"Lord Tarr?" Her brow furrowed. "That's a group of proper brutes." "What did it look like?" Abel stepped out of the room.
"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
“He really is,” Ky agreed, nodding. She looked back at Abel. “It was huge. Came right up to the Keep and everything and then just looked at us and kept walking.”
"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 shuddered. "It sounds like the waking of the gods to me."
"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
“Yes sir.” She nodded. “That’s what Gaius thinks is happening. He’s going to try to go talk to them.”
"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 Ash." Liesel shook her head slightly. "That generation...I can't help but wonder whose fault all that was."
"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 wasn’t his fault,” she said defensively. “It was—“ a horrifying thought struck her and she tensed despite herself, glancing around anxiously as a chill crept up her spine and made goosebumps on her arms. “Is… is… are they still here, too?”
"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]
"What, the parents and sibling? I suppose if they chose not to move on they must be. If their bones are here." She frowned. "I've not seen them around. And they couldn't do any harm even if they were."
"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
“Are you sure?” Ky asked, still glancing around again.
"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]
"I know they most certainly can't do any harm. Though I'm still not sure why you can see us."
"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 don’t know. But I don’t want to see him.” Despite her morbid curiosity that almost did want to. But a fresh chill ran down her spine. “Wait, can you see everyone? Could he?” She anxiously started for the door. “Could Michael be with Tomhas right now? He— that can’t— it— no.”
"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]
"No." Liesel rested a hand on her shoulder quickly; it was very cold and had some give to it, like a marshmallow. "We can only see people who came through at the same time we did. And once again--Michael can do nothing to him."
"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 tensed a little and looked at her, still distraught. “But could Tomhas see him? If I can see you… that’s… that’s all it would take.” She shook her head. “That’d be awful for him. I’d lose my— I would be very much not-okay if I had to see Aleth again—“ fuck, fuck, fuck. “Wait, how close do the bones have to be? Is… is Aleth here?”
"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 bones are tied to the nearest graveyard or catacomb. If there isn't any, and the bones were just buried alone, then the body occupies a range around the bones." She hesitated. "I suppose we ought to go find out if he can see us, oughtn't we?"
"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
“Oh.” Ky let out a little breath of relief. Not Aleth, then. Surely there was a closer graveyard to the meeting ground than there was to either Serpent or Caracal Keep. Surely. She nodded. “Yeah, probably. Make sure Michael isn’t with him, too.”
"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]
"I expect that boy would have grown bored with haunting people who don't notice him years ago and moved on," Abel mused. "Little wretch."
"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
