Me: Well, since no one said no, here come the new charries.

Kyra: No one said yes, either.

Me: Hey, what are you still doing here? Get lost.

*stalks off, muttering something about rude authors*

Me: Now then, here are my two new characters.

*A girl of about seventeen walks in, clad in a simple, long sleeved woolen gown with a short sleeved blue dress worn over it. Her deep blue eyes sparkle as she looks around at all the other characters. A little girl with golden braids and a crown of wildflowers skips in after her, stopping abruptly and staring wide-eyed at the dragons and other fantasy creatures.*

Kendri: Wow! *tugs on Tamera's sleeve* Look at all the amazing animals, Mera!

Tamera: I know, they're beautiful, aren't they? I've never seen dragons before...

Me: This is Tamera, my MC, and Kendri, a minor character.

Kendri: *scowls* I'm NOT a minor character! *sees Tynx* Aww, look at the little fox! He's so cute. Can I go pet him, Evening?

Me: No, sorry, there are these things called post margins that keep characters from going to other posts and taking over the forum.

Kendri: What's a forum?

Me: I'll tell you later. We've got to go and work on fractalling Tamera. And then I'm going to write about you, Kendri. We'll be back soon to chat... I hope we can fit in with all the conversations; there's a lot going on here.

Tamera: I hope we can make some new friends here, too. Farewell for now!

Kendri: Bye bye!

Merashath: *squeak, squeak* [slowly he transforms back into his original self]

Me: Remember the power an author has. And next time you plan a rebellion, be more patient.

Elanhil: [stares at the mothball, and turns around to look at me] The foil.

Me: [smiling] What, am I your caddy? [hands him a fencing foil]

Elanhil: [gently grips the handle of the club..I mean sword with the Vardon grip and hits a low, fast stroke at Aurelia]

Me: Beautifully hit. You should become a pro-golfer.

Elanhil: Thanks!

Merashath: [once the transformation is complete--dusts self off] Whew, glad I'm not doomed to be a mouse the rest of my life--especially not here!!

Me: Why not here?

Merashath: [pointing in horror] THAT!!!

[sam, or somebody who looks just like him slithers up]

Merashath: That thing is SCARY when you're as small as I was.

Me: Ok. Why don't you go duel somebody.

Merashath: Ok, who? ANYBODY WANT TO DUEL THE INVINCIBLE MERASHATH?? I can't be beaten, and I know it! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Steve @Tynx: Hi!

Me: I think he's trying to explain. That pic is him doing a mating dance.

Steve: Hi!

Me: Well, steve, there's some new folks in the post above, if you want to welcome them.

Steve [walks over]: Hi!

Me: Well, until next new people. So long, steve!

Steve: Bye!!

Me: [as Steve vanishes] Wha-what? He said something other than Hi! It's amazing!!

Lorielle: Hi Tamera and Kendri!

Cory: Hello.

Tynx: We can just talk, Kendri. What's your favorite color? [Looks at Steve] Oh... Does he have a mate?

Me: Alright, I'm letting Mordir out now. No one antagonize him [Glares specifically at my characters] and no one remind him of what happened.

[Struggles to pull Mordir out of the pit.

Mordir: You are cruel.

Me: And I can't spell. ^^

Mordir: No, you can't. Your grammar and spelling mistakes shock us all.

Me: You betcha, that's what is called an imperfect author.

Seymour: [Laughs]

Me: Cool, I'm glad Arionwyn and Aaron get to stay. And hi to Mya, Kian, Faulkner, and Sonderen!

Cory: You're just-

Me: I know! Aaron's a name a like. Quite bein' difficult, Cory.

Mordir: Can't spell Aaron, either.

Me: Oh, go talk with Faulkner.

Mordir: Maybe I will.

Me: Fine. Just don't touch the barrier, unless you want your brain fried.

Chase: Lemme see if I can remember the names... Kian, Myra... Faulkner, and.... Sonderon?

Me: [Looks down at Lady Eruwaedhiel's post] Ooh, you were close,it's Sonderen and Mya.

Chase: Shoot.

Seymour: A pleasure to meet you all.

Tesmir: How old is Kian?

Me: I think Tesmir likes Kian and Mya.

Tesmir: So?

