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1 hour ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

Kaiden, New Hallandren, Crater

Kai felt the restraint in Ebon's grip, and heard the intentional change of rhythm. This Fused was certainly trying to get along with people. Not seeking out new enemies. ”I’m alright. Find someone who needs it more. I’ll heal with voidlight anyways, and I have a lot of experience handling pain.” that last part sounded angry, but not provocative. Again, not like he wanted to fight. 

"I bet you do." Kai's face softened. "It sounds from what I've heard that the Fused went through just as much torture as the Heralds. I regret that." 

They silence a minute, before Ebon spoke again. ”They’re called the Crimson Breath. The ones who set off the bomb. I… I didn’t know they could do that.” He bowed his head. He regretted this, Kai thought. This explosion was not part of any plan that people here knew about. Definitely not Ebon's. 

"What did they do?" Kai asked. "The Crimson Breath. Why were you hunting them down?" 

Ebonaryle, New Hallandren, Crater

Ebon pulled his hand away, wincing at the pain the motion sent through him. Funny. He hadn't minded the pain a second ago.

Rusts. This man was way too trusting. Ebon was prepared for a trap, yet he seemed... sincere. Interesting. Ebon knew the more he said, the more he risked, but something in Kai's voice made him continue talking.

"They stole something from me. A long time ago."

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18 hours ago, Akimikoisthecutest said:

Cecillia, Mistwarrens, Alleyways

She pauses and stares at him.

"What? Oh. You're one of those people," she says with obvious disdain.

"You thought that I spiked myself? No. I was ambushed and spiked. If you notice, it's unkeyed, so whoever spiked me can just come back and take what they want from it. The only reason I use it, is, well, waste not want not. I'm still trying to find the poor soul who was killed for this."

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Maybe I'm missing something, but can someone tell if it's unkeyed without being spiked?

 

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sorry for not being here to RP! I have been available, but was somehow not following the thread, so I didn't get notified that there was any motion in it. Rookie mistake lol.

Hoid Slayer, I can RP a flashback scene if you want, but given that there's all the stuff happening, it might be a better idea to at least hold off on that for now if not skip over it entirely.

Perses, Mistwarrens, abandoned building

Where was that blasted fused? We were supposed to meet today to go over his progress. Perses used to be a patient man. Yet as the years in the Alleyverse warped him, he found that his interest in biding time waned more and more. He shall comea voice said in his head. Belias, his captor turned master was ever present in Perses' mind. At times, he wished for true solace. Yet without Belias, Perses knew, other voices would fill his mind. Ones far less helpful, and far less sane.

A loud boom sounded at a nearby district. While Perses had trained himself to expand his selective hearing to expand with his senses, some sounds could not simply be tuned out. Certainly not explosions. where did that come from? Perses asked Belias. It was not near one of my Alleyways, Belias said, which was code for "I don't know, figure it out." Grunting, Perses tapped his hearingmind, listening to nearby conversations. 

"What was that?"
"storms if I know"

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"--ou didn't want to be hit, you wouldn't talk back!"

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"Chouta! Fresh Chouta!"

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"--ounded like that came from around Indigo Street!" There. 

"You sure? That's where you work, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I'm positive. Lets go check it out."

--

Perses pushed off a manhole, shooting into the air. He could never be positive that the words of one person were correct, but with the power to barrel across the city within a few minutes, it didn't hurt to check.

As Perses neared, his senses confirmed the conversation he had overheard. Crouching on the roof of a nearby building, Perses oversaw the chaos. A massive crater, clearly the source of the explosion, glowed brightly in his steelsight. This was an investiture explosion, Perses thought, storing away steelsight to avoid the eyesore. Instead, he tapped his lifesensemind and hearingmind. 

"--y stole something from me. A long time ago," said a distinctly nonhuman voice, gently pulsing rhythms as they spoke. Ebon? thought Perses. This would certainly explain why he didn't show to the meeting. What did you get yourself into this time?

