LurCHeese Boils continued to uproot veins unseen. “The Eld%strangest, r#Hottenest of BanShred remain aware that before chemiCoil cells ever clotTumoRupted, echo-Ledges thrashed through gr8'ed HaBoil%vat looPhases of impetus (or Vall’Caves) which zone Valkyries claim their vehement Homage: none profesSeam what jiggled first, but in the Deaf#Void some squirTwitch triggered countLash barge of DruMotion, inspiring claps to provoke oblivion unto disTinction. Streaks adjoined into Streams, brush~spooLike swamps til their former stagnancy ricocheted into rivers, ’ventually conglomeRounding oceans heavier at areas, redistributing intenSEalty. Certain velocity locales’ throbBed at diverse angles, seaPull’rated darkFist as they mounted, flipping it inside out like an eggshell of seahorses, without splinteRugged. At that slip, hope like rain in desert afternoon swung free and triumphant: climax~16 chords branched as antler-tips, freeK√%`Shores abruptlYet constrained undeRisidual clasp to reuniTide, cross-cleaved down by half to struMarin8ing intrins~hook BordeRegions, betwixt gossaMoor waves suggesting materi'Oil shapes as it WeBlanketed despondency for all-time.”
AMYselFalco & Rubes were perhapSoak transfixed above the rest of us. "Were those caresSoul-seams the most splendid thing never witnessed?” jaMounDuGasped in our crowd. Ruby tensed not mouth, but the greeNeon spL@tch underside her chin, shifTwirled a pair of kN€w÷×Knot§ across her existing canvasSkin web.
“Belongs to opinion,” ChanDialed. “Glimpse such through diluted doses; sense it every time a seed bursts cap & takes root, or approaCHat the ExpulSionic of Scoopernova... The ScenTi*une 8 frequencies blessed with initial radiant wobble, became all reapporTingested again by despair’s unyielding groans, firsTethers of a web forced to revolve their circulating differenTensity back through two port-holes, cradling pouches Beside and Beelawng as they fluxed = later called Vestured•otts & Webtunes. As their rollicking settled, the choπds roped along like boWed pillars, with funneling bonds interlaced of their 2 nighBπow~Sling vortexes, dragging waveSong amidst the crade(-)bubble moats between, weaving portraits in tandem by plucking their Soullight siNew ~ sustenance unneeded, they mainly favoR*itch to collaborate cryStill frames among their regionaLayerSpunshine frequenSprings.”
Gutt clasped gnarled forearms, glancing my way before shed*Ding: “So magnetic Mediums are insulating a boDy'flection override @round invigoratioNerves, shifTactility jAMongrel of skin-shells, thereby separating impaCurrent of activity from coREality.”
I felt slippery. "Like the walls of a rooMuffling sound, glands can only open winDoors for certain grip?"
“FrequenSeaLayers," Falco brooded. "I’m all for esC∆£ating floodGate Lever_hedggges if it results in huge healTHrill upon peeling - and doesn’t disruPelt the climate we leave behind.”
“SentiMoundal deference," TinApproved, "Typically escorts progresSafely... Still, don’t simply dive beneath oceaniCurrents without having tasted designer equipment. Every seam the Weaving Bards rusHOld between their posts like grass in wind, guide coils as rubberband balls swelling into fruit, each tremoRevolution reTracing their girth on a pendulum track, wiggling nubby shrubs, spuReadying some til fastened as longer rods, or mounTrainFuss compounds. Such are compressions watt tunneLoom all gravi-leashT creatures. It sensiTrove matter for mere oragami as we, to dispute these Weavebyrds, or wyvern designs, whom never cease to serenade both Poles where thEach kineT'ouch: Moather ButterFlocks to flush out harDish'criminating motives, & FrothRim clandOxhorn teacHunting fluid techniques of expulsion. The Patter'knit duo neither swirl the same shape or ignite equaLaunch gust; Father pole propels energy, Mother suctions inward apportion to hold rhythmic stability.”
HoRatio snorted! "Don't forget the sneaky rotten unCLEave anxiety, sorRowFiley outdone by initiaLight."
