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The rising steam is vanishing. He only has enough time to eat this one single arm. | The rising steam is vanishing. He only has enough time to eat this one single arm. | ||
"Is that me?" Sangam mutters to himself as he stares blankly at the voracious prisoner beneath the cliff. | |||
"THAT'S NOT ME!" Sangam cries in response. | |||
A sound seems to have caught the prisoner's attention. He looks to the sky for a long while, then closes his eyes. Voice low, he chants. | A sound seems to have caught the prisoner's attention. He looks to the sky for a long while, then closes his eyes. Voice low, he chants. | ||
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"Those who drink blood and consume flesh, who feast on lard, marrow, and limbs… Those who harbor wicked intention to end the life of others, who are bent on harmful ways, I entreat you to listen to my recitation of the Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Sutra. May you relinquish all maliciousness…" | "Those who drink blood and consume flesh, who feast on lard, marrow, and limbs… Those who harbor wicked intention to end the life of others, who are bent on harmful ways, I entreat you to listen to my recitation of the Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Sutra. May you relinquish all maliciousness…" | ||
"Even the most heinous of men yearn for redemption," the man with the severed arm sneers. Soon, though, his throat will be unable to utter more than a hiss, and after that, his voice will disappear completely. | |||
"It's all fake—a nightmare!" Sangam's angered cry is still clear amidst the wailing. | |||
"This isn't fake," the other Sangam reminds him. "Your body is resisting DER, resulting in spontaneous reset syndrome." | |||
"What you see is what he sees." | |||
Another Sangam appears behind him. | Another Sangam appears behind him. "You're not there, and he's not the 'you' of the present." | ||
Sangam whips his head around. Now, he's standing on a beach. Beneath his feet are sharp, fine rocks, small and motionless. They slice through the incoming waves, and the white sea foam grows thicker and thicker as the tides rise and fall. Now, there are twelve iron stakes emerging from the swell, and from them, twelve people hanging upside down. The crashing waves are high enough to submerge their chins. Sangam notices how pale and swollen their bodies are—they drowned some time ago. | Sangam whips his head around. Now, he's standing on a beach. Beneath his feet are sharp, fine rocks, small and motionless. They slice through the incoming waves, and the white sea foam grows thicker and thicker as the tides rise and fall. Now, there are twelve iron stakes emerging from the swell, and from them, twelve people hanging upside down. The crashing waves are high enough to submerge their chins. Sangam notices how pale and swollen their bodies are—they drowned some time ago. | ||
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A soldier, donning an iron helmet fashioned after an eagle's beak and carrying a rifle on his back, unsteadily approaches a row of rusty torture implements. He stomps heavily, ensuring he can stand firm against the tide's impact, then speaks in a muffled voice. | A soldier, donning an iron helmet fashioned after an eagle's beak and carrying a rifle on his back, unsteadily approaches a row of rusty torture implements. He stomps heavily, ensuring he can stand firm against the tide's impact, then speaks in a muffled voice. | ||
"Anyone changed their mind? Lord [[Delacas/Rising|Delacas]] is willing to spare the first person to tell us where the remaining conspirators are." | |||
One of the hanging men lets out intermittent sobs. | One of the hanging men lets out intermittent sobs. | ||
"I said, has anyone changed their mind?" The soldier takes a step forward. He's caught on to the source of the cry. | |||
But the sobs stop as soon as he gets near, and the man stills, letting the waves pour in and out from his nostrils. | But the sobs stop as soon as he gets near, and the man stills, letting the waves pour in and out from his nostrils. | ||
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This angers the soldier, who turns and walks to another stake. He draws his blade and glares at the [[Exo/Rising|Exo]] tied to it, then cleaves one of the metal plates from his thigh. | This angers the soldier, who turns and walks to another stake. He draws his blade and glares at the [[Exo/Rising|Exo]] tied to it, then cleaves one of the metal plates from his thigh. | ||
"What about you, Sangam? Don't play dead. I won't let you die so easily." | |||
The backflow of seawater will not drown him, and the glass of his skin will not let him succumb to infection or bleed out. Unfortunately for him, though, he can still feel the pain of being skinned, the fear of being submerged. His breaths start coming in heaves. | The backflow of seawater will not drown him, and the glass of his skin will not let him succumb to infection or bleed out. Unfortunately for him, though, he can still feel the pain of being skinned, the fear of being submerged. His breaths start coming in heaves. | ||
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"Protect me, that I may be free from all dangers, all distress, all diseases, all hunger, imprisonment, bondage, and other terrible places… Grant me the longevity of a hundred years, that I may see a hundred autumns…" | "Protect me, that I may be free from all dangers, all distress, all diseases, all hunger, imprisonment, bondage, and other terrible places… Grant me the longevity of a hundred years, that I may see a hundred autumns…" | ||
"This has long passed." Sangam pats Sangam's shoulder. The latter falls to his knees and lets the waves wash over him. | |||
Make it stop… I'm begging you… | Make it stop… I'm begging you… | ||
"All will end, then start anew." The other Sangam hands him a lotus with a gold peafowl motif on it. It's small, barely filling half his palm. | |||
All things are impermanent. All phenomena are without self. Nirvana is tranquility. | All things are impermanent. All phenomena are without self. Nirvana is tranquility. | ||
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All the Sangams chant in unison | All the Sangams chant in unison | ||
"All things are impermanent. All phenomena are without self. Nirvana is tranquility." | |||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||