#arc7

[sanctuaryoftheodd]

Chapter 43: My Name is Sotakeh

My Name is Sotakeh. That's not my original name. Honestly, you can't really expect me to keep the same name after trillions of years. Names are like underwear; they get worn out over time.

No, that's a deception on my part. I had a really good reason to change my name, but I don't want to talk about it. In all honesty, I don't want to be hated, but I guess that's inevitable. I'm sorry, I'm not really the right person to do this narration type of crap. Despite devoting trillions of years to giving life, I still fear old habits might take over.

I think we should move on.

It was another "morning" in Sanctuary. Foxman was laying naked over the footboard of the bed, the side of his face pressed against the hardwood floor as he slept soundly. Meanwhile, I wound up clear across the room, slumped against the wall next to the dresser. A small indentation had been left behind where my body had collided. Our clothes were strewn everywhere, my bra was even hanging off the ceiling fan. I don't remember last night at all, but it seemed like we had a good time.

I put on my glasses and slipped on my bathrobe. I helped Foxman back into the bed so he won't develop any shoulder pains. You have to take care of yourself when you can go on living for thousands of more years. He started to reach for me to pull me into his embrace. I wanted to keep him company, but I had chores to do real quick. I handed him a lewd Sotakeh body pillow to give his big strong arms something to hold as I get some stuff done.

I watched him as he clung to the fake me. The two of us have been through a lot together. I honestly didn't make things easy for him. Unfortunately, my version of playing "hard to get" used to involve time loops and tragic fates. The fact he never gave up on me proves that either he's really persistent or one hell of a masochist. Probably both now that I think about it. I don't deserve him. He's too good for me. My heart ached, but I shook it off and left the bedroom.

I slipped on some shoes and went into the backyard. Despite it being 5am, it was full daylight out. The 30 day cycles on this planet was hell for a gardener. However, I wasn't out here to tend to the plants. Instead, I headed towards a podium that was situated in the middle of my garden. On the top of it was a plate made of a mysterious metal. I placed a hand on the plate and cast a spell. I couldn't see the effects of it, but I could feel it. That was the sensation of my barrier strengthening.

This was one of my many secrets. This was a perception barrier that was hiding Sanctuary from prying eyes in space. This was to protect against dragons noticing what's been going on here. It won't hold them off forever, but it'll give us time to get established.

Why was I hiding my barrier from everyone? Because I'm a coward that's hiding from follow-up questions. There's way too many answers I'm not willing to give yet. Not to mention some answers I literally can't give because of timeline shenanigans. It's better to just do things myself until I'm found out. At that point, the others can decide how they feel about me and my secrets. I can only hope Anne would have it in her heart to forgive me. Then again, I also kind of don't want her to.

With the barrier secure, I went back inside. I did a few more odds and ends: sending the cleaning magical device to their job, making sure the coffee maker is scheduled, ect. It was all routine to me by now.

When I finished all that, I climbed the stairs up into the attic where I had stored a device that filled the whole room. Towers of rune covered stones, hollowed out to hold thousands of magical circuitry. This was a small gift left behind by an alternate self, as my original was lost forever ago. A marvel of Multiverse A. It was my old destiny machine.

I did so much stuff with this thing back in the day. Some of it I wish I could take back, but that's ancient history by now. The thing can no longer spin fates like it used to. And if anything from my notes about Multiverse B was true, they'd eventually build a compact version of this device that would one day make it obsolete. Probably for the best.

Now-a-days, I just use it to detect timeline irregularities. I had been warned that Faceless has the power to alter fate, so it'll be up to me to notice when we are off course. Not that I could do much if we were in some alternate timeline outside warn Anne and the others, but that warning could be enough to prevent a doom depending on the situation. From the looks of the coding, everything was still on track. That's good.

I made sure the defensive barrier around my house was still working. Now that I've mentioned all this in a chapter, it's become more important than ever. Faceless can hear all narration no matter where he's standing, and he may not like the fact I'm keeping tabs on him.

I considered doing some writing in the time capsule book, but I can save that for later. I've got trillions of years to complete it after all.

As soon as everything is done, I head back to the bedroom.