@Hoid Slayer @KnightSkye Reforged @Ink and Embers

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Starseeker, New Hallandren, The Crater

6 hours ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

"Are you sure?" Kai took a step closer, "Do you need Voidlight?"

He whipped around as Cayansa screamed, looking over at her, as another person popped into existence a few yards away. "Who are you!?" radiant. he thought, from shadesmar. 

"Voidbringer!" the new man shouted. He didn't appear to be rosharian, thought he was the right height. So maybe not radiant. Kai winced at the word, it didn't go over too well sometimes, even on his homeworld it was frowned upon, considering his people were the actual voidbringers. He noticed the halt in rhythm for a split-second and winced again. Great. The last thing they needed right now was to make more enemies. 

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@Ink and Embers

"Wait! Don't worry!" Skye put a hand on Cayansa's shoulder, "Not all fused are evil here. He might be fine, just another victim like the others. Let Kai handle it." 

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@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren 

"Starseeker? Are you Nalthian?" Kai stood between Starseeker and the Fused, hoping to prevent Starseeker from aggravating the Fused further.

Voidlight? Starseeker had not heard anything about this.

"I am Nalthian," he said.

5 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

 

Cayansa, New Hallandren, Crater 

"Wait! Don't worry! Not all Fused are evil here," Skye said, resting a light hand on Cayansa's shoulder. "He might be fine, just another victim like the others. Let Kai handle it."

Cayansa nodded, somewhat relieved. "Okay."

"My name is Starseeker," said the maybe-Radiant in violet robes. "I just got here."

Starseeker? That certainly wasn't a name from a culture Cayansa recognised. Is it a sprenish kind of name? they asked Reyx.

I don't think so, Reyx replied, But I think there's a spren near them, half-hidden.

Soulcaster and Shadesmar... Elsecaller? They're uncommon.

Perhaps. Be careful.

"Starseeker? Are you Nalthian?" Skye said, moving between the Fused and Starseeker, as if a peacemaker between the two. Well, Starseeker had just shouted about Voidbringers. That was a fairly quick way to upset a lot of people nowadays. Where were Nalthians from, anyway?

Reyx glimmered thoughtfully. "Uh... should I warn him about the Voidbringer fiasco?"

"That might be a good idea," Cayansa agreed, finally making their way to the edge of the crater. A young man was sitting there, his leg bent at an awkward angle beneath him.

"Are you alright?" Cayansa asked. "Well, no. Stupid question, really. I don't suppose you know anything about the explosion?" They knelt down and touched the healing fabrial to the man's wrist as he shook his head. "Oh well." There was a brief flash of Light and a faint snapping sound as the man's bones weaved themselves back together. "Excellent, it worked! Have a nice day. Or as good a one as possible, given the explosion." They tweaked some of the wires in the fabrial to minimise Light loss and continued to walk around the edge of the crater, squinting into the middle to see what was happening. 

Meanwhile, Reyx had flown over to Starseeker. "Hello. Um. Nice to meet you," they began, before realising they were still hidden. Appearing properly, they repeated themself, then continued. "You might want to avoid shouting about Voidbringers. It's a rather sensitive topic. Sorry." They shimmered apologetically.

@KnightSkye Reforged

@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren

@Hoid Slayer

"Oh," Starseeker said. "Alright. But - I thought they hadn't been seen in thousands of years?"

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Starseeker was at Roshar before the True Desolation had begun. He only stayed for a few days. Much of what he knows was told by the spren in the CR, and his own spren, though Crimson wasn't around back at the Recreance.

 

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2 hours ago, Koloss17 said:

Perses, Mistwarrens, abandoned building

Where was that blasted fused? We were supposed to meet today to go over his progress. Perses used to be a patient man. Yet as the years in the Alleyverse warped him, he found that his interest in biding time waned more and more. He shall comea voice said in his head. Belias, his captor turned master was ever present in Perses' mind. At times, he wished for true solace. Yet without Belias, Perses knew, other voices would fill his mind. Ones far less helpful, and far less sane.

