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->"...We senet beasts have watched you grow from ''specks in the seas'' to fervent things with fuzzy bellies and sparkling eyes. Sometimes I would lower a fruiting branch to a hungry snout, or pluck a drowning pup from the spume; fend off a cruel snakeman. The ''creators'' planted the ''seed'' of you and I watched endeavour's course, curious to see the shape that would emerge.\\
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"You are the ''creators''' creations but I cannot help feeling you are ''mine'' as well. When your faces began to resemble my own I wept and understood suddenly what your ''mothers'' know. How could I watch you fantastic children who have struggled from the salt to the soil to a soul, and not admire you? Not ''love'' you?"
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->''(To Lemuel)'' "I -- I've been so...hungry. For man, for air, for ''God''. I've let a child keep me like a dog, for at least a dog has purpose. But that's done."\\
"...my fine brother. Spirit me from hell. T-today's too well timed not to be divinely aligned! It's a ''reward''. Aye. You play you and I play me and we'll adventure again. We'll hunt the Queen's constructs, make them our ''own'', conclude that tale begun long ago, and then -- ''home'' -- a ''hint'' of home. A glimpse of good wife, of little son. They needn't see me, know I'm there, but God...''God''...'''''GOD'''''"

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->''(To Lemuel)'' "I -- I've been so...hungry. For man, for air, for ''God''. I've let a child keep me like a dog, for at least a dog has purpose. But that's done."\\
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my fine brother. Spirit me from hell. T-today's too well timed not to be divinely aligned! It's a ''reward''. Aye. You play you and I play me and we'll adventure again. We'll hunt the Queen's constructs, make them our ''own'', conclude that tale begun long ago, and then -- ''home'' -- a ''hint'' of home. A glimpse of good wife, of little son. They needn't see me, know I'm there, but God...''God''...'''''GOD'''''"

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-> ''(To Jivi)'' " 'Reject money's dehumanizing abstraction for greed is the death of the soul. Cede your greed and no Crescian will want.' That's the state line, eh, lad? You've ''dynastic royals'' preaching ''equality''. The country is a ''farce''! Fie to any life lived on a liege's lead."

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->''(To Lemuel)'' "I -- I've been so...hungry. For man, for air, for ''God''. I've let a child keep me like a dog, for at least a dog has purpose. But that's done."\\
"...my fine brother. Spirit me from hell. T-today's too well timed not to be divinely aligned! It's a ''reward''. Aye. You play you and I play me and we'll adventure again. We'll hunt the Queen's constructs, make them our ''own'', conclude that tale begun long ago, and then -- ''home'' -- a ''hint'' of home. A glimpse of good wife, of little son. They needn't see me, know I'm there, but God...''God''...'''''GOD'''''"

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!!Nary
->"Be clever, be mean, be bold. Remember predators don't die old"
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--Emil Toma, Book I, [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch17/ch17_129.html Chapter 17, page 129]]

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--Emil -->--Emil Toma, Book I, [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch17/ch17_129.html Chapter 17, page 129]]
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!!Emil
->''"Oh, Bell. Loud...and '''hollow.''' I hope you're not mistaking my loyalty for naivete. Her majesty has things to answer for, but I've '''seen''' your crimes; smelled the body count first hand. From Sharteshane to Ethelmik to this place. Have the '''empty skulls''' at your side?" No, they probably don't care.You razed Ethelmik. You killed the Queen's sister. You framed the lizards. You provoked them and the Alds today. If my queen erred I must believe it was in pursuit of what was best for the country, but your shit? '''[[ShutUpHannibal Fuck OFF.]]'''''

