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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 3, 2023 2:53:53 GMT
Cody sees that Lorelei is starting to fatigue. He understands that the connection is not the sort that either of them are familiar with and he feels a little paing of guilt that she's doing all the work.
"I don't understand how these sombulant connections work, but I can see that it is getting a little shaky. And I don't know how compatible our different powers are, but I'd like to try and help. Although, it's probably dangerous. Like, I might pull you into the Abyss."
"What I need to do is open a rift and then use that power to form the Quantum Bubble around myself. If that works, I can pull you into my Bubble."
"Then, if that all works, we should be together as long as I can keep the rift open and the Bubble holds."
"The rift might close and cause the Bubble to collapse. Or it will open wider and pull us in. I'm still learning how to do this..."
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Post by Lorelei on Jan 4, 2023 21:05:22 GMT
Lorelei thinks on this for a moment before voicing her concerns.
"In any Broken Pattern the is a section called 'The Well' - the more broken the the Pattern, the bigger the Well. Anything or anyone falling into it is lost. It could be that The Well is a connection to the Abyss, and not simple annihilation. I'm still new to this power and it takes a great deal of effort to use, but it supposedly becomes easier with practice. You are here through dream and nothing I do will affect that, I hope. Any shakiness of the connection is a result of my poor understanding, and practice, with my ~new~ power..."
"My concerns with your plan are two-fold. First, you are doing this from within a dream. Will it even affect the waking world? Second, I am very close to a True Pattern. Trying to open a rift here may prove... unpleasant. If it did work, even if we got pulled through, the getting back... If needed, I could call for assistance from any mirror large enough to pass through or travel back under my own power. The problem lays with mother's reaction."
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[OOC: I'm trying to mostly stay within established history. An attempt when she was already away from Rebma is more likely to be embraced.]
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 4, 2023 23:17:56 GMT
Cody is puzzled that someone of the blood would essay a broken Pattern when they are able to master the one in their own cellar. Then he remembers that she said something about it being an act of rebellion.
"Fascinating that your power has a 'Well'. Possibly a connection to the Abyss. That aspect will be something we should explore..."
"Not right now, but sometime."
"But if you're holding back something because it might be tainted by the Abyss or a bit of Logrus, don't worry about that. That's something that I think I can handle."
"As far as trying to use a power in my sleep. I'd like to experiment with that sometime too. Maybe not so close to the Rebma Pattern."
"Do you have any plans today? I don't know how long I'm going to be here, but I think it should be a while. Not like I have any plans to worry about. I think that if you walk around, I should be able to follow you wherever you go. Our link appears to be the piece of silk. As long as you hang onto it we should be able to walk about."
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Post by Lorelei on Jan 15, 2023 9:14:57 GMT
Lorelei notes, "There is nothing I cannot have rescheduled. Soon I will have to release this use of Broken Pattern. When I do, I will no longer be able to see or hear you, but you should still be able to perceive me."
"If I retie the silk around my wrist, you can tug on it to answer... forward is yes, backwards is no, to the side means wrong question, and multiples mean you really need me to reactivate what we are using right now... does that sound good to you?"
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 15, 2023 22:41:27 GMT
"Alright, but before we lose coms, tell me about your Broken Pattern?"
Taking advantage of this lucid dreaming Cody lets go of the restrictions of reality and allows himself to float like an apparition 👻
Holding onto the Arachniform Silk he is tethered to Lorelei like a balloon 🎈
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Post by Lorelei on Jan 18, 2023 8:13:18 GMT
Lorelei asks, "Which are you wanting to know... the 'how I got it' or the 'what can it do'?"
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 18, 2023 14:49:57 GMT
"Everything, of course."
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Post by Lorelei on Mar 6, 2023 10:43:16 GMT
(OOC: While working on this, three times I've had the damn tab close on me, erasing everything I've typed...)
"How it works is perhaps the more useful information, so I will start there," Lorelei says.
"The True Patterns are perfectly constructed and thus sealed against anyone not descended from Oberon. In Shadow, reflections of the Patterns are imperfect, riddled with cracks, flaws and other crud, and the greater their distance from True Patterns the worse their condition. These Patterns can be accessed by even basic Shadow people. Of those who could not imprint a True Pattern, only about one out of ten will survive the attempt using the best few. To imprint a Broken Pattern one uses the cracks, not the lines, to reach the center. I would, however, advise against using it's power to teleporting from the center of a Broken Pattern because of the flaws. With the initiation, one becomes sensitized to the break in Shadow."
"Each Broken Pattern is unique, and walking a different Pattern will overwrite an existing imprint."
"One can move toward or along the cracks to go just about anywhere. Only the True Pattern realms are without these flaws. And because of the flaws, Shadows of Desire are also inaccessible. I believe the closest one could get overland to the True Patterns would be the Vale of Garnath because father's blood curse ~opened the way~," she adds with air-quotes. "Anyone or anything else can be found in Shadow, but care must be taken because Broken Pattern does not enable its user to manipulate probability."
"While the flaw can be relatively small, there are places the flaw dominates entire worlds. Anything found living on the flaw is not to be trusted, especially people."
"If one wishes to push past the basics, the summoned image can be used for magical sight, drawing raw power through the crack and manipulating energies, defense against magical threats, hanging spells, and these tendrils which can enable mind to mind contact and the placing spells."
"Where and how I gained my Broken Pattern is almost anti-climatic. I went along with a diplomatic mission as an observer to a Shadow called Honah Lee. After the talks finished for the day, I went exploring and discover a grotto. The upper part contained a friendly, magical dragon as a guardian. It remained invisible until after we played several games of chess. Once he finally showed himself, he told me about the lower, water-filled cavern and what it contained. The rest is fairly obvious."
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Mar 6, 2023 18:35:16 GMT
"Fascinating. So... It's not just an incomplete Pattern? It sounds like the Pattern has been touched by the Logrus."
"That makes sense. I've got a theory that Pattern and Logrus are more closely related than the Elders may be comfortable with. Like Dworkin took a big Logrus Tendril and pinned it down. The breaks you describe allow some of Tendril out to express its true nature. The Chaos that underlies Order."
"So, uh, you discovered this Broken Pattern in the Land of Honah Lee?"
Cody smirks and suppresses a laugh. "Now, I'm going to envision you frolicking on a beach with a dragon, 'Jackie Paper'..."
Cody begins to hum a tune as he drifts beside Lorelei.
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Post by Lorelei on Mar 7, 2023 8:34:46 GMT
"I get that same response when I tell anyone I have been to Atlantis... Who is this Jackie Paper? Is she a friend of yours?"
Lorelei listens to the tune before commenting. "It's not one of father's tunes, but it seems memorable..."
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Mar 7, 2023 18:58:36 GMT
"In the song, Jackie Paper is a boy but Jackie can be a girl's name too."
"Jackie meets a Dragon and they become friends. They go on wild adventures together. But then Jackie grows up and leaves the poor Dragon alone and heart broken."
"Sort of weird, when you think about it. It's a fun song in one way but then it has a sad ending..."
"Growing up and losing your childishness."
Cody sings the song softly.
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Post by Lorelei on Mar 10, 2023 20:36:19 GMT
"It is said that anything can be found in Shadow, apparently even the contents of a song," Lorelei says.
"In a way the song fits the situation. Gaining the Broken Pattern has been a path to power, a grown-up thing, but it has also been a difficult path..."
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Mar 10, 2023 21:28:22 GMT
"Well, that makes the two of us a pair. Losing childhood innocence and coming into powers in non-conventional ways."
"So show me around your legendary fabulous city."
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