Plan ends today.

Lyre wasn’t actually totally certain of this but it was what the plan said because it was only this long so she believed it that it ended today. The big plan, not the big big one but the one to find Spike and then after that would be the next plan for her big big one. And it was very exciting for Lyre that it ended today because then Spike would be there and then she could do more stuff, interesting stuff, for her next plans.

But then the big thing that bothered her was that so much of the plan was invisible now that it was super hard to tell what would happen at the end and then she wouldn’t be able to make another plan super fast. Which was not good because Lyre liked to have plans before she needed them but there wasn’t a whole lot to do when it was invisible like that. Things would probably be okay because Spike would be there and she could figure out the plan as she went so it was fine.

The plan from before about the slow danger was still happening of course so before she continued with her big plan Lyre made sure to eat two of the antibiotics she had and then drink some of the water after. Then she poured some of the soap on her arms again and some water and it all mixed together and turned pink but not as pink as it did yesterday at the end of her plan. Then it was time to make a new plan.

This plan was actually very easy because Spike was probably right there so it wasn’t long at all and then she would make a new plan once she got there so there wasn’t a whole lot to do. Because it was so short there was also actually no danger which was really super good because then Lyre would get to Spike super fast for sure. Well as long as he wasn’t invisible which he was but her plan was good anyway.

Then that was it and she started walking. Luckily there wasn’t anything else invisible so it really was that fast which was really good and then she found the end of the plan which was a whole lot of nothing but she could fill in all the tiny little details and she knew she was in the right place. But then if she was in the right place there was a problem because Spike wasn’t even there anymore for some reason.

Actually it turned out he was so invisible that the plan wasn’t even working anymore and now Lyre didn’t know what to do about it. Usually she would try to make a plan because she was really good at those except because Spike was so invisible she couldn’t even figure out where he was which was not very good at all. What she did find out was that maybe because he was invisible the plan was only slightly wrong and he would appear later. But then Lyre stood around for a long time longer than all the little variant plans said and he still wasn’t there after that either.

Now Lyre was really getting frustrated because now she couldn’t even make a plan and then what was she supposed to do without a plan? Actually it would’ve been a whole lot easier if Spike wasn’t invisible because then probably he would be there which made it even more frustrating because Lyre was the one who made things invisible and she could’ve just not done whatever she did. She didn’t even know what she did.

It would have been a whole lot nicer actually if she could just stop the invisible stuff from happening in the first place but she would have to know how to do that which was really hard. Usually thinking like this wasn’t a big deal for Lyre because she could always make a plan to fix it but she couldn’t with invisible things because that was the whole point of being invisible. And it was extra weird too because Lyre knew somehow, even though she didn’t know how she could know because she couldn’t see backwards, that she was supposed to know all this and she just didn’t.

And then after that Lyre was a little bit sad because her plans were good and they were always nice at the end but if she couldn’t plan about invisible things, then things would always be invisible, and she didn’t want that. Lyre should be able to see it and she couldn’t. And then that was just too much stuff she couldn’t do and then there wasn’t even a point to making a plan if she didn’t know what the plan really did.

Because her plans were always good because they did what she said but they didn’t always do what she wanted. Here she was where Spike was supposed to be but just because he was supposed to be here didn’t mean that he was here at all, but because he was supposed to be here she couldn’t plan where he actually was. And with no plan Lyre was really confused.

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What kind of plan should I make instead? What she was able to do that she liked was make plans about plans and then she could get out of these kinds of situations. For now she had no idea where Spike was so her plan said ignore that and just make sure to avoid danger because maybe there would be new danger. So Lyre asked about the danger and it turned out that actually now she had no idea how long her big plan would be so she had to get one food one water somewhere safe just like usual so she looked for those.

Actually now things were a lot longer than before and almost all the time would be one food one water but that was okay because she only had that plan to do now instead of a bunch of plans at the same time. There was another danger too though that made things harder because there was something slightly invisible and it looked just like the sentry from before. It would be there before the end of the plan.

