EMBRACE: Others
>>969267
HUNTED
Light
Ruin

Embrace: Others ((As much as things have been contested by potency, Empathy is our true power.))
LIGHT
Lost
change
ruin
((These brown words are new, possibly the dead god's? The other color we have seen is Light's yellow. Regardless they are not either of the Thoughts so I wish to use them. White's words seem relevant, so I have included them, but have given them minimal intensity.))

Also, Divine new god's shape, the "glimmer" our Vessel "can’t quite reach", our finished writing project, the Abyss, and the desk once more. ((We have more potency now; lets see if it makes a difference)) ((all but certainly Etzil/Errant Signal is not here and not in the Beyond, the only other place we know is the Abyss...))

EMBRACE: Others
Hunger
LIES
change

1/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:13 No. 969350 ID: d63ea8
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>Without Empathy, we are not ourselves, and we will not be venerated. We must keep it.
>EMBRACE: Others
>Embrace: Others
>EMBRACE: Others
We…

We yield this Potency.
Our existence spent broken has changed us.
And perhaps remade us.

We will not change back.

>(Empathy solidified)

The alien thoughts quiet down.
And I can hear myself again.

I think I feel…
remorse.
But I know it isn’t mine.

We will embrace others.

Everything settles within my mind.
I feel…
valued.

>What the heck is our rightful place anyway? Is there a King of Beings...? Labyrinth seemed to be in charge of the Beyond.
No, not King of Beings…

The blood makes us human
makes us more than human
makes us human no more.

We were…
a usurper.
A rising star.
Our rightful place…
was to be to be taken over the Ves-
Mortals.
And to dethrone the residing king…

But what happened to our acolytes?
Our V-
Followers?

2/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969351 ID: d63ea8
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>LIGHT, Ruin, change, dreams, Lost

I take the quill and then bury it deep into the page.
Regardless of everything LIGHT has been there.

And there is no greater way I can convey it.

I may be lost. I may be… different.
But the LIGHT is there!
I can see it! I can feel it!

And maybe… in my dreams I can Seek it.

For once in a long while, I do not feel scared.
I do not feel trapped.
My life is not ruined, and I can feel those thoughts break away around me.

I can fight back.
I can maybe even…
win.

And it’s thanks to the light within me.
The light that came to me in my dreams and rescued my soul.

I am finding my way out…
I am.

I am.

3/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969352 ID: d63ea8
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>Divine the dead god’s shape.
There was once one who revelled in destruction.
He would look down upon his people and witness the violence they would inflict on one another.
Violence that they would commit in His honor.
Every morning they were born.
Every night they would die.
For Him there was nothing greater.

Yet as ages passed, some would break away from His teachings.
At first they were killed along with the rest.

But every morning they were born.
And every evening they would build.

Soon, there was no more need for violence.
No need for Him.

He would not allow it and sought to destroy them.
They did not allow it, and in doing so destroyed themselves.

There was never another morning.

And He...

Starved.

4/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969353 ID: d63ea8
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>Divine the “glimmer.”
I cannot be seen, for it is not there.
A city can be gleaned, a place of great artifice and wonder.
But this ‘glimmer’ cannot be found.
As though it was never there.

5/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969354 ID: d63ea8
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My weary eyes droop, and for a moment I glimpse it.
A great sphere.
Cracked and splintering.
Almost as if it is giving way under its own weight.
But there is a reason why.

An important one.

6/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969355 ID: d63ea8
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>Divine our finished writing project.
There is Potency within these words.
Created in the making, but only accessible in the reading.

We cannot claim it.

But this message will bolster the one who receives it.

Yet there is something else…

There is the influence of two others within this work:
First, a growing Light that intend to guide.
Second, a vacuous Emptiness that is watching from the wings.

Their selection slowly alters the balance.

7/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969356 ID: d63ea8
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>Divine the Abyss.
>(Contested against Potency)
>(Overcome)

This place is marked with equal parts of joy, disdain, and sorrow.

She could never love.
She is unable to.

But with this one.
These Fractile Joints...
She might’ve learned.

8/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969357 ID: d63ea8
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>Divine the desk once more.
>(Contested against Potency)
Information has been Blocked.
>(Potency is too weak)

Persistent.
I urge you to stop.

Or things might get nasty.

