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The scolded guy has to think and breathe. In his story he wandered in a desert found maybe a gas station and ate strange fruit. He didn't see any dragons until he did, some boneheads. He found the goopy dragon and trouble here. Then we flash back to a ruined city with no road out and a lot of blood. Then THE worst dragon with 2 jaws greets him his way. Despite an explanation everything screams 'don't trust me'. The scolded guy pulls a knife THE worst dragon mocks and gets broken. THE worst dragon proceeds to toy with the scolded guy and make things as awkward as he does. He grabs the scolded guy and an orange dragon. Now the scolded guy says THE worst dragon made him witness horrible things. THE worst dragon is the worst dragon. The goopy dragon says dying would be a mercy which she won't. After discussing cultural differences the brother changes the subject to the meeting of the goopy dragon. It was just in jail, though she claims a love interest. The brother and punchy girl arrived later and the goopy dragon at least broke up their fighting. They argue again. THE worst dragon questions the goopy dragon's protection. He chats about his plans for tomorrow that everyone disagrees with and our heroine being first then he'll feed their corpses to his underlings. Then he brings up the possibility of lying and by tying it to hating the punchy girl the scolded guy and brother believe that our heroine was lying. After the hugging dragon calls him on it THE worst dragon rambles more about lies then says the lost girl's alive, but may have been eaten, but not with a face like her brother. Our heroine and the punchy girl call him a liar. THE worst dragon welcomes a fight from the enraged brother and calls him weak. The dragons and the brother yell at back. However, the brother still believes our duo is lying. Then the goopy dragon starts a measurement argument. THE worst dragon is insulted and leaves. The brother still believes his sister's dead. Our heroine explains for him and the punchy girl, but he doesn't buy it because he hates the punchy girl who sits alone. The scolded guy believes her. Our heroine is concerned about the brother's lack of trust. THE worst dragon's words can apparently get into minds. As the imprisoned dragons agree about most things at least. Then the scolded guy asks about the lost girl while the brother's emotions boil.
This is a discussion chapter to catch up with Richard's tale of what happened. It was pretty uneventful until Tenebrae caught him. After that Tenebrae joins the conversation and gets Taichi to think Alice and Astral are lying on the possibility that they might be. Then they argue for a bit until Tenebrae goes away, but Taichi still thinks Alice and Astral are lying due to his distrust of Isabelle, but he's the only one.
I had a lot of trouble following Tenebrae's two big dialogues about lying. The most I get is that he's saying that Alice and Astral might be lying, but the rest comes off to me like rambling about lying logic and I'm not sure what the reasoning of the statements themselves are. It's weird since Taichi believes him over Alice, but even Tenebrae flat out says his sister is alive in the second lying dialogue, but then that she might be dead. While it comes off as rambling to me with the context around it, I get that it's meant to be words that Taichi would find believable.
It's crazy that Richard didn't run into any dragons at first. Though that would explain why he's alive.
I'm pretty sure they would be wiser for our captors to discuss possible escape plans over repeating the possibility of being lied to.
Favorite Part: Kekika getting Tenebrae to go away.
6Viewer27ManThe scolded guy has to think and breathe. In his story he wandered in a desert found maybe a gas station and ate strange fruit. He didn't see any dragons until he did, some boneheads. He found the goopy dragon and trouble here. Then we flash back to a ruined city with no road out and a lot of blood. Then THE worst dragon with 2 jaws greets him his way. Despite an explanation everything screams 'don't trust me'. The scolded guy pulls a knife THE worst dragon mocks and gets broken. THE worst dragon proceeds to toy with the scolded guy and make things as awkward as he does. He grabs the scolded guy and an orange dragon. Now the scolded guy says THE worst dragon made him witness horrible things. THE worst dragon is the worst dragon. The goopy dragon says dying would be a mercy which she won't. After discussing cultural differences the brother changes the subject to the meeting of the goopy dragon. It was just in jail, though she claims a love interest. The brother and punchy girl arrived later and the goopy dragon at least broke up their fighting. They argue again. THE worst dragon questions the goopy dragon's protection. He chats about his plans for tomorrow that everyone disagrees with and our heroine being first then he'll feed their corpses to his underlings. Then he brings up the possibility of lying and by tying it to hating the punchy girl the scolded guy and brother believe that our heroine was lying. After the hugging dragon calls him on it THE worst dragon rambles more about lies then says the lost girl's alive, but may have been eaten, but not with a face like her brother. Our heroine and the punchy girl call him a liar. THE worst dragon welcomes a fight from the enraged brother and calls him weak. The dragons and the brother yell at back. However, the brother still believes our duo is lying. Then the goopy dragon starts a measurement argument. THE worst dragon is insulted and leaves. The brother still believes his sister's dead. Our heroine explains for him and the punchy girl, but he doesn't buy it because he hates the punchy girl who sits alone. The scolded guy believes her. Our heroine is concerned about the brother's lack of trust. THE worst dragon's words can apparently get into minds. As the imprisoned dragons agree about most things at least. Then the scolded guy asks about the lost girl while the brother's emotions boil.
This is a discussion chapter to catch up with Richard's tale of what happened. It was pretty uneventful until Tenebrae caught him. After that Tenebrae joins the conversation and gets Taichi to think Alice and Astral are lying on the possibility that they might be. Then they argue for a bit until Tenebrae goes away, but Taichi still thinks Alice and Astral are lying due to his distrust of Isabelle, but he's the only one.
I had a lot of trouble following Tenebrae's two big dialogues about lying. The most I get is that he's saying that Alice and Astral might be lying, but the rest comes off to me like rambling about lying logic and I'm not sure what the reasoning of the statements themselves are. It's weird since Taichi believes him over Alice, but even Tenebrae flat out says his sister is alive in the second lying dialogue, but then that she might be dead. While it comes off as rambling to me with the context around it, I get that it's meant to be words that Taichi would find believable.
It's crazy that Richard didn't run into any dragons at first. Though that would explain why he's alive.
I'm pretty sure they would be wiser for our captors to discuss possible escape plans over repeating the possibility of being lied to.
Favorite Part: Kekika getting Tenebrae to go away.
12/31/2024 c30 Viewer27Man
The scolded guy has a 1-way smile for our heroine. She clarifies they were not captured; they came here on their own. There's nervousness going around, and there's a female dragon with goopy wings in there with them. After discussing an uncomfortable societal difference for the hugging dragon too. The goopy dragon insists on calling the scolded guy her love to everyone's discomfort, but she is harmless, and she's at her limit of eating people. She's not lying; she's too stupid as her every word continues to make things awkward. Our heroine is decided to tell her story first, though a heart-filled part is hard to believe. Three imprisoned with our duo want to talk more about the lost girl, but it'll have to wait. The goopy dragon knows the strange dragon and how he came to be and some dragon may be worried about being usurped. The brother is concerned since he doesn't trust dragons, but they get through the story, finishing that they came here so THE worst dragon wouldn't attack the forest. On being asked why she wasn't eaten she has to take off and explain her disguise robe to clear up the confusion, but avoids the story of acquiring it. She then asks the scolded guy for his story that he's about to tell.
This chapter is a logical follow up to being imprisoned getting characters (who have appeared before, but are practically reintroduced here) up to speed with her side of the story. Most of the chapter isn't new info, but it looks like we'll get new info from Richard next chapter.
This chapter also introduces a new character (Kekika). She has a lot to say on a certain subject matter, that gets awkward. It is discussed in the chapters right before this to show how bad Tenebrae is. I get the dragon culture is different, and the story is rated M, but I'm not sure if having it be stated outright so much is going too far; I'm just not sure.
Goopy wings... That detail sounds interesting. What exactly does that mean?
We do get more info about Aki. Though, I'm not sure who exactly is worried about being usurped by him from how it's described.
