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Alex White
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June 14 - June 30, 2025
Magic came from the presence of life, and all magi got paranoid when they realized there wasn’t much life energy to draw from.
Jean Prejean.”
“People only treat each other as well as they have to.
The magic flickered, weakened by the surroundings. Didier’s birth defect of a malformed mark didn’t help.
“We’re an away team, Didier! Away teams shoot stuff!”
Haha
“And when they’re done, I can cook them a nice meal.”
Haha
Marie.
Have you ever seen a god? I killed one tonight…
Jean Pr...
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What we did with that ship; oh god, I can’t even say it aloud after all this time. Jean used it, used us, and then kept us young for so many years.
It seemed he had no weakness, but I knew better.
He had a prophecy about you, Elizabeth—that you would bring the Harrow to light and ruin his greatest plans.
Jean said you would delve the umbra and destroy everything. Do it.
Henrick
days of Origin.
There were hundreds of thousands of people in the galaxy who might know what to do with a photo of the Harrow mid-jump.
With a little coaching, even the most boring citizen could be convinced to go on some wild chase after the most legendary ship of modern times.
It had been a conspiracy at best, and the sooner she could figure out who’d benefit, the sooner she could find her angle on the situation.
“Wow. Nice AI,” said Didier.
Haha yup.
“This is so obviously a setup.
Haha go for it.
Duke Thiollier’s palace,
Simile
“Duke Thiollier,”
“Vayle.
Haha simile double
I know you didn’t murder Clowe.”
But why? What was he getting out of it? Was he just a superfan with too much money?
Maybe Vayle was playing her; maybe they’d already gotten to him like they’d gotten to the Fixers,
The only road to freedom wound through the palace, so she had little choice but to play along with whatever the duke had planned.
of course they have me on the logs; I’m being framed.”
nearly two thousand square meters of nonstop luxury and security hovering high above Taitu,
The breadth of knowledge at his culinary staff’s command stretched light-years with a depth of eons.
Nice simile metaphors
they’re heretics who besmirched my family name.” “I thought that was a capital crime.” “Yes, but everything is for sale in the Forgiven Zone.
I’m the best thing to ever happen to many of these people.
Haha chilling.
“Indentured servitude
Origin.
Hooked up to the right amp, these people could easily level a city block.
destructive marks: conductors, zephyrs, corruptors…”
Origin colonialist-era architecture
Malik
The Vayle she’d met last season had been less eager to talk about trapping people in lifelong, exploitative contracts.
Oxcom
Too bad he’d spoken too much earlier, or she might’ve had some fun with him.
Awww.
Prokarthic Ruins.
And because you’re stewing in several million argents’ worth of magic water.
their choices bought me this life,”
Reparations
“Honesty is good for you,”
“Live longer.”
