Lyf and Bertie!

A Conduit of Yog-Sothoth and an Avatar of the Vast what crimes will they commit

[sickofyoursinging]

OOC INTRO POST

Hello and welcome! This is a roleplay blog for Lyfrassir Edda from The Bifrost Incident and Bertie from Gunpowder Tim vs The Moon Kaiser, both by The Mechanisms, run by @perseus-fairchild!

If Lyf's markings seem familiar, I based them on the Black Books from Skyrim! There's a whole explanation there but I'll squish it down to the fact that Hermaeus Mora is basically the Elder Scrolls in-universe Yog-Sothoth, albeit less powerful.

Important(?) things to note:

This is the same universe as my other blog @archivist-at-arms, which a TMA/Mechs crossover.

This Bertie is an avatar of the Vast (space flavour), and uses he/she pronouns.

This Lyf is half Niflheimfolk (by @/sea-parrot) and half svartalf (by me!) and uses they/it/void pronouns.

At this point in time, Bertie and Lyf are both living on Aurora with the Mechanisms! So have fun with that :•3

Feel free to ask about whatever! I don't bite! I do reserve the right to ignore or delete asks though :•3

[sickofyoursinging]

Not dead. Somehow.

Mercury helped, got Moon to not kill me when I freed the Sea from her tank. I found a ship that has Nastya on it. Carmilla's here too.

She uh.

Well I'm immortal now. New lungs so I won't need to worry about choking on mud and blood. She fixed my spine apparently which I didn't ask for.

It's fine.

I'm fine. Just gotta get to Aurora.

-Canary ( @mechsarchives )

Oh, thank god. I was hoping you’d make it, but I didn’t know for sure.

I’m… sorry that she made you immortal. It’s hard. But I’m glad you won’t have to choke anymore, that you’ve got a better spine now.

You’ll be fine. You’ll make it to Aurora. You’ll make it back to them.

Good luck.

[mechsarchives]

I asked her to. I couldn't-

I didn't want them to watch me die again, to mourn me again. I know I'll be hunted down but maybe this way I'll be better. They won't need to mourn me again, to worry if every moment will be the last. Didn't ask for her to fix my spine.

I just-

...I just want to see them again. Maybe Nastya'll come with me.

[sickofyoursinging]

…I’m glad it was of your own volition. That’s… that’s pretty similar to why I came back, actually. Couldn’t let them mourn me.

You’ll get back to them. You’ll see them again.

[mechsarchives]

Just a few more days. I'll see them again.

Why are you up? Go rest before I tell Dagr you're up and about a day after surgery.

You wouldn't.

I would.

[sickofyoursinging]

I agree. Go rest.

Good luck.

[mechsarchives]

...Fine. Nastya those cookies go out of the oven when the timer goes off.

[sickofyoursinging]

Rest well.

[sickofyoursinging]

All right. Just. . . practice once, in case I see him next.

So. You know how I’ve been trying to stop you from dying and all? Well, I’m also trapped here, and someone suggested—

No, that won’t do at all. And. Why would he?

. . . If anyone else is hearing this, please tell me you have better advice for getting out of being stuck traveling through time invisibly than “Well, you could try kissing someone.” I. There has to be something better. And besides, I don’t think anyone would want. And the one person who can see me—

Better advice. Please.

— Lyfralost ( @lyfrassireddatsct )

Hello? I… can’t say I’ve been in that situation specifically before, but when I get lost in the void, it helps to have someone sing to me? I don’t know if you can influence the world around you, but maybe if you wrote a note to someone? If there’s a specific song that sparks strong emotions in you, maybe it could help ground you enough to get free?

Who are you looking for?

For what it’s worth, even if I don’t know you, I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would want to kiss you. You just have to find them.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

There might be? I can’t imagine many people would be, though. My entire world is gone, and those three idiots left me to die, so—

It wouldn’t be consensual either, unless it was with— the person who can see me, and we’ve had other things to talk about. He’s in my past. I knew he was going to die. We’re trying to figure out a way around that. And we talk about other things, too. I offered him blackmail about Jonny D’Ville. He keeps trying to improve my knowledge of earth culture.

Kissing him wouldn’t be a bad thing? But— if it was just to try to break me out, he might feel obligated. And I wouldn’t want to put that on him.

[sickofyoursinging]

You two sound like me and my Lyf, when we first met, though it was under… rather different circumstances. They taught me about Yggdrasil and I taught them about Earth as I got my memories back.

If you want to kiss him, you should tell him that, especially if it’s not just to get out of there. He might feel the same, and if not, you can make it clear that he shouldn’t feel obligated.

Bertie? Who are you talking with?

Another you, this time. They’re trapped in time, invisible.

Oh, dear.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Oh. Hello, Bertie and Lyf. I—

I could talk to him about that. But I’m— I’m not sure either. I’m not experienced with attraction. Don’t know what he’d expect. If I’m misinterpreting my feelings. It might just be easier to explain the suggestion, tell him he’s under no pressure to do it. At least when I’m not sure myself.

Besides, I don’t know if I can save him. I’m considering every option, and we toss around ideas, but—

Kissing someone I might fail to save would make everything worse. Afterwards. If he knew it wasn’t just an attempt at getting me out. If I had the hope of more.

I saw what losing him did to Tim. I— want to honor his memory, if he can’t make it. Find a way out. Talk to Tim about him. It’s what he asked.

Losing someone else again, after losing everyone, when he’s the only one who’s been able to see and hear me for a long time? Putting more pressure there might break me, if.

