《A Challenger appears (A Shadow slave SI fan-fiction AKA SS The Abridged series)》 Vile Thieving bird? nope Just the (Unknown) Chapter Zero - Look at me... I AM THE CAPTAiN NOW!!! "You there... yeah you, no not you you''ll get your turn if you want it there''s plenty to go around, there now that I''ve got the right person/person''s attention lets have a chat... so you think you could do a better job with the story of the nightmare spell and earth? or maybe with the story of Sunless and Nephis? or maybe with the whole cohort? the whole world? well good news you have the opportunity to do so whenever you feel like challenging it, you know if you''ve got the time and stomach for it, still here huh? you sure you don''t wanna see the original first? how about one of the others interpretations of it? no? still here? am I boring you? yes? no? doesn''t really matter as I can''t hear you I''m too busy talking with someone who actually wants to go there themselves and challenge this monster... with a little help from me of course if they want this world... they can have it as far as I''m concerned, all they have to do... is earn it... with effort, or resolve, persistence, or just plan wanting it bad enough to seize control themselves. or maybe Time or Fate will help, maybe they could enlist the help of their inner Desires, or maybe they''re Fated to do so, maybe it''s their Destiny to do so, or maybe you Dread it too much to try, maybe you don''t have enough Hope yet?, not enough of the Dream? or of the Heart? well if you''re still here that means you''re fine with taking a back seat and only occasionally talking it out with the actors on stage and are willing to let another dictate your Fate... if after all this you''re still here... then I think you''ve chosen your Chains rather wisely indeed... anyways on to the story it will all happen in due time. "so that was rather strange, guess all these stars are the nightmare spell then... do I have my flaw yet? oh I do can I see it?... hmm I can live with this... at least unless it ends up getting me killed... what are my attributes?... can I see them?... wow how fucking broken can you get... although the requirements seem to be quite steep... and I''ll have to relearn the limits with the audience after it really starts!?... fine but what do i get in return?... oh ok that''s a fair trade off... now I''m a little scared to ask... but what is my Aspect?... holy shit... and I thought the others had it good but holy shit this is fucking fantastic... okay I''m stumped what is the catch here exactly?... oh I''m not getting a choice in the matter since I already signed up? that''s it? to amuse anyone who wants to read about my suffering and document what they want to know along the way? how is this a downside? ..." "Oh, it''s sorta like having a job and I might have to deal with assholes? isn''t this just life? I didn''t get nearly as much agency in my life before this whole thing was set up, so this is honestly a breath of fresh air, alright I''m ready to begin whenever you are" Chapter one - New and Old I groggily begin to awaken from my first nightmare... that was truly the most harrowing thing I''ve ever experienced in my entire life I honestly thought the waking world help the greatest horrors and the land of the nightmare spell was nothing but endless combat... I severely underestimated how awful that would be... even though I knew I''d survive thanks to the help of my Patron... sometimes death feels like a mercy, sometimes like near the end of that trial... all my life flashed before my eyes and I Almost gave in... key word is Almost, I''m still alive... and now I need to see... who did I have to kill to enter this world? (You have slain sleeper Lost from Light, Your Shadow grows stronger) So... it would seem that I''ve killed the main character and taken his place... rather cliche but it works rather well. (you have slain sleeper, Changing star, your Flame burns brighter) Wait what? huh? what? what''s going on here? idk what is happening here. (you have slain sleeper, Song of the Fallen, your sight grows clearer) ... (you have slain sleeper, Nightingale, your voice grows louder) (you have slain sleeper, Raised by Wolves, Your instincts sharpen) (you have slain sleeper, Rain) (you have slain sleeper,) okay I think I remember enough now to understand where i need to go from here i just need to ah right that''s how I do that (Name: True Name: Vessel of the (?) Attributes: Foreigner?, Usurper?, Fool?, Lineage? Aspect: Defiled? Thief? Aspect ability: Pro?