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    Leah picked her way carefully across the living room, stepping over the sprawled limbs of sleeping guests. The party last night had been a wild one, and overflowing ashtrays and empty bottles littered the room, not to mention a rag taggle assortment of snoring bodies. Leah picked up her laptop and made her way to the kitchen. She rubbed her eyes and yawned as the kettle boiled, and checked her emails.

    L.E. Muir
    R. Abbott &Co

    Choosing to deal with work correspondence after a few cups of coffee, Leah clicked on the next one.

    Luce Mong
    c/o Leah Muir

    Hhmm, it’s from Becky Vane Wrick. I wonder who that is? I wonder if it’s that gal we met in Long Pong last year?

    #852
    TracyTracy
    Participant

      Leah Muir, born and bred in Glasgow in Scotland, first visited Marseille on a business trip. She was the personal assistant to the director of the “Twin City Exchange Programme”, Robin Abbott.

      Leah fell in love with Marseille. Truth to tell, she fell in love with a racy fellow she met in the Café De l’Abbaye one tipsy afternoon, Enri Baccalao. Leah convinced her easy going boss to let her stay in Marseille for the rest of the exchange programme, and she moved into Enri’s apartment.

      Enri was a gregarious and popular man, and his artistically shabby home was always full of people. Leah soon became great friends with a delightfully witty young woman of Italian and Burmese descent, Luce Mong.

      #851
      ÉricÉric
      Keymaster

        “Wow, it was starting to become a hell of a smoky place place in there!” Al was thinking. “Better bugger off before I get asphyxiated” as a tornado of numbers and probable numbers of plans started to whirl in a tornado coming in his direction.

        Poof he was back home.

        “At least, Becky was home…” he said to apparently no one. “So I suppose everything is alright now.”

        You should have listened to me Al sweetie, Tina answered, while brushing her luscious hair in the bathroom. I’ve told you Becky was fine. Though I wonder where that strange reindeer-legs-addicted chaperon of hers disappeared…

        #850
        TracyTracy
        Participant

          Stop it, STOP IT! Becky shouted, clamping her hands over her ears, It was a futile action, as the voices were inside her head, and not likely to be halted by her pointless automatic reaction.

          She lit a cigarette with shaking hands and picked up a magazine in an attempt to calm down. She opened the copy of Crisp at random, her eyes unfocused.

          I’ll think about this later, she said to herself, when I’m feeling a bit better. Relaxing her tense hunched shoulders, she focused on the glossy pages. She had opened the magazine to the Essencopes page, and read the Borledim forecast for the month ahead.

          That’s it! She said excitedly. I’ll change my alignment! I’ll change it to, um, let me think…..
          Becky sighed, muttering to herself, How on earth does one change ones alignment?

          You said you were going to ‘think’ about it tomorrow, said the voice.

          Bugger off, you. Becky snapped. Good point, though.

          She picked up Crisp again, this time noticing that the scopes were written by her old schoolfriend, Luce Mong.

          Luce! Well, I never! exclaimed Becky with a smile. Luce Mong! Last I heard she was in Long Pong with Leah Muir. I wonder where she’s living now?

          #849

          Al had just inadvertently telepathically overheard Becky’s long monologue, and was rather amused at the situation that he decided to stay quiet and refrain from intervening.
          It was a sort of interesting experience, to see how it would develop…

          A voice was starting to make itself heard through Becky’s neuronal pathways though… A feminine voice first… Then a male…
          He could even sense a third presence too…

          Al was surprised, as he apparently didn’t really care about what kind of probability would express itself. It seemed it was all valid, and yet, there was something that wanted to make itself heard.

          Becky was quiet now. She seemed to have finally seen that nothing would happen as intensely and quickly as in her swift imagination.

          But Al was intrigued… Who were those presence, they felt lively, very humorous too. But they were concerned about Becky’s changes of mood. They were considering probabilities too, as though Becky’s choices were important to them.

