreaming of a rocky plateau baking in the heat under the light of a dozen nearby suns near the Galactic Center.  Two small reptilans are cooking large insects on sticks over a fire as he smiles at them.  A smaller than him female reptilan is leaning against him,

He's happy, but there is a shadow of gloom in the distance.
Oak
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
at 16:31
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Oak and the Onion

I examine his surroundings and the open cavern, and identify any exits.

Then I attempt to follow any passageways to find one that will eventually lead back to me.

Then I clairvoyantly go back to check to see if he is awake.

IF he is not awake, I check on caterpillar proximity, moving to safer ground if necessary, and continue further explorations out in space.

IF he is awake, then I gently send him a telepathic message.

:: 'Peace be unto you.'  I am Oak, and I am a stranger here.  Please, where are we?  And what is your name? ::
Tadeusz
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Sat 22 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 37):

There are three exits.

One leads through this way and that, joining with other tunnels made by worms...

And your body sucks you back.

You go out again.

Map more of the tunnels, get sucked back.

Go out again, and hear a fluttering noise in space.
Oak
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Sat 22 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

I pray, and ... cautiously... look toward the source of the noise, being careful NOT to use my Sight...
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:21, Sat 22 Apr 2017.
Tadeusz
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Mon 24 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 39):

Shards of black unattached shine and dim, wane and wax like the moon, glitter and disappear.  Spin, twirl, advance, and cross through each other in a bewilderment to your eyes, all the while advancing on you in starts and fits, like how a computer downloads a file.  It more emptiness than shadow, and more shadow than shine.

It doesn't feel evil, but it makes your skin crawl, if you had skin, in this astral body.
Oak
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Mon 24 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

I pray.  If I feel so nudged, I immediately withdraw.

Otherwise...

:: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, 'Peace be unto you.' ::

:: I am Oak.  Please, who and what are you? ::
Tadeusz
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Mon 24 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 41):

An image comes into your mind of ten thousand different things, many of them not-things that make nonsense.  Meanwhile, ten million more things hang with frustration about your mind, too strange for even insanity to not understand.

Reeling under the onslaught, the most understandable thing you saw was a physics that would make M.C. Escher run away in panic.
Oak
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Mon 24 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

I cling to the Lord in prayer.

::"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him..."::

And then I begin to sing mentally in worship and petition...

:: "Open my eyes, that I may see
glimpses of truth thou hast for me;
place in my hands the wonderful key
that shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine!

Open my ears, that I may hear
voices of truth thou sendest clear;
and while the wavenotes fall on my ear,
everything false will disappear.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine!

Open my mouth, and let me bear
gladly the warm truth everywhere;
open my heart and let me prepare
love with thy children thus to share.
Silently now I wait for thee,
ready, my God, thy will to see.
Open my heart, illumine me, Spirit divine! " ::
Tadeusz
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Mon 24 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 43):

Suddenly you see an Event.

Words printed on the wild imagery, words of silver and fire.

let light = new Light();

And with a keening sound, all the madness ceases.  There is just an empty spot, but with a framework to it.

The being stumbles back from you.
Oak
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Mon 24 Apr 2017
at 23:25
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Oak and the Onion

I sing a new song mentally in worship and petition...

:: "Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly-minded,
for with blessing in his hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.

At his feet the six-winged seraph,
cherubim, with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to the presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia, Lord Most High! " ::
Tadeusz
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Tue 25 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 45):

Before you get much of the song out, it reaches out to you, or not, but something in you trembles as if you're thinking dozens of different thoughts at once, in a wide variety of languages.  And then you're back to you, but somehow changed, as if new pathways have opened in your mind.

Emmissary of a single point of view, consider becoming more.
Oak
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Tue 25 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In response, as soon as I am able, I resume singing, with greater intensity and fervent prayer...
Tadeusz
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Tue 25 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 47):

It flees.

Inside the framework, you notice a bright yellow dot, and some whizzing smaller dots.
Oak
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Tue 25 Apr 2017
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  • msg #49

Oak and the Onion

Encouraged, I silently give thanks, and sing anew...

:: "In the first light of a new day
No one knew He had arrived
Things continued as they had been
While a new born softly cried.
But the heavens wrapped in wonder
Knew the meaning of His birth
In the weakness of a baby
They knew God had come to earth.

As His mother held him closely,
It was hard to understand
That this baby not yet speaking
Was the Word of God to man.
He would tell them of His kingdom,
But their hearts would not believe
They would hate Him and in anger
They would nail Him to a tree.

But the sadness would be broken
As the song of life arose
And the First born of creation
Would ascend and take his throne.
He had left it to redeem us,
But before His life began
He knew He´d come back not as a baby
But as The Lord of ev´ry man.

Hear the angels as they´re singing
On the morning of His birth
But how much greater will our song be
When He comes again to earth
When He comes again

Hear the angels as they´re singing
On the morning of His birth
But how much greater will our song be
When He comes again to Earth
When He comes to rule the Earth!
When He comes back, When He comes back
To rule the Earth!" ::
Tadeusz
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Wed 26 Apr 2017
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  • msg #50

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It is gone.

+@1 Singing for new use of singing as astral projection.
Oak
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Wed 26 Apr 2017
at 14:29
  • msg #51

Oak and the Onion

I give thanks, and return to my body.

Then I pray, and focus, and concentrate, and attempt to teleport to the white lake outside the cabin of the reptile man...
Tadeusz
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Wed 26 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 51):

You gather the energy, focus your mind and imagine as clearly as possible the destination, and then reach.  Space twists in your mental fingers, trying to break free, but then the link is formed, and with a sudden snap, you're there.

Twenty feet away, the reptilan verser is standing across a campfire at which cooks some translucent mass.  In his left claw, he holds a flaming stick from the campfire, and in his right hand his talons are unsheathed.

