#Crecendo

[badendinggamer]

Ok i drew crecendo but my own take and lore from this

Color: Coral

Category- Vocals

I briefly mentioned it there but Crecendo is the god jevin's cult worships

I guess long before (like years ago) he pretty much ruled over the islands as a tyrant and lots of separation, Believing some sprukis based on species and sound were more superior than others. (My main inspo for him is sombra from mlp so think of that I guess)

Eventually he got his ass kicked (or more accurately burned, hence the marks and scars) by a revolution mainly led by the sun and some sprunki's at the time. He lost a lot of his powers and was some what locked away. He did eventually die tho (kinda)

However despite this victory there were unfortunately still groups of sprunkis that agreed with crecendo's views and so that's pretty much how the cult was founded

Heavy inspiration from this post for the next ones but basically in the cult you can basically only have vocal sound as it was both the traditional and in there beliefs "the correct" form of music, choir sounds like jevin being considered in the highest of ranks (sometimes even restricted to high ranking cult members)

This is also another reason why jevin's family disapproved of Tunner given that he was melody which wasn't to be but whistling was a pretty common form to make sound from and was considered weak (which as some one who can't whistle wtf are you guys on-)

Crecendo himself doesn't play too much of a role until echo and corvus exist. As he pretty much as the sprunki's version of the devil. In the afterlife echo meets up with crecendo and basically demands why the fuck did he die. long story short. It was actually meant for corvus as a punishment for echo for him messing with the dead (specifically his tombstone...or lack there of) but he accidently gave it to echo so yeahhhhhh.

He does offer echo a deal. He can bring him back to life but for the first 7 years back he has to live in exile of the sprunki Islands as punishment still (he also has to keep his blindness still) and until those 7 years are comeplete he can come back. If he comes back to early, he will go back to being dead.

The life span of a sprunki is long (like around 1000 on average and they take longer to age (they age like us humans till there 25 where it takes them about 10 human years to become a year older) and that's great and all but echo naturally doesn't want to be away from his family for that long especially since there still gonna pressure him as dead after. So he puts the deal on hold to figure something else out......that being horror mode 2.0

Echo's plan is to basically switch out his dead life for a living one (basically trade) and given how many die in this horror mode he has some options. . . .

Crecendo is a pretty minor ish character in my lore but I really like his design I made for him, it was an inspo from someone else but I can't find the creator I'm sorry 😭 but credit to them for some of the ideas for his design

Part of it was also inspired my character Cain From Hellbound they should meet at some point hehe

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A Symphony In Crimson

Act 1: A Movement in Black

Chapter 16

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...You cry.

What else can you do but cry?

You killed one country, and now you’ve trapped another in a paradox!

They’ll all be stuck in here with you, because you broke the wish that carried their hopes and dreams!!! Their salvation!!!

… No. No, you owe it to them to keep trying. To save them, SOMEHOW. You CAN’T let this happen again!

THINK. If you can’t complete the wish, you have to shatter it! Break it, even if it breaks you!! You weren't planning to live after this anyways.

But you also have to defeat the king. Wish or no, you owe it to them to do that. If only you could stop the loop there. End it… Freeze it…

...That’s it! You remember. You came to this conclusion a while ago, that if you could collide the kings wish with yours directly, they’d both shatter. Stop the reversing, and reverse the stopping!! ...But he’d never do that. Never give up his wish. He’d rather kill everyone then do that…

...But

…You don’t need him for that, do you?

You just need his heart.

You’ll have to keep it beating, to take it’s power. But if you eat him, or infect him, that’s a simple thing, isn’t it? Simply assimilate him into yourself, and make his heart yours!

You said you’d never do that to a human but he doesn’t count anymore does he? He’s just a monster! Just a monster...

Yes. Of course. You’ll kill the monster yourself. Take his heart, save the country.

But. You’ll need to be alone with him for that. You can’t do something that monstrous in front of your family. Nonononono you absolutely cannot! You need them to trust you enough to let you face him alone.

That trust. You need to help them again. Like you did that one time! They trusted you then, right? You don’t… remember how it went. Not exactly. It’s a little hard to think! You didn’t eat flesh the last loop, Odile’s been too suspicious lately. No nutrients for the brain! But you’ve eaten plenty of sadnesses, so you won’t be tempted, right?… right?

… You’d best keep it quick. Just in case. Surely, you can do this quickly, right? Surely.

...Get up Siffrin. You have. A country. To save.

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You’re looking over your dating profiles. Change, you really aren’t getting far at all with this. You need to so something else. You probably should go check up on Siffrin, they have napped for a bit! Maybe-

Oh, there they are! Oh. Change, they don’t look good at all! Like a walking corpse! Y-you can’t really say that to them. Um. Just uh.

◉ “Hi Siffrin? Um. Are you okay? You look like you had a really bad nightmare.”

✦ “I’m fine Mira. Do you want help with your papers?”

◉ “What! Oh, n-no of course not, don’t worry about them! They’re-”

✦ “Bonding papers, right? You seem like your struggling.”

How did he-? ...N-Nevermind, you guess you can’t hide that anymore.

◉ “I-I. Um… Yes.”

They take a seat down next to you.

◉ “W-Well they're more dating profiles, but yes. I suppose I could use a hand with them. It’s something I was looking into before the king, but… I am choosing a potential lifelong partner, and I’m… not sure what to look for.”

✦ “Do you have to?”

Wait WHAT?!?

✦ “You don’t need to be with anyone. Clearly you don’t want to. So why even bother?”

Don’t want to- How does he!?! Change he shouldn’t just assume he knows you like this!

✦ “Better to accept it now then later. Better to stay the same then make yourself suffer.”

Oh that's it, Now he’s thrown change into it! You just!

You slap him in the face.

Crack

O-Oh No! What! How did! His neck just! Their head is almost backwards! You didn’t slap them that hard! Oh no oh no you didn’t want to hurt them you just wanted them to stop, you-!

...You hear. A strange sound. Like something wet ripping. As their head. Rights itself. Their body doesn’t even move. And you hear their bones snap into place… What…

◉ “S-Siffrin?”

✦ “…”

◉ “I-I.. Just. You can’t act like you know me like that, and then throw change into things, this is really important I-”

✦ “No. You’d know best, wouldn’t you Mira?”

