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Don't wanna.

And why is that, myself?

Edited 2026-03-09 05:15 (UTC)

No one likes me anyways and everyone likes you three better and I'm tired and I want to watch cartoons.

Oh please, you're loved plenty.

Then I wouldn't have been stuck in The Bad Place for 6 Months.

You and I had all the power to escape The Bad Place, and you see through "my" eyes every day it is not that bad.

It's a matter of principle or something.

I mean, at the end of the day, you're ultimately just arguing with yourself, Kamala.

Because.

There Is Only You. There Is Only Me. There Is A Space Where We Shall Be.

...

i know, i just. don't wanna be me right now.

i've failed too many times and... you three can be in charge while i just watch cartoons.

If you believe that to be so.

We're still just arguing with ourself, ultimately.

maybe one day.

Edited 2026-03-09 14:31 (UTC)

::Sitting at the top of Duel Academy's roof with a blackhaired fox girl in an Osiris Red Boy's jacket and Kanan.::

And you're sure of this...

What should I be calling you.

Marjorie. Kamala. Lady Etranger. You don't have to call me anything, Artemis. If you want, Thanatosia.

... It's a bit eerie having you use her face, Kamala. How many layers deep are you anyways.

Not that many. I'm. Trying. To get used to this. ... The me that's Kamala deep down the most doesn't want to be at the forefront right now.

So, we might as well try out the faces we have, you know?

Edited 2026-03-09 14:54 (UTC)

... Isn't her body and face needed for Eira and Helen?

... Where are they anyways?

You know.

Up. ::Points to the sky.::

Down. ::Points to what should be the ground.::

They'll return at their own time and pace.

... So why me?

Because you believe in me and my sister and my mothers.

Like on a theological level, Kanan.

But you don't like. Revere us to the point of dangerous fanaticism. You believe but you're *critical*.

... I mean, why didn't you pick her anyways. Kanan's old enough.

... I wanted to save Aunt Gwen, and I was young and inexperienced.

Edited 2026-03-09 15:00 (UTC)

... Aren't you being puppeted by her?

Abraxia and Desiree have their hands on her throat, so to speak, and I've placed their specific parts that Eira and Helen will want need aside.

But yes, Kanan, I want you to be my highest priestess, my Saint, our Saint.

And when the time is right.

::Flicks something over to Kanan.::

Swallow what's inside this package.

::Grabs it, it's a bag. She looks at it, feeling it,.::

...

Don't look until The Time Is Right.

But, simply put, Kanan, they are the fruit of trees that only grow at the palace of Albion.

Pft.

What.

Nothing for me?

I don't think you need anything, Arty.

Just.

I think you need a chance to tilt your head and look at the world again.

... You realize you're being annoyingly cryptic.

::Lightly bonks Kamala on the head.::

...

It's a side effect of seeing The True Shape of the World and my mind trying to reconcile and stitch together Kamala, Marjorie, Desiree, and Abraxia and trying to string it in a way so I don't shriek.

Anything we can do to help?

If the me that's Kamala insists on not showing up for over a month, yell at my moms.

::Pockets the bag.::

Will do.

... At least this you seems.

Calmer.

This part of my system is an elegant young lady, so I should hope so.

::Starts cutting an apple.::

::Walks up the stairs of a shrine floating in the void. The void is in the midst of Kaddath, Noriko's estate.::

So what did you call me here for, Mother of Mine?

You are, my Dark Signer, my Miko, my High Priestess.

I. Should probably start dealing with that.

And I mean all four of you currently in there.

She. Kamala. Doesn't want to come out yet for shame and depression.

Should I force it?

Not yet, Mother Dear.

I think she needs a little time to process.

But if she doesn't come out in a month outside of the Melffy Pit, drag her out.

If you're sure.

Anyways.

You are to be my priestess, Kamala. Who I hereby deem The Faceless Stranger. The Lady Stranger. The Friend To All Who Is No One.

And most importantly my helmsman of the vessel that shall sail all worlds.

I am honored.

... So, how am I to serve in my duties as your priestess, Mother?

... I think I was told to have you start reading to me.

And maybe sweep in here.

But all you really need to do, is be yourselves, Kamala. I adore every side of you, and as long as you're yourself, you continue to honor me.

Be a good girl, try to make a better world, even as The One True Stranger. She You Don't Know.

But.

::Pulls out various tomes and scrolls.::

You're to read these to me, so that we both understand? Alright?

If you would like, Mother.

I would.

::Sits down on the saisen-bako, and holds out a scroll.::

Sit.

Read. Read aloud to me. This is a secret between the two of us, a private time I should have started years ago.

Because we both know the True Shape of the World, Abraxia the Stranger.

Edited 2026-03-09 17:33 (UTC)

::Takes it, and unfurls it, sitting down at the base of the box.::

For All The Lights In The Sky Are D̴̡̺͖̲̊̈́̀͋̐́͠͝ḛ̸̢̨̡͍̯̲̳̘̽̈̐̇̈́́͗̊͆̉͘͘͝ȃ̴̧̝̤̰̈́̎̄̆́͐͠d̴͈̼̲͙̓͐.

::Her right eye begins to swirl, an ever deepening well of eternity.::

Edited 2026-03-09 17:35 (UTC)

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