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    It may have been the sudden change of environment, but Leörmn had great difficulty at staying focused.
    By staying focused, he meant more than just focusing his attention and thoughts. Actually, not much more, as nothing more than his thoughts and his attention were creating of everything —his body included. When he failed to focus as he was now, usually he simply started to disappear from other’s awareness, even though he could be aware that he was still present in their proximity. For most of his activity was happening in the Unseen, and his body was unnecessary for him to manipulate that environment.

    The twin dragons, Heckle and Jeckle were equally disturbed, but to a lesser extent, perhaps because their communicating together made their de-focusing less of a concern.

    The place where they had been guided to was really unusual. Unusual for dragons at least. Even possibly hostile.

    It was like crossing that door had made them turn the physical reality inside-out, and though it was very similar on the surface, the exterior was significantly different.

    Apart from the twins, Leörmn was feeling energies, strong energies focused nearby. They were possibly as strong as dragons’ energies, though their configuration was unfamiliar.
    Where were they? What was this place?

    Leörmn was feeling so powerful undercurrents that it was very disturbing. In his discomfort, he tried to reach for a familiar energy.

    :fleuron:

    In the pool, Salome was feeling the disturbance, as it was already making the cave wobble slightly ever since Leörmn had taken off.

    Georges was having fun shape-shifting his skin to get more dolphin-like slickness, and was trying to bring her into his games, but she was caught by the demanding feeling and couldn’t concentrate on the game.

    She made a foam bubble around herself to lift her up above the surface of the water. “There… I’ve always felt better in the air.” As a matter of fact, be it only the slight gain of altitude, but her thoughts felt clearer already.

    “Oh, my… They are on the Murtuane… Georges, you knew that?!”

    Georges was having too much fun to actually physically answer, but Salome knew he was more than vaguely aware of that.

    She went deeper into herself, trying to see what was the issue… As far as she knew, the Murtuane was very closely tied to the Duane, and actions made into one of the planet had repercussions onto the other. They were close counterparts for each element, and perhaps it was the drawing closer of these which had created an imbalance of some kind.
    “Yes…” she smiled. She was seeing how it could be made easier.

    She sent to Leörmn the clearest picture she could make, then popped her foam bubble, to gracefully dive into the pool, having changed her skin to that of a black and white killer whale.

    :fleuron:

    “Thank the Elder Gods,” Leörmn thought, as he just received the warm familiar energy of Salome from deep inside himself.

    So that was it… He had to find his counterparting Nirgual, and merge with her for the duration of their little excursion here.
    N’meôrl was the name. Salome had met her already a long time ago. She was a brilliant shade of abrigot (some orange smooth fruit).

    It would be quite easy actually. Like the Dragons, Nirguals were summoned by their true name, no matter the distance.
    Blessed be Salome…

    Popping back into focus, Leörmn pronounced loudly “N’meôrl, I hereby summon thy!

    When the huge bird appeared all the others who had started to assail the dragon with question were startled.

    Contrary to all appearances, Leörmn was not a dragon of many words, so very few needed to be actually exchanged. The two creatures both knew what had to be done to preserve the balance. And even if they had not known, the pressure on their energy fields was so intense that the merging was just like two magnets drawing closer naturally.

    And One again they were.

    #1124
    TracyTracy
    Participant

      The Chief Minister of the Oddlings sat behind her desk, smiling at her new protege.

      “Well then, T57, you’re ready to start. Who have you been assigned to?” she asked.

      “Gabor, Sindy and Swinde” replied T57 promptly. She wasn’t quite sure who these characters were, but the names popped into her head strongly at that moment, and if she’d learned anything at the Ministry, it was to trust whatever popped into her head.

      “Gabor, Sindy and Swinde!” exclaimed the Chief Minister. “Why, they’re mine!”. She rummaged through the files on her desk. T57 assigned to three from her own batch! This was going to be interesting!

      #1112

      The island had never felt as populated as these past hours. Veranassesee didn’t know really which way to turn, really.

      “Gather your wits, V” she told herself.

      Obviously, it was a bit difficult, she had a terrible time to concentrate. The past few hours felt like they were stretching on forever in time, for no reason at all?

      Take that mmm… wanton memory of the night with Agent Gabriele ; it was still fresh on her mind, and yet, she could hardly tell whether Gabriele was still around in his bungalow, or whether he had left… Feelings of guilt on her part perhaps. Well, it had taken her no less than forty pages… what was she saying? It had taken her no less than forty minutes to come back to him and fall with blissful abandon in his hairy manly arms, and that could as well have been happening two, three months ago for all matter and purpose.

