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// Gonna follow the recent trend and disable asks for now just in case. Iāll re-enable them once I notice others doing the same.
(off anon)
Website roleplay is funny like that. It becomes so intertwined that it becomes difficult to keep up with. It doesn't help that my most active blogs (zeralight-asks and the-writer-machine) often don't use the tag, though that's due to some post being more suited for the pokemon roleplay sphere (rotomblr).
Heck, I've had that issue for rotomblr as well, though likely due to their reliance on discord servers to stage more plot important interactions rather than supplemental chats. It's easier to do that, but it makes it way more difficult for others to follow along.
Now that I'm thinking about it, that might just be an issue with the medium itself; It's difficult to piece together what's going on if you don't follow everything involved, and if you do then it can still be hard because it's either overwhelming or tumblr sucks. And when the stories involve another platform entirely, it's easy to just give up-
It also doesn't help that os game rp in general has become pretty complicated in terms of everyone's lore. "#onerole" was created to ground the scene to just oneshot and oneshot-constrained original characters, but it only has a handful of blogs.
That said, there have been attempts to keep track of select plots, often called arcs. @/os-mapmaker (and me) made a few posts under "#os arc map" that attemps to chronicle certain arcs, and @/the-writer-machine has a list of "companions" that are individual stories between Emma and another character.
We're also prone to rambling and infodumping, so feel free to ask us about the stuff you wanna know about :3
ā
āSomething is not lining up. The Inversion should be the only thing acting on physical worldsā¦ā
āā¦but if that were true, then only time should be affected in the physical and digital planes.ā
āHowever, something appears to be affecting space as wellā¦which should not be possible, unlessā¦ā
āā¦unless thereās another dimension on the metaphysical plane.ā
Hey so, really didn't wanna make this post but
It's super likely we're gonna be short on rent this month. Wife's last paycheck came in today, & we're prolly gonna be about $500 short. We're good on food, thanks to food stamps/food bank, but a little of that will be for gas, since she & us both have to find new work.
Ko-Fi
Update: Someone sent $50!! Thank you so so much. Please keep reblogging if you can.
70/500 USD (14%) (Rent due on the 11th)
Any donations you can make are very very welcome. If you can't donate, I understand & don't blame you. If you're able to share this post around, that's also super helpful.
Some more context under the cut:
Good news! Out friend & surrogate sister @a-kippy-kat has very graciously volunteered to do art for anyone willing to donate! Just dm her with proof of payment, & she'll make a piece of art of your choice.
Below is an example of the kind of work she does, ignore the commission prices.
Update on the new RP blog:
Iāve finished designing 3 of the 4 charactersā base sprites. Itās taken a little while since I decided to learn 2 programs that I had never used before, but I think the designs turned out pretty good. Once the last characterās base sprite is finished, Iāll only need to design the different expressions for each character (which shouldnāt take nearly as long), and possibly the blogās banner. Then the blog will be up and ready for asks!
By the way, a kind of important question for my fellow Tumblr RP bloggers:
Do you use light mode or dark mode on Tumblr?
Light Mode
Dark Mode
Both / Changes depending on what device Iām using Tumblr on
Hello. Iām sorry about taking yet another unannounced hiatus. Although, most of us on OS Game RP did seem to take a bit of a summer break so I guess it wasnāt much of a surprise.
Life has been pretty busy lately. I worked as a summer camp counselor for July and half of August, and I just moved in for my first year of college not even a week ago. Iām currently in marching band camp which takes up most of my day.
But that really isnāt why I havenāt been RPing. Truth isā¦Iāve kind of been struggling to get into the mindset of Mapmaker or the Tide Arc narrator. I used to be able to just naturally know how they would respond to or describe whatās going on, but I feel like I canāt do that anymore. I still want to RP, but I need to get my head back into my characters.
So, how am I going to return to Tumblr RP?
By making a new blog!
I think the best way to get the RPing part of my brain to function again is by doing something that I want to. And this is a blog I wanted to make for a while and have been slowly working towards making. It still has a bit of a ways to go, since most of the character sprites still need to be made, but I think it should hopefully be active soon (donāt hold me to that though, Iām terrible at judging how long things take).
A little bit about the upcoming blog: I showed the characters of this upcoming blog a month ago, although initially only one character will be there, with the others joining afterwards one by one (itāll make more sense when it happens). Another thing that I think will make this blog really interesting is that each character will be a different art style/art type.
This blog is not going to be OS Game RP, since they have no relation to OneShot, but I suspect most interaction will be with OS Game RP anyway. Iām hoping to have some minor characters introduced after the main 4, and I want to create some conflicts and fight scenes between the characters and maybe with some characters from other blogs.