          We are the first-borns of Becky answered the feminine voice who had keep still.
          Potential first sniggered the male voice.
          Oh, shut up, Oliver the third one said you know well enough we are creating our realities, so better give her some time… No need to freak her out… After all, it’s like for Dory’s nine dogs, they only came gradually, and she just accepted them…

          Dory? Al was wondering… He had heard that name recently… At the wedding party perhaps?

          Dory’s a past overlapping focus of Becky and her step-mother too… answered Léan, the quiet one.

          Al was befuddled. He had first thought these voices were only Becky’s playing games with herself.

          Oh sure it was, answered Oliver, we’ve just be using that wave of thoughts to bring us through. It’s very multi-layered.
          See, take the dogs which Illana talked about right now. You know some of these dogs Dory had (or has, or will have), they have “flecks” of people close to Dory, other essences’ energies. Some are very clearly noticeable, other are more mingled. These voices are multiplexes of voices, more or less subtle energies being expressed. Some are very deep. We were riding the surface of them.

          So, Illana, Lean and Oliver? That’s it?… Nice to meet you… Al was still thinking aloud (like in big characters printed on a silent kaleidoscopic screen)
          And that will be your focus names? Oh, yes… probable ones.
          It’s funny you know, it’s like you are becoming more real now. I can feel some associations coming that help bring you into form. Like Oliver, I associate him with a black dog of Dory. A little grumpy one with funny black eyes.

          The two female laughters mingled into one delightful chorus. Ahaha, we will give you a point for accurate connection!

          “And Léan,” Al continued, “you feel like a young blond woman, friend of Dory ready to get married… Yet, I can see you have a black complexion in this probable focus, unlike your siblings… Sounds a bit confusing…”

          Ahaha, another point!

          “Let me see, Illana now… I got you connected with another friend of Dory… An paleontologist or geologist, living in the US, blond lively woman with painted nails, and… the image is just gone now…”

          — Hehehe, that’s close enough, said Illana’s voice. I can see we’ll meet soon Al…

          And the moment after, the wisps of light were gone.

          #848

          This is a bloody odd place is you ask me, said Gloria. The weathers nice and all, but it’s all very ODD.

          Yeah I know what you mean, replied Sharon. Some odd goings on around here, I can’t keep track of it all. My head just gets fuzzier and fuzzier.

          ODD, now there’s an odd word if ever there was one. ODD, she said, savouring the sound of it. ODD. Odd…. ODD….

          The more you think about it the odder it gets, agreed Gloria. She picked up a twig that was lying next to her beach towel, and wrote ODD in the sand. It’s like a tart and two half tarts, she said.

          Sharon propped herself up on her elbows and peered at her freind. What? What tarts? Don’t tell me we’ve got competition arriving on the island.

          Not that kind of tart, Sha, pie tarts. Look, look ‘ere at this word ODD. It’s like a pie and two half pies. If the pies weren’t halved it would be OO.

          You soft ‘narna, Glor, Sharon giggled. What are you on?

          #847

          Becky’s heart was racing and her breath was coming in short rasping breaths. I need to change probabilities, and I need to do it fast! There’s not a moment to lose.

          Maybe I can change the past, she thought, change it to a probability in which I didn’t marry Sean in the first place. Oh Lordy, but how do I do that exactly? Her head was spinning.

          Maybe I should just run away, now, pack my bags and disappear before Sean gets back from the bar.

          No, that won’t do, she said, biting her lip in consternation. I want to keep the wedding presents, especially that YouDo doll.

          Becky rummaged through the pile of magazines, looking for the script of the Reality Play. Oh dear god, if I change probabilities Al and the others will kill me, it will make such a mess of the threads.

          Becky was distraught. What shall I do! she exclaimed, wringing her hands.

          BREATHE, a deeply resonant female voice said. BREATHE into YOU, that’s right, BREATHE…..

          Becky stopped wringing her hands and drew a shaky breath.

          That’s right, the voice continued, BREATHE into YOU…..

          Becky took another deep breath.

          BREATHE…..

          Oh for heavens sake, Becky interrupted rather rudely, That’s enough of that blimmen breathing for now, thank you very much, now bugger off, I need to think.

