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  • in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2442

    Maybe we ate her :yahoo_sad:

    in reply to: Strings of Nines #2684
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      “I think, and I am sure that Finn(ley) will agree, that what is needed for this fish(y) net is a new thread, or two or three” remarked Annabel to Finn(ley) in particular.

      in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2441

      “It is merely a matter of being aware of yourself and your direction and what you want and what shall serve you most efficiently in your exploration within your focus. Which fork at your table shall be the most efficient to consume certain cuisines? Which utensil? Shall you eat Peaslanders with a knife or shall it be more expedient to incorporate a spoon? The knife is not bad, but it may be more difficult to consume your Peaslanders. And what is it that you want? To consume the Peaslanders.”

      :yahoo_dontwannasee:

      in reply to: Strings of Nines #2678
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        “Arona, it hasn’t made any sense for ages.” replied Yikesy sagely. “If you ask me, it’s time to start a new thread.”

        in reply to: Strings of Nines #2675
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          Blinking? Did you say blinking? Felicity said in between sneezes. :yahoo_doh:

          in reply to: Strings of Nines #2673
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            I saw you hogging Felicity’s shadow, Serenity, said Irritation crossly.

            in reply to: Strings of Nines #2671
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              If anyone should be saying welcome back, remarked Felicity, It’s me. I’m the one who’s been here all along.

              Welcome back to all and sundry!

              :balloon: :creating_magic: :balloon: :creating_magic:

              in reply to: Strings of Nines #2670
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                Finn, what on earth is Yurick on about? Wasn’t was? Well, was it or wasn’t it!

                in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2435

                Who are you calling dreary, you rude tart?” asked Lavender. “It’s YOU that’s never around when I am.”
                :yahoo_wasntme:

                in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2434

                “These old ezines and blogs are fascinating” remarked Periwinkle, passing the one she had just been reading to Daffodil. “Thank goodness some folks had the foresight to print some of them!” :news:

                “I know, imagine if they hadn’t. We’d have no artefacts for the collection. Well, we have all those flat discs, but no way to decipher them. Oh, did I tell you? Bignonia found something even older than the discs!” :search:

                “NO!” exclaimed Periwinkle “Do tell!” :yahoo_surprise:

                “Yes, even older! Funny looking contraption, with two reels and a ribbon. An information storage device, so they say, although they haven’t discovered how to decipher it.” :yahoo_nerd:

                “I wonder why we’re still not simply accessing that information without, well, without messing around with the physical contraption, you know?” :yahoo_idk:

                “Wouldn’t be any point in being here in the first place, if we weren’t going to mess around with physical things, silly” replied Daffodil. :yahoo_doh:

                There was no answer to that, so Periwikle didn’t answer. She continued to thumb through the printed pages. :news:

                Periwinkle and Daffodil sat together on the patio in the warm spring sunshine, sipping lemonade :fruit_lemon:
                and leafing through the papers. Bright white clouds in cartoon shapes romped across the blue sky, :weather-few-clouds:
                and the birds chattered in the trees, :magpie: :magpie:
                occasionally landing on the printed pages and cocking their heads sideways to read for a moment, before flying off to tell their friends, which was usually followed by a raucous group cackling. :yahoo_heehee: :yahoo_heehee: :yahoo_heehee:

                “Dear Goofenoff” read Daffodil, “This one looks interesting Peri, someone here is asking for advice on a problem.” :help:

                “What’s a “problem”, Daffy?” asked Periwinkle. “For that matter, what does the word “advice” mean? Oh, never mind” she said as she noticed Daffodil rolling her eyes, “I’ll look it up in my pre shift dictionary of defunct words.” :notepad:

                “She’s asking the Snoot too, about the same problem. Oh, I think I’ve heard of them! It’s coming back to me, the old Snoot’n‘Goof team, they were quite famous in the beginning of the century, I remember hearing about them before in a Shift History discussion.” :cluebox:

                “Well, I can’t say I’ve ever heard of them, but then, I’ve never been into history like you, dear. So what is this “problem” all about, then?” :yahoo_daydreaming:

                “I’ll read it out to you, it’s way too convoluted to put in a nutshell. Lordy, they sure did complicate matters back then, it’s almost unbeleivable, really, but anyway, here goes:

                Dear Goofenoff,

                I don’t know what to do! I am confused about which probable version of a blog freind, let’s call him MrZ, I have chosen to align with. The first probable version was ok, nothing to worry about, and then I drew into my awareness the probable versions of MrZ that some of my freinds had chosen to align with….”

                “Blimey”, interrupted Periwinkle, who was starting to fidget. “Is it much longer?” :yahoo_not_listening:

                “It’s alot longer, so be patient. Where was I? Oh yes: :yahoo_nerd:

                “….and while that was very interesting indeed, and led to lots of usefully emotionally heated discussions, I started to align with their probable version, at times, although not consistently, which led to some confusion. So then I had a chat with someone who was more in alignment with my original probable version, although there were aspects of that probable version that were a little in alignment with the other folks probable version, notwithstanding. I suppose I was still in alignment with the other folks probable version when it came to my attention that there was another individual that might be aligning with a probable version, and my question is, in a nutshell, is it any of my business which probable version the new individual on the scene is aligning with?” :yahoo_thinking:

                “Well, I can tell you the answer to that!” exclaimed Periwinkle. :yahoo_smug:

                Daffodil rolled her eyes. “Yes, dear, WE know the answer, but the point is, SHE didn’t know the answer at the time, which is why she asked Goofenoff.” :yahoo_straight_face:

                “If you ask me, she knew the answer all along” Periwinkle intuited. “What did Goofenoff say anyway?” :yahoo_eyelashes:

                “He said:

                Are you requiring a short or a long answer?” :yahoo_raised_eyebrow:

                Daffodil turned the page to continue reading. She frowned, and flicked through a few pages.

                “What a shame, some of these pages appear to be missing! Now we’ll never know what Goofenoff said.” :yahoo_skull:

                Periwinkle laughed. “Well, never mind that anyway, have you seen the random story quote today? Rather synchronistic I’d say, listen to this bit: :paperclip:

                Illi felt much better, and was sitting at the breakfast table, basking in the warm shafts of sunlight filtering in through the window, and listening to the birds singing in the lemon tree outside.”
                :weather-clear: :magpie: :fruit_lemon: :weather-few-clouds:

                in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2432

                Did you notice that, Pee? THE CODE HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH AGAIN!

                Isn’t it back to how it was in the first place, Doily? Pee scatched his, er, shoulders. (he couldn’t remember if he had his head with him or not)

                NO! It bloody well isn’t, it’s a good jib I’m here with you, you’d have been hoodwinked just like the others. It’s MEANT to look like it’s as it was, but it isn’t, Doily said grimly.

                What was it in the first place, then? asked Pee.

                Buggered if I know, replied Doily, scratching her elbow.

                in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2428

                Oh my God! exclaimed Doily. The code’s been tampered with! Now we’ll never get out of here!

                Huh? said Pee.

                The Coded Icons, they’ve been edited!

                Oh NO! said Pee, aghast.

                :yahoo_surprise:

                in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2427

                :bounce: :weather-clear: :weather-few-cl:weather-showers-scattered:ouds: :weather-clear:

                in reply to: Scrying the Word Cloud #2078
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                  fun summer somewhat hand free random wish heard whispered seen yurick alone life hear suppose raucous

                  :yahoo_devil:

                  “surprise others!”

                  :yahoo_skull:

                  “cave heads suddenly body!”