[sickofyoursinging]

To tell you the truth? No one’s ever sure. If you want to know what you’re feeling, you have to look deep, and maybe try it out, or just think about it a lot. To know what he’d want or expect, you’d have to talk it out. If you’re worried he’d feel pressured, definitely talk about it.

Would you feel worse if you’d kissed him and couldn’t save him? Or if you couldn’t save him and never got the chance to try?

He’s your version of me, isn’t he? Your Tim will be glad to talk with you about him if he doesn’t make it out, I’m sure. He… if it helps, it worked out for us. Hopefully, it’ll work out for you.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Not being able to save him would feel awful either way. I-- he's the one person I've had the chance to help, in all this time. Not the woman in the airlock, not stopping the hard times back in the beginning, not--- anything else. I can't even understand why my disappearance hit them as hard as it did.

But I know Bertie's death hurt them. And-- Tim was the only one who could remember him. If I forgot, whenever I got out--

I want to help. And-- and I like him. Talking to him. Sharing stories. Why did the idea of kissing have to even come up? I-- it's a nice idea, especially if it-- got me out, but. It makes everything so much more complicated.

[sickofyoursinging]

Because they care about you, even if they have a kind of terrible way of showing it. I promise, they care.

I can’t say I understand what it would be like to forget someone like that, to have lost all memory of them when only one person knows they existed. But I’m sure that since you went through the same thing, you would remember.

You should talk to him. I’m sure he’ll understand, and while it’ll be more complicated, maybe it’ll help you both, especially if he feels the same way. Maybe you could be each others’ anchors.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

. . . I'll talk to him. About the idea. We don't need to get into feelings if-- if he doesn't seem to want to. He's also dealing with the thought of dying any time now. That can be-- a lot to handle. Don't want to put pressure on him that way.

He's been trying to wrap up things on his end a little. Make sure Jonny knows to look out for Tim. Give instructions for what to do with his things. In-- in case.

Afterwards. Once he's safe. I'll talk to him about feelings then. If-- if I'm sure.

[sickofyoursinging]

Good. Communication’s important. Don’t overwhelm him, but tell him what you have to.

Good luck to you both. I hope it works.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

I hope it does. And if it doesn't free me from invisibility and everything, I hope-- I hope we find a way to save him. Something that will work.

There has to be something.

[sickofyoursinging]

I’m sure there’s a way. If anyone can find it, it’s you.

[sickofyoursinging]

Not dead. Somehow.

Mercury helped, got Moon to not kill me when I freed the Sea from her tank. I found a ship that has Nastya on it. Carmilla's here too.

She uh.

Well I'm immortal now. New lungs so I won't need to worry about choking on mud and blood. She fixed my spine apparently which I didn't ask for.

It's fine.

I'm fine. Just gotta get to Aurora.

-Canary ( @mechsarchives )

Oh, thank god. I was hoping you’d make it, but I didn’t know for sure.

I’m… sorry that she made you immortal. It’s hard. But I’m glad you won’t have to choke anymore, that you’ve got a better spine now.

You’ll be fine. You’ll make it to Aurora. You’ll make it back to them.

Good luck.

[mechsarchives]

I asked her to. I couldn't-

I didn't want them to watch me die again, to mourn me again. I know I'll be hunted down but maybe this way I'll be better. They won't need to mourn me again, to worry if every moment will be the last. Didn't ask for her to fix my spine.

I just-

...I just want to see them again. Maybe Nastya'll come with me.

[sickofyoursinging]

…I’m glad it was of your own volition. That’s… that’s pretty similar to why I came back, actually. Couldn’t let them mourn me.

You’ll get back to them. You’ll see them again.

[mechsarchives]

Just a few more days. I'll see them again.

Why are you up? Go rest before I tell Dagr you're up and about a day after surgery.

You wouldn't.

I would.

[sickofyoursinging]

I agree. Go rest.

Good luck.

[sickofyoursinging]

All right. Just. . . practice once, in case I see him next.

So. You know how I’ve been trying to stop you from dying and all? Well, I’m also trapped here, and someone suggested—

No, that won’t do at all. And. Why would he?

. . . If anyone else is hearing this, please tell me you have better advice for getting out of being stuck traveling through time invisibly than “Well, you could try kissing someone.” I. There has to be something better. And besides, I don’t think anyone would want. And the one person who can see me—

Better advice. Please.

— Lyfralost ( @lyfrassireddatsct )

Hello? I… can’t say I’ve been in that situation specifically before, but when I get lost in the void, it helps to have someone sing to me? I don’t know if you can influence the world around you, but maybe if you wrote a note to someone? If there’s a specific song that sparks strong emotions in you, maybe it could help ground you enough to get free?

Who are you looking for?

For what it’s worth, even if I don’t know you, I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would want to kiss you. You just have to find them.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

There might be? I can’t imagine many people would be, though. My entire world is gone, and those three idiots left me to die, so—

It wouldn’t be consensual either, unless it was with— the person who can see me, and we’ve had other things to talk about. He’s in my past. I knew he was going to die. We’re trying to figure out a way around that. And we talk about other things, too. I offered him blackmail about Jonny D’Ville. He keeps trying to improve my knowledge of earth culture.

Kissing him wouldn’t be a bad thing? But— if it was just to try to break me out, he might feel obligated. And I wouldn’t want to put that on him.

