This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.
Title: Cords of Light
Pretty obviously the anchoring ropes of power Dalinar and Navani are using for their experience, but I'm also holding out hope that Cord (Rock’s daughter, guarding Ryan) will show up too.
Icons: Ishar and Jezrien
Bondsmithy things and Stormfather visions is a safe bet, but if we're peeking in at the migration, I'm rather suspecting both of those proto-heralds to appear personall
This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.
{NOTE: Big delay, many apologies. I dropped off reading the book in the middle of Ch 33 and am only picking it up again now.}
Title: Experiment
Dalinar’s gonna make a door.
Icons: Battar and Jester
Jester might be for Wit’s presence and influence, since he is playing a major part in this endeavor, but it could equally be indicative of the attempt to cross to the Spiritual Realm, which abuts
A small yellow fruit.
Disgusting, terrible.
Would never seem remotely edible.
"I can change that."
A household item
Yellow fruit, big, not small.
A Banana.
A human invention.
---
A poison.
A green leaf with an explosive poison inside.
"Edible."
Mint.
A daily use item.
In our toothpastes and gum, a previous poison now turned daily commodity.
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A neurotoxin.
Infects your mind, releases chemicals.
A new kind
Authorial note: While parts of this story, namely the trial and the Dreamsmith's forging, do in fact take place in the World of Dreams, I have decided against the convention of italicizing such sections, because I wanted to use italics for emphasis instead.
Malevolence approached the dark cave with characteristic confidence. He wore a black lab coat, Mordite Blade strapped to his waist. His violet eyes gleamed with anticipation as he called out.
"Are you there? I seek th-"
"I kno
He walked up to the podium.
How did I get here?
He looked at the cheering crowd.
They are all looking at me.
He reaches the podium.
They’re all laughing at me.
They quiet down.
They expect me to fail
Silence.
This is hell
—-—
He didn’t try to do it.
He was just there.
Anyone else would do the same.
Right?
Anxious remembered how it happened.
There was a burning building
“HELP! HELP! WE’RE BURNING IN HERE!”
H
Empty. Empty, empty, empty.
Where did it all go?
It was all perfect.
So… why… no… how did it go so wrong.
I heard that she died on the news.
That’s not good.
Likely suicide.
Am I the only one left who still believes?
Am I the only one who still believes in him?
Am I his only remaining follower?
He might have left this world…
But I believe in his vision.
Everything he left behind is so…
So empty.
Near the end, it was me, him, a
People say I’m a teenager.
Am I?
Sometimes I still feel like that wide-eyed child
That looked at the world with hope
And wonder
Who didn’t care about ‘grades’ or ‘society’
Who didn’t fall asleep with those dreams
Who didn’t want to not want what he wanted
Who still preserved his innocence.
In Romeo And Juliet,
There’s quote
And I can’t quite remember what it says
But it goes along the lines of
‘Kids shouldn’t wake up early with wor
"Sir! They didn't mean to do it!"
"And what do you mean by that?"
"It... it was Jeff. He forced to do. He got them all riled up. It-it wasn't their fault sir! Please. Have mercy."
Jake was stressed out.
All of their stories are different! Each one... completely different...
Jake didn't know what to do.
"Amy... This is s hardest case in centuries. Please help me out." Jake asked.
"All of their stories are different."
Amy sighed. "Try and compile the cases t
It is floating in the air.
Flying.
People say its on fire.
I don't see it.
It glows.
Maybe a bit like fire.
But it doesn't burn any that gets close.
Sure, it has it's flaws.
It will fly away when you get close to it.
But fire is worse.
Fire hurts those it loves.
And those that love it have to learn to stay away.
I wish I could be more like the firefly.
But for now?
I am much more like the fire.
I glow from a distance,
After many many days of traveling, Thomas reached the city.
He had escaped the monster, and will finally be reunited with his friend.
As he entered the city, he stumbled, and a memory resurfaced.
"Hey, Charlie, look over there!"
"A Traveling Fortune Teller? Sure, we can check it out."
Thomas and Charlie entered the tent at the carnival.
"Hello children... When you are in the land of terror, where nightmares and dreams become real...
"Remember these words...
Rex looked across the land.
It... wasn't supposed to end this way.
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Magnus couldn't live with what he had done.
He had woken up, his nation destroyed.
He was the sole survivor.
---
Carlson was ready to become the bad guy.
The monster.
He didn't have that chance.
How did Magnus do this?
Carlson and Magnus are the only survivors of the crater previously called Hostis and Amicus.
---
Rex didn't know what to do.
"Sir... it migh
Dear Starfish,
After Luna died...
It was never the same.
You were getting dangerously close to going back to your suicidal tendencies.
And I...
I never felt very good afterwards.
Please.
Please stop.
I... felt so alone.
