“You can’t just break a contract with a god,” she scoffed. But she was starting to doubt herself now and her stomach felt uneasy. Had she fucked up? She was starting to feel like she had. Gods. Gods, what had she done?
"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]
"Just has to be done right," she said. "Do it respectfully, find out the terms of severance."
"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 shifted uncomfortably. “Why? What do you get out of me not heralding?”
"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's not that. It's other issues. Your job won't be done once you're a herald. Strithr will take you and hang onto you."
"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 what?” She shrugged. “I gotta work for someone; why not a 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]
"They'll ask things of you you might not be able to dream of."
"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]
She shook her head. "Strithr is the god of war. They'll ask you to kill countless people, oversee battles, razings. You'll come to know the gods of justice and death closely. The god of the hunt."
"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 hesitated. That didn’t sound very fun… but then neither did losing face with Strithr and Them. Fuck. What should she do?
"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]
Myna gave her a pitying look. "I will try to help, if I can. There are shamans in the north who may know what to do."
"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 hesitated, then nodded. “Alright… I need to think about this… but… I’ll hear them 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]
Myna dipped her head. "Talk to your sister as well; figure out who has chosen her."
"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 will.” Jerica nodded, then turned and made eye contact with Ky, who was getting increasingly more anxious the longer she watched Jerica.
Ky couldn’t hear what they were saying but Jerica looked like she was getting agitated. She tensed as Jerica looked at her and then beckoned to her. Ky shook her head.
Jerica sighed and gestured again, pleading expression on her face.
Ky groaned and looked up at Bay to see what to do. Though she was kind of tempted to shuffle over. See what Jerica wanted. What was going on.
"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]
Bay was staying perfectly still, waiting. He had his arms crossed but his face betrayed nothing.
"Perhaps we should have this conversation privately?" Speaker suggested. "It seems you and I have different opinions on things, Myna." "It seems we do."
"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 was getting even more anxious. But she reluctantly started towards them, deciding Jerica and Myna would protect her from the Drummer. Probably. Hopefully.
Jerica glanced back at them. “I think it’s relevant I hear both sides. It affects me more than anyone. Well me and 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]