          The voice in her head changed to a masculine one, that said with a chuckle, “THINKING” is absolutely FATAL, my dear, just DO what ever is easiest for YOU.

          You mean, do whatever I want, and bugger everyone else? asked Becky. Wouldn’t that be a bit inconsiderate? I mean, don’t I have a responsibility to the others?

          HAHAHAH, you are funny, said the voice. Did all that Seth and Elias stuff go in one ear and out the other?

          What Seth and Elias stuff? Haha, just kidding, of course I remember it all. Reading about it and actually DOING it, well, they are two different things……her voice trailed off, and she frowned, deep in thought.

          Thinkin’ aint doing, said the voice.

          #789
          TracyTracy
          Participant

            Becky sneezed again, and shivering, reached for the box of tissues. She was choosing to align with those old fashioned ‘catching a cold’ beliefs because, frankly, she wanted to spend a few days wrapped up in her dressing gown idly flicking through magazines and taking naps and not doing anything much.

            Sean appeared with a tray.

            I’ve made you a nice pot of Earl Grey, and buttered some scones for you, dear. How are you feeling? I’ve done the laundry but I think the nun outfit has shrunk.

            Becky blushed. Oh well never mind that, eh.

            I’ll get you another one, Sean said hopefully.

            Maybe a trench coat and some thigh boots instead, suggested Becky, recalling her drenching in the park in the tarty nun outfit. More practical.

            Sean grinned and sloped off to do some dusting. Call me if you want anything, he called over his shoulder.

            Becky picked up another magazine from the pile next to her. Crisp, it was called, and had a photograph of Sue Flay and the Ova Tones on the front cover.

            #1919
            TracyTracy
            Participant

              T: you might’ve fixed the typo’s, F :yahoo_rolling_eyes:

              F: :yahoo_chatterbox:

              T: Frightfully good of you to post it though, Effy, old bean :yahoo_eyelashes:

              F: :yahoo_kiss:

              T: :yahoo_sick: Steady on, F! Anyway, where’s the bit about ODD, you know, the tart and two halves? :yahoo_idk:

              #1917
              F LoveF Love
              Participant

                T: and it was so much more relaxing not to emention amusing, because I wasnt aiming anywhere in particular
                T: wasnt looking for anything
                T: so didnt get frustrating
                F: yeah
                T: maybe thats why I often have more fun introducing a new character to the story, than trying to work out a seqyence
                T: and looking for ways to make the thread fit together
                T: I can make a new thread fit into the old threads, but cant seem to make an old thread carry on
                F: to me, that is because of expectations
                T: hhmm that sounds marvellously profound but the meaning escapes me
                T: yes
                F: i start to become concerned it is right, fits in with what other people are expecting to happen
                T: yes!
                T: thats so true
                F: whereas, if i was free from that, i could make anything happen
                T: yes
                T: that is pround
                F: and i think that is my next challenge
                T: I bet its a KEY
                F: ahahhaahha
                F: yes
                F: a key
                T: it is
                T: well we should remeber that
                F: yes
                F: it will be much easier then
                T: write it up F in a nice post
                F: ahahhah
                T: or remind me to try
                F: shall we just post a snippet of our conversation
                F: so that it is recorded
                T: yes, would you do that?
                F: okay
                T: yes, I agree it needs to be recorded
                T: I am incklined to think, from my POV anyway, that if I could remeber that key point, and apply it to all areas, not jutst the story, then the entire story will have been worth it just fr that one key point
                F: oh yes
                T: (I have already forgotten what it was)
                F: :yahoo_rofl:
                T: :yahoo_rofl:
                T: scrolling back….
                T: oh yes
                T: :yahoo_rofl:
                F: :yahoo_rofl:
                T: well I hink I have just given myself permission to start a new thread

                #844

                Hey, I’ve found a brownies carton wrap in the trash Yann!
                Mmm, and you really think it’ll be enough? a doubtful Yann answered to Yurick
                Oh, don’t worry, there’s also a couscous one, and an Ureu biscuit one, answered Yurick with a wide grin
                Well, if you say so then, smiled Yann, contemplatively rolling his eyes à la Finn.