Favorite Part: Them not quite believing that Alice wound up in a heart. That would sound far-fetched even in a fantasy.
The scolded guy has a 1-way smile for our heroine. She clarifies they were not captured; they came here on their own. There's nervousness going around, and there's a female dragon with goopy wings in there with them. After discussing an uncomfortable societal difference for the hugging dragon too. The goopy dragon insists on calling the scolded guy her love to everyone's discomfort, but she is harmless, and she's at her limit of eating people. She's not lying; she's too stupid as her every word continues to make things awkward. Our heroine is decided to tell her story first, though a heart-filled part is hard to believe. Three imprisoned with our duo want to talk more about the lost girl, but it'll have to wait. The goopy dragon knows the strange dragon and how he came to be and some dragon may be worried about being usurped. The brother is concerned since he doesn't trust dragons, but they get through the story, finishing that they came here so THE worst dragon wouldn't attack the forest. On being asked why she wasn't eaten she has to take off and explain her disguise robe to clear up the confusion, but avoids the story of acquiring it. She then asks the scolded guy for his story that he's about to tell.
This chapter is a logical follow up to being imprisoned getting characters (who have appeared before, but are practically reintroduced here) up to speed with her side of the story. Most of the chapter isn't new info, but it looks like we'll get new info from Richard next chapter.
This chapter also introduces a new character (Kekika). She has a lot to say on a certain subject matter, that gets awkward. It is discussed in the chapters right before this to show how bad Tenebrae is. I get the dragon culture is different, and the story is rated M, but I'm not sure if having it be stated outright so much is going too far; I'm just not sure.
Goopy wings... That detail sounds interesting. What exactly does that mean?
We do get more info about Aki. Though, I'm not sure who exactly is worried about being usurped by him from how it's described.
Favorite Part: Them not quite believing that Alice wound up in a heart. That would sound far-fetched even in a fantasy.
12/2/2024 c29 Viewer27Man
They've arrived. It's a big mess of city with 1 standing sky scraper where the underworld dragons live. They're early, a day in fact, but the hugging dragon can still smell THE worst dragon. They want a safe place, but their greeters offer a stay for the night from their master. The hugging dragon wants to kill them, but thinks that's a bad idea. Our heroine accepts the offer. However, they have to follow up on the smell question and the unpleasant answer is apparently the right answer. His prize is following them underground. Before there are dragons our heroine notices the dad watching. Then she sees the dragons, and doesn't like it. The hugging dragon says the price of trying anything: what his blades will do. The place is tunnel is big so the owner must be big. Past the stalagmite houses of the dragon city they find THE worst dragon; obviously him because he's big. He looks pure evil while he's meditating. He's not moving to evoke his avatar or smaller self. He then gives a compliment followed by a boast. In the small talk the hugging dragon does not want to talk about his dad. THE worst dragon sends off his servants then offers to do his worst with the hugging dragon and our heroine, but he hasn't explained the party yet, not that they were asking. He mentions 3 familiar names, 1 they haven't seen here yet, but says he hasn't his worst with them yet. THE worst dragon does a mutually uncomfortable tongue thing with the hugging dragon, to keep our heroine out of anything, and the bold text threatens THE worst dragon, breaking it up. THE worst dragon then says he can't do anything to them because of the dad, though the hugging dragon thinks it's not out of care. After some insulting he has them shown to their room, obviously a prison, probably made of his power. There are other dragons locked there, not friends of the hugging dragon, because of his dad. Our heroine has to stay with the other humans, finding the 3 who were mentioned, and talks to the 1 she hadn't seen yet.
Alice and Astral arrive, enter Tenebrae's city/domain, and on first meeting he basically confirms all that's said been said about him. Lunar seems to be watching and Tenebrae seems to have to listen to his mind-delivered threats, based on what they are, the first guess is fear.
The motives of Lunar are not fully clarified yet. Thing he's said/implied or the normal reason in this scenario conflict with Astral's claims.
Tenebrae never got to purpose of the party. Though brought up the humans he caught after bringing that up so maybe it has something to do with them.
In the end the pair gets locked up.
Alice meets the two who decided to go separate ways from her (past the city at least), and the man from the search party she hadn't run into yet.
Just realized, Lunar might be doing the avatar thing that was mentioned in his non-mental appearances given where he is.
Favorite Parts: The scenery descriptions. It's a cave-like city in a tunnel where the buildings are made of stalagmites. Its dark features are very 'in-character' with the impression of those that live here.
They've arrived. It's a big mess of city with 1 standing sky scraper where the underworld dragons live. They're early, a day in fact, but the hugging dragon can still smell THE worst dragon. They want a safe place, but their greeters offer a stay for the night from their master. The hugging dragon wants to kill them, but thinks that's a bad idea. Our heroine accepts the offer. However, they have to follow up on the smell question and the unpleasant answer is apparently the right answer. His prize is following them underground. Before there are dragons our heroine notices the dad watching. Then she sees the dragons, and doesn't like it. The hugging dragon says the price of trying anything: what his blades will do. The place is tunnel is big so the owner must be big. Past the stalagmite houses of the dragon city they find THE worst dragon; obviously him because he's big. He looks pure evil while he's meditating. He's not moving to evoke his avatar or smaller self. He then gives a compliment followed by a boast. In the small talk the hugging dragon does not want to talk about his dad. THE worst dragon sends off his servants then offers to do his worst with the hugging dragon and our heroine, but he hasn't explained the party yet, not that they were asking. He mentions 3 familiar names, 1 they haven't seen here yet, but says he hasn't his worst with them yet. THE worst dragon does a mutually uncomfortable tongue thing with the hugging dragon, to keep our heroine out of anything, and the bold text threatens THE worst dragon, breaking it up. THE worst dragon then says he can't do anything to them because of the dad, though the hugging dragon thinks it's not out of care. After some insulting he has them shown to their room, obviously a prison, probably made of his power. There are other dragons locked there, not friends of the hugging dragon, because of his dad. Our heroine has to stay with the other humans, finding the 3 who were mentioned, and talks to the 1 she hadn't seen yet.
Alice and Astral arrive, enter Tenebrae's city/domain, and on first meeting he basically confirms all that's said been said about him. Lunar seems to be watching and Tenebrae seems to have to listen to his mind-delivered threats, based on what they are, the first guess is fear.
The motives of Lunar are not fully clarified yet. Thing he's said/implied or the normal reason in this scenario conflict with Astral's claims.
Tenebrae never got to purpose of the party. Though brought up the humans he caught after bringing that up so maybe it has something to do with them.
In the end the pair gets locked up.
Alice meets the two who decided to go separate ways from her (past the city at least), and the man from the search party she hadn't run into yet.
Just realized, Lunar might be doing the avatar thing that was mentioned in his non-mental appearances given where he is.
Favorite Parts: The scenery descriptions. It's a cave-like city in a tunnel where the buildings are made of stalagmites. Its dark features are very 'in-character' with the impression of those that live here.
11/25/2024 c28 Viewer27Man
Day 2 of stealth desert travel is trouble-free yet less comfortable. Going back is always an option except it wouldn't be safer. The city they find is destroyed like all the others thoughts of potential history come up but are impossible to know. In the city our heroine puts on her stealth hood. There are a few dragon skeletons around with broken bones because the war was bad here. After not finishing thinking of if she was a dragon they comment on the too quiet city, probably the underworld dragons' doing. They then find a man, a sound happens, and he does something. They want to make sure he's safe, but the hugging dragon doesn't like it and urges carefulness. On identifying the man as the searching buddy he tells them to go on. Given the revelations the hugging dragon wants talk to him, but he just wants them to go because he thinks he's disgusting. They ask what's wrong then insist something's wrong after his refusal to explain. He shows his new dragonic features, but at least he's stronger. He admits to a dragon diet, being tired of the fruit, and that he craves the one he's hiding the mealy details of from our heroine for the sake of her lunch. The pair doesn't know the truth, but they know the reverse of the claim. He says the dragons fear him now as he shivers and gives a twitchy smile that doesn't seem like him. He again requests they go and not find him again, and the hugging dragon complies to not be seen as food. They reiterate the reverse feeding effect to note that it might be similar. Our heroine asks for a way to help him. The hugging dragon doubts it and doesn't know. The chapter won't get out of their heads, and things may get worse.