/Con? Aspect ability: Leader? Flaw: Fractured? whatever do you mean? I''m perfect and nothing can hurt me?) Alright I remember the important parts now I''m in Sunny''s body as he''s waking up and yet it''s no longer his... it''s mine now as is most other things of his... but I don''t just want to experience the same things he did... right this is the problem... I have to make choices now... I''m the new main character and I only get one real chance to do this... well time to change some things before any of the important people notice me and I have to abandon all the people I care about just to change one small thing that they''d for sure change if they could... so let''s see... I definitely don''t want to be stuck with Sunnys body... at least not certain parts so I''ll change those... and maybe make some new alterations... alright... I really hope this makes me happy... because turning back after this point would suck really, really bad... Alright now I''m done changes things from the original to better suit my tastes... and then there''s my real flaw to consider... I really really hope I''m making the right choice here... alright I''m finished now and nothing''s gonna stop me now... As I open up my eye''s I see someone I''ve only ever read about... boy do the words on a page not do the effect justice... awakened, and master''s especially are really something special, there she is Soul Reaper Jet... since I know what to look for everything is rather obvious the attributes the flaw the aspect and power it''s all laid bare before my eyes... and other things... man this is gonna get annoying fast, I bet I''m partially regretting my flaw of choice... but then again no one else gets to pick so what am I complaining about? Anyways it would seem that something that''s not changing is the fact that I''ve ben staring at her for an uncomfortable long amount of time and she seems to have noticed (quite think of something fast) "Ugh, you, nice, look, there, scary, pretty, lady, strong, deadly, much rare," she seems genuinely confused and entirely unsure as to what to say... to the point where she does not speak for (4:47(that''s not helpful)). "Is this normal for you? or did the spell mess you up that badly? it''s really hard to tell" If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. "Yes and no" "Right, I should really be more specific, shouldn''t I? but I''m sorry there''s so much going on here that i have no idea what I should ask first... can you at least tell me your name? introductions seem like a good start i think if you just keep throwing random babel at me, we will get nowhere fast" She points to Herself then Me "Jet. you" "I''m, a, little, lost, right, now, call me, ugh, brrrrrghn, no wait!!, ugh huh, whatever, oh right, just call, me, call me, call me, call me, Sylvie, " wow talking is so fucking hard... what the hell kind of flaw was this again and why is my name messed up none of those syllables strung in that order make my name... what the hell is wrong with me... oh wait I know what''s wrong it''s mostly my flaw interacting with my power in strange and unique ways... this is gonna be a looooooong road to the top, I can just feel it now this is a real slow burn... will I be able to beat the original story in anything at this rate? "I''ve been very patient with you, you know up till now... but in all my long years I''ve never experienced more pain in my entire life combined then the time I''ve spent with you by your side, that was painful for me, how the heck did you make it through all that?" "I, DO, NOT, KNOW." "You know I''ve been watching over you since shortly after you fell asleep... and I saw alot of things I never thought I''d see... so please I''m beggin you I''m just dying to know... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED THAT CAUSED ALL THIS MESS" For the first time since I''ve woken up, I pull my eyes awake from Master Jet... and h-o-l-y c-r-a-p the scene around us is rather disturbing, messy blurry blobs of flesh all around us in strange configurations I recognize no one else but her... no wait those are probably either police officers or dormant beasts and there''s the guy who welcomed sunless into this place... yeah he? is a little familiar I can pick him out... they don''t seem like an enemy... (NO ONE HERE NEEDS TO DIE) ... "What''s going on here I''m not entirely sure... why don''t you share how you see it and we can compare notes on what''s happening, because I''m a little confused myself." "Well according to my own eyes and memories as well as the testimony of those who are still here when you entered this building you introduced yourself ''Sunless'' or maybe sunny? and now? shortly before? waking up I saw something that I''m pretty sure no one has ever survived in the history of the entire universe, and now you''re giving out a different name? and you look... let''s say you''re very different then when you came in... do you even notice the difference? I''m pretty sure that I''ve only ever heard of masters going through something similar I don''t want to pry but the fact is the government is gonna know about this one way or the other this is too out of the ordinary to keep covered up... even with our resources... so we need to know how you''d like us to spin it I''m sure I could convince these officers to keep everything, from before hush hush... but no way in hell are we