He is breathing heavily, leaning over the fire. He is staring directly at you with his large, yellow edged eyes.
Oak
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Wed 26 Apr 2017
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Oak and the Onion

I pray that the Lord will bless our interactions, and gently nod, and gently raise my weaponless right hand peacefully.

"'Peace be unto you.'  I am Oak.  Please... who are you?  And... where are we?"
Tadeusz
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #54

Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 53):

He leaps toward you, over the fire, and then leaps back a half step.

"RRHPAHHAPLAHFHHPHGGGgg!!!"

You're sensing a failure to communicate.
Oak
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #55

Oak and the Onion

I gently take a half step back as I activate my Benevolent Empathic Field.

:: 'Peace be unto you.'  I mean you no harm.  I am called Oak.  Please... who are you?  And... where are we? ::
Tadeusz
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #56

Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 55):

He crouches, putting down the stick back into the campfire, and sits on his ankles, almost in the fire.  He studies you with those enormous eyes.

"Rooog."
Oak
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #57

Oak and the Onion

I pray, and attempt to read his thoughts to understand him...
Tadeusz
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  • msg #58

Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 57):

....this strange being seems peaceful, but he speaks no tongue I know, not Harardar, nor even Lokeek, and not even the fragments of Mar and Dothien I know.  He seems to be another as me, one of the Lost, but strange, strange, I have never seen the like.  He has no scales nor teeth.....
Oak
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #59

Re: Oak and the Onion

With a telepathic connection established, I repeat my earlier query.

:: 'Peace be unto you.'  I mean you no harm.  I am called Oak.  Please... who are you?  And... where are we? ::
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  • msg #60

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 59):

...Ah, a mindtalker, this is helpful.  Oak, a tree, I am jl;kjkljk;, or He Who Watches From the Rocks.  You are one of the Lost, like me.  But, I see your warmth of body, and your lack of scales.  What are you? I am a Reptilan, a bipedal species from Home.  We had colonized the near planets when I was tossed to Fate.

This is the First Level of the Onion.  I trade sometimes with the locals for the slimebeasts that dwell on the lake bottom, and in return, they bring me a change of diet, and better water, and allow me to stay on their lands....
Oak
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #61

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Well met, friend.  I am a Human, a bipedal sentient from my home universe.  How long have you been here?  What do you know of this place, and of those who dwell here? ::
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  • msg #62

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 61):

...a hundred sleeps about.  Full sleeps, not naps.  The locals are small baggy things, with tendrils that can roll about.  But they can merge together into a pile, and become smarter as they mindtalk to each other.  Their technology is low.....

He steps away from the fire, moving smoother now.

....On the surface are the worms, which the locals keep back somehow.  And there are things in the dark that are mad, from the Green Star, so I took a tunnel down here, and settled....
Oak
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #63

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: What is the Onion, and how many levels are there?::

:: What is the Green Star?::

:: How often do you interact with the locals?  Do you go to meet them, or do they come to meet you?  Do they know more about the nature of this strange place? ::

:: What are the slimebeasts like? ::

:: Do you think that the locals would also allow me to stay on their lands?  If so, would you prefer me to dwell nearer to you, or would you prefer me to dwell elsewhere? ::
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  • msg #64

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 63):

....I do not know. It seems to be enormous food, but that's bizarre...

....at least three...

....they come to me. And no, I don't....

When asked about the slimebeasts, he just points to the thing getting cooked over the fire.

....I don't know.  Not too close, but not too far, if you can.  Perhaps on the other side of the White Lake.....

The lake is about thirty acres wide.
Oak
GM, 3111 posts
Thu 27 Apr 2017
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  • msg #65

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: What is the Green Star? ::

:: What are the other levels of the Onion like?   Have you been there?  How do you get there? ::

:: Is there any way that I  can be useful to you, or to the locals? ::

:: What is your Home like?  How did you end up here? ::
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  • msg #66

Re: Oak and the Onion

Oak:
:: What is the Green Star? ::

....Outside, there is a green dot in the sky.  The Strangelings seem to come from it.....

:: What are the other levels of the Onion like?   Have you been there?  How do you get there? ::
.....He shrugs....
:: Is there any way that I  can be useful to you, or to the locals? ::
.....Do you know how to find a way to Home? I don't know.....
:: What is your Home like?  How did you end up here? ::
......So beautiful, warm, and clear.  The lights of a dozen stars blaze in many colors in the sky.  We are near the center of a galaxy.  The rocks are always warm.  Then the Zralthern came, short, ugly people from the Blue Star.  They had yet another device they wanted to sell us, and we did not want to buy.  They tried to show me this device, and I'm afraid I grew angry at their persistence, and swatted it from their hand.  Next I knew, I was on a cold world with only one distant star in the sky.  The great scaly beasts there moved like dripping syrup, so slow, living for millenia.  They took me in, but it was hard.  It was cold, even in my cave, and when one cared to talk to me, it might take an hour for him to get a sentence out....

You see in your mind's eye hundred foot long black scaled lizards huddling around volcanic vents, barely moving.

Oak
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Fri 28 Apr 2017
at 21:36
  • msg #67

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: What are the Strangelings? ::

:: I believe that the device you contacted contaminated you with an exotic substance called 'scriff'.  It seems that, once contaminated, when you die in one universe, you are merely moved into another universe.  This happened to me several universes ago.  I do not know a way to control which universe one travels to... and the odds of successfully returning home randomly seem rather remote. I am sorry.  I miss my own home, and share your sorrow. ::

:: But there are many wonders in the multiverse... and I know that the Lord God Almighty has a purpose for this journey that we are on. ::
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  • msg #68

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 67):

.....They feed on the giant worms, but that's all I know...

....We are the Lost, doomed to wander like Satozan the Clever....

....I am far from my land, and my gods...
Oak
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Sun 30 Apr 2017
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  • msg #69

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Please, tell me of the Lost, and of Satozan the Clever, and of your land, and of your gods... ::
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  • msg #70

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 69):

...We are the Lost.  I have met one other of my kind.  He too was from a galactic center, and Reptilan, but his stars were different than mine.....   He goes on to describe the various things that mean 'verser'.

