Wait can we all remember to not reduce anyone down into scotts yaoi accessory?
I think that with Scott and Cam and Shelby and Drift all joining Skyblock it's going to explode in popularity, and I'm sure everyone, especially Scott and Avid will probably end up playing at the yaoi angle at least somewhat. however, i think that it is important to remember that there are other creators on there and Avid has his own well-developed character before any of this, and I don't want that character to be forgotten in the haze of "oh my goodness sire daddy"
I just want to remind everyone here, myself included, to not reduce anybody to a relationship with another character. I want folks to pay attention to smaller creators like rubyco and sadmilkman and remember that they're worth your attention just as much as everyone else who is on thst server.
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I feel like I have to start this by saying that while, yes, I show up with evidence and screenshots, this is, at the end of the day, all speculation on my part.
I am happy to have conversations and discussions with people who think differently, though!
So, let's get into it.
Okay, so, to start - we end up (once more) at the boarder of the N109 Zone, but in an area we don't know. Not only that, but a dead zone that Sylus has created a while ago.
And when he shows up, he's in FULL BOSSMAN MODE, and I'm here for it. I feel like we haven't gotten enough of this side of him.
We also get him training us again, which I have always found interesting. I think that whatever happened in that interstellar arena have scarred Sylus in a way he will always be a bit fearful we will be alone and be taken away again. He's always trying to prevent that.
I also think that Sylus, at some point, trained us at the arena. He never hesitates when teaching or using things as a practical lesson. Even when we first re-meet him in the main story. (More on this a bit later, too.)
MC also properly surprises him with tricking him in revealing himself. This just feels like something to note.
However...this line
This line - this line gives me pause. Because up until now he has been very direct with MC and those around him. So, are we actually being lied to at all? (Personally, I still don't think so. But I think he might be lying to others.)
Later, he also says
Which (to me) fits what we know about him thus far.
Moving on! Something I did get excited for, though, was that we were getting to see more of 'Before', which was briefly hinted at in the church during Alternative Darkborne.
He agrees to show MC these places, but even he admits there's too many to cover in two weeks. This man was b u s y.
MC says "I'm not greedy. We'll go as far as two weeks allow."
And Sylus doesn't correct her. This is odd. Every time, up until now, he has encouraged MC's greed in whatever way it appears. He loves spending as much time with her as possible. So why doesn't he correct her here?
Now, we only see five proper places - the auto shop (which confirms what many of us speculated about his newest chapters), the road he loses people on, the field, the greenhouse, and the festival - and those are still just glimpses. There's not much detail given outside of the auto shop.
And the auto shop was interestingggggggggg. Sylus is clearly comfortable around Hank. I can't help but wonder if Hank sort of took Sylus in a little. That line about noticing that Sylus' bike had been tampered with, so he stopped the race between the two of them was...interesting.
It may be there to also humanize those in the N109 Zone, too. I think most think of the entire area as villains.
But then, of course, Hank hands over a pannier (a bag for a motorcycle - I had to look it up lol) filled with a month's worth of supplies. Odd for a man traveling for only two weeks.
The music changed, too, which I found interesting.
And I know what you're thinking - Kaits! Later he pulls out heating pads and instant hot drinks for he and MC to share in the greenhouse!
Correct. He pulls out specific things for her to see. He doesn't show her the rest of it. I just gave you part of the truth.
We then never bring it up again. Odd.
Now...the conversation in the Greenhouse.
I done did about lost my mind.
"...the night is more pure this time around."
"...It's pure because we're the only ones here."
This is one of those lines that sounds cute but feels like there's a deeper message there.
And then this little exchange:
"It's natural to be afraid of the dark. Overcoming that instinct is difficult."
"What about you? you were never scared even when your back faced the dark?" (Odd phrasing...usually it's back faced the wall...)
"The darkness of the N109 Zone isn't something to be afraid of."
He's dodging again. We know this because he got oddly specific. The darkness of the N109 Zone isn't something to fear. But something in the dark is. Another type of dark is.
But what kind of dark has he faced that made him afraid?
MC specifically asks about the area at this point, and it's brushed off with a comment on how he learned to pass time in the dark.
Not that he wasn't afraid. That he learned how to cope with being in it.
Off we go to the little foggy bog, and we have another interesting conversation:
Now, we know that Sylus and MC were in this arena together long enough to know each other...and many of us seemed to translate what he had said originally as they were partners during that time as well...
But, Sylus never had a chance to work on teamwork. MC implies she's also used to working on her own.
And then that line "Someone once told me...When you're forced to turn your back to the dark, you need someone you can truly trust."
I think this is a nod back to the arena days.