--Emil Toma, Book I, [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch17/ch17_129.html Chapter 17, page 129]]
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!!Ruckmearkha

->"When will that flutter ''still?'' The sour flutter in your belly where lives the fear of ''me'' -- of gods -- of the book-ending blacks. White fangs waiting in night-black woods; unseen sickness a'creep like ghosts, stealing babes still trailing mother's flesh. Not so long past, hunger ''lived'' with you, ''stayed'' with you in the frozen season, ''laid'' with you closer than wives in the drought-brown times. Then, senet gods were ''shields'' from black, from death, from hunger. Crowds like that mouse, begging us for boons. It was fine for a time to love you; protect you; to ''taste'' your sour and ''free'' you.\\
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"But you no longer fear fangs, or dark, or hunger. Only ''death''. Now I think [[spoiler:Bastion]]'s undying man may conquer even ''that.'' Oh, clever rodents! You've crawled so far from the sea. I understand why the bird's long loved you -- can you again love ''me?''"
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-> ''(To Jivi)'' " 'Reject money's dehumanizing abstraction for greed is the death of the soul. Cede your greed and no Crescian will want.' That's the state line, eh, lad? You've ''dynastic royals'' preaching ''equality''. The country is a ''farce''! Fie to any life lived on a liege's lead."

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->"By the six rings and the Aldish kings, you shall answer to me!"

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->"By ->''(To Quigley)'' "Traitor. Slaver. ''Murderer''. By the six rings and the Aldish kings, kings you shall answer to me!"
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'''Sette:''' That purse best be fat as Yerta 'cause you owe Lord Frummagen '''''2300 gold sem!'''''\\

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'''Sette:''' That purse best be fat as Yerta 'cause you owe Lord Frummagen Frummagem '''''2300 gold sem!'''''\\

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!!Duane Adelier

->'''Duane (to Sette):''' Naught would better please me than to bend you over my knee!\\
'''Sette:''' ''Oh?'' '''''Oh?!''''' ''And touch me hindquarters?!'' That's all ya ever wanted is me hindquarters! '''''Child lover!'''''\\
'''Duane (facepalming):''' You'd cure a child lover in minutes.


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->'''Sette:''' It was on your fat head t'make ''good'' here - ''not'' play hero to a lotta river hicks. Ya shouldn't've come to a place don't use money!\\
'''Stockyard:''' ...could be you're right. But sometimes we never woulda seen that ''fat purse'' in the storm drain if we hadn't first ''tripped'' in the street.\\
'''Sette:''' That purse best be fat as Yerta 'cause you owe Lord Frummagen '''''2300 gold sem!'''''\\
''(Everyone in the background gasps in unison)''

!!Duane Adelier

->'''Duane (to Sette):''' Naught would better please me than to bend you over my knee!\\
'''Sette:''' ''Oh?'' '''''Oh?!''''' ''And touch me hindquarters?!'' That's all ya ever wanted is me hindquarters! '''''Child lover!'''''\\
'''Duane (facepalming):''' You'd cure a child lover in minutes.

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->''(To Quigley)'' "'''''I am not a plod!''''' I am no ''construct''. I am no ''design''. I am '''''Duane Adelier''''': soldier of ''God'', evil's ''bane'', and Alderode's undoubting ''son''.

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->''(To Sette)'' "You cannot ''understand'' the horrors Cresce has heaped upon Alderode - the ''shackles'' in which it binds the whole of this sad continent. But girl, I've born ''witness''; watched lads younger than you choke ''blood'' at the feet of Crescian invaders. I've seen Cresce dominate, ''smothering'' the west with precepts that make ''slaves'' of men and ''witches'' of women! '''''I've seen their bitch-queen seduce, betray, and murder.'''''"

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->''(To Sette)'' "You cannot ''understand'' the horrors Cresce has heaped upon Alderode - the ''shackles'' in which it binds the whole of this sad continent. But girl, I've born borne ''witness''; watched lads younger than you choke ''blood'' at the feet of Crescian invaders. I've seen Cresce dominate, ''smothering'' the west with precepts that make ''slaves'' of men and ''witches'' of women! '''''I've seen their bitch-queen seduce, betray, and murder.'''''"
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->''(To Sette)'' "You cannot ''understand'' the horrors Cresce has heaped upon Alderode - the ''shackles'' in which it binds the whole of this sad continent. But girl, I've born ''witness''; watched lads younger than you choke ''blood'' at the feet of Crescian invaders. I've seen Cresce dominate, ''smothering'' the west with precepts that make ''slaves'' of men and ''witches'' of women! '''''I've seen their bitch-queen seduce, betray, and murder.'''''"