9/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969358 ID: d63ea8
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>Uh… well, you could try a pinprick on a fingertip. Heals fast enough. Just be sure to do so out of sight. Alternatively you could try licking it? Not sure it’ll reach us through the stomach.
Yes. I Remember.
You are all in my blood.

Is this what you need?
Do you need this substance to survive?

I guess soup won’t be enough…

I can try both ways, and so do out of sight.

My teeth had fallen out a while ago, and have been replaced with much sharper ones.

I put both fingers into my mouth.
My tongue encounters the rich blood and a faint hint of sour.

It is euphoric.
But I restrain myself.

And carefully bite the tips of my fingers.
It stings.
But I do not injure myself.

10/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:14 No. 969359 ID: d63ea8
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When I pull away my hand I am surprised!
My blood-

Our blood is a dark blue, and glows brighter than the dull red of the Abyss.

Yet the openings are made.
And I think…
I see some of the red on my fingertips disappearing.

>Life-fluids sampled, (more is required to restore Potency).

“If…”

I hesitate to ask.
It seems… unnatural…
But…

“If I got you more, would I be able to have some as well?”

“It…”

Again I hesitate.

“It tasted really good.”

11/11 Coming to Terms with the New Way Doors 2020/06/09(Tue)20:15 No. 969360 ID: d63ea8
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But then a drop of blood -our blood- runs off of the edge of my finger.
And lands onto my letter.
I panic for a moment, and my thoughts start racing.
Did I hurt them?
Are they angry?

I should’ve kept my hand more steady.

Should I discard the letter!?
But-
But…

...I worked so hard on it…
I don’t think I would be able to replicate that feeling again.

>Who will this letter be addressed to?
>Maxine Day: The Desk of Residential Affairs?
>Father Steinarr: The Retired Priest from down the road?
>Etzil: The creature that lives lived beneath our bed?
>The Abyss: For the sky is changed?
>Someone else you have in mind?
>Or do you want to leave it with no set destination?
>Or maybe discard the letter entirely?

>If all of you choose different names, then it will reach one of them, but the recipient will be left up to fate.

The Abyss.

If truly you desire it, without external influence, we should be able to share. Though for now I strongly suspect an impurity drives this delight.

>>969359
We don't know what it will do to you. Let's be careful for now. Also, we need to catch up to your strength. For now, we are the weaker one and need all that we can get.

>>969360
"ruinous light" huh?
There's weird blood on it, which means we shouldn't send it to any mortals. We could send it to Etzil... but what will that do exactly? Will it be beneficial? ...maybe. It has life blood on it, and the tone of the letter is positive.

Etzil.

I see no reason not to give you some share of any life-fluids we come across, as for a recipient for our letter, I think the Abyss is our best bet.

Oh, while we have our fingers pricked lets see if we can not like suck up all of Etzil's blood.
I also like the idea of another paper airplane to send this.

1/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:19 No. 969406 ID: d63ea8
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>“Ruinous Light” huh?

Drawer: “The Candle has brought many others low.”

Drawer: “Don’t underestimate it.”

>The Abyss.
>I think the Abyss is our best bet.
I am unsure of how to address this…
My quill hovers for a bit.

‘To that which is Departed’ is what I settle on.
I hope that the Abyss finds that pleasing.

>I also like the idea of another paper airplane to send this.
Yes.
The Abyss is vast, the letter will need a shape that can carry it far.
Another airplane seems fit.

2/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:19 No. 969407 ID: d63ea8
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Even if it enters a place where none can live,
Let these words be potent.
Let its path be true.
Let this hope be heard.

I release the letter, and it is done.

3/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:19 No. 969408 ID: d63ea8
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>We could send it to Etzil… but what will that do exactly? Will it be beneficial? ...maybe.
He did want a letter from me…
But if he’s… gone, I’m not sure what it would do.
I don’t think it would be harmful…
They're just words right?

4/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:19 No. 969409 ID: d63ea8
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>There’s weird blood on it, which means we shouldn’t send it to any mortal.
I feel the minor pangs of agitation.
No, I can’t let it be seen.
If they knew…

No.
I can’t let them come here.
They-
They would see the changes.

And I might hurt them.

