#( mentioned; empyreous )

[ekleipsi]

--- Seph is the picture of composure and kindness when in front of most people. Or being stern and authoritative when she gotta do her job in the Underworld...but man, when it is JUST her and Hades alone, and being together? This lady will step on her dress and trip face first into the dirt, she is a klutz and a sucker for her husband when they in private.

[sonorusgloom]

Que Beast squinting in the background. He can't sneeze but he's pretty sure someones talking about him

[monstersdownthepath]

I make a lot of references to things in my drafts, so here's an incomplete list of what's in there so far:

--Homebrew Horror: Qlippoth Primordial, Aonarious

--Homebrew Horror: Underlord

--Spaghetti Staff

--Three more Homebrew Horror conversions of monsters from the Book of Unremitting Horror, refitted for the Golarion setting; one of them is a completely new creature inspired by a monster from the BoUH but which would not work in Golarion's setting due to a lack of technology, so I went a psychic route instead

--A homebrew for a symbiotic, psychic qlippoth that grants its host incredible psychic powers at the cost of inevitably mutating them into a horrific monster

--A homebrew for a boogeyman based on Pocket Cat from the game Fear and Hunger

--The aforementioned fey noble of beards and the fey noble of haircuts, as well as the Archfey known as the Harvest Lords

--A new Outer God: Hafemeriq, the Utopic Shepherd, and a Great Old One, Kalavall, the Fragrance Architect

--An artificial deity accidentally created by the Dominion of the Black: a Chaotic Evil Dominion Intelligence of Trepanation, Archives, and Psionics

--SEVERAL lists of half-ideas for deities, demigods, and monsters that I thought about and wrote down, but have yet to expand on. This includes the Empyreal Lord of Acupuncture, the Empyreal Lord of Meteors, and the Empyreal Lord of Sanitation and other unglamorous jobs which nonetheless need to be done.

--On one of the above lists, there's also mention of a daemon harbinger of death through sleep deprivation and the somnodaemons, which I had completely forgotten about until I made this post.

--Unfinished Monster Spotlights for: Maharishi Manu, Larabays, Enlightened Contemplatives

--Unfinished Spiritual Spotlights for: Brigh, Mestama, Alseta, Aldinach

And many, many more! hahah ahahaha help

[love-and-deepspace-wiki]

Linkon City Area

Motto(s): "City of Innovation"

Details:

Linkon City is the central setting of Love and Deepspace. Fourteen years ago, Linkon City was largely distroyed during the Chronorift Catastrophe. But it has since been rebuilt into the sprawling city it is today.

This post is going to be a long one because there's so much in and around this city to cover.

Interesting Facts:

According to Zayne, the temperature in the city is drastically different during the day vs. during the night.

City Organization:

The locals divide the city into various defined areas/districts/zones. Here are the ones I've found mention of throughout the game:

Districts:

Bloomshore District: the administrative district

Central Business District: where Flux Arts and Universum mall are located

Commercial District

Empyreal Ring District 23: a residential area

Entertainment District

Gilt District

Old District

Silverbay District

Other Defined Areas:

Hat Island

Whitesand Bay

Southeastern suburbs

The Outskirts

No-Hunt Zones

Specific Locations:

Various streets, sites, and landmarks are mentioned in-game. Some of them have just been namedropped without any further information. But others have been given more specific descriptions and/or locations within the city.

Roads & Streets

Gardens & Parks

Lodging

Landmarks & Locations

Aquariums, Museums, and Zoos

General City Resources:

There are a ton of city resources mentioned in game. Again, some of these are resources I've only found mention of once or twice in-game (e.g. Linkon City's Statistics Bureau), while others make far more recurring appearances (e.g. Linkon City Hall).

