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Question The Autumn Leaves
- Arcanist Lupus
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We haven't seen much of Nick since he and AJ arrived at Whateley. I wonder what trouble he's gotten into?
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
- E. E. Nalley
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791
- Katssun
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Somebody made a very good psychic impression on her that stuck.

It all sorts of adds up at this point. Wicked is "Jennifer Kelly" on paper. Jennifer Kelly in 2016 is an amnesiac jewel thief who doesn't know why she knows what Whateley is, looks like someone Kayda and Lanie miss dearly, is in a lesbian relationship, is "a lot tougher than she looks," dresses fashionably, acts with professionalism and grace, coiled reflexes, curvy, and gives off the air of a secret agent.
Gee...who could that be.
Also, trouble in paradise city for Mr. and Mrs. Cody? Say it ain't so!
- mhalpern
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Any Bad Ideas I have and microscene OC character stories are freely adoptable.
- Katssun
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IDTWIKA 4, Good Cop/Bad Cop, Laura and the Village, now Autumn Leaves, and Kodiak Conspiracy 1.
- Yolandria
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Mistress of the shelter for lost and redeemable Woobies!
- Dreamer
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Below is a stream of conscious commentary I type up as I read the story. There will details from the story included in it. If you have not read the story yet and don't wish to have details of it spoiled, read no further.
The Autumn Leaves comments
A plaque and bust for Carson, boy, way to give up hope they are still alive somewhere, I would hold off for at least 6 months with a mysterious disappearance like that.Perhaps most sadly in a corner stood a bust on a pedestal with a little bronze plaque that read simply, "Clifford A. R. Alexander, Ph. D. Headmaster 1965-1978."
A memorial, a bronze bust of a beautiful young woman and Lanie places a single white rose and calls her my love, Tansy! Talking to her as if she was there, talk about pain. Wyatt getting an MD to go with his Psychiatric degree, definitely would be a good thing. Talking to her about the kids, Junior crushing on Laura, oh boy. Talking about Wyatt, pain in her voice. Yikes, blames herself for Tansy being gone, saying it should have her her instead, just what happened.
Meeting with Kayda and Debra in Saint Louis, at least she has a way to help her deal with the loss. Trying to get Kayda to avoid New York, sounds like what happened it did there. Laura shows up and ask Lanie if she is okay.
Okay, I want to know what happened now more than ever."Tansy Penelope Walcutt," Laura read from the stone. "Beloved daughter, lover and friend, September 25th 1989 to October 1st 2013."
"Make every second count, Laura," the teacher told the student seriously. "Don't waste a moment with someone who doesn't like you or makes you feel bad. Cling tightly to those you love, and don't ever worry whether someone approves or not. You never know how many moments you have."
Short and sweet, with a lot of heart-wrenching. I can see why in a previous story Kayda was going crazy while in New York, thinking she saw Tansy, holding out hope she is still alive. With all that happens in the Whateley Universe, one can only hope she is still alive if no body was found. And an excellent message at the end.
Thank You for story comments appreciated and help me know me they are being read and liked.

- E. E. Nalley
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791
- Katssun
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- Arcanist Lupus
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Topic Author
Although now I'm starting to wonder what percentage of the people remembered in the Remembrance Garden are actually dead. I'm guessing that it's most of them, but that the percentage is still significantly lower than the usual for such spaces.
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
- Phoenix Spiritus
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Arcanist Lupus wrote: EE, you managed to pack a great deal of heartbreak in a very small story.
Although now I'm starting to wonder what percentage of the people remembered in the Remembrance Garden are actually dead. I'm guessing that it's most of them, but that the percentage is still significantly lower than the usual for such spaces.
They are all 'dead'... for certain definitions of 'dead'
- Rose Bunny
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... Hmm.
High-Priestess of the Order of Spirit-Chan
- Anne
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Adopt my story: here
Nowhereville discussion
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- Domoviye
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This was a great short story. It had all the necessary emotion, with no fat or superfluous parts.
Can't say much more than that.
- Arcanist Lupus
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Topic Author
That song is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the one by Nat King Cole.Domoviye wrote: Having not heard the song in years my first thought when I saw the title was a song by Canadian group called Billy Talent.
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This was a great short story. It had all the necessary emotion, with no fat or superfluous parts.