As soon as I reach the bed again, I toss off my bathrobe. Then, like an archeologist stealing a gold idol from a booby trapped podium, I tried to exchange the body pillow with myself without waking my husband.

"Morning, love." He said softly.

Mission failed. This is when the giant boulder would roll after me. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

"Nah, I was already half-awake."

He pulled me into his embrace and suddenly the failure of waking my husband didn't sting quite as much anymore. After a moment, he spoke up.

"Hey, love?"

"Yes?"

"You deserve to forgive yourself a little."

"Could... you hear my narration?"

"No, I just know you."

This was a common side-effect of being with one person for 10,000 years.

"Listen," continued Foxman, "I'm not going to lie to you. What you did in the past was terrible. But, wasn't the whole point of filling Full Stop with flora to make up for that?"

"It doesn't make up for it." I started. "I've only made one world beautiful."

"Even so, I think a trillion years is enough time to start giving yourself a chance." He said.

"Maybe so..."

"And don't worry so much about Anne. You are very much aware she's not the type to hold a grudge. Plus anyways, you already know how she's going to react."

"Well, yeah, but that was..." Her forgiving me scares me more. "Nothing is set in stone, Foxy..."

 "Don't worry about it. Even if Anne somehow reacts negatively, I'll be there to smooth things over for you." He said with a reassuring smile. "I'm always on your side, love."

I felt the warmth bubbling up inside me. The two of us have been through a lot together, but there's one thing I know for certain: I can always trust he'll be there for me. "I love you, Foxy."

Foxman smiled and snuggled close to me. We remained together like that for a long time. However, once again, it was him that broke the silence.

"So, you wanna have another go?"

"Hell yes!"

We would wind up breaking the bed in this round of passionate love making. It was glorious!

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Arc 8: Annesville

[sualne]

crocodad mention got me looking at concept arts/planning and these notes for arc7 got me cackling

[powwidge]

I need u guys to know I've been in waca hell since 2012. I was 11 years old when I got REALLY into leafcrow and crowfeather and to this day I do not know WHY. I stopped reading it for multiple years n then caught up so when they appeared in arc7 vol6 happily together j was delighted AND NWO IM BEING THREATENED WITH HAVIFN 11 Y.O. ME'S OTP TORN OUT OF THEIR HANDS ?!?!?!?! WITH /TAWNYCROW/!??!?!?

[askingkyborg]

//nonask+arc7 minor spoiler

god. God god god. So in love with oof and bezzler dating. Makes me so happy. My special guys..

[k-looking-glass-house]

Kyaaahhh....

I am so IN LOVEEEE with your design!!!!

And your headcanon!!

Pfff poor Lilia....But definitely like that! Malenoire being a supportive fairy dragon toward another fairy dragon, while still being a fairy dragon.... Now we need to witness Maleficia *healing and growing back forest*...Just like in the live action.... I totally see her as their magic teacher lol~ Being all proud about it!

I really hoppppeeeee....Levan is pacifist, soft normal noble...(not a twisted traitor huh please)! *we need a normal one in their trio* Nice thought about the color of Malleus's overbloat flamms...

Lilia found their reincarnation in Silver (Levan) and Sebek (Malenoire) somehow! Or at least brings him back memories!

Malleus being the ultimate Briar Valley legacy.....

And I am not ready to arc7 follow story....

I hope they got wake up by Ortho or Idia if it's following the same pattern.....

I'm too sensitive.....

💚Mallevan/Levanoa Headcanons (2/?)

PART 01 PART 02⬇️

you guys dont know how often i brainrot about these couple who never even talked in game yet KDJAKSK

Am glad to see that Levan's receiving the "Yuusona treatment" because of the various ways that twst artists draws him lolol

• • • Headcanon 2.

Malenoa is the strongest of the trio. Because she is a royalty, she is much more knowledgeable about magic— particularly if its related to dragons. Naturally, she became kind of like a magical tutor to both Levan and Lilia when they were children.

i really like the thought of eastern dragons in TWST🥰 its a nice foreshadow that Levan is a Long bcs thats Malleus' Halloween costume✨

(if its really like that,,,, im going to cry bcs that means Malleus dressed up like his papa who he never knew 💔😭)

(also I'm praying with all my heart he's not some plot twist jerk in game like King Stefan from Maleficent 1 😭)

I think dragons are rare on TWST not only because they're really particular on their mates but also because raising one is extremely high maintainance.