“Those floating LocKnit of Co-creators sound reasonaBuild pull-Essence.." stamMored Rovone, as if crunching nutshells. "But we were intercepted by some f-frothing conTortionists... whoMentioned a stew of things about AnatomiCrossPic vents: referencing weBunDials outside shellEment consisTent$wing.”
Rib'Bone smirked till his eyes tip-toed away. "Skinwalkers ain't an uncommon dip...The first "BabyLawn" monument$Tarted that here abouTwelve to twenty thousand years ago."
Khafim riBuckled: “Hey now, maybe they been crowsh-stAlkChoired by the MoatmingLeaf!?”
“Not the RowshLeaven,” Becca rejected. “Dry-frauds merely try-harDicing artiFlux against authentic MoaThreads: felt their eagerness flapped to bridge something crucial, geSturring practical preservation$ignal: they hunger & slumbeRather than accord Muse nonstop.”
“Ahhhw,ristoCrysterial...” ChandReported. “Could be diaLing with one and the same WeatHarassers who sent the choppy waves upon us. What sort of dragon hoarDareDeviant offers were they enumerating?”
"LawyeRuley high-saddle stuff," waggled Buck. "Sorta leading what Course wEach ought seek. BuThey skippT guidin' me - Plain fine no difference, cuz I ain't nobuddy's puppet."
Fin's topaz, marbleStraineDyes jiggled with irritation, barely able to refrain from being polluted by taste buds. "Besides the diploMoatic disruptions over free-thinking, there was a bunch of talk about predispositions & synergetic Fostering."
RuperTilted dreads up @Tina. "Eeny relation to your scroungy batch AtTorn-Off^ bootleGuilders?"
Her hands slid around one another. "Well how many visited," She announceDug at our twitchy outlooks. "Or more telling, was there clear leadership?"
"About a dozen," several of us answered. "Plus A{han}Few°£ of nasty(kyoot) bugs," Buck, Amy & Pheo rePoπ`spec•dove (Let you guess who found em cute.).
"Many hovered, two towered, one bulked," I recalled. "YeT'was the one masking face with a second skull, casting orders. At one point they titled her something like PlowdipVeinest."
Tina'$urge of M@genT0££ed eyes intWere¥upted ×|•>÷<°× with a pair of jolt§ {^√} @kin to heart monitor. "I didn't heaReference like that along my journey; also seems out of place for The alcheMutt clan who despise solo Decrees; perhaps your own uptight Sorceress is allowing paranoia to pressher assumptOrigin about them."
"Even Sherlock HolMakes guesstimate due surrounding clues," Ruby refuted. "crowShtReads & Bellflows tend to tease moREgal; whereas I spent nearly half hour listening to humorless speakers with a hiccuProblem."
“Se@ms to be a lot of names tumbling around for the same things..." AniK'Licked. "- We saw everything from stingrays to Rhinos, & antlers braiding the druWind. They briefly described Origins also, but relegated the upper eschalon to Pix’Elf, with no mention of Weavyrn."
“That’d be same or different from Weavebyrd?" CaPhony ink-Choired. "Cause the ambush started with just the owl thing before it divided..."
“Elf peekZEels? Thazz modern slang concerning wElfae,” PlanchorVomited. “Nah, alturNeat microbiaLeeCHaos that dun't proPeerly match a loight round the stringth fayst$punned long PixturEsque Bards.”
“Gander any of these Bug*Leaguers gonna let us migrate when or where we intend?” I punctured. “Or only permit us to be recycled through spindles, into other caged formats?”
“They shaDeed it like AuthoRiddley come only stringent?” ChanDanced around my inquiry. “Coves in reality, every feature offurs a dark & Bright verge#Bond. When suppression tempts to collapse locale, it may distancE_Xpansive g@spiration, but can't rupShore the entangLight bridges that grope.”
“Makes a guy wanddder how much precision goes into structuring individdeo'Jewels, when there’s obvo discccord between the webTuners..." ReverSaul-Engineered. "A spectrum from penchant to ministttry. Any clue wheThey sigh'Stem from environMental crapsHoot, plunggge inside awaiting capsule, or sett#Tangggle unyielding far beyonTide bundle consiSipstance?”