Jek: He has a soft spot for children hmm?

Tesmir: Knock it off.

Seymour: Don't be rude.

Tesmir: He started it.

Tynx: Hi!!!!

Me: He's so excited right now, I don't think I should tell him what I did...

[Dead silence on my side as all my characters look at me]

Me: ... Did I say that out loud?

Tynx: What'd you do, what'd you do?!

Chase: What did you do?

Me: Not telling.

Tynx: C'mon!

Me: Not telling.

Chase: Why not?

Me: Not telling.

Seymour: Aris-

Me: I said I'm not telling!

Cory: Back away from the author by ten paces.

Mordir: [Obeys]

Lorielle: [Inches as close to the barrier as she can to look for the plot around Sonderen] I don't see it either.

Me: Because it's probably not there yet. Now get away before you hurt yourself.

Tynx and Chase: Tell us!!!

Ethan: So he's like Prince Rillian? Not really a bad guy?

Me: You could greet a fellow villain better than that.

Ethan: Well, I've only got one glass of wine, and I was going to give it to you. ::extends glass::

::Ethan disappears under a pile of tomatoes::

Me: You poisoned your father, I don't think I'll trust any food or drink from you. Plus, I don't drink wine.

Ethan: ::moans from the bottom of the pile::

Anton: If you're trying to say how stupid that was, I agree. Welcome to the new characters!

Ioanna: So... who's Sonderen? A villain? I mean, he looks villainous. About like Ethan.

Me: Evidently they have decided to insult their enemy while he can not attack them.

Ioanna: Ummmmm.... Yeah.

Me: ::shakes head::

Dianok: Who is Sam?

Me: A snake. My pet snake. Sam!

::Sam appears::

::Elkine whinnies and throws up his head in a magnificent pose, stomping at the snake::

Sam: Hey!!!

Elkine: You can talk? Never heard of that before.

Sam: Right. I talk. I only exist here. So you're safe. Though I do say you looked cool all reared up like that.

Elkine: And you look cool ground into dust.

Sam: You're starting to look nice with swollen leg from a bite. Hisssssssssss.

Me: Sam, you're leaving. Elkine, get over it. You did look neat.

Elkine: I'd like to see how you look when you're scared.

Me: You're leaving too.

::Elkine and Sam disappear::

Ioanna: What did you do, Lady Aris?

*Kendri shrieks and jumps back*

Kendri: He talks!

Tamera: This is strange...

Me: Don't worry, Kendri, you're safe. [to everybody else] Sorry, she's not used to talking animals. Kendri, answer Tynx's question.

Kendri: *brightens* I like pink and light blue and lime green and yellow and lilac and orange and pink and red and yellow and purple!

Me: I think you and Tynx will be great friends.

Tamera: Hi, Cory and Lorielle!

Kendri: *reads the past few posts* Oooh, secrets. What happened to Tynx, Miss Aris?

Me: So polite...

Tynx: [Flinches at the shriek] Ouch... too loud.

Me: He doesn't bite, dear. Tynx, go have fun with Kendri.

Tynx: OK! [Runs over to the boundary line] Those are nice colors. I like red. Hmm... what's do you like to do? What's your world like?

Me: [Sees Tynx's and Chase's triumphant faces, then pushes Tynx closer to the boundary line so he won't hear] I made Tynx's essance map a few days ago, and asked White Raven if she could make an avatar out of it.

Chase: That's it?! I was expecting something a bit more dramatic.

Me: Oh, that's all planned out in Tynx's sequel. Once I figure out what to name the unnamed race...

Cory: That would definitely be key.

Me: Oh, you can just call me Aris, by the way.

Kendri: *whisper* Sorry, Tynx. *regular voice, but still trying not to be too loud* I like picking flowers and collecting rocks. See? *dumps out a few cups of rocks from her pockets*

Tamera: Kendri! So that's why I keep finding pebbles in our mattress. Keep those under the bed, alright?

Kendri: Ok. [to Tynx] This rock is my favorite. *pulls out a green one with brown and blue swirls* I found it by the river while I was fishing. It smells like dead fish. Here. *tosses it through the boundary*

Me: Kendri, eww. That's gross!