That chapter added intrigue with Augustine's 3rd appearance and he's changed to be dragon-like from dragon consumption. Though the doubt of Alice and Astral and the twitchy smile make another theory come to mind about his claims about things not being quite what they seem, but it's probably as he says given how they leave the chapter.
This development makes the consequences of consumption of a dragon seem a bit more concerning. Alice has had only a little blood which doesn't cause any effect this big, but there's an implication that's still 'in this direction' at the very least that might not be bad, but may cause concern.
Also the consumption-based relation between humans and dragons seems ever stranger with each revelation.
Questions of why Augustine thought eating a dragon corpse would be a good idea in the first place come to mind. It was odd how he said he ate a dragon corpse since it was the first thing he found, but then admits to being tired of the dragon fruits being the reason. Then again there is a power of suggestion in play here, but we'll have to wait on that full story to know for sure.
His cravings and transformation are probably going to cause a problem later, but maybe that's something to deal with after seeing what Tenebrae's invitation was all about.
The paragraph that starts with: "Astral felt uneasy for some reason" seems repeated, though the second one has more sentence than the first.
Favorite Part: The bizarre revelation Augustin has demonstrated to add on to what they already know that's been bizarre already.
Day 2 of stealth desert travel is trouble-free yet less comfortable. Going back is always an option except it wouldn't be safer. The city they find is destroyed like all the others thoughts of potential history come up but are impossible to know. In the city our heroine puts on her stealth hood. There are a few dragon skeletons around with broken bones because the war was bad here. After not finishing thinking of if she was a dragon they comment on the too quiet city, probably the underworld dragons' doing. They then find a man, a sound happens, and he does something. They want to make sure he's safe, but the hugging dragon doesn't like it and urges carefulness. On identifying the man as the searching buddy he tells them to go on. Given the revelations the hugging dragon wants talk to him, but he just wants them to go because he thinks he's disgusting. They ask what's wrong then insist something's wrong after his refusal to explain. He shows his new dragonic features, but at least he's stronger. He admits to a dragon diet, being tired of the fruit, and that he craves the one he's hiding the mealy details of from our heroine for the sake of her lunch. The pair doesn't know the truth, but they know the reverse of the claim. He says the dragons fear him now as he shivers and gives a twitchy smile that doesn't seem like him. He again requests they go and not find him again, and the hugging dragon complies to not be seen as food. They reiterate the reverse feeding effect to note that it might be similar. Our heroine asks for a way to help him. The hugging dragon doubts it and doesn't know. The chapter won't get out of their heads, and things may get worse.
That chapter added intrigue with Augustine's 3rd appearance and he's changed to be dragon-like from dragon consumption. Though the doubt of Alice and Astral and the twitchy smile make another theory come to mind about his claims about things not being quite what they seem, but it's probably as he says given how they leave the chapter.
This development makes the consequences of consumption of a dragon seem a bit more concerning. Alice has had only a little blood which doesn't cause any effect this big, but there's an implication that's still 'in this direction' at the very least that might not be bad, but may cause concern.
Also the consumption-based relation between humans and dragons seems ever stranger with each revelation.
Questions of why Augustine thought eating a dragon corpse would be a good idea in the first place come to mind. It was odd how he said he ate a dragon corpse since it was the first thing he found, but then admits to being tired of the dragon fruits being the reason. Then again there is a power of suggestion in play here, but we'll have to wait on that full story to know for sure.
His cravings and transformation are probably going to cause a problem later, but maybe that's something to deal with after seeing what Tenebrae's invitation was all about.
The paragraph that starts with: "Astral felt uneasy for some reason" seems repeated, though the second one has more sentence than the first.
Favorite Part: The bizarre revelation Augustin has demonstrated to add on to what they already know that's been bizarre already.
11/3/2024 c27 Viewer27Man
Everyone else still thinks the party's a bad idea, and our heroine's disguise won't even work on the worst problem. THE land dragon is very, very up front about that. Bad stuff would come anyway, so minds are not changed. Even the bold text is watching out for her. Things are about to get worse. The teacher suggests to restrain them. The lost girl agrees, but THE land dragon doesn't. The others still to stop it. Our heroine wakes up to call their own plan stupid, but the best one they've got. It's not clear why THE worst wants them, maybe a little why for the hugging dragon, but no more than that. Our heroine is tired of hearing the negatives of her plan and doesn't want to lose the lost girl again, to which she's about to argue. An interruption and farewells later they're off. The worry is still there and THE land dragon hopes the cosmic dragon will do something. 1 hour later they're second they're worried, but a saving grace is apparently THE worst dragon is stupid. He's probably not watching them, but anticipating. The hugging dragon offers to carry her, but she says he's not her horse, but he doesn't know what that is. Out of the forest the trees look quite dead. They land because his back is bothering him, but not because she's heavy. The hugging dragon says they'll be back, and our heroine contemplates going home for those that want to. It's a walking day.
Our main pair gets several warnings about going, but no better plans so they go like they planned.
Scared Terra was...very up front about his warning and even goes into why Tenebrae is like that. It's been clear for 2 or 3 chapters he's really bad and the culture's different, and this is a warning, but as worded it is an unusually upfront way to say that.
Astral says they're not being monitored by Tenebrae, and he's apparently dumb. This might make giving Astral and Alice back up make sense (to help escape not infiltrate), but no one thought of it. (Obviously not Sacred Terra as he'd probably stand out too much, more some dragon who could hide a distance he wouldn't notice and help the pair bail) Of course the way the story's going that probably wouldn't work either. (Though I wouldn't be surprised if the other humans tried to follow at a safe distance somehow to see if they could help somehow.)
The talk hoping the Cosmic Dragon will do something seemed interesting. If they're talking about it he probably will, but I doubt it would be by a direct means.
Favorite Part: Alice thinking ahead out loud about getting home notably for those that want to return home. Going home seemed obvious before, now maybe not for everyone.
Everyone else still thinks the party's a bad idea, and our heroine's disguise won't even work on the worst problem. THE land dragon is very, very up front about that. Bad stuff would come anyway, so minds are not changed. Even the bold text is watching out for her. Things are about to get worse. The teacher suggests to restrain them. The lost girl agrees, but THE land dragon doesn't. The others still to stop it. Our heroine wakes up to call their own plan stupid, but the best one they've got. It's not clear why THE worst wants them, maybe a little why for the hugging dragon, but no more than that. Our heroine is tired of hearing the negatives of her plan and doesn't want to lose the lost girl again, to which she's about to argue. An interruption and farewells later they're off. The worry is still there and THE land dragon hopes the cosmic dragon will do something. 1 hour later they're second they're worried, but a saving grace is apparently THE worst dragon is stupid. He's probably not watching them, but anticipating. The hugging dragon offers to carry her, but she says he's not her horse, but he doesn't know what that is. Out of the forest the trees look quite dead. They land because his back is bothering him, but not because she's heavy. The hugging dragon says they'll be back, and our heroine contemplates going home for those that want to. It's a walking day.
Our main pair gets several warnings about going, but no better plans so they go like they planned.
Scared Terra was...very up front about his warning and even goes into why Tenebrae is like that. It's been clear for 2 or 3 chapters he's really bad and the culture's different, and this is a warning, but as worded it is an unusually upfront way to say that.