      Perhaps that was the work of evil aliens tampering with her mind and memories. Hardly an excuse, she had been trained for far worse occurrences. She had to list her priorities.
      Gabriele.
      Well, her mission of course. What were you thinking? Now that plan B seemed to have failed miserably, Operation Spider seemed likely to be a total fiasco.
      She had apparently lost the item in a purple blood trail, and there was that fishy Jarvis she had to take care of too.
      But somehow, if she could get that item back, perhaps she could redeem herself. Or else, dreary Fukitupi and Mahiliki would be waiting for her. Hardly a consolation.

      Of course, as if to add to the total disarray of her plans and desire to have things neatly organized, the Higloshama gang (that’s how she liked to call the three atomic divas — Mavis, Sharon and Gloria) had once again disappeared from their pods, probably to gaze at the moon in-between a few cyclones… Well, in any case, they would find a way to get back. If pigeons do, why not them?

      As for the other patients, the door was closed, and they probably were asleep. Oh, and in any case, ugly-faced as they were, they probably couldn’t get far without triggering a trail of fear howling. She had to admit, she was sourer than usual. Anyway… down the list of problems.

      Ah, the doctor of course. Well, he could go to hell, but that would be doing her too big a favour.

      The sound of the plane coming to the island drew her out of her calculations. As she was adjusting her holster to greet the untimely airborne visitors, she sent a brief mental note as a leitmotiv to herself so that she wouldn’t forget “find the bee-man, Jarvis, Jarvis, Jarvis…”

      And she did right.
      She almost lost her composure when she recognized Mahiliki on the plane.

      #1106

      “Fancy a cuppa, Sue?” Norm asked.

      Sue Flay accepted gratefully. “Yeah, Norm, a cuppa sounds nice”. What a day it had been.

      “Mad bunch of nutters, this lot, eh?” Norm smiled ruefully.

      “I should say so!” replied Sue. “Are all movie people as wacky as this?”

      It was Sue Flay’s first venture into movies, although she was already famous as the singer with the Ova Tones, the popular all girl band.

      “No, they’re not” replied Norm. “Frankly, no, they are not this mad usually. This is a decidedly odd bunch, if you ask me”.

      “Oooh” said Sue, momentarily speechless. “Hhmmmm”.

      #1054
      ÉricÉric
      Keymaster

        “I thought Tobi told not to open any door this month” Becky Tooh said to Tina, who was waiting patiently on the doorsteps.
        JUST open the BLOODY door!” an exerted Tina finally managed to blurt out, remembering Mehmot Lung’s teachings

        Tina had decided against all common sense to go to Becky Tooh (or BeckyT) and Sean’s house, not so much to happily gargle ga-bla-blu-blooes with the little crying and smelling babies, but to see if the clone’s health was really a concerning matter.
        Al’s lack of attention on the subject had not very comforting. To say the truth, he’d been horrible as usual, and hadn’t told her he was going with Sam on a trip in the Floridisles.

        Since New York’s flooding, and after a series of calamitous tropical cyclones, all was left of Florida was a thread of big islands, not as densely populated as it once was. However, a few of their friends were still living here, managing a dolphin ranch, and organizing on occasion some excursions with the dolphins in the lagoons.
        Of course, she had remote-viewed it all, but it was horrible enough from Al to have assumed she would figure on her own.

        But back to the subject, she couldn’t really decide if Beckitee’s state was alarming or not. Her lack of attention was surely running down the genes pool, she wasn’t expert enough to tell, but as far as her body was concerned, Beckitee looked absolutely perfect —though she still got hints of that little balding problem left, and so little (but noticeable, still) wrinkles on her arms, she thought.

        Surely Beckitee was beautiful… Not sure she was as funny as Beckipoo though.

        #925
        TracyTracy
        Participant

          “My yellow is fine and dandy”
          Said green hued sickly Mandy
          “You’re mad to suggest
          A yellow sick fest”
          Said sickly green hued Mandy.

          :yahoo_sick:

          That wasn’t one of your finest, dear, said Tina disparagingly.
          Becky sighed. I need to find a Limerick support group.

          Mandy felt better at once
          “I feel better than I have in months.
          You may be mad,
          And that is sad!
          But now I fancy some lunch.”

          :yahoo_pig:

          These are special Kuzhebarian Healing Limericks you know, Becky said a trifle huffily. Nobody appreciates my limericks.

          Mr X is making some rice.
          It’ll be ready in just a trice;
          All soupy and wet,
          She’ll feel better I bet
          In a trice, at a modest price.