He begins by reciting poetry of Satozan the Clever.

...In ages gone,
Before the suns
Were fourteen
was seen
Great hero
Of Pierro
The Isle
of Smiles
And Glad
With few sad
Peace roared
Satozan was bored
He set out
To look about
Some new thing
Make his mind sing
Boat he made
Went on a raid..."

Nearly eleven thousand lines later, you have heard the epic tale of a bored and too clever for his own good sailor who got in mishaps and misadventures and killed monsters and riddled with gods before finally making it home to find peace not so bad after all.

In so doing,  you've heard of the nature gods of Home and the rival gods of the Fourteen Stars.
Oak
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Sun 30 Apr 2017
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  • msg #71

Re: Oak and the Onion

I absorb the tale with interest.

:: Thank you for sharing this tale with me. ::

:: You are far from your land, and from your gods.  But the One God who created all things in all universes is always with us.  Would you like to hear His tale? ::
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  • msg #72

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 71):

....Perhaps another time after a sleep. I am weary from much mind-talking....

Indeed, you've been talking with him for well over an hour.  You do feel a bit tired mentally.
Oak
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Mon 1 May 2017
at 23:56
  • msg #73

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Yes.  Rest well, friend.  Until we meet again... ::

I take my leave of him, and walk around the white lake to the other side to clear my head and to get acquainted with the area.

On the other side, I look for a suitable area to take a rest, and perhaps eventually construct a dwelling.  But for now, the bubble of my Kinetic Field will do.

-=-

After resting, I pray, and stretch out my telepathic senses, seeking the locals...
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Tue 2 May 2017
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  • msg #74

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 73):

There is a bit of a clear spot, rather slim, near the lake.  Also, there is the tunnel leading away from the lake.  And there is a small cave with a very narrow beach before the lake.

You rest on crunchy onion, your nose still flooded.

You contact one of the giant worms on the surface.  Its mind is sluggish and simple.  It wants to know where you are hiding near it so that it can eat you.
Oak
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Tue 2 May 2017
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  • msg #75

Re: Oak and the Onion

I take the small cave.

That worm wasn't quite the local that I had in mind, so I try again, seeking the locals that the Reptilan trades with...
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  • msg #76

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 75):

You reach out your mind and touch another.  Its quick and fast, and .....munch, munch, mmmmh, munch, munch....

You disengage and sweep out again.  Some minds attract you and you swing down, too late you realize you're going to the lake.  Below it you contact some other minds.

They make the Giant Worm seem like a supergenius.

...s........l......i.......d........e, ......s.......l.......

You disconnect from the slimebeasts on the lake bottom as they slide across looking for food bits.

And you drop back into your mind.

+@1 to Read Minds since you've been contacting a number of alien type minds.
Oak
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Wed 3 May 2017
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  • msg #77

Re: Oak and the Onion

: Hmmm.  It looks like I will have to wait until the locals put their minds together and find me. :

I try zooming out with my clairvoyance, then stretching out my postcognitive senses, trying to get a history of this strange universe, going as far back in time as I can...
Tadeusz
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  • msg #78

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 77):

You zoom out as far as you can, spiraling out of control, and then hit the walls of the Universe, and bounce back.  Inside your head, you feel ....pound, pound, pound.

You're not sure how far you went, but surely less than a lightyear.
Oak
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Thu 4 May 2017
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  • msg #79

Re: Oak and the Onion

I pray for healing, and rest, and zoom out to look at the onion and surrounding environment.

Then I stretch out my postcognitive senses...

OOC: What did I see while zooming out last time?  What other things inhabit this small universe?
Tadeusz
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Fri 5 May 2017
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  • msg #80

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 79):

You're better in a bit.

You're not really sure what you saw, it was all so fast.  Mostly empty space.  Some dots as well were there.

Your view expands to that of the Onion.  And then you shift backwards.  The Celery stalk at the base of the Onion floats away.  Eventually you see a Giant Carrot swim into view.  And a good ways past, you stop, refocus and go further.  Another Onion swings by and keeps going.

And you've gone back some distance.

You refocus, and you're back in your body.  That last attempt to view back failed.
Oak
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Fri 5 May 2017
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  • msg #81

Re: Oak and the Onion

I check again for scriff vectors.

I previously sensed three of them, and I have met one already.

Therefore, I now start searching for the sources of the other scriff vectors.

I walk, continuing to check vector directions, triangluating to discern the next closest vector.  Then I use clairvoyance to look for it...
Tadeusz
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  • msg #82

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 81):

The first set of calcs is thrown out of your head when the Ogre expands a bit.  After checking, the Ogre is still processing, but slowly getting there.

You do the math again, and find the line you want, about three hundred miles away. Weakly, you reach out, and push on, and gradually pick up speed.

You come to a garden on the surface of the Onion.  Its about twenty acres, and looking at it, you see hundreds of extremely lush fruits, and even some dark soil in it.

A young, dark-haired man looks up at your hovering point of view.

"Welcome to my garden, sir. Its a little small, and weak, but its an interesting challenge managing the growth of plants in the Vitarays, and without good soil.  You know, I considered going completely hydroponic when I got here, but, no, I think this could work.  Its never going to be great..."
Oak
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Mon 8 May 2017
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  • msg #83

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: I am here, dear daughter... ::

-=-

::  Thank you for your kind welcome, sir.  Please pardon my intrusion.  I am called Oak.  I am new to this place, and would be honored to visit you and your garden in person.  May I join you now?  ::
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  • msg #84

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 83):

No response but perhaps a feeling.

=================

"Please."

"What would you like to eat?"
Oak
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Tue 9 May 2017
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  • msg #85

Re: Oak and the Onion

OOC: What type of feeling? 

-=-

I attempt to teleport to him in his garden.

Assuming that I am successful... I nod in friendly greeting.

"Thank you very much for your kindness.  What kind of fruit do you have?"
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  • msg #86

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 85):

OOC: Uncertain, a presence.