Medical:

Akso Hospital/Linkon Central Hospital

Municipal Services:

Animal Shelter

Deepspace Hunter's Association - Linkon City Chapter

Linkon Airport

Linkon City Convention Center and Exhibition Center

Linkon City Hall

Linkon City's Statistics Bureau

Linkon Hunters Foundation

Linkon Newspaper

Linkon Public Library

Linkon Post

Linkon Subway (Linkon Metro Supervision Service)

Linkon Tourism Bureau

Linkon's Child Welfare Institute

Education:

University of Linkon

[askcaptainmindfang]

DOLOROSA: ... DOLOROSA: ... DOLOROSA: Augh The Terro+r Of The Seas Is No+w Here... Such Obno+xio+us News... DOLOROSA: Well Its Obvio+us To+ State Such Things Yo+u Plainly Kno+w No+w Ho+wever Fo+r The Reco+rd DOLOROSA: ... DOLOROSA: DOLOROSA: I Lived Bitch ! DOLOROSA: ... DOLOROSA: Mo+reo+ver That Needling Neo+phyte Mentio+ned Fascinating News She Burned Yo+ur Fleet With Seer Mo+nstro+us Garnet Eyed Empyreal Beast Of So+lar Flames DOLOROSA: Ha Ha Ablazing Funeral Pyre Fo+r A Lo+st Jade... Serves Yo+u Right DOLOROSA: https://the-dolorosa-official.tumblr.com/

[♏︎]: Ah, the mention of a lost Jade, 8ut it appears that said Jade was the first to cross 8lades with me on this virtual 8attlefield.

[♏︎]: Whether this is a calcul8ted display of 8ravery or a mere happenstance - I must acknowledge your newfound resolve 8ehind the comforting glow of your husktop.

[♏︎]: As for your son's message of love and acceptance, it appears the sea salt you swallowed in your unceremonious exit over8oard has 8ecome an em8edded part of your personality.

[red-w1nged-blackbird]

"Creature, do the stars seem bright?"

Main/Info Post!! (NSFW and potential TW in the rules.)

The land ripples and warps in a blaze of color, is it your imagination, or are those screams in the distance?

No time to be sure. However, walking into a time shriek was your first mistake. Because here, you find yourself in the realm of the...

Sublime Empyreal

Welcome to the blog, travelers! I'm Ari, (not my real name...) and this is the blog where I'll be posting about my silly universe lore for all my OCs.

NOTICE: I in no way intend for this to turn into a fandom. I only want to share my work with Tumblr, where I feel safe.

TAGS

Silly talking posts - Ari Yapping Session

Any S.E related posts - Sublime Empyreal

The occasional smut... - S.E Smut

RULES

20+ Men DNI. My OCs aren't for you to jerk off with your lesbian fetish. Don't send asks about this rule, my reason is because I'm uncomfortable with it.

Don't fucking complain if I do something in my lore that you don't like. It's my lore. My OCs. Not yours.

Please DO NOT ship my OCs outside of confirmed ships. It makes me uncomfortable <3

Yes, thirsts for my OCs are okay... as long as you aren't fucking weird about it !!!

It's common sense but zoophiles, pedophiles, and pro shippers STRICTLY DNI.

DO NOT REPOST MY WORK.

DO NOT MENTION MY WORK ON SITES OUTSIDE OF TUMBLR. (Specifically Tiktok.)

You MAY introduce friends to the blog.

You MAY share thoughts on possible AUs

You may NOT try forcing headcanons or ideas into the lore.

You MAY create OCs in the S.E, with permission from me. (Send an ask with your OC idea, so I may make sure it fits with the S.E lore.)

I hope that people will respect these rules, as this is my blog and what I'm comfortable with.

MASTERLIST

[kimberlyannharts]

I’m sorry I’m still thinking of the wasted potential of Prism Green even though they were probably never gonna have anything more than that appearance in the Astronema book. In my head they traveled with the Omegas until they find out the hand they had in freeing Astronema and Ecliptor. Maybe after they hang out with Drakkon once he says deuces to the Omegas. My bad for expecting the split to be driven by characters.