Astral says they're not being monitored by Tenebrae, and he's apparently dumb. This might make giving Astral and Alice back up make sense (to help escape not infiltrate), but no one thought of it. (Obviously not Sacred Terra as he'd probably stand out too much, more some dragon who could hide a distance he wouldn't notice and help the pair bail) Of course the way the story's going that probably wouldn't work either. (Though I wouldn't be surprised if the other humans tried to follow at a safe distance somehow to see if they could help somehow.)
The talk hoping the Cosmic Dragon will do something seemed interesting. If they're talking about it he probably will, but I doubt it would be by a direct means.
Favorite Part: Alice thinking ahead out loud about getting home notably for those that want to return home. Going home seemed obvious before, now maybe not for everyone.
10/19/2024 c26 Viewer27Man
THE worst dragon sits while prepping invitations to his party and then proving he is indeed THE worst dragon. Meanwhile our heroine's hand is glowing. Surely she's going to summon a blade today, and she does. The hugging dragon had full faith in her...and a safe distance. After getting a tip about speed our heroine speaks to her friends while the teacher is talking to THE land dragon, and there is anxiety. With the hugging dragon's tips the journalist can now make icicles. Why does dragon blood give humans power? No idea. After talking more about what they don't know there's another attack. Their 2 dragons fly off ready for battle while a big dragon-shaped tree mobilizes as well. The underworld dragons start their attack by begging. On questioning they say they don't want to be here, and Astral has met them before on the journey. On further questioning they reveal they have a message for the hugging dragon and our heroine. On a threat they give the message they're there to give: the party invite. The hugging dragon's heard of these parties; they are the worst. THE land dragon needs a reason to not shoot the messengers. If they don't come THE worst dragon will come and destroy everything. THE worst dragon is THE worst dragon and has eyes everywhere, and THE other dragon is out of town. On the question of power, THE worst dragon has eaten more humans and if he can't break THE dragons he'll break everything around them because he's awful. They consider the risks of going and the bold text says no. Our heroine decides to go. The hugging dragon can't talk her out of it so accepts the invite as well. The party is under Denver. On loud orders the messengers leave. Despite the warnings THE worst dragon would've probably stalked them anyway. After turning down more warnings the hugging dragon gets the bold text's opinion from our heroine, which was strange. It's suggested or rather forced that they take a day to consider if it's a good idea before taking the 3-day trip. A long day is ahead.
Welp... the threat has escalated. Tenebrae is as awful as possible and not shy about it at all. Alice can make a magic blade now, and she and Astral are invited to a party, probably a bad one, and those around them don't want them to go. Lunar doesn't seem to want them to go either (and I doubt it's reverse psychology), though I'm more curious about why he cares enough to have an opinion on this.
Though...thinking it over, what's stopping Tenebrae from just attacking now if he's sure he's stronger? He probably would prefer to not kill our main duo and fighting Sacred Terra probably isn't worth it to him unless he could finish Sacred Terra, which doesn't sound surefire.
I did forget about the messengers that fear Astral. The messengers were spared for just being messengers. I wasn't sure they were going to make it.
One strange thing I realized while reading this chapter is that Minako seems far less important in the story now that she's been found.
Favorite Part: The magic training. Alice and Asuka made progress.
THE worst dragon sits while prepping invitations to his party and then proving he is indeed THE worst dragon. Meanwhile our heroine's hand is glowing. Surely she's going to summon a blade today, and she does. The hugging dragon had full faith in her...and a safe distance. After getting a tip about speed our heroine speaks to her friends while the teacher is talking to THE land dragon, and there is anxiety. With the hugging dragon's tips the journalist can now make icicles. Why does dragon blood give humans power? No idea. After talking more about what they don't know there's another attack. Their 2 dragons fly off ready for battle while a big dragon-shaped tree mobilizes as well. The underworld dragons start their attack by begging. On questioning they say they don't want to be here, and Astral has met them before on the journey. On further questioning they reveal they have a message for the hugging dragon and our heroine. On a threat they give the message they're there to give: the party invite. The hugging dragon's heard of these parties; they are the worst. THE land dragon needs a reason to not shoot the messengers. If they don't come THE worst dragon will come and destroy everything. THE worst dragon is THE worst dragon and has eyes everywhere, and THE other dragon is out of town. On the question of power, THE worst dragon has eaten more humans and if he can't break THE dragons he'll break everything around them because he's awful. They consider the risks of going and the bold text says no. Our heroine decides to go. The hugging dragon can't talk her out of it so accepts the invite as well. The party is under Denver. On loud orders the messengers leave. Despite the warnings THE worst dragon would've probably stalked them anyway. After turning down more warnings the hugging dragon gets the bold text's opinion from our heroine, which was strange. It's suggested or rather forced that they take a day to consider if it's a good idea before taking the 3-day trip. A long day is ahead.
Welp... the threat has escalated. Tenebrae is as awful as possible and not shy about it at all. Alice can make a magic blade now, and she and Astral are invited to a party, probably a bad one, and those around them don't want them to go. Lunar doesn't seem to want them to go either (and I doubt it's reverse psychology), though I'm more curious about why he cares enough to have an opinion on this.
Though...thinking it over, what's stopping Tenebrae from just attacking now if he's sure he's stronger? He probably would prefer to not kill our main duo and fighting Sacred Terra probably isn't worth it to him unless he could finish Sacred Terra, which doesn't sound surefire.
I did forget about the messengers that fear Astral. The messengers were spared for just being messengers. I wasn't sure they were going to make it.
One strange thing I realized while reading this chapter is that Minako seems far less important in the story now that she's been found.
Favorite Part: The magic training. Alice and Asuka made progress.
10/14/2024 c3 3JaDeCe
Hey there. I'm liking this. I'm really liking it. The way it started with these ex-classmates looking for answers about their friend who perished to them being hunted in another world by dragons. And the dragons have dragon laws and rules.
Astral character is oddly adorable, and kind of *hot.
I love the set up, with all of the random friends, family, and enemies showed up to their old school. I mean if Minako just wanted some company in that hell world, she should just say that. Lol. I'm guessing she's alive.
So since they have a New York and' em, I wonder is it like an alternate dimension. And the creepy moon eye, shiver.
Dang, welcome to hell Alice in terrorland.
3JaDeCeHey there. I'm liking this. I'm really liking it. The way it started with these ex-classmates looking for answers about their friend who perished to them being hunted in another world by dragons. And the dragons have dragon laws and rules.
Astral character is oddly adorable, and kind of *hot.
I love the set up, with all of the random friends, family, and enemies showed up to their old school. I mean if Minako just wanted some company in that hell world, she should just say that. Lol. I'm guessing she's alive.
So since they have a New York and' em, I wonder is it like an alternate dimension. And the creepy moon eye, shiver.
Dang, welcome to hell Alice in terrorland.
10/3/2024 c25 6Viewer27Man
It's night. Pain's gone. In bed the hugging dragon hugs our heroine upset about the pain. In the morning the hugging dragon feels bad for the strange dragon. The hugging dragon thinks of lesson plans while being quite anxious and ultimately falls asleep from being so tired. After his nap he sees her wake up. He is quite concerned about her being strong concerning any contact. The conversation shifts to chest lessons, and then finding her heart beat is slower, and then squeezing his hand too hard during a mutual apology. After banter about possible training results he's hungry. After a big meal they go to a field that looks to be made for training. It's basic lesson time. Power comes from the belly. After stomaching some banter they are to close their eyes, maybe see stars, and focus on their belly. No luck. Leaving an out, he pokes our heroine's belly in the right spot to focus on as she breaths in and out. Eventually she can see a star, can't hear anything, and can feel the power. She feels like she's elsewhere when she hears the hugging dragon again. Progress! The claw poke moves up and the star becomes shooting and beats to the rhythm. It's like holding a shooting star. She opens her eyes, and the darkness is gone except that it's night time now due to losing track of time. She seems rested; he talks food. He changes the subject to her unused pistol that probably won't work well, but safety first. They're friends, the hugging dragon will protect her, and they want to lie down for the night.
