Episode description
“What sort of shape is it though?”
“It is empire.” “Yes, no, I get that, but... Is empire a square? Is it circle? It helps to know the shape of a thing if you’re hoping to break it.” “Yes. I understand. You tell me, then. What shape do you think empire takes? Perhaps you can see it in a way I cannot, because you first apprehended it from outside.” “Well, I can’t tell you about all empires, but this one? It wants to be fractal. Each stel tries to make everything inside of it a repetition of itself.” “Yes. Yes, I see. Stel Apostolos shapes itself as a spear, and so it extends downward in echoing cacophony. Its military bases, its schools, its students, its children—all spears.“ “Yeah, something like that. The trouble is, a fractal is really strong. All those shapes, repeated inwards forever. They flex, like a tree’s branches bending in the wind.” “Yes, but that is it. The Principality is not an abstract fractal, repeating forever. It is a tree. And a tree repeats only for so long.” “And when a strong enough wind blows...” “It can be uprooted.”
This week on PALISADE: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 2
I grieve in stereo, the stereo sounds strange / You know that if it hides, it doesn't go away
Dossier
Contents
Plot
This article needs a plot summary. Please help fattwiki by adding one.
Cast
- Austin Walker (GM)
- Ali Acampora (Kalvin Brnine)
- Andrew Lee Swan (Figure)
- Janine Hawkins (Thisbe)
- Sylvia Clare (Coriolis Sunset)
- Keith J. Carberry (Eclectic Opposition)
Other Characters
- Gallica and Present
- Commitment
- Dahlia
- Integrity
- Gur Sevraq
- Valence (mentioned, audio recording; in description)
- Asepsis
- Phrygian (mentioned)
- Routine Rennari (mentioned)
- Saffron Septet
- Midnite Matinee
- Hunting Tomorrow
- Jesset City
- Gucci Garantine