By the way whatever happened to Drakkon’s army of energy vampires. That was like a big deal after Eltarian War with Jason trying to track them down but there was no resolution to that

I really don't know what to make of the Astronema stuff. Pretty much every other Power Rangers Unlimited book at the time ended up being relevant to the main series, but Astronoma had one little cameo arc that literally amounted to nothing except Trini looking out the window like "wow, we did bad things.......even though we're supposed to be good guys......it really makes you think" and that's it, despite later arcs having the Omegas meet Astronema's brother and then Astronema's BOSS. Or even at the very least there should have been way more fallout to the Omegas escaping SPD, causing the death of an officer, and letting Dark Specter's heir, known Ranger killer, loose. At this point I think it's just better to consider her Unlimited book and that arc non-canon, as them not existing only helps the narrative. Which is in of itself a shame as her Unlimited book is probably one of the better ones.

As for Drakkon's energy vampires, I think it's safe to assume they all died when he sent them to attack the Empyreals. At the beginning of the Charge to 100 arc Jason only mentions looking for Drakkon, so they're probably not meant to be relevant by then

[inafieldofdaisies]

Url Song Tag | Tagged by @statichvm ❤️

Prompt: spell your url name with song titles. Leaving some top picks from the titles mentioned below too.

i -> Insane by Kendra Dantes n -> Next to You by Charlotte Cardin a -> Arise by CLANN f -> Fingers by Chinchilla i -> Instincts by Aiko e -> Erode by Tender l -> Lilith by Saint Evangeline d -> Dear Rachel by Jayen x District o -> Old wounds by PVRIS f -> Flare by Ashwarya d -> Desert Rose by Lolo Zouai a -> Artemis by Aurora i -> In Madness by Constance s -> Sin on the skin by Jpolnd i -> Into the Blue by Galleaux e -> Empyreal by Roniit s -> Sugar baby by Rachel Lorin, Call Me Karizma

Tagging @poisonedtruth @aceghosts @direwombat @madparadoxum @jillvalentinesday @chazz-anova @clicheantagonist @nightbloodbix @socially-awkward-skeleton @adelaidedrubman @florbelles @fleurviolettes @voidika @v0idbuggy @stacispratt @cassietrn @trench-rot @unpetitoiseau and anyone that would like to do the tag ❤️

[ekleipsi]

--- Earth. A paltry, disgusting land; it's inhabitants vile, and its systems failing. He had given mortals all they could have wanted, all they needed to survive and make a comfortable and humble life and what did they do? Betray Him at every turn, losing faith and calling upon his mercy only when they were sinful...though perhaps, the worse crime was that He allowed it?

--- They suffered no punishment, day to day. Occasionally a flood, a plague, a Reckoning that set them back a decade...a century, but still rife with dissent and mutiny. It was disgusting. Sent to observe them in their behaviors, to judge them so- task had become clear to divine hand the longer he'd spent upon the earth. Thy needed discipline, humility, to be taught the things they had long since forgotten and lost in the passing years.

--- Footsteps were lightly, frame near glowing as he approached the Church, and what better place to start than at the beginning where his most faithful of followers were meant to be? The moment he'd set food inside though, the prickling of darkness and sin lay heavy in the air. While they said their prayers to lord and savior, their mouths were filled with razored lies; he felt each injustice, each crime. Like a thick layer of dread seeping into stone walls.

--- ' Lay your lives down for your Lord, feeble mortals...these walls are soaked deeply in your Sin. If you have nothing to repent for, then you have nothing to fear...and His divine light will welcome you eagerly into Silvered City. If you confess to your crimes now, I will be merciful...if not? Well, this Earth is parched for watering with the blood of the impure. ' and with such noble sounding words, was fiery sword raised- golden glow around him illuminated the near invisible wings on his back, two pair, to signify his position in the Heavens. An Angel.