A loud boom sounded at a nearby district. While Perses had trained himself to expand his selective hearing to expand with his senses, some sounds could not simply be tuned out. Certainly not explosions. where did that come from? Perses asked Belias. It was not near one of my Alleyways, Belias said, which was code for "I don't know, figure it out." Grunting, Perses tapped his hearingmind, listening to nearby conversations. 

"What was that?"
"storms if I know"

--
"--ou didn't want to be hit, you wouldn't talk back!"

--
"Chouta! Fresh Chouta!"

--
"--ounded like that came from around Indigo Street!" There. 

"You sure? That's where you work, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I'm positive. Lets go check it out."

--

Perses pushed off a manhole, shooting into the air. He could never be positive that the words of one person were correct, but with the power to barrel across the city within a few minutes, it didn't hurt to check.

As Perses neared, his senses confirmed the conversation he had overheard. Crouching on the roof of a nearby building, Perses oversaw the chaos. A massive crater, clearly the source of the explosion, glowed brightly in his steelsight. This was an investiture explosion, Perses thought, storing away steelsight to avoid the eyesore. Instead, he tapped his lifesensemind and hearingmind. 

"--y stole something from me. A long time ago," said a distinctly nonhuman voice, gently pulsing rhythms as they spoke. Ebon? thought Perses. This would certainly explain why he didn't show to the meeting. What did you get yourself into this time?

@Hoid Slayer @KnightSkye Reforged @Ink and Embers

Ebonaryle, New Hallandren, Crater

Suddenly, Ebon had an irking feeling. Like he was forgetting something. Like...

RUSTS. The meeting with Perses.

"I'm sorry... what time is it?" He asked Kai. As he did so, Ebon looked around, beginning to unconsciously incorporate very slight elements of the Rhythm of Panic. Perses had to have heard the explosion. Which meant that, one way or another, he was likely on his way right now. Impatient, Ebon turned again to Kai. "I'm getting worse the longer I stay here. Shall we move somewhere more sheltered?"

@KnightSkye Reforged

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6 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

Ebonaryle, New Hallandren, Crater

Suddenly, Ebon had an irking feeling. Like he was forgetting something. Like...

RUSTS. The meeting with Perses.

"I'm sorry... what time is it?" He asked Kai. As he did so, Ebon looked around, beginning to unconsciously incorporate very slight elements of the Rhythm of Panic. Perses had to have heard the explosion. Which meant that, one way or another, he was likely on his way right now. Impatient, Ebon turned again to Kai. "I'm getting worse the longer I stay here. Shall we move somewhere more sheltered?"

@KnightSkye Reforged

Starseeker could feel the changes in Ebon's voice with his Perfect Pitch. Something felt... off, he thought, though he didn't say anything. He knew very little of Roshar.

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Lux, New Hallendren, Nearby Alleyway

Lux! There's a big crater over there! Fractal exclaimed.

"Better go check that out then."

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"What happened here?" Lux asks.

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11 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Nearby Alleyway

Lux! There's a big crater over there! Fractal exclaimed.

"Better go check that out then."

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"What happened here?" Lux asks.

Starseeker jumped. Another person?

"What is your name?" he asked.

Spoiler

Starseeker, Kai and Cayansa are all glowing with Stormlight. Ebon is a Fused and is standing in the middle of the crater.

 

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9 minutes ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Starseeker jumped. Another person?

"What is your name?" he asked.

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Starseeker, Kai and Cayansa are all glowing with Stormlight. Ebon is a Fused and is standing in the middle of the crater.

 

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"Lux..." Lux said tentatively. He is also glowing, but very softly. "Is that... a demon?" Lux asks, pointing at the Fused. "I remember my parents telling me about them... It's all very... fuzzy..."

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1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"Lux..." Lux said tentatively. He is also glowing, but very softly. "Is that... a demon?" Lux asks, pointing at the Fused. "I remember my parents telling me about them... It's all very... fuzzy..."

Starseeker shrugged. "What planet are you from, Lux?"

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3 minutes ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Starseeker shrugged. "What planet are you from, Lux?"