Can't say much more than that.

On the other hand, if you're looking for an alternative title/title song, Forever Autumn (by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass) is a good fit.
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
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- Domoviye
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Yeah, but I listen to punk and rock a lot. Nat King Cole, I'll listen to, but usually only if it's someone else's or on the radio.Arcanist Lupus wrote:
That song is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the one by Nat King Cole.Domoviye wrote: Having not heard the song in years my first thought when I saw the title was a song by Canadian group called Billy Talent.
This was a great short story. It had all the necessary emotion, with no fat or superfluous parts.
Can't say much more than that.
On the other hand, if you're looking for an alternative title/title song, Forever Autumn (by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass) is a good fit.]
And hey, Autumn leaves, Falling Leaves are similar.
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- mittfh
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As others have alluded to, there are several interpretations of death in the Whateleyverse. Aside from the conventional definition, there's body (but not spirit) death, spirit (but not body) death, bureaucratic death (forced in the case of Folder, intentional in the case of Jared [pre-manifestation Jade]), personality/persona deaths (possibly Tansy, if the clues do add up to her being Jennifer Kelly, rather than the Canon playing games with us by feeding us smoked, dyed Clupea harengus...) In all cases, those only familiar with the original person / identity will consider them conventionally dead, and in many cases, those who survive with a new identity will consider their old identity dead.
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
- Iwasforger03
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What's become of Lanath in gen 2 again?
I am a Sexy Shoeless God of War - So suck it CP!
Dice/Hollow#1
Dice/HollowDiscuss
- Schol-R-LEA
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konzill wrote: Hmm, so which of the Wyatt kids is Tansy's?
I don't think any of them are, but if one of them is, it would have to be Stephen, since Connie and Wyatt Junior are twins. Note that Stephen is 3, which means if he is Tansy's, he would have been only a few months old when she died.
Out, damnéd Spot! Bad Doggy!
- konzill
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Schol-R-LEA wrote:
konzill wrote: Hmm, so which of the Wyatt kids is Tansy's?
I don't think any of them are, but if one of them is, it would have to be Stephen, since Connie and Wyatt Junior are twins. Note that Stephen is 3, which means if he is Tansy's, he would have been only a few months old when she died.
Stephen would work. As for it not being possible for it to be one of the twins, stranger things have happened at Whatley., and in this case all three of the parents involved are avatars, and one of their spirts was involved in the twins conception.
The thing that made me suspect this was the line of dialogue that Laura interrupts: "and I promise I'll take care of...”
If Jennifer Kelly is Tansy, and remember we had the scene establishing that she has had children, then it would make sense that Lanie was about to name Tansy's child.
- E. E. Nalley
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mittfh wrote: Aside from the conventional definition, there's body (but not spirit) death, spirit (but not body) death, bureaucratic death (forced in the case of Folder, intentional in the case of Jared [pre-manifestation Jade]), personality/persona deaths (possibly Tansy, if the clues do add up to her being Jennifer Kelly, rather than the Canon playing games with us by feeding us smoked, dyed Clupea harengus...)
Would I do that? Feed you all false clues to deliberately mislead you? Why would I do that when watching you miss relevant clues and obsess on details taking you down primrose paths to completely wrong, but fascinating theories is SO much more fun? And this way, you guys do all the heavy lifting!
But of course that has nothing to do with anything and you all have me figured out. Honest.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791
- elrodw
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and after reading all the speculation, all i can say is SNERK

Never give up, Never surrender! Captain Peter Quincy Taggert
- Domoviye
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- Iwasforger03
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I am a Sexy Shoeless God of War - So suck it CP!
Dice/Hollow#1
Dice/HollowDiscuss
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Wrayth
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OtherEric wrote:
That's really not fair. E. E. really doesn't lie much, if at all.
He's an absolute master of the deceptively incomplete truth, however.
But isn't that still lying by omission?
not saying anyone is a lair just, pointing that out.
- Domoviye
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Ebola wrote:
OtherEric wrote:
That's really not fair. E. E. really doesn't lie much, if at all.
He's an absolute master of the deceptively incomplete truth, however.
But isn't that still lying by omission?
not saying anyone is a lair just, pointing that out.
I hope no one is "lair".
