https://sqeys.com SQEYS Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:12:45 +0000 https://sqeys.com en http://sqeys.com/Bio Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:12:45 +0000 SQEYS 459050  SQEYS’s practice is centered on the fable as a generative form, allowing fiction to operate as a way of thinking rather than a narrative end. Moving across video, painting, and installation, each project unfolds through self‑contained bodies of work shaped by the pressures and contradictions of contemporary life. Operating between Japan and Europe, SQEYS has exhibited in both institutional and independent contexts. One of their video works is included in the Alfredo Hertzog Video Art Collection (Brazil), among other collections.  SQEYS’s practice is centered on the fable as a generative form, allowing fiction to operate as a way of thinking rather than a narrative end. Moving across... http://sqeys.com/Home-5 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:23:29 +0000 SQEYS 457955 "Society wants you to be in a constant state of emergency. That way, you will always be weak, easy to manipulate and to control. You must be able to produce different thoughts, drawing them from the best version of yourself. If you seek validation from society or have a strong need for recognition from others, you will be always alienated from yourself and will only manifest what you lack. Think about the change in life that you can offer to others, starting with yourself. Think about the laughter you can bring to a child in bed with a fever who reads what you write and sees your drawings. Doesn't that make you feel better already? This is the path to follow. Forget all the rest."  "Society wants you to be in a constant state of emergency. That way, you will always be weak, easy to manipulate and to control. You must be able to produce... http://sqeys.com/Selected-sketches Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:18:11 +0000 SQEYS 457264  Selected works are available. For pricing and details, please reach out via the contact form:  <img width="2260" height="3255" width_o="2260" height_o="3255" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5a7f1b18ca9e397a32940b17989b4e926d6d2e938873a2b74d24d294dd225ad5/img20250702_10113706.jpg" data-mid="1412148" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Meringa, acrylic on cardboard 29x21cm <img width="886" height="1280" width_o="886" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8c429e6c5ed3fb62ea885b1a8c40923135e1c884a89a79ae0345a6d4ee8484f3/img20250702_09593954.jpeg" data-mid="1412119" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="884" height="1280" width_o="884" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/de00fed45eaa66a956f1a61f54a5ba51042ddb424c89527fc08dcfba57108c2d/img20250702_10044971.jpeg" data-mid="1412121" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="901" height="1280" width_o="901" height_o="1280" 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src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/285b521ed284b2de20214b30a58eaed93cf2c56e69e39f41e3f293d2f1b6f99a/img20250702_10014903.jpeg" data-mid="1412122" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="901" height="1280" width_o="901" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6c0ad32947dc621ed07a02e87019cd0ea6d22e338fe5978d2bd70425f7988e28/img20250702_10031775.jpeg" data-mid="1412127" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/187f956dce1e3b33ac40b7e93cdb3e1e7175b44aec35882c0616598f9eaf2fc8/img20250702_10083896.jpeg" data-mid="1412124" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Teru Teru,&nbsp;acrylic on cardboard 29x21cm <img width="738" height="1280" width_o="738" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dd5e7e1650c3d9d6b3b0495d7320f93d1a5e4533b34abac89711646aaf9d5b10/img20250628_10584600.jpeg" data-mid="1412138" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="766" height="1280" width_o="766" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d44927d1cb976674244b2a46bb03bef5e4e417911d5b029ab2129dd9d380a102/img20250628_10525630.jpeg" data-mid="1412139" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="799" height="1280" width_o="799" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8254044a114229447badb90f9804e216b0ceda79a2c61763f9d65b3b2d1e5f2f/img20250628_10550380.jpeg" data-mid="1412142" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="755" height="1280" width_o="755" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/317b2b18d0b794c57ebf4babc25bd619da9e8a07967ee05c9c127ec2ba04a5d7/img20250628_10594320.jpeg" data-mid="1412144" border="0" data-scale="70"/><img