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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[followed by the loud thud of his body hitting the floor, and a sharp scream as his hip hits the ground] FUCK!!!!!!!!

The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

... [he doesn't even remember what he said he wanted] [but she's probably right] [he heaves out a sigh and buries his face in his hands]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

...I I can't stop you, I can't- But please-

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[the words pierce through to his soul and he lets out a pitiful, strangled yelp as though he was punched]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[hardly necessary - it was always at the back of his mind] [he nods, shutting his eyes] Thank you. For not..forcing me to hurt her. Even if she wasn't real...

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[he hides his face against his shoulder] You- Are you angry with me?

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[he wipes at his eyes, lowering himself further] I know...I know I am...you're right...I'm sorry..

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No, Nemesis- Master- Whatever you want me to call you- I meant it. I meant what I told you. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore. [he sinks to his knees] I'm tired of being a monster!

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[he recoils violently] No?! Never- How- That's never- [he turns away from both of them, pressing his fists to his eyes] I wanted her to hate me because she *deserves* to hate me!

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

...? ...for her to hate me? [he lowers his hand, and meets the hateful stare of the young woman] [it hurts. Like an glowing poker straight to his soul] ...yes.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[he flinches like he was shot, putting a hand over his face to block her from sight, trying to move past] [looking away as he always did]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[ walks forward, obeying his last instruction]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[he feels a sick, twisted sense of dread] [He finds himself desperately praying for some kind of normal torture. Breaking his fingers or something] [Whatever this is, it's going to be far worse. He just knows it. She's probably still angry with him, despite her shift in mood] [But still he >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[he hesitates] What was the last command... ['Keep walking'] [He'd never been told to stop, so he keeps going - at a cautious pace, extremely wary of holes in the ground most especially]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

... [his skin feels cold, all of a sudden] [his hands draw up to his arms, feeling the absence of his weapon extremely keenly] ...did...did you leave?

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[for a few moments he stares after her, feeling frozen] [But his legs start moving on their own, following her - driven by the part of himself that craves punishment.]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

...no, not...not really. [his voice is weak] We've...thoroughly established I am...bad at decisions...

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

...isn't there something else we could do, is what I was going to say.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

...isn't there- [No. Shut up. You deserve this] [he pulls his sleeve back down slowly, shoulders starting to shake as he turns back towards the darkness]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[he keeps his eyes down] I...let myself be shaped into it. I don't know what to do with freedom, anymore. It's. It's terrifying.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

>> little, uhm, flag triangle thing means I have full access to every part of the city, including private quarters.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

>> but I eventually became too important to be loaned out. Too many responsibilities. The diamond indicates I have authorized access to the aetheryte network, the square indicates that I have permission to be armed at all times in all areas, the cross marks me as part of Eulmore's army, and the >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dead. The Warrior of Darkness killed him. Each...each symbol means something different. Different privileges. The NFR means 'not for rent'. The...general premise of Eulmore being that, everyone pooled all their wealth and resources together to share everything, so...most bonded could be 'borrowed'>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

[he fumbles with his sleeve, exposing the small marks branded onto the inside of his left wrist] [Ranjit NFR ⬧■ ╋ ⧐]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[slight lilt of panic in his voice] I'll show you! I'll explain it-

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[his heart starts beating faster, louder - his pupils shrink in spite of the darkness] D-did I never show you my brand?

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[he's not sure what would be better for him to focus on - the pain in his hip or the threat behind him] [is she going to push him down the stairs?] I...did dream, yes. It...it wasn't very coherent. I think I was...in Eulmore, again. I recognized the hallways.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Once the...throbbing slowed, yes... [his fingers fidget with the fabric of his shirt] I...only don't dream when I'm exhausted, or I have light poisoning...

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[his eyes immediately drop back to the floor, head hanging] Yes mistress.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[he flinches but doesn't try to pull away, looking up at her warily] You...you aren't going to hurt me?

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[his voice shakes just a bit] Oh. ... [he slowly gets out of bed]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[bleary stare] ... There's a basement?

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> spent crushed under the weight of your own guilt. Failure of a fucking human being, always so ready and willing to do whatever it took to stay alive. Here's your *fucking* reward, and it's exactly what you wanted. Another miserable day of life, crawling into the next, and the next...'

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> leg, nearly losing an eye, being beaten near to death by survivors of Eulmore...welcome events, compared to even a minute of self-reflection. 'You deserve nothing but torment for the rest of your life. You don't even deserve to die. I hope every last *second* of your miserable existence is >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> miserably, swallowing salt water and mucus, as his eyes start shimmering. He'd never had moments like this, down time to think over his actions and wallow in misery. Ranjit had kept him too busy, and it was why Siebert had occupied himself so aggressively once he was 'free'. The agony of his >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> trying to argue for the life of innocents, no standing between Ranjit and Ryne when he brought his hand down. Just lowering his head and standing off to the side, trying to distance himself from sin of it all, as though he could physically hide from his loyal responsibility. Siebert sniffles >

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> to live under his abuse, overestimating how hard Ranjit even needed to try to keep Siebert in line. He'd been afraid to tell either of them that punishments were rare - that it typically only took being told once what to do, and the Adjutant would adapt immediately. No heroic defiance, no >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> person that could be made into it at all. A coward. Someone so terrified for their own skin they'd learn to *leap* so very obediently at the command to kill, too scared of the word 'no'. Thancred and Ryne had wrung their hands over how *awful* the General must have been to him, how horrible >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> was what had drawn Ranjit's attention during initiation into Eulmore's military, and it had made Siebert easy to shape into the exact sort of tool Ranjit needed. Useful, but despicable. Siebert didn't disgust him because of what Ranjit had made him into, but rather that he was the sort of >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> carry a name, to Ranjit. He was merely a tool, one just barely important enough to have a nicer bunk than a foot soldier. ...the General never hated him, in spite of the punishments he'd inflict. No. Hatred was something between people, or equals. Siebert simply disgusted him. His cowardice >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

>> punishing signs of weakness. Of course, in Eulmore he was rarely going to bed in agony unless he had well and truly screwed up. It would require Ranjit being angry enough at him, specifically, to pay enough attention to Siebert to bar him from any infirmary. And that was rare. Siebert didn't >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He stares at the ceiling of his room. The agony throbbing from his hip makes sleep impossible, anyway. There's no pain killers here, and he was sweating so much he slowly peeled out of his upper clothes altogether. It's taking a monumental amount of effort to keep silent, used to the General >>

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Y..yes, mistress. [he gets back to his feet, panting a bit as another wave of sheering agony stabs through his hip, but he obediently limps back to bed]

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

[a steep shudder, barely suppressing a fearful whimper] I...I would rather not...

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm... Grateful you find me worth the patience.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

[he raises his chin to look up at her] [his eyes are defeated] I...I know. It's my fault.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

[he doesn't flinch away, staying still, shoulders low and chin to his breast] [he stares at the floor, throat thick] Yes. I'm...I ruin everything, when I'm...when I'm in charge of myself. When I make decisions.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

[he feels a coldness settling over his soul, as though ice cold water was poured over him in slow motion] [...he kneels, whimpering sharply at the pain it causes to do so, and braces his hands on the floor] Forgive me...it won't happen again. None of it.

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The Eulmoran Adjutant @euladjutant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There- Yes. I did. [He flinches from his own words, at his own confession, but he doesn't know of any path forward more sensible than honesty]

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