This is all very interesting! 🤔 I wonder how much time passed and which body has Eldrian returned to...
What an exciting chapter! Looking forward to where this leads 😁
I like Core 1 already! What they lack in humanity they make up for in personality and snark 😆
A Saint Stand, you say?
They clashed with the dreadful wraith in the middle of the cracking bridge. Undying Slaughter was still stronger, faster, and far more malevolent than Nephis and Sunny… however, with Saint fighting by their side, the two of them were able to keep up.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Taking bets on which Shadow gets to go with Nephis! I'd like it to be Gloomy, they deserve it for the trouble they were undoubtedly put through training Crazy. Happy is a close second, because they're deserve it for keeping the mood up in Shadow Brigade Followed by Haughty because they're the gentleman of the group 😂 The others can fight it out amongst themselves ...
His shadows rose from the ground, flowing onto his body. One, two, three, four, five… the sixth one, however, wrapped itself around Nephis instead. At the same time, a generous measure of her pure flame filled him with radiant warmth. The sum of their powers was greater than the parts.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
I think the likelihood of a memory is influenced by if there's a novel story or thematic link for the Nightmare Spell to follow. By giving the flower in the dream she helped increase the chances even more, but even just asking to be killed is a powerful plot point for the Spell to pick up on. In that way the Spell is a little like our current day GPTs and other transformer based AI, giving probabilistic output based on input. With a twist that it gives more valuable output for certain cases. Maybe it even values uniqueness and novelty in the input! This could even be how it "decides" what actions are defying fate, if it's constantly predicting future actions based on an initial fated timeline then actions that differ from these predictions are defying the odds in a very real way. Imagine if something like ChatGPT rewarded users for giving coherent input that differs from what it expected then to give, that's a basic version of what I think the Spell is doing. Also, as the leaders of Twilight were all people who entered the real tomb to become guides in the nightmare tombs of their people (themselves all challengers), then I suspect the leaders knew a lot about the rules of the spell when it came to nightmares, memories, and echos.
[...You have received a Memory.]
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
It's one of the big mysteries the book has been setting up, are the inhabitants of nightmares "real people", so to speak. Sunny seems to believe so, at least in part.
And so, with a heavy heart, he delivered the fatal strike to the beautiful Saint, as swift and merciful as he could make it. Then, Sunny used the divine flames of the Cruel Sight to ignite her body and stepped back, watching as fire spread across the wooden bed and devoured the silk canopy.
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
This, a missed opportunity for a terrific pun!
"Yeah. It tasted pretty amazing."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
Everyone can hear what Sinny says, Sunny is forced to voice it out loud.
"Sunny. I… I… I remember."
Shadow Slave
Fantasy · Guiltythree
An exciting chapter! I'm really curious to see how things progress, so many theories and ideas 😁
A New World, an immersive game experience
Games · Breuno