Christopher Brown
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-Veylis and the 26-12 “So, get anything useful from her?” Naeko asked. They had met in the middle once their interrogations were done, and immediately, Avo read the frustration off the Chief Paladin’s face. “He’s insane,” Naeko said flatly. “He’s insane, and he keeps trying to get me to listen to him—but can’t remember what he’s going to say after. He spent most that time beginning me to remember what he meant to me. He kept trying to touch my face.” “Not much.” Avo held…-
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-Jaus Avandaer 26-11 Marker of the Lost Paths (II) “Release me!” Zein growled. She struck as echoes detonated out from her, straining against the palm of her disciple. Vain though it was, her intent was focused solely on Alysim, and her eyes burned with a ravenous loathing Avo never before witnessed. “ Naeko and Avo shared a look. The Fallwalker in the Chief Paladin’s grip writhed and kicked, doing all they could to get at Zein. “ Each word was snared with venom, and splashes of memory…
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-Alysim the Wanderer to Jaus Avandaer 26-10 Maker of the Lost Paths (I) Even the slightest of Naeko’s blows bathed the world in sweeping torrents of destruction. Force bent to his will like clay. Violence was and Time. No so different from most other people in existence. Few Godclads could stand against Naeko, let alone the ephemerals or FATELESS. So. Mental warfare was how things had to be. That was fine. The mind was Avo’s Embodiment, after all. Every time Alysim reformed, he would reach out…
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- 26-9 The Mad Monk A mere second ago, the man wasn’t there. Then, suddenly, they unveiled themselves, standing plain upon the canvas of existence and the sea that was the Nether. And worst of all, they were staring straight down at him and Naeko. Straight down, with a smile pulling on the man’s jowls. An inward current of fog carried Naeko and Avo to the surface. The pressure from the palm was nigh unbearable, even when it wasn’t levied directly against you. Avo still felt the ache of Naeko…
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-The Mad Monk Alsyim, Fallwalker 26-8 Sympathy From a Monster Naeko didn’t know how long he spent beating the corpse. All he knew was that when sense finally returned to him, his fists were splashing gore and offal in blood-filled divots made by his fist, and that what remained of Karakan was little more than a smear. It was his breath that captured his focus. He was hyperventilating; sobbing; laughing. His body was shaking, and try as he could, he just couldn’t stop it. Why did he kill her? What…
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-Chief Paladin Osjane Thousand and Paladin Samir Naeko (Circa 79 P.F.) 26-7 Find Yourself Avo found the woman first. If she could still be called that. Recent memories flashed through his mind, moments plucked from Naeko’s thoughts via Hysteria. A history of pain had been lovingly inflicted on the woman’s ravaged body. Lines of symmetry extended in Avo’s cog-feed. He connected wounds to moments recalled. Tortures inflicted to pleasure received and hatred sated. In the very depths of the bunker,…
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-Former Sister Karakan and Samir Naeko, (circa 201 P.F.) 26-6 An Atrocity in Mercy It was as if the daystar itself burned within Veylis Avadaer. Brightness poured from her being. Brightness outlined her in shadow. Brightness kept Kae’s gaze from ever gaining true insight. There was no intent to harm. At least, not yet. Dazed by her circumstances, with mind whirling, Kae found herself directed via a hand planted against her back. The size of Veylis’ palm nearly encompassed her entire upper…
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-Ying Yang Wei, the Stormsparrow 26-5 …Are Paths to the Present The Gatekeeper had once again exceeded its purpose. Secrets leaked over from its wounds, revealing Or did. They wouldn’t be able to hide that much longer now. Not that it mattered. They got more than they expected out of this affair. Tides of progressing time pulled Kae Kusanade from the grasp of reality. A horrified scream sang out from her as she found herself descending in the Paths. But she did not come alone. Her…
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-Veylis Avandaer 26-4 Wounds of the Past… Kae's footsteps slowed as she ventured further into the depths of Scale. The glowering red and oppressive heat that accompanied the vents and Rendsinks vanished, peeled by shifting bricks that reconstructed her surroundings with each step. A wall of techno-thaumic reactors greeted her, exhaling miracle after miracle, a barrier before the Gatekeeper’s final threshold. In another life, in another time, the sheer thaumaturgic brilliance on display would have…
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-Veylis and the Infacer 26-3 Expert Testimony (II) It was surprisingly easy getting Naeko to accept the plan. The harder part was convincing the ethics committee about what he wanted. Promising to keep his “bait” alive if possible helped, and the fact was that said “bait” was due a Desoulement and execution by the end of the week anyway. After the satellites of the Unwhere beamed the Fallwalker down into the heart of Scale, Avo wasted no time building his deception. The man’s mind was the…
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