@empyreous

[dappercritter]

I'm probably going to hell for this but

Hey I'm looking for a Lotura fic.

There was fanart of it that was really nice and polished, with the two of them in a ship hallway with reddish tinting and purple lights (so probably a Galra cruiser), they had to stand close because the corridor was narrow or decontamination protocol stuff, and they look reasonably flustered about it.

The fic description mentioned this being part of some kind of diplomatic mission?

I swear I saw it in a tumblr post on here but I lost track of it, and now I have now clue whether it was real or a dream.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

UPDATE: FOUND IT!

Turns out I was misremembering it completely and it was this post by the talented @minamorsart of their fic, The Empyreal Within.

[randomidiocyncrazies]

on the topic of war crime tribunals/transitional justice in the Kree-Skrull Alliance, Scarlet Witch #6 brings up info on a genocide that's "for ruling eyes" only—the resolution of that story is pretty much something you'd expect from a superhero comic book (which is the type of story they set out to tell so it's like. within genre conventions even though I think it's questionable, though it's framed as adequate and effective access to justice and reparation*) but like. imagine if Teddy pushed for information transparency after seeing how much of his people's history is being hidden from them, or if it delved into a legal battle with the perpetrators of genocide instead of physical combat.

It's mentioned that the Skrulls hid this information because they wanted the Blood Skrulls "out of sight, out of mind"; they wanted to divorce their identities from the Blood Skrulls' (which is understandable if imo not the right way to handle it), and imo also because the genocide of other species isn't 'important' enough to be acknowledged. So if Teddy, the Great Uniter and King of Space, pushed for some kind of public acknowledgement of war crimes/crimes against humanity** committed by the two empires he'd inherited, what would the public reaction be? Whose feathers would be ruffled? Who would be supportive because it's the right thing to do, and who'd be supportive because of some other vested interest?

(also, irl there are international laws for crimes against humanity; would be interesting to see an intergalactic version of that, and the drafting of stricter protocols/policy research/establishing agencies and organizations that deal with investigating large-scale genocide and oppression etc... along with the political squabbles about jurisdictions and sovereignty that you see irl at UN and other international organizations)

Also, it seems like the only people in Teddy's court are him, Billy (Court Mage and Prince Consort), Lauri-ell (The Accuser/bodyguard) and Mur-G'nn (???), which seems a bit wack. You can't run a vast empire with so few people, and even if Teddy is mostly concerned with the affairs of Throneworld it's still really weird that there aren't more recurring characters at the Kree-Skrull court... I totally understand why K'lrt isn't serving the inner court—Teddy shouldn't have to see his mother's murderer day in and day out—but like. can we get a few more ministers on the roster????? I wish there's more opportunities to just see what a typical day on Throneworld is like, y'know? I'd kill for a miniseries that features normal citizens of the Kree/Skrull Alliance just living their life and doing their work, and the royal couple's adventures are only alluded to in the background.

(somewhat related, but i'm actually kind of ??? at Teddy being so okay with the fact that it's an empire that he's in charge of; I wish we got more of his thoughts on what he thinks about the natures of empires and monarchies in general, and his thoughts on institutional reforms etc. Struggles about what kind of king he wants to be has been brought up before, and his showdown with his grandma re:the nature of a successful ruler was pretty badass in Empyre... but being king means you have to approve or veto laws and policies, having to deal with paperwork and weighing advice from people who may or may not have the empire's best interest at heart etc etc. It means confronting the concept of absolute power in the hands of a ruling class determined by birth. It's a bit of a shame that they want the empire to be a thing in the worldbuilding, but don't really invest in developing the empire into a viable setting that feels real/lived in)

*tbf since we don't know the domestic laws of the Kree-Skrull Alliance or any intergalactic law regarding genocide/gross violations of the rights of sapient & sentient life, massacring the people responsible may be perfectly legal in the setting (and thus doesn't violate UN guidelines to the right of reparation, which I used as a baseline). It sucks that there wasn't a formal trial establishing the guilt of the responsible parties, though their guilt was informally established/treated as truth due to the nature of the classified info—the situation feels like executing someone without a formal trial, with all the evidence coming from a classified CIA record lmao (and this doesn't get into the issue of possible innocent blood skrulls—are all of them really guilty/responsible for genociding the monastic order in question? Whoooooo knoooooows!)