Then we get to the festival (where the loose connection to the rest of the story is that it doubles as a place for small deals, which I have no doubt it does, but I just found it silly.)
And these two nerds 🤣🤣 they stay the whole festival, and then EVERYONE LEAVES AND THEY DO THIS ALONE! I find that too funny. This man goes that hard for just MC. I love him. 🤣
"Besides, I have a new priority now. I need to make you happy."
Then we get our dancey-dance and our smooches (bless those making Illuso edits - may both sides of your pillows be cool).
I really don't have too much to add here, as I have already pointed out what I've noticed with the dance here.
The backstage makes me so happy, though, because there's no longer this hesitation we see with Nightly Rendezvous (our consent king). He knows he's wanted just as much as he wants her.
Although that aether core flaring up still has me suspicious...
Then, as all must, the night comes to an end and the sun rises. Sylus brings MC out to this field where they watch a satellite cross.
We get this again - because this man is trying his absolute darndest to get us to move in with him.
But it was this that made me pause again:
He's willing to drop everything for her. Which, as we know, he's said a million times. This has always been for her.
Okay, but the satellite though. Sylus just causally mentions that he and Onychinus are just causally being tracked by the satellite passing through. And then we get this weird series of moments.
Yeah, Kaits, everyone wants to take him down. So what?
It's a military satellite. So who is actually chasing down Sylus? The story chapters and the new World Underneath tell us that Astra clearly is, Ever clearly is, and who do we know connected with the military that also happens to know that MC was in the N109 Zone?
Odd how all that lines up...ain't it?
And, again, we just casually move on.
Until we hit another just 'casually thrown in there line'... Pray tell, Sylus, what goals might those be for a man who's aether core also contains the power to destroy worlds?
There's also a lot of talk throughout the whole card about MC getting used to the dark, and how they're becoming more alike. To me, this card feels like MC finally willing to fully admit to herself how similar they are and what she actually feels.
This moment made me squeal. It's adorable and comfy and homey and aklsdjf;aklsjdf. We finally got there, y'all.
This was the cutest way to end the card, and I did love it.
So...yeah, I'm pretty sure we have more questions than answers...still... but it does keep me wondering what the third myth will be about. Will it be the arena, and if so, how does that line up with MC being a child when she finally gets to earth?
If it doesn't end up being the arena, when will we get answers about it?
If you made it this far, thanks for entertaining my delulus! Hope you're doing well.
I only recently realised how big of an impact the vampiric world has on the entire storyline and on many characters individually (Sam, Vincent, Lovely, Darlin, Dreamer, Theo)
I know i probably should have had this realisation some time ago, but given everything that happened in the redacted verse recently, I only now kinda connected the dots.
The vampiric world is involved in many stories, both bc the characters in them are vampires, but also in stories where vampires had some kind of an impact on a specific character.
Sam being unwillingly turned by Alexis.
William turning Vincent even though he swore he would never have a progeny again (swore that after turning Alexis)
Lovely being turned during the events of the Inversion (where we know the vampiric world also had involvement in bc of one of the houses financially funding CloseKnits work).
Lovely really showed what’s being involved with a vampiric world is like. Their story showed what it can do to a person who’s unaware. It left them with so much trauma, going from the entire event of being kidnapped to discovering they’re empowered to being turned into a vampire. They are literally a victim of the vampiric world. At least that’s how I see it.
Theo’s story also shows what’s being involved with vampires is like, but from the inside perspective.
There’s also a matter of Quinn who had involvement in both Darlin’s story and Dreamer’s. It led Dreamer to want to awaken their powers which led to a series of events that left them traumatised and its still being actively shown, most likely leading to something.
The vampiric world is very different from any other magical species, because in order to get them under the government’s order, they had to make a deal, giving the vampires some sort of autonomy of how they operate. They get to have their own ruling on things they get their hands on first. They have more freedom in order to keep them contained, but are they really?
The entire game is being played mostly by the vampires.
Sam and Vincent were pretty much sheltered from the reality of it until the summit, where they saw the reality of it.
The scene where Sam asks William about the possibility of being wrong is very important, because William says he wouldn’t be wrong.
That’s going to be his downfall.
Starting with Porter.
William doesn’t see how Porter would not agree or not comply with given orders. Porter admits to Treasure that he does have doubts about doing the right thing… or is he doing the wrong thing?
The doubts are eating at him and the king is sure of what he’s doing, even though the sword, the weapon of his orders has doubts. I have a feeling Porter might regain his freedom at some point. Or Im hoping he does. But if he does, this is going to put William in a very VERY bad position.
His house is already weakening after Sam, Vincent and Lovely left it.
William knows it hence why he warned the pack of the danger. Something WILL happen.
