Philippe

With Kieran’s mutual aid agreement partially fulfilled, Kieran still sees the remaining obligation to Ranevargar as paramount. Ranevargar stated the case and need to prevent the fall of the High Castle defenses, and of protecting the High King for the security of the Realms, but Kieran only knows of betrayal to himself and the companions. Kieran and Ranevargar lack contact with lords other than Maynor since learning of the challenge to the king and of realm rule. The.High King is “believed” to be honorable and loyal to the Realms but he allowed Maynor’s deceit to compromise his integrity; with his own son no less. Was/Is his desire for Keryth to be Non-widderkin forgivable, or is it an indicator of his willingness to compromise himself and others to retain absolute rule. Maynor will be launching his brutal attack on the High Castle soon. Kieran will either bear witness to his fall or empower him with aid beyond justification. The energy flows alone should highlight the dangers to realm order but will, and should, aid be given before the High King suffers the binding of his mind and the assault on nexus controls? Will Kieran be able to protect the Realm if he himself is under attack from those whom should be worth of trust? Kieran needs his full memory and awareness to stand in judgement of the king, as his father and a king, and of others within the Realms, but at what cost to himself and the companions. The companions are amazingly resilient, but timing is critical; for the king, for Ranevargar, and for the Realms. With Ranevargar “Rhys.renewed,” will his ambitions of the past compromise his integrity of today? If such conflict arises, will Maurice concede to the maker or stay true to his realm? Will Maurice be capable, or capable of evolving, to subjective deliberations of the greater good for the Realms/Worlds? Will the High King seek the same renewal? at any costs? Was the right of Keryth’s succession the real cause of the King’s deceit?

Given that environment, it makes those restraint “growths” all the more exciting. 🤗

I thought it to be a...fuzzy cockpit?? 🤷‍♂️

Hmmm, where were we? Ranevargar is still less than whole now, but has recovered much he lost in his overextended efforts to secure Maurice in stasis. With the return of much of his long lost memories and lordly knowledge from Maurice, Ranevargar has much more confidence in facing Maynor. Yet Ranevargar and other lords of the Realms still remain perplexed with much of Kieran’s abilities to call upon and weave the nexus energies; with a stone yet unknown to them. From within the ancient castle fortress of the dead realm, Kieran calls upon the Pearl, then calls upon the Opal; calls falling short of the vast energies required to animate Maurice. So Kieran calls again, to double his efforts, with those calls Kieran has to step up his mastery of weaving power to restore Maurice’s powers. It appears the Opal recognized its home and the high calls of Kieran; the call is answered but not before the big reorganization and rebalancing of the nexus which now yields a purer nexus energy. The high king and lords now bear witness to the return of nexus purity elusive to all but the ancients; times when the adepts created the Realms and Realm Stones. Powers lost and mostly all but forgotten. To heal and restore Maurice’s functionality in time to rescue Ranevargar before the manic Maynor can apply forces sure to break him, Kieran must call again for power. The calls answered, but not without Kieran bringing forth an insistent call for energies; getting that not of the Pearl, not of the Opal, not of the nexus either, but of the realms? It appears Kieran and the companions have been found worthy and pure guardian Angeles of the Realms.

Well now, Steve Miller would be so proud..."Well met, my pompatus Guardian. My heart rejoices with your safe recovery." What a wonderful application of the only single word capable of defining MAURICE!

While I knew your story was new to me, I actually forgot it was was your only story on GA. Now you profess it to be your only published or shared work; bravo. The ability to take thoughts and emotions of the heart, put them into words in such a way as to have others adopt the characters and their emotions as real, is a huge credit to your writing skills. Thanks for sharing The Calculus Connection. I throughly enjoyed your tale and hope you’ll have more to share soon.

Congrats, I’m so happy for you. The technology issues are so frustrating when robbing you of such time and effort; been there too often.