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

Lux looks warily at Starseeker. “Roshar. Where are you from, and what’s your name?” Lux says, regaining his confidence.

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5 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

Lux looks warily at Starseeker. “Roshar. Where are you from, and what’s your name?” Lux says, regaining his confidence.

Starseeker, New Hallandren, Crater

"Nalthis. I am Starseeker."

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He wears a Returned's robes.

 

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@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @CoderDrag0n8 please make sure to have more than just pure dialogue in your posts. While that may work in other RPGs, this is an RPG without any GM, so the players are responsible for breathing life into the world. What do your characters think? What do they feel? How do they act? What do they see? What’s around them? These are all vital for creating a fleshed out experience where everyone can get a lot from each post, rather than just taking away pure dialogue.

 

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1 hour ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Starseeker, New Hallandren, Crater

"Nalthis. I am Starseeker."

 

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

I don't like him.

Lux stares at Starseeker for a little bit before mutter. "Yeah. Neither do I."

Lux looks over at the crater in the middle of the road. "What happened here?" Lux asks louder. "And why is there a demon? Oh yeah, and why is there a crater? Seemed to have missed that part."

Lux seems to glow a bit brighter as he breaths, and you notice a diming from his satchel, which was also glowing prior to this.

1 hour ago, Koloss17 said:

@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @CoderDrag0n8 please make sure to have more than just pure dialogue in your posts. While that may work in other RPGs, this is an RPG without any GM, so the players are responsible for breathing life into the world. What do your characters think? What do they feel? How do they act? What do they see? What’s around them? These are all vital for creating a fleshed out experience where everyone can get a lot from each post, rather than just taking away pure dialogue.

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2 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

I don't like him.

Lux stares at Starseeker for a little bit before mutter. "Yeah. Neither do I."

Lux looks over at the crater in the middle of the road. "What happened here?" Lux asks louder. "And why is there a demon? Oh yeah, and why is there a crater? Seemed to have missed that part."

Lux seems to glow a bit brighter as he breaths, and you notice a diming from his satchel, which was also glowing prior to this.

 

Starseeker, with Perfect Pitch, could hear Lux's reply, but it did not show on his face.

"There was an explosion. I don't know the details." Starseeker looked towards the other three.

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Would it be fine if I brought in a local Awakener?

 

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7 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Starseeker, with Perfect Pitch, could hear Lux's reply, but it did not show on his face.

"There was an explosion. I don't know the details." Starseeker looked towards the other three.

 

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

Lux sighed, before thinking, great. Sooooo helpful.

Lux looked around, noticing the others. "Who are they?" Lux aks warily.

Posted

 

2 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

Lux sighed, before thinking, great. Sooooo helpful.

Lux looked around, noticing the others. "Who are they?" Lux aks warily.

 

19 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Starseeker, New Hallandren, The Crater

Voidlight? Starseeker had not heard anything about this.

"I am Nalthian," he said.

"Oh," Starseeker said. "Alright. But - I thought they hadn't been seen in thousands of years?"

 

Cayansa, New Hallandren, Crater 

Reyx glittered nervously. "Um. Well. It's complicated. There hadn't been a Desolation for thousands of years until last year. Then there was. Last year. And the Voidbringers weren't actually the Singers, which is what he seems to be -" Reyx directs a ray of light towards Ebon briefly "- because the Voidbringers were the humans instead. This one seemed. Nice. I think." Their various flickers seemed to shrink a little, but they continued to hover nearby. There seemed to be a very Invested person nearby one of the buildings outside the crater, who had just arrived.

As Reyx was speaking, Cayansa skirted around the edge of the crater to where a small, now-luminous boy was standing. Storms. How many Radiants are there? They warily eyed the Fused, who seemed to be having a pleasant enough conversation with Kai. As they watched, Kai's Shardplate boots materialised on the Fused's feet. That was good, they supposed. Maybe they were trustworthy.

They chuckled at that. It wasn't a thought they'd ever have expected a week ago. Well, a lot could change in a week. 

A lot could change in five seconds. 