Anyway TL;DR, Iām hopefully going to be coming back soon with a brand new blog that Iām really passionate about, and one that reignites my RP abilities I should hopefully FINALLY finish that godforsaken Tide Arc.
P.S.: If you followed my old RP blog, you might notice that blog doesnāt exist anymore. Iāve archived the posts, and will be reusing that blog for the new one. There may or may not be a preview of the new blogās name there right nowā¦
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
Slowly, the light begins to spread across the tank, engulfing the mini-fifh one by one.
fifh!
Noticing the light, just as The Mapmaker predicted, a group of mini-fifh begin to push upwards against the weakening barrier. The barrier starts to bend and bulge as the mini-fifh push up against itā¦
( @squares-begone )
( Being around Sol for most of her life had given Renata a hefty brightness tolerance, she'll be fine. )
I'm on it!
( She thought getting to the top would prove to be difficult, though she was pleasantly surprised when her makeshift catapult wound up much stronger than ever before. She nearly overshot! )
Stay down.
( Likewise, reinforcing the entirety of the barrier proved a cakewalk. It seemed this place amplified her abilities tenfold! )
( However, she couldn't stop to question it. Containing the fifh was still a struggle, even with her increased power. )
I... How long will it take?
( Renata hoped that, somehow, the Inversion's logic-defying properties would allow her and the Mapmaker to continue talking. )
Shouldā¦only takeā¦anotherā¦minuteā¦
( The Mapmakerās voice was strained. He was clearly focusing almost all his energy into the Fifh Tank. )
By this point, the light has consumed about two thirds of the tank.
fifh!
fifh!
Noticing the rapidly approaching light and the barrier of vines blocking them, the group of mini-fifh trying to escape splits into two smaller groups, pushing up in two different spots in an attempt to try and find a weak point.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata was thorough. However, she now had two different points to place her focus on. Though the sum of the pressure was the same as before, her divided attention was pushing her to her limit. )
Hurry!
I can't... keep...
A l m o s t . . . d o n e . . .
Suddenly, the mini-fifh stop pushing. The tank is now completely filled with light. Every single mini-fifh has now been turned into nothing but light energy.
Alrightā¦nowā¦I am going to need youā¦to let go.
( The Mapmaker is clenching his fist tightly, as if trying to contain his own powers )
A burst of light shoot out through the glass of the tank, then another one, and then two more in quick succession.
The tank is likely to burst open if it remains sealedā¦
!
Quickly!
( @squares-begone )
( One more second passes. Then, the mass of vines quickly retract back into Renata. )
It's... done...
( She can no longer keep her balance. Exhausted, she falls from the top of the tank. )
( The Mapmaker opens his fist as he thrusts his arm upwards. The light that filled the Fifh Tank shoots into the air. Not a single mini-fifh remained. )
( Noticing Renata fall back, he extends his other arm in her direction. Renataās fall begins to decelerate, bringing her to a smooth and safe landing on the āfloorā of The Inversion. )
Renataā¦Are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( A groan as her eyes steadily open back up. )
...Yeah, I think-
( She looks over at the giant empty tank. )
Did it... work?
Oh, it is certainly working!
I cannot thank you enough for your assistance!
ā
Iā¦kind of wish I had some way to repay my gratitude.
ā
But with these pieces of its soul and their energy, I will be able to restore Fifh and end this cross-timeline invasion for good.
Once that is complete, I should be able to send you home.
ā
Thank you so much for your help once again, Renata!
( The Mapmaker turns back toward the Fifh Tank as he takes his raised arm and slowly moves it in a circular motion. The light energy of the mini-fifh above begins to spin into a spiral⦠)
( @squares-begone )
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
Slowly, the light begins to spread across the tank, engulfing the mini-fifh one by one.
fifh!
Noticing the light, just as The Mapmaker predicted, a group of mini-fifh begin to push upwards against the weakening barrier. The barrier starts to bend and bulge as the mini-fifh push up against itā¦
( @squares-begone )
( Being around Sol for most of her life had given Renata a hefty brightness tolerance, she'll be fine. )
I'm on it!
( She thought getting to the top would prove to be difficult, though she was pleasantly surprised when her makeshift catapult wound up much stronger than ever before. She nearly overshot! )
Stay down.
( Likewise, reinforcing the entirety of the barrier proved a cakewalk. It seemed this place amplified her abilities tenfold! )
( However, she couldn't stop to question it. Containing the fifh was still a struggle, even with her increased power. )
I... How long will it take?
