Category: The Simulacrum of Dread
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Ex Sol
<< The Simulacrum of Dread It was the date known thereafter as the Western Sunrise. For those who had such an interest, it metered at approximately eighty four septendecillion local extrafacetary years after the foundation of the Parsed City-State of Rhaagm. For those who had such an interest, it was also the first time in…
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A Dreaded Scrimmage
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “‘Good’ is that for which to die in vain be just.” -Rhaagmini aphorism Kallahassee Jones Esckel Marion Lille Bartimaeus the Thirty Fifth had a squinty smile permanently affixed to his face. The smile came from the request of his… of the wonderful Magdod. Magdod no-longer-Bartimaeus. Even though they hadn’t addressed…
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A Dreaded Sanctuary
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “If you want to try pioneering, prepare yourself first. Don’t just plan for inimical environments, or hostile life – plan for one kind of world-ending worst-case scenario. Then, throw in another, and then another, and so on. Keep going until you run out of ways for absolutely everything to fall…
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Interlude Amidst Scheming
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “The Maker’s get, literally in his grasp. He lost it. He’s worse than useless.” “Now, now, West. Niall made the effort; he had little enough assistance.” “And you never compelled him to it, of course.” “Dearie, if I’d compelled him, I wouldn’t have let him leave without his bauble. Nothing…
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A Dreaded Matrimony
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “The question of morality is not simply about what ends one considers just enough for one’s means, but also about the distinction of means as ends in and of themselves.” -Gealag mun Lingi mun Dolaph munnin Deddsi the Grand, Strategy and Tactics in the Mastery of Grediwe The first day,…
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A Dreaded Welcome
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “… After the cavitation barb (that is, a ‘hurt spike’) is expended and stable, you have several methods to dispose of the resultant peg. You may activate the sublimation facilities of the peg, returning it to a pure energy state and reclaiming it. You may also alter its form and…
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Interlude Amidst the Tower
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “I don’t want to shoot anybody here today. I still did, though. Eight times. Don’t make it nine.” A trio of auditors wordlessly beheld the small man with the gun. In other circumstances, the man’s appearance would have raised many questions – how he had gotten to their floor of…
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A Dreaded Requisition
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “Why do we forgo the powers and pedestals of gods? Why do we refuse to tailor ourselves brains with perfectly leashed emotions, or bodies woven straight into the stuff of existence? Why do we accept any measure mortality? Some might say it is in the name of preserving our self,…
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A Dreaded Exit
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “The best perspective on newly-born thoughts-and-feelings comes not from enemies, nor friends, but acquaintances who see you as neither villain nor savior.” -Ast aaned proverb As any plebeian knows: all Yrdkish are crazy. That was one reason a man with a sword for a hand told himself he was going…
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A Dreaded Kinship
<< The Simulacrum of Dread “Those who follow Aiden’s call to seek peace fall into three camps: those who retreat from the world for solace, those who dismantle any serious source of strife, and those who raise common ground between foreign shores. One philosophy is effective, one philosophy is convenient, one philosophy is moral. Today…