going to be able to hide this in the future... should it happen again?... so, what is going on here" "You''ve been being vague... very vague about this whole thing... but fine somethings aren''t supposed to be talked about while others... yeah okay how about you and I have a full-length chat? in private to get this story straightened out? ..." "Agreed" Some amount of time pass'' by, everything''s still a blur to me but that will fade with time and effort... i Hope... anyways sooner than later I''m alone with Jet... "I''ll start I guess, since you seem to be having trouble focusing on anything but me and my voice, so I''m just gonna come out and say it you''re entire body looks... well where you quite so... ahem pretty? before? because based off of what my own memories are telling me... i kinda thought... but you also seemed to be from the outskirts so maybe... it was a uh... lack of resources? that ugh caused a small delay in getting you where you were supposed to go? you know I''m normally better about this, but I''ve never even heard tall tales of such a thing happening before so uhm... though given the limited number of awakened let alone masters... it''s not like this thing couldn''t happen to a sleeper... so uhm am I mistaken??? on my assumption as well as the sworn testimony of the officers? cause I mean it''s not like we thought to check in... on that beforehand... also uhm what is happening to me? and the officers? is this your aspect? or maybe your flaw? attribute? because I know for certain I''m normally more confident... and I know these officers should be better than this..." "that''s a lot to take in at once... but to answer as best I can... I''m not exactly the same person I was... uh before I came in here I am the one who chose to come here I chose to share that name I do lack many resources and now I need fewer than I did yes you''re being affected me but probably not in the way you think also your eyes probably weren''t deceiving you but I''d need more details on what Exactly you mean if you want an Honest answer" "You know what good enough... I know enough about how bad some flaws or nightmares can get so I won''t pry any further... y''know you''re actually kind of interesting I was just planning on helping you a bit but now you''ve got my undivided attention, I''m going to check in on you up until your return to the dream world let me take you to the academy and we can discuss some more things along the way" And many topics were discussed, some token beats used for the purpose of covering my bases so I could not fuck up the main story in the wrong way... (if only there was a way to know what that conversation was like huh? maybe waiting long enough and it''ll get added? nah that wouldn''t work) ... "Alright, i have work and other appointment to hold to... but I''ll definitely make time for you... in fact I''m sure you''ll be dying to get rid of me before you know it... well I''m sure you''re already dead tired as is so I''ll give you a break for now you much be running low on energy after all you''ve been through recently... so I''ll let you get to your (New?) orientation now because I''m sure you''re still totes lost from plot right about now, so anyways on to your school life arc hope you make tons of ... (friends?)... On the Previous Episode Shadow Slave Abridged our Hero the (Insert Title here) Chapter Zero - Look at me... I''m the Captain now - some Random Smuck @TM decides to play a game of pretend with the only person who can stand their overpowering presence... themselves, meet the cast... Starring ME: Author And Main Character of this Low Budget Production where the only real slavery going on is the loss of money from not working on something else more productive, MYSELF: An Amazing writer, Director, creative coordinator, Voice Actor, Actor, Friend, and over all Person, I: The cause of all future, past, and present delays, this mad Prince, Skinwalking, Dread lord, is Slaughtering the swarms of fan letters that definitely exist already and aren''t a figment of my imagination, Devouring like a Mongrel Beast the approval of complete strangers Without a regard of being called a Vile Thief of the Avian persuasion, so let me weave you a tale that shall take you straight to the river''s estuary and back to my timeline of things On the Previous Episode of Shadow Slave Abridged: Episode 1: Blatant self insert, has a bad dream, Blatant self insert, sees bad things... Blatant self insert:kills things, ... Blatant self insert: expressess themselves through violence and Betrayel before they could do the same to them, Blatant self Insert:,... is a slave in a real? or fake with real world reprecussions? situation does bad things in a bad situation.. gets rewarded beyond their wildest expections with one strict drawback and a few looser ones, then proceeds to fuck shit up in every interpretation of the word for over 2000 chapters of which i have read well over 1600 in a world where everything