          :yahoo_money_eyes:

          “You tried”, she said with a smirk
          “But I doubt if it will work”

          Tina interrupted: “You tried she said with a sigh”

          Becky sighed. I was hoping you’d smirk dear, she said to Tina. The word smirk is on my ’100 things challenge’ list.
          Tina rolled her eyes and Becky continued:

          “But the poppy is making me high!
          So thanks for that!
          I’ll eat my hat.”
          She said, “Now I’m starting to fly!”

          :balloon:

          Mandy flies off down the street,
          Smiling gaily at all she meets
          “I’m high, I can fly!”
          She said with a sigh
          Of joyous delight. How sweet!

          :yahoo_eyelashes:

          Mongloose had a moment of doubt
          “I fear she is still in a prout.
          But one never does know
          How these healing rhymes flow
          Before long she’ll be up and about.”

          :yahoo_idk: :heart:

          #900

          START! said Tina.

          Becky and Tina were doing a meditation together, and Becky decided to just write whatever popped into her head. She could always delete it afterwards, or edit it, she reasoned.

          “Bagpush got out of the washtub”, Becky scribbled, “ And scooted down along the river line to the marks butty big one by the farm. Heavens above, fishly, what’s that brown thing on the water butt? Gawbsmacker said, don’t be talking like that, shekeltons in a hide to ho where and its first light, fair bright and hey ho the wash go. Abbon Ipswich, slaty flats of corncake, hey dee on the wash bucket, spittin in the hole hey down dooly. Margaret Apsworth laying on the white cotton cake spread, fair dooly down the one hooly. Ay and its a hey ho fair fooly down by the wash pooly, drum rolling in the har fool haley, down by the dash darnly. I said, hey ho the brown tooly, hoggin all the raw tooly, stewing in the far fooly for eight pence an hour. Said Mavis of the green sportwear, theres may flowers in the far horse hair, weel butter in the spar for tucker and muck down in the cow butter, said bree in the bird barny, a flying for the far fooly, well its knees up and out your dooly for the green hay beer fair. Its a fine night for a hooly in the row bottom in the far fooly, said mavis of the tom fooly, in the wash bucket down stairs. Once more, sell a nickel farthing, in the morning and in the darning, and say way more is in the star sign than a wash bucket down stairs.”

          Good greif, exclaimed Becky, What was all that about?

          What a load of twaddle, Becky, said Tina with a laugh.

          Well you know what? It was kind of fun and refreshing to just write nonsense
          I am sick of things MEANING something, Becky said, and then, warming to her subject:

          Lets have some good old fashioned MEANINGLESSNESS!

          #1803

          In reply to: Synchronicity

          ÉricÉric
          Keymaster


            Yesterday sync: while watching a series, something popped in in relation to the crystal skulls.

            The thing is, Roslin, the woman character on the screenshot, is a president dying from a cancer, and is wearing a black wig. We had been discussing black wig with Finn previously.

            Later that night, Tracy shared about an experience that she and her friends just had during the afternoon, which was interpreted by Arkandin as a bleedthrough from a dying focus of her friend’s husband. He said that this focus would be in Chile.
            Tracy inquired if there was a Chile thread already in the story, to which I told her there was

            And I was quite impressed to see there was a connection not only to crystal skulls and Chile, but also with dying person, and wig…

            L-)

            #873

            A few moments later she was not so sure.

            What’s the matter?

            Oh you know … I am a bit distracted …too much going on I guess. She did not want to tell him that she could feel the presence of Mahiliki strongly in the room, his sweet trusting face gazing reproachfully at her. He would be worried about her, worried about the storm. She wondered how he was getting on.

            I understand, he smiled ruefully, it’s hardly perfect timing is it? Anyway that wasn’t the reason I asked you to meet me here, but I guess it just seemed like too good an opportunity to miss.

            I am sorry, she said, rolling her eyes.

            Maybe some other time. He handed her a robe.

            Sure. She wrapped it tightly around her. Anyway, the Doctor?

            All taken care of. I left Nurse Bellamy administering warm coconut milk, unbeknowst to her laced with a sedative. The Doctor will be peacefully sleeping for at least 24 hours.

            And Jarvis?

            Jarvis is an opportunist, but not dangerous. He was employed by the Doctor as a bodyguard, but has since changed sides. He is now working as a spy for the Magpies.

            The Magpies?

            Your hunch was right. The Magpies are operating on the Island, and they plan to strike soon.

            :fleuron:

            Sha was gazing dejectedly at herself in the mirror. Glor what d’ya reckon. Are all these bloody beauty treatments working or wot?

            Course they are!

