Intermission: Writ Keeping 2 and Searching for the Star in the North
About me. (Draft No. 3)
As an example of one of the uses I give Message: The movement of a pony disturbs the air, so, if I load the air with my 'presence', it is equivalent of me being there, and the displaced air would be like a touch; the Message I give the air reacts to the pony and his or her actions, and effectively creates a feedback Message. There is no expenditure of magical energy, only mental effort - granted, it can be tiring just the same, and at the time of this writing my influence (without assistance) is neither powerful nor developed enough to make conscious use of the tornadoes that ponies like Storm Shadow can make.
(Draft No. 7)
As I (am intended to) control all that is the air through Message, I am trying to see if I can access the Magic floating in it, just like ponies can touch upon Message with their own Magic; so far, all that I have obtained is problems - the lack of control over the magic makes reigning in the more powerful of applications of Breath difficult, because The Breeze tries to assist me and makes complete containment almost impossible. I can contain cyclones so that only the funnel is the dangerous bit, but trying to pull my punches so that the sideways wind doesn't bore a hole clean all of the way through rock is pretty much a dream at this point.
Ponies, with their magic, simply do not have that problem; if they only intend to hit the target, unless they really overpowered the technique, the use will only affect the targeted area, dissipating quickly. Thanks to the fan Storm Wand and its variations, however, I can now move much more air than a pony - although making precise use of it is difficult as said before; if Ascension is a real possibility, it might just provide me with what I'm missing.
The Alchemiter works based on psychic/space-time patterns, 'data', producing plenty of things that I can use easily; it has trouble working with magical things. I need the assistance of a pony to get magical objects to work (or wait until my own studies in magic have progressed far enough to do it myself). That will have a document of its own - if I have truly failed, then just follow The Breeze back to one of the Alchemiters, there is going to be a document pertaining to its use there - if you have not yet received the card with a computer, a tablet, or Plex-i-Glasses in them (or simply you do not know how to operate them).
Again, if you are a friend, then it is highly likely that you know why I would be so prepared in the eventuality of my demise. If the scenario has occurred, or if there isn't enough time, or simply if speaking of it is too difficult for me, then let me say it simply:
Equestria is in danger.
Before you roll your eyes and say 'when is it not', I meant to say an external danger, outside even Tellus. Right now, the world is still recovering from Discord's influence, and the dragons are getting rowdy... it's going to get worse in the future - some things I cannot explain for fear of interfering with the solution, so I am going to be discreet about it if possible.
And yet, the danger I am speaking of is different in nature.
Remember when I said the three components? Message is the component of thought, and thought and data can travel with much less restrictions than matter or magic.
Much, much less.
By sheer virtue of their existence, ponies have garnered the interest of... things beyond. Nothing new here, we all knew this already. If you have access to my 'Computers', or come from a world similar to my, you know a part of this.
The problem is that some of these spectators aren't content with staying that.
The good news! Thanks to some sources both local and... foreign, I have concluded that this world, and, in fact, all of this reality and those similar to it, have nothing to worry about from winners of the Path of the Conqueror of a Dead Session. Do not concern yourself with the meaning - all there is to say on them is that they obtained unconditional immortality and nigh-unlimited power to destroy what they want... but not here. They might still posses powers far surpassing those I expect to have, and some form of conditional immortality, but I doubt that they would risk themselves like so - Discord should be enough to match them in power, even with their assistants, but he is definitely going to be more devious and refined in battle.
And once you take Discord's mastery of Message and Magic into account? I wouldn't bet against him.
As such, none of them will expose themselves like that. The source of our powers falls outside of the purview of this place's 'regulators', so they will be way too vulnerable. Elements of Harmony For The Triumph!
The bad news is that anyone else won't have to face that sort of risk. The risks for the rewards aren't going to be so disproportionate.
Nightmares, in particular. My 'dream-self' is a dream with physicality, and they want that - badly. They can, if they work together, just about make an astral projetion of another dreaming being, or data beings, too... but they won't last; like a newly-minted Bogeymane, they have no hold on this world save a handful of memories.
Thus, they are trying to kill me with these phantasmagorical things so that they can overtake my hold - but they need to be the kind of things that would fight me - irrespective of the reason, just that I lose consiousness/my life to something channeling Nightmare power.
It doesn't work like that, though, so all they are doing is wasting energy. Still, I don't think that letting the likes of 'Griefers' and 'Trolls' gallivanting about Equestria is a good idea no matter how temporarily, and doubly-so when the gryphons from the north-east country are getting... antsy.
Hopefully, I'll be able to refine some kind of psychic power by extrapolating from my current powers - that should help with magic casting as a human.
*****
(Middle of the Dock of Nowhere, West of where the Crystal Empire is supposed to be)
'Bluey' was checking his compass for the hundredth time that day, waiting until he had his fill of 'exploring' the blizzard that had made them stop and set up camp for the night. They were under a dome of magic, courtesy of the unicorn that insisted on travelling with the lithologist he had been recommended.