that can go wrong will, and everything that can go right also will... in essense it''s a person with the power of god and anime on there side or in other terms author fiat and the rule of cool trying to marry/fuck/kill everything in the world that matter to them, a coming of age story a romance novel and a harem and divine comedy in one... you''ll love almost any way you look at it... but please look at mine at least at some point and you know interact with me over it so i don''t lose motivation to finish it quickly... but be warned i''m not likely to have a consistent schedule On the Next Episodes of Drag-oning on on and Shadow Slave "that by the time i''m done the originally work might actually finish and you can go back to what you actually wanted in origins" Abridged. our Blatant self insert @TM Who definitly isn''t a bargin bin shadow monarch or a bargin bin son wukong or a Bargin bin Copper salesmen, seeks to catch them all by expanding their harem? (wait what do you mean they barely talk to anyone or expand on them at all for awhile? what do you mean they talk to universally hated people 1 of whom gets a redemntion arc and the other gets to "Fucked up in all kinds of ways" do you mean in a fight? sexually? in character developement arcs? as in tragically dark? What is this???) or Stds(what do you mean the main character hasn''t actually tried to seduce anyone for over a thousand chapters? this is marked romance yeah? do they at least date? not officially? what does that mean? ), or maybe the best way is to say the main character collects everything either like an excessive hoarder or a video game character or a video game play collects trophys. And before you ask no i don''t really Need any of this i''m perfectly happy doing this all on my own... that being said just like romance or danceing it''s FUN to do it with more ??????? involved. CAW CAW Mother bird returns 1 Wow okay... now it''s time to actually reveal the flaw right? Flaw - The King In Rags - "A being from beyond who wielded unlimited power and limitless potential chose to lower themselves to such a state as to give you a chance... you''ve made your choice... do you want to stay like this??? huh? or will you rise above the rags you chose and improve?" "All things come to an end... all power has it''s costs... and all costs take their toll... but yours doesn''t really bother you, the way it would others, for you still remain a King even in your rags... you will return to where you Desire... as long as you don''t let Dread stop you... and your Hopes and Dreams aren''t lost to Oblivion..." "Your power lies in the, past, present, and, future, every choice you''ve made and every choice you make will cost you something, however there is nothing you can''t do should you be willing to pay the price... and strike at the right moment." Hmm thats not very elucidating is it? so very verbose but doesn''t actually tell me what it is... maybe i missed something??? let me check again Name - Sylphy True Name - Vessel Of The () Attributes - Foreigner (You Are Not From This World, It''s Rules Won''t Play The Same For You As Others, For Better, Or Worse) - Usurper (You''ve Taken That Which Is Not Yours, And Yet You''ve Not Been Deposed, Long Live the King In The Rags) - Fool (You Have Endless Chances Too Improve? after all when you''re at the bottom there is no where to go but up?) - Lineage (I''ve already told you haven''t you been listening?) Aspect Name - Defiled Thief - Aspect Rank - Divine - Professional/con-artist (You Possess the power to fool others) - Leader (But Where to?) Oh... this... hmm okay i understand now... let''s hope the others don''t figure out what this means... "What am i gonna do now?" Maybe i should check my soul sea? Hmm this is... not at all what has been described... well maybe if i look around in here I''ll figure something out?... As I look around my soul sea to figure out what''s going on here, I finally understand everything... i mean i thought i understood before but now i really really understand my face and body are... not what i thought they should be... nor is it sunless... or Cassie... or Nephis... or Castor... or Kai.. or Athena... or Mordret... or Jet... or Even what i remember myself looking like... so it seems not only have i been isekaid into this gods forsaken death world where even the strongest thing can be killed with nothing but hopes and dreams... but it''s a world where humanity is actively losing slowly but surely... but i''m also... gonna have to deal with my ahem... new body... new mind... and new soul as well... i kind of don''t won''t to deal with half this shit right now... too bad i''m gonna have to... so it seems that the shadows... echos and memories of the (?) level version of the Cohort are stuck in my soul... but also the corruption of knowing things that i''m not supposed too... so my flaw is that i''m corrupted?... but not the same type of corruption as most other''s?... this is... okay