Meanwhile, the Fused seemed to tense a little, as though he'd just realised something was wrong. The issue didn't seem to be any of the people, luckily. Cayansa continued to walk over to Starseeker and the glowing boy.

"Hello!" they called, putting on what they hoped was their least frightening smile. "I'm Cayansa Caprir! I also don't really know what happened! What's your name?"

@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @KnightSkye Reforged @Koloss17@CoderDrag0n8 @Hoid Slayer

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4 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

 

 

Cayansa, New Hallandren, Crater 

Reyx glittered nervously. "Um. Well. It's complicated. There hadn't been a Desolation for thousands of years until last year. Then there was. Last year. And the Voidbringers weren't actually the Singers, which is what he seems to be -" Reyx directs a ray of light towards Ebon briefly "- because the Voidbringers were the humans instead. This one seemed. Nice. I think." Their various flickers seemed to shrink a little, but they continued to hover nearby. There seemed to be a very Invested person nearby one of the buildings outside the crater, who had just arrived.

As Reyx was speaking, Cayansa skirted around the edge of the crater to where a small, now-luminous boy was standing. Storms. How many Radiants are there? They warily eyed the Fused, who seemed to be having a pleasant enough conversation with Kai. As they watched, Kai's Shardplate boots materialised on the Fused's feet. That was good, they supposed. Maybe they were trustworthy.

They chuckled at that. It wasn't a thought they'd ever have expected a week ago. Well, a lot could change in a week. 

A lot could change in five seconds. 

Meanwhile, the Fused seemed to tense a little, as though he'd just realised something was wrong. The issue didn't seem to be any of the people, luckily. Cayansa continued to walk over to Starseeker and the glowing boy.

"Hello!" they called, putting on what they hoped was their least frightening smile. "I'm Cayansa Caprir! I also don't really know what happened! What's your name?"

@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @KnightSkye Reforged @Koloss17@CoderDrag0n8 @Hoid Slayer

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"So... The Demons aren't demons and the humans were actually always demons, and the demons we thought were demons are actually good guys?" Lux asks. "That makes sense."

Lux turns around, seeing Cayansa. Lux tenses up, not knowing wether or not this person may be an issue.

Be careful.

I know.

"Lux." Lux says reluctantly. "Why?"

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7 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

 

 

Cayansa, New Hallandren, Crater 

Reyx glittered nervously. "Um. Well. It's complicated. There hadn't been a Desolation for thousands of years until last year. Then there was. Last year. And the Voidbringers weren't actually the Singers, which is what he seems to be -" Reyx directs a ray of light towards Ebon briefly "- because the Voidbringers were the humans instead. This one seemed. Nice. I think." Their various flickers seemed to shrink a little, but they continued to hover nearby. There seemed to be a very Invested person nearby one of the buildings outside the crater, who had just arrived.

As Reyx was speaking, Cayansa skirted around the edge of the crater to where a small, now-luminous boy was standing. Storms. How many Radiants are there? They warily eyed the Fused, who seemed to be having a pleasant enough conversation with Kai. As they watched, Kai's Shardplate boots materialised on the Fused's feet. That was good, they supposed. Maybe they were trustworthy.

They chuckled at that. It wasn't a thought they'd ever have expected a week ago. Well, a lot could change in a week. 

A lot could change in five seconds. 

Meanwhile, the Fused seemed to tense a little, as though he'd just realised something was wrong. The issue didn't seem to be any of the people, luckily. Cayansa continued to walk over to Starseeker and the glowing boy.

"Hello!" they called, putting on what they hoped was their least frightening smile. "I'm Cayansa Caprir! I also don't really know what happened! What's your name?"

@KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @KnightSkye Reforged @Koloss17@CoderDrag0n8 @Hoid Slayer

Starseeker, New Hallandren, Crater

Starseeker nodded slowly. "But last year? It has only been about a month since I left Roshar."

"Cayansa is suspicious," Crimson said softly. 

"Don't be paranoid," Starseeker whispered back.