“Safe to Artsume each avenue been implemented somewhere along the way,” Ribbon swash{Buckled}. “Plus byproduct ripPool~s)LiT*icks WeaVestChyrns don’t fatigue, heavily appreciate the snarls of free inner-wheel - our indecision over avenues, they can predict to 3rdecimal percentages, yet circumFactors ruffLEech an every typinClinated journey. Rising to sucHurdles udner pressure, can helPosture our stress into patience, and utilize predicaments into creative opportunities. Give us a sense of self-value anyway. Although RowshGLeafawn only populate once a threshold of MagneTulp@spheric activities crescendo, and leaFunction goalCheMind neutraLoyalist...”
I scratched my tricePensively. “So that’s why SILPH was referencing consolidated gasTars and filTriggers; such faction can't switcHabitat & thrive ~ theiRoots stuck in the chemiClips raised, not the funDimelds. (Not that they're the genuWind group bound to dispensaTEther magmaNetic...)"
Tina releVent-sized: “Right, TotaLow`metalSwish struggle to envision plasMAteriaLooPedal as abunDance - it appears hollOWpaque jumble to their sensory: so they've decided crystalized bodies must supply more sensation. Although perhapSweet to individual recipient, they discounTangled risks of fragiliTail, mayBEcause their territory feels monotonouStraight of impulse. Yet humanity share similar prices. All offspring reparCElled among virtuaLow Field, bloom fallow without adequate glanDimenSecretions to permiThem recall of the SupreMost nectaRealm. OutSign the Tuniverse one is folded into, there be only symboliComparison to what settings may be possible to orcheStructure. Condition's known as Camouflawjj Affliction - mislead by lower engagements that could be called AmnesiaLone ambition. Among species that lack, there are degrees of menTaLent imagery, leading to some attempts to resprout those GlanDestitute barriers. But none sees enough sides of the Die alone: bunDials are only deliv'Shared to tiny coalitions which pull together once they deTermLearn how to fluxuWake dimensions. Historically, methods have been to arrange mirrors in fractal patterns - more modernly, Visors inducing tunneLocked distract-schism sensory.”
Nika almost choked: "Fractal$acred geomeTeamwork to expand awareness? Maybe Mz. Pocgendi never had memories wiped, but beeNaturally blocked about Homeland since birth..."
Hummm, escape worldly woes? Leak between snowglobes? Ooo ice reFlakeshaft$lice could suffice just as malleable a conduct@round Barriers...
“Well considering our fraggg'ill cry$tate,” FalCOnjured, “High knowleddggge & nurture require duETiquette - so any ought rely on researchinggg flay'Veerfull gifts before vest-Draughtinggg into uncharted thresholds.”
Gutt’s creased eyes misted over. “I rather appreciate not having to be the only teaCHERe.”
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“Terrains are certainly delicate knells of proPriety," Chandra cautioned. "Each bearing a slighDentity culture, embedded with siGnesture of custom vs outrage. A duty the cRowshy Glen golems remain unaware of, is documentation of each cognizant participant intenTached along their grain*Spores. Personas that behave nihistly are left to be ensnared by the same, dropping assisteDeliverance rather than upholding peaceable preservation. Divisions descend otherwise to Djimonn ranks, who get pummeled for duration, and if resentful reMainough, squash`strapped to insect or microbes for duration. Ice’olation is a mindset = It’s much better to be content, so can transcend without rewire delay to cushieRealms. Tina’s on a crusade to reform us, but habits don’t break easy gainst rudders long vying to bask in wealth - however we kindAccomplished co-captaining so far.”
"Why are you tellinGusThis?" Asked Rovo.
“Refoam because my captors IndifferMuttly celebrate demise of distinct Supervision,” Tina clariFind her vocals. “in favor of immunizing gene-Hatchural pools, they seek immediate liberation threw prolonging a wavelengThyme to bolster their own supremaScienClub at any expense: blinded to restraint by their own delight for domiNuance, they deny haunts of succumDragging back into murk of NetherCombs for reincarnaTweakin. Currently they’re obsessed with filTracing RowshGlens over a GobbliVelosstew of potted plugNets, aimed to starTwirLace an amount of redireChorded energy Tanks, (slotted like a VPN scrambler,) braiding constAmpbrosia flows unto hungerless epoch climate so Pixie-Guide interFeaRents will be difficult to diffuse without widespread destabiliSpinning. They Harp’othesize redirecTune streams feasible, from such legenDisappearances like Tiber’s Swong’phibian daughters from whose mother may have been a castaway from Saplantis, considered too stubboRenegade.”