They turn to you, their face grim, unfeeling. You can feel yourself shake. Something is wrong!

✦ “You’re strong. You care about things. And no one knows you better then yourself, right? You’ve always been so strong. Always trying to be better. Which is why you should know. That strength? That will, that lets you get through anything? It means NOTHING when you try and fight yourself.”

They stare at you. There is this strange shade glowing from the dark of their eyes. You can’t move. Change, what is-

✦ “You can try and break through, but it’ll just hurt yourself. Hurt those around you, as you rip yourself apart trying to claw out that piece you think is wrong. You can’t fight yourself. You can’t run from yourself. No matter how much you try.”

Their every word strikes at your fears. Your fear that you'll be unable to change, your fear that something is wrong with you, your fear that your wrong in trying. It feels like they tower over you. This isn’t like them at all! It’s like some dark part of your mind come to life!

✦ “We never can.”

Wait… No, something is VERY wrong!… You aren’t letting this stand!

◉ “I… Siffrin, I don’t know what’s happening with you. But that doesn’t let you talk to me like that!”

They shrink back into their cloak, hiding their face under their hat. You! Change, now you’re angry at them! They shouldn’t have said ANY of that! No matter WHAT’S happening!!!

◉ “Is that REALLY what you think? That I can't Change?! I can't believe you!!!"

◉ “I don’t know where you got the idea that you know me all of a sudden, but I’m not having it! I thought you better then this! Better then running around poking at my worst parts! And… I'm not going to put up with it!”

You. Are. Furious!

◉ “You’ve teased me before, but I thought you better then to try and actually hurt me! But now here you are! You don’t get to talk about me like that, and you DEFINITELY don't get to talk about Changing like that!”

Change, you can’t talk to them right now!

◉ “...I’m going to go to the clocktower. I don’t want to see you until tonight.”

You storm off.

...For a brief bit. You turn back. What was that? That wasn’t… You don’t know what that was… You’ll have to talk with the others. Maybe talk with Isabeau. Something is up.

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You… Why did you do that. That wasn’t the right way to talk about it at all. You got caught off guard and just started talking and… You couldn’t help it!

Stars, you should be better then this!! Better at keeping yourself at check, even now!! Better at keeping all your worst thoughts back in a little bottle at the back of your mind, better at keeping the monster you are from ever seeing the light of day, and...

...It’s fine. You’ll just… Have to talk to her later. Explain what you meant. You… can’t afford to loop right now. Not that you have a way before tomorrow without stabbing your own heart out, but.

If you did, you’d struggle more to be human. You might even have to resort to that blinding corpse again, and you don’t want that. You’d dig yourself even further into this pit.

After all, look what taking too long did already! Could have lasted long enough to hunt and recover if killing the king didn’t take so long! Could maybe have granted your wish! You can’t afford to make more mistakes, you’ve made too many. You have to make this work.

You can’t fail them. Not again, you refuse to fail them again. You have to do something right by them, you have to make it up to them somehow after all this!! HAVE to leave them better then when you started.

Even if she doesn’t get it now, it’ll help eventually right? After you're gone, she’ll get to figure out what you meant. But you’d rather she knows NOW, because she was happy when she did, and after all she did for you, you just-!

You’ll just. Try and salvage this. It should be fine.

Maybe. Odile next? Get that out of the way. Before Mira tells her anything. So that she’ll already trust you some before. Give you a chance to explain yourself. Odile doesn’t trust easy, so it’s best to do that now.

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You’re currently shopping, getting ready for tomorrow. Got most of the ingredients Boniface needs for snacks tomorrow, including some dried meats for Siffrin. Now you just need to look into anything else that might help.

Oh. You notice Siffrin approaching out of the corner of your eye. Gems, they do not look good. Like someone on their deathbed from illness. Perhaps their mysterious condition is causing issues? It may be worth getting them food earlier if so.

◆ “Oh, Siffrin. You look ill. Is everything alright?”

✦ “I’m fine Odile! Actually-”

◆ “No, something’s clearly wrong, what-”

✦ “Have you heard of a familytale?”

Wait. What.

...Hold on. Why did they know to mention that?… They're clearly trying to change the topic, but they know more then they should.

◆ “...I may have. Why?”

✦ “I heard someone might have one! Had a feeling you might want to check.”

Hm… You do want one, but. That reasoning feels. Flimsy. And you still notice that he’s avoiding their poor state… Let’s see where this goes.

◆ “Lead the way, I suppose.”

They nod, and begin to head out. As you follow them, you notice their stance. They're not walking like normal. The way they seem to glide across the ground, the way their movements seem on instinct, the way they move to their destination without a single pause…

It reminds you of their more feral combat stance. The one they take at their peak. But their clearly not at that peak. And they're certainly not in combat.

You enter the boulangerie. Siffrin approaches a small girl near the side.

✦ “Excuse me, I heard you have a certain book?”

���Oh, um. Only book I have is this one!”

She holds up a book labeled ‘Paperase Familytale’. Their father speaks up

“What? You had it Charline? Hm… I suppose you must be looking for it?”

✦ “Yes, if it’s alright for us to borrow it? We’ll make sure to give it back before leaving.”

“Well, I suppose there’s no harm in that.”

The little girl nods in agreement, and hands Siffrin the book.

You did catch that. The boulanger didn’t know their daughter had it. Yet another thing Siffrin seems to know out of nowhere…

Siffrin turns to you, with a smile on their face.

✦ “Do you want to go somewhere quiet to read?”

◆ “… Sure. Have a place in mind?”

They nod. And you follow them.

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...You know this clearing. Found it earlier actually. It would be a nice reading spot. You thought as much when you first saw it… And yet. It’s Siffrin who led you here. Like they're taking a page out of your own brain.

You’d look at this book. But. Right now. Siffrin takes priority. You look them over, trying to see if you can’t glean anything else.

✦ “… It’s a really interesting book, right? You know. Culturally.”

◆ “… Siffrin. How did you know that girl had a familytale?”

✦ “Oh uh! Just. Heard it. Around.”

◆ “...Sure. Just... Around…. Better question then. How did you know I wanted to read one?”

They don’t respond. Glancing around nervous.

◆ “And why here? I literally found this spot yesterday. Odd that you’d bring me here…”

They still say nothing. Hiding their face under their hat.

