The SSSS Scriptorium

[Sigrid Marie]

Because I have an evil mind, I can't help picturing what happened about 30 minutes after the end of this story:

That's absolutely perfect

[Sunflower]

Also, I like Lalli lazily pushing his hand against Emil's face to make him stop moving.  Cats do that exact same thing!

[Sigrid Marie]

Hahaha, I guess they do (I've never had a cat). I just feel like that's something Lalli would do.

[Paul Ferris]

1. Tuuri pads into the kitchen, hoping to sneak a piece of dried fruit from Mikkel's porridge-making stash before everyone else wakes up. 
2. Peeking through the cockpit door to make sure Emil won't catch her, she lets out an EEEE! of delighted amusement.
3. A confused series of grunts, bangs, and then a loud THUD as Emil wakens with a start, flails about, and falls heavily to the floor.  A softer THUMP as Lalli, ejected from his warm nest, neatly lands on his feet.  He gives Tuuri the outraged stare of a cat rudely deprived of its sleep. 
4. Tuuri giggles as Emil, red-faced, shouts "NO!  No!  It's not what it looks like!"
5. Mikkel, woken by the ruckus, looms up behind Tuuri in the doorway.  Instantly sizing up the situation, he very theatrically turns his eyes away as if to say, "Aw, let's give the happy couple some privacy."  (And stifles a chuckle behind one massive hand.)

Too cute! It'd be nice to have upvoteable replies.

[Rae]

Also, I like Lalli lazily pushing his hand against Emil's face to make him stop moving.  Cats do that exact same thing!

I thought that was perfect too.  One of my cats does just about the opposite though -- he crawls up on my chest in the very early morning, then pats my face to get me to scratch his ears. And purrs so loud he drools, of course.

[Solovei]

Also, I like Lalli lazily pushing his hand against Emil's face to make him stop moving.  Cats do that exact same thing!

Thankfully for Emil, at least Lalli doesn't have claws... that we know of

[Sharion]

In response to Solovei's "Dreams", with her permission and encouragement, I bring to you the story as told from Lalli's POV.

Besides the great description of cat behaviour (if you don't have one, I have to assume that you are one ), I like the way you painted that early morning mood, and also the parallel between the stealth of a tired "cat" and sunrise.

Thankfully for Emil, at least Lalli doesn't have claws... that we know of

He has a knife, though. And he seems to know how to use it.

I love it!  Even though your story does contradict my claim that Lalli fails some basic functions of cat-hood, such as purring and keeping your lap warm...

Technically, if I understood well, he lied on Emil's chest and along his side, not in his lap. (Except, if Swedes also have a heartbeat in their stomach - in which case, I'm going to shout TROLL! so loud that Admiral Olsen will beg for the receipt. Although, after having only four toes...)

Because I have an evil mind, I can't help picturing what happened about 30 minutes after the end of this story

Haha. You left out only the part where someone tries to document it. A troll somewhere in Kastrup would get the surprise of it's life when a camera would land on one of it's heads.

[Solovei]

Technically, if I understood well, he lied on Emil's chest and along his side, not in his lap. (Except, if Swedes also have a heartbeat in their stomach - in which case, I'm going to shout TROLL! so loud that Admiral Olsen will beg for the receipt.

That's how I originally envisioned it~

[JoB]

Reposted from the comments/Disqus per Aggelikis request ...

* krcchhhh * * krrRRk * * tchhh *
"Hello, Torbjörn? This is Tuuri, do you hear me?"
"Expedition, this is HQ, Trond speaking. Yes, I copy."
"Uh ... okay. We seem to have a problem here, I'm afraid ..."
"You can't see or move at all?"
"Yes! How do you know?"
"It's the same over here, it's called a chapter break."
"... what's a 'chapter' and how can it just break us all!?"
"... no, 'break' as in 'taking a week off'. Or several, actually. With the scarcity of visions among the mages recently, it seems that the Divine Buffer ran quite empty."
"I'm afraid that I don't understand a word you say ..."
"In summary, when the Gods haven't had the time to plan out our everyday fate, they put us mere mortals on standby. The important ones, that is, so it didn't affect you until you became part of this expedition."
"Hmmmm. But how are we able to communicate by radio, then?"
"I'm afraid I can't do more than guess on that one. It seems that our radios got squirreled away into the Forgotten Props Limbo by the Holiness of the Plot before the break started, and that we can reach and operate them from the limbo we're now in ourselves ..."
"Well, His name be praised for this foresight, then!"
"Her name, you mean? "
"... oh no. I angered her now, didn't I?"
"Hardly, it's quite obvious she loves having us mortals confused about genders every now and then. Matter of fact, some of her acolytes keep using the wrong gender in their speech so as to show their devotion."
"Huh. That's not the standard Plotter rite, is it?"
"No. It's more common for them to just up and get utterly drunk whenever they hear someone confuse genders."
"... I think I see why that's the more popular school. But back to the expedition, what are we going to do now?"
"Nothing. That's what the Gods want us to do 'til they figured out some future for us."
"Gee, those 'chapter breaks' sound like a really boring thing to go through."
"Boring enough to finally remember your standing order to radio in daily reports, hmmmm?"
"....... yes. :C"

[P__]

 
can't write anything more constructive sorry

[Fimbulvarg]

Reposted from the comments/Disqus per Aggelikis request ...

"You can't see or move at all?"
"Yes! How do you know?"
"It's the same over here, it's called a chapter break."
"... what's a 'chapter' and how can it just break us all!?"
"... no, 'break' as in 'taking a week off'. Or several, actually. With the scarcity of visions among the mages recently, it seems that the Divine Buffer ran quite empty."
"I'm afraid that I don't understand a word you say ..."
"In summary, when the Gods haven't had the time to plan out our everyday fate, they put us mere mortals on standby. The important ones, that is, so it didn't affect you until you became part of this expedition."

Well, there's breaking the fourth wall and then there's pulverizing the fourth wall with a wrecking ball.

[JoB]

Well, there's breaking the fourth wall and then there's pulverizing the fourth wall with a wrecking ball.

Lemme compare my notes with Emil to see whether we can come up with a third approach re: walls ...

[P__]

Lemme compare my notes with Emil to see whether we can come up with a third approach re: walls ...

Not sure meta-universal walls are flammable but it's probably worth a try è_é

[SeaAngel]

Not sure meta-universal walls are flammable but it's probably worth a try è_é

They might not be flammable but they sure are meltable 

[P__]

They might not be flammable but they sure are meltable 

but... but... but melting boring ... it doesn't make hair shine in the dancing lights as if was coming alive