"Crutches are unwieldy at best," he replied, following her gaze. "A cane is better than nothing at all, but it has its own inconveniences."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“I mean, there’s nothing convenient about your leg—“ she flushed and actively looked anywhere but him, catching herself. “I just — I mean — it, I’m sure you know— I just… sorry.” Gods, she was being rude. “Sorry.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
He nodded. "You make a good point. That's not why I hesitate, though. It's...difficult to explain. Shall we keep going?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Sure.” Ky nodded quickly and stepped forward, glad she hadn’t upset him with her careless words. She held her right arm out in an offer. It felt weird to pull him off the wall herself.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
He boosted himself up with the cane and resumed his position, looking up the stairs. "Not too much further, now. This troll is coming in an hour, but will we be able to see it before it arrives?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“We don’t even know if it’ll come the whole way,” Ky pointed out. “Rönn said trolls don’t usually bother people. And he’s gonna try to get rid of it… I think. I’m not sure. He didn’t want to talk about it, just kept telling me to go to bed and not worry about it.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Must be a truly formidable creature if Rönn is upset," he mused. "Do you suppose it's bigger than the bear he killed?" That would be quite a big troll indeed.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“I think so… you wouldn’t be able to see a bear that size over the wall, would you? It’d need to be bigger, yeah?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Absolutely. Which leads me to wonder just how big this thing really is." He had heard a story once, a long time ago, of a troll that could straddle mountains and stepped on bears as if they were ants. He had a feeling anyone would be able to see a troll that size from anywhere in the Northern Realm, though.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“It’s a good question,” Ky agreed thoughtfully. “I imagine it must be fairly big to move as fast as it is. He said at first it would be a few hours but then just a little while after that he said one hour.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
His brow furrowed. "Very fast, then. Maybe it takes long strides."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“So it must be very big,” she concluded with a nod.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Big enough to walk a few hours' distance in a few minutes." He felt a little ill thinking about it.
(I had a dream that Gaius needed to babysit some kids but passed it off to his dad. One was a teen the other was a kid. His dad was still alive in this but he was like 100 years old and played by me, except he looked like an old man and the only way I knew I was playing him was because I could feel my vocal cords when he started yelling at the teenager for talking to him disrespectful The man was a nightmare and not at all like how he is canonically, but Gaius came home and I had to adjust his stress levels on a graph to show you physically what part of him was trembling.)
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(Omgggg now you get the intense RP stress dreams hahah)
Ky’s movement faltered and she stopped half-way up the next step. When he put it like that if seemed even worse. Maybe she should just go hide in her bed. “… he won’t be able to stop it.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(It was a lot of fun though! The graph was organized into various levels of emption, mind, and body and I had to get them right so he wasn't shaking like a leaf or completely stoic either)
"Probably not. But maybe it won't need stopping. Hopefully."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though. — Holden Caulfield