◆ “… I don’t mind people keeping secrets, Siffrin. But I do NOT appreciate Secrets about myself, or when friends keep those secrets from me. Especially if those secrets are important.”

You notice the stress on them visibly.

◆ “And something tells me this is important. Gems… You're literally shaking. You look so tense you're going to snap… I was already worried, but now I’m VERY worried. What’s wrong, How can I-”

✦ “STO̵͓͝P.”

They freeze. And start to rise. Wait. Their eyes… What is that strange shade…?

✦ “Don’t mind secrets, Odile? That’s not what it looks like from here. You can say that all you want, but every time something goes ever so slightly off, you just HAVE to pry, HAVE to look further in. HAVE to know, Don’t you?”

There is this glare in their face. Blank, yet their voice drips with displeasure. No, there’s more to it…

✦ “What does it take, Odile? What does it take, for you to just TRUST that someone has their secrets in check? No matter what I do, you keep prying, keep searching, keep looking into things you shouldn’t. I do EVERYTHING to keep myself safe, to be a good human for you all. Try and get away from the corpses. But You. Just. Keep. Prying.”

Safe? Human? Corpses, PLURAL?… This is bad. This is very bad. Gems alive, what is happening to Siffrin? What HAPPENED to Siffrin?

✦ “You just can’t get yourself to trust others can you? CAN YOU? ...Why would you? You’ve had plenty taken from you.”

What. Nonono Gems what do they know? How do they-

✦ “You can’t trust family to not hurt you. Your dear mother proved that, didn’t they?”

!!! You won’t take that! You grip his collar and stare daggers at them. They do NOT get to talk about that!

… The shade in their eyes fades. They… look distressed… Like they didn't mean to... Gems alive, you are not able to have this conversation right now. You let go.

◆ “… Thank you for the familytale. I’m sure you must be busy. I’ll see you at the clocktower.”

You head out of the clearing.

◆ “Don’t come by for a bit.”

… Gems. You know they're in bad shape. SOMETHING has come to haunt them. But you’re too angry to deal with it. Let Isabeau know, and move on. He’s good at handling emotional situations.

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… Blind it all. You got frustrated. Lost it. Why. Why is it so hard. Why is just being a normal, good person so BLINDING hard. Why can’t you just get yourself together for A FEW BLINDING MINUTES, at least for Odile!

...She was so angry at you. You thought she would kill you, then and there. You’d deserve it. You shouldn’t have said any of that. You hate making her mad.

She’s so nice normally. She understands, at least a bit, what you go through. Makes everything a bit lighter. And now, instead of doing that for her, everything just feels heavier for both of you. And you hate it. You ruined it again…

… She definitely won’t trust you now. Not at all. And the others probably won't either now. But.

It’s fine. You weren’t planning to live past this day. If you just have to stop them from joining you against the king by force, then It’ll be fine. She can kill you after for it, or maybe you’ll already be dead. As long as she at least comes to the house, it’ll be okay. She might not trust you, but you don’t need her trust to protect her.

But… You’d like to do a good thing for someone at least. Even if some of them hate you. You deserve hatred. You ruined everything. But you want to help them.

Bonnie. You can at least do well by Bonnie, right? You have to.

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You’re just kinda waiting. Dunno what to do. These look like good veggies, so if Dile got food around here, you should be able to make dinner good. You hope she got those malangas.

Oh, there’s Frin!… Wow they look really crabbing bad. Like. BAD bad.

✿ “...heyfrin. You… you okay?”

✦ “...Yeah! Um. Is there. Anything you need?”

… You wouldn’t ask normally, not to Frin. But they don’t look good, and they asked to help, so they must REALLY want to help for some reason. So…

✿ “Um… you sure? Anything?”

✦ “Of course! Anything.”

✿ “… I have an idea. Come on!”

You grab Frin’s hand, and start draggin them out of town. You notice they're… not movin right. And they keep lookin at you funny. Maybe they had a real crabbin bad nightmare or something?… Should be okay. You’ll just make extra food for them later!

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Okay! You see some sadnesses in the distance. This should work good!

✿ “Okay. Frin. I want you to teach me how to fight!”

✦ “Okay!”

✿ “Wait really!?”

✦ “Sure, you did say anything!”

Frin looks off to the side, and fishes something out of their coat

✦ “I actually have something that should work really nicely for you! You’re probably going to have to stay in the backline, but this should help you fight even from there!”

Frin pulls out a strange device, and hands it to you.

✿ “Wait really?!?”

✦ “Yes. This is called a craft revolver. It let's you shoot craft like Odile, as long as it’s charged up beforehand. Now, you do have to be careful, it IS a weapon. So let me tell you how it works first.”

Frin explains the craft revolver. This is so crabbing COOL! You make extra sure about the safety thing. Don’t wanna hurt anyone… But you think you can do good with this! You’re really good at noticing stuff, and that's all this is! And keepin your hands steady, which you can do real good!

✦ “Alright. Let’s give it a test run. I’ll go distract that sadness over there. You stay here, and prepare to shoot it. I’ll keep it still as I can, so take your time.”

O-Okay…. Frin’s lookin a little sick, but they wouldn’t be fightin a sadness if they weren’t sure about it. So It’s fine!

You watch Frin head out. They start going around the sadness. You start aiming… Gotta be careful. Don’t hit Frin. He said to take it slow, so you can make sure you only hit the sadness.

They're fightin quite a bit. Frin isn’t movin much, probs to make it easier for you. But… the sadness is also movin funny. It’s not movin like a normal sadness. You guess it makes aiming a bit easier but…

!!!You saw Frin trip on a branch! They're on the ground like-! You gotta-!

BANG

Nonononono You panicked, you hit the sadness, but-! You also hit Frin!!!! You run to them, you gotta make sure their okay, please be okay, please be okay!

✿ “FRIN!!!!”

You get close to Frin! Nonono their covering their main eye! Nononono!!!

✦ “I-It’s okay Bonnie! I’m fine! Just got some sadness in my eye!”

No they didn’t!!! You saw it! You saw the blast go right there!!! Nononono!

✦ “I’m fine, see!”

They lift their hand and-!!!!

Their eye! It’s… there’s still blood around it but! Their eye!