We get the basic training for magic in this chapter with the usual flavor of banter started by Astral's curiosity of humanity.
It seems like Alice made pretty quick progress if she's seeing magical images, even if she did lose track of time. It looked like the other women, from their dialogue, attended the lesson with for the basic belly lesson part at least, which seems universal to the magic system, so I wonder if one of them learned anything useful out of this.
And that's a day or 2.
Favorite Part: That magic starts with the belly.
6Viewer27ManIt's night. Pain's gone. In bed the hugging dragon hugs our heroine upset about the pain. In the morning the hugging dragon feels bad for the strange dragon. The hugging dragon thinks of lesson plans while being quite anxious and ultimately falls asleep from being so tired. After his nap he sees her wake up. He is quite concerned about her being strong concerning any contact. The conversation shifts to chest lessons, and then finding her heart beat is slower, and then squeezing his hand too hard during a mutual apology. After banter about possible training results he's hungry. After a big meal they go to a field that looks to be made for training. It's basic lesson time. Power comes from the belly. After stomaching some banter they are to close their eyes, maybe see stars, and focus on their belly. No luck. Leaving an out, he pokes our heroine's belly in the right spot to focus on as she breaths in and out. Eventually she can see a star, can't hear anything, and can feel the power. She feels like she's elsewhere when she hears the hugging dragon again. Progress! The claw poke moves up and the star becomes shooting and beats to the rhythm. It's like holding a shooting star. She opens her eyes, and the darkness is gone except that it's night time now due to losing track of time. She seems rested; he talks food. He changes the subject to her unused pistol that probably won't work well, but safety first. They're friends, the hugging dragon will protect her, and they want to lie down for the night.
We get the basic training for magic in this chapter with the usual flavor of banter started by Astral's curiosity of humanity.
It seems like Alice made pretty quick progress if she's seeing magical images, even if she did lose track of time. It looked like the other women, from their dialogue, attended the lesson with for the basic belly lesson part at least, which seems universal to the magic system, so I wonder if one of them learned anything useful out of this.
And that's a day or 2.
Favorite Part: That magic starts with the belly.
9/21/2024 c24 Viewer27Man
On waking up our groggy heroine mistakes the hugging dragon for his dad ticking him off only a little, but she's happy to be corrected. She wants to explain her extra visions from the hopeless dad to just the hugging dragon. The others discussed the visions of being in a cosmic stomach the whole time and question the physics and logistics. The hugging dragon explains weird physics and logistics would be normal for the cosmic dragon, and the cult that makes the world prison-like could account for some of it, wondering if they should go back or not. They consider this in the safe forest and wonder what they should do next. With no reward for the game the only reason to return home would be family and friends. The journalist wants to kick a rock, but can't find one. The strange dragon translated by the lost girl thinks the revealed twist came too early. After complimenting his intellect the hugging dragon and him have a private chat in their language, and on asked saying they discussed how they could just stay here. The don't know what to do next except rest and go to do so processing the info. They spend all of the next day discussing the info more still unable to make a decision, boring the strange dragon. The next day stuff happens. They hear a dragon's war cry, likely bad underworld dragons to capture a human or dragon. The hugging dragon goes to see if help is needed, but THE land dragon is able to scare them off with a promise of elimination, and pain. The underworld dragons that got close fly away. They're both surprised they got so close. THE land dragon's plant and ground senses won't work through the air. He talks about forest security and brings up how the humans are defenseless except the lost girl though she hasn't shown this application of skill. The reporter asks to learn about her powers, but they need to know the kind of dragon blood she drank, and a stay in his heart is all it'll take to know, though it is still weird. Our heroine thinks about it as the strange dragon explains the lost girl drank his blood. Powers could help them fight the cult when the get home and the dragons here, and things have been quite rough so far, so while it might make her weird she decides to do it. The reactions are mixed, and the reporter's in the heart by now. The hugging dragon lets her know she could do more damage with frantic reactions she's used to doing. The hugging dragon offers his blood with unique power to protect her always. According to the lost girl it's not going to feel good. The go through with it. Not much is needed. Soon enough after a little nothing there are a lot of symptoms. Everything feels extra weird to her ending in nothing.
The chapter begins with 2 days of mental recovery from the 2 chapters of revelations. They're not sure what to do throughout this period of time. Even the goal of going home isn't as appealing right now as it was (and just as impossible as before). After an attack nearly happens they discuss ways to defend themselves, notably drinking dragon blood for power, and Alice decides to do so from the narrative clear choice: Astral. And after warnings of how much the process sucks... the process sucks...
Sacred Terra is making it feel quite safe here for our heroes right now. Though there's an inkling something bad could happen.
Alice getting powers derived from Astral and thus his dad sounds like it has a high chance to be a serious high-potential wild card, but we'll see.
The pointing out that the twist came early has a narrative implication that there's another twist, probably one that would make things even crazier.
Favorite Part: The wording of Sacred Terra adding that the elimination would be painful to his threat...er promise.
On waking up our groggy heroine mistakes the hugging dragon for his dad ticking him off only a little, but she's happy to be corrected. She wants to explain her extra visions from the hopeless dad to just the hugging dragon. The others discussed the visions of being in a cosmic stomach the whole time and question the physics and logistics. The hugging dragon explains weird physics and logistics would be normal for the cosmic dragon, and the cult that makes the world prison-like could account for some of it, wondering if they should go back or not. They consider this in the safe forest and wonder what they should do next. With no reward for the game the only reason to return home would be family and friends. The journalist wants to kick a rock, but can't find one. The strange dragon translated by the lost girl thinks the revealed twist came too early. After complimenting his intellect the hugging dragon and him have a private chat in their language, and on asked saying they discussed how they could just stay here. The don't know what to do next except rest and go to do so processing the info. They spend all of the next day discussing the info more still unable to make a decision, boring the strange dragon. The next day stuff happens. They hear a dragon's war cry, likely bad underworld dragons to capture a human or dragon. The hugging dragon goes to see if help is needed, but THE land dragon is able to scare them off with a promise of elimination, and pain. The underworld dragons that got close fly away. They're both surprised they got so close. THE land dragon's plant and ground senses won't work through the air. He talks about forest security and brings up how the humans are defenseless except the lost girl though she hasn't shown this application of skill. The reporter asks to learn about her powers, but they need to know the kind of dragon blood she drank, and a stay in his heart is all it'll take to know, though it is still weird. Our heroine thinks about it as the strange dragon explains the lost girl drank his blood. Powers could help them fight the cult when the get home and the dragons here, and things have been quite rough so far, so while it might make her weird she decides to do it. The reactions are mixed, and the reporter's in the heart by now. The hugging dragon lets her know she could do more damage with frantic reactions she's used to doing. The hugging dragon offers his blood with unique power to protect her always. According to the lost girl it's not going to feel good. The go through with it. Not much is needed. Soon enough after a little nothing there are a lot of symptoms. Everything feels extra weird to her ending in nothing.
The chapter begins with 2 days of mental recovery from the 2 chapters of revelations. They're not sure what to do throughout this period of time. Even the goal of going home isn't as appealing right now as it was (and just as impossible as before). After an attack nearly happens they discuss ways to defend themselves, notably drinking dragon blood for power, and Alice decides to do so from the narrative clear choice: Astral. And after warnings of how much the process sucks... the process sucks...
Sacred Terra is making it feel quite safe here for our heroes right now. Though there's an inkling something bad could happen.
Alice getting powers derived from Astral and thus his dad sounds like it has a high chance to be a serious high-potential wild card, but we'll see.
The pointing out that the twist came early has a narrative implication that there's another twist, probably one that would make things even crazier.
