Randidlys glare sharpened but we would need more than a brush to get the information we need To find the path the Actus Suprem took we would need to establish a connection of Nether and then thrum it to create an echo outlining her passage You would not brush her you would draw the gaze of the Actus Suprem Because if nothing else you share the same curiosity
Randidly you can just call her Devick Devick said quietly I wont be upset I know we arent the same person
She watched the muscles along his jaw clench for what felt like the hundredth time today Neveah stepped forward before they could get sidetracked on this other issue We dont have much time Randidly If we are going to do this we need to do it now Or we need to just choose as Solomon suggested
The mountains of Aether sang their song of power The mist seemed to be creeping further out from the base approaching their position Soon they would be engulfed by its aura For two full seconds Randidly chewed on the problem Crash crash crash his thoughts terminated their brief and violent journeys His gaze rose to Solomon You really know nothing else
Nothing Solomon shook his head I didnt dare leave Pines position until I was ready to commit I could not investigate what had been done with this place
The Vulpine Raymund Ballast stepped forward and slammed his fist against his chest Ghosthound if our theories are correct the Swacc Family and their forces are still present within this base Why not allow me to take on this burden If we create one of these sympathetic links to Techetadore the danger
Already Randidly shook his head I appreciate the thought and would much prefer it but even if Elhume is attempting to possess Techetadores body he likely wont be at the place where the Actus Suprem is working And stopping her from fucking the Nexus is priority number one I dont want to fight the Swaccs and end up lost But Devick
You cant do this alone Neveah said at the same time as Devick spoke
You cant bear all the risk yourself
Those rusty motes of light drifted closer to Devick and she could see that their edges were jagged and vicious as though the Actus Suprem had used her finger and thumb and ripped them out of discarded sheet metal The womans image pulsed and whispered at once overwhelming and calming It swirled around her almost as though it was preparing to chew and digest her
Devick gritted her teeth and lifted her chin And you are a monster
If anything the Actus Suprem seemed even more pleased by the rebuke Well thats nice of you to say You should see me when I hold one of my little parties I have a fur trimmed cape that is simply to die for Abruptly her gaze sharpened Her smile widened stretching her face showing more and more teeth You know if you dont survive this Ill bury you in it How about that A promise from one Devick to another
An answering pulse had formed around the Actus Suprem and began to bounce back toward Devick Yet compared to the one going out the one coming back seemed to only crawl forward Or rather it could not cross the shortened tunnel that they now viewed it had to traverse the full distance between them
A horrifying thought struck Devick This small tunnel that makes it possible to see her to see me as I could have become Thats not Hungry Eyes working Its her She pulled me closer
Her resolve hardened underneath the pressure of the Actus Suprem And now Devick understood a bit of why Randidly called her that because this version of Devick had climbed atop millions of bodies building a veritable citadel of death and madness from which she could reign It was an acknowledgment of the womans accomplishments even if the dreadful cost disgusted him
The return pulse continued to ooze through the space Devick manifested her own Grand Fate forcing back the skittering little rust motes around her body Malice crimson furred except for the deathly skeletal hand that had held a god slaying weapon glared across the small tunnel between the two women
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Malice Merry Bride of Perdition has grown to Level 971
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Malice Merry Bride of Perdition has grown to Level 972
For the first time the Actus Suprem seemed genuinely confused as she examined Malice She blinked several times That is wait a moment the codependence of your Grand Fate and upon my very own son Well well well for a clone youve got no but more importantly why the fuck cant I rip that out of you
She snarled the last few words Her eyes wept madness The Actus Suprem shook the chains she held half in anger half in an almost taunting gesture Blood splattered everywhere hitting the ground between them leaving arcing splashes like a pig carcass had been violently gutted And then as Devick watched that blood began to wiggle and evaporate Soon a whole new spore cloud of those rusty bits of madness wafted toward Devick
Malice raised its grey hand radiating hate and preparing to rip its way through any sort of attack
The Actus Suprem stepped past Devicks brave Grand Fate before she could respond The Actus Suprem held the chains in one hand but the other reached out for Devick The world seemed to move in stuttered snapshots making resistance impossible Right as Devick realized the threat the Actus Suprem grinned Are you going to flinch now little me
Devick felt chilled to the bone Despite everything despite all the differences in their lives the challenging note in the Actus Suprems voice proved that she understood Devick Proved she understood how desperately she wanted to be strong for Randidly Instinctively Devick raised her chin in response to the provocation
The return of the echo had come across almost all of the distance In another few moments it will have returned to touch Randidlys working Devick bit her lip and braced herself
So as the Actus Suprem drove her hand into Devicks chest and soul she did not flinch
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Actus Suprem Devick couldnt help but feel a thrill of pleasure yes even driving your hand into a version of your own body provided a visceral thrill
Then she narrowed her eyes and got to work
Upon contact with the others soul the Actus Suprem immediately realized one bewildering truth this version of herself genuinely existed and possessed the same deep well of love for Randidly Ghosthound Her love was comically naive and without any of the necessary hooks to ensure a safe and healthy relationship but the emotions were at least present
That combined with the fact that the lions share of Devicks power was tied up keeping ahold of the Grand Fates she had gathered meant that her touch was relatively gentle as she ruthlessly ransacked the Aether connections around this other Devicks Soul The Actus Suprem might enjoy this process but she wasnt going to torture the girl
Consider it lucky you come as a harbinger of my cute little sons approach Devick mused as she ripped through several pesky defensive barriers half built as though to purposefully stop her from reaching the core Aether arrays Otherwise hehehe Ah think of how I could have raised myself To strip away all these weaknesses and blindspots I developed struggling on my own
Wait a moment Should I also have a cute little daughter Although even for me a carnal relationship between children is a bitAh why is my heart fluttering Such a forbidden relationship ah wait there it is
Devick punched all the way through to the core of this other Devick More than anything else she wanted to understand why she couldnt grasp this Grand Fate that popped up in front of her Devick hated the thought that she had missed something She reached out and brushed against the dense web of connections
From within those connections she felt a rising force of rejection that had enough power that even she hesitated to push forward Her madness hissed but it was also struggling just to keep the other Grand Fates in line But as she teetered on the edge of a decision notifications began to pop up in front of her Reading them Devick began to laugh with delight She easily pulled back removing her hand from baby Devicks chest
For now this would be enough She kissed her clone on the cheek and vanished