i understand enough for now. "This is so much to take in" "You should really see what it''s like on the inside before saying something like that" "Silver hair?" "Uhm... last i checked?" So this is either a coincidence or... is that Nephis? so i guess shes not dead? but didn''t i have to kill her in order to get that reflection/shadow/memory/echo/soul? And is it just me or does she seem way more talkative then she should be? i mean doesn''t she have to go through her character arc to learn to trust people a bit more first? isn''t she supposed to be more monotone? and Brusque? what is happening? first jet then this? somethings off "uh Hi we match" "Jumpsuits yeah" She''s starring pretty hard at me... why? i get my appearance is a little strange... i mean i''ve seen it myself so i know it''s pretty unique but i mean come on i''m not that hard to understand... even if no one could look like this naturally it''s not like people can''t look like this with a bit of added effort and a little bit of... "sorry but What the heck is that" "What!???" "It''s just... do you Not realize?... am i the only one that notices this?" "no no... i see and hear you but i don''t know what it is you''re wanting me to describe there is kind of a lot and it''s not like you''re pointing or anything" Is she asking about my hair? Green isn''t too out of the ballpark i mean she Has Silver she had no right to freak out over that. wait a second... is that Castor... isn''t he supposed to be inside??? Hmm am i inside? Indeed, i was when did i get here? how Foolish of me to forget where i was but what was i doing again??? "Oh yeah and what was yours like i''m dying to hear all about it after the way you reacted to my story" "I''m sorry i was a bit distracted... would you mind clarifying?" "Hmm why not since i''m sure everyone else here is dying to know as well how''d your first nightmare go? since you seem to think mine was lacking" "I mean C''mon you ARE a legacy... sure if ANY of the others here got that result it would be splendid... but you''ve had your whole life knowing exactly what you needed to do in order to succeed... you had tutors and resources made available to you from the WOMB and you only managed 2 ranks higher than the minimum required result? and you''re acting like that makes you something greater than the rest of us? i could tell you every single detail of mine... because i wasn''t prepared... i wasn''t ready...I had to fight chipped tooth and Bloody nail... make use of every tool around me... i had to... lean on others just to see them all slip away... die right before my very eyes... and yet i''m still here, and my numbers... are bigger than yours" Just then i realize seemingly the entire hall was listening to that... awkward... when did i have that convo with Nephis again?... oh, right that was earlier... in my soul sea... and the real Nephis just saw me... after i started talking with Castor... wait what is happening again??? oh right... that damn Flaw making Communcation difficult again. "You know what... Fair enough... everyone deals with... their nightmare differently... and yours seems to have hit you fairly hard as is... i honestly didn''t mean anything by... you know what i''m sorry... it doesn''t matter what the cause is i seem to have upset you greatly, and i believe you whether yours is Transcendent or even Supreme... the stronger the aspect... the steeper the cost... so i''ll just trust that yours is better than mine and... maybe if you''d like you could tell me all about it?" (Castors words reached you, your Bonds grow stronger) Then i respond. "I... honestly did not expect you to be... nice?" I finally take a proper look around me... i''m in the same place that sunless was... when he had his first confrontation with Castor... with Castor simply being understanding... with no hidden motive... at least not against me (yet)... wow... and this is the guy people hate? just because sunny didn''t like him? or maybe because Nephis said he Might have been sent to kill her?... what did this guy do again to deserve hatred?... I Can''t remember a single thing... This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. "Thats... I''ve heard a lot of stories about nightmares... and the dream realm in general... but that has to be one of the saddest things that has been said far too often" Castor raising his head and adding at the end a smile. "but it does get better, i promise it does"(Do YOU TRUST HIM) Hmm, well then, thats a bit much of gen pop for me i think i''ll just try and find a place away from everyone else to skip until later... oh look Cassie still has that whole Aura of (STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME@TM) I''mma hide in there where it''s safe... and no one followed that''s good... "Hey there"(i see said the blind girl) "hi" I didn''t think she would immediately want to talk to me what the hell?? and why did she have perfectly amicable silence with Sunny and she immediately wants