Kendri: *ignores me* Our world is really big and there's lots of mountains and we live in a country called Keyr --

Me: Rhymes with "pier"

Kendri: -- and there's lots of forests and rivers and the king lives in a big castle and has a magical unicorn that can turn gold into chocolate! Isn't that amazing? Do you live in a little den like the foxes here?

Tamera: Ooh, are we going to get essence maps, Evening?

Me: Eventually. I'll probably do Kendri's first because... well, just because.

Telvia: @Auraelia: Really? *sniffs* Okay. I guess, *sniff* if there are other people here who are underdeveloped characters... @Sonderen:It's all right! We're all here because we're underdeveloped! I don't have much of a story either.

Me: I'm thinking of naming Blank Donner...

Blank: Can't.

Me: Why?

Blank: That's Telvia's brother's name.

Me: How do you know???

Blank: *shrugs* it's the only part of the book you've got written. And the name of her father's lands is Ma'Tahiu.

Me: how... how do you know more about the story than I do?

Blank: I don't. I just remember it better. Can I have a name now?

Me: @Lady (hurriedly looks up name) Eruwaedhiel: I'm going to miss Iri though. I like Iri. I think Iri is my favorite character here. When you finish that story, can I read it? Please? I want to read about Iri!!!

Elanhil: I think Blank is a good name, but I'd change it just a bit, to Blanche maybe??

Me: Are you trying to pick a fight??

Elanhil: Maybe...

Merashath: Oh...New characters.

Me: You're not too enthusiastic about my little guy, are you.

Steve: Hi!

Me: Tynx, in answer to your question, he does that dance when he's trying to get a mate, I think. He doesn't have one. Well, maybe he does. I DON'T KNOW, GOOGLE IT!!

Merashath: I feel like fighting somebody. I think I've scared them all.

Me: What? When? When you were a mouse?

Merashath: *screech* The reason I couldn't avoid that was that it wasn't magic, it was writing.

Me: I don't know your level of magic yet, I don't think you have any. You couldn't have avoided it anyway.

Merashath: Is it your intention to tell everybody my weak points?!?!?

Me: How come you always only talk to me?

Merashath: [walks over to Kendri] Hi there little girl!! I love little girls!!!

Me: [whispering to Kendri] don't believe him!! He's evil!!

Elanhil: She can probably see that by looking at his face.

Me: good one, loyal subject Elanhil.

Steve: Hi!

Tamera: [to Merashath] Get away from her, you creep. *stands in front of Kendri as if to shield her*

Kendri: *pokes her head out to look at Merashath* Eww, why does he have wings?

Me: Dunno, but creepy villains with wings usually don't go well with innocent five-year-olds

Kendri: *frowns* I'm six!

Me: Whoops, sorry.

Kendri: *sees Steve* Hi, mister bird. I like your blue feet. I wish I had blue feet - that would be really funny!

Tamera: I think she has a thing for other author's animals...

Me: Yeah, and she's kind of taken over in all of my posts. You're supposed to be the main character, Mera.

Kendri: Hey, Mera, your name sounds like that funny guy... Merashath. Mera and Merashath! *giggles* That's funny!

Me: *deep in thought* I wonder if I should bring Na'nari in early...

*Tamera and Kendri stare at me with questioning looks*

That's Kimun, Faulkner. You might make a very good substitute for Iri, from what I hear, you're a similar villain type.

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Blank: Hey, aren't you going to let us talk?

Me: No, I just wanted to drop in and make a random comment.

Diego quickly recovers back into his defensive position, and waits for Hunter's attack [I'm still not sure how that move would have worked, especially considering I had the leverage, but whatever. ]

Auraelia: *snatches Carolina's rapier, and as the mothball comes closer, executes a well-ordered lunge, hitting the mothball with the tip of the rapier, and sending it flying back towards Elanhil*

Me: (@Elanhil the author) Is Steve a real character in one of your books, or is he just a forum character, like Sam?

Auraelia: (@Telvia) Really. (@all the new people) Welcome!

(think Grevious's lightsabers in episode 3, the two spinning ones)

Hunter: *pressed ahead*

Tynx: Those are pretty, the rocks and your world. [Sniffs rock] You're right it does. I just live whenever i can. I usually live with human friends. I used to live in an airship, but then I had to live on earth.

