[[!meta title="the l-value"]]

The L-Value is an object within [[dims/hell]] created by [[The
Archangel|chars/archangel]]. It is a destructive [[concepts/artifact]] which
can set any universal constant, including time. It is visually indescribable
and can only be manipulated with an extremely large amount of [[Dark
Energy|concepts/darkenergy]].

# Name

"L-Value" is a reference to the C programming language's concept of *lvalues*,
which are values that can be used on the left-hand side of an assignment
operation.

# Uses

In [[stories/lithium]], The L-Value is used to create a time-loop to gather
large amounts of extraneous Dark Energy from the events that unfold within the
20 years Lithium's story takes place in.