[sickofyoursinging]

You two sound like me and my Lyf, when we first met, though it was under… rather different circumstances. They taught me about Yggdrasil and I taught them about Earth as I got my memories back.

If you want to kiss him, you should tell him that, especially if it’s not just to get out of there. He might feel the same, and if not, you can make it clear that he shouldn’t feel obligated.

Bertie? Who are you talking with?

Another you, this time. They’re trapped in time, invisible.

Oh, dear.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Oh. Hello, Bertie and Lyf. I—

I could talk to him about that. But I’m— I’m not sure either. I’m not experienced with attraction. Don’t know what he’d expect. If I’m misinterpreting my feelings. It might just be easier to explain the suggestion, tell him he’s under no pressure to do it. At least when I’m not sure myself.

Besides, I don’t know if I can save him. I’m considering every option, and we toss around ideas, but—

Kissing someone I might fail to save would make everything worse. Afterwards. If he knew it wasn’t just an attempt at getting me out. If I had the hope of more.

I saw what losing him did to Tim. I— want to honor his memory, if he can’t make it. Find a way out. Talk to Tim about him. It’s what he asked.

Losing someone else again, after losing everyone, when he’s the only one who’s been able to see and hear me for a long time? Putting more pressure there might break me, if.

[sickofyoursinging]

To tell you the truth? No one’s ever sure. If you want to know what you’re feeling, you have to look deep, and maybe try it out, or just think about it a lot. To know what he’d want or expect, you’d have to talk it out. If you’re worried he’d feel pressured, definitely talk about it.

Would you feel worse if you’d kissed him and couldn’t save him? Or if you couldn’t save him and never got the chance to try?

He’s your version of me, isn’t he? Your Tim will be glad to talk with you about him if he doesn’t make it out, I’m sure. He… if it helps, it worked out for us. Hopefully, it’ll work out for you.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Not being able to save him would feel awful either way. I-- he's the one person I've had the chance to help, in all this time. Not the woman in the airlock, not stopping the hard times back in the beginning, not--- anything else. I can't even understand why my disappearance hit them as hard as it did.

But I know Bertie's death hurt them. And-- Tim was the only one who could remember him. If I forgot, whenever I got out--

I want to help. And-- and I like him. Talking to him. Sharing stories. Why did the idea of kissing have to even come up? I-- it's a nice idea, especially if it-- got me out, but. It makes everything so much more complicated.

[sickofyoursinging]

Because they care about you, even if they have a kind of terrible way of showing it. I promise, they care.

I can’t say I understand what it would be like to forget someone like that, to have lost all memory of them when only one person knows they existed. But I’m sure that since you went through the same thing, you would remember.

You should talk to him. I’m sure he’ll understand, and while it’ll be more complicated, maybe it’ll help you both, especially if he feels the same way. Maybe you could be each others’ anchors.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

. . . I'll talk to him. About the idea. We don't need to get into feelings if-- if he doesn't seem to want to. He's also dealing with the thought of dying any time now. That can be-- a lot to handle. Don't want to put pressure on him that way.

He's been trying to wrap up things on his end a little. Make sure Jonny knows to look out for Tim. Give instructions for what to do with his things. In-- in case.

Afterwards. Once he's safe. I'll talk to him about feelings then. If-- if I'm sure.

[sickofyoursinging]

Good. Communication’s important. Don’t overwhelm him, but tell him what you have to.

Good luck to you both. I hope it works.

[sickofyoursinging]

Not dead. Somehow.

Mercury helped, got Moon to not kill me when I freed the Sea from her tank. I found a ship that has Nastya on it. Carmilla's here too.

She uh.

Well I'm immortal now. New lungs so I won't need to worry about choking on mud and blood. She fixed my spine apparently which I didn't ask for.

It's fine.

I'm fine. Just gotta get to Aurora.

-Canary ( @mechsarchives )

Oh, thank god. I was hoping you’d make it, but I didn’t know for sure.

I’m… sorry that she made you immortal. It’s hard. But I’m glad you won’t have to choke anymore, that you’ve got a better spine now.

You’ll be fine. You’ll make it to Aurora. You’ll make it back to them.

Good luck.

[mechsarchives]

I asked her to. I couldn't-

I didn't want them to watch me die again, to mourn me again. I know I'll be hunted down but maybe this way I'll be better. They won't need to mourn me again, to worry if every moment will be the last. Didn't ask for her to fix my spine.

I just-

...I just want to see them again. Maybe Nastya'll come with me.

[sickofyoursinging]

…I’m glad it was of your own volition. That’s… that’s pretty similar to why I came back, actually. Couldn’t let them mourn me.

You’ll get back to them. You’ll see them again.

[sickofyoursinging]

All right. Just. . . practice once, in case I see him next.

So. You know how I’ve been trying to stop you from dying and all? Well, I’m also trapped here, and someone suggested—

No, that won’t do at all. And. Why would he?

. . . If anyone else is hearing this, please tell me you have better advice for getting out of being stuck traveling through time invisibly than “Well, you could try kissing someone.” I. There has to be something better. And besides, I don’t think anyone would want. And the one person who can see me—

Better advice. Please.

— Lyfralost ( @lyfrassireddatsct )

Hello? I… can’t say I’ve been in that situation specifically before, but when I get lost in the void, it helps to have someone sing to me? I don’t know if you can influence the world around you, but maybe if you wrote a note to someone? If there’s a specific song that sparks strong emotions in you, maybe it could help ground you enough to get free?

Who are you looking for?