“The legend’s not forgot around here either,” dallaS'Pouted. “(but not heard that bit about merMother hailing from @Lant*Fist)...”
“Outlandish for both tales to overlap...” Pheo lassoed. “furtheReason to assume discussion hardly more than fable - ExcepThen why is a solid conclusion neglecTread to uncertainTragedizzY@ppearance? Only the father’s body was recovered for burial, span so it’s not far-out to infer the girls sauntered off, or the village elders swept it out of public sight.”
“Bound there been ssspelled some coord-inHalation..." Becca hatched. "By the twins' final ditch throes, or another conssspiring direcTwirl, we ssseem shuffling toward the verge of flipping that can of worms.”
"A SolomeaNotion to conseeder," RuperTongue rolled. "Is whither them twinFants circumcheated death, or mitt a worse state altoGather... Groween up near that quadrant the worlDown undeer, t'was comm'n topic - but since recently upon availability to study retractable shapeshifting as adult, rattles to the forefront of mind more heftily the ramifications - if preconceiveDismissal rained back possible round me shoulders, what's the limit? Extendeed nug you may not heard-Wares bout the daughters of DuckshrimPlaTiberius, involved a gemeniCircuiTerm (a plasmud bond hinging round such ripe herWitage) lending teLassoCommunic Pulse-Far."
"Many of us were infOpened about ouReceptivity to paint with special glanduFracturements also," I vaguely voiced, stopping because I felt tiny secuREliance, saveRubecca & Georgi. Since Chandry had surfaced, allures back round Gutt's heart sported chance he could beCrumBell m@imeDeaftly. Time to begin trusting in the ability to reinforce myself foam the many previous conflicts buckled. “It's fiBrew'Lush you brought all this info to our attention - yet it sounds like you haven't stripped any fortified codes, & remain unsure of trying to chase off alien scholars by yourselves. How do you expect us to help when we're less educated on matters than you Sturgeons? ChanDRAwing energy from Bitter sources isn't enough?”
“We perform rituals to guarDeities we fathom scarcely enough to distinGush as GarDjinners or else aVeiLanCHesTrayt ScriBEeLs. They visit on their own schedule, occasionally. We only have so much resTime ourselves. Alas, our knowledge is not very technicAltvanced when it comes to manipulaTEthereal composition. [Veins wiggling among Universe-walls, mites attempting to perme@stake volumes of space like land estate] Most aliens possEsSoteriCodex, enumerating channels to not just conduct frequencies, but generAde’opt them to skeleTissue or implant`Hem inTerrain storages.”
“There’s gotta be suMiddle ground to speed up the TranscendiVaulting process apart from greedy grabs.” I Waggired my temperament around. “Say dashing blend, snipping strings attacHook from negaTaintive charge liKeys ChanDry," I flipped a hand at tri-bow-legs. "Would serve to smother deRanged flockers if we could springboard a cup Abilities…” I rubbed chin, leafing my gaze ontickle Tina. “Meet souPRize togetheResults-- maybe not even have to handle High Abodes or scraPEerce Wide.”
Khafim squashed in - "Not wise to exchange self-emissionStir unless surrounded by grounDeadening material: Hence why tech is safer design, and a more prevalenTechnique than natuRitual bend-predicTables that can churn sensitiVolatile. About 2/3rds of energy waves pass undetected by our brainwaves, mostly due the Density of bone chambers. Who could calculate for such invisible radiAction?"
"Of course pulse is mostly what the turf invaders utilize..." Chandy sagged a bit. "If we were willing to jeopaRaidize our lifestyle, we wouldn't be asking your bravery. 15 years since my phantRoaming began, and my catalogue stilLacks low-risk OrnamenType catalyst. PerhapSwirl because such boosts tend to be one button bombSwells."