            They looked at each other. Well, maybe it’s a bit soon to tell eh? she said doubtfully.

            Mavis! Sha shook the lump covered completely by blankets huddled on the bed. Come on Lovey, the storm won’t urt you. What d’ya reckon Mavis, ‘ow do we look?

            A dishevelled head popped out. You both don’t look no bloody different to me, ‘cept you’ve put weight on, she said honestly.

            Well that bloody does it, said Glor, We’d better find that Vessie, find out wots wot!

            #1798

            In reply to: Synchronicity

            ÉricÉric
            Keymaster

              Some interesting syncs:

              Discussing the comment on Franiel and Vincentius with Francie, some things of interest:

              F: hahaha i laughed at the egg bit :egg_wink:
              E: bit silly I reckon :)) but somehow it synch’ed with two movies we’ve been watching yesterday
              F: yes, good to have a bit of silly in our otherwise serious story :|
              E: In one, there is that :ghost: ghost girl who stalks her husband new love affair, and ends up speaking through a parrot
              And the other, there is this shaman old woman who remote-views her people went on a quest, and ends up dying in stead of a girl, so that the young one lives…

              F: oh that is like your plants in the courtyard dream too —just had a recollection of you saying one gave up its pot for the other one
              E: Oh yes, true… Perhaps it’s just like a layering, like you do for strawberries, you use parts of the roots to do new plants…
              “Layering is more complicated than taking cuttings, but has the advantage that the propagated portion can continue to receive water and nutrients from the parent plant while it is forming roots.”

              E: “In air layering (or marcotting), the target region is wounded and then surrounded in a moisture-retaining wrapper such as sphagnum moss ;))

              Peat moss is also a critical element for growing mushrooms” that’ll make Tracy happy :))
              In New Zealand, care is taken during the harvesting of sphagnum moss=))

              F: “it can also be used as a substrate for tarantulas as it is easy to burrow into:spider:

              E: “Such Sphagnum bogs can also preserve human hair and clothing, one of the most noteworthy examples being Egtved Girl , Denmark”. Egg and B.C. sync :))

              F: cool name, Egtved. Oh thats interesting about the Egtved girl: due to be public this month
              E: oh, well spotted!
              F: shall we all pop over and check it out
              E: Ahahaha sure :world:

              #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.

                #846
                TracyTracy
                Participant

                  Crisp fluttered to the floor as Becky drifted off to sleep. She was having an odd dream, in which she was hugging Sam. I’m so glad you don’t drink Sam, she said, emotionally, in the dream.

                  Well, I do have an occasional pint down at the Duck and Firken, you know, he replied.

                  You know what I mean, Sam. All those years with Sean, hoping it would all work out…her dream voice trailed off sadly….

                  Hey Becky, it wasn’t a waste! Look at all the lovely children you had!

                  Becky felt her dream self smile ruefully. Well, it hasn’t exactly been a picnic either, you know….

                  She woke up sweating and confused. Good grief, all WHAT children! What a dreadful nightmare!

                  She was wiping the beads of sweat from her forehead when Sean popped his head round the door.

                  I’m popping out for a beer, Becky, won’t be long.

                  Holy Moly, Becky whispered under her breath.

                  #837

                  As Claude was entering deeper into the giant babul tree, the obscurity was resounding with joyful peals of laughters and whispered words that seemed to mossify into his mind, like they weren’t really words, but bubbles pops and boobles.

                  He was resolute to find out whatever was going on in this place…

                  #1796

                  In reply to: Synchronicity

                  F LoveF Love
                  Participant

                    Finn dreamt of the number 5, although she was unable to remember the context. Upon awakening the thought popped into her head that it was the 5th day of the 5th month today.

                    #827

                    The sun had just come back on the Andalusian mountains. After a day of frying sun on the beach, and showers of cats and dogs (especially dogs), everything was still for a moment.

                    It’s been a few days that Yurick and Yann had arrived at Dory and Dan’s house near Gibraltar, and they were beginning to feel like fishes in water —a little bit like smoked hot pink salmons somewhat.

                    Last night was full moon, and among the howling of dogs around the room, they could at times feel the presence of their friend Finn who had promised to appear as a fishnet stockings sun-glassed trenchcoated sexy spy pop-in. So far, they only had got clues as to her presence, though they got the distinct feeling she was drawing closer each passing hour.