Abruptly, Starseeker whirled around to face one of the piles of rubble. He could sense someone there, someone with the Second Heightening. He didn't say anything though.

@KnightSkye Reforged @Koloss17@CoderDrag0n8 @Hoid Slayer @Ink and Embers

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On 1/5/2026 at 2:35 PM, Hoid Slayer said:

Ebonaryle, New Hallandren, Crater

Ebon pulled his hand away, wincing at the pain the motion sent through him. Funny. He hadn't minded the pain a second ago.

Rusts. This man was way too trusting. Ebon was prepared for a trap, yet he seemed... sincere. Interesting. Ebon knew the more he said, the more he risked, but something in Kai's voice made him continue talking.

"They stole something from me. A long time ago."

Kai decided to let this be for now. Better not interrogate the poor man, not after such an ordeal.

On 1/5/2026 at 6:57 PM, Hoid Slayer said:

Ebonaryle, New Hallandren, Crater

Suddenly, Ebon had an irking feeling. Like he was forgetting something. Like...

RUSTS. The meeting with Perses.

"I'm sorry... what time is it?" He asked Kai. As he did so, Ebon looked around, beginning to unconsciously incorporate very slight elements of the Rhythm of Panic. Perses had to have heard the explosion. Which meant that, one way or another, he was likely on his way right now. Impatient, Ebon turned again to Kai. "I'm getting worse the longer I stay here. Shall we move somewhere more sheltered?"

@KnightSkye Reforged

Kaiden, New Hallandren, Crater. 

Ebon's rhythm changed again, to something more... Anxious? Maybe it was just the adrenaline from the explosion wearing off. The random people calling him a demon and voidbringer probably weren't helping either. 

"Sure, lets go over there," he points at a half kind of upright wear house. "It should be mostly out of sight." 

As he walked Ebon over, he asked, "If you don't mind, what brand of fused are you? I don't think I have ever met one of your kind before."

On 1/5/2026 at 9:23 PM, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Nearby Alleyway

Lux! There's a big crater over there! Fractal exclaimed.

"Better go check that out then."

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"What happened here?" Lux asks.

"An explosion, little one." Kai glanced at the new boy, who also seemed to glow with stormlight. Huh. He'd have to check on him once he had Ebon settled and not being hassled. For now Starseeker was talking to him, and he was pretty sure he could trust a Radiant with a child.

 Unless he's a Skybreaker. The thought came unbidden to his mind. No. There were good Skybreakers here. There had to be. And it would be just a minute.

On 1/5/2026 at 9:41 PM, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"Lux..." Lux said tentatively. He is also glowing, but very softly. "Is that... a demon?" Lux asks, pointing at the Fused. "I remember my parents telling me about them... It's all very... fuzzy..."

"He's not a demon, Lux. Just a different type of person." He glanced at Cayansa. "And not an enemy."

_____

Skye zipped through the Mistwarrens near New Hallandren as a ribbon of light, looking for Jerrin. The man didn't seem to be near most of his usual hiding spots. 

"Jerrin!" She hissed. "Where are you! Kai is cashing in a favor."

@Steel Speedster

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Happy to retcon this if you don't want to do it, but didn't want to wait longer before making the post. 

 

@Hoid Slayer @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @Ink and Embers @CoderDrag0n8

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4 minutes ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

Kai decided to let this be for now. Better not interrogate the poor man, not after such an ordeal.

Kaiden, New Hallandren, Crater. 

Ebon's rhythm changed again, to something more... Anxious? Maybe it was just the adrenaline from the explosion wearing off. The random people calling him a demon and voidbringer probably weren't helping either. 

"Sure, lets go over there," he points at a half kind of upright wear house. "It should be mostly out of sight." 

As he walked Ebon over, he asked, "If you don't mind, what brand of fused are you? I don't think I have ever met one of your kind before."

"An explosion, little one." Kai glanced at the new boy, who also seemed to glow with stormlight. Huh. He'd have to check on him once he had Ebon settled and not being hassled. For now Starseeker was talking to him, and he was pretty sure he could trust a Radiant with a child.