For what it’s worth, even if I don’t know you, I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would want to kiss you. You just have to find them.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

There might be? I can’t imagine many people would be, though. My entire world is gone, and those three idiots left me to die, so—

It wouldn’t be consensual either, unless it was with— the person who can see me, and we’ve had other things to talk about. He’s in my past. I knew he was going to die. We’re trying to figure out a way around that. And we talk about other things, too. I offered him blackmail about Jonny D’Ville. He keeps trying to improve my knowledge of earth culture.

Kissing him wouldn’t be a bad thing? But— if it was just to try to break me out, he might feel obligated. And I wouldn’t want to put that on him.

[sickofyoursinging]

You two sound like me and my Lyf, when we first met, though it was under… rather different circumstances. They taught me about Yggdrasil and I taught them about Earth as I got my memories back.

If you want to kiss him, you should tell him that, especially if it’s not just to get out of there. He might feel the same, and if not, you can make it clear that he shouldn’t feel obligated.

Bertie? Who are you talking with?

Another you, this time. They’re trapped in time, invisible.

Oh, dear.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Oh. Hello, Bertie and Lyf. I—

I could talk to him about that. But I’m— I’m not sure either. I’m not experienced with attraction. Don’t know what he’d expect. If I’m misinterpreting my feelings. It might just be easier to explain the suggestion, tell him he’s under no pressure to do it. At least when I’m not sure myself.

Besides, I don’t know if I can save him. I’m considering every option, and we toss around ideas, but—

Kissing someone I might fail to save would make everything worse. Afterwards. If he knew it wasn’t just an attempt at getting me out. If I had the hope of more.

I saw what losing him did to Tim. I— want to honor his memory, if he can’t make it. Find a way out. Talk to Tim about him. It’s what he asked.

Losing someone else again, after losing everyone, when he’s the only one who’s been able to see and hear me for a long time? Putting more pressure there might break me, if.

[sickofyoursinging]

To tell you the truth? No one’s ever sure. If you want to know what you’re feeling, you have to look deep, and maybe try it out, or just think about it a lot. To know what he’d want or expect, you’d have to talk it out. If you’re worried he’d feel pressured, definitely talk about it.

Would you feel worse if you’d kissed him and couldn’t save him? Or if you couldn’t save him and never got the chance to try?

He’s your version of me, isn’t he? Your Tim will be glad to talk with you about him if he doesn’t make it out, I’m sure. He… if it helps, it worked out for us. Hopefully, it’ll work out for you.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Not being able to save him would feel awful either way. I-- he's the one person I've had the chance to help, in all this time. Not the woman in the airlock, not stopping the hard times back in the beginning, not--- anything else. I can't even understand why my disappearance hit them as hard as it did.

But I know Bertie's death hurt them. And-- Tim was the only one who could remember him. If I forgot, whenever I got out--

I want to help. And-- and I like him. Talking to him. Sharing stories. Why did the idea of kissing have to even come up? I-- it's a nice idea, especially if it-- got me out, but. It makes everything so much more complicated.

[sickofyoursinging]

Because they care about you, even if they have a kind of terrible way of showing it. I promise, they care.

I can’t say I understand what it would be like to forget someone like that, to have lost all memory of them when only one person knows they existed. But I’m sure that since you went through the same thing, you would remember.

You should talk to him. I’m sure he’ll understand, and while it’ll be more complicated, maybe it’ll help you both, especially if he feels the same way. Maybe you could be each others’ anchors.

[sickofyoursinging]

Not dead. Somehow.

Mercury helped, got Moon to not kill me when I freed the Sea from her tank. I found a ship that has Nastya on it. Carmilla's here too.

She uh.

Well I'm immortal now. New lungs so I won't need to worry about choking on mud and blood. She fixed my spine apparently which I didn't ask for.

It's fine.

I'm fine. Just gotta get to Aurora.

-Canary ( @mechsarchives )

Oh, thank god. I was hoping you’d make it, but I didn’t know for sure.

I’m… sorry that she made you immortal. It’s hard. But I’m glad you won’t have to choke anymore, that you’ve got a better spine now.

You’ll be fine. You’ll make it to Aurora. You’ll make it back to them.

Good luck.

[sickofyoursinging]

Are you just a replacement for who Martin once was for him?

No. Of that I’m sure. I’m… from what I know about Martin, I’m not much like him anyway, and honestly… I don’t think anyone could act as a true replacement for him.

I’d like to think Martin would be happy for us.

[sickofyoursinging]

All right. Just. . . practice once, in case I see him next.

So. You know how I’ve been trying to stop you from dying and all? Well, I’m also trapped here, and someone suggested—

No, that won’t do at all. And. Why would he?

. . . If anyone else is hearing this, please tell me you have better advice for getting out of being stuck traveling through time invisibly than “Well, you could try kissing someone.” I. There has to be something better. And besides, I don’t think anyone would want. And the one person who can see me—

Better advice. Please.

— Lyfralost ( @lyfrassireddatsct )

Hello? I… can’t say I’ve been in that situation specifically before, but when I get lost in the void, it helps to have someone sing to me? I don’t know if you can influence the world around you, but maybe if you wrote a note to someone? If there’s a specific song that sparks strong emotions in you, maybe it could help ground you enough to get free?

Who are you looking for?