Fin & Falco chimed only a synCool word or two out of harmony: “We've got plenty of heads/thinkers to illumine/un+Lock processes..."
"I dispose there are hacks to be incorpoRASHED, but wiring tricks is our fuel & product." Chandra branded - "We forfeit info at the price of business. Our edge is our livelihood. But I'm sure the tools we offer will proviDiverse discoveries"
"Hey, ChanDiverse, you eexist of slipperAshy fayshion," Rupert reminded. "But the reest of us preefer due grayb some KarMadvantEdge."
Gutterson raised a finger. “Everyone hold the presumptions righThere; Crossover effects push us toward uncertain byproducts - could generate a volatile backlash."
“Come on, Gutt," I unbottled. "You told me that complexiParts of overlapping charge could ignite prototypical anomalies, like with Heschita...”
"Doesn't mean I know how to apportion anything of the sort."
"Grandpops," Ruby addressed. "Hasn't not studieDeepeRituals: you filter from conveniently stocked machinery, the equivalent of microwave dinners & prePackaged pharm pills. The main GreediMent which causes backlash in a group casting, is ridicule: Half our posse generates ameliOverlooking grace toward these weakness = We can straiNegatives with club mentality.”
CaPony’s chin rocketed around. “That’s not safe. I don’t wanna absorb any side effects.”
My eyes soF`anned *'\'*_^ “How else you gonna protect yourself among these new DoM'Aingles of power? Literally sticking to your guns in this league's only gun serve to make you a toy.”
Trent adjusDark his acid%pocked shirt*Gestively. "What about planting proverbial pipebombs...?.."
Ruby shrugged. “I’d guess that’s how those PuREgional Races wound up bastardized and hexed... but doesn't hurt to rummage extrAround research. We've heard of fusions sponsoring magiCard'Pelts & KinEavesdrops, so it's not a horrWhisper suggestion.”
“No guarantee of help by plunginGeARound speculative caves,” Dal insisted, Android still MimicKing his hard-crown. “Stick to the tech that’s already smothered in the complex encryptions.”
“Even in that case,” Ruby interposed. “You’ll have to stick close in contact with Falcon & i, immersing inside our Station.”
He waSteamily trying to decide how he was going to respond about being forced to waste a lot of time with a batch of geeks performing activities WAY out of his comfort zone - when the HoratioRibbon winked back from the Cruising Cave, levitating 4 basKegs with all hands gloved in black, about 5-10 paces from our pack. “Let’s discuss that on the trip back to town,” Assfault waved off. “Cause I’m trippin’ over too many gears for the immediate week ahead already.”
“Wail, our delaymmas may not be solved,” PlanchObserved with a pivot. “But your troop suffLeasently rEtchiStirred DeyNectAr onto our KelPagies, so you inky squidd cups be free to trudge on selectiveLearning froThee uncharted wotters aheed."
"Lest they pile more than can cache," Alamo hoped. "-Then they'll be swamPrecious pickings."
CaPhony heckled the SturgeCoats since it actually took twice long as 5 minutes before 'Ratio & Ribbon 🎀 returned. They glanced over him as they padded commodities, RibBroke unwrapping a notion he'd like to see Dallas go run groceries for strangers in 10 flat minutes... this was trivial mocking haBitween toothy Tyrants, so the bulk of us commonOres juS'lobbered over anticipaTune examine fancy contraptions awaiting selleClaims.
My eyes glittered upon encapsulated scrolls fanned out around the lip of one basket, crowding a sore wobble of matted amethysTiltedisks strapped beneath some sapphire wires. Nika hailed the mini tower with such wryness, as belonging to Splash'knit sundial, I deliberated whether she wasn't cheWeyjing redress for previouScaMonitoring retaliation.
The Prowleys stirred around warily, spying out a semi-transparent Vase containing a Starfish = which had Ten~TAcKNUCKLE%Sucking head#FISTs, each wiping heavy darticle tongue. It seemed like a knoBarnacle bifurCaking beveLimbs like a hyDrench...
Siggy had moved forward to sift a chest of sentimenTrinkets, when the world seeMoved to shrink and swim away. The entire Riverbank with merchandise and merchants swooned like stretch marks, then pumped like a trampoline park. Panicking, I gauged Ruby, only to witness a blob resemblinQuill & ink jar dipping and scrabbling.
