"He...how many times has he..." He closed his eyes tightly. "I don't...feel well."
"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’m sorry.” She wrapped her arm around him tightly. “He’s gone now.”
"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]
(When do we want her find out thay he's had multiple partners while married to Anneke? Is that a sooner or later kind of thing?)
"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
(Hmm I feel like we should let him be her support system in the very short term lol but I wouldn’t mind her finding out soon-ish, either. When are you thinking? Is Septimus going to throw a fit and throw it in her face since she’s siding with Tomhas? Lol)
"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 figured he'd do that. Definitely a soonish kind of thing. He was supposed to do it during the argument but then I took a shower and forgot.)
He sighed again, clasping his hands over the back of his neck and drawing his knees up to his chest. "Why couldn't he just disappear when he died?"
"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
(Haha oof. But valid. Bring it on, let’s crush her entirely lol)
“He refused to pass.” Ky sighed, feeling awkward so she pulled her arm away and picked at a bit of fuzz on her own knee. “He’s apparently got some ‘work’ he’s trying to do or something.”
"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]
(Alrighty. Maybe I'll bring him in after all this has settled down Or better yet I'll have Michael do it)
"What kind of work?"
"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 won’t say that.” She shook her head. “He thinks I’m an idiot so he’s being deliberately vague so I won’t know what he’s talking about.”
"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
(Wait did he? God my memory is terrible. All I remember is him saying Septimus was trying to redeem himself but I don’t remember how)
Ky shook her head. “I don’t think so… he’s dead. He can’t really do much harm.” Other than feed her directly to Michael.
"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
“…I think most things,” Ky said after a moment. “Like they can still read and interact with each other. Everything but eat and breathe I think… maybe sleep, not sure.”
"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 nodded in agreement, then sighed. “… apparently Septimus is trying to ‘redeem’ himself before he goes… I don’t understand it. I don’t know why he doesn’t just go away.”
"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 can't redeem himself if he doesn't treat anybody well."
"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