For what it’s worth, even if I don’t know you, I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would want to kiss you. You just have to find them.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

There might be? I can’t imagine many people would be, though. My entire world is gone, and those three idiots left me to die, so—

It wouldn’t be consensual either, unless it was with— the person who can see me, and we’ve had other things to talk about. He’s in my past. I knew he was going to die. We’re trying to figure out a way around that. And we talk about other things, too. I offered him blackmail about Jonny D’Ville. He keeps trying to improve my knowledge of earth culture.

Kissing him wouldn’t be a bad thing? But— if it was just to try to break me out, he might feel obligated. And I wouldn’t want to put that on him.

[sickofyoursinging]

You two sound like me and my Lyf, when we first met, though it was under… rather different circumstances. They taught me about Yggdrasil and I taught them about Earth as I got my memories back.

If you want to kiss him, you should tell him that, especially if it’s not just to get out of there. He might feel the same, and if not, you can make it clear that he shouldn’t feel obligated.

Bertie? Who are you talking with?

Another you, this time. They’re trapped in time, invisible.

Oh, dear.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

Oh. Hello, Bertie and Lyf. I—

I could talk to him about that. But I’m— I’m not sure either. I’m not experienced with attraction. Don’t know what he’d expect. If I’m misinterpreting my feelings. It might just be easier to explain the suggestion, tell him he’s under no pressure to do it. At least when I’m not sure myself.

Besides, I don’t know if I can save him. I’m considering every option, and we toss around ideas, but—

Kissing someone I might fail to save would make everything worse. Afterwards. If he knew it wasn’t just an attempt at getting me out. If I had the hope of more.

I saw what losing him did to Tim. I— want to honor his memory, if he can’t make it. Find a way out. Talk to Tim about him. It’s what he asked.

Losing someone else again, after losing everyone, when he’s the only one who’s been able to see and hear me for a long time? Putting more pressure there might break me, if.

[sickofyoursinging]

To tell you the truth? No one’s ever sure. If you want to know what you’re feeling, you have to look deep, and maybe try it out, or just think about it a lot. To know what he’d want or expect, you’d have to talk it out. If you’re worried he’d feel pressured, definitely talk about it.

Would you feel worse if you’d kissed him and couldn’t save him? Or if you couldn’t save him and never got the chance to try?

He’s your version of me, isn’t he? Your Tim will be glad to talk with you about him if he doesn’t make it out, I’m sure. He… if it helps, it worked out for us. Hopefully, it’ll work out for you.

[sickofyoursinging]

All right. Just. . . practice once, in case I see him next.

So. You know how I’ve been trying to stop you from dying and all? Well, I’m also trapped here, and someone suggested—

No, that won’t do at all. And. Why would he?

. . . If anyone else is hearing this, please tell me you have better advice for getting out of being stuck traveling through time invisibly than “Well, you could try kissing someone.” I. There has to be something better. And besides, I don’t think anyone would want. And the one person who can see me—

Better advice. Please.

— Lyfralost ( @lyfrassireddatsct )

Hello? I… can’t say I’ve been in that situation specifically before, but when I get lost in the void, it helps to have someone sing to me? I don’t know if you can influence the world around you, but maybe if you wrote a note to someone? If there’s a specific song that sparks strong emotions in you, maybe it could help ground you enough to get free?

Who are you looking for?

For what it’s worth, even if I don’t know you, I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would want to kiss you. You just have to find them.

[lyfrassireddatsct]

There might be? I can’t imagine many people would be, though. My entire world is gone, and those three idiots left me to die, so—

It wouldn’t be consensual either, unless it was with— the person who can see me, and we’ve had other things to talk about. He’s in my past. I knew he was going to die. We’re trying to figure out a way around that. And we talk about other things, too. I offered him blackmail about Jonny D’Ville. He keeps trying to improve my knowledge of earth culture.

Kissing him wouldn’t be a bad thing? But— if it was just to try to break me out, he might feel obligated. And I wouldn’t want to put that on him.

[sickofyoursinging]

You two sound like me and my Lyf, when we first met, though it was under… rather different circumstances. They taught me about Yggdrasil and I taught them about Earth as I got my memories back.

If you want to kiss him, you should tell him that, especially if it’s not just to get out of there. He might feel the same, and if not, you can make it clear that he shouldn’t feel obligated.

Bertie? Who are you talking with?

Another you, this time. They’re trapped in time, invisible.

Oh, dear.

[sickofyoursinging]

All right. Just. . . practice once, in case I see him next.

So. You know how I’ve been trying to stop you from dying and all? Well, I’m also trapped here, and someone suggested—

No, that won’t do at all. And. Why would he?

. . . If anyone else is hearing this, please tell me you have better advice for getting out of being stuck traveling through time invisibly than “Well, you could try kissing someone.” I. There has to be something better. And besides, I don’t think anyone would want. And the one person who can see me—

Better advice. Please.

— Lyfralost ( @lyfrassireddatsct )

Hello? I… can’t say I’ve been in that situation specifically before, but when I get lost in the void, it helps to have someone sing to me? I don’t know if you can influence the world around you, but maybe if you wrote a note to someone? If there’s a specific song that sparks strong emotions in you, maybe it could help ground you enough to get free?

Who are you looking for?

For what it’s worth, even if I don’t know you, I’m sure there’s someone somewhere who would want to kiss you. You just have to find them.

[mechsarchives]

...hi. Been a while, huh, Jonny?

- Bertie (@sickofyoursinging)

...Bertie?

No.

You're dead.

[sickofyoursinging]

...well, I was, for a time. But not anymore. I don't think I'm your Bertie, but... I'm alive.