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!!Jivi

->"Plat! Do you know arts yet? You got to help us! I-- this is all some sick, illegal...'''''thing!''''' These guys, they call themselves the Red Berry Boys. They're kidnapping people and c-cutting them up! We're ''not'' legal slaves! [...] D'you hear me? Plat! These bastards cut a little girl up. They left her and I-- I couldn't help! I couldn't help..."



->''Look at her. She's not yours. But she's yours.''\\
"Sette's friend?"\\
''Can that perfect memory even produce her name?''\\
"[[spoiler:'''''Sara''''']]."\\
''Hate has settled on the ruins of you like snow.''\\
"I owe this place nothing. ''Cresce'' caused this. ''All of it.'' ''No one'' came to help ''us''--\\
''I know. I was there. So much lost... A bleak fate, remarkably shaped; but God did not '''wholly''' smooth away the contour of His touch, and you thought you saw His fingerprints. You interpreted them; concluded there was some '''meaning.''' Now: slay a monster, defeat a queen, uncover a scheme -- will Hell open its gate? Might you '''bribe''' your way out, your doings undone? Then home, home, '''home,''' how they'll welcome the long-lost soldier.''\\
''But even [[spoiler:Lemuel]] did not know you.''\\
"...He owes me nothing."\\
''...How '''kindly''' this ugly world has treated you. To a lonely father it made the gift of a girl so starved for love her hunger sharpened her teeth to fangs. But '''she''' wasn't '''yours'''. And you lost interest so quickly.''\\
''The river carried you to a treasure trove. Within was all the rich meaning you've '''ever''' needed: To protect. To learn. To nurture. You chose to do '''none''' of these things.''\\
''You've pursued '''easy''' meaning -- a '''comfortable''' purpose -- and trampled children underfoot even as they begged alms at the high walls of your hateful heart. Because '''you''' owed them '''nothing'''.''\\
''God is unattainable by '''transaction.''' He's the prize of good men who fill '''every''' deserving hand with courage, sacrifice, and kinship. Good men keep no accounts, and are '''richer''' for it. But if the ledgers of '''this''' world are your meaning, Duane Adelier... then '''rot''' in this world until '''better men reshape it.'''''

!!Jivi

->"Plat! Do you know arts yet? You got to help us! I-- this is all some sick, illegal...'''''thing!''''' These guys, they call themselves the Red Berry Boys. They're kidnapping people and c-cutting them up! We're ''not'' legal slaves! [...] D'you hear me? Plat! These bastards cut a little girl up. They left her and I-- I couldn't help! I couldn't help..."

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->"''Ah.'' ''This'' I remember. The old hollow virtue. The old toothless indignation. Maybe you ''are'' Duane. Grand man for ''speeches'', but when the time came to ''live the word'' how he ''shrank'' from threats to his tender sensibilities... Well, there aren't enough pages in Ssael's writing, nor Gefender scripture, nor even the '''''goddamned book of Duane Adelier''''' to detail all that's been lost to the ''tender sensibilities of weak men''."



!!Murkoph

->'''Murkoph:''' ...I was dreamin' of titties and smokes. I got a powerful cravin'. Bum a smoke, bit?\\
'''Sette:''' I got none.\\
'''Murkoph:''' Nor titties, eh. Always suspected this was ''Hell.''



->'''Sette:''' Wh-what's going on?!\\
'''Murkoph:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Flashback. Dream sequence. Hallucinatory rrrrevelation. Who put the little girl in the lead? Where's the plot hole you came in through, darlin'?]]

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->'''Sette:''' Wh-what's going on?!\\
'''Murkoph:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Flashback. Dream sequence. Hallucinatory rrrrevelation. Who put the little girl in the lead? Where's the plot hole you came in through, darlin'?]]
->'''Bastion:''' [[spoiler:Adelier]] is a ''man''. ''My'' man, Rahm! ''I'' brought him back! '''''Bastion Winalils''''' beat death!\\
'''Rahm:''' Dogshit.\\
'''Bastion:''' Dogshit? [...] His soul binds his memories. Intact! Sane! ''Beyond'' death. So he's a maggoty mess. Minor quibble.



->''(To Duane)'' "Ya know, martyrdom's got no sting if ya can't '''stay dead.'''"

