Taz Ethersea Anecdotes
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It Takes a Village to Brainwash a Child by CastielsProfoundBees
Fandoms: The Adventure Zone (Podcast)
13 Oct 2021
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His footing feels unsteady, his heart unrested. Somewhere, closer than he’d like, Orlean is near.
He needs to be here, ready to pilot them away if Orlean does anything. And he knows that this is a ridiculous notion, there is nothing that Orlean could do to them without it being detrimental to himself, but this does nothing to ease his worries. Devo feels the need to be, if he cannot be in control, in a constant state of observance.
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- Part 1 of Taz Ethersea Anecdotes
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Then he spreads his hand as far as he can, straining the bones against skin until it hurts. It’s not enough, it’s not what it was like earlier. Channeling that much power into a bomb, making yourself into a living circuit board? Probably not his best idea, but he was desperate, and he was scared. It was the way he stretched, the way he changed, that just thinking about makes him angry. Makes him frustrated, panicked, it makes him feel - well, it makes him feel awfully young.
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- Part 2 of Taz Ethersea Anecdotes
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It’s really easy to hold onto anger. Trust him, Devo knows anger well. It’s a tangible feeling, something he can grab and feel. It can be consuming, in some ways relieving, but it can also be biased. Something Devo has not learned is that anger is a secondary emotion, it springs from another feeling, until the original incentive is long forgotten. And while this can do something to assuage the original pain, it does not help you overcome it.
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- Part 3 of Taz Ethersea Anecdotes
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Drowning isn't something you forget. It sticks to you, like wet clothes, like unwanted prayers.
_Her hair is long, thick, and salt wavy. Amber is nineteen, and already her arms are strong and her hands calloused. The sea is all around her and there is no up and no down. Her lungs burn. A moment passes, maybe two, then a hand on her shoulder. A bright light shines through the darkness and someone is screaming. Devo is screaming, she realizes, a sickening sound and visual this far underwater. Devo, who shouldn’t be here, who shouldn’t even be alive yet.
_Devo isn’t sure who his prayers reach. For all the church teaches, “God” is still something as mythical as oak trees and bright sunshine. He exists, he’s sure of it, but he isn’t sure how or when or why or… or anything. He does know that he’s done something terribly wrong though. Something blasphemous, something sinful, but he doesn’t know what.
God doesn’t answer.
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- Part 4 of Taz Ethersea Anecdotes