to talk to me??? why does everyone want to talk to me??? Is it cause i didn''t creep on everyone right away like Sunny did? or maybe our attributes? my lack of Fated? what is it??? "Don''t want to talk about... It, do you?" "How much do you know?" "The fact that you''re saying that... is more telling than anything else... but to answer the question... less than you think but more than you''d like... I''m sure you know this but... i could pretend not to know?" "Who else knows and how obvious am i?" "To those around us? you''re as obvious as a drop of rain in a storm... to those further afield you''d be as obvious as a Demon lit on fire in the dark of night" "So, you also know about that stuff too?" "Less than you, but I know some" "Where do we go from here?" "After we listen to the orientation, we could either introduce ourselves to our soon to be new allies? or maybe we could go to one of our rooms and have a more in depth delve into what''s going to happen going forward..." "Alright... No Pressure right... geez even though you''re so much less stressful than the rest you have a much different kind of intensity huh?" Did she just giggle at that? when has she ever giggled?? what?? "If that''s how you''d like to frame it... sure... but you and i already know the choices you want to make... even if i''m lacking the details... and you lack... well a lot of things honestly... but we will both get there... just be patient lets take it nice and slow... we have all month long before we''ll Have to fight... and we''ll have 3 months after that before you''ll really be put through the wringer... but if you''re diligent enough... all those ambitions... all those... hidden wants... i''ll help you with everything you want... but i have some things i''ll want from you first... before i''ll let you reach that final Shore, your final home... Your Domain"... this seems too good to be true... but then again... i know she tends to help her friends out... but this seems like a step too far... right? surely, she doesn''t... like actually really... mean... "I can''t really read your mind you know... but i can guess based on the clues... and if you tell me outright you''d like something different... then i''ll help you with that instead... but i know that i Will die if you don''t help me... and i know you''ll likely to kill me if i go against you... so the best thing we could both do is compromise... i''ll help you reach that final happy ending... and you''ll help me make sure that more than just you will be satisfied with how everything turns out... so do we have a deal?" "you haven''t even asked me to do anything?" "that''s because who i''m talking to is the type of person who i''d offer this deal too, i wouldn''t have offered this too you the way i did to any other kind of person, that is just how it has to happen, what you want is a small small price to change the horrid things that i can''t, i can make my own decisions, but i''m not strong enough on my own, so? is it a deal" "And you''re Wanting?" "do you really want me to spell it out for you? fine... it''s among the list of things you already want... it''s why I don''t really need to ask you... because for YOU it''s not a compromise... our Goals Align... but for others I''d need them to meet me halfway... to endure... but you? I don''t even need to ask really, the only real request I have... is to make sure I can see it through with you" Since when as Cassie of all people been this good with her words? I don''t think she''s supposed to be like this? not yet anyways... what changed? "Is that really all you want? I wanted you there with me anyways?" "and that''s why I''m so willing to give you everything else... that''s the compromise I''m making... so that you''ll be happier about how this ends up... because... you know that what''s coming next is going to hurt... and I''m going to be... little more than a tool at best... but you... you see me as more than some blind girl... more than some... power... more than somebody to throw away when needed... and that''s why I''m going to follow you... because you CHOSE to be here" "I was not expecting any of that... I thought... that... after everything it took for me to make it this far... that I''d... have to pay so much more... just to get... well anything." "Yet another reason added" The next week passed by in a blur between time spent with my new friends some of which i know won''t survive their next trip to the dream realm... where others i''m merely unsure... but i''ve enrolled in teacher Julius'' class to learn the important bits that my... unique situation... doesn''t cover by itself... and after all this not one visit from Jet... is she... out killing or something? ah anyways i''m sure that won''t come up later, but the real fun was had with Cass see the funny thing is if you don''t spend the month you had with the pretty disabled girl just in her presence but not really talking with her, you could get so much more