Then he appeared. Just there, but a few paces into the snowfall.
"Hello." The faceless bogeymane spoke, with that voice of mashed-together glass and tearing things. "You seem... stressed."
No kidding. The only way to be a hunderd-percent sure he was still there was because of his crazy-stupid height and his black suit with a red tie standing out.
"I don't fancy having to look over the rest of our sleeping partners all by myself, during a blizzard that doesn't let me see past our shelter." He replied, making sure to not react too visibly to Slender's (actually quite decent) attempt at walking as if he had a real skeleton.
"Hehehe, then I have good news!" The sounds were less violent, so Blue knew he was speaking jovially. "There used to be some creatures of frost near our little party... the fear of predators has a great taste."
The cheeks bulged slightly, like he had an actual smile underneat that blank skin.
"You are in a good mood for somepony who spent three whole nights grumbling about stopping." Blueblood gently placed his compass inside on of the many pockest of his belt, thanking the thick cloth for the thousandth time. "Speaking of that, I never had the chance to ask you: How can you stay out during the day?"
"Oh, I am far too strong and real for simple sunlight." Slender's smile started doing... something. A thin, black line was revealed, like drawing his smile onto his 'face'. "Most of my kin are content with simpler hauntings, jump-scares, things of that nature."
He started leaning forward, and Blueblood stood his ground even as the smile widened, revealing sharp teeth of the blackest void and a thick, forked tongue.
"Filling, I admit, and quite delicious." He grinned, his jaw closing in such a way that Blueblood saw only a black wedge sharp as a cutout on a white face otherwise blurred to indistinction by the swirling snow.
The thick coat stopped the chill before it made it to his head, and Blueblood swore to send something nice to Rarity once everything was over. He thanked the clothes once more.
"I, however, go for something a little... stockier." He said, and he moved. He was gone, but Blueblood could feel him standing just beside. Slendermane aligned his head next to Blueblood's, whispering with the sounds of rustling leaves and silky curtains. "Respect is far superior, and the fear of predators is exquisite."
"You stalk criminals." Blueblood stated, with a calm he didn't know where he was drawing from.
"So, so many ponies and bogeymanes think of power as an end, or as something big and flashy - long lists of spells, large amounts of cash, military might, raw physical strength..." Slendermane chuckled as he walked away and turned back to face Blueblood. "I just need to be there, when I need to be. A glimpse, that odd sense that I do not 'belong' in the picture they see, but gone if they stop to look more closely... minotaur and gryphon smugglers and robbers stand out, and all I need to do is appear at just the right spot."
Two black tendrils stretched to the air.
"My stories have been spread far and wide, and part of it is that I can be out in the sunlight..." That black wedge of a smile was back. "The showmare has heard quite a few of them, I'd wager."
"Well, it's almost time for Beloved and Dagger to start their shifts; I'd better get my rest - don't want the navigator to be to tired to tell north from south, after all." Blueblood changed the subject - he had heard a few himself, and he had dismissed a few as 'convenient accidents'.
Convenient, maybe. Accidents... not so much.
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It's been far too long since I last looked back on this story. I again thank you for introducing me to Homestuck.
Neat! Slenderdude is hanging out.
Slender's message is simply "something is off" or "nothing is wrong" depending on what he wants to do. Intent is his guiding and limiting factor. If they truly wanted to violently horrify a criminal, he would project the second of the two messages as he cut through their numbers. "Nothing is wrong" as swords fall from nerveless fingers suddenly lacking a guiding intelligence.
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Killing things is a bit too involved and stressing for it to work that way on either one of the ends, but he'd be invisible to the insufficiently-perceptive, and the... not-so-brave freeze in fear when faced with beings born of fear itself all the same. For the more focused opponents, including other bogeymanes, he'd use the I'm-here-but-not-HERE-here displacement/illusion thing.
6200602 Still would be a useful skill to have for a boogeymane. Especially one going after criminals. The level of fear that could generate might be enough to turn it solid. Which would mean more fear, and repeat until satisfied.
I like. More?
Slender's got it right...sometimes all you got to do is be a presence when it totally not okay to make someone flip out.
Please MOAR! I need moar delicious crossover!
so will there be sburb elements like this galaxy is almost at the end of it expiration and that game has to be played?
Y'know what? I'ma thank you again for Homestuck.
I wonder if their is a Jake English displaced
I am so lost. I tried to understand what you were talking about, really, I did, but almost every sentence sends me into a world of confusion. Deosn't help that I can't get any info on the game. The comic I can get info on, but absolutely nothing on the game. So, for now, I'm just gonna leave this story on the shelf, read it later.