Its 1: life threatening to the caretaker, 2: needs constant attention and love, 3: once it grows up, you even need to withstand its tantrums and emotions (who are btw magically powered) 😭💥

That's why I think ??? there's limited knowledge about mediating their power (so they just get stuck in this cycle of being the strongest but that very strength can bring disaster bcs its uncontrollable)

Thus, I thought of Malenoa being Levan's friend who teaches him about controlling his draconic powers because Levan doesn't really want to accidentally harm others because of his uncontrollable strength--✨✨✨

I like to think its because of Levan's pacifist nature that Land of Briar chose to have war treatiest first instead of just crushing the Silver Owls through Malenoa's military strength. He's aware that killing off humans would just make them more hostile to faes in general, and I don't think both Malenoa and Levan wants Malleus to grow up in war once he hatches-

—

Levan's fire is purple because I remember getting surprised when Overblot Malleus used that on his attack despite Land of Briar/Malenoa (?) being "mainly green colored" all this time...

So, I think that's one magic he got from his father??? because most of his features already derives from Malenoa (horns, tail, magic (i think his green fire is from Malenoa), straight hair, etc)

The purple fire might've originate from Malleus' mastery of void magic (I hc their dorm spells' element are their forte magic and Dorm Malleus is double void card) but we've never seen void magic used like a fire... its usually like an energy beam right? I think it was so exciting when he attacked like that💜👆‼️✨ (I literally squealed lol its so pretty?? but I know I'll die from that lol)

I love the thought that Lilia is the "mom friend"/"sensible friend" of this trio... 😂 because he says hes the one constantly working for these couple... mostly to deal with their antics lol

plus Lilia is literally the sole person working for Levan and Malenoa to meet together right now---

since Levan's missing and Malenoa can’t really leave the castle since she’s guarding unhatched Malleus--- and its just a bad move to send the best queen on the frontlines when they can just send Lilia yk 😆

i hope we get more dragon egg lore and also specifically egg malleus reveal🙌🙌 like how do THEY take care of a dragon egg anyway.... do they put it on cradles as well like human babies??? or their parents will hold them since they require vast amount of love-

i'd used to think malleus backstory would be his child self being lonely (which in the future might??? but for now?? his backstory is literally just him being an egg and all of us are crying over an egg JDHJWJD 😭😭😭

[cringey-queer]

i love how collectively as a fandom we are mourning the death of this fictional child. i’ve never seen everyone so genuinely upset over a death in the smp. the amount of like raw emotion that comes out of tommy fanartists right now is amazing.

[detectivesauthority]

more spoiler art. under the cut  this time since it’s my reflection on a specific scene

AM I JUST A VESSEL FOR YOUR ATONEMENT?

Wow that scene with Yasu solving the epitaph and going to Kinzo’s study dressed as Beatrice...man...she doesn’t even know what she’s “forgiving” him for and I’m scared to see what happens once she figures out what his sin was...

[cinnibunii]

Last few days I’ve been making 7 deadly sin ocs to try and cool down some anxiety and at first they started off as silly sketches but I loved them so much that I decided to make an actual universe for them, it’s called arc7

[sanctuaryoftheodd]

Lore Dump: Anti-Magic

I think I've Faceless proofed this place. Not that I think he's going to try anything after how last time went, but better safe than sorry. I don't want him rooting through my story notes or something. He sure trashed this place, I waited too long to go into battle mode. Just wasn't expecting him to just come barging right in like that! Ugh, this is why I wanted to kill him off, even I can't predict him sometimes.

Also, I really need to phase out these Lore Dumps considering technically he can hear them too, so I'm kind of just handing information to him. Plus anyways, after this one you'll have all the basics down. I still need to do one on Hekatos, his history alone is enough to fill a lore dump. Sorry, "histories," I guess technically he has more than one.

(Now that I think about it, do I need a lore dump about angels? Or maybe about The Big Loop? Eh, I'm sure it'll come up in the story, so I'll spare you that for now.)