Mordir: You know, no one likes being ignored.

Tynx: I volunteer Chase to battle Merashath!

Chase: [Looks horrified]

Me: Haha, you do realize he has no story? He does get a sword, but that's at the end of the series.

Tynx: Give it to 'im early.

Me: No. You battle.

Tynx: Me?

Me: Yes. You. It'll be a good way for me to figure out what things you can do, and it will tire you out. Again.

Lorielle: Of course, Faulkner's only bad because he was forced to be. Right?

Seymour: [Watching Aaron and Arionwyn with amusement]

Kendri: Ooh, whatsa airship? Can I have one?

Tamera: I'm guessing that an air ship is a boat in the sky, but how is that possible? *looks around* Where is the author, anyway?

Kendri: She's character developing me. *beams* Did you see? I have my OWN essence map in a forum.

Tamera: I know, I saw it. It's very beautiful.

Kendri: Hi, Miss Auraelia! *sees mothball* Eww, that looks dirty. And it smells like old closets. Ooh, can I whack it?

Me: *comes running in* Sorry everybody... has Kendri caused any problems?

Kendri: Nope!

Me: (@Varon) Grevious? Lightsabers? Episode 3?

Auraelia: (@Kendri) Hello! You can call me Auraelia if you want, or even Raelya. I guess the mothball is rather dirty. That's why we're not touching it. It got Elanhil's spit on it, and now all the dirt is sticking. You can certainly whack it, if you would like. Next time it comes over here, I'll hit it towards you. Just don't use your hand, or at least wash your hands when you're done. Those are awfully pretty rocks. I'll have to find something from my world to show you.

Telvia: *brightly* I know! Why don't you throw the mothball away and get a real ball? Then we could all play! It would be fun! I was playing a ball game with my sister when I was taken away. I would like to play with you, Aurelia, you remind me of my sister and it would be like home again...

Me: how can Aurelia remind you of your sister when your sister has less character than you do?

Telvia: *defiantly* Aurelia is just like my sister.

Me:

Methinks Kendri or Telvia has replaced Tynx as my favorite charry on here. Sorry Tynx.

eruheran

Elanhil: [pulls pistol out of his holster and shoots the mothball as it's flying towards him.] YES!! A ball please, Elanhil(author)?

Me: Ok. [a silverish ball falls from the ceiling and bounces once on the ground before Elanhil kicks it gently to Kendri.]

Elanhil: there, have a kick.

Me: (@RotW) No, he's just here to welcome people.

Merashath: [walks slowly away from Tamera and Kendri, then notices Tynx.] Did you just ask to fight me? [huge grin] Or will that other guy fight me?

Me: FINALLY!! BOTH of my characters are interacting with others!! IT'S AMAZING!!

Me: Thank you. I had just finished help my mom process tomatoes, so they were on my mind. Rillian nearly committed heinous crimes. But yeah, he mostly just laughs. Out of curiosity, have you listened to the Focus on the Family Radio Theater version? His laughs are really creepy--or maybe just plain weird--there.

Ethan: So you aren't a villain, Sorendon? That means I must kill you!!

Me: No. No more duels. I can't keep up. School has been taking longer than I thought it would.

Ethan: I can do it without you!

Me: Nope. Impossible. Even if I gave you Anton's superheated sword.

Anton: HEY!

Me: Which would result in your immediate death.

Anton: ::big grin::

Me: So it's not a good idea.

Ioanna: Look at all that we missed! Hey, can I have a ball too?

Me: Um... sure.

::Gold ball drops from ceiling and lands at Ioanna's feet. She picks it up... and throws it at Anton. It disappears before it reaches him.::

Anton: I thought you were done being mad at me!

Ioanna: What do you think now?

Anton: Does anyone have a straight jacket?

Ioanna: What's that?

Anton: Something to tie you up in until you calm down and act normal!

Ioanna: Fine. ::pouts:: I won't kill you. Yet.

Me: RotW makes me think of Star Wars. Return of the Wood or Water or Watto or something. Which, btw, was what Varon was talking about, Raven o' th' Wood. General Grievous, a kinda droid/completely cybernetic person, who has four arms and four lightsabers. I don't know what exactly he's talking about, spinning two lightsabers, but Episode Three is the third movie in the SW trilogies, and the only one of the Prequel Trilogy that seems to be not lame. I have not watched it myself.

