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Chapter wanders the concrete canyons, drenched in acid rain, hunting late-night monsters beneath the flashing neon pain.

Answers at last, to the mysteries of ten years ago; but is Heather really going to find catharsis, or closure, or satisfaction? Would you trust the words of a goat-eyed witch? (Of course you would, because Taika is just so honest.) Nevertheless, onward we go, dear readers! A chapter for you! And, at current, I thiiiink there's probably 2 more chapters left in arc 22? Heather's got some serious apologies and explaining to do, after all.

Oh! And for anybody who doesn't go to the discord server, I want to share this absolutely delightful artwork of Heather with Sevens and Aym, uploaded over on the fanart page, by skaiandestiny, over on the discord!

https://katalepsis.net/2023/11/18/eyes-yet-to-open-22-6/

This week's password is: yarn

Epub version also attached!

Comments

Kennyevilmonkey

So, a goat, a mage, and a vampire walk into a bar. The bartender tells them, "Hey, what can I get ya?" Ends up the bartender isn't In the Know, so he just sees 3 normal people and serves them like normal.

AdhdDemon

Then they turn around and can't remember what the bartender looks like. O.o

HY

An all too common situation in spooky, gloomy Sharrowford! Poor vampire, I don't think she'll get much to drink in a bar, unless it's from the other patrons themselves.

Lachlan

Kalamari huh, she really did go for the water theme lmao, made sense as she though water was the closest feeling she could find to abyss, how does Taika's thing work tho? Like a flaming shield to cancel out the math, or say burning a whole in reality to get outside? Instead of mass nausea it's like she's being burned alive physically and mentally? Exciting

HY

Exactly! Heather's perception and metaphor for the abyss was ocean waters, deep darkness, pressure and predation. As for how Taika's situation works, that's a good question and something we probably won't know without seeing her own point of view, internally. It's all about fire, heat, lava, magna, pits of molten metal and rock, etc. Perhaps from her perspective she burns the equation so it can't work, and when she uses her version of "brain-math" it's heating her up inside, burning her, yeah! Maybe we'll see other abyssals, one day.

Lachlan

Did you get the idea from Satan? I mean, firey goat kinda screams devil, it's cool not gonna lie, whereas heather is like a squid, porcupine and a ton of venom? I think it fits well with her, she's scared of direct confrontation and seems reactive, mostly, almost like she wants to be seen as hard to eat, kinda like a pufferfish lol. Anyways, thanks for the quality work as usual.

HY

Not directly! But there's a very obvious visual connection there, right? Some other readers have speculated that Taika may have experienced the abyss as something like 'hell', full of fire and brimstone, etc, and she made herself into a imagine of a classic demon to survive it, just as Heather made herself into a deep-sea squid to survive the oceanic deeps she perceived. And yeah! Heather's abyssal form is very much based on who she is, how she interacts with the world, her attitudes, etc. So Taika's form says something about her, too! And you're very welcome indeed, I'm very glad you enjoyed the chapter!