forum "Loud Thieves, Clumsy Princesses, Kleptomaniac Witches and Pyromaniacal Knights"

Started April 25, 2023 by @lord-of-the-carnival group

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Aibhe was also worried about Caladium, but was determined to distract them all. "Lets go!"

(Aww they’re worried about my split personality baby)

Caladium looked confused and distraught, but said nothing more. “Yeah… let’s go.”

(i'll be honest my thing could really care less about split personalities lmao- they basically are one in the end of everything but we'll explain later- for now buckle up and enjoy the subtle crossing of our world with this one)

The thing looks at everyone then hums.

"I think we should, instead of going in a particular one direction, go in every direction at once. Forwards, back, sideways, up, down and diagonally." they say cryptically. "It'll get us places quicker than one partcular direction, especially since we aren't bound by any real rules unlike the real world."

Caladium flared out their wings slightly, glancing at the thing. “What do you mean..? That’s impossible.”

The thing smiles.

"Actually, no." they say. An imperceivably complex movement later that involves ignoring Euclidean geometry entirely, and they're above, behind, to the left and right of, and below Caladium. "You just need to remember that as long as the real world can't catch up, you're basically god."

Aibhe smiled. "I like the way you think, creature without a name. Let's do it." Aibhe moved… everywhere.

Joe looked at Aibhe in utter shock. How was she…doing that? Joe could do all kinds of stunts, but not that…

Aibhe was also a bit confused. "I was.. not expecting that to work." They said, as they came back to the clearing. "That was disorienting.

The thing takes a few steps around and ends up a foot to the left of where it started and grins at everyone.

"Joe, it's very simple to do. Just don't let the real world catch up with what you do."

"Its disorienting… but it's fun."

Joe grins. "Can I do it? I mean, I'm a boring human, but who knows-"

"i am also human, and I did it. So try!"

"Ok. Um…" Joe squinted her eyes and tried to focus. After a moment of trying, nothing had changed. "I…looked constipated, didn't I?"

"yes, you did" maria smirks moving everywhere and nowhere at once, "but this is very easy, i have been doing all my life, seeing as i am a magical creature… at least, partially"

"A bit.. " Aibhe tried again, and was still able to do it. "I dont know. It's really weird…"

"well, i suppose i will see you all again when we reach our destination, which i am sure the readers will be happy to guide those of you who… cannot achieve this method of travel," which that Maria leaves, moving everywhere at once

Aibhe 'followed', becoming everywhere and nowhere.

Maria 'walked' or well, it felt more like floating, with her senses gone except for her sense enabling her to… feel? somehow she felt exactly where to go, and when to stop. not long after she left the group, maria felt something deep inside her telling her to stop. this is the place she thought to herself stopping. i stop here.

For Aibhe, the experience was different. They saw everything, but lost all other senses. They also stopped at the place that Maria did.

Andreas stares at the spot as the others begin to disappear. A quite strange mode of transport, he'd never seen something like it. He held out his hand, and tried to mimic whatever they were doing. He mulled on how the others had described it, as being everything and everywhere. A flash of starlight forms around him, and he disappears. In the split second as he traveled, he sees stars, so many stars. Then he materialized. "Huh. Neat." He says as he arrives.

Caladium looks around in panic and flies up to perch on a tree, staring at everyone wide-eyed.

Naveil locked eyes with the… thing that had just fluttered up past his branch. He had been, admittedly, half-asleep… But his senses were still sharp! His branch wobbled for time, but his grasp on the bark only grew tighter. He glared daggers at the creature that had called itself Caladium… Awful name, in his opinion.
"And good morning to you, too."

Caladium flinches and looks at Naveil, clearly distressed. “H-hello-“ they stammer.

Naveil wrinkled his nose at Caladium. If he wasn't a branch or so beneath them, he would've spat, too. It didn't take a genius to notice that this one had "insecure" written all over them. He made a reflexive movement for his dagger, but he stopped himself.
Their distress was… intriguing. He shot another glance down at the others in the clearing before speaking to Caladium again.
"And what's happening here?"
And then, more forcefully, "And where exactly am I?"

Caladium flared out their wings in a defensive position. “I- I-“

He’s dangerous. Let me kill him. No-

They shook their head aggressively, then looked at Naveil again. “I don’t know, okay-?”

Naveil gave the thing a derisive snort. It took a conscious effort to not flick out his dagger and get straight to business. That was all the kindness these strangers would get from him, though. He thought long before asking Caladium his next questions, his tone now more playfully scornful than dangerous.
"You don't know? Huh, what a shame. I take it you're not from these parts, either?"

Caladium climbs a bit higher up the tree, clearly trying to avoid Naveil.

Naveil flashed a grim smile at Caladium. The kind of smile they'd see in a nightmare, he hoped. So these strangers weren't all as dangerous as he'd thought – a pleasant surprise. A darkness washed over Naveil, his smile waning. He still wanted answers, and whether or not this coward knew anything, it was clear they wouldn't tell. Not without some violence, at least.
He wasn't entirely opposed to some bloodshed, but he'd take his chances elsewhere first.
He returned his focus to those in the clearing, frequently glancing up at Caladium, should they try anything.
"And do any of you know where we all are? Hmm?"