( Part I , XII , XIV )
There is coincidence, and there is Coincidence. The latter had a habit of dropping on people just when they were about to enjoy afternoon snacks, while the former seemed to be responsible for the rampaging Invader, the discovery or rediscovery of Infinity or Forever or whatever the massive word underneath the foundation of the Wordspace was, and the long delayed returns of the Ordinals to the known Wordspace. Oh, and the presence of Sorpresa, a fun but unexpected visitor from another world.
Mystery looked over at Sorpresa, who was looking down randomly at the Wordspace below, pensively. He apparently had no idea what was happening. Ground, Air, Water and Fire had united for the first time in recent history, and after two of them had been defeated by the rampaging giant word from places unknown. The massive words were below them, communing as only the Elementals could. War and her cohort were making attempts on the Invader, but very ineffectually in the distance.
"Misterio?"
Mystery jumped, caught as he had been in his own contemplative phase, at Sorpresa's question. "Sorpresa?"
"¿Es una ocasion muy rara, si??"
"Occasion? Rare? Yes." Mystery nodded a few syllables emphatically.
"Si..." Sorpresa seemed to be thinking deeply about something. Then he jumped off of Cloud into nothing.
"What the --- ?!" Mystery crawled over to the edge, even as Cloud pulled a sharp turn to try and go after their mad friend from another space.
"He's okay." Murmured Cloud, in some quiet surprise.
"What?" Mystery looked over and saw a big white sheet of punctuation gliding slowly to the ground. "What in the Wordspace is that?"
Cloud didn't respond. She was on the move.
The sheet hit the ground, and he watched Sorpresa ran up to Ground and hitched a ride. The Elementals seemed to be on the move. Massively. Thunderously. They might have been the biggest pacifists in the world that they knew, but they were definitely a force to be reckoned with. Maybe they hadn't need War after all?
Mystery would have been even more surprised if he had seen Club arriving with his own reinforcements.
* * *
At this point, Coincidence almost certainly had arrived with a camera, just in time to take a snapshot of the Elemental reunion.
* * *
The eye of Infinity was vast, and looked at Dream, occasionally blinking.
"Do you know us?" Asked Dream.
Infinity waited for what seemed an eon before answering.
"Know? No. Yes. Who?"
"Us."
"Ah..."
Dream realised that this might take a while.
To be continued.
Note:
No more live posts until after the weekend trip. Have fun, imaginary readers. Beware mad people on busses!
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