**they're aliens but you know what i mean

[monstersdownthepath]

Hi, been a big fan of your work for quite some time now and thought I would reach out to ask a question. Do you have any ideas for non-evil outsider demigods such as Primal Inevitable or Empyreal Lords? I have always felt that Pathfinder focused much more on the evil demigods and very little on the embodiments of the other alignments, most only getting a sentene or two before being never mentioned again, and I feel they can have just as much of a role as a demon lord could in a story.

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Pathfinder proper and myself, I'll admit; I have a habit of making far more evil (or at least neutral) creatures than good. My own homebrew contains precisely two fully Good entities, and this comes with the territory of me enjoying the eldritch and alien.

I DO have at least a few ideas for more good-aligned creatures, such as Oa-Imago, a Great Old One who is Chaotic Good I've mentioned a few times on this blog already, and a thus-far unnamed Empyreal Lord presiding over exorcisms and other wards of the soul, whom I only recently started to develop. Another reason I haven't made any Empyreal Lords is, admittedly, a petty one: my main difficulty with creating new ones is that there's already a whole lot of them!Chronicles of the Righteous alone gives names, areas of concern, and Domains to 54 Empyreal Lords, and Boons to 36 of them! Finding a niche that hasn't been filled is a big hurdle for me, one I don't really get when I'm making some selfish evil fiend or some weirdo outsider god.

I agree with you that there should probably be more Primal Inevitables and Protean Cantors. Maybe I can shift some of my brainpower towards that... hmmmm...

[rottingwaysofmisery]

For fans of Old School Death Metal

This post is to serve as a list of recommendations of niche or newer Old School Death Metal-esque bands, and what bands they’re most similar to.

Let me preface, if you’re looking for Cannibal Corpse you’re not going to get it. I like some Cannibal Corpse songs, but they’re not the kind of music that I want to get from Old School Death Metal (OSDM). You’re going to get a lot more stuff similar to Morbid Angel or Death because that’s mainly what I’m into.

I’m also going to mention themes here, which you may find confusing if you don’t pay attention to Death Metal’s themes but there’s something much more interesting to me about Death Metal that goes into mythology, history, or the occult, in the stead of the classic “Gore and Misogyny” that lazy Death Metal bands tend to do.

With that out of the way, here we go.

Gruesome - For Fans of early Death

American band done explicitly in the style of/in tribute to the band Death, with albums reminiscent of Leprosy or Spiritual Healing.

Sijjin - For Fans of Morbid Angel

A personal favorite of mine, this one has hooks and riffs for days. I found myself surprised to like this, as I had expected modern death metal bands to have nothing interesting in store, but this 2019-born band delivers just as well as any old Florida Death Metal band.

Atrocity - For Fans of the general Florida Death Metal scene

If you search this band up on Spotify, you’re most likely going to be greeted by their shitty cover albums. Yeah, in my opinion this band definitely fell off. I would, however, highly recommend their sophomore release “Todessehnsucht”. It even happens to feature a cover of a Death demo song, Archangel.

Perdition Temple - For Fans of Deicide and Morbid Angel

You’re in for a lot of Morbid Angel-type stuff, even though Death is my favorite band. This one isn’t necessarily just death metal though, as it’s sometimes labelled Black/Death Metal. Not in like, a war metal/bestial black metal kind of way though so don’t get your hopes up if you’re into that. I would personally recommend their first release the most, “Edict of the Antichrist Elect”.

