Sister Skaði Wrenwinter - Apocrypha
Apocrypha, Book I
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00m00s__IceWastes Winds blow snow in great sheets across an infinite white void of shimmering curtains . Down below , a Company of Glassdust Units chant our holy chant, Sa Mach Fe Crøs, Sa Mach Fe Crøs, Sa Mach Fe Crøs , as the accompanying Flight screams into the icy wind like loons .
01m25s__AlpineCity Looking over a cliff , the Great Arctic City of Industry lays in the canyon below , protected from the sleet and hail by mountainous walls of stone and the coal fires of many Jalit . Patient blacksmiths practice building rifles in the glowing dark .
02m50s__CliffsEdge Screaming jubilation , the Battle Sisters set up our final camp of the walk on the edge of the cliff , trading in light poles and portable heating pavillions for ice picks and harnesses . A pinprick of a star rises over a distant horizon , barely illuminating the crescents of two moons . The Sisters scream into the pale dawn .
04m16s__CliffsEdge Suddenly , we are attacked(!) . A brash raider comes out of the storm , swinging his polearm and breaking tents . A drunkard for sure(!) . The Company arrives , half-dressed , tonfas and swords in hand , ready to repel the invader . The man tires , his movements becoming slower and grander . We use this opportunity to study him and form our counter-attack .
07m06s__BaseCamp Our now-armed police-priestesses arrive on the scene , an interlocking wall of tonfas that moves as one . We repel the invader with ease . Then , something happens . A great fire appears out of nowhere , enveloping our sister·s weapon and burning the man to a crisp and melting him into slag . Then we sing hymns .
Ha? Who Ha?
Hoo-RAH(!) . Hoo-RAH(!) .
Ha? Who Ha?
Hoo-RAH(!) . Hoo-RAH(!) .
AaHtDé FaLa
HaLéLüIíAa(!) .
AaHtDé FaLa
HaLéLüIíAa(!) .
The Hour of Death .
10m42s__BaseCamp Step by step, everything eventually . Step by step, everything eventually . The pale dawn has been quiet . With everybody fed porridge and given to dream for a rest , we begin the descent into the ilü below . With enough luck, some tight knots, and swift hands , we will all arrive alive . Along the way , we talk , Can yu show me what yu did back there Ka . Step by step, everything eventually . Step by step, everything eventually .
11m22s__AlpineCity We enter the world of things that run on synchronized time . Singing as we walk , we march thru the cobble-stone streets . None dare challenge us .
12m47s__City Center We mach into the city , returning to lovers and mistresses , and to our works , bringing with us new technologies gained in our long journey . We add them to the great fusion reactor that powers the still-thriving heart of our ilü . Working thru the long day , we return to our warm beds singing songs of reverie and requiem .
15m38s__NightStreets At night , we lock our doors . For here , on the surface of Thunder Mountain , wolves patrol the streets . The vicious wind shears off noses and ears , making ragged men weep as they beg for entry into our barricaded fortresses . Some of us go out hunting drunkards , utilizing the techniques of pyrokinesis taught to us by our sister .
16m42s__DreamScape At night , we dream . We go to far-off places , propelled by crystal reactors that magnify our soaring into the furthest and deepest reaches of time .
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