“Gruff.” Pratik shrugged and plopped down, taking one of the books. “Impatient, but I can’t blame him. He was very upset when I mentioned the gods, though. You’ll need a light touch about that topic.” He glanced at Gaius, hoping he was actually listening this time.
"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]
Gaius nodded but didn't respond. "Was he actually a goat? With horns and hooves and everything?"
"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
“Yeah… he can stand up, though. And talk. But very goat-ish.”
"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]
"That's so weird....why is he like that?" Ada looked over at the other books. "Does he have a story in there?"
"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
“Huh… dunno.” He glanced at Gaius. The man had gotten into a crazed obsession in an instant.
"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]
Gaius didn't seem to have heard, fully immersed in the book. Ada gazed at him for moment, then shook her head. "I think he's out."
"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
“Yeah.” Pratik cracked open the book in his lap. “Where’s Ky?”
"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]
"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
Ky appeared a few moments later, glancing at Pratik. “Did you find him?”
“Yeah.”
“… was he mad?”
“He says he told you not to look.”
She blushed a little. “… yeahhh.”
"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]
Gaius took off his glove and held out his left hand for the supplies. "So are they waking up?" Ada asked impatiently. "I don't know," Gaius replied. "I have other books to read."
"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 can help,” Ky said, handing the supplies over. It was annoying that he was acting like he was the only one good at reading and figuring things out.
"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]
"Be my guest. Be careful with the older ones." He opened up the inkwell, dipped the quill in, and began to write. "Pratik, I need accounts on Seer dreams from as far back as you can find. Preferably 300 TE and before. The accounts should be somewhere on the third level."
"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
“Got it.” Pratik stood up and handed his book over to Ky. He hadn’t had time to properly get started on it. He started for the third floor, it slowly sinking what Gaius had said. Were his orders truly to find books that highly specific, and his clue was to scour an entire floor? Gods.
"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]
"You said there were sixteen symbols," Gaius mused. "Sixteen stones and sixteen symbols, so all of the gods were present. Troll..." He pushed the old book aside and grabbed one of the myth books, flipping through. "Trolls are sensitive to shifts in the natural world..." Ada sat down in a nearby chair with a sigh, crossing her arms.
"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
“What else?” Ky asked, still slightly annoyed. He wasn’t giving her any clues at all what to be looking for, even though it was clear he had an idea. He couldn’t just solve the mystery of the gods on his own.
"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]
