Brent Stinebaker

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11-1 Articles of the Spiral

Article IV: All acts unproven and memories unverified cannot be used as justification for the impingement of another or justification against any action taken against their person.Article VII: All FATED or Ensouled will be allowed the merit of guardianship under a neutral third party (Default Standa...

10-34 Fallout (II)

This track goes out to all my consangs in the Yuulden-Yang Sovereignty. Don’t know what the hells is happening over your skies, but it looks like the Fifth Guild War just started right on top of you. Of course, with the Nether conveniently down, things aren’t so easy to verify.What a shame, huh?...

10-33 Fallout (I)

No. Keep Zein where she is–Cas, listen, I don’t care what happened with her in the paths. Look–just look at this. Do you see this? Connect your Ansible to Sunrise and take a peek out from her eyes. You see this?This isn’t a few thousand dead–we’re talking somewhere north of… a million....

10-32 Cadre (IV)

“Authority Greatling. There been a problem.”“Jhred. He dead?”“I–I’m not sure, Higher–that’s another problem altogether, I’m afraid. I’m talking about–”[Sound of metal warping inward] “That godsdamned Vator. Who did he hurt this time–”“Not… not Instrument Vator eit...

Cadre (III)

What? The hypertube ruptured? [Stifled groan] Where… where are they… How the hells did they manage to jack a lightrail? The Nether’s down! Traffic grid’s infested with mem-cons! And what’s the point of rupturing it? The Sovereignty will notice immediately and pocket–agh!You know what, no...

10-30 Cadre (II)

The Stormtree “Fulgerhund” is assigned a mixed Porter/Breaker designation in most Knots. Though lightly armored and absent numerous defensive and offensive systems present in modern golems, it continues to be a mainstay of both Stormtree forces and Fallwalkers.Autonomously jocked through the Net...

10-29 Cadre (I)

There is a difference between wars and the Trials.I cannot speak quite so much about the former, though I have glimpsed its true face from angles and moments. War is encompassing–too much for a single individual to bear as we are now. Even should they be a Godclad. I’m sure you have read Osjon T...

10-28 Take the Flame (II)

[Sighing][Sighing intensifies][Deep inhale]Widen the quarantine. Pocket the entire Yuulden-Yang Sovereignty. Tell Voidwatch to delay as long as they can–I’m jumping over now.Abrel Greatling? Daughter of Uthred Greatling? [Sound of head striking and denting steel] Who else knows? Well, you and tr...

10-27 Take the Flame (I)

“You know what, soldier? You’re wasted as Regular.”“I do somethin’ wrong, Higher?”“No. You’re doing too many things right. Killing too many targets. Not dying. Hells, your Merits are through the roof. You’re making an awful lot of Instruments very happy people.”“I aim to please...

10-26 Fate Denied (II)

[WARNING: NINTH-SPHERE LIMINAL FRAME DETECTED]“Veylis.”“Mother.”“I see. You have sensed me.”“I have. You’re falling into your old habits again. Predictably twisting and pruning every possible future down to the quick. You didn’t leave enough time between your skimmings upon the sur...

10-25 Fate Denied (I)

“Hello, Vincintine. Please put the gun down. You’ll only delay this conversation by an hour. It takes some time for me to get into a different body.“Hmm. The smell. I know you… I know you…”“I have a favor to ask of you. I made your nightmares go away some years back. I didn’t ask for...

10-24 Beneath the Tree

“Yeah? Hello? What you want? I’m playing Stormjumpers—nuclear detonations? ‘Clad on ‘Clad—dammit, the Fallwalkers again—Highflame? Stormtree cadres. Open battle in the district of Nu-Scarrowbur? Plot to assassinate—okay–okay, slow down.Loop the district. In fact, loop the surroundi...

10-23 The Pruning of the Path (II)

“Cas… what am I even looking at?”“Thousandhand’s ‘gardening.’”“And you didn’t stop her?”“Think about what you just said. Stop her. She probably saw this conversation and laughed.”“… I’m going down there.”“She probably foresaw that too.”“I don’t care. People ...

10-22 The Pruning of the Path (I)

Aegis, this is Sunrise. I confirm Rupture containment—the Heaven remains unfallen. Reality is stabilizing.Negative. I do not see the Stillborn. Reflections are collapsing over reach other—shunting spaces through the stretch of the affected regions. I’m widening my drones; we might be able to.[...

10-21 The Shattering of Mazza’s Junction

The Agnosi lied to us… Keep lying to us… I saw the truth. I saw it when my Daemon came to me. It didn’t–it was so hurt–all those lives inside screaming. They remembered the world that was–the gods were anchors and the god inside me was awake but I was the virus and I was the virus and I ...

10-20 Daemon (II)

“Did you plan all this?”“Hm?”“Killing the Bloodthanes and caging Nu-Scarrowbur in with the compromised golems. Jhred Greatling’s psychological compromise. The ghoul taking too long to kill him. The arrival of the Highflame Cadre–”[Laughter] “Planned for all this? No. I have but a d...