[Ball stops bouncing just before the barrier.]

Me: Maybe you kicked that a bit too softly, Elanhil.

Elanhil: [shrugs and walks over to kick it]

Me: Episode 3 was ok, but I would have liked 2 the best, except for the romance. I like it because of the clones. RotW makes me think more of LotR. Return of the Wizard. Gandalf.

Merashath: episode 3? Romance? Clones?

Me: Nevermind. Offtopic... (I just made a new word!)

BTW, I've just made Merashath about 11 or 12 feet tall with a wingspan of 17 or 18 feet. He's a lot more menacing now.

Merashath: Wanna fight me NOW tynx!! :evilgrin:

Kendri: *pulls out a little pocket flute and, sticking it through the barrier, pokes the ball towards Elanhil* There! What happened to the mothball, anyway?

Me: FYI, I'm imagining the barriers/post margins as dark blue electrical walls, sort of like those electrical thingies in Star Wars episode 1.

Kendri: *sees Merashath* Ooh, yuck. He doesn't look regular.

Tamera: Kendri! Be polite.

Me: He's a villain; she can say anything she wants. Part of the fun in this thread is the good characters poking fun at the evil characters. *looks thoughtful* Maybe I should bring mine in...

Tamera: We have a villain? Who is it?

Me: You'd never guess...

Auraelia: (@Telvia) Why, thank you! What is your sister's name? You may certainly play with us. (@Kendri) I think the mothball got too heavy to hit around when Elanhil shot a bullet into it. Can you play your flute? I haven't thought of anything to show you from my world, but you can see my locket. *unclasps a golden chain from around her neck and passes a gold locket with a wreath of flowers engraved on it to Kendri*

Me: Interesting.....a discussion of what my name reminds people of. I feel special! :P (@Evening) I'm imagining the barrier as a high fence with one foot square holes between the wires.

Me: I'm imagining the barrier as a three or four strand high tensile electric fence, possibly barbed wire but probably not. Revenge of the Sith might be my favorite of the entire Star Wars Trilogy. (looks anxiously over shoulder to see... wait, that's right. Wrong forum.) You should really watch the prequel trilogy some time, Melody.

Telvia: My sister's name is Cally. She's older than I am. She's beautiful. Is the ball unstuck? Can I pet the fox? What can we do about these barriers?

Me: I'm new to the barriers. I'm not entirely sure what the rules are, entirely. We can't even agree what they look like. (when I was reading this thread from the beginning I had the sneakiest idea of how to get characters to cross the margins, literally, but I think someone else figured something else out first and squashed it. )

Tynx: YES! Bring it on! It's OK, eruheran.

Chase: I'll... I'll just watch. I know when I'd get mauled.

Me: Don't want you to get mauled and eaten. (who can tell me where that quote's from?)

Chase: You're weird.

Me: Thank you.

Mordir: And THAT is why we tried to rebel! We get picked on!

Me: 'Cause you're so easy to tease.

Tesmir: [Hides a smile]

Tynx: [Watching the balls] Those are pretty! What does a mothball taste like?

Me: Where do these creatures come from?

Jek: You. Seymour came from and dream, Chase more or less the same-

Me: It was a rhetorical question, genius.

Tynx: Oh, and an airship is.... well, it's kinda hard to explain. It's like a huge.... thing... that, that probably didn't help. Well, anyway, they're really big. But the master airship, which can hold all the other ones, is ginormous. It's got 21 floors!

Me: Subject to change, mind.

Tynx: Whatever. But the smaller ones house the unnamed race, which is the people I lived with for a while. [Looks at Kian] We can kick a ball until Merashath comes back. Aris, can we have a ball?

Me: [Tosses a color changing ball] Knock yourselves out.

Cory: Don't tell them that. Someone's gonna take you seriously.

Lorielle: Oh.... that's horrible.... can we be friends, Faulkner?

[Dead silence among some of my older characters]

Lorielle: [Doesn't notice]

Me: I've imagined the barrier as just invisible walls, kind of. With the barrier post in the middle of all the worlds, somehow.

Seymour: At least everyone else can see theirs.