Nile - For Fans of Morbid Angel

You might cry, “That’s not niche or new!”, but if I can get through to at least one Morbid Angel fan who just happens to not know about Nile, my job will be done. As the name suggests, this band thematically pertains to Egypt, particularly Ancient Egypt. I’ve never been a huge Nile fan, but of the few songs I do love I really love them.

Xenomorph - For Fans of Morbid Angel

Specifically, the American band that only released Empyreal Regimes in 1995. I really love the production on that album, something about the tone feels warm.

Angelcorpse - For Fans of Morbid Angel

If you love Morbid Angel but hate the groovier or slower parts, this band is for you. Personally, never been a big fan since I love the slower stuff from Morbid Angel, but you may love this.

Altars - For Fans of Morbid Angel

In direct contrast to the last band, here’s a bit of a groovier death metal band. Specifically, this the Altars that is an Australian Death Metal band that released “Paramnesia”.

Necronomicon - For fans of Morbid Angel

Canadian Death Metal band, I would specifically recommend “Pharoah of the Gods”, if you can get past all the unnecessary intros on multiple tracks at least. Generally, mid-paced sorta stuff.

Sentenced - For Fans of Death

They had a similar thing to Atrocity, except they went into rock music later on instead of just making covers. I would recommend their first album, Shadows of the Past, if you’re looking for that Florida Death Metal sound, and their second album if you’re looking for a more prog extreme metal sound. Anything beyond that I don’t like.

Mithras - For Fans of Morbid Angel

I would recommend specifically their album “Forever Advancing...... Legions”. It’s more on the groovy end of that Morbid Angel sound.

Scarab - For Fans of Morbid Angel (or Nile)

Excellent Egyptian Death Metal band, except this time actually from Egypt! I would highly recommend “Blinding the Masses”.

Coffin Texts - For Fans of Morbid Angel

A very underrated Death Metal band that is yet again, thematically about Ancient Egypt. If you’re tired of this theme, at least know it’s better than the alternative of just gore and femicide.

Nader Sadek - For Fans of Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel-esque riffing, sung over by one of the Morbid Angel singers, but oddly enough, about oil? I would recommend their excellent release from 2011, “In the Flesh”.

End of Recommendations

That’s all I have for now! If anyone has any suggestions I’d love to hear em, if you reply with a suitable band I might give em a listen and reblog this with more!

[studyofx]

We mentioned it on the podcast and we wanted to shout-out again a big congratulations to Empyre by @DanSlott & @Al_Ewing for winning GLAAD's 2021 Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book LGBTQ+ representation!

[ritunn]

Pathfinder's Forgotten Gods: Lady Taramyth, the Singing Flame

Last week we covered Uskyeria, the Saintly Slumberer, an Empyreal Lord with a bit of info that was focused on the protection of animals and dreams, so this week I updated another Empyreal Lord, this time the vulpinal, Lady Taramyth. In Pathfinder 1e we know Lady Taramyth is a vulpinal agathion Empyreal Lord who has a demiplane named the River of Nine Fires... and that's it! She was pretty much just mentioned in passing in Chronicles of the Righteous. So, let's see how we can take that and make something more!

Vulpinal Agathion from Pathfinder 2e by Paizo

So, what became of Lady Taramyth with this conversion? I decided to take the Singing Flame aspect and with some inspiration from a friend, casted her as a patron of campfire songs and operatic singers. I decided to combine this by aiming for a rising star story. Lady Taramyth was just a simple vulpinal who taught others song around campfire and sang tunes as she traveled Nirvana until she sang a song so beautiful while in Shelyn's realm of Bloomeadow that Shelyn essentially "sponsored" her to rise to full divinity as an Empyreal Lord.

This is where we took the one thing we know about Lady Taramyth: she has a demiplane named the River of Nine Fires. Here I expanded on this by essentially making it an opera house, one where Lady Taramyth hosts an operatic play called the Ballad of Flaming Virtue performed by the celestial realm's best performers, including herself! She then invites upcoming artists and others who've earned her favor to inspire in a magical dream-like viewing of the ballad.

