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Darkness.
No.. not darkness.. empty blackness.. there's nothing there.. nothing here.
Where am I?
Who am I?
I see nothing.. hear nothing.. wait.. what is that?
A head? No.. a beard? With eyes? And a nose? And ears?
Why is a beard talking to me? What is it saying? I can't understand it...
Who am I?
What am I doing here? Where is here?
I can't hear anything.
The beard is still talking.. saying something.. its looking down now. At what? A table? No.. not just a table..
Razirtir Nudensuvas.. is that my name? Or the table's? I don't know.. who am I? What am I? I can't see my feet.. all I can see is a beard. My beard? I have a beard? Its not the same beard that was talking to me. Its still over there.. talking to me.. over where? Where is there?
Razirtir Nudensuvas. I keep hearing that name.. I know what it means.. but not why. Teethdangled the Regal Luster. Is that my name? Or is that the table's? Silly name, either way.. the table.. did I make that? No.. I don't know how to make something like that.. or do I? Since when? Who am I? I couldn't have made it.. the beard is still looking at it. It looks impressed.. it keeps looking at it.. talking.. what is it saying? Is it talking about the table? Or the person who made it? Was that me? Who am I again?
I can see something.. the beard.. it has arms.. and legs.. its hands are pointing at the table. Why is it picking it up? Where is it taking it? Where is it taking my table? My table? Is that mine.. did I make that?
I can see my surroundings now.. I have arms and legs too.. and a beard. My beard? Its smaller than the other beard.. but I am not a beard. Am I? No.. I am a dwarf. I am? What is my name? Razirtir Nudensuvas? I don't know.. but I'll use that name for now. I can't remember it.
The table? Where did it take it?
Cathedral? Its taking it to the cathedral? We have a cathedral? There are more of us? More beards, or more dwarves? Us? I'm part of a group? Yes.. Echopaged.. the name of the fortress, or the group? The fortress.. Echopaged the Fortress.. The Tin Mechanisms.. that's the group.. why would you make mechanisms out of tin? I don't know.. I don't know these kinds of things.
My table! They're taking it to the cathedral? Putting it at the head of a group of tables? Gold tables? It's made of platinum.. far more beautiful than the others. It's spikes of platinum and obsidian are nice too. Did I make that? Can I keep it?
There are beards... dwarves.. beards.. dwarves with beards? Yes.. dwarves with beards.. wait, there are dwarves without beards? They're running around the fortress, the beards. Many of them are yelling, screaming, and fighting. Why are they mad? Why is that one beard punching them? It is wearing armor on it's limbs.. not it's beard though. Its punching them.. no one is punching it back. It is punishing them? Looks like it. Tersr III. Is that the beard's name? Yes.. I think it is.. how do I know this? I shouldn't get in it's way. It just punched a beard's face in.. its not moving anymore. I'll avoid that beard.
Beard? The beard who took my table? Its back? Its talking again.. mayor? Its talking about a mayor? Am I the mayor? The beard.. it has boobs.. its a she? She's a bishop? Of where? The cathedral? Duh.. what else would she be a bishop of? Zanziik? Thats not a woman's name.. but.. it might be a beard's name..
I don't know. But it looks like I'm mayor.
Mayor? What happened to the last mayor?
Insane? Naked? He's running around naked and insane? Why? Where are his clothes? Why is he insane?
I don't know. But at least the beard's covering most of it up.
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