The Nexus

[Green Goo] And thus Rowan learns that he really IS a cartoon dragon. Maybe he should take that a little more seriously from now on. Mariblex' evasive tactic works! Their cytoskeleton flattens out, as does their core, and those are the only tentatively solid things in their body to begin with. The ...

[Aikobaz's Very Bad Day] Well! This is a pretty exciting development! "Primordial bad like big goopy Uncle Jay sort of bad?" Juibi inquires of Koko. She mostly just hangs back while Mary is busy being bewildered by this development, though she does offer, "Brewer! My parents made bee...

[Englebrook] Thus our heroes set off! They have a pretty big problem to solve, but as stalwart heroes they're sure to succeed! With the celestial strength of Octavia and the corruption devouring presence of a petty god and Blank's... ...uuh... Shield bonking powers? They're sure to succeed! Their w...

[Not a Date] "Oh that's just my bright, luminous personality coming through!" Bismuth replies, sounding completely earnest in that explanation. She waits a good four seconds or so to give Darko time to look skeptical before ACTUALLY answering the question. "White slimes pull in heat ...

[Not a Date] Missing the glow WOULD be kind of difficult, yes. And in truth she DOES glow at least in part because of Asami. She's a white slime dragon instead of a green slime dragon thanks to Juibi metabolizing all that divinely power light. She wouldn't mind the question, either. Learning is fun...

[The Mound] She is a gob and she's digging a hole. Diggy diggy hole. Diggy diggy hole. Digging into the earth, it isn't long before Iknika unearths what looks like... Okay seriously it looks like a magical bomb. A big capsule with a corroded clockwork readout and mechanisms for setting it. Part of ...

[Return] A knife? Seriously? Khannie keeps a respectful distance. She's tangled with enough knife wielding thugs to have a pretty good idea of what lunging range is. She's pretty sure she could evade or block but really it's better to just hang outta stabbing reach. Her horn still crowned with a pl...

[Creepy Doll Tree] The tradiguard lacks eyes (why would it need them?) and thus it utterly fails to notice Darko's farewell. But that's fine. The creature exudes an aura of chill. Not like... Freezing things. Bismuth can do that though she typically suppresses it because draining the heat from her ...

[Creepy Doll Tree] And while all these things are happening Bismuth is dutifully taking notes! She pretty sure that first one tossed rocks everywhere, based on the sound and smell. But it'll take confirmation from Darko for her to realize they're semi-precious stones! ... She totally grabs a few. S...

[Creepy Doll Tree] Juiblex is general is well served by their very positive attitude. They're friendly and gregarious and pretty much always happy! Some people find the exuberance exhausting but Bismuth is quite happy that Darko doesn't seem to mind. "Great! Let's try again," Bismuth says...

[Abandoned Motorway - Alice's Camp] Huh. Well, she did see the resemblance. But that's still kinda surprising. This is some grade-A Nexus serendipity right here for sure. "I'm Khannie Vallarm," the unicorn replies. This lady musta seen some weird stuff on her travels to totally fail to bl...

[Chaos] The fugitive and her captor speeding deeper into the forest does indeed give Solahart more space to act. Weaving between the trees and around the underbrush, Mensei will find that the very forest itself seems to be impeding her progress while doing little to hamper Sineran. Branches catch a...

[Englebrook] "This is gunna be one of those one step at a time things, I think," Khannie replies, floating out the stone in a jar they had collected earlier. It looks just as unpleasant and full of abyssal corruption as it did before. "I'm pretty sure I can break these things. Like, ...

[Creepy Doll Tree] The shadow amulet IS really helpful. But it was designed to draw from the user's natural magic, too. Probably Darko has so much that isn't a big deal, right? Right. Bismuth perks up a little when the magic happens and the monkey scampers off into the grass. Hopefully not to go fi...

[Richard's Residence] "She's a sweetheart once she gets to know you, aren't you Gwen?" Geneva says. Gwen makes a noncommittal bird noise in reply. She'll be sticking close to her mom and watching Jace cautiously for a while yet. "So how has your new perspective on life been treating y...