[sickofyoursinging]

Hello! A Vast Avatar who I haven't met is a rarity these days :3

-Harriet ( @the-vastness-of-the-sea )

Hello! It's great to meet you! I wish I could say the same; Tim's the only other Avatar I've met, and he's not Vast. What is it like for you? My aspect is the stars, though Tim says that's unusual.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

The sea for me :3

Stars are interesting, I've met a few space based Vast Avatars, not many, but there are some. Met one who just lived in an Ikea once.

[sickofyoursinging]

That sounds great. The sea is lovely. I’ll have to ask Tim if he knows any others of the sea. I think I’d like to meet other space-aspect Vast Avatars someday.

Sounds like the Ikea one might’ve been Spiral too, heh. Tim’s always complaining those stores feel like the Distortion.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Oh yes, Lonely, Spiral, Vast, they all share Ikea. It's very fun!

What does your Tim Serve if not the Vast? Certainly not Spiral if he complains about it.

My girlfriend is of the sea, but she's sadly very wrong about the sea. Sees it as crushing rather than vast.

[sickofyoursinging]

It certainly sounds fun!

My Tim serves the Eye and Slaughter. He’s not sure if he still holds the title, but he was once the Archivist. Or is it Archive? He uses them simultaneously.

Your girlfriend sounds lovely, but does indeed have the wrong opinions about the sea. A shame, truly.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

An Archivist moving to the Slaughter? Interesting, that sounds fun :3 It is a bit of a shame you chose an Archivist of all options, but I can't talk much can I?

Oh Karolina is wonderful, even if she insists on being crushed and arguing about the vastness of the sea.

[sickofyoursinging]

He is fun. We were together before my Becoming. He actually joined the Slaughter for me, and I Became for him. Funny how that worked out, isn't it?

Your Karolina does sound wonderful, despite how wrong she is.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Oh cute.

Tell me, your Tim was once an Archivist, what does he say about the Fairchilds?

[sickofyoursinging]

He’s not really got an opinion, apparently. Thinks Simon is odd, but he’s never met any others. He met Mike Crew once, though. Says he was cordial, at least until he made the mistake of asking about his scar, but he’s dead there. Apparently I’ve brought him around a bit to Vast Avatars since I rejoined him, heh.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Simon's...well he's Simon. Mike's good, refuses to be a Fairchild but hangs out with most of us.

Mike, dead? I saw him an hour ago. What do you mean? Mike's not met any Archivists, not that I've heard

[sickofyoursinging]

This website allows us to speak between worlds, I believe. The version of Mike in Tim’s original universe is dead, and that version of you was of the sky aspect, apparently, though he never met her so it’s possible her involvement with skydiving was at Simon’s request, he says. It’s also possible that Mike wasn’t dead, which is… significantly more horrifying given he was subsequently buried. Tim says. You’re probably not from the same universe, though, because his… how did he phrase it? “Met an unfortunate fate” or something along those lines.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

I.

Okay.

Mike buried? Fuck yeah hope he was dead. Stars above being buried would be worse than death.

Different worlds? Different universes? Really?

Does he have any proof? Any at all?

[sickofyoursinging]

I suppose he could simply allow you to Know, but he wouldn’t do that without asking, and he says it’s rude. I’ve spoken to another version of myself, one with wings who could See like an Eye, and another Raphaella, and Tim’s spoken to another version of one of his friends from his original universe. Sasha, he said. His world was destroyed, as far as he knows, so that’s why he doesn’t think you’re from the same one.

He calls this his Somewhere Else.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Those are words.

No freaky Eye shit please, thanks. Raphaella? Like the character from the Mechanisms? I know the girl who played her. Raphaella's a character, she's not real.

Are you telling me you're from a world where the Mechanisms of all people are real?

[sickofyoursinging]

Don’t worry, he won’t be depositing any Knowledge into your head anytime soon.

…Yes? I… suppose it makes sense that there are worlds where they’re fictional, but I never quite thought about it. Tim is one of them.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Tim. Gunpowder Tim was an Archivist? Slaughter I get, but. An Archivist?

Huh. Interesting.

You said his world was destroyed. What did it? Which Fear won? Whose ritual worked?

[sickofyoursinging]

It’s a long story. He wasn’t always Tim. Took the name in memoriam. Stayed the Archivist, the Archive, whichever, until he joined me at war.

It feels like dangerous territory to tell you, but it was the Watcher’s Crown. Jonah Magnus. If he managed to live somehow, to come through to here, I’ll kill him again myself.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Hm. Interesting.

The Watcher's Crown, huh?

Yeah. No thank you, I like the world how it is.

Magnus? Hm. Maybe I'll pester Simon about his funding of the Institute. Surely it could go to something better, like more boats.

[sickofyoursinging]

Yea, so did Tim, which is how he ended up here, heh.

Definitely talk to Simon about that. More boats are better than anything to do with that ratty little twink who runs the Institute.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Got it. More Boats. Maybe another space ship. Daedalus was successful after all.

:3

[sickofyoursinging]

I can definitely vouch for another space trip. :3

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

>:3

[sickofyoursinging]

>:3

[sickofyoursinging]

Hello! A Vast Avatar who I haven't met is a rarity these days :3

-Harriet ( @the-vastness-of-the-sea )

Hello! It's great to meet you! I wish I could say the same; Tim's the only other Avatar I've met, and he's not Vast. What is it like for you? My aspect is the stars, though Tim says that's unusual.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

The sea for me :3

Stars are interesting, I've met a few space based Vast Avatars, not many, but there are some. Met one who just lived in an Ikea once.

