Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
If you're reading this as part of the fresh batch, you may want to refresh yourself on the previous short.
"...I know you can hear them."
He smiled dryly. "Ah, and so can you."
"They are plotting against you."
"And you are not... fey?"
Blue fingers, for an instant, gripped their glass tighter.
"Interesting to note," he mused, "they were watched—until recently—by the balance of the remaker."
"The chaos lord of this realm?"
"That is he."
The blue woman took a slow sip of her drink. "And now you hide them. Save from me."
"You can hide."
"I can. And yet, I can also reveal while remaining hidden."
"Let us barter, then." The figure flashed his toothy grin. "I need... seven. They are three. You could be one."
"You offer nothing I do not have."
"Do I not?" With a flick of his wrist, he produced a gem.
She took a sharp breath. "You know what that is; they may well be linked!"
"But even if they are, a link must be used. She thinks they are safe, and, to be fair..." The gem snapped away. "I have yet to gather them."
"...You are not among the ones you number."
"No."
"I do not believe my goals coincide with theirs."
"For the moment, they do not. But to seduce them to your sway... is that not what you live for?"
She glanced at the table. "You play a dangerous game, mysterious one. What lies behind your mask?"
"An excellent question." He tilted his head. "Ah. The time is coming swift for us to move. Will you join us?"
"...I will meet you at the shadowed lake of the west, when the first snow there falls. My decision will be held before then."
"Of course. Fare you well, whether we unite or not." He stood, placing coinage on the bar, and strode over to the trio.
She considered them carefully for a few moments. Then, when nobody was looking, she vanished from sight.
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Masterweaver writes fey good!
Gonna be honest: these vague non-characters talking vaguely at each other type chapters are really, really tedious to read. I know, easy to skip the storylines of this project you're not interested in and all that, and there's two storylines going in this thing I'm very much skipping, but from a critical standpoint, when you have an entire "chapter" of vague dialogue between unidentified parties, that's not interesting or intriguing, it's dull.
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Gotta agree there. At least they aren't very long, but I don't dare skip them for fear of missing something. But honestly I don't know what I am missing to begin with without some kind of context.
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In a longer, less anthologized body of work, I wouldn't have a problem with it, as it would, by definition, be part of the same story. But in this context, aye, it's very frustrating, as you need to mentally fit this against all other storylines. It is not unlike trying to assemble a puzzle without even the knowledge of from which puzzle this is a piece.
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And then the next few chapters start it tying together. Woo, go Team Patience!
Yeah, this guy is definitely looking for the human world's Elements and intends to use them against Sunset. I'm guessing that the seven he is trying to gather would be the Anti-Bearers of this realm.
I'm very interested about this blue-skinned woman. She's a potential wildcard, not allied with either side and perhaps likely to change who she supports depending on what most advances her agenda.
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All in favor of petitioning this particular author to put these chapters in their own little story say aye.
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seven? harmony? Nah, this is chaos emeralds, clearly.
It is a bit annoying, though.