( Renata hoped that, somehow, the Inversion's logic-defying properties would allow her and the Mapmaker to continue talking. )
Shouldā¦only takeā¦anotherā¦minuteā¦
( The Mapmakerās voice was strained. He was clearly focusing almost all his energy into the Fifh Tank. )
By this point, the light has consumed about two thirds of the tank.
fifh!
fifh!
Noticing the rapidly approaching light and the barrier of vines blocking them, the group of mini-fifh trying to escape splits into two smaller groups, pushing up in two different spots in an attempt to try and find a weak point.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata was thorough. However, she now had two different points to place her focus on. Though the sum of the pressure was the same as before, her divided attention was pushing her to her limit. )
Hurry!
I can't... keep...
A l m o s t . . . d o n e . . .
Suddenly, the mini-fifh stop pushing. The tank is now completely filled with light. Every single mini-fifh has now been turned into nothing but light energy.
Alrightā¦nowā¦I am going to need youā¦to let go.
( The Mapmaker is clenching his fist tightly, as if trying to contain his own powers )
A burst of light shoot out through the glass of the tank, then another one, and then two more in quick succession.
The tank is likely to burst open if it remains sealedā¦
!
Quickly!
( @squares-begone )
( One more second passes. Then, the mass of vines quickly retract back into Renata. )
It's... done...
( She can no longer keep her balance. Exhausted, she falls from the top of the tank. )
( The Mapmaker opens his fist as he thrusts his arm upwards. The light that filled the Fifh Tank shoots into the air. Not a single mini-fifh remained. )
( Noticing Renata fall back, he extends his other arm in her direction. Renataās fall begins to decelerate, bringing her to a smooth and safe landing on the āfloorā of The Inversion. )
Renataā¦Are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
Slowly, the light begins to spread across the tank, engulfing the mini-fifh one by one.
fifh!
Noticing the light, just as The Mapmaker predicted, a group of mini-fifh begin to push upwards against the weakening barrier. The barrier starts to bend and bulge as the mini-fifh push up against itā¦
( @squares-begone )
( Being around Sol for most of her life had given Renata a hefty brightness tolerance, she'll be fine. )
I'm on it!
( She thought getting to the top would prove to be difficult, though she was pleasantly surprised when her makeshift catapult wound up much stronger than ever before. She nearly overshot! )
Stay down.
( Likewise, reinforcing the entirety of the barrier proved a cakewalk. It seemed this place amplified her abilities tenfold! )
( However, she couldn't stop to question it. Containing the fifh was still a struggle, even with her increased power. )
I... How long will it take?
( Renata hoped that, somehow, the Inversion's logic-defying properties would allow her and the Mapmaker to continue talking. )
Shouldā¦only takeā¦anotherā¦minuteā¦
( The Mapmakerās voice was strained. He was clearly focusing almost all his energy into the Fifh Tank. )
By this point, the light has consumed about two thirds of the tank.
fifh!
fifh!
Noticing the rapidly approaching light and the barrier of vines blocking them, the group of mini-fifh trying to escape splits into two smaller groups, pushing up in two different spots in an attempt to try and find a weak point.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata was thorough. However, she now had two different points to place her focus on. Though the sum of the pressure was the same as before, her divided attention was pushing her to her limit. )
Hurry!
I can't... keep...
A l m o s t . . . d o n e . . .
Suddenly, the mini-fifh stop pushing. The tank is now completely filled with light. Every single mini-fifh has now been turned into nothing but light energy.
Alrightā¦nowā¦I am going to need youā¦to let go.
( The Mapmaker is clenching his fist tightly, as if trying to contain his own powers )
A burst of light shoot out through the glass of the tank, then another one, and then two more in quick succession.
The tank is likely to burst open if it remains sealedā¦
!
Quickly!
( @squares-begone )
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
Slowly, the light begins to spread across the tank, engulfing the mini-fifh one by one.
fifh!
Noticing the light, just as The Mapmaker predicted, a group of mini-fifh begin to push upwards against the weakening barrier. The barrier starts to bend and bulge as the mini-fifh push up against itā¦
( @squares-begone )
( Being around Sol for most of her life had given Renata a hefty brightness tolerance, she'll be fine. )
I'm on it!
( She thought getting to the top would prove to be difficult, though she was pleasantly surprised when her makeshift catapult wound up much stronger than ever before. She nearly overshot! )
Stay down.
( Likewise, reinforcing the entirety of the barrier proved a cakewalk. It seemed this place amplified her abilities tenfold! )
( However, she couldn't stop to question it. Containing the fifh was still a struggle, even with her increased power. )
I... How long will it take?