[sickofyoursinging]

That sounds great. The sea is lovely. I’ll have to ask Tim if he knows any others of the sea. I think I’d like to meet other space-aspect Vast Avatars someday.

Sounds like the Ikea one might’ve been Spiral too, heh. Tim’s always complaining those stores feel like the Distortion.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Oh yes, Lonely, Spiral, Vast, they all share Ikea. It's very fun!

What does your Tim Serve if not the Vast? Certainly not Spiral if he complains about it.

My girlfriend is of the sea, but she's sadly very wrong about the sea. Sees it as crushing rather than vast.

[sickofyoursinging]

It certainly sounds fun!

My Tim serves the Eye and Slaughter. He’s not sure if he still holds the title, but he was once the Archivist. Or is it Archive? He uses them simultaneously.

Your girlfriend sounds lovely, but does indeed have the wrong opinions about the sea. A shame, truly.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

An Archivist moving to the Slaughter? Interesting, that sounds fun :3 It is a bit of a shame you chose an Archivist of all options, but I can't talk much can I?

Oh Karolina is wonderful, even if she insists on being crushed and arguing about the vastness of the sea.

[sickofyoursinging]

He is fun. We were together before my Becoming. He actually joined the Slaughter for me, and I Became for him. Funny how that worked out, isn't it?

Your Karolina does sound wonderful, despite how wrong she is.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Oh cute.

Tell me, your Tim was once an Archivist, what does he say about the Fairchilds?

[sickofyoursinging]

He’s not really got an opinion, apparently. Thinks Simon is odd, but he’s never met any others. He met Mike Crew once, though. Says he was cordial, at least until he made the mistake of asking about his scar, but he’s dead there. Apparently I’ve brought him around a bit to Vast Avatars since I rejoined him, heh.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Simon's...well he's Simon. Mike's good, refuses to be a Fairchild but hangs out with most of us.

Mike, dead? I saw him an hour ago. What do you mean? Mike's not met any Archivists, not that I've heard

[sickofyoursinging]

This website allows us to speak between worlds, I believe. The version of Mike in Tim’s original universe is dead, and that version of you was of the sky aspect, apparently, though he never met her so it’s possible her involvement with skydiving was at Simon’s request, he says. It’s also possible that Mike wasn’t dead, which is… significantly more horrifying given he was subsequently buried. Tim says. You’re probably not from the same universe, though, because his… how did he phrase it? “Met an unfortunate fate” or something along those lines.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

I.

Okay.

Mike buried? Fuck yeah hope he was dead. Stars above being buried would be worse than death.

Different worlds? Different universes? Really?

Does he have any proof? Any at all?

[sickofyoursinging]

I suppose he could simply allow you to Know, but he wouldn’t do that without asking, and he says it’s rude. I’ve spoken to another version of myself, one with wings who could See like an Eye, and another Raphaella, and Tim’s spoken to another version of one of his friends from his original universe. Sasha, he said. His world was destroyed, as far as he knows, so that’s why he doesn’t think you’re from the same one.

He calls this his Somewhere Else.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Those are words.

No freaky Eye shit please, thanks. Raphaella? Like the character from the Mechanisms? I know the girl who played her. Raphaella's a character, she's not real.

Are you telling me you're from a world where the Mechanisms of all people are real?

[sickofyoursinging]

Don’t worry, he won’t be depositing any Knowledge into your head anytime soon.

…Yes? I… suppose it makes sense that there are worlds where they’re fictional, but I never quite thought about it. Tim is one of them.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Tim. Gunpowder Tim was an Archivist? Slaughter I get, but. An Archivist?

Huh. Interesting.

You said his world was destroyed. What did it? Which Fear won? Whose ritual worked?

[sickofyoursinging]

It’s a long story. He wasn’t always Tim. Took the name in memoriam. Stayed the Archivist, the Archive, whichever, until he joined me at war.

It feels like dangerous territory to tell you, but it was the Watcher’s Crown. Jonah Magnus. If he managed to live somehow, to come through to here, I’ll kill him again myself.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Hm. Interesting.

The Watcher's Crown, huh?

Yeah. No thank you, I like the world how it is.

Magnus? Hm. Maybe I'll pester Simon about his funding of the Institute. Surely it could go to something better, like more boats.

[sickofyoursinging]

Yea, so did Tim, which is how he ended up here, heh.

Definitely talk to Simon about that. More boats are better than anything to do with that ratty little twink who runs the Institute.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Got it. More Boats. Maybe another space ship. Daedalus was successful after all.

:3

[sickofyoursinging]

I can definitely vouch for another space trip. :3

[sickofyoursinging]

LYF! Kiss marry kill

Marius

Raphaella

Tim

Er... kiss Raphaella, marry Tim, kill Marius, I suppose?

And then kiss him?

Bertie-!

[swarm-mother]

Why do I feel like you chose Tim to marry strictly because you haven't properly met him the way you did Raph and Marius?

[sickofyoursinging]

I am actually a tad closer to Tim than Raph or Marius. Bertie didn’t want either of us to leave her side for long when we arrived on Aurora, so we got to know each other pretty well. Plus, Raphaella doesn’t believe in marriage, and no matter how much Bertie pesters me I refuse to admit to liking Marius in any way other than platonically.

You’ll accept it someday. >:3

Hrmph.