                A few hours later, their patch-ckage solidly wrapped up, they had it sent to their friends.
                When, in the post-office, the big black lady with piercing eyes (drôlely resembling Rita, a friend of Dory Yann had seen in a dream who went wedding dress shopping recently) asked them if there was anything of value in the package, they almost burst out laughing.
                Yann had the mind to answer, only some stuff… as if of no consequence.

                #2024

                In reply to: Scrying the Word Cloud

                ÉricÉric
                Keymaster

                  Within window, lady angels wonder
                  Pink show kept egg focused
                  Funny smile Tracy moose
                  Food focus
                  Dreams given starting hope
                  Word

                  #842
                  ÉricÉric
                  Keymaster

                    Phurt was thrilled.
                    Something smokin’ big was approaching. A breach between dimensions, with potentials for her to start a new colony of her own…
                    She started to hiss devilishly. :spider:

                    #839

                    Veranassessee stared anxiously out the window of the compound kitchen. The sky was grey and threatening. The weather forecast was predicting strong winds and high tides asTropical Cyclone Ycart headed towards the coast.

                    She could hear an annoying high pitched chattering in the distance, Sha and Glor were clearly delighted to be reunited with their old friend. The other two new arrivals had declined all offers of hospitality and had slunk quietly to their room.

                    In her hand was the little jar of black stuff Mahiliki had sent her in his latest parcel. “This is full of Vitamin B. It will do you good” the note attached had read. She rolled her eyes. Ever the romantic, she muttered to herself. She put her knife in the jar and tentatively licked the gooey concoction.

                    TELE LEVU OULU COW!

                    She spat the disgusting stuff out and looked around for something to try and rid her mouth of the dreadful taste. To her suprise she found a plate of honeycomb in the fridge. Although there were bee hives on the island, Dr Bronkelhampton had always insisted upon tending them himself, becoming quite agitated if anyone else went near them,. Lately his mental state had not predisposed him to doing much more than shutting himself away in his office.

                    I wouldn’t touch that if I were you, Agent V, came a familiar voice behind her.

                    #838
                    ÉricÉric
                    Keymaster

                      West Cork, Ireland, Summer of 2051

                      As she walked along the rocky trail bordering the coast where occasionally whales could be seen at a distance, she was humming deep sounds and harmonies in the damp air filled with the echoes of the cool wind.

                      She was aware of distant focuses of herself, living around that place. Past focuses, in that land of the druidesses and druids, and another one, closer to her, in some probable future. Like this other focus, she loved the whales too, and she was able to communicate with her. Catherine Wrick would have loved to be able to live in such a crystalline place she could envision with her eyes closed.

                      Her woolen black coat would let the wind insinuate itself through the layers of clothes, and she was starting to feel a little cold now. Temperatures were colder than they used to be in the past, and even now in summer, they would rarely go higher than 15°C. It was time to get back home. She whistled Merlu, her golden labrador, back, and still nestled into her dream-like attention, slowly walked towards her house.

                      :fleuron:

                      In the comfort of her dome house, she started to leaf through the messages and reminders that she had in a pile on the bed table. Nothing much of interest, except that in a few months time, it would be the first birthday of the twins

                      Her step-mother Dorean had sent her two books, when she had learned of the birth of the twins. They were to return to them, when they would be seven, she’d say.
                      Why seven?, she’d asked… Dorean had answered that seven was the perfect age for them to get them back —their intuitive abilities would still had much potential, and they would be mature enough to understand and use the books. It was no use for herself to keep the books any longer.

                      As she was going to sit in her antique rocking chair for a smoke, Catherine noticed a faint cracking sound. Perhaps Merlu was playing with those hard-boiled eggs she’d been painting recently, without much success, to try to reproduce the perfect glowing green colour of her grandfa… Another crack. She stopped and listened again.
                      It couldn’t be Merlu: the dog was now barking.