Anyways, anti-magic! It's the "magic" of mortals, wielded almost exclusively by those that lack the divine spark. If magic is the power to take pen to paper, anti-magic is the power to flail the paper at your enemies hoping you'll inflict paper cuts.

To get an idea on what the heck I'm even talking about, imagine stirring a pot of liquid. The energy you put into your arm, the intent you put into that energy, the motions you make with the spoon, all come together to make a mini-cyclone within the pot. This is often considered in many cultures very minor anti-magic. You're manipulating what already exists to get a powerful reaction. Same goes for striking a match to create a flame, or stepping on the pedal of the car to make it go faster. It's action and reaction.

Now imagine that on a multiversal scale and you have the power of anti-magic.

Unlike magic which is very controlled and has strict rules on how it works, the only rules in anti-magic is what you bring into it. It reflects the rules you add. Because of this, it makes using it kind of difficult as most people are bound by the rules of their reality.

That being said, there are a number of creatures in these wide wide multiverses that can use anti-magic naturally. Some examples include

1. Minutians

2. Spectators

3. Demons

4. Conduits, Freeholders, and Splicers

5. The Pig at the Center of Everything

6. *REDACTED*

...wait, they can censor me? That's alarming...

AHEM, let's talk about minutians.

In the analogy I used earlier, I mentioned sending energy into your arm to stir the pot. Try to imagine every motion you make, every action you take as you flowing energy through your body and sending it out into your environment. You're sending energy from your arm into the spoon, into the pot. The energy minutians wield is a physical embodiment of that, manifesting in anti-magic. Truly skilled minutians can even turn that energy into wind, fire, or even void. Their ability to flow their energy through the body of their opponents can even block magic at its source. Of course, you know all this already.

Spectators are basically well, you. You reading this. Outsiders like you have way more of an effect than you realize. For example, say you're a reader and you leave a comment somewhere saying "I'm looking forward to seeing how vampires work in this lore." My Earth counterpart in your multiverse could see it and be like "Oh crap, I don't have a chapter explaining that yet," then suddenly an event pops up where Lexine gets a chance to explain the blood market and stuff. Cause and effect. Not to mention, ideas could be funneled into our neck of the woods. Like any references to your modern culture that seem out of place, or the fact Christianity exists (though not in Sanctuary.) It's anti-magic that allows all that to happen.

Next up are the demons. The way they utilize their anti-magic is very unique because they utilize the power of belief. If they believe something, truly believe in it, then it can come true. Sometimes reality will bend to their whims. They can create tools and weapons that shouldn't work, and in the hands of non-demons won't work, but the demon makes it work through pure willpower. There are many subsets of demons, and considering they are hiding in Multiverse B, I'm not sure if you'll even get a chance to meet any this time around. Well, except of course for *REDACTED*

Damnit, see what I mean? They won't even let me talk about them because they don't even believe in the truth I'm about to exposit!

Conduits, Freeholders, and Splicers won't be relevant to you. They come up much MUCH later on in a very different story in The Great Loop. Could be years or even decades before that story is told. Not to mention, it would take too long to explain them, so I'm not going to bother here. (Unless if you're from the future where I have written that story, then hello there! Hope you're liking Sanctuary of the Odd!)

The Pig at the Center of Everything is basically an eldritch abomination floating in the nothing. It originally came from Multiverse G, but it was kicked out by the version of me that runs that joint. Because it exists outside our multiverses, it has the abilities of a spectator, but because it's technically a creation of mine, it can still cross over into this reality. That is assuming it can find a proper way in.

Hmmm, just over 900 words... Oh! There is one more thing I can fill the page w- I mean, one more thing I can talk about! Anti-magic actually does have its own counterpart to the gods.

At the end of Multiverse A, just before the Final Timeline broke off to become Multiverse B, a greater demon named Ewe, the original forger of the Void Sword, went through a miraculous transformation. With the blessing from a piece of Hekatos' lost magic, they ascended to become the first and last demon lord. Their first action as their new self was to enter the final timeline and be a true threat to the gods.