Favorite Part: The wording of Sacred Terra adding that the elimination would be painful to his threat...er promise.
9/8/2024 c23 Viewer27Man
The identical doors looks strange when they're fused together. It might look confusing now, but not with the context, which our heroine is not allowed to know entirely. She asks which door and the cosmic dragon points to a set of more normal doors. His son's memories and sins are in the door that resembles the hugging dragon decorated with tears and red. Inside she finds a void: the cosmic dragon's earlier state of mind. It eventually lights up in there, but it is anger-inducingly quiet. THE 3 main dragons are at war, but 2 make a truce he didn't like against the worst one who wanted bad stuff, but couldn't have any. He found his son unfun and annoying now. The memory takes a break for our heroine to get mad at the cosmic dragon's attitude to his son. He seems to feel guilty, but because he sees more than the world he thinks he shouldn't feel guilty, and after more hesitation decides to show more sins. He considered killing his son, but that would make him a waste. Our heroine doesn't trust him because he likes chaos. He says THE worst dragon is worse than him. The next thoughts make no sense. On the get rid of his son plan he considers space, but ultimately goes for a different plan. The son chats asking to do something together since his dad's been busy and to himself lately. Our heroine can tell it'll be bad. The dad answers he has no lessons or anything to do with him anymore. On being questioned he insists and clarifies calling him annoying and boring. The son is sad and denies it. He coldly says he and the other dragons exist for fun, not love. The heroine understands the dislike now but it gets worse. The cosmic dragon admits regretting the silence and says he just made his son out of himself without a mother. He doesn't like the part where he says he's done with him and makes him disappear with a snap. After our heroine understands the dislike more we cut to the sad son who begs he can change. The cosmic dragon says he can't find him and that nothing can be done. The heroine says he gave up and doesn't care. The cosmic dragon snaps back in all caps, tells her to shut up, boasts of his omnipotence, and whimpers that there's only 1 instance of his son. Before this can get explained his son exclaims his hatred of him 3 days after abandonment on an island. Our heroine is angry and scared of the cosmic dragon now then hears effectively untranslated swears from the son. The cosmic dragon seems sad again and admits after time went by he regretted it. In his long existence and multiversal state he never really cared about anything before, opted to be alone, and claims he didn't give up on his son, and that he himself can't be forgiven, but our heroine doesn't even count this as an excuse. He then speaks ill of himself more while saying he couldn't find his son until the game began. With a snap reality breaks like his heart.
Interesting...We get an explanation where I feel I can get where Astral and Lunar are coming from now. Lunar's furious rant to try to put Alice in her place is the detail that made the hatred part make sense to me in combination with saying all that blatantly bad parenting stuff to Astral's face and abandoning him. Perhaps Astral understanding (only intuitively of course) a context of what Lunar was like by living with him in his youth I could see flaring into extreme rage (as opposed to a continued wallowing or trying to change him reaction). Also Lunar does seem to make a lot of excuses to be bad (just because there's a worse guy doesn't mean bad stuff isn't bad).
Lunar doesn't seem fully right in the head from his sudden big snap and even the quick calm down afterwards. From what he says he regrets what he did. It sounds like the boredom got to him eventually. He doesn't seem to understand bonds very well with all his omnipotence. It seems that Lunar's own emotions are at least 1 blind spot to his omnipotence.
It's weird that he says he 'cannot' see his son until the game starts with the omnipotence he boasted of earlier. It's strange that this game would change things, then again the exact nature of the game beyond providing a goal of 'get to the moon' is not explained yet. I'm sure it refers to the adventure, but the obstacles, how to accomplish the goal, and certain rules (like what the Cosmic Dragon will or won't do) have not been spelled out yet for being a game (there may be some implications but that's about it so far). And another mystery: Why is this game even a thing at all? Is it really just for the Cosmic Dragon's amusement at this point?
I will note all of the Cosmic Dragon's awfulness from confirmable actions is more neglectful so far than directly causing physical harm.
Favorite Part: Lunar's snapping reaction. I take his literal statements in this as mostly a big boast to retaliate for her striking a nerve, but the fact that it shows a new layer of his expression and emotion that seems kind of immature but might care about Astral (to some extent at least) that Alice witnesses herself as a reaction. This shows a side that he thinks he shouldn't have to care about much because he's beyond everything.
The identical doors looks strange when they're fused together. It might look confusing now, but not with the context, which our heroine is not allowed to know entirely. She asks which door and the cosmic dragon points to a set of more normal doors. His son's memories and sins are in the door that resembles the hugging dragon decorated with tears and red. Inside she finds a void: the cosmic dragon's earlier state of mind. It eventually lights up in there, but it is anger-inducingly quiet. THE 3 main dragons are at war, but 2 make a truce he didn't like against the worst one who wanted bad stuff, but couldn't have any. He found his son unfun and annoying now. The memory takes a break for our heroine to get mad at the cosmic dragon's attitude to his son. He seems to feel guilty, but because he sees more than the world he thinks he shouldn't feel guilty, and after more hesitation decides to show more sins. He considered killing his son, but that would make him a waste. Our heroine doesn't trust him because he likes chaos. He says THE worst dragon is worse than him. The next thoughts make no sense. On the get rid of his son plan he considers space, but ultimately goes for a different plan. The son chats asking to do something together since his dad's been busy and to himself lately. Our heroine can tell it'll be bad. The dad answers he has no lessons or anything to do with him anymore. On being questioned he insists and clarifies calling him annoying and boring. The son is sad and denies it. He coldly says he and the other dragons exist for fun, not love. The heroine understands the dislike now but it gets worse. The cosmic dragon admits regretting the silence and says he just made his son out of himself without a mother. He doesn't like the part where he says he's done with him and makes him disappear with a snap. After our heroine understands the dislike more we cut to the sad son who begs he can change. The cosmic dragon says he can't find him and that nothing can be done. The heroine says he gave up and doesn't care. The cosmic dragon snaps back in all caps, tells her to shut up, boasts of his omnipotence, and whimpers that there's only 1 instance of his son. Before this can get explained his son exclaims his hatred of him 3 days after abandonment on an island. Our heroine is angry and scared of the cosmic dragon now then hears effectively untranslated swears from the son. The cosmic dragon seems sad again and admits after time went by he regretted it. In his long existence and multiversal state he never really cared about anything before, opted to be alone, and claims he didn't give up on his son, and that he himself can't be forgiven, but our heroine doesn't even count this as an excuse. He then speaks ill of himself more while saying he couldn't find his son until the game began. With a snap reality breaks like his heart.
Interesting...We get an explanation where I feel I can get where Astral and Lunar are coming from now. Lunar's furious rant to try to put Alice in her place is the detail that made the hatred part make sense to me in combination with saying all that blatantly bad parenting stuff to Astral's face and abandoning him. Perhaps Astral understanding (only intuitively of course) a context of what Lunar was like by living with him in his youth I could see flaring into extreme rage (as opposed to a continued wallowing or trying to change him reaction). Also Lunar does seem to make a lot of excuses to be bad (just because there's a worse guy doesn't mean bad stuff isn't bad).
Lunar doesn't seem fully right in the head from his sudden big snap and even the quick calm down afterwards. From what he says he regrets what he did. It sounds like the boredom got to him eventually. He doesn't seem to understand bonds very well with all his omnipotence. It seems that Lunar's own emotions are at least 1 blind spot to his omnipotence.
It's weird that he says he 'cannot' see his son until the game starts with the omnipotence he boasted of earlier. It's strange that this game would change things, then again the exact nature of the game beyond providing a goal of 'get to the moon' is not explained yet. I'm sure it refers to the adventure, but the obstacles, how to accomplish the goal, and certain rules (like what the Cosmic Dragon will or won't do) have not been spelled out yet for being a game (there may be some implications but that's about it so far). And another mystery: Why is this game even a thing at all? Is it really just for the Cosmic Dragon's amusement at this point?