[Aiko's Very Bad Day] Lots of sticking around because hugging Juibi just got Koko sticky again. The slime dragon gives a good natured sigh and shakes her box of baking soda at the succubus again. BUT THEN! A surprising development! "...I've got nothing. I have no idea where this came from, how...

[Creepy Doll Tree] See you would think it's nothing like an old western standoff, but when you hear that bard over there practicing his tense dramatic music and then a tumbleweed rolls past all of a sudden the comparison is really apt. The monkey squints menacingly back at Darko and bears its teeth...

Zee gives a little wave to remind Raheeda that yes, she is in fact here. For some definition of here. "Sure! I'll send a message up to him that the people he sent out on a quest got back," Zee says. "I'm sure he'll want to hear about the results." Then? She pushes a big red butto...

[Green Goo] Rowan brandishes a muffin! As he's holding the treat toward the slime queen the big sack of goop lashes out with a psudopod and snatches it from him like a chameleon snagging a bug. Just as quickly it's retracted back into the queen slime's mass. While this is going on Mariblex reaches ...

[Green Goo] "Blurururl!" replies the queen slime to these questions. While a nonsense reply, it's notable that wasn't a reply that involved violently causing harm to our heroes. Which... Is something? Better than getting bombarded with a wave of goop and broken weapons at least. The monste...

[The Mound] "Well if we're gunna assume he isn't a dope then either he's got something tricky planned or he's gunna go after somewhere small," Khannie reasons as her eyes follow to what Koshal is probably referring to. The big heap of dirt over there. That one's gotta different colored fl...

[Green Goo] Aaaand they're off! Our heroes set off once again, making their way down the tunnels spotted and patched with mold growths. Though, oddly, there's none of the russet brown mold that poses a significant health hazard. Just fuzzy blue-green stuff about the color you might expect to find o...

[Draco Street Bakery] Lex just shrugs and eats another cookie. Trying to fit living things into neat little boxes doesn't strike him as a very important activity. But then again, his interest is in other realms of knowledge. Whether something is the same species or not seems way to subjective too h...

[Return] The lightning bolt arcs through the unicorn, causing her to grit her teeth and her muscles to clench up right before she kind of... Explodes? There's a splash of shadows, smearing them across the floor as she vanishes. And when the vanishes the corruption leaking out of the hole burned int...

"It's a wrap with lamb, yogurt and vegetables in it. They're really good!" Zee replies brightly. "And don't worry, all the food on the every-day menu has names like that. They're all references to an old game that was really popular when the tavern was opened years ago." How many...

[Creepy Doll Tree] That seems to be a whole thing with Juiblex, doesn't it? The whole of existence is a fun adventure. So why would Bismuth be intimidated by Darko's magic? It's just one more facet of the grand journey. "Probably! That's what I think will happen, too, BUT! We never know until ...

[The Richards' Residence] As Jace moves in to take advantage over the pillows he'll spy Gwen laying near one of the windows watching clouds rolling past. But as soon as she realizes there are STRANGE PEOPLE in the home she hides behind the nearest couch. Geneva makes a very bird like chuckling nois...

[Green Goo] "People know not slime queen's ways. Slime queen dwells in tunnels," the chief replies, pointing toward the tunnel leading out of the village. "If you are mighty the go. If you are weak then go. You will live or die." Wow. That isn't much of a pep talk, is it? It sou...

[Crash Site: Control Room] Olympia's eyes are flicking back and forth between the wound and the readout on the little medical scanner when all of a sudden Athena comes vaulting into the chamber and the SUPER TALL lady begins throwing threats. Seriously? Is that how it's gunna be? "Hey, chill, ...

[Draco Street Bakery] Wow that's a whole lot of unspoken speculation! Sadly Lex can't hear any of it and so he doesn't have anything to say. BUT! He might learn the answers to some of those questions as time goes on! After all, he only hatched recently and he's still learning how to dragon properly...