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She looked around and then held out her hand. “I can portal us there.”

((It’s not portalling, it’s more shadow traveling. More demon things XD))

I'm not using any real-life language as a basis for Dreopian names besides "vaguely Greek-ish if you squint in a dark room", or I would be using sites like Behind the Name instead of name generators and my - admittedly limited - imagination. Enike was in fact based off the Hungarian name (Hungarian is my native language, if you recall), but that's where the similarities stop.

Really, all I can do is apologize for my faulty naming scheme if that bothers my readers, but as a non-native English speaker who has a limited knowledge of the ancient world, this is my most difficult project I've ever worked on, and there's a lot of worldbuilding and plotting research I've got to deal with already. I try my best to represent Rome well (minus the whole 'female soldier' bit, obviously, but I have my reasons for that), and I'm grateful that hS has taken time to help me correct my errors, but when it comes to the completely made-up parts, well... I don't want to get lost in every single detail to the point where it sucks out the fun from writing. I will attempt to paint a plausible picture of Dreopis as a nation and culture, but when it comes to their language, that's where my abilities are at their limit. I understand why bad linguistics might be a source of eyebrow-raising for some of y'all, but that's all I can say.

(I'm not angry, or butthurt at your suggestions, by the way, just a little sleep-deprived, so sorry if my tone sounds a bit blunt. I don't mean it that way. Thank you trying to help improve my story, but this isn't meant to be taken that seriously.)

Because, while I'm not tearing my hair out, my eyebrow is twitching just a little. ^_~

May I suggest Behind the Name as a quick and easy way to find real names that are roughly correct for their language? For instance, here's the Ancient Greek name list, and here's the Ancient Roman one.

(Taiya is on there as a user-submitted name, apparently of Chinese origin. Similarly, Rhod might be a short form of a Welsh name. I wonder if you meant Enike to be based on the Greek name Nike? It reminds me of the Hungarian name Eniko, though. I know someone with that name!)

~Neshomeh

He nodded again, examining the green sludge in his cup. "Time to figure out what you are," he said, and headed off in search of Makes-Things and that scientist, what's-her-face Alberta.

It's suggested in a couple stories that the Legal Department isn't fully part of the PPC, and isn't restricted to the PPC in its jurisdiction. That could have interesting implications for both David and the CPP. I don't think Legal will take kindly to David's wish upsetting the balance between order and chaos like this, in any case.

IMO, justice would be making him fix it. Somehow. Obviously, just making another wish that puts everything back to normal would be too easy and wouldn't teach him the lesson which the Narrative Laws require he learn from this experience...

~Neshomeh

They looked back to the center of the Cafeteria. While some of the partygoers had scattered after the lights went out, the remaining people were already getting back to celebrations as if nothing had happened. That one saxophonist had already started blasting again.

“Well, you can go ahead and do that. I’m staying here, though - science was never my thing in college. And besides!” Charlie hefted their mandola and strummed a chord. “The music’s calling my name, and who am I to turn it down?”

With that, the tabaxi headed towards the resuming party. “Seeya later!" they called, before they disappeared into the crowd.

Jiwon stayed behind for a moment, watching Charlie go in silence. He turned to Neo, opened his jaw, then closed it again. After a few awkward seconds of avoiding eye contact, he gave the technician a quick nod, then ran off to follow his partner.

But if you'd like, feel free to throw in my PCLEA. They would love to put David on trial, and it might be funny to have them argue with the CPP for a bit. And "kA expands on Ls' plotbunny" worked well with this one, didn't it? Anyway, no pressure, just a suggestion.

As for the recommended sentence--I have no clue. Maybe something nonsensical?

--Ls, shamelessly self-promoting.))

"We're just from an unpublished canon." David straightened the sheets on his bed. "You can come in, you know? I have an extra bed if you need to stay a while. "Shpxing sheets."

"I'm not really as interested in your home canon as Mr. English Teacher over there," K said, shrugging. "But you can stay."

"Of course they shpxing can," David replied. "Besides, you probably just lost your partner and are locked out of your RC, correct?"

By the way, would you mind playing M-T in another Makes-Things and Alberta thread?))

((Trying not get TOO grimdark. I haven't messed with the PPC side of things quite yet because Dr. Val just up and interrupts with "You can't legally do this! The Multiversal Laws say so!" which takes the Sunflower Official (might change later) aback.))

((I figured that throwing David into another organization's hands for the trial's sake could making it more funny than grimdark. Sure, he still killed thousands upon thousands of people, innocent and Sue, but comedy has to exist somehow.))

