Clank.

For its bulk and weight, it moves soundlessly across the city. This modern era often suppresses open and armed rebellion too swiftly to be reliable, but there are always smaller wars. Smaller waves across the surface of daylight society, vulnerable to the displacement of a well-thrown stone. —

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 Great sounds of struggle rumble across the great hall of the Welland estate. Inhuman shrieks follow the hailstorm rak-a-dak-dak of a repeating machine gun’s staccato firing cycle. Taenite-iron balls pepper across the elaborate ornate walls of the furnished estate, pummeling a Percussigant —

𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝗫𝗫 [ A series of broadcasts across several bipartisan national British news channels, collated and summarized. ] ‘Each bit of Britain has its own bit of folklore, and sightings along the English Channel have been telling tale of some curiosity which may become Britain’s very own Nessie; —

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗠𝗡 𝟭𝟰𝗫𝗫 Bran Castle had long become familiar. The matter of war had kept Meredia here for several years. In that time, the sound of metal had become familiar. The taenite-iron alloys which composite its body audibly contact the floor in each step, announcing Meredia’s presence —

Active.

Taenite-iron loaded.

REBELLION SUSTAINED.

"I don't know. Every day, the case log feels like it grows more and more, as if I didn't have enough on my plate. But I can't take a break. Not yet. Gotta keep going." 📒Alcohol fueled detective 📒Hints of other-worldly influence 📒 #OCRP #MVRP #NSFWRP 📒Total Workaholic Stories and more to be posted.

⠀ ⠀𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ᴍᴏʀɢᴀɴᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇɪʟᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝘿𝙊 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂?⠀

Proceeding to Brancrug.

Crushes a Worm under her foot. Black smoke and ash rise from around the heel.

Powered mode.

MACHINE STATUS ONLINE

Crushes a stone in her fist.

Active status. Initialized.

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 Great sounds of struggle rumble across the great hall of the Welland estate. Inhuman shrieks follow the hailstorm rak-a-dak-dak of a repeating machine gun’s staccato firing cycle. Taenite-iron balls pepper across the elaborate ornate walls of the furnished estate, pummeling a Percussigant —

𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝗫𝗫 [ A series of broadcasts across several bipartisan national British news channels, collated and summarized. ] ‘Each bit of Britain has its own bit of folklore, and sightings along the English Channel have been telling tale of some curiosity which may become Britain’s very own Nessie; —

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗠𝗡 𝟭𝟰𝗫𝗫 Bran Castle had long become familiar. The matter of war had kept Meredia here for several years. In that time, the sound of metal had become familiar. The taenite-iron alloys which composite its body audibly contact the floor in each step, announcing Meredia’s presence —

𝐓𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐀 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐄𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐞. [ ♡ & ↺ ]

'The Lionsmith, also called the Golden General, and the Shaphur, is the Hour that grows ever stronger; that is seamless; that makes monsters.'

𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐓 𝐈 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐘𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐈 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃'𝐒 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 ┉┉┅┄ ⊰ 𝕍𝕀𝕀𝕀 ⊱ ┄┅┉┉

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'𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄; 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄; 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃'

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