#🕮┆“VII. THE OUSTED”╞ ˢʰᵃᶜᵏˡᵉˢ ᵒᶠ ᶠˡᵉˢʰ ᵃᵈᵒʳⁿ ᵗᵒ ᵘᵖʳᵒᵒᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈʳᵒʷⁿᵉᵈ ⁽ᵈᵉᵗʰʳᵒⁿᵉᵈ / ᵛᵉˢˢᵉˡ ᵃᵘ⁾

[stolememory]

`STOLEN MUSCLE AND SINEW BEGGED FOR RESPITE. The being had plan // THE ONE OF ACTIVE MIND AND BORN OF KNOWLEDGE ALWAYS DID // but he was trudging blind through ground unbecoming against limbs alien and GROTESQUE (MORTAL SHACKLE UNBEFFITING THE MANTLE OF THE PRINCE). Unlike guises of flesh and skin worn prior this was not out of choice-- - how lowly it felt to require out of NECESSITY // OUT OF SURVIVAL. (TO UNDO RASH AND THOUGHTLESS DETHRONING CAST UPON THEM // AFTER ALL, IT HAD BEEN A DECISION WITHOUT ALLOWANCE FOR KNOWLEDGE TO BE HEARD FIRST). The other Princes knew not what smart course of action was without guidance of the Great Eye. Fools to think otherwise in this matter, and as always it was up to him to undo the mistakes.

`TOWER LOOMED BEFORE THE EYES OF THE INEVITABLE KNOWER. Repository of that which was collected in mind before his own realm was SEVERED from all but the most baser life-line knew of this place (THE ONE WHO KNOWS STILL KNOWS // THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN FROM HIS CORE.) Determinably, if ungrateful ichor and bone needed rest then here be better- the most cursory scrying of stars could be performed with mortals toys.

`ISOLATION WAS NOT THE ALLOWANCE THIS NIGHT HAD FOR HIM. The closer approaching the canvas of heaven promised above churned the abyss nestled within // SOMETHING HERE CAUSING A PRIMORDIAL REACTION TO BLACKENED OOZE UNSEEN. The individual found at peak was unassuming, but Hermaeus Mora could still feel the ache behind the iris. (HE NEEDED TO DIG TENDRILS TO FISH FOR INFO // BUT COULDN'T GET THE READ IMMEDIATELY-- - AND USAGE OF POWER WAS NOT AS FREE TO THE PRINCE AS IT ONCE WAS).   “&– - Are you an observer for the pleasure of it, or are you searching for something within the stars?” Voice that came from breaths and windpipes, not of the flow and echo of tides, spoke without a proper greeting given. // @stolefate liked for a starter

[stolememory]

“I can’t help you if you leave me in the dark. And you need me to help.”

❛[ THE EVIL WITHIN SENTENCE STARTERS ≻ accepting

`THERE WAS A PRYING ANTICIPATED BUT UNDESIRED. One that twitched the brows of the costumed Prince in reaction // NO MORE ENJOYED DESPITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWING OF IT COMING.   “&– - I would not expect a Prince to be interested in my plights....” The lie of ignorance tasted BITTER ON TONGUES (AS DID THE ASPECT OF CAGING KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH BEHIND THE VEIL OF TEETH). But the ends justified the means, even if the stomach was displeased by the taste it was receiving this day.

`VERDANT DIGITS GLIDE OVER THE COVER OF A BOOK NEARBY. A ploy of Mora's decided-- - to play the act of the CURIOUS MIND that got ahold of something that promised more (HIDDEN SECRETS // UNKNOWN PRIZES). Even now there were aspects of self they could not completely hinder.   “&– - I was in Apocrypha, the Princeless realm. I found mentions of a place called The Mythos... not a soul seems to know what that is. Many believe it perhaps just fiction in an old tome, but I wish to figure it out myself. However, it doesn't mean I'm fully equipped for that.” To call his own realm PRINCELESS boiled the bile of disgust within-- - had to remind itself the guise that must be performed (THE DILIGENT ACTOR THE ONE OF FACT AND REALITY MUST BECOME).   “&– - I'm certain there is something of trade that can be made. Just to help me make a discovery.” The only SATISFACTION of this was that it was vessel making the offer // MORA COULD NOT BE HELD TO IT IN THE END. // @stoledreams