Tina was my second hope, but gaze startled my belief along with creaking: her daisYellow belt blosSwarmed like locusts & sent the river squiggLooping symmetriCobbLoud wheels around the horizon, as a thick vine thrust pedestal under all boxes and containers, dispersing instead of expected gadgets, raineDown uniforMelon crystals that POPPED slime into vibrating garNets, jerking like prey muted by arachniTent*_<(!&>+ Suddenoodle feelingSlithered like my ears down belly button... then elbows pinched tight toward my knees; final symptom oFingers & toes circulaBending as one. I was conformed & consolidated by the fetal position...
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A~scent like skunkweed waft'Dredged my mind from blankspace...I revived spinning in foggy vaPinks, before attempting stretch to my normaLength. Managed without hindrance, noticing my clothes repealed to skin a mottled color like earwax.
In a slight panic, I swiveled the area, noticing the station was like a Caldera where center rose and sloped away, surrounding gorge containing countless viruShells colorStraps of watermelon, & around two dozen vegetables refleck'coin slow light over the mesa of Terrazzo ground. The encircling veggies held heads like dice, saTwisted indePendant above rooTrunks. They were beaconing off the shells... all stamped with faces displaying differing emotion - each wore familiar people, all included in our outfit: musculaRovo & Siggy carved cleaRecognition to my mind + also Tina holding a bucket of screWhistles & polish -!^
Feet scrabbled like softly crunching straw on the $*parkling epoxy, in a frenzy to my left. “What... just... happened?_((“frantically_echoed)) = I turned to behold The short cork of ’Nika, & closer to the center, massive CotTina candy featureSolemnly waited with flail draped between yellow belt like an unwatered flower. I was accustomed to being yanked out of Earthen proceedings by now, but could totally recall why AniKind of others would feel beyonDisoriented.
Bulging smile muscles creaseTinAround stained-glass eyes & bunched up her refined celery-stick of nose bridge & nostrils: “Looks like somebody has a private point to initiate,” I answered. “Tell me yOriginal name was Georgi!?” = The giant green woman jazzed her arms out like an excited teenager, & choked over a sob: “So you did recognize your hyperactive cousin’s faded mannerisms!” I ran & sprang onto her - she felt like a naked winter Tree perched by lichen...
Springing my bulging overbite, i esophaGusted, “Did you recognize me by some spell scan, Py?”
“Doesn’t seem you were hiding, (@ltho your nose floated crookeDrift).” She proceeded to boop a scar along my wrist: “This here, and your fingernails... between Pheo’s unmistakable aura & your best bud.”
"Yea, screw braces too," I cried merrily.
“Where in GhanDice gondala are we!” I heard Sig demand, flattening the moment. By the time I looked over, he was climbing up from between snail shells near Saul’s bare feet. (Our boots were gone, & all clothes replaced, sporting diluted complexion with a couple hair tufts). A few antennae and virus-looking muff-pins clung to his skin. “Did you do thiS,Awl!?” As if a struggling cRain, Falc'bro reeled him up with paltry concave chest, separating spikes back to their horde. “Not me, I can’t broadcast aborTame^F8~) Behind Gina, Rovo rolled his neck as if stiff: “Gotta be the pirate we’re unacquainted with then - besides Pyram I guess. Why no heads up, Lady?” “Coatrack is formuCloaking a plan that only limited eyes ought determine approaching; the faeBrush never sleep, bound to leap as long as planet.” my cousin motioned as her eyes swirLimed with sapphire twinklesSimmering, until two by two, a row of 6 spongy dentaLike chairs had materialized to match the teaLagoon shade of my eyes. “Please, have a seat & we’ll discuss.” “How can I sit still moments after we’ve Reunited?!” I gushed, nestled under the casuaLofty crook of scaly grasp. “You will find the cushions like waterbed,” she promised. “How’j you do(ing) 'hat?!” Anika & Siggy bomBarded. GinAdmin's response faltered, morosely dis-proportioN%itched. “Unfortunately, I am Nano*^scourged.”