Not saying William is entirely a bad man, he does things his own way and he did eliminate some Closeknit’s funders, but the way he is going about this will eventually bite him back. The consequences are already slowly catching up.
But what about Treasure? They are indirectly involved in all of this through Porter, which is William’s right hand. This is going to put them in extreme danger, given the other houses are looking in Solaire’s house direction, after the entire fiasco of a summit.
The consequences are coming and I feel like William might find himself in a really bad position once shit hits the fan.
Lovely’s story showed what the vampiric world can do to a human, so I’m fearing for what is going to happen to Treasure, because they are the biggest target I fear. They are somehow aware of some stuff, but they don’t know 100% how it all operates and such. They aren’t a vampire, hence they don’t have the knowledge to prepare themselves for what’s coming in any way. I feel like Porter might reach out for help in keeping an “eye” on them, involving Lovely and Vincent (for Lovely it might be more of a personal matter, because they know first hand how cruel the vampiric world can be). I feel like Lovely and Treasure are parallels to each other in a way.
No idea if I make any sense, I just needed to get it out there and I’m not best at framing my thoughts and yaps into coherent sentences, but I hope I at least make a little bit of sense.
I’m aware it’s not all vampires behind all of the events, but they do have a huge involvement in a lot of past events, which makes me wonder if they are the flaw in the system. But again, what can be done if the vampires are such powerful species and the department is stretched thin as it is? They can just try and prevent the vampires from completely going off rails, even if it means playing whatever game the vampires are playing. And not all vampires are bad.
I am such a good girl today by cleaning up the Pactbound-outline. Maybe being organized won't make me go shocked Pikachu face while writing. Expect more Octavia on your screen (I am fixated by her, my apologies)
Also bonk me when I come to ANY of you with 'I want to write x one shot before I am finished with Pactbound an A Bhaalspawn's Guide to Love' I BEG YOU.
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✦Let's talk a little about the magical system of Geona.✦
●Magic on Geona is a very tangible substance, essential for life on the planet. This substance is found everywhere, in water, air, and soil. And magical crystals are literally pure magic in solid form.
●Plants thar grow in this soil accumulate magic, acquiring miraculous properties. Animals were also able to accumulate magic in their bodies, which became part of their organism.
●The ancient Geonaeans were also able to adapt to magic, which fed their bodies with magic, and also learned to use magical plants and animals for their own needs.
●Around this time, two magical schools began to form among the ancient Geonaeans, which eventually evolved into the Anak and Skrimsley societies.
●Magic is practically nonexistent on Earth. The ancient Geons who visited Earth and did not have access to Geon resources, due to the lack of magic, were transformed, lost their magical abilities and longevity, and gradually became humans.
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•●✦ANAK MAGIC✦●•
✦The Anak school of magic is based on the manipulation of light.
●In addition to classical alchemy using the planet's flora and fauna, the Anak can generate and manipulate small sources of light. And with the help of crystals, which are magic in solid form and can be charged with the energy of Geona's suns, magical possibilities have expanded manifold.
●The Anak inlay charged crystals into their jewelry; they are the source of energy for their technology and magic. If the crystals are shaped correctly, they can be crafted into magical wands and staves for the targeted use of magic and more complex spells.
●The more crystals a wearer has and the brighter they are, the more powerful their owner is. Therefore, wealthy Anak are often adorned with glitter. On Earth, crystal amplification still works, but it doesn't recharge well from Earth's Sun.
●The symbol of the Anakov school of magic symbolizes the harmony of the elements of magic: the power of the sun, the strength of crystals, and the mastery of the body.
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•●✦SKRIMSLIE MAGIC✦●•
✦The Skrimsli school of magic revolves around the manipulation of shadow and flesh.
●Skrimsli can alter the shadows around them, giving them new forms and turning their bodies into shadows.
●They also charge their magical crystals, but in a completely different way. Instead of solar energy, they use the energy of other living beings, sealing it in crystals, obsidian, and metal-covered bones.
●Such crystals are both a source of energy and a focal point in magic. The Skrimsli set them into rings and bracelets, preferring direct control and power over the precision of wands.
●Skrimsli can use the energy of crystals charged with the life of monsters to give their shadow form the appearance of the beast they have vanquished. Particularly skilled scrimslies can combine several beast traits in their shadow, creating an entirely new monster.
●Scrimsley alchemy is also not entirely standard. Due to the practice of feeding life to crystals, their potion recipes often call for fresh flesh and hot blood.
●The sigil of Scrimsli magic school simbolizes strength of the flesh and bone, will of the user and neverending change of the shadows
❨ more lore yapping about my original setting. I try to post some original stuff alongside fanarts and winx stuff. I hope It's an intresting read :3❩