You teleport.  He chats, checking various plants as he walks by them, leading you to a small vine-covered house in the midst of the garden.  In front of it is an outdoor table and chairs.

"Oh, mangoes, bananas, blueberries, boysenberries, blackberries, bumblbe, tomatoes of a dozen types, limes, lemons, lotok, variget, sweet mais, oranges, honeysuckle, strawberries, kiwifruit, avocado, papaya, coconut, persimmon, dates, gooseberry, grape, coconut, Yaling's fruit, and horned melon."

He looks a bit embarrassed.

"Those are the only ones that are ripe now."
Oak
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Tue 9 May 2017
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  • msg #87

Re: Oak and the Onion

"Well met, kind sir.  Please, what is your name?"

My eyes widen in pleasure as I go on the tour, and as he goes through his list.

"Wow.  This is amazing work you have done.  However did you do this in such conditions?"

"I am most attracted to the bananas, oranges, kiwifruit, strawberries, mangoes, blueberries, and blackberries... but I suppose I should get more protein and fat.  What do you recommend for a healthy meal?"
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  • msg #88

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 87):

He looks a bit vague for a second, as he's searching his mind.

"Just call me Gardener." He pauses.  "I don't remember my first name."  He says softly.

And he's off to the races.  While he makes three salads for you, he tells you how to grow, and then shifts to details about the blackberries he is crushing to make a coconut milk shake.  While he puts that in a mini-freezer he retrieves from inside, he continues on telling you how he got the Westerkind Tomatoes from the King of Maricep.

Continuing at full speed, he explains how to make bananas grow, which is helped by the Vitarays that the Center generates.  Its a many step process with many tricky steps.

A blackberry shake is met with a tomato cucumber mayo salad.  Fresh greens that have been beaten with a hammer join it, and these are mixed with lime juice.

"Lots of protein in Lot AB Greens.  Genetically engineered, but they had to resist the wolves on that planet so the gengineers made them tough.  So, you have to beat them a lot to get to the point where you can eat them."

A mango tea, and a banana, orange, blueberry fruit salad is the second course.

A handful of black walnuts, smashed up by the same hammer used for the greens, gets you fat, he tells you. They are indeed very greasy nuts, more so than ones you've known before.  Sliced kiwifruit cuts the fat when it gets a bit much.

"We'll have strawberries and Wunsat cream later." He says.  He's been talking almost non-stop for the last hour on gardening, jumping from topic to topic.  He makes himself some tea with a laser cooking device he retrieves from inside his house.
Oak
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Tue 9 May 2017
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  • msg #89

Re: Oak and the Onion

I listen with great interest as he teaches me about gardening.  I love plants, and have always wanted to learn more about them, and how to cultivate them.

My eyes widen still further as I see the nuts and veggies, and I smile approvingly at the lime juice addition.

I usually tend to eat in moderation, unless the food is exceptional... and this food is exceptional.  I also haven't eaten much since arriving here.  So I tuck in, and eat with gusto.

I gratefully sip my mango tea as the current eating winds down.  It has been a long time since I have eaten such an enjoyable meal.

"You have a great wealth of experience, friend Gardener. Do you have any knowledge of medical herbary?   I have long desired to know more about gardening.  How would you advise a novice to get started in learning how to make a garden like this?"
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  • msg #90

Re: Oak and the Onion

Oak:
I listen with great interest as he teaches me about gardening.  I love plants, and have always wanted to learn more about them, and how to cultivate them.

=====+@1 to Gardening skill (3@8 teacher helps).

My eyes widen still further as I see the nuts and veggies, and I smile approvingly at the lime juice addition.

===="Got to keep my guests healthy."

I usually tend to eat in moderation, unless the food is exceptional... and this food is exceptional.  I also haven't eaten much since arriving here.  So I tuck in, and eat with gusto.

====Its at the peak of freshness with no rot, just picked.  You probably know the difference between a juicy, garden grown tomato, and one bought at a grocery store midwinter.  Its better than the first.

I gratefully sip my mango tea as the current eating winds down.  It has been a long time since I have eaten such an enjoyable meal.

"You have a great wealth of experience, friend Gardener. Do you have any knowledge of medical herbary?

====="Well yes.  I started because my toes ache in cold weather, and from there I went on to study quite a bit."  And he's off to the races again.  Twenty minutes later you're able to get in a word.

   I have long desired to know more about gardening.  How would you advise a novice to get started in learning how to make a garden like this?"

===="Hmmmm. Good question. I could give you a wagon load of dirt, some worms that eat the onion, a few tranformative plants, and a dozen others." And another twenty minutes as he explains his ideas. "Now, this is the best for here, but this Onion is actually a very hard place to grow things.  I could give you another setup that would work better other more normal places."

Oak
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Fri 12 May 2017
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  • msg #91

Re: Oak and the Onion

I listen to his teaching with great interest.  I know an expert when I see one... and in this case, I can literally taste it.

"Friend Gardener, you have a wealth of knowledge, far more than I will properly absorb in one sitting."

"Would you consider taking on an apprentice?"

"Some folks prefer more solitude as they enjoy their garden, and I do not wish to intrude."

"However, if you would value another pair of hands, and a pair of eyes and ears to gladly learn from your expertise, I would be privileged to serve..."
Tadeusz
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Fri 12 May 2017
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  • msg #92

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 91):

He thinks about it for a few minutes, and then shakes his head 'no'.

"I've done more talking in the couple hours you've been here than I do in months.  But if you want to visit once a month or so, you could."
Oak
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Fri 12 May 2017
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  • msg #93

Re: Oak and the Onion

"I would be honored to do so."

"What do you know of this place?  I have just arrived here..."
Tadeusz
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Sat 13 May 2017
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  • msg #94

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 93):

"Well, its a small bubble universe with the life-giving energy provided by Vitarays from the Centerpoint, and the light provided by a circular belt of fluorescent fungi.  Most of the creatures and things seem to be insectoid and vegetable.