 Unless he's a Skybreaker. The thought came unbidden to his mind. No. There were good Skybreakers here. There had to be. And it would be just a minute.

"He's not a demon, Lux. Just a different type of person." He glanced at Cayansa. "And not an enemy."

_____

Skye zipped through the Mistwarrens near New Hallandren as a ribbon of light, looking for Jerrin. The man didn't seem to be near most of his usual hiding spots. 

"Jerrin!" She hissed. "Where are you! Kai is cashing in a favor."

@Steel Speedster

 

@Hoid Slayer @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @Ink and Embers @CoderDrag0n8

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"Well, I gathered as much." Lux mumbled. "Huh. Not a demon, ay?"

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Jerrin, Smokestack, Jerrin's Hideout

Jerrin stood up from his desk, tossing the day's paper into a bin. Just like all the papers for the last year, none of the stories contained any clues for his search. Despite this, Jerrin continued to search the paper each day. Anything he might find was worth the time spent. He liked to keep all avenues of information open.

As he strode across the room, Jerrin allowed his speed storage to lapse, returning to normal speed. He unlocked a small safe on the wall and opened it, revealing a number of metal objects within. Removing a steel ring from one hand, he placed it inside.

Just then, Jerrin's electrum shadows shook around him, a few falling to the floor. He tapped speed from one of his bracers, quickly steadying himself as a thunderous boom reverberated through the hideout. Several steelminds tumbled from the safe and clattered to the floor. He hurriedly tapped speed again, scooping the metalminds up and returning them to their place, then ran to the door.

Jerrin emerged and looked around. Activity in the street had come to a halt as people stared in shock in the direction of New Hallandren, which seemed to have been the origin of the sound. Rusts, what's going on now?

Not wanting to draw too much attention, Jerrin tapped a small amount of speed and started off towards New Hallandren, cutting through the Mistwarrens.

8 hours ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

Skye zipped through the Mistwarrens near New Hallandren as a ribbon of light, looking for Jerrin. The man didn't seem to be near most of his usual hiding spots. 

"Jerrin!" She hissed. "Where are you! Kai is cashing in a favor."

Jerrin came to a halt, thinking he heard his name. He glanced around and saw a wisp of light dashing down a side street. Kaiden's spren.

"What's your Radiant want now?" Jerrin asked the windspren. "I'm in the middle of something."

@KnightSkye Reforged

Edited by Steel Speedster
Posted
5 minutes ago, Steel Speedster said:

Jerrin, Smokestack, Jerrin's Hideout

Jerrin stood up from his desk, tossing the day's paper into a bin. Just like all the papers for the last year, none of the stories contained any clues for his search. Despite this, Jerrin continued to search the paper each day. Anything he might find was worth the time spent. He liked to keep all avenues of information open.

As he strode across the room, Jerrin allowed his speed storage to lapse, returning to normal speed. He unlocked a small safe on the wall and opened it, revealing a number of metal objects within. Removing a steel ring from one hand, he placed it inside.

Just then, Jerrin's electrum shadows shook around him, a few falling to the floor. He tapped speed from one of his bracers, quickly steadying himself as a thunderous boom reverberated through the hideout. Several steelminds tumbled from the safe and clattered to the floor. He hurriedly tapped speed again, scooping the metalminds up and returning them to their place, then ran to the door.

Jerrin emerged and looked around. Activity in the street had come to a halt as people stared in shock in the direction of New Hallandren, which seemed to have been the origin of the sound. Rusts, what's going on now?

Not wanting to draw too much attention, Jerrin tapped a small amount of speed and started off towards New Hallandren, cutting through the Mistwarrens.

Jerrin came to a halt, thinking he heard his name. He glanced around and saw a wisp of light dashing down a side street. Kaiden's spren.

"What's your Radiant want now?" Jerrin asked the windspren. "I'm in the middle of something."