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Oh boy... Homestuck isn't a game, it's a webcomic framed as a "choose your own adventure" style computer game that is, itself, about a game that four (to start) 13 year-old kids are playing. A game that has much, MUCH higher stakes than initially thought; they are chosen by the game to play it before they even come to live and, since the game not only is aware of its own fate, but is "fate" to a certain degree, they are chosen by destiny - so to speak.
It's incredible in its complexity, so much that it's easy to get lost, or misunderstand plot points... Time-travel figures heavily in the plot, being one of the core "gameplay elements" of the 'game'.
Also, expect characters to die, often; often, more than once! Mostly due to time-travel being used to advert a death only to itself cause another.
Since it's reader-influenced, expect a slow start - it starts getting good somewhere in Act 2, after the readers have worked out the silly out of their systems (the author had just finished another reader-influenced comic, one with a less serious plot, since the framing-device "game" was full of glitches and odd features).
It's an experience, let me tell you. It's up to personal taste if it's good or bad, tho.
Here. Be warned, it uses Flash! Make sure you read from a desktop PC, and have your speakers on!
7058393 I know it's a webcomic, but according to the wiki there is also an actual game for it. But thanks for the info anyway.
WHY DID I NEVER KNOW OF THIS *chaos dunks the favorite button*
6788926 You rang?
That was a joke, by the way.
You'll never be rid of me, like I'll never be rid of homestuck. Also, R.I.P. homestuck.
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He asks if Celestia is going to answer his questions in a direct way.
She asks him if he would do so, so that would be a "No". In fact, she wasn't intending to answer at all, to prevent him from using his subtler powers to cheat.
He admits that he earned that.
When is this updating?
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I don't rightly know.
I have... issues, and they get worse (for some reason) the further along I get on something. Plus I have a job now.
I have plenty of means, and I have plotted a lot of it, but this damn depression makes working on things hard, no matter how much I enjoy them, or enjoy it when people say nice things.
Of course, that discussion I had with THAT ONE GUY that managed to somehow miss all of the subtext didn't help any.
7514134 ah okay
7514728 well I can say I have enjoyed the story, I know how you feel with the depression thing, having depression for most of my teen and adult life. it doesn't stop me a lot, but it does mean that negative comments seem to get my full attention.
Hmm... An Heir of Breath Displaced...? Perhaps, in conjunction with my own Knight of Space, we could perform a glorious Fantasia's Inhale together sometime in the future? Assuming that access to the requisite Fraymotif is found on my end, that is.
I'd love to cross over someday, once my own tale is sufficiently developed, and after I've actually finished reading your story. I have other crossovers that must be done first... perhaps I should make a list, since keeping it all in my head is getting rough...
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I think they are something softer and comfy, like the cloth Crocs. It's not like you can't alchemize a pair of heelies out of them anyway.
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Well, there kind of is a game for the comic, called "Hiveswap," that's still in development (at the time of posting,) but is close to being finished and released.
There was a bit of a snafu about it, with the company that Andrew Hussie hired to make it choosing to run off with the money he'd raised for the project, and they used it on another game of their own, which sucked ass anyways.
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So, Pinkie as a Bard of Hope...? Yes or no?
Also, there's this other guy doing a Homestuck Displaced who has Celestia as a Knight of Light, though I see her as more of a Princess (one who destroys their element, or allows destruction to come to their element,) of Doom... What's your opinion?
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Since the whole point of them not being "formally" Aspected is that they are free to face or even choose their own challenges and opportunities, not to mention some really good points by other artists and writers, I think Pinkie is more of a Light pony (all that luck), with some Bard of Rage sprinkled for flavor.
But yes, some Hope, since she's still an EoH bearer.
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Agreed. Though I mostly put her down as "Hope" because it alone seemed to fit with her "laughter" affiliation. Bard seems to work as well because, like others with the same class, she's quite a wild-card in any situation; you never know how she'll react to any given situation. Also, like a Bard, she used her Element to "destroy" one or two things: i.e., "giggle at the ghosties," anyone?
Also, a bit of a primer for those who are confused about the whole "classpect" thing. (I'm a Knight of Space myself, so I'm here to help.)
Basically, it's "Class" + "Aspect," like character classes in D&D or other RPGs (bards, fighters, rangers, sorcerers, etc,) but different. Each Class dictates how their assigned person would best utilize the abilities granted by their (usually singular) Aspect. Each Aspect gives their assigned player access to a certain domain of near-fundamental powers, based around a certain theme. Classpects themselves are based on a person's personality, and can change at any given time before entry into "the game," or "invert" itself if the player doubts themselves/their powers.
