Author Being Bex

A multi-universe RP blog for Bex, a Cartoon World traveler who keeps order and protects the entrance to the Real World using powers based on her creative talents. 

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Sixer had managed to use the amount of ice magic he’d wanted in order to freeze the flower without going into a sneezing fit.

However, as soon as he came out of his meditative focus, a sudden headache caused him to double over and grip the sides of his head.

His vision went dark, and he found himself in a spotlight, surrounded by eight figures that looked…identical in shape, except for one detail.

“What–”

The eyes of one of the figures flashed open, somehow glowing despite being dark brown.

Found you.

Abruptly, Sixer was back in his clearing, only to find that the frost he had been working to control had gotten out of control. Only, the frost hadn’t frozen the entire clearing.

Sixer looked down under him at the sigil the frost had formed – his sigil. The six-fingered hand with the six-tailed pinwheel behind it.

And then the identical eight sigils in a circle around him with one, two, three, four, five, seven, eight….

Sixer took it in, then summoned a blast of heat that melted the frost.

Apparently, he had some things to think about.

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“Ford?” Bex asked quietly, concern in her eyes. “Are you okay?”

[ruinedchildhood]

Chalk zone is real?

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Something up? @authorbeingbex

“Huh? Oh hey, Bex. What do you mean by that?”

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[authorbeingbex]

“My ‘senses ‘ are telling me somethings up and just wanted to know if you got it handled”

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“…yeah, I think so. It’s gonna be tricky, but I think that we’ll be able to manage.”

[authorbeingbex]

“Oh good lemme know if ya ever need help. I know you got it but I’m here if ya need me”

[multiversal-excursions]

Something up? @authorbeingbex

“Huh? Oh hey, Bex. What do you mean by that?”

@authorbeingbex

[authorbeingbex]

“My ‘senses ‘ are telling me somethings up and just wanted to know if you got it handled”

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Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

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Bex blushed slightly. “Cause magical creatures like me tend to be a little excited when people notice them. I don’t get noticed normally so when someone does pay me attention in a good way it’s very flattering.” Boy was she feeling awkward. Suddenly words just didn’t wanna come out right. She groped for how she wanted to word it. “If a Ford put me in a journal I’d feel so…loved. not quite honored, but definitely happy.”

“You are essentially admitting that you are, in fact, a cryptid,” Sixer said after a moment. He didn’t quite sound like he knew what to make of that. Likely because he was cryptid-ish himself and he wasn’t too keen on being studied.

At least, not too keen on being studied in the way he himself had used to do things.

“That’s…certainly a strange way to think about being put in someone’s research notes,” Sixer commented.

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“Well I am technically a cryptid,” Bex said as if it were not a big deal. “How many humans have you met that shapeshift? let alone shapeshift into more than one thing? Even just as ‘an animal whose existence is questionable’…”

Then she shrugged. “I usually only get the bad kind of attention when I travel. I’m both a logical person and a person who loves the fantastic–a living contradiction. Plus I love naturalism, so I have a connection to wanting to draw things you learn about.”

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“…point taken.”

While Sixer hasn’t heard of a human shapeshifting, shapeshifting in general was an ability he’d heard of before. A human picking up that ability was an eventuality, perhaps.

“I suppose having proof in other dimensions that you’re not bad or someone to be hunted for any reason would be a good thing,” Sixer conceded. “If I could find a way that could be done for me, it would make dispelling the rumors about my current state a good thing, considering that there are people who think I’m still doing things I wouldn’t condone under normal circumstances.”

[authorbeingbex]

“Well, You definitely have one more person on your side,” Bex said in as kind a smile as she could manage.

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

Bex blushed slightly. “Cause magical creatures like me tend to be a little excited when people notice them. I don’t get noticed normally so when someone does pay me attention in a good way it’s very flattering.” Boy was she feeling awkward. Suddenly words just didn’t wanna come out right. She groped for how she wanted to word it. “If a Ford put me in a journal I’d feel so…loved. not quite honored, but definitely happy.”

“You are essentially admitting that you are, in fact, a cryptid,” Sixer said after a moment. He didn’t quite sound like he knew what to make of that. Likely because he was cryptid-ish himself and he wasn’t too keen on being studied.

At least, not too keen on being studied in the way he himself had used to do things.

“That’s…certainly a strange way to think about being put in someone’s research notes,” Sixer commented.

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“Well I am technically a cryptid,” Bex said as if it were not a big deal. “How many humans have you met that shapeshift? let alone shapeshift into more than one thing? Even just as ‘an animal whose existence is questionable’...”