                  :yahoo_party:

                  “sudden self popped!”“ come words, following wondered told often; replied:

                  :yahoo_chatterbox: :yahoo_waiting: :yahoo_ttth: :yahoo_not_listening: :yahoo_big_hug: :yahoo_dontwannasee:

                  ~ “thinking thank fingers!” ~

                  certainly thread moment, perhaps lovely away…..
                  :creating_magic:

                  in reply to: Strings of Nines #2668
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                    “Stop trying so hard, Snao”

                    :yahoo_rofl:

                    “Who the fuck is Snao?”

                    :yahoo_idk:

                    in reply to: Strings of Nines #2667

                    Robin Peter’s wife, Felicity, was handing out sample bottles of shampoo on the opposite street corner. Felicity knew that fresh rain water was marvellous for the hair, and often wondered why so many people went to such extraordinary lengths to keep their hair covered during the rain. They ran across roads in front of traffic, and dashed hither and yon, tiptoeing through puddles, racing home to their houses and flats, and then went straight into the shower to get themselves wet ~ after they accidentally got themselves wet outside.

                    “There’s nowt so queer as folk,” as Felicity’s Granny always used to say.

                    :yahoo_billy:

                    in reply to: Strings of Nines #2666

                    Robin Peter was handing out yellow sou’westers on the street corner. The Rain of Terra was just about to commence.

                    :weather-showers-scattered: :weather-showers-scattered: :weather-showers-scattered: :weather-showers-scattered:

                    in reply to: The Eights’ Shift, Stories #2422

                    “Oooh, poetry! I likes poetry and all, our Sha” replied Mavis. “There once was a grumpy old cat…”

                    Sharon groaned.

                    in reply to: Strings of Nines #2665
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                      They were thick as theives, freinds for thousands of centuries, or even more; sometimes thick, sometimes theives, and anything else you might imagine. They got together again and again in this time and that, here, there and elsewhere, just for the fun of it. There was nothing they liked more than a puzzling occurance, or a riddle, or a basket full of clues to ponder over, unravel, and turn around and around, toying with meanings until they found one they liked. They had a home in The City, sort of a home base so to speak, where they met regularly each night in the dream state, regardless of which time or place they spent their waking hours. It was sometimes a releif to meet up at home in The City and always a pleasure: sometimes it was hard to stay under the radar back down on the ground, it was part of the job to stand out in the crowd, which often resulted in a lynching, or a ducking, or the stocks, at the very least. All too often it ended up on top of a bonfire, tied to a stake.

                      One day in one of the Decembers, in amongst all the sweet dreams they often shared, they started having some unsettling group dreams, where they all felt like they were betwixt and between, falling through the cracks you might say. It was a feeling similar to dying of thirst, although it wasn’t really a physical thirst, it was more than that, a hungry yearning sort of thing. Some of them had strange nightmares, of a monstrous beast, and some of them actually saw beasts in the daytime too, especially on those falling through the cracks days. When they met up at home in The City, they compared notes about the beasts, and not always, but sometimes they found they were mirroring each others beasts. That often ended up in a heated debate, because the more mirroring that occurred, the more real the beast seemed. Some said that the beasts that appeared when you fell through the cracks were in a deep ravine, in a manner of speaking, and not of this plane at all. Others argued that if the beasts appeared through the cracks, then they were on this plane.

                      And so it went on, and on. There were many more puzzling occurances to come, and lots of meanings to be considered, rejected, or taken on board for the friends, as thick as thieves, to turn around and around, and hold up to the mirror for closer inspection and dissection. They were making a tapestry, a huge rich colourful tapestry, and all the puzzling occurences, and even the beasts, were depicted in the colourful threads and patterns. They were the warp, you might say, of the weave. Love was the weft.

                      “Congratulations, Liz” Godfrey remarked drily. “Are you supposed to use three months worth of creative writing challenges in one entry?”

                      “Don’t be silly, Godfrey, of course not. Rules are meant to be broken, that’s what they’re for.”

                      in reply to: Strings of Nines #2663
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                        Elizabeth had a sudden impulse to indroduce a fourth Felicity.

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