True Immortals

The expected invasion of the Underground is now beginning. Oxadrenals has requested that his own author privileges be revoked. Richard Menniss will take over narration via the two safely hidden ghostwriters assigned to him. Please expect approximately a 12 – 18 hour delay before the first installment appears, in order to allow for prudent time shifting.

Oxadrenals wishes me to add: “All is not lost.” — ObservingAll

This narrative is currently being written. Updates will appear automatically every 2 – 4 hours here:

Because it is now safe to do so, we have added back some detail previously suppressed about how and where Menniss built his safe room. This information is gathered in a page titled “Safe Room,” and can be found as a link off of the page titled “Gunfire.”

We will also soon publish, in the form of a flashback, Francine’s recollections of what happened during her manic episode. It contains important information.

Currently, there are three updates posted, as shown below. We are writing as quickly as we can. — SB & KT

We have now posted a description of the confrontation between Alexandros and Baehl/Oxadrenals. (We had briefly posted this and the next one earlier, but withdrew them for further editing.) — SB & KT, writing for Richard Menniss

We have no comments to make on this horror, other than that, amazingly, it is not the last word. — SB & KT, writing for Richard Menniss

In these two updates, we first step back in time to the period of Francine’s manic episode. Having had time to interview her, we can now fill in some important details that the cameras and microphones didn’t show. Then we return to the moment in the Safe Room when Mennis heard Francine calling to him.

As several readers guessed in advance, the Illuminati will find an unexpectedly cunning adversary in this seemingly straightforward woman. Whether she is David with a slingshot or Ulysses tricking the gods, she is a power to be reckoned with. — SB & KT, writing for Francine

Here we see the reverberations of many choices:

Oxadrenals choosing Francine as his scientist and Menniss as his bounty hunter.

Francine choosing to create the second virus.

And the Eldest choosing to extend her protection to the one person in these narratives who entered accidentally. — SB & KT, writing for Francine