Late to class, no wonder it confused you! lol 🤭😉

I wish we could understand the equivalent maturity of Chomper in his development, but it seems all concerned are learning by observation. The blend of human / alien dragon instincts are sure to provide some unexpected “entertainment” again soon!

WHAT? NEVER say never or it’s too late, CIA is just thinking about adding any time now...she will...some time soon... I’m sure? I hope?

Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing!

Aiden is honorable enough to feel betrayed himself, and knows the honorable thing for Heath is to expose the toad and their company for what it is and what they’ve done. But then the shame... this means (in Aiden’s mind): Heath was really correct and Aiden really wasn’t getting a promotion, Aiden wouldn’t let himself see or believe many truths as he blindly pursued that promotion carrot 🥕; he really is a failure and the one person he’s learned to love has now been ruined by his own actions. Bad, bad, bunny! Such shame and humiliation...ring the bell and leave...Heath is better without him. I have faith in Heath and his methods to release that information and use the support given by Aiden; this will expose the Toad and the Health Shakers while exonerating not only Heath but Aiden as a whistle blower to a deceptive management, and most likely company; contracts be damned, as the misrepresentation in itself has breached any legal binding agreement and risked the health of many by such greed. Heath has to act fast, Aiden has a running start but is now about to be swept away by the tidal surges he is now partly responsible for, within the health drink market and emotionally with his ex-boyfriend; he didn’t chose the company over Heath.! Heath will have to be quick as the bunny runs wild, in his own panic driven circle ⭕️, in disparate need of claiming....ahem...calming.

A great story with lots of twists and turns, from tears of pain to tears of joy, your story brought it all to play. Thank you so much for sharing your talents and alter self with us all. Consider yourself hugged in sincere appreciation. 🥰

Chomper understand, fire dangerous, fire bite, fire sting, fire special, me train, me teach, me like!

I promise, my hands are not shaking, the earth is not quaking, it just duplicated (all night long) on it own. 🤷‍♂️

No problem, Dathi. As Palantir brings Maurice’s personality forward the song plays even louder in my mind; though I doubt Maynor will hear the same tune! Take care, Philippe

No problem, Dathi. As Palantir brings Maurice’s personality forward the song plays even louder in my mind; though I doubt Maynor will hear the same tune! Take care, Philippe

Maurice does seem to be a joker, and Rhys would probably lay out the pun of a smoking introduction, as to the toker...Maurice is certainly hooked on the energy he’s a stoner for; I guess the 70’s kinda fits Maurice in more than name! 😳

My favorite.

🤣😂😆😉😘

I think in your part of the world it was Hip Hip Hoorah 🤔.

I think in your part of the world it was essentially the same movie released here but called Hip Hip Hoorah 🤔.

Laura, you’re most welcome. Even I appreciate tomatoes 🍅, in fact, your twisted and frustrating storyline has made me reflect on the value of tomatoes. For instance, ketchup is important to our youth as they “learn” the many benefits of this wonderful fruit. Since twisted is the way you present your storyline, and the pleasure of your stories evoke similar feelings, please take a moment to enjoy The Ketchup Effect: Yup, just like another chapter of a Laura S. Fox story. 😂 As to the reference of two idiots, neither you nor I need join those ranks as, your “leading men” (that is oxymoronic at this point) have those billets tied up and most secure.

Yes indeed, but now with increased confidence to protect those memories and a critical need for a better understanding of their situation, it would appear a very favorable risk to take by giving the memories back. The shift in the Nexus energy, both use and clarity, but even more importantly who restructured the Nexus energies and distribution for he himself doesn’t understand that level of manipulation; the sense of awe was underlying his emotions. Yet something so far beyond him left him more still more concerned with Maynor. Did he sense the same feel or signature as the power and shields of Kieran? Or does his limitations give him the more vague sense of purity in purpose? In any case, the restructuring helped buy him time and returned precious energy to fortify the defenses.

My apologies, the uncle. 🤭 Believe me when I say this posted a little passed the mid point of my eight hour drive from visiting family. I took a break and read the chapter!