Then she shrugged. “I usually only get the bad kind of attention when I travel. I’m both a logical person and a person who loves the fantastic--a living contradiction. Plus I love naturalism, so I have a connection to wanting to draw things you learn about.”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

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“Hmmm that might be another thing to investigate,” Bex said, “It’s not something mundane, as far as I can tell. it might be my powers or it might be something else. Or there could be someone secretly telling people about my kind ahead of us.”

She was surprised however, that most of what people heard about her was neutral if not flat out good. If someone was telling people about Author Beings then they didn’t wish her any harm.

“Your powers or rumors of such people existing, perhaps. You could be included among Gravity Falls’ list of cryptids for all you know.” Sixer gave her a cheeky grin.

The grin faded. “In all seriousness, it’s likely as well that you have an ally setting up contacts for you in-universe, so that you can do something about whatever the anomalies are more quickly than if you didn’t have them.”

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She wagged a finger at him absently, “both are a possibility…” Then she realized something, “You think one of your counterparts would really be interested in me? From a cryptid perspective?”

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Sixer raised an eyebrow at the question. “…perhaps? I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case – especially if any study in inter-dimensional contact was involved. That was something I was interested in during my early years here…before things went south.”

Before he found out Cipher’s true nature, more like.

“Considering that our interests are different, I could see at least one of my counterparts sticking to the idea of studying beings who could travel across dimensions. Why do you ask?”

[authorbeingbex]

Bex blushed slightly. “Cause magical creatures like me tend to be a little excited when people notice them. I don’t get noticed normally so when someone does pay me attention in a good way it’s very flattering.” Boy was she feeling awkward. Suddenly words just didn’t wanna come out right. She groped for how she wanted to word it. “If a Ford put me in a journal I’d feel so...loved. not quite honored, but definitely happy.”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

“Hmmm that might be another thing to investigate,” Bex said, “It’s not something mundane, as far as I can tell. it might be my powers or it might be something else. Or there could be someone secretly telling people about my kind ahead of us.”

She was surprised however, that most of what people heard about her was neutral if not flat out good. If someone was telling people about Author Beings then they didn’t wish her any harm.

“Your powers or rumors of such people existing, perhaps. You could be included among Gravity Falls’ list of cryptids for all you know.” Sixer gave her a cheeky grin.

The grin faded. “In all seriousness, it’s likely as well that you have an ally setting up contacts for you in-universe, so that you can do something about whatever the anomalies are more quickly than if you didn’t have them.”

[authorbeingbex]

She wagged a finger at him absently, “both are a possibility...” Then she realized something, “You think one of your counterparts would really be interested in me? From a cryptid perspective?”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

“I think in some worlds a person or some people have innate knowledge of Author Beings, but it only shows when they encounter them,” She shrugged, “Not all worlds, but some are like that.”

“Hm. Strange. Maria’s told me that very few people are aware of what a World Jumper is unless one has visited that dimension before. She’s mostly unknown outside of the worlds she frequents, the only exception I’m aware of being…well, Cipher became aware of her when some former opponents of hers made their grievances about her known to him in an attempt to get a bounty put out on her head.”

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“Hmmm that might be another thing to investigate,” Bex said, “It’s not something mundane, as far as I can tell. it might be my powers or it might be something else. Or there could be someone secretly telling people about my kind ahead of us.”

She was surprised however, that most of what people heard about her was neutral if not flat out good. If someone was telling people about Author Beings then they didn’t wish her any harm.

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

“Yes! And I like to let some deviation happen as long as it’s not threatening the world,” She smirked, “Yes I have been to Gravity Falls a few times actually. One of my times there an alien race called the Goa’uld were crossing over and trying to turn people into slaves and hosts. Another time, I was just chillin, watching the weird things happen.

“Gravity Falls is a nice place for people like me, I’m weird even without my powers.”

“Deviation is what makes the multiverse interesting, considering all the different reactions that certain events can cause for the inhabitants,” Sixer commented knowingly. “Although, some deviants might be a little less nice than others.”

He raised an eyebrow at the two times Bex mentioned she’d been to Gravity Falls. “The alien race is familiar, but I can’t say that I’ve run into them in Gravity Falls. It’s likely you were helping an alternate dimension, then. I should hope that everything is going well there, after your assistance.”

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“Yeah all is good there now, thankfully,” she held her thumb up to say all is well, “I was able to send them back to their own dimension. Your counterpart yelled at me for my powers and not revealing myself right away. Luckily the Dipper there knew what I was somehow.”

[sixfingersixtails]

“Good, good.” Sixer sounded relieved. He blinked when Bex mentioned his counterpart. “It’s likely he’s run into people like you before, then, if he yelled at you for not showing yourself sooner. He likely expected something different from you. I wonder how Dipper would have known, though….”