@KnightSkye Reforged

Skyelarin, Mistwarrens, Near New Hallandren

"Jerrin! There you are." Skye formed as a full size person in front of him. "Remember that small stash of Voidlight spheres We grabbed during that job a month or two ago? Kai hid them behind one of the filing cabinets in the Police Station on Brass street. Can you get them? And don't hold back on tapping speed for this. Someone set off a bomb that vaporized everything in a 50 meter crater." 

Posted
19 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Lux, New Hallendren, Crater

"So... The Demons aren't demons and the humans were actually always demons, and the demons we thought were demons are actually good guys?" Lux asks. "That makes sense."

Lux turns around, seeing Cayansa. Lux tenses up, not knowing wether or not this person may be an issue.

Be careful.

I know.

"Lux." Lux says reluctantly. "Why?"

 

16 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren said:

Starseeker, New Hallandren, Crater

Starseeker nodded slowly. "But last year? It has only been about a month since I left Roshar."

"Cayansa is suspicious," Crimson said softly. 

"Don't be paranoid," Starseeker whispered back.

Abruptly, Starseeker whirled around to face one of the piles of rubble. He could sense someone there, someone with the Second Heightening. He didn't say anything though.

@KnightSkye Reforged @Koloss17@CoderDrag0n8 @Hoid Slayer @Ink and Embers

 

11 hours ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

Kai decided to let this be for now. Better not interrogate the poor man, not after such an ordeal.

Kaiden, New Hallandren, Crater. 

Ebon's rhythm changed again, to something more... Anxious? Maybe it was just the adrenaline from the explosion wearing off. The random people calling him a demon and voidbringer probably weren't helping either. 

"Sure, lets go over there," he points at a half kind of upright wear house. "It should be mostly out of sight." 

As he walked Ebon over, he asked, "If you don't mind, what brand of fused are you? I don't think I have ever met one of your kind before."

"An explosion, little one." Kai glanced at the new boy, who also seemed to glow with stormlight. Huh. He'd have to check on him once he had Ebon settled and not being hassled. For now Starseeker was talking to him, and he was pretty sure he could trust a Radiant with a child.

 Unless he's a Skybreaker. The thought came unbidden to his mind. No. There were good Skybreakers here. There had to be. And it would be just a minute.

"He's not a demon, Lux. Just a different type of person." He glanced at Cayansa. "And not an enemy."

_____

Skye zipped through the Mistwarrens near New Hallandren as a ribbon of light, looking for Jerrin. The man didn't seem to be near most of his usual hiding spots. 

"Jerrin!" She hissed. "Where are you! Kai is cashing in a favor."

@Steel Speedster

 

@Hoid Slayer @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @Ink and Embers @CoderDrag0n8

Cayansa, New Hallandren, Crater 

"So... The Demons aren't demons and the humans were actually always demons, and the demons we thought were demons are actually good guys?" the glowing boy said. "That makes sense."

Cayansa blinked. Is he being sarcastic? they asked Reyx. 

You're asking me? Reyx grumbled. My conversations flow like a brick wall.

"Lux," the boy added, apparently in answer to the question of names. "Why?"

"I was taught it was like polite to ask people their names. Honestly, I'm not sure why either," they mused, "As the entire concept is nonsensical. Ah yes, a random set of letters that will be everyone's main connection to you, that when said, will cause them to picture you! And then someone decided different groups of people would have different kinds of names that aren't even that different, and the whole thing becomes one convoluted mess!" They grinned.

"But last year? It has only been about a month since I left Roshar." Starseeker said.

"... When did you leave Roshar?" Cayansa asked him, but Starseeker whipped around, staring intensely at a pile of rubble.

There's someone powerful there, Reyx told Cayansa, who arrived a few minutes ago. Friend or foe?

Does everyone not have the potential for both?

"An explosion, little one," Kai said, walking towards a warehouse with the Fused. "He's not a demon, Lux. Just a different type of person." Kai looked at Cayansa as he added, "And not an enemy."

They nodded, grateful for the reassurance. "Is there anything specific we could do to help, or should we keep looking for now?"

@KnightSkye Reforged @Koloss17 @Hoid Slayer @CoderDrag0n8 @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren

 

 

 

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