I've heard speculation that some of the universes of the multiverse were practise universes for their designers.  I don't know, its not my thing."
Oak
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Sat 13 May 2017
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  • msg #95

Re: Oak and the Onion

"What are Vitarays?  If they provide life-giving energy apart from light, does that mean that we don't actually need to eat or sleep in this place?"

"What do you know of the sentients in this place?  I have detected three scriff vectors.  The first was a Reptilan, the second was you, and I still have not located the third.  And I have also encountered a somewhat chaotic sentient..."
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Sat 13 May 2017
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  • msg #96

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 95):

"I require sleep for memory resorting, and recovery, but less than other places." He talks on further, and it seems as if Vitarays supplement but do not wholly take care of such needs.

He has not checked out the other versers.  He doesn't leave his garden.

He's aware of the 'Green Star' and its Mindwasps, but they leave him alone after he told them too.

He tells you that there is a local linkable sentient type, and an amnesiac type.  He doesn't go into detail, and you realize its because he doesn't remember.  His focus is on gardening, and everything else gets about ten percent of his attention.  You get a sense that he's been gardening for a long time.
Oak
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Sat 13 May 2017
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  • msg #97

Re: Oak and the Onion

"How often do you need to eat in this place, with the Vitarays to supplement?"

"Is the Centerpoint sentient?  Is the Green Star sentient?"

"Has anyone else come to visit you in your garden?"

"Thank you very much for your kind offer of dirt and worms and plants.  Where do you recommend I try to start my own garden?"

"I will continue to explore this place.  Since you do not leave your garden, is there anything that you need that I should be on the lookout for?  Is there any way that I can be of help to you?"
Tadeusz
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  • msg #98

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 97):

"Like this, mmmm, once a couple days.  Usually I eat once a day."


"Don't really care."

"Yes, more than one."

He gives you several locations.

He thinks, and then shakes his head.

"Unless you have some plants from another verse?"

He's clearly ran out of sociability.
Oak
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Sun 14 May 2017
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  • msg #99

Re: Oak and the Onion

"I am sorry, I do not have any plants from other verses."

"Thank you so much for your kindness and hospitality, friend Gardener.  May the Lord bless you and keep you."

I thankfully take whatever supplies he offers to help me start my garden, and take my leave.

If he does give me the dirt and worms and plants, then I check out the locations he suggests, and start setting up the garden with the instructions he gave me.

If not, or after gardening and resting if he does, then I start triangulating and tracking down the source of the third scriff vector...
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Tue 16 May 2017
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  • msg #100

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 99):

Your garden is five by five feet.  The outer edge is transformers which when mulched turn the onion into something sort of like soil.  The next ring in goes the rest of the way to turn it into actual soil.  Inside that is four more rings, one in rotation.

It takes you a bit of math, but you get it locked down, and send out your mind.  Its on one of the white points in the sky, which is probably another onion.  The distance is 113, 450 ish miles from you.
Oak
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Tue 16 May 2017
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  • msg #101

Re: Oak and the Onion

I give thanks for my garden, and pray for wisdom regarding pursuing the third scriff vector.

If I don't get any nudges to refrain, then I move my clairvoyant viewpoint to the white point in the sky, and search the distant onion for the third scriff vector source...
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Thu 18 May 2017
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  • msg #102

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 101):

"Be careful." is the nudge.  And you send your viewpoint out, and about halfway there, you meet another of the chaotic things.  It seems to have different images, but still a mess.  Whether its the same creature, if it is a creature, or another one is impossible to say.  Its trying to close with you.
Oak
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Thu 18 May 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

I withdraw my viewpoint.

Then I attempt to directly establish a clairvoyant viewpoint directly on the distant onion, rather than zooming through the intervening space between us (with all the chaotic hazards therein).
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 103):

You jump your view to the other Onion.  And then you begin to search.  Its not going well, but you plug on, getting lost a couple times.  Without proper landmarks, its hard to remember if you've searched an area or not.

And then pop, you're back.

Another try, and you're back, and you spot a dead worm being eaten, if thats the word by something you can't see.

Going on a bit further, you hear C-R-RRAAAAKK.  And heading in that direction, you see another dead worm, but this looks fresh.  A thousand yards away, you see a man with a rifle getting up.

Getting closer, you see the rifle is a good six feet long, and dark red metal.  He doesn't seem to notice you.  He puts his rifle crosswise on his back, looks about, and then begins to jog toward the worm.
Oak
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Fri 19 May 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

I reach out with my telepathic senses...

:: 'Peace be unto you.'  Please pardon my intrusion.  I am called Oak, and I am new to this place.  Please, who are you? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 105):

He leaps back, spins about, and draws his cutting blade.  After relaxing a bit, he speaks...

"Um, yeah, feels funny to talk to the air.  My name's Blake.  Um, who or what are you?"
Oak
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Wed 24 May 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

:: I am called Oak.  Well met, Blake.  I am a human.  How long have you been in this place?  I am rather new here, and still finding my way around... ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 107):

"I...this is odd, never thought I'd say this sentence, I too am Human.  I got here twenty-two sleeps ago. Where are you?"
Oak
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Wed 24 May 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

:: I am on another onion in your sky, somewhere over a hundred thousand miles from you. ::

:: How did you get here?  How many other universes have you been to before? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 109):

"This is my eighth, if you count Terra.  I was a big game guide.  Then I landed in a place where intelligent velociraptors were invading 10th Century Earth.  After that, there was this vast dessert.  And then I landed on a ship called the Mary Piper, that smuggled emeralds.  I was then summoned by some crazy guy, but he did not like, nor did his pet demon thing like 24 mm du rounds at 3k mps.  The roof fell in on me then. I spent a good five  years then working for this huge furry thing on his raft.  We could not talk but he was a good guy.  I spent some twenty years as a river guide until locals started looking at me strange for not aging.  I tried to fake my death, but botched it, and here I am."
Oak
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Fri 26 May 2017
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  • msg #111