[authorbeingbex]

“I think in some worlds a person or some people have innate knowledge of Author Beings, but it only shows when they encounter them,” She shrugged, “Not all worlds, but some are like that.”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

“Yes! And I like to let some deviation happen as long as it’s not threatening the world,” She smirked, “Yes I have been to Gravity Falls a few times actually. One of my times there an alien race called the Goa’uld were crossing over and trying to turn people into slaves and hosts. Another time, I was just chillin, watching the weird things happen.

“Gravity Falls is a nice place for people like me, I’m weird even without my powers.”

“Deviation is what makes the multiverse interesting, considering all the different reactions that certain events can cause for the inhabitants,” Sixer commented knowingly. “Although, some deviants might be a little less nice than others.”

He raised an eyebrow at the two times Bex mentioned she’d been to Gravity Falls. “The alien race is familiar, but I can’t say that I’ve run into them in Gravity Falls. It’s likely you were helping an alternate dimension, then. I should hope that everything is going well there, after your assistance.”

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“Yeah all is good there now, thankfully,” she held her thumb up to say all is well, “I was able to send them back to their own dimension. Your counterpart yelled at me for my powers and not revealing myself right away. Luckily the Dipper there knew what I was somehow.”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

Bex nodded at the mention of a connecting dimension. It was certainly something to look into, when she had the time. “If you find answers to that, tell me, would ya? I’d like to know as well.” Then she thought of something else. “Normally I make up my own, and with my shifting abilities I can hide, since I can’t actually take another human form, or even change my eye color. That’s why I like animals, they are often looked over, and so I can hide until I find anomalies–things that aren’t supposed to be there or lost people I can return.” Usually when she found something that didn’t belong, that’s when she needed someone from the world to help.

“I’ll see if I can find anything, but no promises,” Sixer replied.

He tilted his head slightly at Bex’s comment about disguises and what she looked out for. “Is that what you do, then? Look for things that don’t belong in worlds and find a way to work them out of the narrative?”

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“Yep!” Bex smiled, “especially things that effect multiple worlds, and not just dimensions that are connected by common themes or people, but worlds that are vastly different. I think that’s why my powers work the way they do.”

[sixfingersixtails]

“Interesting. So you function in the same sort of area as Maria, except that your abilities come at things from different directions. While she gets herself involved in the story in order to correct the problem, you don’t have to and sometimes don’t even need to. Very interesting.”

Sixer’s ears flicked. “That must have produced some very strange situations to be in, then – have you been to Gravity Falls as a result of any of these strange things?”

[authorbeingbex]

“Yes! And I like to let some deviation happen as long as it’s not threatening the world,” She smirked, “Yes I have been to Gravity Falls a few times actually. One of my times there an alien race called the Goa’uld were crossing over and trying to turn people into slaves and hosts. Another time, I was just chillin, watching the weird things happen.

“Gravity Falls is a nice place for people like me, I’m weird even without my powers.”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

Bex nodded at the mention of a connecting dimension. It was certainly something to look into, when she had the time. “If you find answers to that, tell me, would ya? I’d like to know as well.” Then she thought of something else. “Normally I make up my own, and with my shifting abilities I can hide, since I can’t actually take another human form, or even change my eye color. That’s why I like animals, they are often looked over, and so I can hide until I find anomalies–things that aren’t supposed to be there or lost people I can return.” Usually when she found something that didn’t belong, that’s when she needed someone from the world to help.

“I’ll see if I can find anything, but no promises,” Sixer replied.

He tilted his head slightly at Bex’s comment about disguises and what she looked out for. “Is that what you do, then? Look for things that don’t belong in worlds and find a way to work them out of the narrative?”

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“Yep!” Bex smiled, “especially things that effect multiple worlds, and not just dimensions that are connected by common themes or people, but worlds that are vastly different. I think that’s why my powers work the way they do.”

[authorbeingbex]

Forest Wanderer

Night time was predominant in Junction, even when the sun rose. Stars seemed to always shine, and planets could be seen in the sky at most times. This night however was alight with a full moon, and the sun was absent. Bits of starlight reached Bex through gaps in the forest canopy. Her hide, though bright, only shined when the light reached it. 

Bex concentrated on the darkness ahead while picking her way through the underbrush. She could hear night birds chirping nearby and a few small animals making nests in the bushes, but no enemies. With a sigh, she trudged forward to the next portal.

She was silent and invisible…and so alone.

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

“No, not a little dinky place where things leak out…” Bex shook her head, “a hub, an overworld…something like that. It’s a place my friends called ‘Junction’ where many portals lie to other worlds. It’s both part of my dimension and part of all others, and yet …not.” she had no idea how to describe it. It seemed like a nearly endless place to her and she was still exploring its lands. “I prefer to be involved more than manipulative, yes,” she blushed, “I like to a be a hero and a friend before a god. In fact I HATE it when people will liken me to one. That’s probably why I’ll mostly go by an alias, or flat-out hide in the background.”