( Renata hoped that, somehow, the Inversion's logic-defying properties would allow her and the Mapmaker to continue talking. )
Shouldā¦only takeā¦anotherā¦minuteā¦
( The Mapmakerās voice was strained. He was clearly focusing almost all his energy into the Fifh Tank. )
By this point, the light has consumed about two thirds of the tank.
fifh!
fifh!
Noticing the rapidly approaching light and the barrier of vines blocking them, the group of mini-fifh trying to escape splits into two smaller groups, pushing up in two different spots in an attempt to try and find a weak point.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata was thorough. However, she now had two different points to place her focus on. Though the sum of the pressure was the same as before, her divided attention was pushing her to her limit. )
Hurry!
I can't... keep...
A l m o s t . . . d o n e . . .
Suddenly, the mini-fifh stop pushing. The tank is now completely filled with light. Every single mini-fifh has now been turned into nothing but light energy.
Alrightā¦nowā¦I am going to need youā¦to let go.
( The Mapmaker is clenching his fist tightly, as if trying to contain his own powers )
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
Slowly, the light begins to spread across the tank, engulfing the mini-fifh one by one.
fifh!
Noticing the light, just as The Mapmaker predicted, a group of mini-fifh begin to push upwards against the weakening barrier. The barrier starts to bend and bulge as the mini-fifh push up against itā¦
( @squares-begone )
( Being around Sol for most of her life had given Renata a hefty brightness tolerance, she'll be fine. )
I'm on it!
( She thought getting to the top would prove to be difficult, though she was pleasantly surprised when her makeshift catapult wound up much stronger than ever before. She nearly overshot! )
Stay down.
( Likewise, reinforcing the entirety of the barrier proved a cakewalk. It seemed this place amplified her abilities tenfold! )
( However, she couldn't stop to question it. Containing the fifh was still a struggle, even with her increased power. )
I... How long will it take?
( Renata hoped that, somehow, the Inversion's logic-defying properties would allow her and the Mapmaker to continue talking. )
Shouldā¦only takeā¦anotherā¦minuteā¦
( The Mapmakerās voice was strained. He was clearly focusing almost all his energy into the Fifh Tank. )
By this point, the light has consumed about two thirds of the tank.
fifh!
fifh!
Noticing the rapidly approaching light and the barrier of vines blocking them, the group of mini-fifh trying to escape splits into two smaller groups, pushing up in two different spots in an attempt to try and find a weak point.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata was thorough. However, she now had two different points to place her focus on. Though the sum of the pressure was the same as before, her divided attention was pushing her to her limit. )
Hurry!
I can't... keep...
A l m o s t . . . d o n e . . .
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
Slowly, the light begins to spread across the tank, engulfing the mini-fifh one by one.
fifh!
Noticing the light, just as The Mapmaker predicted, a group of mini-fifh begin to push upwards against the weakening barrier. The barrier starts to bend and bulge as the mini-fifh push up against itā¦
( @squares-begone )
( Being around Sol for most of her life had given Renata a hefty brightness tolerance, she'll be fine. )
I'm on it!
( She thought getting to the top would prove to be difficult, though she was pleasantly surprised when her makeshift catapult wound up much stronger than ever before. She nearly overshot! )
Stay down.
( Likewise, reinforcing the entirety of the barrier proved a cakewalk. It seemed this place amplified her abilities tenfold! )
( However, she couldn't stop to question it. Containing the fifh was still a struggle, even with her increased power. )
I... How long will it take?
( Renata hoped that, somehow, the Inversion's logic-defying properties would allow her and the Mapmaker to continue talking. )
Shouldā¦only takeā¦anotherā¦minuteā¦
( The Mapmakerās voice was strained. He was clearly focusing almost all his energy into the Fifh Tank. )
The tides have reached their peak.
The finale begins now.
A rifh opens up in an almost empty white voidā¦
. . .
It begins to glowā¦and out falls a young plant spirit.
( @squares-begone )
( Renata collapses onto what might as well be considered the floor. She seemed to be out cold, necessitating another person to come to her aid. )
( Of course, that hinges on if anybody else is even around. )
Unfortunately, the only other living things that seem to be aroundā¦
fifh!
ā¦are a bunch of mini-fifh.
Slowly, the creatures begin to surround the fainted plant spirit from all directions.
Suddenly, all at once, the mini-fifh charge in towards Renata, untilā¦
ā¦they crash into some sort of invisible dome around Renata.
A figure with a cyan hoodie and a bright blue lightbulb for a head now stands nearby with his arm held out, seemingly holding up the barrier.
ā
Nice try, but you all are going back into the tank.
