https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2026-04-14T22:36:53+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/ https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2020-03-10T12:48:05+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:ai?rev=1583844485&do=diff AI Exploration Vignette Discovery Report Discoverer AI Location 77.78 km, 219.6° Transition Climb the extremely large pine tree at the bottom of the valley until surrounded by branches. Attention 3 Cracks Nascent Crack to The Mutant, none open, no incursions text/html 2020-03-10T12:48:17+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:bet_wimpole?rev=1583844497&do=diff Bet Wimpole From a Reformed Criminal The following is a circular posted through the letterboxes of a number of Muses in Spindle. HappySatisfiedyouGrateful Then thank Bet Wimpole! Bet-ter Consequences: Three Rules for becoming a Happy Muse! text/html 2020-03-10T12:48:27+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:blake_skye?rev=1583844507&do=diff Blake Skye Skyward You are wounded. That's something you’ve believed ever since you were Censored, ever since your wings were taken from you, atrophying in your long starvation. But maybe that's not the case. Or at least not the only way of seeing it. text/html 2020-03-11T11:29:40+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:books_and_awards?rev=1583926180&do=diff Books and Awards Players The GMs are delighted to have awarded the following books: Aric S The Fallen Angel would like to award Blake Skye the book Skellig by David Almond for being the hero Dream needed, not the one it deserved. Chloe S The Double Agent text/html 2020-03-10T12:36:18+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:bridge_between_eternities?rev=1583843778&do=diff A Bridge Between Eternities The Mundane The sky is blue. The grass is green. Birds chirp in the treetops, but not in any meaningful way. They simply do, because they are birds. Humans go about their daily lives, working, eating, sleeping, talking. Through all these things, they tell themselves stories. But none of these stories are true. text/html 2020-03-10T12:48:38+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:brink?rev=1583844518&do=diff Brink プラスウルトラを超えて! Training Day. It's a fun Vignette. A steampunk shounen that both you and Bet can enjoy. You’ve been doing a lot of Vignettes together recently. You both enjoy stories, and it's more fun when you tell them together. text/html 2020-03-10T12:49:00+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:calcifer?rev=1583844540&do=diff Calcifer Think Training “Are you sure about this, Prof? There are a lot of buttons.” You stare worriedly a the huge array of controls laid out in front of you in the Think Train’s cockpit. “Absolutely. Honestly, flying this thing is more of an art than a science. I’m not sure any of these even do anything consistently – except the steering wheel, that’s usually what does the steering. Just start with whichever one text/html 2020-03-10T12:40:21+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:collected_works?rev=1583844021&do=diff The Works of Jo The Reviews are In “” “” “” “” Deep Lake Woods Collected Short Stories of Jo Halwey-Norris, Volume I Contents * i. preface * 1. Decadent Dreams * 63. Atlantia * 78. Journey * 90. Descent * 99. Ascent text/html 2020-03-10T12:49:10+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:cyrus?rev=1583844550&do=diff Cyrus A Force to be Reckoned With At last! Finally! It’s complete! The station glistens above you in the half-light, blocking out the sky with it’s awesome power. Nothing remotely as powerful as this has ever been seen before in Spindle. You feel a kick of adrenaline rushing through you, as you step forward to proclaim the Dream Vanguard’s final, ultimate weapon: the Concept Killer; the Transcendental Terror; the Dream Destroyer. Wait, no – not that last one. text/html 2020-03-10T12:49:20+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:dave?rev=1583844560&do=diff Dave Certainty Dave’s office overlooked the skyline of Spindle. It was too bad his back was to it. His head was hunched over his desk, furiously reading the last of his paperwork for the day. He glanced at the clock in between paragraphs, hoping to finish in time. He had a date tonight after all. text/html 2020-03-10T12:34:35+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:death_of_the_author?rev=1583843675&do=diff Death of the Author “Good work, Arial!” “You too, Thomas. See