"Orion... can you hear me? We're trying to help. Can you tell us what happened to Blair?"

"...ŴƗŦŇ€ŞŞ ŦĦ€ ĦØŘØŁØǤƗỮΜƤ₳ŘŦỮŘƗ₳Ŧ€ ƗŦŞ ØŴŇ ĆØǤƗŦØĐ€ŇŦ₳Ŧ₳…"¹

"Simlish, you glittery bastard!"

"You mentioned Tiam’el... is Blair connected to her?"

“…Ş₳VØŘ ŦĦ€ ₳β€Ć€Đ₳ŘƗỮΜ Ø₣ ¥ØỮŘ ØŞŞƗĐƗŞŞØŁVƗŇǤ…”²

"What did you do to the Hemolith subjects?"

“…ŦĦ€ ĆØŘVỮŞĐ€ƗĆ₳ŁĆỮŁỮŞ ƗŇŞĆŘƗβ€Ş ƗŦŞ€Ł₣ ƗŇ ¥ØỮŘ Μ€ĐỮŁŁ₳ŞĆŘƗƤŦ…”³

"This isn’t helping. Give us something real—where’s Blair?"

“…€V€Ř¥ ŞƤ€ĆỮŁỮΜ ŇØŴ Ć₳ĆĦƗŇŇ₳Ŧ€Ş ŴƗŦĦ Μ¥ VØĆƗ₣€Ř₳ŦƗØŇŞ…”⁴

"You said she dances in the Weepwhitegrove. Is that where she is now?"

“…ŦĦ€ ƤŘØŁ€ŞŞŦ₳ŦƗƗ ĆĦ₳ŇŦ Ħ€Ř Ň₳ŇØŘĦ¥ŦĦΜŞ…”⁵

"Who’s ‘her’? Tiam’el? Blair? Who?!"

“…¥ØỮ Ŵ€Ř€ ₳ŁŴ₳¥Ş ŦĦ€ ŘƗŦỮŞƤỮƤ₳, Ć₳ŘŇ€ƤỮƤƤ€Ŧ…”⁶

"The hell does that mean? Is someone controlling her?"

“Ć₳Ň’Ŧ¥ØỮĦ€₳ŘƗŦ? ŦĦ€ ĆĦŘØŇØŞĆĦƗŞΜŞ ƤŁƗŇҜƤŁØŇҜƗŇǤ ŁƗҜ€ ǤŁ₳ŞŞ₣ŘØǤŞ ƗŇ ŦĦ€ ŴØΜβĆŁØĆҜ…”⁷

"Yeah, we’re definitely gonna need a decoder ring for this."

“…¥ØỮŘ ǤŘ₳¥-Μ₳ŦŦ€Ř ƗŞ ĴỮŞŦ ƤỮŘƤŁ€-ĐỮŞŦ Ŵ₳ƗŦƗŇǤ ŦØ ŞƗŇǤ ƗŇ βŁ₳ƗŘ’Ş ŦĦŘØ₳Ŧ-ØŘĆĦ€ŞŦŘ₳…”⁸

"You saw it happen to her, didn’t you? You watched her become something else."

“₣ƗŇǤ€ŘƤ₳ƗŇŦ ¥ØỮŘ ŴƗŁŁ ØŇ ŦĦ€ ŞҜ¥ΜƗŘŘØŘ… βỮŦ ŦĦ€ ŴƗŇĐ ƗŞ ĴỮŞŦ ŦƗ₳Μ’€Ł Ł₳ỮǤĦƗŇǤ ƗŇ Ř€V€ŘŞ€ ŦĦŘØỮǤĦ βŘØҜ€Ň Đ€ŇŦỮŘ€Ş...”⁹

"Okay, new plan—smash first, ask never."

“I think I understood maybe two words in that entire speech. And now I have a headache.”

“He’s fractured... but the pieces mean something. Crystal memory… Tiam’el… Blair?”

“He said Blair is dancing... that she became the Tiamling. Is she the one they’re awakening?”

“Orion is the shard of a mind broken open by forgotten truths. Listen carefully. He’s showing us something.”

“Maybe not.”

“She dances in the Weepwhitegrove. Could that be a real place?”

“Or a metaphor. Or a trap. Or a prophecy. With Maddox, it’s all the same.”

“Either way… the Tiamling stirs. And if Blair is the vessel… we must find her before the worldroar begins.”

Next Episode: “Stone and Blood” – A monster, a ritual, and a choice. Will Orion’s dream-speak reveal Blair’s fate?

Can the coterie stand before Tiam’el’s chosen and keep their own minds intact?

Or are they merely puppets in a story written in crystal and madness?

Answers in a couple of hours, same Bat-Tumblr acCount! 🧛 (pun intended)

Notes:

1- "...witness the horologiumparturiate its own cogitodentata…"

2- “…savor the abecedarium of your ossidissolving…”

3- “…the corvusdeicalculus inscribes itself in your medullascript…”

4- “…every speculum now cachinnates with my vociferations…”

5- “…the prolesstatii chant her nanorhythms…”

6 - “…you were always the rituspupa, carnepuppet…”

7 - “Can’tyouhearit? The chronoschisms plinkplonking like glassfrogs in the wombclock…”

8 - “…your gray-matter is just purple-dust waiting to sing in Blair’s throat-orchestra…”