Me: You all have been able to avoid getting zapped, right? You know where it is. [Winces as Tynx wandered too close and got zapped and tossed back a few feet.] Except for him. He's one of those kind of people who knows it's there, but only remembers it is there when he runs into it.

Tesmir: Didn't know there were those kinds of people.

Me: Well there are now.

Tynx: That was awesome!

Me: [Sighs]

Kendri: [to Auraelia] That's a pretty locket! Can I open it? I can play my flute! See? *pulls out flute and plays a short tune* Do you wanna try?

Tamera: She's good, for a six-year-old.

*Kendri beams*

Auraelia: (@Telvia) How old are you? (or did Janin already tell us that? I forget...and I'm too lazy to go searching). Unfortunately, the ball is over with Elanhil, and his author won't be back for a while, so the ball is stuck until tomorrow. You can certainly pet Tynx, if Aris and Tynx don't mind. As for the barriers, the authors can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they're author-controlled. So, for instance, if both our authors put the boundaries down, then I could come over there, or you could come over here.

Me: (@Janin) I'm not entirely sure what the rules are, either.

Auraelia: (@Kian) You're welcome to play with the ball with us. (@Tynx) I don't know, I've never tried to eat a mothball. Ask Elanhil. :P (@Kendri) Thank you! You may open it, but there aren't any pictures inside. Just a poem. You do play well! Sure, I'll try it. Raven (both of them, actually) plays the flute, too.

Me: I've been imaging the barriers like wire fences that go all the way to the ceiling. They glow with the energy passing through them, either dimly or brightly, depending on who is trying to escape. Sometimes I think of them as force field walls, usually yellowish in color, sometimes reddish like SW forcefields all seem to be.


Ethan: And that is how I got through them I cut through the wire. Till she took away my saw, of course.

Me: Ah, get over it. You didn't want to get out anyway.

Ethan: Um, yeah, I did.

Me: Nope! It's dangerous out there. Peasants trained with swords. Big swords. And foxes. And I noticed that you never did apologize for calling everyone peasants.

Ethan: ::silence::

Anton: Wow.

Ioanna: Double wow.

Elkine: Triple wow?

Dianok: Normal.

Me: Odd. Janin-- Don't worry, I'm sure he doesn't have an account here or even knows that it exists. Btw, I'm Amanda. Not Melody. I agree that my sister should watch the prequel trilogy, though, provided that I can too. Rules about barriers? Flexible. Basically whatever you want. A common use, if a character is being annoying or bad, is to zap 'em.

Ethan: What are you talking about??

Me: Oh, nothing...

Ethan: Zap them?? How could you??

Me: I'm the author. Anyone care to explain the lightsaber spinning? I can't watch the video. Rules.

Ioanna: Hmm, I want to make friends. Can I have another ball?

Anton: NO!

Me: Sure. ::grins::

::a ball drops from ceiling. It changes colors as the light hits it.::

Ioanna: Pretty. ::kicks it to Kendri:: Do you like it?

Me: @Amanda: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I couldn't remember who said that, and I didn't want to scroll back, and I've talked about SW with Melody before and somehow forgot that she's not on this thread, you are. Sorry.
Here, I'll make it up to you and explain the lightsabres. Genera grievous has four, two blue and two green, and since he's some kind of android he spins them really, really, really fast and it has the same effect as spinning a sparkler. (since these are lightsabres after all) and Obi Wan has to avoid them. It's cool.

Telvia: *grumpily* My author doesn't know how old I am.

Me: Um... 13? Maybe a little older, although you really act younger than that on here. But you have to save Blank's kingdom so you need to be a little bit grown up...

Telvia: okay, so what if all the authors of the people who want to play ball let down the barriers so we can run around? My author could make us a new ball until Elanhil gets back, right? Is Tynx playing?

Me: @Lady Eruwaedhiel: Iri is pitiful. How can anyone not like him? He's one of those not-villains that everyone likes in spite of themselves!!!
@Telvia, you don't need a ball. There are already plenty of balls. You don't want to get too confused by too many balls.

Auraelia: (@Telvia) Sure! We could use Ioanna's ball after Kendri kicks it. *looks at me with puppy eyes* Could you put the boundary down, please?