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Welcome to the neighborhood, such as it is.  This is definitely one of the stranger verses I have encountered. ::

:: Do you have some means of making ammo, or will you run out after too many worms try to eat you?  There are worms on my onion as well, and they can be rather troublesome...::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 111):

"I do have means, but it is running out over time.  Most shots, I can recycle, but some break, and I can't fix them.  How are you talking to me, in my head.  Is this telepathy or something?"
Oak
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Sat 27 May 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Yes.  I used triangulation with your scriff vector to narrow down the search area, clairvoyance to actually locate you, and telepathy to communicate with you.  There are very few versers here, and I have much to learn about this new place, so I thought it worthwhile to make contact with those I could find. ::

:: Do you have any tips for a newcomer, from what you have learned here thus far? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 113):

"Okay, that makes sense.  Should be pretty easy.  Hadn't considered that.  Course, you're the first fellow in this thing that I've met.  If you can call telepathy a meeting."  He shakes his head in bewilderment.  He points to the worm he just shot.  Parts of it are disappearing.

"The invisible wasps as I call them.  They quickly jump on any dead flesh.  They called me a child of light, which is strange cuz I'm not religious."

He shows you a towel and coffee cup device he made to squeeze juice from an inner bit of onion skin.

"I keep a fire going at my camp, thirty thousand steps that way.  Worms don't like fire that much.  Much of a worm is nasty, but edible.  But there are bits that are downright tasty if cooked."
Oak
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Sat 3 Jun 2017
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  • msg #115

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: I have been trying to figure out more about these invisible wasps.  What all did you talk about?  What are your impressions about them, and their goals and personalities? ::

:: Ugh.  I have killed a worm from the inside with fire, and it wasn't pleasant.  Still, I shouldn't waste good food.  Which worm parts do you recommend for tastiness? ::

:: Thank you for the tips.  Is there anything that I can do for you?  For example, I could try to teach you a few skills like telepathy or clairvoyance if you wish... ::
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  • msg #116

Re: Oak and the Onion

Oak:
:: I have been trying to figure out more about these invisible wasps.  What all did you talk about?  What are your impressions about them, and their goals and personalities? ::

===="We didn't really talk.  I tried to get them to leave a worm alone so I could eat it.  I think they said that if I changed things I could eat it too which makes no sense at all.  At that point they called me a 'child of light' in a disdainful manner.  I tried to explain I was an atheist, but I think that just confused them.  Honestly, I don't know what to think about them, and I just try to get my food before they show up, and stay out of their way."

:: Ugh.  I have killed a worm from the inside with fire, and it wasn't pleasant.  Still, I shouldn't waste good food.  Which worm parts do you recommend for tastiness? ::

====He describes a half-dozen small areas, at least small in comparison to the total mass of the worm.  "Its kinda like eating buffalo tongue after shooting a buffalo, and leaving the rest, but they try to eat me, and I need food, so what ya' going to do?"  He shrugs.  Its clear he's not that worried about it.

:: Thank you for the tips.  Is there anything that I can do for you?  For example, I could try to teach you a few skills like telepathy or clairvoyance if you wish... ::

===="Yeah, that would be awesome.  I...I'd owe you a favor."

Oak
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Sat 3 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

:: It would be my pleasure. ::

:: By the way, how are you doing for food?  An ancient verser called The Gardener shared some seeds with me, and I have started a garden of my own.  I don't know how much extra he might have that he would be willing to share, but it probably couldn't hurt to ask. ::

:: As far as I can tell, you are the only verser on your onion, while there are three of us on my onion.  If there was a way for me to get you over here, would you prefer to come over, or to stay where you are? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 117):

"Vegetables?  I am a carnivore, but even I want a tomato or a green bean or a tackitorri occasionally." He sighs shortly, wistfully.  "If you can get me over there, that would be best.  Safety in numbers.  But how?"
Oak
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Mon 5 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

"Let me see what can be done here.  Stand by..."

I pray silently, and focus, and stretch forth my senses to teleport myself to him...

IF I am successful... I give a friendly nod.

"I am Oak.  Well met, Blake, and a pleasure to do so face to face. "

"Are there things you need to gather from here before we attempt the trip back?"
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 119):

You gather your focus, strain, and BAMF, you're ten feet above the other onion.  Splat. Now you're on the Onion.  Blake helps you to your feet.

Gravity feels slightly different.

1@1 Long Range Teleport, minute prep, must know target.
Oak
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Wed 7 Jun 2017
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  • msg #121

Re: Oak and the Onion

I give a friendly nod.

"I am Oak.  Well met, Blake, and a pleasure to do so face to face. "

"Are there things you need to gather from here before we attempt the trip back?"
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 121):

He shakes your hand briskly.

"Give me five." He says, and starts to head toward his camp at a quick jog.  A little bit later, and he's packing up stuff.  You arrive as he puts in some sort of drill-like tabletop sized tool into a suitcase with zippers all over it.

He has one suitcase, one duffel bag, a red metal long rifle slung on his back, and a fisherman's vest with jeans, boots, and long-sleeve pull over he's wearing now.  He double-checks his items.  Then he kicks out the fire very thoroughly.

He looks about one last time to the horizons, and then nods at you.

"I'm ready, Oak.  What do I need to do?"
Oak
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Thu 8 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

"Just stick with me, and I'll do the work... and, Lord willing, we will make the journey successfully."

"I give you fair warning, though...  My journey to you was a longer teleport than I had ever attempted before.  It was successful, but it is always difficult to know just how reliable such attempts will be, particularly in an unfamiliar universe.  Do you still want me to make the attempt?"

IF he says yet, THEN I put my hand upon his shoulder, and pray, and focus, and stretch forth my senses back to where I just came from, and make the attempt...
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Re: Oak and the Onion

"I'll rely on you." He says.
You build an image of your destination, gather the lines of something stretched between Here and There, globe the both of you in a protective bubble, and kick yourself loose from Here, hoping the rails take you smoothly.