It’s black, with some kind of strange X shape in a weird shade…

They flinch, and cover it up again.

✿ “...F-Frin?”

✦ “S-sorry. Um. Just. Give me a second… it’s fine, I’m not hurt, just-”

! Their using that stupid face again! That crabbing voice! When they lie about things being fine!

✿ “No it’s NOT! What’s going on Frin, why did your eye look like that?!? A-And why was it back!?! I saw it get hit! Why did-”

✦ “It’s fine! It’s fine it’s fine!”

Frin’s being dumb, they need healing, You can help! You check your pockets for a sour tonic. Found it- OW! You think you broke a vial earlier. Crab it, it’s just a little cut, Frin needs the tonic-

!!! Frin’s scared! Their panting and shaking! No!

✿ “Frin, It’s okay, I got healing, Lemme-”

✦ “St̵̖̒ay̸̨͂ ̴̡͘Bac̵̙̔k!!̵̖̎!̴̗̈”

Frin starts backing away from you, suddenly! They stop covering up their eye, and start covering their mouth for some reason? Their eye still looks weird, but now it’s… shaking?!

✦ “Nonononono not now not now-”

✿ “F-Frin? What’s going on?”

Your starting to get scared. You’ve never seen Frin scared like this…

You hear something. Something further ahead is coming close, fast! You turn your head and see a sadness running straight at you!!!

✦ “D̵̬͙͌̿͝O̵̧͎̺͊́N’T YOU̵̼̅ ̶̬͉́͒DAR̴̪͇͐̿E̴̖̊!!!̶͎̯͆!̴̘̰̊̿͠!̵̖̟̤̅̚”

Before you can blink, the sadness is stabbed through the heart by… some kind of fleshy, toothy thing?!?

Frin leaps at the sadness, as he starts to turn into some kind of monster, and starts ripping it apart!!! And… He starts….

Eating it.

F-Frin. Is eating the sadness…

Nonono this is all wrong!!! this… Frin…

The sadness. Is gone. And Frin. Starts to. Turn back. To normal….

They look at you. And their eye. Is normal. But that weird shade. Is still glowing under it.

✿ “Ḅ̴͠o̴̩͑n̷͖̏n̴̠̈i̶̠̐ẹ̷́…”

That voice…. They're still…

…

You run.

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You get back to town. Frin’s not here yet. Must not have followed. You… Za. You gotta see Za!

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… You cry. Blind it all. BLIND IT ALL!!!!

You… You forgot. To help them be steady, and then they shot you on accident, and.. and it takes energy to heal stuff like that. And then… You couldn’t think. Your body was screaming for food, and then it smelled Bonnie and… And you couldn’t stop thinking about that time and….

… You scared them. Stars, you scared them. Seeing them scared like that. You never wanted to see them that scared again. Especially of you. You just wanted to help them, why does it have to go so wrong?!? Why can’t you ever do something right ONCE IN YOUR WHOLE BLINDING MONSTER LIFE!!!!

You… You don’t know what to do now. You don’t know what to do. You can feel the scent of sugar but you force it back. If you go back, you’ll make this worse. You just…

… Isa. Isa. Isa is nice. Isa can help you be calm. And If you can help Isa, in any way. Maybe. Just maybe. You can go in peace. You owe it to Isa to make things better.

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...You’re worried about Sif. With what everyone has been saying, Something very bad is happening to them. Mirabelle was upset, Odile was frustrated, and poor Bonnie couldn't even make a full sentence! You just. Hope they’ll talk about it with you. Maybe.

Oh. There they are… Yeah. They look bad. Like they’d fall apart in the slightest breeze. In every way.

✦ “Hey Isa!”

There’s this half hearted smile, planted over their face. Trying to cover up the despair they had when they rounded the corner.

▲ “Oh. Sif… You… You doing Okay?”

✦ “...I’m fine.”

▲ “You sure? The others mentioned you were… not doing so good today. What’s up, is it something you can tell your buddy Isa?”

They stay silent. You don’t want to push them on this, but you kinda have to.

▲ “… Look, I get it, something is up, and you don’t want to talk about it, but it’s okay! Just. Please? I want to help the others understand what’s going on, and I want to understand as well, we’re all worried about you.”

They start to shake. You're a little nervous, but you're sure you can diffuse this whole mess.

▲ “Please?”

They freeze. And turn to you.

✦ “...You're scared, aren’t you?”

H-huh?

✦ “I can hear your heartbeat. You're scared. Scared they're right. Scared I’d hurt people. Scared of me.”

▲ “W-Wait just a-”

✦ “You’re always so blinding scared. You put up such a brave face, but deep down you’re a scared little rabbit. Always scared of something going wrong, Always scared that you’ll mess something up again. You’ll always hide your emotions behind your strong, silly persona, hoping the fear will go away.”

You don’t know how to react. Their eyes are glowing a strange shade. They stare at you. The frailness gone.

✦ “But what’s worse is the idea that someone you like could be bad. Someone close would be a danger. Because that would hurt far more. I-”

They put their face in their cloak, the weird aura vanishing.

✦ “… Just go Isa. They were right. So just go. Tell them what you want, it won’t matter.”

You….

▲ “Sif, I-”

They turn their face up, furious.

✦ “I said-”

Siffrin’s face rips apart as their mouth opens up across their entire body into a fanged maw. They morph into a towering creature, looming over you. Their eyes turn into an unnatural darkness with a strange shape in that violent shade. Lengthy hands grip the earth around you, holding them up. Twisting, black, fanged protrusions of flesh leech out of their cloak. Their eyes cry blood.

✦ “Ǧ̶̮̙̯̙̖͕͈̓̇̀̉͊͒͗̕͝O̷͕̫͓͓̻̻̻̿̏̕!!!”

You… You don’t know what to do. You freeze for a bit.

And then run.

You… Sif… What was…

...You get out of sight of the favor tree. Catch your breath. Whatever that was was straight out of a horror story!!

But. You realize. Whatever that was. They did it to push you away. Whatever is happening. They're just as scared as you. And… You don’t know what you can even do about that. You just.

You need to talk to the others. Maybe one of them will have ideas. Find out what you can do. Your friend. He’s in pain. And you don’t know what to do.

...You don’t know what scares you most right now.

✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦

You watch as Isa flees. And you turn yourself back…

...Now they won’t have to worry about you. Now they know what you are. And then he and the others can hate you. And then when you’re gone. They won’t be hurt, at least.

… You might as well talk to Loop. Fill them in on your plan.

✸ “That… went poorly. With all of them, really.”

✦ “It’s fine.”

✸ “It clearly isn’t.”

✦ “It won’t matter, this is the last loop.”

✸ “Hm?! You have a plan? Even after that conversation with the Head Housemaiden?”

✦ “We can’t fufill the wish. Not my part at least. But we can still break it.”

✸ “How? Exactly? You don’t exactly have the time and resources to counter the wish. Nothing strong enough for this, and barely the knowledge how.”

✦ “I don’t have to. There’s a perfect counter wish already here. And it just so happens to be the main objective.”

Loop takes a second to process that.

✸ “The kings wish…. You know already he’s not going to cooperate. You kinda need him to in order to collide wishes. Last time you tried that, it didn’t go well at all, Stardust.”

✦ “I don’t need him. I just need his heart.”

✸ “… No.”

✦ “No?”

✸ “No, you are not eating him. You are not assimilating him. You swore never to cross that line.”

✦ “He doesn’t count, he’s a monster.”

✸ “A monster of a person, but still a person!”

✦ “The entire Country wished for it! No one will care what methods I use! Especially if I die for it!”

✸ “BLIND IT ALL, Stardust I didn’t Kill a man so you could be a murderer!”

…

Loop….Killed…

✦ “What.”

✸ “I-I…”

✦ “… Loop. Where. Did you get. That body.”

✸ “… It was a desperate situation.”

✦ “YOU-”

✸ “There wasn’t a better option!”

✦ “I TR̷̪̕U̴͈̐STED̵̼́ ̸̢̉YOŨ̸̡!̵͍͆!̵͖͘!!”

Loop flinches.

✸ “I… I’m sorry.”

You!!! All those times!!!!….

✦ “… I know better then to trust sorry from monsters.”

✸ “…”

✦ “We’re done here. Goodbye Loop. And don’t worry. You won’t be seeing me here again.”

… You go. And hide in the woods. Until nightfall.

>>>>>>

… It’s dark out. The family. Is all in the clocktower… They must have all had dinner already… Your stomach hurts… You’re so hungry… You sneak in. Through the roof. So they won’t see you. So you can listen in.

▲ “...And I came back here. I didn’t know what to think…”

◉ “… I don’t get it, what’s happened to him? He was fine earlier, and then-”

◆ “No. Whatever this is, it’s been around for a while. I told you, Siffrin practically admitted as such when talking to me.”

◉ “S-Still…”

◆ “… Look, everyone. There’s a chance Siffrin might come back. So we should talk about what we’re going to do tomorrow.”

▲ “You don’t mean going without him?”

◆ “I mean making sure he stays here in Dormont until we take care of the King. Until we have time to deal with this.”

▲ “Look, I get what you're talking about, but It’s still Siffrin! Scariness and… distress aside, we can’t just leave him."

✿ “I don’t wanna leave Frin like that! It’s gotta be why he said mean things to you all, right?”

◉ “Yeah, madame, we can’t just-”

◆ “LISTEN to me! We will be fighting the KING tomorrow, everyone!!! Do you think we can TRUST Siffrin right now? After they’ve been hiding THIS?!?…"

Odile goes quiet. The room goes quiet

◆ “...They could be a danger, to us and themselves, and we don't have time. This is a critical moment. We need to be a team. Could you do it?… Could you trust your lives to them right now?”

No one can answer her.

◆ “...Because I don't even know if they trust themselves."

…

You knew this would happen but…

It hurts. To hear it.

… So this is how you’ll leave them...

You cut your arm open. And dip a tendril in the wound's ink. Then write your final message to them outside the door in blood. Your epitaph. The last words of a monster.

...

And then. You leave.

…

You begin to sing your song. As your many parts, writhing inside the house, begin to rise to the stage, ready to join the melody, you head towards the building that shall serve as your stage, ready to take the role of conductor, for this final, bloody act. Your Swansong.

But not just yours. No. After all, your songs have always been good for one thing. And only one thing.

...It’s time.

You have. A king. To kill.

[crosswire]

how are you feeling, you okay

Just filled with emotion

[recapitulation]

I love listening to a brand new recording of mahler 2 its like falling in love all over again and playing hide and seek with the little details . but if I can't find the first horn soli over the strings I will kill u

[scalecallerpeak]

✂️ Ashe - 🥊 Crescendo - 🍀 Sylin

✂️ Ashe - Probably finding out he's half vampire and could possibly become a full one. When Sy's vamperisum came to public light it compltely flipped Ashe's life and nearly cost him his title of potanate. It also made him spiral and plot to kill off all his siblings.

🥊 Crescendo of the Depths - Other than luring sailors to their deaths to eat them (just siren things) Crescendo does enjoy music that has a lot of multi vocal harmony. She can also be seen often basking on rocks in the sun. 🍀 Sylin-Dras - Entirely serious but Sy was a product of COVID. When coming up with the Tsaesci potanates it felt a given that one had to be a king cobra like, it was the most obvious choice. However in a dream I had the king cobra potantate was orginally ablinsitc and had an eye patch. I kept the eye patch but lost the ablisum and made him have a wild (though accidently gave him a female colouration not a male which usually I would hit with the trans beam but not this time he's just effeminate). Then I got COVID and just felt awful for days and that gave me the idea of his whole vamperisum thing because I felt like I was fr dying (I wasn't I'm just dramatic when sick)

[bookishbaby-blog]

the amount of times I have rewatched this scene. the way the music starts as Colin is walking towards Penelope, and how she thinks that the conversation they're going to have is going to be light but there's so much YEARNING in his face as the music crecendos and her smile drops. "Are you well?" she asks but Colin's brain was probably running 1000mph & short-circuiting because he was SO ready to kiss her in front of everyone. he's just so in love with her & hhghggnnnnnn and then Lord Debling (bless his heart) comes along before he can say anything. ugh my Polin heart is filled with butterflies😭

[quackity1999]

ok SO it is a Work in Progress so it's not good YET

Also don't judge me for being a sappy lesbian ok

But DO give me tips. Tell me what to add or change or take out. Be a bitch

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How would one begin to describe a melody? / By the sound of her voice, / Her life whispered to me? / By the birds, singing in the trees, / Serenading the open sky, / Vast, but never lonely? / By the lakes and seas, / The roll of the waves, / Akin to how the thought of her / Steadily drowns me? / The warmth in hot tea, / Of sunbeams on her cheeks, / Of her soul, sat right beside me. / Each curl is a note / Each kiss, a crecendo / Her mind is a symphony / Her soul, my melody.

gay. very, very gay. it also starts out like that hamilton soliloquy, but— gives off a lot of shakespeare vibes. crescendo, btw. double check the spelling or she'll be turned the fuck off, buddy.

i suggest you read less sonnets, get into beatnik poetry, and go for something a little more personalised to who she is. (read: listen to bo burnham's repeat stuff song. cough.) i dunno. that's just my opinion. who am i to know if she's into the cheesy shit or not?