Me: Sure!

*boundary lowers into the floor with a clang*

Kendri: *kicks the ball back to Ioanna* I like it, it's pink... ooh, and green! No yellow. Wait, what color is it?

Tamera: *smiles* It's iridescent. That means that it changes color as light hits it in different directions. Like hummingbird feathers.

Kendri: That's interesting! I found a hummingbird nest once, but the eggs didn't hatch. Tamera said that the eggs need their mommy to turn into chicks.

Tamera: Are you going to make us a ball, Evening?

Me: Not yet. There are enough balls flying around now; I wouldn't want anyone to get knocked in the head by a wayward ball.

Kendri: *hands flute to Auraelia* Here you go. Please be careful with it, my daddy made it for me.

Me: Lazy Janin! But your explanation makes up for it. Thanks.

Ioanna: ::kicks ball back:: I love iridescent things, they're so pretty. Are we kicking the ball in circles, or just back and forth?

Auraelia: *takes flute and blows a few times, trying to make a sound* *finally gets a breathy sound, and manages to play a few notes* *hands flute back to Kendri* Thanks! It's a nice flute. Were you able to get the locket open?

Me: Ok, sorry everybody, I had Just gotten finished reading it when the power went out. [ball disappears]

Elanhil: wha-what? they were waiting for it!!

Me: I like the other one better.

Merashath: I hate power variations.

Me: I always Imagined the boundaries as those dividers in Star wars, except almost transparent. They were like a double pane of glass, if one author put one down, characters still couldn't go out, until the other author did too. They were also arranged radially. But we might want to ask Jay before we do a huge community game.

Merashath: [suddenly flies at Tynx, as both authors have consented.] FEAR ME!!! [Merashath puts his talons out in front just as he nears Tynx]

Elanhil: The Mothball shattered when I hit it.

Yes I have. They are creepy.

I imagine the post barriers as double panes of purplish-pulsating fluid. They emerge radially from a large power generator in the center of the room which is where the Admin sits in his leather easy chair watching us and eating Swiss truffles. On the top of this generator is also the power plug that's been hit with arrows in the past.

So you can't sit in a 'corner' and mumble 'hi' if the room is round. Don't worry, some of my charries are less sociable too. In fact, none of them have said anything this time.

Numaryá: I'm here...but I prefer not to speak as well. Hello, all.

Zaciré: I'll be goalie! What are the teams?

Samsvar: I prefer striker...assuming that we're going to play soccer with these little balls, right?

Forsvar: Of course they will play soccer. Don't you know that soccer is played by ninety percent of Earth. In Enderion it is only slightly over fifty percent (jk). But it is seriously a multi-national sport.

Zaciré: I don't care... I just want to play.

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Me: I think we we're just gonna kick the ball around, but we could play soccer, that is if the other authors want to.

Elanhil: My votes in for soccer.

Me: Your not an author.

Elanhil: Oh yes I am!! I made Alanhil.

Me: Kind of. I fixed him up.

Elanhil: Oh yeah, well, yeah.

Me:

Me: This gonna sound really odd... I don't know how to play soccer.

Ethan: I think it's when you hit other people over the head with a shiny ball!

Me: I didn't say I didn't know what it was, I said I didn't know how to play it!

Ethan: Humph.

Ioanna: Ooo!

Me: Noooo! Not another smiley kid!

Ioanna: Smiley kid?

Me: You don't need to know. So, has everyone here listen to the FotFRT version of Narnia? I should start a poll... who finds the laugh creepy...

Ioanna: Laugh? What laugh?

Me: A very creepy laugh that you haven't heard.

Ioanna. Oh..

Me: Say goodbye, Ioanna...

Ioanna: No, 'cause I'm coming back! See ya later!

I would vote on that poll. I love the actor for Rillian in that drama. His laugh and his act during the chair scene was... incredible.

"I shall do my best." Kimensul and Ël-Ërai leap to Kimun's hands. A complex array of lines appear in the dust between him and Faulkner.

When Faulkner's body crosses over the boundary he is pinned, while flames and shockwaves radiate out from him, before he is violently hurled backwards to the ground. The lines are wiped out, and Kimun quickly redraws them.