With a sweep of his arm, all the mini-fifh are gathered up by some invisible force and pulled away to an enormous fish tank in the distance.
Once the mini-fifh are taken care of, the figure puts his arm down and heads towards Renata. He gently taps her shoulderā¦
ā
Young plant spirit, are you alright?
( @squares-begone )
( Renata's stirring. )
Ghh...
Wh...
...
( She immediately tries to distance herself from the Mapmaker. )
W-what's going on?
Well, the short answer is that you were passed out and about to become a mini-fifh snack.
The long answer, thoughā¦
You know how everyone always chants āfifhā whenever someone from a new timeline connects?
Fifh is my pet, and every time its name is chanted by connected timelines, its power grows.
That power managed to grow out of control, and it became so overcharged that it managed to form a Reality-Inverting Fracture in Hyperspace, or ārifhā.
The sheer force of the rifh managed to split the very soul of Fifh into thousands of pieces, and scattered them across timelines.
ā
Normally, Fifh is not hostile. This place, The Inversion, normally manages to keep its appetite suppressed.
But when Fifh was split, its hunger seems to have been divided among its pieces.
Andā¦when you divide something infinite by something finite, the result is still infinite.
. . .
Many timelines had to deal with hundreds or even thousands of mini-fifh, including yours.
And the energy they released only summoned more, until a mutated fifh emerged.
I do not know what exactly creates the mutated fifh, but the energy they release reverses the effects of the rifh, pulling things in instead of pushing things out.
And you were caught in the pull of one. Which is how you ended up here.
ā
Sorry, I probably just gave you more questions rather than answersā¦
( @squares-begone )
@tides-of-timelines
Yeah, I should have expected thatā
fifh!
Suddenly, a few dozen mini-fifh break through the invisible seal The Mapmaker was holding atop the Fifh Tank.
( @os-mapmaker )
Wh- Oh, come on!
The Mapmaker quickly turns back towards Renata.
ā
Look, I know we just met, but I am going to need your help to keep these mini-fifh contained if we want to end this chaos for good.
He reaches out his arm towards Renata to help her up.
ā
You may call me The Mapmaker, by the way.
( @squares-begone )
...
I guess I don't really have much of a choice.
( She takes the Mapmaker's hand, coiling a small vine around his arm, to hoist herself up. )
Renata. Pleased to meet you.
...Given the circumstances-
Phase 1:
ā Means to an End ā
Alright, in order to stop the mini-fifh from going after any more timelines, I will need to reform the soul of Fifh. In order to do that, we need to keep all the mini-fifh within the tank as best as possible.
I should be able to extract the soul pieces from the mini-fifh as long as they are in the tank, but as soon as I start, the seal at the top of the tank will break.
ā
That is when I will need your help.
I have seen you shape your vines into barriers. If you can keep the mini-fifh contained within the tank and catch any that break through, then I can get all the soul pieces together.
Do you think you would be able to help?
( @squares-begone )
Those minififh weren't able to get to me then, so...
You can count on me!
So, where do I need to shield off?
Just keep an eye out. If they start to push out, push them back down.
( The Mapmaker begins to glowā¦)
ā
Oh, and I should warn youā¦it might get a bit bright.
( He places his hand against one of the corners of the tank⦠)
// Hey! Sorry that I kind of disappeared for a while. I was really busy with some last minute school work and also stuff for preparing for college. Thankfully, Iām done with pretty much everything for now, so I should be good to get back into RP.
// This also means that the Tide Arc will finally be resuming! Sorry about the holdup with that.
// Oh, also that ācountdownā thingy is being delayed indefinitely. Not because Iām not working on it, but because itās taking an insanely long time and I donāt have time to work on it every day.
Connection interrupted.
ā
Hello.
I normally communicate here through temporary cryptic flashing messages, but this message is important for everyone following āThe Mapmakerā.
Not too long ago, I mentioned a countdown which would conclude on the 6th day of the 6th month at 6 in the evening (EST).
However, due to unexpected circumstances, this countdown has been extended. It is not clear when exactly it will hit zero right now, but it will likely not be for a long time.
I will update you all once I have an exact time, likely through my usual form of communication as of now.
But be preparedā¦for what you will be seeing is unlike anything this community has ever witnessed.
ā
Connection resumed.
Kip & Bookbot
// (Since I already answered for Bookbot, Iāll just answer for Kip)
// fifh
// ā¦
// ā¦Okay, Iām joking.
// My favorite trope would probably be parallels between timelines and repeated occurrences being referred to as ānickelsā.
// (Giving myself a pat on the back for accidentally starting that one.)