Now, a short list of the different classes, with an equally short list of what they basically do, though not all is as you'd initially think it would be:
•Maid: I fix
•Page: I bring
•Mage: I create
•Knight: I fight
•Rogue: I divide
•Sylph: I know
•Seer: I see
•Thief: I take
•Heir: I become
•Bard: I initiate
•Prince: I destroy
•Witch: I manipulate
Aaaand the Aspects, or "elements," if you so choose to think of them that way (not entirely correct, but not entirely wrong, either,):
•Breath (blue): represents spirit and freedom. And also air, obviously. Rather carefree in personality.
•Light (orange/yellow): represents knowledge, fortune/luck. Players of the loooooooong game.
•Time (red): represents entropy, progression/continuity. Also, wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey bullshittery up the wazoo! Very vital to a session.
•Space (black/white/grey): represents "creation," i.e. reality AND creativity, depending on the player. Basically, reality-warpers on varying levels. Also absolutely vital to any session that hopes to succeed: without one, you're fucked. Creative, eclectic, and eccentric in their interest, but can also be a tad stubborn.
•Life (tan/light green): represents health, vitality, healing. Very handy in a pinch, some can even resurrect dead friends! (
Only works once per person it's used on, after which death's permanentTerms and conditions apply.)•Heart (burgundy/maroon): represents self, soul, the core of one's being. (Ok, and occasionally love, though the Leijon trolls were a fluke, and obsessed with shipping.) So, a Prince of Heart, which sounds lame at first, basically translates to "Destroyer of Souls." Badass AF, but sometimes emotionally... wierd.
•Hope (pale/pastel yellow): represents willpower, drive, DETERMINATION, etc. Can be a bit of a double-edged sword, especially if you wind up with a Prince class, though a Page can turn the tables in a fight. Usually optimistic, though some players (Eridan) are outright assholes.
•Void (deep blue/navy): represents secrecy, misinformation, and nonexistence. Nigh impossible to track, these guys are, and provide a literal blind spot to omniscient (or near-omniscient) beings. Very powerful, though one cannot possibly quantify how far their upper limits go. Heck, Rogues can literally create things out of thin air, by removing the essence of nonexistence from the concept of a given item.
•Blood (brown/crimson): represents unity, kinship, close social bonding. Also, probably literal blood, so maybe there'd be some Avatar-style "blood-bending" going on. Dash would probably make a good candidate for this Aspect, being the element of Loyalty.
•Mind (mint green/teal): represents thought, choices, and decisions. Tend to be tactical geniuses, relatively speaking, if a bit... eccentric. A Seer of this Aspect could rival one of Light in terms of looking into the future, though their methods (and accuracy) would vary. Just imagine what a Prince could do, though... *Evil laughter*
•Rage (lots of purple and lavender): represents emotions, though usually negative ones, particularly anger, hate, and RAGE. Basically berserkers, the only Rage players we've seen had some form of psychosis due to outside influence/genetics. In fact, Gamzee had to be kept drugged up practically 24/7 so he'd not turn into a juggalo version of the Joker and murder everyone else.
•Doom (deep green): represents circumstance, fate/inevitability. Players tend to be pessimistic at times, or just snappish. Also tend to hear "voices of the imminently deceased" a lot.
TL;DR: motherfucking SHENANIGANS.
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Who even liike2 Home2tuck
Hope you get the time/energy to work on this again, I've really enjoyed this one and hope to read more of it!
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So, several months later, and I have a couple of questions... what was the name of the story that Kat Shifter visited that had the Saiyans in it? There are multiple DBZ displaced fics out there, and I'd like to find the right one, since "Gravity of the Situation" is no longer on the website, and the author is not answering any questions themselves. Second question is: is Kat going to stay with John forever, or is it meant to be a temporary thing?
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No, it's not a card game. It's based on a webcomic about a (video)game that a boy and his friends play. Which... just so happens to destroy the planet and engage the players in a bunch of shenanigans that end with them becoming gods and creating a new universe.
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I don't remember which one specifically it was, since I only read it for the chapter that Kat appeared in, sorry. I think it may have been called "majin of harmony" or a variant of the such.
Also, Kat is still DJ's character and has her own story planned; I know a bit, coordinated some other bit, but that'd be spoilers. All I can say, is that everyone (in-universe) is overlooking certain possible consequences of the nautral outcome of a very particular goal of Typhon's.
Lastly, Typhon is not John, but a guy in a Role - capitals intended - much the same players have one in Homestuck. Being John would introduce a lot of different problems, some of which don't apply in the type of Multiverse that I am using - this blog post explains it far better than I could, at least a few of the concepts that Jordan uses match my own pretty well - so I decided that 'turns into the character' was a step too far into the transformation. It's not like this Multiverse is using the SBURB platform, in any case.
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Understood. And about the whole "John/Typhus" name thing, it's been a while since I looked back at your story, and I'd forgotten what he'd chosen to go by instead of "John" and was in a bit of a rush at the time of posting. My apologies for that.
Good to hear you're still alive though. I send well wishes your way, good sir.
People like Homestuck? Nice, liked and followed.
RIP story