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->''(To Duane)'' "Ya know, martyrdom's ->"Mortality makes ''beasts'' of us. It is not the senet beasts who deserve that designation. They swim through eternity with enviable dispassion. It's we spiderpaws who sink claws into each other, thrashing for purchase from a plummet into the void. Death is the gods' crime."

!!Murkoph

->'''Murkoph:''' ...I was dreamin' of titties and smokes. I
got no sting if ya can't '''stay dead.'''"
a powerful cravin'. Bum a smoke, bit?\\
'''Sette:''' I got none.\\
'''Murkoph:''' Nor titties, eh. Always suspected this was ''Hell.''



->"This is your hero? '''This?!''' He's nawt but posturin' and ''pain''. Ha! One night Rector Adelier [[spoiler:walked into a crowd of Crescians and didn't walk out again]]. Now he's a shamblin' ''epilogue'', rottin' another inch each day 'case ''Ssael'' says self-slaughter's against the ruuuuules~ Plods're 'gainst the rules too, choir boy."

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->"This is your hero? '''This?!''' He's nawt but posturin' and ''pain''. Ha! One night Rector Adelier [[spoiler:walked into a crowd of Crescians and didn't walk out again]]. Now he's a shamblin' ''epilogue'', rottin' another inch each day 'case ''Ssael'' says self-slaughter's against ->'''Sette:''' Wh-what's going on?!\\
'''Murkoph:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Flashback. Dream sequence. Hallucinatory rrrrevelation. Who put
the ruuuuules~ Plods're 'gainst little girl in the rules too, choir boy."
lead? Where's the plot hole you came in through, darlin'?]]


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->''(To Duane)'' "Ya know, martyrdom's got no sting if ya can't '''stay dead.'''"

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->"This is your hero? '''This?!''' He's nawt but posturin' and ''pain''. Ha! One night Rector Adelier [[spoiler:walked into a crowd of Crescians and didn't walk out again]]. Now he's a shamblin' ''epilogue'', rottin' another inch each day 'case ''Ssael'' says self-slaughter's against the ruuuuules~ Plods're 'gainst the rules too, choir boy."

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!!Prakhuta

->"Ours is a difficult world to stay sane in. You've ''looked'' beneath the floorboards, Adelier, but have you ''seen?'' Pulled up the ''lid'' and gazed into the ''eye?'' You ''should.'' This world is rotting faster than ''you'' are. ''You'' escaped, but you're the first. The khert has scattered every other dead man since our world began, choking itself with their memories. Memories innocuous, euphoric, horrific, and sublime, unable to exist as balanced personalities without a living brain to bind them. Like to like, they ''congeal'' in the khert. They become '''''monsters.''''' Should ''every'' lonely memory last an eternity? Should the still-born babe's single phlegmy gasp echo without end? ''Whose'' design, that? To peel the mind from the rind and leave it to ''rot?'' Why? '''''Why?''''"

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->"Haunted? It's called a bacterial infection, dimwit."

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->''(To Bastion)'' "''Yes!'' All those tragic deaths! If only I could be like ''you!'' But I can't ''be'' a pretty human pretending ''the greater good'' pressed my hand and ''made'' me a murderer! I can't make it all better by being saaaad afterwards! Bastion's ''allowed'' to kill because he cries ''a-bloo-hoo-hoo'' once the blood's dry!"

!!Lady Ilganyag / Sessine

->'''Sessine:''' Your people will end, have ended, are ending. The compromise is undone. Civil war grips Alderode. But it was inevitable. Yours is not a world of forevers.\\
'''Duane:''' '''''God''''' is forever.
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->"Let the warbeast rend till heaven's end and its howls unwind, unfailing. For tho' thund'rous be its roiling bombs and crack of spells assailing, The following silence is awful'r still, and brings with it the wailing."
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'''Lemuel:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Punch]] [[LampshadeHanging another]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny politician]].

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'''Lemuel:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Punch]] [[LampshadeHanging another]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments politician]].
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'''Ashley:''' "By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike. And all the time, lo! that smiling sky, and this '''unsounded''' sea!" - [[MobyDick Moby-Dick]]\\

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'''Ashley:''' "By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike. And all the time, lo! that smiling sky, and this '''unsounded''' sea!" - [[MobyDick Moby-Dick]]\\Literature/MobyDick\\

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