you tomorrow!” The Warden waves her friend goodbye as she takes off her cap and walks home. On the big screen hanging off the Hall of Opinions, JoTV is broadcasting Jo’s life, as usual. They have been in hospital for quite some time now. They are very old - has been, for quite a long time now. text/html 2020-03-10T15:57:20+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:fall_ever_faster?rev=1583855840&do=diff Fall Ever Faster Holly Hill Perspective On the other side of the door, Miss Peach and the children find themselves in a very busy office. It's the Academy of Thought, and Inquisitives rush around with important sheets of paper and carefully measured mugs of coffee. text/html 2020-03-10T12:43:49+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:farewell?rev=1583844229&do=diff Farewell Jo Hawley-Norris’ funeral took place on an usual winter day. Thick, grey clouds hide the sky. The wind is subdued, yet cold. A great crowd gathers in the local graveyard. There are so many people, the graveyard feels awkwardly cramped. There aren’t usually many people that would come here. There haven’t been many famour people buried here. text/html 2020-03-10T12:49:33+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:finn_der?rev=1583844573&do=diff Finn Der De-Juicinator 3000 A video starts playing. A plucky Finn Der is stood in the middle of the screen. “Greetings, brave muses. This is a training video I’ve produced for the Dream Vanguard to help instruct them on my awesome new contraption, the Concept De-Juic text/html 2020-03-10T12:49:53+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:herbert_horatio_iii?rev=1583844593&do=diff Herbert Horatio III Dragons After weeks of hiking, the weary traveller finally arrives at the lair of the reclusive metadragon. Its presence is confirmed by a cacophany of squelching from further down the cave. Smelling the traveller, the metadragon bursts out of the cave entrance in full flight, knocking them flat. text/html 2020-03-10T12:29:13+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:i_am_the_birdman?rev=1583843353&do=diff I Am The Birdman " There was once a time when the world only made sense when you forced it to. When good Muses lived in fear: fear of those who claimed to be their defenders. They made Justice into a sword and wielded it to teach the people of Spindle that the only truth was might. text/html 2020-03-10T12:50:06+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:jack?rev=1583844606&do=diff Jack Decadent Dreams - Epilogue A young grey whale dashes through the lushly coloured coral reefs, followed by bubbles and the laughter of her friends. “Wait, Grey!” Cries a marlin merman with choppy black hair. He dives through the red and white corals with noble grace, but just can’t quite catch his companion. A sawfish and a sailfish come right after him, though they seem more preoccupied with beating one another in the race, than pursuing the grey whale. A soft chuckle that comes from at… text/html 2020-03-10T12:50:18+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:joseph_caesar?rev=1583844618&do=diff Joseph Caesar Fallen Ever After? Happily Ever After. The last hope of a desperate Muse. Taking one last look at Dave, you play the Card. Its energy surges through your hand; a warmth that fills you with a sense of longing. There is an irony to it all. At the moment of this final chance, you simply want things to be over. To be done. To know the truth. text/html 2020-03-10T12:50:30+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:lorem_ipsum?rev=1583844630&do=diff Lorem Ipsum The Chosen One You’re not standing for this. How dare this Muse threaten Spindle like this? The Dream Vanguard, the Muses that you love, everything that you hold dear? Absolutely not. You will not let this happen. Looming over you, the ‘Twilight’ yawns – the pitted, rocky surface covered in strange mechanical growths, like some technological fungus. The moon visually creaks under the strain of the vast array of equipment that Cyrus has somehow built into it – including the largest… text/html 2020-03-10T12:50:43+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:mister_sir?rev=1583844643&do=diff Squirrel Bank Ten of Masks walks into the new office of the Halftropes and Squirrels Banking Corporation. The masked figure in a trenchcoat standing behind the desk bows slightly in greeting. Bits of stray hair poke through the seams and buttonholes of the coat. text/html 