[welele]

Definición de in crecendo.

[badendinggamer]

"Bad, how deranged are you?"

Yes.

I MADE THIS FOR MY FRIEND KVUFUVUVYFYVU OK THIS IS GONNA NEED SOME CONTEXT LBIVUVJVYF

Ok so back when I first got into sprunki i noticed how some people refer to black and "Black Hat" which was funny cause it reminded me of Black Hat from villainous and how similar they were visually speaking and then my and my friend decided to headcanon them as been related in some way

And lately grampa Black has been growing on me so ye he's a grampa now (and jevin is now a step dad and gramps-)

Also why crecendo from gametoons of all places is here idk i really liked his design and he did remind me of another one of my characters (which is just used a refrence image cause I still have to actually draw him 😭) who for the people who have seen my post about hellbound, yes this is Serpentine's father (and mother). Also yes me and my friend made an oc x canon ship with black hat and made them fankids don't fight me-

B.H. the third and Ursula would be around corvus and ecgo's ages i just wanted to include Jr's future kids with his little crush caude why not, I'm just glad I didn't include the in-laws cause wow this would have been an even more complicated family tree-

This is just part of my multiverse au I guess and I just think it's funny and I will probably update it at some point when I finally get the motivation to draw the people with either doodles or refrence images so I'm definitely gonna remake this in the future so consider this the first draft/concept-

[sumerussproutcollei]

Alnst x Genshin AU Chapter 2 - My Clematis

WAIT- you don't love me like I love you

BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE CHAPTER, A FEW IMPORTANT THINGS.

TW - BLOOD, MENTIONS OF DEATH.

And, to enhance the experience, I suggest listening to one of the music tracks provided in the following videos. I couldn't decide between the normal version, the yaoi version or the english version, so have them all.

It is also worth mentioning that the third video has blood as well, so yeah. Anyways there is certain color coding and italicization which I'll try and explain pretty quickly. Purple is Cyno's lines, blue is Xiaos, and italicized is either singing or flashbacks to their childhood. Happy reading!

Oh my Clematis

Flowered hope from this abyss..

Xiao stepped forward as Cyno hit the first note as they stood side by side in the pitch black, with a small smile on his face. He was filled with brimming joy, the feeling of standing on the stage for the first time, and utter adoration for the person by his side.

Oh my Clematis

Stay with me, here just like thisss.

A crecendo started echoing from the orchestra of violins, and the chords of the piano could be felt under their feet on the stage. Glitter fell to the ground from above them, and the pink stage lights reflected on it for an ethereal atmosphere. The wind from the open stage blew through their hair as the spotlight fell on the both of them.

You bloomed through the darkness,

Climbing over blackened wallsss,

Their eyes avoided the cannibalistic crowd before them, only on each other. This was their moment to share. They were singing for each other and nobody else, and soon, the crowd seemed to disappear before them. Only dotted multicolored lights and flashes as they synchronized their voices

Those hues of gleaming stardust,

In your eyes, they stretch so far!

Even while singing, Cyno couldn’t help but notice how the spotlight had perfectly shone on Xiao’s features, a warm feeling washing over him as a heaviness sunk in his chest as he recalled what he had heard from his owner all those years ago.

He had heard his caretakers talking about this training facility they were supposed to be sent to. Trained for years for some sort of competition where could be only one winner. The losers would be eliminated, or at least that’s what he understood.

But he couldn’t bring himself to compete with Xiao, but he couldn’t lose either. THEY couldn’t lose.

Even if the dark won’t endd,

“Catch it Xiao!” Cyno cheered from the lakeside of the garden of Euthymia as he tried to surpress a wild smile on his face. Xiao was practically tripping over his own feet in the water as a mechanical fish slapped his face. It took a while to wrestle the fish, with its constant flapping of struggle, but when he finally managed to catch it and pin it down, Cyno was laughing so hard he had to hold his stomach so he wouldn’t fall over.

His smile was like the sun, it was the brightest thing he had ever seen.

Xiao grinned with pride, he could finally see Cyno smile! He strangely found his cheeks heating up at the prospect.

‘I’d do anything to see that smile again!’

I will find you by your scent…

The two gazed in wonder at the deep-orange sunset as the ships passed by above them, Xiao on the ground leaning against Cyno, who stood up with his eyes fixated on the moving vessels. Not a word exchanged between them.

Not until Cyno finally tore his gaze away from the sky and sat himself on the ground next to him. He took Xiaos face in his hands and squished his cheeks in his palms. Xiao blinked in shock and fluster, but showed no sign of protest as his face flushed a dark shade of red.

“Mhphmm?” he mumbled as Cyno gave him a tiny, kind smile. He pointed to the blazing sunset, then directly in front of his eyes. “They’re the same!” he says gleefully. Xiao’s heart couldn’t help but brim with joy.

If I sleep in infinite space,

Say you won’t ever fade awayyy

In Cyno’s hand, was a holographic message ‘PASS’ in blue. Xiao shyly tugged at Cyno’s sleeve and showed his own holographic ‘PASS’ with a gigantic grin before tackling Cyno to the ground as the both of them erupted into laughter of relief, hugging each other tightly as Xiao nuzzled into his neck. The first stage had been done, now all they needed to do was win in a tie.

Back in the present, Cyno could feel his skin get clammy and his blood run cold with every note they hit. They had to harmonize perfectly, they had to.

