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<from the future , Exnihil suddenly appears behind a bookshelf. He is crestfallen. At the Omnichronal Orrery, Phineas B. Fuddle has just shown him footage that made it appear as though Cobalt Kid, upon receiving Ex's desperate message revealing Phineas' machinations, burned it to hide it from the rest of the LMB. Phineas further lied to Ex, claiming that Cobalt Kid was in his service, as well. Ex is out of ideas>


My god… <he muses to himself> if even Cobalt has fallen this early, what chance do we have? Phineas can get to anyone. This really is the end of Legion World. You’ve blown it, Ex.

Unless… <a slow grin creeps into his face>

…oh my God, that’s it!

I know what I have to do. I know how to close the loop!

Cobalt might be corrupted… god knows who else has been compromised… but… HE… he has to be the answer! It finally makes sense… I’ve got to finish this.

I’ve got to get to the twelfth timepiece.


<reaches into the bookshelf and pulls out a weighty tome. He blows off the dust and reads the title:

How I Did It:
The Final Victory of Phineas B. Fuddle

Ex sighs>


No… Time is already being overwritten… I hope I’m not too late.


<ex opens the volume to discover a hollow core has been sliced into the pages. He reaches in and pulls out the pocketwatch, winds it, and replaces the volume>


Ten o’clock!


<ex disappears>

I'm still in awe of "The Greybird" for several reasons, not least of which is its incredible length and scope (it takes much longer to do these things than the casual reader might think). I'm also quite taken by its use of "post-boot Nura Schnappin" (never thought I'd hear that used -- ever, anywhere -- let alone somewhere where it actually made sense!), as well as its spot-on characterization of its subject matter.

Of all the threads I started since returning to LW a few months ago, this one is my favorite.

I've really been impressed by the creativity and talent of all the posters who've made contributions to the thread, and surprised at how amusing some of the classics can be when filtered through another lens. I hope that LW will continue to see more "masterposts" in the future.

[cue the Rondeau from "Symphonies and Fanfares for the King's Supper" by Jean-Joseph Mouret, as performed by a symphony consisting entirely of kazoos]

nice thread!

<as Phineas B. Fuddle activates his celestial mechanism in his Orrery , a whiteout of chronal regression begins to spread across this establishment>

<Legion World is dying>