Despite this, she still visits the Material Plane regularly between the yearly performance and watches over campers who gave her her start. Making her the patron of campfire song and campfires in general! If you ever see a fiery red fox or a dashing kitsune woman with a sword cane in hand, perhaps Lady Taramyth has decided to pay you a visit.

Lady Taramyth makes for a great deity choice for Bards (especially as a Maestro muse), but also Flame Order Druids, Rangers, Flames Mystery Oracles, or for entertainers and Kitsune in general. Clerics and Champions of Lady Taramyth are likely performers themselves and wear opera dresses and suits when not donned in armor, though they're certainly all aspiring vocalists and can be found anywhere singers are in demand. Followers of Lady Taramyth often choose the Celebrity or Dandy archetypes, each allowing them to impress crowds or get to the main event where they'll always shine. Folklorist is also a popular choice for those inclined to tell cultural stories with song. Lastly, the Bard multiclass archetype isn't uncommon among them, though they almost always specialize in vocal performances with instrumentation mixed in with a preference towards those that can make use of their powerful lungs.

Next week we'll likely continue our conversion of other agathion Empyreal Lords like Lady Taramyth and Uskyeria. Until then, may the Singing Flame inspire you too!

[lndslorepuzzler]

World Underneath: Snowy Stairs

01: Die In Spring: Carter is at a meeting at Xander Sciences. He is derisive of Li Shen's choice to accept a hospital employment offer. There is a flashback to Carter and Li Shen saving the life of an elderly man in a construction zone. After the ambulance left, the two of them spent the night talking about the ethics of applying Protocore technology to revive dead cells. Li Shen left, and the two of them did not talk again. Flashing forward, Carter waits at Empyreal Ring Park (formerly the construction site) because he knows Li Shen will take his morning jog in this direction. He overhears Li Shen explaining to a small child that the stray dog can't come back to life, and inserts himself into the conversation. Li Shen basically tells him to fuck off.

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02: Yesterday Once More: Carter attempts to draw Li Shen into an argument/power struggle about bringing the dead back to life and it's moral implications. Li Shen is obviously disgusted. Carter mentions Cabin 607: the patient is abnormal. // "Take a look, Doctor Li. It won't violate your medical ethics."

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03: Undying Tree: The surgery for Cabin 607 failed. Li Shen did not go to help, and only arrives after the fact. Carter has named the project Li Shen quit from X-Heart. Li Shen mentions William's death at Mt. Eternal. He also tells Carter that his tactics are going to get him arrested. Carter argues with Li Shen, claiming "we." Li Shen tells him 'there is no we,' and 'you're crazy.'

04: Gone: Li Shen has a few minutes alone with the patient from Cabin 607; he restores the presumably ruined body to a clean, intact state for their grieving parents.

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05: Snow Depth: Li Shen takes a position at Akso Hospital. Carter antagonizes him with the patient from Cabin 607. There is a photo of the patient with a cluster of black crystal growing from the left side of his chest. Carter considers Li Shen's reasons for becoming a doctor, and accepting the position at Akso; he suspects it's because of a girl. He intends to find her and use her as a trump card against Li Shen.

05: Coda: As if time and space intertwined, Carter's indignant voice rings in his ears and questions him once more. "Wouldn't you use everything in your power to prevent your loved ones from dying?" Of course he would. Li Shen answered this question countless times in his heart. And no matter how many years have passed, his answer still hasn't changed. He would do everything he could to prevent her death and save her. But the night is long. The fog is dense... If the end of the road is truly what's left... Li Shen closes his eyes. At least, he still has another option. His last one. And before the storm arrives, he only hopes he can walk a little further on this rugged path. He could also hold her hand and resist the avalanche-like onslaught of wishes together.