"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
“No.” Jerica shook her head. Just been reading about Strithr, but she’d learned her lesson about mentioning them. “What other ones are there?”
"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]
"Loads and loads. Too many to count." "The Marrow Man," Viol noted. "And the tale of the Raven."
"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
"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]
"Gods. Men." She shook her head. "The usual. The Marrow Man's a tragic one, and gruesome. A warrior offended the god of life and was cursed to roam forever as a half man, half goat."
(Omg what if Jer runs into him while he's on his way to the Keep)
"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
Jerica was ready to scoff that off. But now she wasn’t so sure. It seemed the gods might be real. Or maybe she was just a dope. But she was drunk enough to entertain it. “Whaaat? Which god?”
"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]
"Fjori, the Builder. His sacred animal is a goat. The warrior was starving and saw one, so he killed and ate it, then took some of its blood home to cure his ailing child. Fjori was angry and cursed 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
(Oh 100% he’s the freaking marrow man she’s toast but would still probably try lol then just piss him off good and thoroughly… I wonder if he’d be able to smell pheromones similar to Ky on her? Or maybe she could be with Rek and he see the similarity? … or maybe she just gets her ass thrashed and he like audibly reminds himself that he promised Ky not to kill people and Jer gets her head out of her ass and realizes he’s sentient lol) (Also I like the added detail of blood — that’s a unique twist!)
“Well that’s shitty,” Jerica scoffed. “How was he to know that?”
"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 think the final option is most likely to happen so I'd go with that)
(And yeah I think I mentioned it back when I first wrote the story but I only recently remembered that detail. Thanks!)
"He should have known better." Viol shrugged. "He was also cursed with endless hunger. He ate people--eats people, if you believe he's real."
"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
“How could he have known better?” Jerica countered. “Was there a giant ‘do not eat — god’s goat’ sign next to the goat?”
(Yeah totally fair lol I’m always down for Jerica to get humbled, mostly because it never actually works xD she got all of the ego Ky didn’t, then some)
"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
“What stories? Did he know them? Did he know they were real?” Why was she getting so involved in a myth?
"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 mean--" Helge glanced at Viol. "Um. Obviously he'd know them they've been passed down for generations, especially back then."
"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
“Right, but, like.” She furrowed her brow. “Did he know they were real, though? Like. I don’t hide from the boogey man. I don’t check under my bed when I’ve been naughty.” Usually. “Because I don’t think it’s real. How could he be expected to know if a story that outlandish was real? Was he just supposed to believe every single wives tale and starve to death just in case?”
"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 gods are real," Viol said with a shrug. "Why shouldn't the stories about them be real? Back then stories had weight. They were a history."
"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
[while trapped in a bucket of popcorn] You know what the worst part is? It's not even butter. We're gonna be destroyed by... ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING! — Blake Bradley, Power Rangers Ninja Storm