                    In any case, life was different here, slower, and peaceful. The endless trail of pyramid shaped green mountains and rocky serpentine paths seemed to be each leading to a hidden network of long-lost treasures.
                    Only Flove knew what they would discover on their way to Salitre…

                    #1780

                    In reply to: Synchronicity

                    F LoveF Love
                    Participant

                      not very good photos off my phone … a little while ago i went to an exhibition. Funny thing I had been been there about 10mins and a thought crossed my mind how i did not have much in common with the artist’s way of thinking. At that moment I suddenly realised that 90% of the exhibition was ceramic skulls and rabbits images. It was quite odd, I am usually so aware of those connections.
                      Popplewell exhibition rabbits
                      skulls
                      elias who?

                      #821
                      TracyTracy
                      Participant

                        The Glass Hour in sixty three
                        Was quite an eventful spree
                        Its tentacles spanned
                        Over many a land
                        And many a deep blue sea

                        Becky wasn’t quite sure where she was now, although she was aware of the tarty nun outfit she was wearing, much to her chagrin, but still the Kuzhebarian Laughing Monk’s limericks kept popping into her head.

                        :buffoon:

                        #1911
                        TracyTracy
                        Participant

                          BADUL
                          or
                          the CREATIVe Act
                          Badul could be a fiction character.
                          It has its own independent entity, although it has no defined
                          personality.

                          Badul is the action-space-time unit
                          and an harmonic fluid of generating rhythm

                          Badul is a scale, a range,
                          the (one and only) scale, palette. It’s the power to choose, no
                          limits, no catalogues.

                          The day I discovered Badul I was unconscious. I only knocked at a door
                          without knocking.
                          And it came to light the pure
                          action-creation.

                          Maybe a
                          dimensión?
                          The consecution of acts, part of arevelation?

                          Badul is finding, fruitful searching, the living blow.
                          If you know it,
                          you’ll recognize it.
                          If you recognize yourself in it,
                          Badul will always be on your side.

                          ~~

                          I had a dream last night that Arkandin told me to pay closer attention to ‘pop-in’ websites

                          #787
                          ÉricÉric
                          Keymaster

                            A draft suddenly went through the open window, rattling a pile of previously disarrayed papers that Finnley had neatly put on the desk, catching the office cleaner by surprise.
                            (Albert is wondering now what is the gender of Finnley, but probably that has to do with his new exploration and isn’t very important. Al is agreeing with himself on using handy ellipsis)

                            Finnley, perplexed by the thoughts having went in accompanying the rogue wind, closed the opened window. The air was decidedly more breathable, now the emanations of nicobeck were dispersed. Not to mention the trails of that magpie’s droppings. Finnley would gladly do with a bootle to roll them into a big ball.

                            What was with the third-person talking anyway? Finnley was wondering… And who is Al? Finnley knew of a Haley, but no Al for sure…
                            Surely that Tattler’s madness was contagious…

                            Putting the papers back onto the desk of Mrs Tattler (yes, I think she’s a she this one), Finnley notices something that catches Finnley’s eye (“stop messing with my thoughts!” thinks Finnley)…

                            … They were thus one of the first sentient races created by the Powers with limited awareness to populate the lands of Dooane (note: replace all previous occurrences of “Earth” with Dooane, and M’si with Moortuane). Uglings were dwarfish, a bit stout and let’s say plain ugly for most of them. But they inherited a keen mind and greatest forging skills.
                            Uglings revered the Power known to them as the Goddess of the Earths, Margiloonia, as their resemblance with raw clay and unpolished rocks were for them the evidence of such lineage. Combining their craft, they created an exquisite cup in dedication to the Goddess. Huriol, the First Ugling King in these times of Legend was given the cup to care for.
                            The Power known as Margiloonia upon seeing this offering of acknowledgment to her was very pleased and imbued the cup with transmootation powers which could be used by its true owner for healing, and some said, even to resurrect the flesh…

                            A loud knock at the door drew Finnley out of the contemplation.

                            Isn’t that vacooming done yet? I have a book to write! The stridulent voice of Elizabeth Tattler was asking behind the still closed door.

                            #1726

                            In reply to: Synchronicity

                            F LoveF Love
                            Participant

                              this one is a synch because it suddenly popped into my head “big synch” then next second on the news was this story

                              and i sort of thought about posting it then thought “oh bit stupid don’t need to post every damn thing” .. then i noticed a lady surname Finn wrote the article so i decided i would …. synch or no synch .. pretty cool anyway, biggest building in the world and like a dragon too.

                              I am noticing that often … thought …. then synch … for example today in cafe i saw man who was in my dream again … i didn’t see him at first and then when I did, and thought “dream” … his friend at that moment said “I had a dream blah blah blah” (the conversation sounded quite weirdo, a bit like i would imagine us sounding if we were talking in a cafe and someone was eavesdropping)

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