[swarm-mother]

I see, well then that's my mistake I suppose.

I wish you the best of luck realizing just how much you like Marius. Trust me, he's my bestie and such a delight.

[sickofyoursinging]

I- thank you, I suppose?

Does that count as admitting it?

No!

[swarm-mother]

Don't pressure them Bertie, Lyf has to realize their feelings on their own or they'll never properly accept them.

[sickofyoursinging]

Fine, I suppose.

That was quite possibly the most dramatic sigh I’ve ever heard.

[sickofyoursinging]

Hello! A Vast Avatar who I haven't met is a rarity these days :3

-Harriet ( @the-vastness-of-the-sea )

Hello! It's great to meet you! I wish I could say the same; Tim's the only other Avatar I've met, and he's not Vast. What is it like for you? My aspect is the stars, though Tim says that's unusual.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

The sea for me :3

Stars are interesting, I've met a few space based Vast Avatars, not many, but there are some. Met one who just lived in an Ikea once.

[sickofyoursinging]

That sounds great. The sea is lovely. I’ll have to ask Tim if he knows any others of the sea. I think I’d like to meet other space-aspect Vast Avatars someday.

Sounds like the Ikea one might’ve been Spiral too, heh. Tim’s always complaining those stores feel like the Distortion.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Oh yes, Lonely, Spiral, Vast, they all share Ikea. It's very fun!

What does your Tim Serve if not the Vast? Certainly not Spiral if he complains about it.

My girlfriend is of the sea, but she's sadly very wrong about the sea. Sees it as crushing rather than vast.

[sickofyoursinging]

It certainly sounds fun!

My Tim serves the Eye and Slaughter. He’s not sure if he still holds the title, but he was once the Archivist. Or is it Archive? He uses them simultaneously.

Your girlfriend sounds lovely, but does indeed have the wrong opinions about the sea. A shame, truly.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

An Archivist moving to the Slaughter? Interesting, that sounds fun :3 It is a bit of a shame you chose an Archivist of all options, but I can't talk much can I?

Oh Karolina is wonderful, even if she insists on being crushed and arguing about the vastness of the sea.

[sickofyoursinging]

He is fun. We were together before my Becoming. He actually joined the Slaughter for me, and I Became for him. Funny how that worked out, isn't it?

Your Karolina does sound wonderful, despite how wrong she is.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Oh cute.

Tell me, your Tim was once an Archivist, what does he say about the Fairchilds?

[sickofyoursinging]

He’s not really got an opinion, apparently. Thinks Simon is odd, but he’s never met any others. He met Mike Crew once, though. Says he was cordial, at least until he made the mistake of asking about his scar, but he’s dead there. Apparently I’ve brought him around a bit to Vast Avatars since I rejoined him, heh.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Simon's...well he's Simon. Mike's good, refuses to be a Fairchild but hangs out with most of us.

Mike, dead? I saw him an hour ago. What do you mean? Mike's not met any Archivists, not that I've heard

[sickofyoursinging]

This website allows us to speak between worlds, I believe. The version of Mike in Tim’s original universe is dead, and that version of you was of the sky aspect, apparently, though he never met her so it’s possible her involvement with skydiving was at Simon’s request, he says. It’s also possible that Mike wasn’t dead, which is… significantly more horrifying given he was subsequently buried. Tim says. You’re probably not from the same universe, though, because his… how did he phrase it? “Met an unfortunate fate” or something along those lines.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

I.

Okay.

Mike buried? Fuck yeah hope he was dead. Stars above being buried would be worse than death.

Different worlds? Different universes? Really?

Does he have any proof? Any at all?

[sickofyoursinging]

I suppose he could simply allow you to Know, but he wouldn’t do that without asking, and he says it’s rude. I’ve spoken to another version of myself, one with wings who could See like an Eye, and another Raphaella, and Tim’s spoken to another version of one of his friends from his original universe. Sasha, he said. His world was destroyed, as far as he knows, so that’s why he doesn’t think you’re from the same one.

He calls this his Somewhere Else.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Those are words.

No freaky Eye shit please, thanks. Raphaella? Like the character from the Mechanisms? I know the girl who played her. Raphaella's a character, she's not real.

Are you telling me you're from a world where the Mechanisms of all people are real?

[sickofyoursinging]

Don’t worry, he won’t be depositing any Knowledge into your head anytime soon.

…Yes? I… suppose it makes sense that there are worlds where they’re fictional, but I never quite thought about it. Tim is one of them.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Tim. Gunpowder Tim was an Archivist? Slaughter I get, but. An Archivist?

Huh. Interesting.

You said his world was destroyed. What did it? Which Fear won? Whose ritual worked?

[sickofyoursinging]

It’s a long story. He wasn’t always Tim. Took the name in memoriam. Stayed the Archivist, the Archive, whichever, until he joined me at war.

It feels like dangerous territory to tell you, but it was the Watcher’s Crown. Jonah Magnus. If he managed to live somehow, to come through to here, I’ll kill him again myself.

[the-vastness-of-the-sea]

Hm. Interesting.

The Watcher's Crown, huh?

Yeah. No thank you, I like the world how it is.

Magnus? Hm. Maybe I'll pester Simon about his funding of the Institute. Surely it could go to something better, like more boats.

[sickofyoursinging]

Yea, so did Tim, which is how he ended up here, heh.

Definitely talk to Simon about that. More boats are better than anything to do with that ratty little twink who runs the Institute.