Entering the NetNarr Alchemy Laboratory

<center><img src= "http://cogdogblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twitter-space-netnarr-630x354.jpg" /> You enter the NetNarr Alchemy Lab in Arganee. It’s nearly how you left it a few hours ago when you took a break from your work at creating digital media in beakers and devices. Yet, you sense that something is not quite right here. You shrug your shoulders. It must have been your imagination. You keep on working until the [[end]] of the day and then you go home. Or [[You investigate]]. <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center>

<center> You notice a little glimmer of something strange off to the side. When you turn your head to see, you catch the mere outlines of a story that wasn’t there before. [[Glimmer One]] [[Glimmer Two]] [[Glimmer Three]] <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center>

<center> Really? You're not curious at all? No wondering about the magical shimmering of the lab itself or perhaps, the forces beyond your field of vision that is playing with story? You know, you can always [[Start]] again, right? <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center>

<center> Shadows where no shadows should be. You turn your head to look. The shadows no longer exist. You think you hear something ... voices ... saying something familiar ... <audio controls> <source src="https://pensatoscherzando.yolasite.com/resources/Arganee%20Transmission%204.mp3" /> </audio> You turn to the next glimmers. [[Glimmer Two]] [[Glimmer Three]] <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center>

<center> There may have been colors dancing to a silent tune. Was that yellow embraced with blue? Red hiding in the corner with green? You look closer but now see nothing. And then, like the tension on the surface of water ... <img src= "https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F33.media.tumblr.com%2F6e85a3fac93df4c543fa250ac66ea59d%2Ftumblr_nu620c87kg1s4fz4bo1_250.gif&f=1"> The other glimmers catch your attention. [[Glimmer One]] [[Glimmer Three]] <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center> Image via https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F33.media.tumblr.com%2F6e85a3fac93df4c543fa250ac66ea59d%2Ftumblr_nu620c87kg1s4fz4bo1_250.gif&f=1

<center> Something beckons. It's something you sense more than see. An invitation. <img src= "https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F38.media.tumblr.com%2F06ab0acad3d4633163b161fcfd8403c3%2Ftumblr_nnq96wgUN51tpdcs9o1_500.gif&f=1" HEIGHT="240" WIDTH="240" BORDER="0"> You begin to move forward, deeper into the [[mystery]]. Or perhaps your attention is caught first by other glimmers. [[Glimmer One]] [[Glimmer Two]] <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center> Image via https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F38.media.tumblr.com%2F06ab0acad3d4633163b161fcfd8403c3%2Ftumblr_nnq96wgUN51tpdcs9o1_500.gif&f=1

<center> Someone else has been here, you realize. Someone has been making alchemy in your absence. You gaze up through the skylight. Nothing but stars. <img src= "https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpa1.narvii.com%2F5820%2F0fc33554585fea1cfa80dd03e78c5f1a2e328f9a_00.gif&f=1"> You wander over the long table that wraps around the lab, and you touch [[glass]], [[metal]], [[objects]]. A story shimmers at each. Then another. Soon, you are immersed into a world of stories. Someone has been here, leaving the gifts of stories, and you are now down the [[rabbit hole of wonder]]. <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center> Image via https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpa1.narvii.com%2F5820%2F0fc33554585fea1cfa80dd03e78c5f1a2e328f9a_00.gif&f=1"

<center> Run your fingers along the surface. The glass makes a humming sound, like the universe is singing. You lean in closer to hear. <audio controls> <source src="https://pensatoscherzando.yolasite.com/resources/Arganee%20Transmission%206.mp3" /> </audio> You press in and feel the pull into the [[rabbit hole of wonder]]. Or do you wonder now about the [[metal]] and the [[objects]] ? <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center>

<center> It's as if someone has shined the surface of this metal. You can see your own reflection in the mirror of the surface. But diffused. Off-kiltered. And something else, too. You look behind you, expecting the unknown. Nothing. <img src= "https://manquezdurden.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/img_20130401_124751-recovered-final-4.jpg" HEIGHT="240" WIDTH="240" BORDER="0"> You look closer to the metallic surface. Closer. You feel yourself being drawn into the [[rabbit hole of wonder]]. Still. Something also piques your interest about the [[objects]] and the [[glass]]. You could take a closer look. <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center> Eye Image via https://manquezdurden.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/img_20130401_124751-recovered-final-4.jpg

<center> Some of these objects you have never seen. Someone must have placed them here when you were out. You pick up an orb. A wand. A square object with indecipherable language. You notice a mirror, and when you look at it, a window appears in the reflection. Then, it's the outside world, moving in tandem to something in the air. <img src= "https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F3o6ZtbFfOVOWXNclsk%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1"> You lean in to get a better look at the window that does not exist, and feel yourself being drawn into the [[rabbit hole of wonder]]. Or do you now think, maybe I should take a closer look at the [[glass]] and [[metal]]? <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center> image via https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2F3o6ZtbFfOVOWXNclsk%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1

<center> The rabbit hole ... you wonder ... <img src= "https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_mb4yj0RZKA1rwjzpqo1_500.gif&f=1"> You may be scared and want to reach the [[end]]. Or perhaps you know that the underlying mysteries of Networked Narratives is always an invitation to create, collaborate, connect. You take a step into the unknown. Come. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScV6evS6Mm590Egfd-mzwdvHXDyskXT6BUVIx_UHac2wwLDZw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> Join us. </a> Take a chance. We'll be right there with you. Together, we hope to create something magical. <img src= "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVHZS1uWAAAcAMp.png" HEIGHT="120" WIDTH="120" BORDER="0"> </center> image via https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_mb4yj0RZKA1rwjzpqo1_500.gif&f=1>/small>