Oh my clematis

Flowered hope from this abyss

Oh myyy clematis

Stay with me, here, just like this…

Two screens flickered above them, with photos of their younger selves that resembled mugshots. Younger Xiao had a kind smile on his face, while Cyno had an expression of foreboding, pronounced eye bags under his eyelids. They harmonized to the music while Xiao took a chance to reflect on his life until adulthood.

Do we believe…in god? Eons ago, humanity believed in a divine power, and practiced something called ‘religion’. Things that were deemed unexplainable, were believed to have been accomplished purely by gods will. They believed the entire universe had revolved around the nations of Teyvat and Celestia, and that beyond the sky, where humans and spiritual beings dared not reached, was where the creator of our universe lived. Ultimately, the moment that humanity had left the universe, we had….forgotten. But if these beliefs are truely human, if all I could do as a human to define myself is believe…I believe in my god. MY UNIVERSE.

The way his crimson eyes shone with the spotlight, and how the light got caught in his loose hair, made him shine like the star he was. What Xiao didn’t notice was how the screens above them suddenly, different numbers flickering rapidly across the screen before fixing on the numbers 87-86.

Cyno gave an smile. Kindly, and almost frightened, and reassuring.

It all happened so quickly.

Something loud had echoed in the air, and Cyno’s body dropped down into a limp corpse as the blood that shot out of his neck splayed onto Xiao’s face. His smile quickly morphed into one of horror, his words caught in his throat as his knees gave out and buckled beneath him and his thoughts spiralled. His heart stopped and his blood ran cold as his breathing became more laboured.

Oh myyy clematis,

Flowered hope from this abyssss,

The crowd cheered wildly at the sadism of the first participant being eliminated, whilst as a few abysmal creatures, decked with armour and weapons and tech, went up on the stage. A device was snapped onto his neck as he stared at his lovers corpse in despair, so shocked he was unable to cry. But he wanted to scream at the world, at how cruel it was for taking away the one thing he loved.

Oh myyy clematis,

Stay with me here, just like this.

Aaaaaaaahh,

Myyy clematisss.

[alterrune]

CHAPTER 3, ACT 9: THE ABYSS' CRECENDO

(We're currently located outside the estate of Mariana Meret. Our plan is to---)

INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!

(...wait, what the fuck?! We were spotted already?! How is that...?)

Oh shit. Didn't know there were pressure plates around these parts.

GODDAMNIT, ALTER!!! NO!

...

(Alter gives us a glance, as if to say "You know what to do", but is hit with the Greek Flames immediately. He looks like he got torched...)

Well, that wasn't very nice. Luckily, heat doesn't bother me all too much.

(...but it only seemed to power him up more. Not only does he show up in his beast form with a a puff of red smoke, but candy-red energy crackles around him as his beast form grows a pair of red demonic wings and he flies around the base, using the power of the Alter Rune itself to alter the surrounding area to our advantage.)

Yo, Vi! Wanna join me in causing as much chaos as possible? Yeah? You know what to do, then!

(Violet turns into her beast form in a puff of purple smoke. Alter then uses some of his power to envelop her in an aura of purple energy, causing her to sprout her own pair of angel-like plant wings, being covered in purple leaves by the end of it all. Since the manor is surrounded by shrubbery, she uses her Poison Ivy-like abilities to ensnare any enemies that are unfortunate enough to be near any of the hedges.)

(When all is said and done, the two completely obliterate all of the enemies' defenses. Thanks to Alter's abilities, Vi was able to use Leadhead to destroy them. After decimating the defenses, the two go back to normal.)

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, COLORSTREAK BATTALION!

(It's Jerry! He has Mariana in a headlock with a gun up to her head.)

Hand over everything you fucking have or I swear to god I will SHOOT this woman!

(Suddenly, a sniper rifle shot rings out and a bullet lands right at Jerry's feet, causing him to drop Mariana in shock.)

That's enough, Jericho. Violet?

(Violet uses one last beast form power to ensnare Jerry in the shrubbery.)

Earl? What are you doing here?

Jerry, also known by his full name, Jericho Grey, is my brother, as you probably know, Kyle. And I may not be able to convince you to rejoin my cause, Jerry, but I can interrogate you.

(Jerry tries to struggle out of the mess of vines, leaves and branches he's trapped in, but to no avail. Earl leans into Jerry's face, intimidating him all the while.)

WHERE. IS. TERENCE. SUAVE.

(Jerry seems to be reluctant to answer.)

SPILL IT, YOU WORTHLESS, WORK-AVOIDING, HALF-WIT BROTHER OF MINE!

I-I don't know!

OF COURSE YOU KNOW! TELL ME RIGHT NOW OR-

HE DIDN'T TAKE ME WITH HIM THIS TIME, EARL! IF I WANTED TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I WOULD!

(Earl suddenly stops cold.)

He...he didn't take you this time? And you SWEAR you are telling me the truth?

Yes. He is.

(Mariana suddenly speaks up, startling all of us.)

Terence left your lazy brother behind, saying that his plan to end all of you had finally come to fruition, and that he didn't need him anymore. At least, that's what I thought I heard. I could be wrong, the gunshots were pretty loud and there was a persistent ringing while they were talking.

That's not what he said to me, Mariana. He said he didn't want to lose me. I was an incredibly faithful aide, but keeping me around was a risk.

I assume that meant he had to ditch him because he knew Earl was on his way.

Fucking hell. Jericho, I always knew you liked to Tom Sawyer your way through things, but this is a new low, even for you.

Please, Earl! You have to help---

(Earl suddenly shoots Jerry square in the face.)

I'm done helping you, you deadbeat brother of mine.

(Alter, using the last bit of his beast powers, revives Jerry, which Earl initially tries to stop, but decides to let it happen after realizing Alter may actually be onto something.)

...OH GOD! Did I just...die?

Yes. Thank you for letting me finally shoot you right in your aggravatingly smug face, Jericho. Now, you're coming with us to the GEOGRAM base. You'll be in a holding cell until you genuinely learn your lessons and can pull your weight for once.

(Earl dives around his brother, cuffs him, and hauls him over his back, dropping him off in the back seat of his vehicle. After he drives off with Jerry in tow, Mariana quickly runs up to us.)

Thank you. You saved me. If you ever need me to help you guys out, just give me a call.