The boundary creates a field above it which takes whatever goes into it and absorbs its internal power, hurling it backwards. If you touch it with a finger it does precious little, but Faulkner, who has great strength hurled his whole body with great force directly into the center of it. Hence the violent reaction. I imagine he is probably a little more tired now than when he started.

Blank: I think it would be more fun just to kick the ball around. Soccer would be to complex for a group this... strange.

Me: What do you know about soccer anyway? @other authors: of course the room is round, or there'd be no way for all of us to fit in here!

Telvia: @Merashath: Don't you dare hurt Tynx!

Me: Don't worry, I think he can't get hurt unless his author let's him.

Telvia: @Lady Aris: Don't you dare hurt Tynx! My author hasn't decided what kind of cobha I have, but I'll use it on you, just try me and see.

Me: You can't hurt authors, Telvia.

Telvia: Try me.

Tynx: I'll play ball when I'm done beating Merashath. [Leaps over Merashath and land behind him, eyes closed. Then they snap open, glowing a pale-ish yellow] Show me what you've got.

Me: I'll see what I can do, Telvia. I'm gonna experiment to see what kind of things Tynx can do.

Cory: I'm in for ball, or whatever it is we're playing.

Jek: I'll play.

Hakor and Cory: [Stare at him]

Jek: [Lobs Aris's ball at Cory] What? I'm not old.

Cory: Goodness, you sure act like it. C'mon. Lori, you playin?

Lorielle: Ah.... no, I'll sit this one out.... what king?

Me: Lorielle, he's a villain.

Lorielle: I know, but he couldn't help it.

Tesmir: [Joining Cory and Jek and grabs the ball] C'mon, Iri, you play too! [Tosses ball to him] We'll have a big ol' game goin'.

Chase: I'm in.

Me: And all the while, I'm imagining really cool background music. No idea what.

Cory: This isn't a movie.

Me: But do you have any idea how cool a movie of this place would be?! Chaos and humor and all that? That would be awesome.

Tesmir: Seymour, you playing?

Seymour: No, you all go on ahead. I'll keep an eye on Lorielle.

Lorielle: You expect me to do something?

Cory: She'll be fine. Alright, so we've got.... Jek, Tesmir, Chase, and me form Aris's side. Where'd our ball go?

Jek: Tesmir gave it to Iri.

Cory: OK. Aaron, Arionwyn, will you two grace our playing field also?

Chase: Will Tynx be OK?

Me: Mm? Ah, he'll live.

Cory: C'mon, everyone! Pool in the balls!

Me: Dodgeball!

Jek: This will get rather chaotic, won't it?

Tesmir: It always is, brother. That's the joy of this place.

Telvia: Throw it me to me, Iri! Throw it to me!

Blank: I'd play if I had a name.

Telvia: What's a name got to do with it?

Blank: I'd be embaressed if anyone actually called me... you know.

Telvia: *genuinely confused* what?

Blank: Nevermind.

Telvia: What?

Me: What if the balls get mixed up with the fights? That would be really hilarious. We've got a serious battle between two experts on one side of the open ground and Tynx vs. Mershath on the other, and a large, chaotic ball game is about to begin. Kimun and Faulkner can play dodgeball.

Me: Merashath actually sounds like Faulkner. As an elf he caused the fall, and thus became enchanted maybe with some strange demonic powers. With a world with as much magic as mine, I guess the main villain has to have some magical abilities. I'll give him some. He now has relative telekinetic powers.

Merashath: [pulls his wings together and does a somersault as he hits the ground where Tynx would have been. As he rolls onto his feet, he springs upward and does a 1 and a half twist, landing facing towards his opponent.] *spreads wings, and walks slowly towards tynx* SCREEEEECH!!!

Me: So he has some weird airship-race related powers. Cool!

Elanhil: I'm in the game!!! We're gonna need some more balls if we're gonna play dodge-ball!!!

Me: Ok ok. [returns the silver ball and hands it to elanhil]

Elanhil: So we have the silver, iridescent, and golden balls, right? Each author needs to contribute a ball!!

Me: Who ever put you in charge of this here game?

Elanhil: Uh, no-one.

Me: Ok, then? Why are you shouting orders?

Elanhil: Somebody has to do it.

Me: Not you.

Elanhil: Oh.