done, doubly so when she has such a high affinity for fate and revelations. "Cass?" "Hmm?" "You wanna try something new? after all I''ve mostly just been catching you up to me... and while you''re pretty good and all theres some stuff i wanted to learn from you..." "Such as?" "well... it''s kinda embarrassing" "You''ve already told me your Flaw... and all your flaws... do you really think i''ll leave you now? after the promises we''ve made?" "You''re right, you''re right" "So?" "Ugnh" "Do you want me to go around you here? or would you like to have a mature conversation here?" "Okay, okay I want to know... how you''d like me to handle your passing should Nephis not keep you alive long enough for me to find you" "Oh, you don''t think what i''ve learned from you is enough... i agree, it hurts but i agree... do as you will... whatever will make you happy, do that" "Really?" "I''ve basically been saying that since the moment we met... you think my death would change that?" "Are you sure? you know what I''d do if you died right?" "i do know how you would react... which is why i said ''what would make you happy'' not what you want, you need to listen a little more clearly when I''m asking you for things... though you Are normally pretty good about that... at least as good as you can considering..." "Can we please not have this conversation again? My Flaw will not let me forget it anytime soon so could we please not have the Present and future be littered with the same thing as the past?" "Noted, i really am sorry... though yours is far less likely to get you killed in combat than mine... i would hardly call yours any less painful" "Thank you for that... and everything else too... i, know i''ve been helping you out... dealing with your blindness, but the fact that you''re giving so much back despite your Flaw stripping you of something most people take for granted..." "You know... i could say the exact same thing about you... minus the blindness being literal in my case" "oh, ha ha ha, at least you are here with me making these jokes, the others seem to have scampered off to ''partying like it''s going to be someone''s birthday at least''" "That was a heavy-handed joke and you know it'' "Was it?" "Wait, you are joking?" "Uhm" "Oh Sorry'' "How many times do i have to say that it''s okay to make this mistake?" "Until i stop making it" (Song of the Fallen''s words have reached you, your Bonds grow stronger) (Your bond with: Song of the fallen, has reached it''s limit) (3/7) "I''ll ask you again are you sure you want to go further? because once we do it''s a little hard to undo" (Sleeper: Cassie''s reply cause''s her evolution into sleeper: Song of the Fallen) "yes" (4/7)" And it''s done" "I could tell, Captain obvious... I''m glad I brought you some place that no one would investigate us before we did that, you dork" "Well forgive me if i have a hard time telling... i''m not the best at reading between the lines" "You are forgiven" "When did you become funny?" "I''ve always been hilarious and you know it... we just had a hard time talking before with you in your own little world, the barriers between us are still there but... we''ve both gotten better at screaming at walls it seems" "Right... well you kinda made a mess of the surroundings while you were in the thick of it... so we need to clean up before we leave or we will have people asking questions" "Right... and i can''t see... so i guess that is on you? fuck I''m so sorry... wait or is that because... it doesn''t matter i chose this... this is... better than the alternative anyways... so sorry" "It''s okay... and you know i don''t mind right? besides it''s only been a week and we''re already this far? seriously? four out of 7? it would take most people at least 2-4 years! and we are already over halfway there so i can wait longer than this... and i''ll clean up your little mess... after all we have made our choices... unless you''ve changed your mind?" "By the Dead Gods NO!... i mean please no... not after everything we''ve already been through... you''re not having second thought... right?" "Wow... uhm... okay so that''s a no... I''m not gonna force you to stop this if you don''t want to... but are you okay?... this isn''t like you... am i really having this much of an effect on you?" "No!... i mean yes but... not because of anything to do with the spell... it''s just... Before i saw you I was stuck on a different track... and then when i saw you... i wasn''t given a choice... a binary choice to be sure but... it was more than what i had before that... and i really didn''t want to go through all that for nothing when... this was presented instead... that other path i would have been more than able to be content with... but why settle huh??? when with you... I can afford to be more than what was on offer down that other path... one that just didn''t suit me as well... you know the further down this path i go... the more i can''t help... but feel sad for you"