However, when they transformed, they set the rules in which all demon lords would ascend, and with the cyclical nature of Multiverse A, it always became the rule. In order someone to become a demon lord, they must meet the requirements of each of their fingers:

Right Hand:

Thumb: Must not possess divine magic.

Index: Must be able to manipulate anti-magic in some form.

Middle: Must have convinced others to betray hard coded beliefs.

Ring: Must not be attracted to the opposite sex and must not identify as the sex that was assigned at birth.

Pinky: Must not have biological progeny.

Left Hand: 

Pinky: Must make a sacrifice of blood.

Ring: Must not be conceived from both a man and a woman.

Middle: Must bring the downfall of a leader with a birthright.

Index: Must have an indomitable self-worth, but still face reality.

Thumb: Must have the blessing of a former god.

Demon lords are pinnacles of self and individuality. By design they oppose established order and fight for a new order that more fits their ideals, for better or for worse.

As implied, you don't even need to be a demon to become a demon lord. You'll become part demon upon ascending. Whatever anti-magic you were using before will be amplified and advanced, and you'll gain demon belief magic on top of that.

Though, you might have noted a problem here. That final requirement, "must have the blessing of a former god" kind of screws over the current inhabitants of Multiverse B considering all the gods kinda died in the war. This is why no demon lords have ascended since the war.

But, I think it's still important to list the rules to illustrate what makes anti-magic different. The list of rules feels almost like a prophecy, the kind of stuff you see in fairy tales. But if you've been paying attention so far, divine power never gave off that vibe. Magic is more about coding. It's about planning and building to make it a reality. That's the thing, no real person acts like they do in fairy tales, they have agendas, goals, plans. So it's fitting that the stuff that actually looks like the stuff of legends belongs to the "magic" of the common people. They are the ones that breathe life into those kinds of stories.

[cadread-blog]

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[juniperandjustice]

Orion and Yenni love each other. ❤️ Raven tolerates them. 😁 https://www.instagram.com/p/CFtMWc-ARC7/?igshid=rrfxat8lcsiu

[sitiomagico]

PAZ DE UN DORMIR PERFECTO. Mediante el poder Magnético de la Llama Suprema de la PAZ dentro de nuestros corazones… “YO SOY”! ”YO SOY”! ”YO SOY”! Oh! Poderes de la Misericordia, el confort y la PAZ, DOTENNOS AHORA CON SU PAZ DE UN DORMIR PERFECTO, armonizando nuestros cuerpos inferiores con el Equilibrio y la Paz de nuestra propia Llama Triple y con las cualidades Divinas de los Retiros de los Maestros Ascendidos que somos privilegiados de visitar en conciencia proyectada, mientras dormimos. Con Su gran Misericordia y Compasión doten a cada alma viviendo sobre el planeta con la PAZ de un Dormir Perfecto… el aquietamiento de los cuerpos mental y emocional en el sueño, permitiendo la aceleración de sus propios desarrollos espirituales. Como un discípulo viviente del ESPÍRITU SANTO, ofrecemos nuestros vehículos para ser canales de PAZ hacia aquellos alrededor de nosotros, para que la bendición de Ustedes pueda llegar a toda Vida en todas partes. ASÍ LO DECRETAMOS. COMO EL MÁS SAGRADO NOMBRE DE DIOS. "YO SOY". Libro de Ceremonia y Servicio Ordenado de "LAINEC". #felicessueños #arziade https://www.instagram.com/p/By9YQV-ARc7/?igshid=1xeqmrwrrrrm9

[ironflowerbluebird]

Верфь DSME отказалась строить суда для «Арктик СПГ — 2» по заказу «Совкомфлота»

Верфь DSME отказалась строить суда для «Арктик СПГ — 2» по заказу «Совкомфлота»

Причина — просрочка платежа по контракту со стороны судоходной компании. Хотя платеж нарушен только по одному из заказанных СПГ-танкеров, контракт планируют расторгнуть полностью https://www.bfm.ru/news/500727 Фото: Wei-Te Wong Южнокорейская верфь DSME расторгла контракт на строительство трех СПГ-танкеров Arc7. Это был заказ «Совкомфлота» для проекта «Новатэка» «Арктик СПГ — 2». Причиной назвали…