(She hands us each a card with her personal number, with "Call me if you need me." written above the number.)

I have so many questions.

One, what the hell was that with the beast forms?

Well, if I had to guess, our beast forms got "supercharged", for lack of a better term, meaning that, alongside powering up our abilites to the umpteenth degree, we also apparently gain wings that match our beast forms. I don't think that kind of thing will happen all the time, though. Most likely that was a once-per-operation event.

Okay. Question two, why did you rush onward like that, Alter? Our original plan was to sneak in and do things quietly. Did you just rush in because it's Terence?

No, actually, though I don't blame you for thinking that was my reasoning. It was actually because I felt a weird energy coming from those Greek Flames. It almost felt like I could use them to power my Beast Form up even further, and looks like I was right.

Alright. Third and final question...

(I wave to Mariana Meret, who is currently trying to fix the manor's garden up.)

Yo, Mariana! You up for a round of ice cream at the GEOGRAM base?

Sure! I'd love to go for a round of ice cream with you guys!

(The 5 of us, alongside Mariana Meret, head back to the van. Violet then begins driving all of us back to the base, with Mariana completely safe and sound.)

CHAPTER 3, ACT 9 COMPLETE!

Achievement Unlocked: A Cup Of Earl Grey

BEGINNING EPILOGUE...

(Terence is in a secluded location, his ultimate plan almost ready. However, his cellphone suddenly rings. Begrudingly, and after making sure his head isn't above any low ceilings, he picks it up and answers.)

I swear, if this is you CSB blokes again---

Terence, it's me. Earl got me. I'm being transfered into a holding cell. Did you ever plan on betraying me? Just out of curiousity.

(sigh) Admitedly, yes. BUT! I actually changed my mind during this whole adventure. You've actually proven to be useful to me. You may not have pulled your weight when it came to working for GEOGRAM, but you sure as hell pulled your weight when it came to working for me. You're a good kid, Jerry, and I never should have thought to betray you in the first place. Sad it had to end this way, eh? We had a damn good run.

Glad to know I changed your mind on the betrayal plan, sir...actually, it's not "sir" anymore, is it? Regardless, thank you for everything, Terence. You've been a great boss.

And you've been a damn good assistant, Jericho. Thanks for everything.

Thank you for the same, Terence. Goodbye.

(click, beep beep beep)

(Terence suddenly throws his phone across the room. It doesn't break, but the screen gets a huge crack formed on it.)

GODDAMNIT, YOU COWARDLY SCRUTINIZING BULLDOGS! AS IF IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO HUMILATE ME, NOW YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY THE ONE MAN I CONSIDERED AN ACTUAL GOOD ALLY?!

(Terence slams his hand on his workbench where he is drafting up his ultimate plan so hard that he actually makes a large crack across the entire surface of the workbench.)

You just made me ten times ready to kick your feckin' arse. An angry Brit is a feral Brit, and now I'm not feckin' angry anymore. I'm LIVID.

You are going to die as slowly and as agonizingly as feckin' possible...

...AND I'LL FECKIN' MAKE SURE OF THAT MYSELF!!!

END OF EPILOGUE

[aceing-on-the-cake]

big fan of the specific music genre that's just "starts or has at some point just really intense breathing as the music slowly crecendos"

[nationmckinleyscorset]

Doctor who needs to lose the Disney music.

Swelling, super cheesy crecendos are not doctor who AT ALL. It's really throwing me off as well as a lot of my friends/family. If they can get back to the old music and lose the musical after-school special vibe it'll be amazing.

[piltover-sharpshooter]

🗯️ - Ahri (cause I can I'm curious XD)

Send 🗯️ for your muse to read a dirty thought my muse has about them

(For Ahri)

"She is absolutely gorgeous, there's no denying that...but I keep coming back to her more animalistic traits and staring. What do those claws do? Those fangs? Are those tails as soft as they seem? Oh I'd like to explore her body so much..."

(For Nidalee)

"What a wonderful combination of features...muscles, beautiful skin, wonderful Vastayan traits...I wonder if she prefers to play as the hunter in bed as well, or if she'd relax and let herself be prey...I wouldn't mind either way."

(For Mel)

"Hmmm, I think that if we ever slept together it'd be a crecendo to a beautiful night. Maybe we go to a high class restaurant, were I also shower her with a barrage of wonderful gifts, before we head out to the tallest tower in Piltover and make love on it's highest room"

@ferinehuntress

[morte-par-le-chocolat]

Sunday breakfast had been flawless. Pancakes and French Toast, bright, fluffy heaps of scrambled eggs and platters of crispy bacon. Rich brewed Duncan Hills and fresh squeezed orange juice, buttery warm croissants. He didn't need to go this hard. As a matter of fact, it was probably a bad idea. He'd been feeling less than stellar the past few days. Increasingly so. But his Lords had needed him, especially given the presence of... certain people about the castle. It was not Jean-Pierre's place to disapprove, hardly his business. But his Lords' comfort and happiness, well, that was very much his business, at least as far as the chef was concerned. So he worked, that the sweetness of his dishes might counteract the bitterness that the women brought with them. It was how he showed his love, how he gave comfort. Even as the pain that he grew completely accustomed to grew in volume like a crecendoed roar, breaking over him in waves that made him tremble. But never when it counted. His measurements were perfect. Nothing burned or was undercooked. That would be a poor representation of his feelings, a stain on his worth to this castle and those within it. #713, the young and criminally underutilized sous chef, looked over from the dishes he was washing, brow furrowed beneath his black hood. "Chef... are you alright?" "Je vais bien, très bien, just... give me some air a moment, s'il vout p... pla..." It was no good. The waves of agony converged, a tsunami. Jean couldn't catch his breath. He could feel it coming, no, no, not now, you will not, not in front of anyone, especially not your staff. He took one crooked step, another. The world lurched and spun, the world in gradients of red. It felt as if every stitch was ripping itself out of his skin, threatening to leave him a mass of undone flesh and entrails and blood- a terrible mess. Another step. His quarters were just off his precious kitchen. He could make it. "...je vais bien..." One more step and the floor flew upward and smashed into his face, the sounds of the world, of #713 crying out for help, all drew up into a singular tinnitus whine and higher and higher into nothing, like the rest of existence, into darkness.