The Bulk

Welcome to The Bulk

My name is Thack Natalie Collins. Weird name, I know, but my parents are a little weird, and they have good reason to be. I belong to a subspecies of humans called voldisil. I was not born of only the two parents, but also of a third, which provided me with a special gift that no one else has. This third parent did not raise me, and does not concern itself with human affairs, and it is unclear what their intentions are in regards to us, if they’re even driven by anything beyond their instincts. They may not quite realize what they’re doing. My gift may be part of some grand plan, or it’s just something that happened, but either way, I decide how I use it. I can witness events that occur in parallel universes. I can’t see it all at once, and I can’t see too much detail, but I am able to recognize momentous occasions, and important historical figures. I’m especially good at noticing when someone from one universe travels to another. Those events are so clear to me, as are some others, and what I’ve realized is that they are not inevitable. I can change things sometimes. I can only do it from a distance, mind you, but it is possible to interfere. Communication across these unfathomably vast distances is not easy, but when I need to reach out to someone, I can do it. And when I do, it’s because they’re at some kind of fork in the road, and I believe I can help them choose the right path. There are an infinite number of universes—which those in the know know are called branes, and that they are floating in something called the bulk—and while I could theoretically see any of them, I’m most concerned with the ones that are “closer”. Close is a complicated concept when dealing with hyperdimensional physics, but the fact is that some branes impact other branes more than others, and as selfish as it may sound, they have the potential to impact my universe. All of these are the ones that I’m worried about. They threaten each other, and upset the balance, and since I’m one of the few people who can actually make a difference on a grand scale, it’s my responsibility to try to make things better. The following are some of the more interesting anecdotes from across the bulkverse. I meddle in some of them, and stay out of others, but they are all important, and they all matter.

Whatever Floats Your Kaya New House The Dichotomy of it All White Savior Linsetol Evolved The Advantage of Diversity Tense Time Travel Trouble Par Excellence Area W Hypnopedia The Psychics Absolute Zero Prime Mover That Which is Made Going the Wrong Way Animal Intelligence Efilism The Annual Coat Drive Adversity Overcoming Limerick’s World Floaters Invasive Species Death in a Vacuum Would You Rather Fort Underhill Sterile Conditions For a Favor Scared Substrate Legend Has It Virtual Exclusion Confederates Second Chance Providence

Fighting Back Isoverse Underverse Wish Fulfillment Global Reconstruction Smart Plants Give Me Shelter Moderation Infinity Drive Fighting Fire With Accelerant Fickle Fortune Omegaverse Symbiosis Biological Soulmates Regal Sea Goddess Birth of a Brane Breathe Freely Wiping the Slate Clean Safe as Houses Flipsides Wide Eyes Linsetol Revealed Purebloods Portrait of a Universe Exceptions to the Rules Self-Sabotage Understanding the Trinary Leader of the Psychic Army Aggression Towards the Mean Origin of Atlantis Private Network Rainrider Guardian Dolphins

School of Thought Curtain Call Of Kindness and Cruelty Diplomacy First Life Beyond the Sea The Last Wars Written in a Vacuum Not Ready for Prime Time Boss Level Life Returned Structural Integrity Scorched The Data Those Who Stayed Awake Dark Studies Starcatcher Death Introduced The Squadron Earthbound Before Death Emergence Licensed Genies Only Unstable Universes Connections Fade Away In All Things No Signal Dreamscreamer Constant in Life A Whole New Meaning to Omega Male Symbiotic Death Erroncous Soulmate Syndrome Benedict’s Purpose Separate and Actually Equal