You were deep in something, I know, but my support system was also cut off.
I was stuck trying to help you,
And although I know you needed it...
I needed it too.
And now I have no one.
I know I have always been
It was cold.
Too cold.
He needed to free his country.
Hostis would forever be stuck in this cold, unless he took Amicus.
Only then would his people be free.
Carlson was a terrible person.
He knew this, and yet he continued.
After this, he would sentence himself to prison.
Maybe even to the gallows.
But before then,
He will take Amicus
And liberate his country.
I am so sorry Magnus.
I never meant for it to happen this way.
If y
Thomas heard a crackling in the distance.
"Who's there?"
---
"Thomas?" Charlie shouted. "Thomas! Is that you?"
---
"Charlie?"
---
That's...
That's not Thomas
---
That's not Charlie
---
Charlie started running.
What is that?
Charlie was halfway to the city in the distance.
After talking to the strange people, he began to walk westward
And eventually, he saw a city in the distance.
So Charlie assumed that was wher
Everyone used to think he was a chill guy.
Iron Man, Tony Stark, they cheered for him.
Then, Marks started disappearing.
At first it was strange.
It was before Iron Man even started coming.
Iron Man Mark I
That was his first suit.
Next time a Mark went missing (the name of a person),
Tony Stark had a new suit.
Iron Man Mark II
No one thought much of it.
Eventually, people started connecting the dots.
A Mark would go missing,
Iron M
They were coming.
They could be lurking in any shadow.
They are everywhere.
They are here, they are there.
When they come, they strike.
They have not yet come.
I must not reveal my name.
They lurk everywhere.
They can't find me, if they cant see me.
Wait.
They're watching.
They are watching.
The ones above.
When they come, so does he.
He must be here.
I must escape!
No.
No.
No.
He's here.
I have t
Rex was distraught.
Hostis and Amicus were at war,
His kingdom was divided,
And all he could think about is that he failed his country.
He was a King, and he should act like one.
But all the nobles were belittling his acts of support for Amicus,
But when he suggests helping Hostis, they visibly cringe at the thought.
They only thing they seem to want to do is to stay out of the fight.
"Consiliarius, what am I too do?" Rex groaned.
"Sir, I believe the
"Thomas?" Charlie yelled out, "Where are you?"
Its been at least 5 hours since he fell down through the Pixie Ring, and there is still no sign of Thomas.
Charlie was getting really worried.
He hadn't seen any sort of civilization!
Wait... what's that?
Up ahead, he saw people!
He hurriedly scrambled over to them, but as he got closer...
He realized they weren't human.
They were Fae.
Thomas was right... Fae are real!
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Thomas was scared.
"You blundered your queen."
This is bad. Magnus thought. Carlson is wining. This isn't good.
Magnus and Carlson were in a intense game of chess.
But it wasn't just a game of chess.
It was a political move.
Each the leader of their country, they were both chess grandmasters.
However, Magnus had something else on his mind.
This game would decide the fate of their country.
Chess is often used as a political game.
Each move is politics and spoke volumes.
"Cmon, Thomas!" Charlie said, "This can't go wrong."
Thomas wasn't so sure. Thomas did not think that the woods were safe.
"Charlie, these woods are haunted!" Thomas said. "People have gotten lost in them! And never come back!"
"Cmon, Thomas. Those rumors are fake! It can't be that ba-" Charlie cut off.
They had entered a clearing. Inside, there was a mushroom circle.
"A pixie ring." Thomas breathed.
"Its gonna be fine!" Charlie said. "See? I'm stepping in the circ-
He looked around.
What have I been doing wrong? I have obviously done something wrong. The King thought. This whole land is... ragged. None of it is clean.
The King, Rex, was standing on the border.
The capital of Regnum, Caput, was separated into 3 rings.
The Lower Ring of Peasantry,
The Higher Ring of Nobility,
And The Grand Palace.
The Border stood between the Higher and Lower rings.
The Nobility created it because they disliked the sight of peasants.
I screamed.
I belted my heart out.
I let it all flow.
I screamed, and the canyon screamed back.
I pleaded, and the canyon pleaded back.
The canyon would always be there for me, no matter what.
So when I told the canyon I wanted to die,
The canyon didn't respond,
It just brought me someone to help.
Every day, I thank the canyon.
For bringing me my partner.
The canyon helped my partner help me.
And for that I will be forever grateful to b
"Can you talk about it?" The therapist asked.
"Y-Yeah. Just-Just give me a moment." He said. "Well... I was just walking down the street minding my business when...
"I heard a loud thump, and turned around.
"There was a man, standing there, and he hit his metal bar on my head. Then I blacked out.
"When I came too, there was a sack over my head, and I was struggling to escape.
"I was in a car of some sorts, not exactly sure.
"I suspect I was in the trunk. Not sure th