“Junction…interesting. I don’t think I’ve heard of such a place before. It sounds more like a central dimension connecting multiple dimensions together instead of the crawlspace between them. It could be at the center of the multiverse, or at the center of a certain number of dimensions that you’re only allowed to have access to. Hmm…that would be something to look into later.”

Sixer tapped his chin in thought, then noticed Bex’s confirmation at his other statement. He smiled a little and nodded. “That’s a good way to approach your position. Maria, from what I understand, is a little different in that she takes on the position of someone who becomes actively involved in events when the villain gains too much of something for that dimension to handle. I haven’t heard all of her escapades, but I’ve heard enough of them to know that she has a large number of allies across dimensions.”

[authorbeingbex]

Bex nodded at the mention of a connecting dimension. It was certainly something to look into, when she had the time. “If you find answers to that, tell me, would ya? I’d like to know as well.” Then she thought of something else. “Normally I make up my own, and with my shifting abilities I can hide, since I can’t actually take another human form, or even change my eye color. That’s why I like animals, they are often looked over, and so I can hide until I find anomalies--things that aren’t supposed to be there or lost people I can return.” Usually when she found something that didn’t belong, that’s when she needed someone from the world to help.

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

Bex screwed her face up at that, she didn’t see herself as doing anything for her own benefit in those days, which made it even worse that another of her kind enforced the null cuff on her. She decided to let it go, there was no use in dwelling on her days in depression just to prove a point. “I spend my childhood going from my world to a sort of in-between one, where I learned the ins and outs,” she said instead. “a lot of people came from their own worlds and mingled. I didn’t have my author powers then, at least not able to use them, but they must have sensed something in me, because they taught me what was right.”

“Most of my friends, and honorary family for that matter, were training me to be more of an adventurer. Taht’s where I learned my magic and fighting skills.”

“In-between?” Sixer repeated. “Not the crawlspace of the Nightmare Realm, I hope. Or a dimension with thin enough walls for it to leak through, for that matter.”

That thought was definitely worrisome.

“…well, at least you had some form of training with those abilities before you gained access to them. And all things considered, it’s likely better that you approach things as an adventurer first and not as a creator. It means you’re more willing to see things from the perspective of someone involved, and you can take that into account with your other abilities, whatever that may entail.”

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“No, not a little dinky place where things leak out...” Bex shook her head, “a hub, an overworld...something like that. It’s a place my friends called ‘Junction’ where many portals lie to other worlds. It’s both part of my dimension and part of all others, and yet ...not.” she had no idea how to describe it. It seemed like a nearly endless place to her and she was still exploring its lands. “I prefer to be involved more than manipulative, yes,” she blushed, “I like to a be a hero and a friend before a god. In fact I HATE it when people will liken me to one. That’s probably why I’ll mostly go by an alias, or flat-out hide in the background.”

[sixfingersixtails]

Hello Sixer

Sixer raises an eyebrow and tilts his head curiously. “…hello. You seem familiar, but I’m afraid I can’t quite put a finger on where I’ve seen you.”

[sixfingersixtails]

authorbeingbex

“Those are questions I’m still finding answers to,” she said, “and yeah I have encountered many who don’t take my powers well, so normally I use an alias. I just feel you’re mature enough to handle it.”

“Plus, my kind have rules among ourselves that keep us from using our powers for Ill— I was once fitted with a collar that nullified my powers because the others thought I was too free spirited.” She shivered remembering those days. “It didn’t go well. I went crazy because I felt trapped and broke it, creating some…phenomena. I was able to keep it in check because of the emotional support of friends.”

…Sixer was going to chalk that “maturity” up to the fact that Cipher had turned his home dimension on its head and he’d learned to adapt.

“It’s likely that you looked like you were tilting in a more chaotic direction,” Sixer said. “One where you manipulated worlds for your own benefit, and not for any other reason. Did you get any training before you started traveling around yourself? I know Maria spent some time with wielders of some key-type weapon in the beginning, from what she’s told me.”

[authorbeingbex]

Bex screwed her face up at that, she didn’t see herself as doing anything for her own benefit in those days, which made it even worse that another of her kind enforced the null cuff on her. She decided to let it go, there was no use in dwelling on her days in depression just to prove a point. “I spend my childhood going from my world to a sort of in-between one, where I learned the ins and outs,” she said instead. “a lot of people came from their own worlds and mingled. I didn’t have my author powers then, at least not able to use them, but they must have sensed something in me, because they taught me what was right.”

“Most of my friends, and honorary family for that matter, were training me to be more of an adventurer. Taht’s where I learned my magic and fighting skills.”