Then that was it so she started walking for not super far and it was all fine. When walking there was still a whole lot of nothing and it made Lyre think about how much nothing there was for such a long time and it made her bored but she remembered boring was okay and she didn’t mind. But while she was bored and thinking about other things that also made her think about stuff she couldn’t see anymore and how pretty it would be maybe but that was okay too because there would be pretty things in front of her and sometime she would be standing there and it would be good.

And it went like that but not for so long because then there was a gun or something and she walked into it because her plan didn’t talk about it at all but she stepped on it weird and it flew a little ways over and then went off with a big bang sound. It was very loud but mostly Lyre cared because it was invisible. It was very confusing for a second but it was okay because the rest of the plan was fine so she kept going anyway.

But then in not much time at all there was a big cloud of something that was coming really close to her for some reason which bothered her because it was probably from the invisible thing. And that made Lyre think about how she was probably supposed to know how to stop all of this but she didn’t. But she had stuff to do so instead of thinking it was time to make a plan. She wished she could make a nice plan that told her everything but she actually wasn’t going to do that because she needed it really close by and if she spent too much then she wouldn’t have it when it was needed so she just asked some easy questions.

Then it was time for the plan. Lyre didn’t know specifically what she had to do but apparently if she ran around enough they’d have trouble causing danger to her and if she started hurting them then they might stop the danger. There were a few ways to hurt but a good one was throwing stuff which wasn’t too bad and the best things to throw were heavy things. The first few creatures were really close now and the talons on their wings were reaching towards her so she dove in one of the directions that wasn’t towards them and they went right past her without danger.

Then there weren’t any coming right at her so it was a good time to pick something up. It was rough and big and definitely heavy but not too heavy so Lyre pushed it out with both arms at whichever one was in front of her but then it was actually too heavy for throwing and it didn’t hit anything. She had a very very small time before the creatures did anything but not enough so she was going to dodge again instead.

Again there was no danger and everything was okay so it was time to throw something again. There were more rocks around and a few sharp bits of metal but they were all very small so not good. She grabbed the heaviest rock and threw it and it brushed right past one of the beasts and it was pretty quiet but one of the lumps on it burst into a bunch of yellow stuff and it seemed upset about it. Then it spun towards her with its teeth out and she didn’t pull her arm out of the way right away. It didn’t actually bite her but some of the yellow stuff was on her arm now and she didn’t even have time to make a plan about it.

Then the rest weren’t super close so she picked up a long piece of something heavy and threw it and it fell on top of a bunch of bats. But it actually didn’t do a whole lot because actually it was soft. The ones it fell on top of were all confused so they weren’t danger right away but there were more from a different direction too so she had to get out of the way.

The danger passed by her and it was close this time but it didn’t happen so everything was okay. Then Lyre had one more opportunity to attack so she grabbed another heavy thing and thrust it out towards the densest swarm of creatures. It was a little bit soft like before but there were hard bits in it too this time like metal studs and points so they cut into the bats a little and they thrashed around and there was red and yellow stuff all over the place. Then they eventually squirmed out from the thing and they were upset so they all flew away and the other ones followed them too.

Now finally she could make a really good plan that covered everything. First the stuff on her arm was danger actually so she had to get rid of that. She needed something sharp which was super easy because there were lots of sharp things on the ground already so she took one of those and cut off all the skin on her arm. Then there was lots of red stuff and she needed to stop it so she got some cloth on the ground and poured soap on it and wrapped it around her arm and red stuff was still coming out but not way too much. Then that was okay and she was done that part.

The other danger was apparently the sentry was still coming and it would be here soon and it was a whole lot of danger. First which was also easy it would be good to have the gun apparently so she walked over to where the gun she kicked was and picked it up. It had five bullets in it which might be enough for the plan or not but it was really hard to tell when things were invisible. There actually wasn’t much else to do other than that though.

Lyre wished she could meet Spike but now she had more plans and it bothered her because maybe there would keep being plans between her and her main plan and then Spike was actually way further than she thought. And Lyre was patient but not super patient and she didn’t like waiting when she couldn’t see what she was waiting for. But of course she trusted her plans so that was what she would do.

With not much to do, she could walk a little closer to wherever she was supposed to be. Walk and think and plan, and then maybe if she was super lucky and the invisible things were really good, maybe find Spike by the end of her plan.