And  you and Blake are on your onion.  He laughs in sudden hiccups that sound incongruous coming from such a large man.

+@1 to Long Range Teleport.
Oak
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Sat 10 Jun 2017
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  • msg #125

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Thank you, Dearest Lord... ::

I smile at our safe arrival, and at his hiccups.

"Try pressing your temples.  I've tried many cures for hiccups, and that one works best..."

I demo with my own fingers on my own temples for a moment, then gesture to my garden.

"Welcome to my humble onion... though we do share it with two other versers, and a number of other critters..."

OOC: BTW, we kind of blooped over where exactly I set up my garden.  What have I seen for worthy choices?  What recommendations did Gardener have?  Would the surface be best, or back by the Reptilian's Lake, or somewhere else?
Tadeusz
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 125):

He nods, and tries it.  After a minute, he's fine.

Its near the exit tunnel that leads down to Reptilan's lake.

Its growing with inch high plants that spread out, but are still thin.  Other bits have poked up out of the onion.  Still, in a world of white, even a small rectangle of green is a delight to the eyes.

He asks you about it, getting details, and says that once he gets set up, he'd like to go visit the Gardener as well.
Oak
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Mon 12 Jun 2017
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  • msg #127

Re: Oak and the Onion

"He is somewhat reclusive, but friendly.  When you are ready, I will contact him, and see if he will meet us."

"You are welcome to set up here, or wherever else you wish.  This tunnel leads to a lake where the other verser lives, the Reptilan.  The Gardner lives up on the surface.  Do you want to explore for a bit, and start getting to know your new onion?"
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Tadeusz
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 127):

He looks about a bit, and then turns to you.

"I think I need to talk to this Gardener fellow to see where I can make my base.  Y'know, for the garden.  Once I know the possibilities, then I can explore, and choose which one I like the best."

He grins.

"I'm usually pretty content myself off in the wilds, but after nearly a month without another human face, it's good to see you Oak."
Oak
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Wed 14 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

"It is good to see you, Blake."

I return the grin with a friendly nod.

"Let me contact Gardener, and see if he will meet us.  He tends to spend most of his time alone, and told me 'if you want to visit once a month or so, you could'... and I actually met him for the first time earlier today.  So he may not be keen for another visit so soon.  I'll see if the prospect of a new face would be welcome."

I reach out with my telepathic senses.

:: Friend Gardener?  This is Oak.  I have found the fourth and last verser in this universe, as far as I am aware.  His name is Blake, and he would like to meet you.  Would we disturb you if we came over, or would another time be better?  You were kind to spend time with me earlier today, so I do not want to weary you... ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 129):

::Oak, give me a couple weeks.  I should have some new veggies ready that you haven't tasted  yet.:: Gardener replies.  The link ends.
Oak
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Fri 16 Jun 2017
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  • msg #131

Re: Oak and the Onion

I look up at Blake.

"The Gardener said, 'Oak, give me a couple weeks.  I should have some new veggies ready that you haven't tasted yet.'  So it looks like we will need to wait for a bit before visiting him."

"If you wish, we could go to meet the other verser I have been able to find here.  The Reptilan is not too far away..."
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 131):

"That'd be good." He says, and starts walking in the way you lead.  He's easily able to keep up with you, having the tireless stride of wilderness guide.  You notice he is checking around every few seconds for threats.

He follows you into the tunnel after telling you he's seen them, but never tried one.

Upon getting to the bottom, its a short walk to the Reptilan's camp which is empty of versers.  A quick check reveals that the alien is in the lake's deep.
Oak
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Fri 16 Jun 2017
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  • msg #133

Re: Oak and the Onion

"Hmmm...  It looks like he is in the lake.  I will see if I can contact him..."

I stretch forth my telepathic senses toward his vector.

:: Friend jl;kjkljk;, this is Oak.  I have found another of the Lost, and he would like to meet you.  Is now a convenient time, or would another time be better? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 133):

::Are you hungry? I can get more slimebeasts while I am down here. I will be up shortly.::

In a couple minutes, he is up, pulling himself out of the water with great effort, staggering over to the campfire, and crouching almost on top of the fire.

::Another Human.  Perhaps I am fallen into the Human section of the Multiverse.::

Blake eyes him coolly, analyzing him, and then goes and fetches the slimebeasts retrieved from the lake bottom.  He takes them from the water's edge, and lays them near the fire.

"A fellow hunter.  Even if a cold-blooded carnivore.  Tell him, I am a hunter, like him, Oak."
Oak
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Mon 19 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

I relay the initial reply from the bottom of the lake, and then nod and try to establish contact in response to Blake's prompting.

I pray, and focus, and attempt to reach out my telepathic senses to both of them at once.

:: Let me see if I can serve as a direct communication hub.  Can you both hear me?  And, through me, can you hear each other ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 135):

The link is established, and you're now an Intermind server.

The two quickly find a rapport around both being hunters.  It turns out that much of the Reptilan's high tech civ was also hunter-gatherer.  They compare knife-fighting to talon-fighting techniques.

Blake pulls out a mylar wrap which he arranges around the Reptilan to bounce back the fire's heat which makes the alien far more warmer.  Soon, the Reptilan is again functional, and is cooking slimebeast for all three.

And then you see a small flexible sided box thing roll into the clearing.  Another rolls in, and then another.  They bump into each other, and hang on.  More come, in larger numbers.  Soon there are twenty.
Oak
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Mon 19 Jun 2017
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  • msg #137

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Do these look familiar to either of you?  Are they friend, foe, or other?  Do you want me to teleport us away? ::

: Dearest LORD, please guard and guide us now, I pray... :
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 137):

::They're the locals.:: The Reptilan replies.  Blake has his rifle out, and loaded.
::This is their level of the Onion.::

More of them arrive, and gather into a larger clump.
Oak
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Wed 21 Jun 2017
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  • msg #139

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: What are your impressions of them?  Likes and dislikes?  Strengths and weaknesses?  What tokens of friendship would be meaningful to them? ::
Tadeusz
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 139):

"You can't tell who you're dealing with until you deal with them.  You could be dealing with a benevolent, lazy being one time, and a sharpie later.  And whether you meet them again or not is well, who knows.  But they all like slime beast.