Unless you were the size of Teri there wouldn't be much room to move around, renovations would be a pain, and cleaning would be impossible.
- E. E. Nalley
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Ebola wrote:
OtherEric wrote:
That's really not fair. E. E. really doesn't lie much, if at all.
He's an absolute master of the deceptively incomplete truth, however.
But isn't that still lying by omission?
Rob? That's a naughty word, we never rob! We just sort of...borrow...a bit from those that can afford it!
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791
- E!
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Domoviye wrote:
Ebola wrote:
OtherEric wrote:
That's really not fair. E. E. really doesn't lie much, if at all.
He's an absolute master of the deceptively incomplete truth, however.
But isn't that still lying by omission?
not saying anyone is a lair just, pointing that out.
I hope no one is "lair".
No one is. I just 'hope' I understand EE's decisions to create meaningful plot points and key character development through the use of unreliable narrators, red herrings, and misinformation. That way it will be fun to finger wag at EE and say "Oh you! You got us good!" when everything is revealed.
- E. E. Nalley
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Ebola wrote: No one is. I just 'hope' I understand EE's decisions to create meaningful plot points and key character development through the use of unreliable narrators, red herrings, and misinformation. That way it will be fun to finger wag at EE and say "Oh you! You got us good!" when everything is revealed.
Oh I'll do you one better. I'll give my word that, after the dust and fall out from this tzar bomba settles, I'll pull aside the curtain and give you behind the scenes and walk you all right down the primrose path and point out every little clue and hint so wonderfully missed, over looked, wrong concluded or case of 2+2=5. And not a soul can said we didn't put it out to be solved.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791
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E. E. Nalley wrote:
Ebola wrote: No one is. I just 'hope' I understand EE's decisions to create meaningful plot points and key character development through the use of unreliable narrators, red herrings, and misinformation. That way it will be fun to finger wag at EE and say "Oh you! You got us good!" when everything is revealed.
Oh I'll do you one better. I'll give my word that, after the dust and fall out from this tzar bomba settles, I'll pull aside the curtain and give you behind the scenes and walk you all right down the primrose path and point out every little clue and hint so wonderfully missed, over looked, wrong concluded or case of 2+2=5. And not a soul can said we didn't put it out to be solved.
- mittfh
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If she was Tansy, then presumably whatever happened in 2013 was significant enough to have everyone around believe she was dead, as well as something happening to Mustang (since spirits are presumably separate to their host's brain [so are themselves largely unaffected by acquired brain injury], but possibly connected to them - I don't know if Canon have ever considered the biology of Hallows of whether, as with many aspects of mutants, even in-universe it's unknown).
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
- Arcanist Lupus
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Topic Author
* I was going to add "or family member" before remembering that she has no clue who any of her family is.
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
- Malady
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Arcanist Lupus wrote: The thing I find amusing about Jennifer is that aiming for Hakuna Matata and avoiding her past is a terrible idea because it puts her in danger when her past comes looking for her.
Isn't that the typical thing when you have an amnesiac that wants to forget their past? That their past doesn't forget about them?
A lie of omission was still a lie, for all that even the Bearer of Honesty could manage one with a straight face.
- Arcanist Lupus
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Topic Author
Well, of course. My point was that Jennifer would be aware of this fact - if it wasn't for the amnesia.Malady wrote:
Arcanist Lupus wrote: The thing I find amusing about Jennifer is that aiming for Hakuna Matata and avoiding her past is a terrible idea because it puts her in danger when her past comes looking for her.
Isn't that the typical thing when you have an amnesiac that wants to forget their past? That their past doesn't forget about them?
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A lie of omission was still a lie, for all that even the Bearer of Honesty could manage one with a straight face.
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
- Schol-R-LEA
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Domoviye wrote:
Ebola wrote: not saying anyone is a lair just, pointing that out.
I hope no one is "lair".
Unless you were the size of Teri there wouldn't be much room to move around, renovations would be a pain, and cleaning would be impossible.
I'm pretty sure that ABBY would count as a lair. Or several. OK, technically she isn't one herself, she's an AI, but she does control all the systems in the Harrows' mansion (and if anyone's home counts as a lair, theirs does), as well as Dr. Lucifer's labs and their various safe houses, so close enough.
Out, damnéd Spot! Bad Doggy!