2020-03-10T12:50:56+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:morgana_shadestalker?rev=1583844656&do=diff Morgana Shadestalker The Lizards Remember " “When at long last the final day of Dream came, and we watched Spindle, our birthplace, and for almost half a century our home, pass into Potential, we were greatly saddened. But there was some comfort for us in this time, because Morgana The Great, first of her name, Matriarch of Lizards, did not die with Dream. text/html 2020-03-10T12:51:05+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:morta_bord?rev=1583844665&do=diff Morta Bord All Aboard the Censor-Ship Last week a fierce debate took place in the Hall of Opinion as chaired by Morta Bord. John Strawmann was a proponent of using Censorship more liberally, believing any muse who includes dangerous or otherwise unwelcome themes in a Vignette should be swiftly Censored. Their opponent, Adam Hominem, argued against this and instead in favour of a three strike system. text/html 2020-03-11T02:58:47+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:new_government_established?rev=1583895527&do=diff New Government Established? by Thinkpiece Abstract: An analysis on the effectiveness of governance in the immediate aftermath of the First Tarot Crisis. This paper argues that the strong focus on judicial proceedings and the informal nature of many of the democratic processes proved highly effective at dealing with short-term problems, but allowed fundamental issues to arise in the longer term. The author argues that this was likely due to overcompensation in response to the previous abuses of… text/html 2020-03-10T13:20:34+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:nfws_restored?rev=1583846434&do=diff NFWS Restored After some initial confusion following the Tarot Crisis, NFWS soon returned to functioning as usual. Due to the public concensus for disbanding factions, NFWS was no longer officially a ‘faction’. However, since the headquarters itself was largely unscathed in the Crisis, and the most advanced Juicetronic technologies had always been hosted there, former NFWS members soon returned to their previous offices. text/html 2020-03-10T12:51:15+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:porphyrius_noise?rev=1583844675&do=diff Porphyrius Noise A Poem I watch the lilac clouds begin to part The lightning springs from somewhere in my heart, And splits in twain all sorrows and all joys. It screams through skeins of black midsummer air – And I will stilly, silently prepare text/html 2020-03-10T12:51:26+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:prince_archibald_richmond_rutherford_du_octavio_the_third?rev=1583844686&do=diff Prince Archibald Richmond Rutherford du Octavio the Third Holly Hill: The Wardens and the Squirrels The Warden officer shouted after the squirrels: “By order of the law -” “You are under arrest!” Squeaked Phai the Hatted Warden Fox, who is already leading an air strike on the scattered squirrels. A tiny, shiny warden badge hung round its neck, jiggling as it knocks into the chimes hanging off its conch hat. text/html 2020-03-10T12:51:38+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:prof_bismuth_silver?rev=1583844698&do=diff Prof. Bismuth Silver Dr. T “I hope you now see that for the sacrifices and advancements she made that still affect our lives today, Doctor Mary “Tangle” Chin Po Pin fully deserves her place as one of the most well-known scientists in Spindle's history. That's all I have time for today, as there are so many more researchers to cover, but if you'd be interested in learning more about Dr Tangle's life and research, I'll be following up in more detail in a separate lecture series starting next mon… text/html 2020-03-10T12:51:48+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:retconnor?rev=1583844708&do=diff Retconnor Dreams of a Mundane Life Forget-Me-Not and the fierce snowleopard Snowdrop return to their room, exhausted having spent the day hunting down and slaying the terrible swamp beast of Port Meadjo. Forget-Me-Not takes off their armour, places their sword in the corner of the room, and gets ready for bed. Snowdrop jumps on them and curls up, purring. It was a good fight, and a great day. They close their eyes, and sleep peacefully drifts over them, whisking them away to the dear land … text/html 2020-03-10T16:04:42+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:secret_quirks?rev=1583856282&do=diff Secret Quirks Work In Progress had a large number of secret Quirks which popped