I will note all of the Cosmic Dragon's awfulness from confirmable actions is more neglectful so far than directly causing physical harm.
Favorite Part: Lunar's snapping reaction. I take his literal statements in this as mostly a big boast to retaliate for her striking a nerve, but the fact that it shows a new layer of his expression and emotion that seems kind of immature but might care about Astral (to some extent at least) that Alice witnesses herself as a reaction. This shows a side that he thinks he shouldn't have to care about much because he's beyond everything.
8/21/2024 c22 Viewer27Man
They see a blue planet they shouldn't see, possibly a change of plans. Our heroine holds the hugging dragon's hand and no one knows what's going on. They recap the last 2 chapters of revelations a bit and the planet gets a bit brighter. The cosmic dragon has something to how but sounds tired. His son changed things by showing up and now feels his gaze. The world shows the past. The 2 worlds split apart in the past as shown by fusing them together now. They would merge back eventually, but the cosmic dragon joined them faster. Then he shows dragons eating humans and it's gross. He's showing this because he wanted to spread out their torture, but his son showed up. Before the humans were wiped out the cosmic dragon stepped in to keep the fun going. They then see he's almost as big as a planet and he digs in and carves a circle with humans on it, but they're not sure what it means. He opens his jaw too wide and swallows it. His digestive system is different, more like a bag; he just absorbs energy now with minimal side effects to the eaten. On a prompt the teacher pieces together that returning to the moon is effectively being eaten. Why eat them? To keep them safe during a dragon war, but not for good reasons. So the normal world is in his stomach, but he doesn't really care about the cult stuff, he just 'pukes' sacrifices to this world. The hugging dragon straight up says his hatred making the cosmic dragon's voice shaky. After a headache everyone is gone except the heroine. He seems to feel confused guilt toward his son. Our heroine asks what he did, and after some hesitation he decides to show her his sin.
Another chapter of revelations. This covers the past of the world and that the 'normal' world is indeed very much not normal. I'd question how they didn't notice the shape of the world, but we didn't get a full picture for what their normal truly was just a school searching scene.
Aki's response to twin breed to identify him makes questions come to mind. I've had my theory for what he could be for a while. This could still be my theory, but it could also be something else now.
I'm not sure what to make of Lunar. At worst he seems more uncaring than malicious so far. His big questionable acts have a ton of mitigating factors to them. Lunar's private talk with Alice showing signs of guilt to her adds to the uncertainty of what to make of him.
Just to clarify the timeline:
So the worlds started as 1 world then split into 2: 1 world of humans and 1 world of dragons. The cosmic dragon combined the 2 worlds early into 1 world causing the dragons to practically wipe out human civilization, and then to spare what was left of humanity he ate part of the world to effectively separate the world into 2 again that they are now. So the world was split, recombined, then split again? Is that right?
Favorite Part: The revelation that he ate the 'normal' world and that state feels/looks normal. It's a different kind of reveal especially for the 'normal' world.
They see a blue planet they shouldn't see, possibly a change of plans. Our heroine holds the hugging dragon's hand and no one knows what's going on. They recap the last 2 chapters of revelations a bit and the planet gets a bit brighter. The cosmic dragon has something to how but sounds tired. His son changed things by showing up and now feels his gaze. The world shows the past. The 2 worlds split apart in the past as shown by fusing them together now. They would merge back eventually, but the cosmic dragon joined them faster. Then he shows dragons eating humans and it's gross. He's showing this because he wanted to spread out their torture, but his son showed up. Before the humans were wiped out the cosmic dragon stepped in to keep the fun going. They then see he's almost as big as a planet and he digs in and carves a circle with humans on it, but they're not sure what it means. He opens his jaw too wide and swallows it. His digestive system is different, more like a bag; he just absorbs energy now with minimal side effects to the eaten. On a prompt the teacher pieces together that returning to the moon is effectively being eaten. Why eat them? To keep them safe during a dragon war, but not for good reasons. So the normal world is in his stomach, but he doesn't really care about the cult stuff, he just 'pukes' sacrifices to this world. The hugging dragon straight up says his hatred making the cosmic dragon's voice shaky. After a headache everyone is gone except the heroine. He seems to feel confused guilt toward his son. Our heroine asks what he did, and after some hesitation he decides to show her his sin.
Another chapter of revelations. This covers the past of the world and that the 'normal' world is indeed very much not normal. I'd question how they didn't notice the shape of the world, but we didn't get a full picture for what their normal truly was just a school searching scene.
Aki's response to twin breed to identify him makes questions come to mind. I've had my theory for what he could be for a while. This could still be my theory, but it could also be something else now.
I'm not sure what to make of Lunar. At worst he seems more uncaring than malicious so far. His big questionable acts have a ton of mitigating factors to them. Lunar's private talk with Alice showing signs of guilt to her adds to the uncertainty of what to make of him.
Just to clarify the timeline:
So the worlds started as 1 world then split into 2: 1 world of humans and 1 world of dragons. The cosmic dragon combined the 2 worlds early into 1 world causing the dragons to practically wipe out human civilization, and then to spare what was left of humanity he ate part of the world to effectively separate the world into 2 again that they are now. So the world was split, recombined, then split again? Is that right?
Favorite Part: The revelation that he ate the 'normal' world and that state feels/looks normal. It's a different kind of reveal especially for the 'normal' world.
8/12/2024 c2 6Darth Zannacross
Always a rough awakening from dreams...double so when reality is a nightmare. Well, a lot of dragons to deal with, Greymont is cooler then them all but I digress, at least they are friendly, we will see what happens from here.
6Darth ZannacrossAlways a rough awakening from dreams...double so when reality is a nightmare. Well, a lot of dragons to deal with, Greymont is cooler then them all but I digress, at least they are friendly, we will see what happens from here.
8/10/2024 c21 6Viewer27Man
In the lost girl's home our heroes take up THE land dragon's service for bigger, warm, wooden beds. After some dragon hugging they wake up and skip breakfast. The teacher brings up another tower, but no one noticed, but the lost girl knows what she's talking about that no one tried to look for. The teacher then brings up the flash back they had at the first tower. After some trouble discussing the punchy woman that riles the strange dragon up they discuss going to the second tower, and maybe going home. After the strange dragon's objection the lost girl demonstrates that she's changed though magic. She then says dragons ate humans for power citing the examples from the story. She says humans get stronger when drinking dragon blood, explaining the stronger humans, seconded by the reporter. The teacher gets them back on topic and points where she thinks tower 2 is. The hugging dragon flies to confirm and they head out. There is a conversation about the blood for power and the journalist tries to make fire, but to no success, and may need lessons. The tower, same as the first and poorly constructed, is obviously a part of the cosmic dragon's game, boring according to the strange dragon. After discussing the last tower events again they all touch it and everything goes italic and from the teacher's perspective. The flash back demonstrates more modern culture to the dragons while driving to the burnt school. The guy who was apparently rude from the prologue punches the punchy woman, while she says she didn't do it. He's mad at claims the lost girl did it. A man convinces them to stop fighting with a police reminder. The teacher talks to the man, who notably has a gun, who says that everyone in power is against her and threatens her unless she 'saw nothing' before smirking. A bold statement informs them there's more. Then their floating among a sea of stars and the entire planet.
Another flash back chapter to explain some things. The biggest takeaways I got were that drinking dragon blood is a power up for human, and that the normal world from before the story is shown to be stranger than it seems from the flash back to what Sanako witnessed.
So it looks like we've got a system where humans and dragons can eat each other for power. Gruesome due to sentiency on both sides, but interesting.
The strangeness of the original world, that hasn't been in the story beyond the prologue, was brought up as side notes before, but here its strangeness is the forefront of a the story's focus. The strange in that world doesn't seem to be a secluded few, but a major conspiracy.