>(White Thoughts strengthened)

5/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:19 No. 969410 ID: d63ea8
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>Oh, while we have our fingers pricked lets see if we can suck up all of Etzil’s blood.
Part of me doesn’t want to help these alien thoughts, but I quell that urge.
They helped me, and…
Probably got hurt on my account.

Though, the thought of that blood…

>I see no reason not to give you some share of any life-fluids.
“Tha-

>If truly you desire it, without external influence, we should be able to share. Though for now I strongly suspect an impurity drives this delight.
“Impurity…”
Yeah…
Blood is only one step off of-
I…
I shouldn’t.

>We don’t know what it will do to you. Let’s be careful for now. Also, we need to catch up to your strength. For now, we are the weaker one and need all that we can get.
“Of course.”

“You’re right.”

Part of me does not like that answer.
Part of me is thoroughly enraged by it.
They’re the ones who are intruding.
Why should I listen to their every command?
Part of me feels cheated and angry.
Very angry.

But I’m too tired to think straight.

I set those feelings aside for now.
I’m sure that they know best...

>Turned left.

6/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:20 No. 969411 ID: d63ea8
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I kneel down and place my fingers into the pool of blood.
A prickly sensation begins to spread up my arm.
It almost feels rhythmic, like a ring of sparks travelling up from my hand and dissipating into my chest.

The pool begins to shrink.

7/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:20 No. 969412 ID: d63ea8
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Rapidly.

8/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:20 No. 969413 ID: d63ea8
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That same ‘sensitive’ feeling manifests in my hand for a couple of moments.
But this time there is no pulsing, it is more like a random buzzing…
Almost like static.

But that feeling soon fades.

>Life-fluids consumed, (Potency returned to regular levels).

For whatever reason my dizziness begins to subside slightly.
But I still feel tired.

9/9 Into Where the Light is Dead Doors 2020/06/10(Wed)16:20 No. 969414 ID: d63ea8
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Maybe I should rest.

>Examine what surrounds you.
>Explore by turning in a direction or approaching a distant location.
>Inspect items on your person, or elements of the environment.
>Divine the deeper meaning of this place.
>Converse with those nearby.
>Test these ‘powers’ you have, possibly find answers.

>Feed off of the Vessel (Mortal?). Not a lot, just a bit. Enough to heal your injuries.

>Rest here for a while, and allow the chapter to conclude?

>It seems that ‘Vessel’ may no longer be a fitting name at this point.
>Please Continue.

>>969414
Let's examine that box first. Was it there before?

We can Feed immediately before the mortal sleeps. That way any side effects can be slept off.

((>>969416 yes lets take a quick look at the box before we sleep.
With regards to Feeding:))Lets Feed gradually and get the Vessel's feedback on what us Feeding does and stop to re-evaluate if he asks.

We've been operating exhausted for a very long time. I suggest you take a rest now, before doing anything else, in this state all of our faculties will be diminished.

Be sure to ask the pillow politely to sing you to sleep or tell you a story before you sleep

Oh we almost forgot to ask, Vessel do you have a name we could call you by? "Vessel" feels so... dispassionate a title. If you don't, would you like us to give you one?

While examining the box also divine it. ((because of course))

Mortal, you've signed your name on your letters. Can you tell us what it is?

1/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969521 ID: d63ea8
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>Let’s Examine that box first. Was it there before?
I gingerly pry the lockbox from the underside of the broken bed.
It is sturdy and reinforced with metal, and seems to be in good conditions despite the scratches.
I Remember seeing it before, but I never seemed to take notice of it.

Whatever tore the legs off of my bed tried to pull this open.
But they… ...were…

2/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969522 ID: d63ea8
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Suddenly I am drowning.

I need it! I can't get rid of it. I must-
NO! It's too dangerous, just-
OPEN IT! GET OUT of this-
Need to Forget. Have to get rid-
Maze that I am trapped in. I need-
Of it. I can't find-
The KEY.
The KEY.

Can't.
No.
Can't.

Open.
Run.

Danger…

3/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969523 ID: d63ea8
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>While Examining the box also Divine it.
>(Contested against Potency)
>Information has been Warded.
>(Potency is slightly weaker)
This box, while locked, contains a [Blocked].
The only one that will be accepted by [Blocked].
The mortal tried to destroy it many times but found themselves unable to.
Every time it would freeze at the edge of the Abyss and then put it back.
There was a key to this lockbox as well, but the mortal kept finding it, and every time it got a little harder to resist.
So the mortal asked [Blocked] to also [Blocked] this box, and then hid the key in its [Blocked] . The mortal has still not found it.