((And CPP is naturally a little silly with the trial, having never done one of these things before AND having another David Null into the mix. So double walker things and the general CPP trying to wrap their heads around Sue killing so that they don't have that bias when they charge him cause hilarity to ensue.))

((Oh, and how does CPP get there? The current Blackout weakened the shields, as there still isn't enough power to the PPC... at least, that's what I'm going with right now.))

((What would be the reccomended sentence, do you think? Interlude spoilers?))

((-kA))

((Though again, Jacques Bonnefoy is unkillable too, but since he came out of a badfic, he was Poofened.

Also, a lot of Mary Sues end their stories nigh-unkillable as well, so it wouldn't make sense for the Poofening not to get them.

But some characters who are more or less cosmic entities who like travelling around the Multiverse may find themselves barred from this timeline, as per Nesh's comments on Jenni.))

(Being unkillable and all.) --Another random diatribe courtesy of Ls.))

Carlisle would come back as a goo monster. Which might not be the best direction.

Just a random thought, --Ls.))

((Because it can get into SRSBSNS territory very easily. Iirc Ix wanted to put the Aviator on trial for cut and running to Gallifrey, but not sure how much of that panned out. A lot of agents just cut and run; not everyone faces a trial for it if they get caught.

Of course, this is an AU where someone at the PPC just killed a significant portion of HQ's denizens on accident. He's gotta deal with that somehow. The trick is to make sure it has emotional weight without getting too grimdark, ya feel?))

Not on Reddit either.

I can see why you don't trust me. What sane person would trust an armour-wearing freak like me at their first impression? My looks are against me, I fear." She grinned. "I'm -- well I'm not exactly a human because I don't stay dead when something kills me, but I'm not really sure what else to call myself. I'm from Terraria."

"I don't trust people right now." David placed Hamlet on top of the coin. He debated innerwardly on whether to tell this random agent he just met that he was the cause of all of this.

He decided against it.

"You never trust people," K said.

"Wrong," David corrected. He got up from his chair and walked over to the bunk beds. "I trusted Paye when she worked with me. I just don't trust you for reasons that should be obvious." He looked over to the DF agent. "My name's David Null, by the way, and that over there is K." He gestured to the other vampire agent. "Both vampires, but we're not agressive. K is only harsh when someone curses, but he's had to deal with me for about two shpxing weeks. He should be used to it if you feel the need to."

"Don't mind his harshness," K said. "He usually is harsher than me or most other agents. I'm K. I was a social studies teacher-"

"-and a bad one, too," David added.

"And David here was an overly harsh English teacher," K finished.

"You have to be harsh," David replied. "You make the PPC's job harder otherwise. Or my job harder, back when I graded essays."

"So, what's your name?" K asked.

"I haven't seen you around before," David finished. "Newbie?"

((To clarify: David Null is asking if Boardicea is a newbie, not calling her a newbie as an insult.))

((-kA))

I liked it, and I like Meg's comments about it.

For the record, I am absolutely 100% not even attempting any kind of linguistic accuracy with Dreopian names (I do lean a bit towards Greek, as you noticed with Kore, which I did know was of Greek origin), because this story is already taking me a mountain of research. They do in fact have surnames, but those are basically shortened versions of their full names, so... somewhere between a modern-day last name and a title? Sorry. :P Any kind of real history/language buff is probably tearing out their hair reading that description, but naming things is one of the most difficult parts of writing for me, so I'm trying to just come up with names that don't look like a keysmash.

As for the rest of what you said, duly noted, and thanks again for all the attention to detail! And yes, there's a reason Claudius has servants instead of slaves.

(sits down with the metaphorical red pen to correct all the inaccuracies)

"Boadicea, DF. I was going to head over to the Cafeteria when the lights went out. It seems like all the doors are shut and locked. Yours was the first open one I've seen, so I decided to take a closer look."

((Slow replies are fine. I might be slow as well because I have algebra and chemistry finals tomorrow and other schoolwork as well.))

"Pretty sure HQ got fully cleansed of Sues, and the Sue that started this might not even have been at HQ when they did this. Probably would've been in a more Sue-friendly spot, like... that one diner we stopped by during a sample-collecting mission, Lori --"

"The Diner at the End of the Multiverse!" exclaimed Lori.

"Yes, or, or that one coffee shop... Goldie's Cafe?"

"Seems like whatever powered the Poofening got him. I would suggest some DAS-SWEAR scientists run a lab on it, but..." he gestured around to the darkened Cafeteria.

Slowly, the lights began to flicker back on, though only at half-power. The backup generator must have kicked in.

Neo grabbed a cup and a butter knife from a nearby sideboard and scooped up a glob of goo that used to be Carlisle. "Maybe Makes-Things can run some tests," he suggested.