The Cosmic Dragon probably wants to discuss either the true nature of the relation between the worlds, or the rules of the game, or both if I had to guess.
There were a lot grammar issues particularly in the first half of this chapter. It's mostly seems like there are words missing, or the wrong words are chosen, and things like that. However, overall what happens in this chapter is clear.
Favorite Part: Showing the conspiracy and how big of a thing it was. I liked having the explanation for the source of strange power that fits with this series and creates a dynamic that is different to me.
6Viewer27ManIn the lost girl's home our heroes take up THE land dragon's service for bigger, warm, wooden beds. After some dragon hugging they wake up and skip breakfast. The teacher brings up another tower, but no one noticed, but the lost girl knows what she's talking about that no one tried to look for. The teacher then brings up the flash back they had at the first tower. After some trouble discussing the punchy woman that riles the strange dragon up they discuss going to the second tower, and maybe going home. After the strange dragon's objection the lost girl demonstrates that she's changed though magic. She then says dragons ate humans for power citing the examples from the story. She says humans get stronger when drinking dragon blood, explaining the stronger humans, seconded by the reporter. The teacher gets them back on topic and points where she thinks tower 2 is. The hugging dragon flies to confirm and they head out. There is a conversation about the blood for power and the journalist tries to make fire, but to no success, and may need lessons. The tower, same as the first and poorly constructed, is obviously a part of the cosmic dragon's game, boring according to the strange dragon. After discussing the last tower events again they all touch it and everything goes italic and from the teacher's perspective. The flash back demonstrates more modern culture to the dragons while driving to the burnt school. The guy who was apparently rude from the prologue punches the punchy woman, while she says she didn't do it. He's mad at claims the lost girl did it. A man convinces them to stop fighting with a police reminder. The teacher talks to the man, who notably has a gun, who says that everyone in power is against her and threatens her unless she 'saw nothing' before smirking. A bold statement informs them there's more. Then their floating among a sea of stars and the entire planet.
Another flash back chapter to explain some things. The biggest takeaways I got were that drinking dragon blood is a power up for human, and that the normal world from before the story is shown to be stranger than it seems from the flash back to what Sanako witnessed.
So it looks like we've got a system where humans and dragons can eat each other for power. Gruesome due to sentiency on both sides, but interesting.
The strangeness of the original world, that hasn't been in the story beyond the prologue, was brought up as side notes before, but here its strangeness is the forefront of a the story's focus. The strange in that world doesn't seem to be a secluded few, but a major conspiracy.
The Cosmic Dragon probably wants to discuss either the true nature of the relation between the worlds, or the rules of the game, or both if I had to guess.
There were a lot grammar issues particularly in the first half of this chapter. It's mostly seems like there are words missing, or the wrong words are chosen, and things like that. However, overall what happens in this chapter is clear.
Favorite Part: Showing the conspiracy and how big of a thing it was. I liked having the explanation for the source of strange power that fits with this series and creates a dynamic that is different to me.
8/9/2024 c1 6Darth Zannacross
Alright lets see what we got with the Dragons over hear in this end.
We start five years in the past it seems. Burning Schools is a intense way to start to say the least.
Guess we will have to see what happens when everyone can see again.
6Darth ZannacrossAlright lets see what we got with the Dragons over hear in this end.
We start five years in the past it seems. Burning Schools is a intense way to start to say the least.
Guess we will have to see what happens when everyone can see again.
8/2/2024 c20 6Viewer27Man
The hugging dragon has to talk about his dad, the cosmic dragon he hates and might be older than time. The hugging dragon can't saying anything worried that the moon might be prying, but he can show our heroine by bonking heads. After worrying about focus they do it and it's like her face melts then she only sees doors and stars like it's a game. He doesn't like this power, but thinks it would be the best explanation, and comments on why all the stars. He points to a door with a moon, but she likes the door with flowers, but he's shy about that one, and takes her to the moon door. Inside all is italic. She sees the dragon's dad recommending the mind be divided into doors to his younger cute self. The young self whines about doors, but the dad likes closing, but it ends with happy success, except the demeanor is like playing with a toy. Then he takes them to memory of a swimming demo. The hugging dragon isn't sure if the nice bits are real memories so he switches to another one where he's a bit bigger. He whines about a magic lesson something being too boring and the dad likes the whining, seemingly legit fathering, confusing the hugging dragon. There's one particular thing to see next when the hugging dragon teen and dragon are both in emo phases. No next lesson, the dad is bored and the memory ends with the hugging dragon sadly walking away. He exclaims his dad never loved him, and our heroine is not sure what to say so hugs instead. Back in reality he's crying and can't show anymore today. It's time for bed.
We get a memory dive for Astral. We learn that he used to have a positive opinion of his father. It's basically the of the Cat's in the Cradle song backwards for the father.
Astral didn't explain why he hates his father yet to my understanding. I think there's enough here to be sad, indifferent, or disappointed, but not hate-filled. Even the demeanor of playfully looking at one's child and finding amusement in their antics is normal for a parent. It would have to go in a weird direction to look that bad. (Liking his whininess is the weirdest thing Lunar says, but that's when his tone is apparently better) Also there are implications some of his memories about his father might be false. Overall this doesn't answer questions I had, but rather expands on the questions that are going on between Astral and Lunar.
Also the dragon appearing as Lunar crosses out any reasonable adoptive theories.
Fun comment: I found it odd that Astral explained the stars. In the out-of-body experience of this mind meld, being in the abstract space would be acceptable to me.
Favorite Part: The memory diving with decorated doors. It's interesting and very functional and controlled for a reader.
6Viewer27ManThe hugging dragon has to talk about his dad, the cosmic dragon he hates and might be older than time. The hugging dragon can't saying anything worried that the moon might be prying, but he can show our heroine by bonking heads. After worrying about focus they do it and it's like her face melts then she only sees doors and stars like it's a game. He doesn't like this power, but thinks it would be the best explanation, and comments on why all the stars. He points to a door with a moon, but she likes the door with flowers, but he's shy about that one, and takes her to the moon door. Inside all is italic. She sees the dragon's dad recommending the mind be divided into doors to his younger cute self. The young self whines about doors, but the dad likes closing, but it ends with happy success, except the demeanor is like playing with a toy. Then he takes them to memory of a swimming demo. The hugging dragon isn't sure if the nice bits are real memories so he switches to another one where he's a bit bigger. He whines about a magic lesson something being too boring and the dad likes the whining, seemingly legit fathering, confusing the hugging dragon. There's one particular thing to see next when the hugging dragon teen and dragon are both in emo phases. No next lesson, the dad is bored and the memory ends with the hugging dragon sadly walking away. He exclaims his dad never loved him, and our heroine is not sure what to say so hugs instead. Back in reality he's crying and can't show anymore today. It's time for bed.
We get a memory dive for Astral. We learn that he used to have a positive opinion of his father. It's basically the of the Cat's in the Cradle song backwards for the father.
Astral didn't explain why he hates his father yet to my understanding. I think there's enough here to be sad, indifferent, or disappointed, but not hate-filled. Even the demeanor of playfully looking at one's child and finding amusement in their antics is normal for a parent. It would have to go in a weird direction to look that bad. (Liking his whininess is the weirdest thing Lunar says, but that's when his tone is apparently better) Also there are implications some of his memories about his father might be false. Overall this doesn't answer questions I had, but rather expands on the questions that are going on between Astral and Lunar.
Also the dragon appearing as Lunar crosses out any reasonable adoptive theories.
Fun comment: I found it odd that Astral explained the stars. In the out-of-body experience of this mind meld, being in the abstract space would be acceptable to me.
Favorite Part: The memory diving with decorated doors. It's interesting and very functional and controlled for a reader.