up over the course of the game. Many, but not all, were associated with Concepts. Here is a list of all of them. Concept Quirks Though the number of Concepts in the Transcendental is probably infinite, some had a prominent role to play in text/html 2020-11-25T01:56:34+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:squirrel_wars?rev=1606269394&do=diff Squirrel War Off in the distance of Far Dream, a squirrel kingdom and a fox tribe fight a war, unobserved by Musekind. With the foxes' new thumbs and the squirrels' various genetic enhancements, neither side is able to gain a decisive adantage, and the fight continues to escalate, with the only real winner being the lizards selling increasingly advanced armaments to both sides. The war burns slowly and steadily, until one day, Jo dies, the narrative still unresolved as the entire battlefield an… text/html 2020-03-10T13:40:20+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:tarot_crisis?rev=1583847620&do=diff The Second Tarot Crisis The following is an extract taken from ‘Concept Clashes: An Eternal Problem?’ by Herbert Horatio III. While the origins of the term ‘the Tarot Crisis’ are lost in mystery, the consequences of such a spectacular event seem set to define the nature of Spindle for the foreseeable future. Looking back with the hindsight of several years, we hope that such issues can be prevented going forward – and that such large-scale acts of destruction will never be repeated. Much like … text/html 2020-03-10T12:51:58+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:tek_tempest?rev=1583844718&do=diff Tek Tempest Juice As you walk in, the selection is quite overwhelming. Who knew there were so many types of Juice? No -- not Juice -- juice. Fruit juice. Jo interrupts your staring at the menu. “If you don't know what to try, I quite like the banana and strawberry smoothie. I know you're quite new to text/html 2020-03-10T12:52:10+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:that_shady_guy?rev=1583844730&do=diff That Shady Guy The Most Practical Action There Ever Was Some eighty Muses crowd the small immigration office behind you. You shift shadily in your seat. You were always worried something like this might happen. “Alright,” you say, “Just be cool and follow my lead. Is everyone here? Wait, where's Morgana?” text/html 2020-03-10T12:52:21+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:thinkpiece?rev=1583844741&do=diff Thinkpiece An Usual Busy Afternoon in the Café “Lovely to see you on this beautiful day, Ma’am. What can I get you?” “A cup of coffee, please.” “Of course. What flavour would you like today? Autumn Nostalgia? Concentrated Concentration? Or if you can't make up your mind, we have just got some more Ambiguous Ambivalence.” text/html 2020-03-10T12:52:32+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:twist?rev=1583844752&do=diff Twist On the Rocks With a Twist You stand back in the early-afternoon dreamlight and admire your work. Four walls, a roof, a few windows. Approximately the size of a shed, walls smooth and featureless. At least from the outside, but this took you all day – this building is far more than it seems. You step inside and look around the functional but bland space. Far larger than the room had any right to be from the outside, you have a fully functional <del>cocktail<\del> twisttail bar, with drink… text/html 2020-03-10T12:27:57+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:twistillery?rev=1583843277&do=diff Twistillery Grand Opening Somewhere out in Far Dream, in the middle of nowhere, there is a small building. Sounds drift out from inside, cheerful laughter and the clinking of glasses. It sounds far too crowded for a building that size – and besides, it doesn’t have a door text/html 2020-03-10T12:52:43+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:victoria_hugh-beaumont?rev=1583844763&do=diff Victoria Hugh-Beaumont Decadent Dreams: Scene 5 … Manta pulls away. As she reaches out to brush Grey’s cheek, she stops. In her hand is a card, which she looks at with uncertainty. Grey takes her hand, gently, firmly. The card sizzles away. text/html 2020-03-10T12:42:30+00:00 https://wip.chaosdeathfish.com/eternity:view_from_the_players?rev=1583844150&do=diff A View from the Players Jo walks into the room, twenty minutes late, weighed down by a disorganised stack of papers half as tall as they are. The players, already at the table, look upon with some concern. “Would you… like a hand with that?” Ali begins.