This box will not open.
And It will not be broken.

4/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969524 ID: d63ea8
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*THUD*

I drop the box.
As soon as it is out of my grasp the haze recedes.

I'm so tired.

>We've been operating exhausted for a very long time. I suggest you take a rest now, before doing anything else, in this state all of our faculties will be diminished.
Yeah. It's getting harder to concentrate, I'm surprised that I'm still walking at all…

>Be sure to ask the pillow politely to sing you to sleep or tell you a story before you sleep.

Pillow: “Of course.”

Pillow: “I’ll be sure to take care of you.”

5/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969525 ID: d63ea8
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I lie back on the torn mattress and pull the sheet over me.

>We can Feed immediately before the Mortal sleeps. That way any side effects can be slept off.
>Let’s Feed gradually and get the Vessel’s Mortal’s feedback on what us Feeding does and stop to re-evaluate if he asks.
>Life-fluids consumed slowly, (Injuries are being healed slowly).
A slow current begins to trace its way around me.
Like the pull of a gentle whirlpool.
Or the soft approach of the tide.

I start to feel… lightheaded…
But that might be…
The…
the…
soft…
covers…

6/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969526 ID: d63ea8
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My eyes are starting to droop.

>Oh we almost forgot to ask, Vessel do you have a name we could call you by? “Vessel” feels so… dispassionate a title.
>Mortal, you’ve signed your name on your letters. Can you tell us what it is?
Yes it’s…
it’s…

7/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969527 ID: d63ea8
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“The letters are too jumbled…”

“I…”

“Wait…”

“That’s it…”

“I…”

8/8 Back to the Corridors of Sleep Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)14:59 No. 969528 ID: d63ea8
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“...remember...”

“it…”

“was…”

The Pillow's Lullaby Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)15:00 No. 969529 ID: d63ea8
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>(Red Thoughts calmed)
>(White Thoughts reassured)

CHAPTER END: Doors 2020/06/11(Thu)15:00 No. 969530 ID: d63ea8
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Chapter 1: End

((Some things need to be decided upon.))

>What was the Name the Mortal told you?
>((The Mortal is male)).

>While the Mortal rests you are able to do one of the following:
1. Remember one aspect of the Mortal’s past, pick carefully.
2. Adapt to the Vessel’s body, and therefore remove one of the penalties associated with your Binding.
3. Launch a preemptive strike on the Meat Demon and attempt to Excise its Corruption.

>And with the chapter concluded, I invite you to pick one of the three possible interludes:
“Interrogating the Past”
“Lost in the Present”
or “Preparing for the Future.”

((Feel free to vote for multiple options in each category, and the most popular choices will be selected.))
((I’ll be holding the vote until Friday night and will try to launch the interlude on the following Wednesday.))
((The interludes are meant to be smaller side-stories, and should be shorter than a proper chapter.))

((Thank you to everyone who’s read and suggested, and I hope to make the future chapters just as enjoyable.))

>>969530
name: Stauf. (it's like Faust!)
3! We should have the advantage.

I think “Lost in the Present” is Etzil, let's pick that and see if we can rescue them.
Alternatively, “Preparing for the Future.”

((If 3 works, oh baby, but if it doesn't... that said:)) 3: Preemptive strike
((lets go generic with the ))Name: George
For interlude I vote Etzil or, should that be invalid, “Lost in the Present”

adapt.
((An early attack might be expected, and could go wrong. Let us observe and grow a bit and iron out our weaknesses a bit by adapting. Patience is key))
Present or past for me

((>>969576 I am kinda trusting it will work because we are not being given a say in how we do it, for instance the evocation method nearly worked, just needed to be worded differently))

3: the time to strike is now! (I hope this works)
>>969539
I like Stauf, but maybe a last name would be good too. Stauf K. Abbot!

((Alright, the battle will begin at the start of the next proper chapter.))

((But in the mean time, it looks as though the Mortal's name is 'Stauf G. Abbot'))

((Thank you to everyone who has participated and read thus far, I will begin work on "Lost in the Present" right away.))

((See you Wednesday!))