They don't like people getting too close to them.  They are warm-blooded, like you two, not like me.

The bigger the pile, the smarter they are." The Reptilan says.  "They think a lot different than you two Humans do.  I feel like I understand you, especially Blake."
Oak
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Fri 23 Jun 2017
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  • msg #141

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: How do you communicate with one another? ::

:: Since you are familiar with them, do you want to take the lead in conversing with them now? ::
Eric
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Mon 26 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 141):

::Telepathy. And yes...Boxthings, I am here. Do you want to trade food::

The voices that come back are more of a chorus that develops harmony for a few seconds, and then falls apart.  But each time it gets in snyc, you feel a sharp mind touching yours, and as more of the sorta boxy things join in, the mind gets clearer, more penetrating.

At first its words, and then its concepts, and not just at the top level of your mind, but deep in your mind at the same time.

You are informed that the residents of the second layer have unleashed Mindeaters, and you three oddlings will heroically volunteer to save the E Pluribus Unum from this deadly threat.  It is regretful that your personal existence as sub-entities is threatened, but the Greater Whole that you are would understand.  However, it is thought that if you surrender yourself to this goal you have a greater chance of survival than if you fight.
Oak
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Mon 26 Jun 2017
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  • msg #143

Re: Oak and the Onion

I pray silently.  Assuming that I do not receive any nudges to the contrary...

:: What is known of the residents of the second layer, and of these Mindeaters? ::

:: How do they threaten you, friends of the E Pluribus Unum? ::

:: What are their strengths and weaknesses? ::

:: What knowledge or resources do you have to aid us in this task? ::

:: I am willing.  What say you, friend jl;kjkljk; and friend Blake? ::
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In reply to Oak (msg # 143):

You see large beetles, smaller than you, armored.  They communicate with pheromones, but they have creatures that are much larger, twenty feet long versions of the giant caterpillars, but they have much stronger psi potential.

And you realize that they're not friends of E Pluribus Unum, which is a concept name it snatched from your brain, but it is a singular mind of sorts.

It, for it has no gender, can change your pheromones so you smell bad or toxic to the others.  It will also gift you a mind sword, left from some other time.

The Reptilan is willing but grumpy about being coerced.  Blake shrugs and says 'As long as I get paid'.
Oak
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Tue 27 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

:: What kind of payment do you wish from them, friend Blake? ::

:: Friends of the E Pluribus Unum, can you teach us the skill of pheromone changing?  If we are separated from you, and the battle rages long, we may need this ability ourselves. ::

:: Where do these Mindeaters roam?  How may they be overcome? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 145):

::Good point.  How about free passage through their lands, and freedom to hunt anything not them in their lands.::

::Accepted:: Is the reply.

::These two do not have strong enough minds, but you, with that bit put in your mind, might.  Activate it.::

You see that they come from the nearer tunnel after digging in to it, and from several other tunnels.  E Pluribus Unum has won against them before with swarm attacks but many parts of it died.
Oak
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Wed 28 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

I pray, and attempt to activate it.

:: When you swarm attacked it, how exactly did you attack?  Physically?  Psionically?  What kind of attack was it vulnerable to? ::
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 147):

You get a picture of them trying to eat it.

Your chip activates, and you can feel brilliance flare through you. Barbarian invasions typically occur from forced migrations occurs to you.

And then you feel the Ogre and E Pluribus Unum trying to use the same cycles, no stop, you have time to shout, but you're just faster than they are, and the snowball has started rolling.

Your pheromones have changed.

Reptilan lunges toward you. He tumbles past you.

Blake is fumbling for his rifle.  He's looking at  you with his eyes glazed.  He's drooling.

"Steak. Juicy, medium rare, prime rib.  Oh yeah."

OOC: Rolled a 100...
Oak
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Wed 28 Jun 2017
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  • msg #149

Re: Oak and the Onion

:: Stop, friends!  Pheromone malfunction! ::

I attempt to immediately teleport back to my garden...
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Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 149):

Blake pauses, looking confused, but there's still hunger in his manner.  You try to teleport, but no, and then you feel fire run up your back.  Lines of fire and pain as the Reptilan opens up your back with its claws, and it vaults over you, trying to knock you down.  You stagger forward a half-step but keep your feet.

Reptilan's right talons and fingers are coated red up to his first knuckles.  This brings new meaning to 'My back hurts'.
Oak
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Fri 30 Jun 2017
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Re: Oak and the Onion

I pray, and belatedly press the button to manually activate the benevolent empathic field.

:: Wait, friends!  Don't attack!  Pheromone malfunction! ::
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In reply to Oak (msg # 151):

Blake stares into space.  The Reptilan leaps at you, and rips open your shoulder as you duck.  He comes at you again, but slips in your blood.
Oak
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Fri 30 Jun 2017
at 19:29
  • msg #153

Re: Oak and the Onion

: Dearest LORD, if you would have me remain here to serve you, please clear their minds, and preserve me from attack.  And if you would have me serve you elsewhere in the multiverse, Thy will be done... :

I move back as I even more belatedly press the button on my kinetic field device, attempting to surround myself in a protective bubble...
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:30, Fri 30 June 2017.
Tadeusz
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As you dimension dance...
Crowbar or Towel?
Wed 5 Jul 2017
at 17:53
  • msg #154

Re: Oak and the Onion

In reply to Oak (msg # 153):

The Reptilan leaps again, hits the field, and slows.  And then you see energy running down his arms, and grounding with sparks that smell of ozone and burnt onion in the ground.  And then your field pops.  You remember he was from an advanced civilization.

Shunk.
Riiiip.

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Next world. "Oak Oak".
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