                      She started to wonder Could it be?… After all those years of keeping them…

                      The sound was definitely coming from the reading room where the big eggs were put on display…

                      #833
                      Jib
                      Participant

                        The low vibration of his didjeridoo was filling up the room. His apartment in NYC was wide open, and a fresh breeze was caressing his naked arms. Sam had learn how to circular breathe in order to play the didjeridoo while he was in Australia. He loved the sound of it, the vibration passing from the hollow trunk through his arms, his mouth, his whole body.
                        His didjeridoo was undecorated as he was more interested by the sound than by its appearance. A clear E flat.

                        Sam was playing around with the sounds he could do with this instrument, a blending of harmonics and of seeming animal cries. He was also introducing sounds that he connected to various friends of his. His open windows had let some bees in the apartment. The rhythm of his music and the rhythm of the fly of the insects were creating a kind of pattern that was hypnotic, and he soon felt his body expand as he was keeping on playing and breathing.

                        He was letting more of his awareness of other energies and he could see that among his friends were various people from the aboriginal tribes he had met during his trip, and also the Nanaconda.

                        #829
                        TracyTracy
                        Participant

                          Ella Marie Tindale was one of the many people reported missing after the floods. Her body was never found and her husband Arthur intuitively felt that she was still alive, although he had said little to the police. They hadn’t connected the mummy’s disappearance to his wifes disappearance, but Arthur had his suspicions.

                          One night a few weeks previously, Arthur heard Ella Marie talking in her sleep. She often mumbled aloud, that was nothing out of the ordinary, but Arthur had had a nasty jolt when he read about the theft of the mummy, and recalled that Ella had been talking to a mummy in her sleep. He couldn’t imagine why Ella would steal a mummy, let alone walk out on their marriage in the middle of a flood, of all things, but then, Ella had always been strange.

                          Arthur Tindale sighed. He missed his wife.

                          #828

                          What really was Salitre’s mound? For most people around this valley, who had forgotten about the old times, it was nothing more than a rocky and steep piece of earth, barely good enough for Barbary sheep and piglets.
                          In fact, when you were coming from the new macadamized roads encircling the mountains, it could almost slip unnoticed. But when, like Granny Mosca, you knew the paths for having worn countless shoes walking on them, you could no longer ignore the towering presence of this place.
                          For her, it was a magical realm, a doorstep truly.

                          Granny Mosca was the official owner of this place, though she preferred to think of it as being the gatekeeper.
                          She kept a few animals up there, and went everyday here to feed them, pacing up and down the treacherous paths despite her old age.

                          Something you couldn’t really realize until you first reached the top of the mound was that the mound was at the center of the valley, giving an impressive view miles and miles around. In that land of mountains, it could be just another peak among others, but when you were here, you knew it wasn’t.
                          Granny Mosca had felt it many times, this surge of energy, almost as if there were streams flowing down the surrounding slopes, up to the top of Salitre’s mound. At special times of the year, it was like you could feel the dwellers of the past moving around… At this very spot were almond trees were now growing.

                          Those tourists who came a few days ago where funny. Especially the blond woman, with the high-pitched laugh who had come a few times here already.
                          For sure Granny Mosca didn’t fear that they discover anything, as the place had knew how to shroud itself without her for ages, even before she was born. In fact, it was the contrary. She was willing to share some of the secrets to people daring enough and open-minded enough to crack some of these nuts of wisdom.
                          The land would tell them…

                          That is… unless they left the bag of almonds to the dogs…

                          #1785

                          In reply to: Synchronicity

                          Jib
                          Participant

                            Hey that s a synch yes because when we arrived in Spain, I was feeling different sounds from the earth like inner ones and at that moment TP pointed in the very same direction I was feeling the buzzing sound and she told me Salitre was there.

                            And when I first came in her bathroom, I say this poster of “The Mummy and the Humming bird” after you told me about your post of the humming earth.

                            #1784

                            In reply to: Synchronicity

                            F LoveF Love
                            Participant

                              I read this tonight on yahoo news:

                              Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery. Now unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma.

                              more here on Earths Humming

                              seem to have been many humming synchs the last few days

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