QNE, DIQTATED.

[qball]

Alright, alright, I come in peace, take me to your leader, you know the drill. Really, take me to your leader, I need to talk to whoever's in charge here. Just so you know, whoever you are, whatever you're trying to accomplish, here? Is going to get you into way more trouble than it's worth. Have you ever made an omnipotent being angry before?

As for the rest of you, as a method of communication, aren't books a bit, I don't know, outdated?

Comments

[losemycherry]

What's wrong with books? I mean yeah, I know there's the Web, and e-books, and stuff, but still there's nothing better than that "new book smell," not yet anyway.

[qball]

Wood pulp? How 22ed century.

[losemycherry]

Uhh...so you're from the future?

[kid_apocalypse]

I'd love you take you to our leader...if...you know, we had one. Paradisa's kind of a functional anarchy sort of thing, and no one's stepped forward to actually claim responsibility for bringing us all here.

As for making an omnipotent being angry...the castle fixes itself. I've tried destroying a few different parts of the castle just to see if it was possible...and it's really not.

Anyway, I kinda like the journals for communication. Sure, it's not as fancy as digital communication, but there's sort of a cool, tactile sort of quality to communicating with a paper journal.

[qball]

Does all of your species talk this much?

[qball]

...basically.

[kid_apocalypse]

I dunno. I just like talking to people, especially new people. Never know who you're gonna run into, you know?

[qball]

Usually, I do, because usually, I'm not constrained to the requirements of linear time! [He becomes a bit shouty by the end.]

[kid_apocalypse]

Lemme guess, you're some kind of omnipotent being who's used to being aware of anything you want to be at any given time? There's a girl in my school like that. Paradisa's probably taken some of your powers away. It...sorta does that without asking.

[Congrats, Q, you're talking to the one kid who doesn't find omnipotence or omnipresence all that far-fetched. He's also best friends with a bug alien and a pink-haired mind-controller. He's not impressed by your tantrum.]

[qball]

Yes, yes, I've noticed the dampening fields. It's all very quaint.

[kid_apocalypse]

Not to mention annoying. Paradisa took away my ability to fly. Not that it's omnipotence or universal awareness or anything, but everyone here's got to deal with something that's been taken from them. Jusst sorta the price we pay for being here, being able to ask for whatever physical thing we want...except for weapons.

[qball]

But I can already do that. Some 'price'.

[kid_apocalypse]

Well, the way I see it, Paradisa gives us these losses to mess with us mainly, but I think also to challenge us. Make us think about how we do things from a different perspective. I can't fly any more, but I can jump, or someone can throw me, or someone else who flies can carry me. It's just a matter of adapting.

[qball]

Yes, yes, whatever, I'm a Q.

[kid_apocalypse]

I...don't know what that's supposed to mean, sorry. What's a Q?

[qball]

Me!

[kid_apocalypse]

You're gonna have to be a little more specific. Are you a Q in the same way that I'm a mutant?

[qball]

I don't know, because I'm stuck in linear time!

[originalcopy]

Welcome to Wonderfuck Mr. Omnipotent being.

[qball]

Ugh, sarcasm. Almost as outdated as books.

[kid_apocalypse]

[Evan sighs in exasperation. Even Ruth, who often saw the future and the past at the same time, wasn't as aggravating to have a conversation with.]

You're just going to have to get used to thinking in three dimensions, Q, because you're stuck here until the castle lets you leave. I'm assuming that Q is both your name, and your species, kinda like the Bamfs back home. You're used to thinking of time in any way you choose to, which makes me think that you've usually got a measure of omnipotence that's above human understanding. Have I got it right so far?

[ichy]

There is no leader, so far as I can tell.

[qball]

You'll just have to get used to the ambiguity.

[qball]

Ichy! At least someone interesting is here.

[ichy]

You're mistaken. My name isn't "Ichy."