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===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
==== A-Plot: Dust's Catacombs ==== | |||
[[Brnine]] helps out with farmwork in [[Thisbe]]'s dreamworld, and the two of them agree to meet up at a bar called The Turnip at the end of the day. They do so and have an awkward conversation. | |||
In his own dream, [[Figure]] convinces [[Cori]] that the world they're in is not real. Cori casts Consecrate Ground and makes it so that no one within her consecrated area can take violent action against one another or knowingly lie to her. This instantly ends both the [[Dust]] dream she and Figure are in and all other active dreams in the procession: Brnine and Thisbe's, [[Elle Evensong|Elle]]'s, and countless other people's. Cori feels [[Devotion]]'s anger at her using its magic to prevent violence. Embittered, Cori breaks her Sword tenet. | |||
When they wake in the catacombs, everyone finds a Dust doppelganger of themselves next to them, and they still can't hear. Figure gets Brnine's attention and points to the [[train brain]]. From the front of the procession, Dust advances on them, angry about being constricted by Cori's Consecrate Ground. Brnine stands in front of Dust and tries to communicate with it, and Dust sends Brnine a flood of images, which Thisbe helps them parse. | |||
Dust shows Brnine and Thisbe that back when it was still [[Refrain]], there was a [[Divine]] on [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]] called [[Filigree (Divine)|Filigree]]. Filigree spread across the planet, connecting everyone and creating a beautiful pattern on the world that showed how everyone was connected. When the nascent [[Divine Principality]] arrived, it and the [[Fabreal Duchy]] leashed and experimented on Filigree by trapping it, taking away all means of self-expression, and using it as a powerful computing tool that could manage both the [[Gravtrain]] and the entire [[Diadem]] system. The limits of the Gravtrain system, and some of the failures of the Diadem, came from Filigree resisting its orders and engaging in malicious compliance. The "train brain" is, in fact, the Divine Filigree. | |||
Brnine can tell that Dust wants Filigree, but they don't know what Dust wants it for. Seeing Brnine shaking hands with Dust, Figure approaches to greet it as well. Brnine reaches a degree of understanding with Dust, which agrees to let Brnine take Filigree and gives everyone their hearing back, but asks to hear about the world outside the Diadem before Brnine leaves. Brnine plays footage for Dust from the ''[[Blue Channel (ship)|Blue Channel]]''<nowiki/>'s cameras, showing it footage of the outside world. | |||
For the next week, Figure dreams about the world from their Dust vision. It feels even more real in their dreams. Then they begin to dream about other timelines, too. They remember [[Gur Sevraq|Gur]] telling them that [[Perennial]] had seen their dream before, and that it was real. | |||
==== B-Plot: Baseline-C ==== | |||
[[Eclectic]]'s new cop friend, [[Murchy Saltburn|Murch Saltburn]], makes conversation about [[Alise Breka]]'s oeuvre as she drives Eclectic out of the city. She tells Eclectic that he needs an ID for the checkpoint out of the city, and he convinces her to ignore the checkpoint and "floor it" on the basis that by doing so, she might make it into one of Breka's future novels. Murch radios in that she's in hot pursuit of a suspect and floors it. They get out of [[Baseline-C]]. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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*[[Keith J. Carberry]] ([[Eclectic Opposition]]) | *[[Keith J. Carberry]] ([[Eclectic Opposition]]) | ||
=== Other Characters === | |||
* [[Devotion]] | |||
* [[Murchy Saltburn|Murch Saltburn]] | |||
* [[Dust]] | |||
* [[Elle Evensong]] | |||
* [[Filigree (Divine)|Filigree]] | |||
{{PALISADE Episodes}}{{NavboxPAL}} | {{PALISADE Episodes}}{{NavboxPAL}} | ||
[[Category:PALISADE episodes]] | [[Category:PALISADE episodes]] | ||
[[Category:Seize the Chance arc]] | [[Category:Seize the Chance arc]] | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 24 November 2024
Episode description
Where has the crew of the Blue Channel gone? For Eclectic Opposition, the answer is easy, if dire: In the passenger seat of a Baseline-C security vehicle, under the watchful eyes of the Divine Resonance, scrambling for a way out. For the support staff, like Hunting Tomorrow and Partial Palisade, the answer is scanning for the others. And those others? They are so close—under five miles away from the ship’s landing zone—yet so, so far. Deep in the Catacombs of Dust. Deeper, still, living new lives, considering what might be, what might have been, and what yet might still come.
This week on PALISADE: Seize the Chance Pt. 5
Let loose the wide world that holds you / Scratch through / Your waves linger[Note 1]
Dossier
People
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Expand Divines
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Contents
Plot
A-Plot: Dust's Catacombs
Brnine helps out with farmwork in Thisbe's dreamworld, and the two of them agree to meet up at a bar called The Turnip at the end of the day. They do so and have an awkward conversation.
In his own dream, Figure convinces Cori that the world they're in is not real. Cori casts Consecrate Ground and makes it so that no one within her consecrated area can take violent action against one another or knowingly lie to her. This instantly ends both the Dust dream she and Figure are in and all other active dreams in the procession: Brnine and Thisbe's, Elle's, and countless other people's. Cori feels Devotion's anger at her using its magic to prevent violence. Embittered, Cori breaks her Sword tenet.
When they wake in the catacombs, everyone finds a Dust doppelganger of themselves next to them, and they still can't hear. Figure gets Brnine's attention and points to the train brain. From the front of the procession, Dust advances on them, angry about being constricted by Cori's Consecrate Ground. Brnine stands in front of Dust and tries to communicate with it, and Dust sends Brnine a flood of images, which Thisbe helps them parse.
Dust shows Brnine and Thisbe that back when it was still Refrain, there was a Divine on Palisade called Filigree. Filigree spread across the planet, connecting everyone and creating a beautiful pattern on the world that showed how everyone was connected. When the nascent Divine Principality arrived, it and the Fabreal Duchy leashed and experimented on Filigree by trapping it, taking away all means of self-expression, and using it as a powerful computing tool that could manage both the Gravtrain and the entire Diadem system. The limits of the Gravtrain system, and some of the failures of the Diadem, came from Filigree resisting its orders and engaging in malicious compliance. The "train brain" is, in fact, the Divine Filigree.
Brnine can tell that Dust wants Filigree, but they don't know what Dust wants it for. Seeing Brnine shaking hands with Dust, Figure approaches to greet it as well. Brnine reaches a degree of understanding with Dust, which agrees to let Brnine take Filigree and gives everyone their hearing back, but asks to hear about the world outside the Diadem before Brnine leaves. Brnine plays footage for Dust from the Blue Channel's cameras, showing it footage of the outside world.
For the next week, Figure dreams about the world from their Dust vision. It feels even more real in their dreams. Then they begin to dream about other timelines, too. They remember Gur telling them that Perennial had seen their dream before, and that it was real.
B-Plot: Baseline-C
Eclectic's new cop friend, Murch Saltburn, makes conversation about Alise Breka's oeuvre as she drives Eclectic out of the city. She tells Eclectic that he needs an ID for the checkpoint out of the city, and he convinces her to ignore the checkpoint and "floor it" on the basis that by doing so, she might make it into one of Breka's future novels. Murch radios in that she's in hot pursuit of a suspect and floors it. They get out of Baseline-C.
Notes
Cast
- Austin Walker (GM)
- Ali Acampora (Kalvin Brnine)
- Andrew Lee Swan (The Figure)
- Janine Hawkins (Thisbe)
- Sylvi Bullet (Coriolis Sunset)
- Keith J. Carberry (Eclectic Opposition)