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if someone living initiates the process, they’re still in control of their own minds. They can influence the way things work, down there. But in doing that… eventually whoever does it is taken over, and their control is lost. They die. Become a iunctus themselves.” A long pause. I feel sick as I put together the pieces. “Marcus.”
So also what happened to Lani
Death is the door to life.
I still cannot believe Veridius is lying.
Lying is wild
It took a long predawn of probing from Aequa, Eidhin, and myself before I even started to believe his assertions.
Oh Vis
A vague, ancient war against an enemy that Caeror translated as the “Concurrence.” Then something called the Rending—that term, I recognised from the recitals of the iunctii—to prevent their victory, which split the world into three near-identical versions, but left Will broken into shards of itself. A power only whole again now when someone exists in all three worlds at once—“Synchronous.” Another term I’m uncomfortably familiar with.
Caeror is dead in this world,
Yeah but that means just his copy is dead his real self is fucking alive
“So you think the Labyrinth was originally designed as some kind of proving ground for soldiers. That they were being sent through to continue fighting the Concurrence in Luceum and Obiteum, after we won against them here.” Picking up where our conversation left off, before I requested the change of scenery. “And those soldiers were expected to sacrifice themselves here on Res, so they wouldn’t become Synchronous?”
But did they win in Res? If Ka is technically still in charge? Is it like mistborn where the lord ruler is evil but also keeping the world from breaking
“But if you’re right, then that means whoever wrote it was working against people fighting the Concurrence.” “They were working to circumvent a system set up thousands of years before their time; there could be any number of reasons for that. But they were certainly not for the Concurrence.
Wherever Ka is on our world, I have no idea where to look.
“That’s probably everything I can think to tell you, Vis, for now.
So literally nothing it’s been six years and you literally have nothing to show for it
I’m not sure if my tears are for the boy whose time was cut short, or myself for having to bear his absence.
Oh I’m crying
“You know, it’s not the Cataclysm, so much,” she observes. “It’s more that you might be our only hope of stopping it.” I gesture rudely as Eidhin shakes his head. “That is barely a concern—” “Thank you, Eidhin.” “Barely a concern next to the fact there are apparently three of him now.” “Gods. I’d almost forgotten that part,” says Aequa. “Proof that evil powers are at play,” adds Eidhin gloomily. I glare at him. He holds my stare for a long, long second. Expression unchanging. “Three of you. By all the dead and rotting gods.”
I love them
Just…” He raises a hand and then lets it drop again, sighing. “Just keep a low profile, Vis.
LOL sure
“Why do you remove their heads?” I ask it quietly, not wanting to watch but unable to look away as the others start similar, grisly tasks. Tara looks at me as if it’s a strange question. “So they cannot walk again, should the boundary to the Otherworld become too thin.”
Oh interesting are we talking about Obietum ? The inunctii
a lone man with a horse, cutting a tall shadow through the white next to it.
Hmmm now who are you
And yet impossible to mistake. Even as I stand there, breath short and disbelieving, I cannot help but know it. He reminded me exactly of my father.
HUH ?!
Not sure what to say. I haven’t been through the Aurora Columnae. Don’t have anyone ceding to me. “Are you certain?”
I need him to realize he’s in another world
The others have already explained to me that according to the Old Ways, only the unblemished—the physically perfect—may rule, here.
Wild
“Fiachra, and Ruarc. With Gallchobhar’s help. So that the king would be put in an impossible position.”
“You are here now,” he says softly. “We are all with you, brother.” Seanna smiles. Tara and Fearghus nod. And I know I am home.
This poor kid
She leans over and gently taps my heart. “The half that is missing is here. You have never been fully present. Fully engaged. Fully committed. And I understand that, now. You have always fought. Here, you do not have to.”
a man is known by his failings until he is known by his actions.
He will have to be truly terrible to be refused entry.” Ahmose coughs. “So is two months going to be enough?”
LOL
“The last independent community was absorbed by the Amemet two hundred and seventeen years ago.”
“Eighty-two external, tasked with searching out threats. Eighteen assigned to guarding Ka.”
As well as another, familiar wave of frustration at not understanding how Will is able to be used.
To begin with, who is ceding? And the Grove are commanding animals?
but idiotic Catenan politics have barred me from visiting her in prison. Ulciscor understands. Says Lanistia understands. It doesn’t make it feel any less like I’ve abandoned her.
:(
“I have a friend who was in a Sapper, too. For a year. He still manages to be a good man.”
lol burn
It might just be me. But it feels like it could be for the last time.
Well I fucking hope not
“An alupi?” He takes Diago in. “My, my. I thought these things only defended the Nexus here.
The hundred iron triangles I’ve been keeping as a snug layer of protection beneath my shirt begin to quiver. Slide, flowing upward and into the dangling sleeve on my left. Slowly they coalesce, fitting into place, filling out the cloth. At the end of it, the glimmering iron outline of a hand appears.
So fucking cool I’ve been waiting for this
“Indeed,” murmurs Ostius. A glint in his eye as he examines me. “How much control do you have?” I raise my gloved metal hand, and slowly unfurl the middle finger in his direction.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
“Well. You know the movements.” Zai is examining me with a pained expression. There is a pregnant pause and then she sighs, waving me over to the wall. “Only at the end of the night. When everyone is drunk.” Her mouth twists. “Very, very drunk.”
😂😂😂
HEH ?!?!?!
“This is most definitely not Caten.”
DID HE JUST FUCKING TELEPORT BETWEEN WORLDS
“So there’s another version of me here.” “I doubt he’s here. But yes. Somewhere.”
Is that even allowed ?????
“It’s another world. The concept of ceding your Will doesn’t exist here, either.”
I allow my mask to disintegrate. The warriors watch wide-eyed as I form three small daggers from the metal. Then I direct them to hover at each man’s throat.
He is so fucking cool
Strides into Military’s inner chamber.
Well that’s not gonna go over well
The last instance of complete activation was six hundred and forty-two years ago.” Six hundred and forty-two years. Vek. “What was it caused by?” “Destruction of the original filtration system.
“Ka sleeps. He would be unaware.”
!!!
but most of the time, people need to be shown a truth before they will truly believe it.”
“I know. And she was stupid not to see it long before today. You are both stupid.” He straightens. “And she would be even more so not to take you with her.”
Great another girl I have to worry about you better not die bitch
“No,” she says loudly.
:(
“No,” she repeats. “But I will take Deaglán.”
Oh 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
“We are stronger together, Deaglán.” I return her gaze. An accident, I know, but that phrase. I have hated that phrase for so long. From her, I believe it. “Stronger together,” I repeat back at her, smiling.
“It’s so very nice to see you again, Uncle. How long has it been? Nine years?”
FUCKING HUH ?!?!
“I am certain everyone will want to hear how you sent me to Solivagus before anyone thought it had value, so that our family alone could make the most important decision to be made in three hundred years.
“Three Princeps,” finishes Ostius quietly, face inches from his uncle’s, gazing into his eyes as if nothing had happened. “All ceding to the man who is planning to kill us.”
Oh. 😶