width="750" height="1280" width_o="750" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b5d3369cc4057586371de1fd200ab9fd9495803dfb31a952fe619919f38991dd/img20250628_11045604.jpeg" data-mid="1412143" border="0" data-scale="70"/><img width="770" height="1280" width_o="770" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c2dc551ffd1296d445f6259d89d1e000bcdc2a8ac0272c951c33df7ba491bbd1/img20250628_11041355.jpeg" data-mid="1412141" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Quest, pastel on cardboard 21x13cm <img width="910" height="1280" width_o="910" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8490940c15d92c41ffeb8fc52c04f5267abe655ea4b3c64ff56bb255a7866d13/img20250628_10392953.jpeg" data-mid="1412146" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Quest,&nbsp;pastel on cardboard 29x21cm <img width="902" height="1280" width_o="902" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/90614dd0988a5c134c9e020c26a9209d267bc17104687c563b61ef262b005077/img20250628_10434616.jpeg" data-mid="1412147" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Home is a Tortoise, pastel on cardboard 29x21cm <img width="763" height="1280" width_o="763" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/09916c8d66ee18cbe95167755dddd5e7c47a84b3a7fd50f998531ffd1cca7b64/img20250702_10190860.jpeg" data-mid="1412149" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Clouds ladder, pen on cardboard 21x13cm&nbsp; <img width="906" height="1280" width_o="906" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/48fb553a7f442e3a2b72f572f90259f499dbf2ceb5070814d8ca5b40e76b64eb/img20250704_10511804.jpeg" data-mid="1412252" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Clouds ladder, pastels and gouache on cardboard 21x29cm <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/da1975073b3f920af21d4ea7251afbd767a522049172b4e6ddd8012bb65546cc/img20250704_10541531.jpeg" data-mid="1412254" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Teru Teru, pastels and gouache on cardboard 21x29cm <img width="914" height="1280" width_o="914" height_o="1280" 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<img width="894" height="1280" width_o="894" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c46b13e323c7a1d8d7b94c89e7333659095ec6b93bad0a213d4e31186ef867b9/img20250711_15103694.jpeg" data-mid="1412864" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Noisettes, ink and pen on paper 120g, 21x29cm  Selected works are available. For pricing and details, please reach out via the contact form:  Meringa, acrylic on cardboard 29x21cm ... http://sqeys.com/Sketches Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:02:13 +0000 SQEYS 457046   Meringa Sketch  Garlico Sketch SQEYS’City Blurbs   Meringa Sketch  Garlico Sketch SQEYS’City Blurbs http://sqeys.com/Previous-and-upcoming-shows Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:33:24 +0000 SQEYS 456277  <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2adfc5bd092adf811cd4ab3beb8ba7380530ab6ed0cbfd0e7c3d1dfd7a307e27/DSCF4044-1.jpeg" data-mid="1430770" border="0" /> <img width="905" height="1280" width_o="905" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a0b0740c041edb418508cedac58c447e7640935e7f0b845163b31e779d5dc820/sqeys.jpeg" data-mid="1430762" border="0" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/920e6aa5ee56afc318177232b42612cfdf00e3bfbfa6154e373ccd86176320e6/DSCF2225.jpeg" data-mid="1430791" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a5466e30e36eaff7715d3ddb108157477735be84ce4d843825b7980ca52c431e/DSCF4071.jpeg" data-mid="1430764" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0c813133f87c81c7a553885ae66a7abac479a8073b761f0f9247cec980599b89/DSCF4049.jpeg" data-mid="1430766" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9c32dd8e18bdb6502d2e214e94d8732e5c6ce67529621001bc467a4710169e1a/DSCF4069.jpeg" data-mid="1430765" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f4695fe7c166d67ebaf1752f903e4e19eab53ffb43c6b3d5757111a22a6475bd/DSCF2169.jpg" data-mid="1430786" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1ca3ed7e4b4863555bc504dd2b8d72f517311333ccbeda8abb5d6b7426e6a34f/DSCF4173.jpeg" data-mid="1430769" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2e094328b58c3fc0effb8c8b16de4f67a31b9336410d5792b90f3ed53e49c330/DSCF2249.jpg" data-mid="1430787" border="0" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/74525b1d1bd3ffe35f3cc1563605f0623037b78cdadafde38840ae5cd44b4b64/DSCF2134.jpg" data-mid="1430783" border="0" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/30ea64009ac75e837272b0b990c9a0a0cf90fa3753353f13d24309a7a620df91/DSCF4118.jpeg" data-mid="1430788" border="0" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/089b8c86e9390d5535426c62531c5b0cd097cb3cbbbbb590d519ee72fb9eb2c9/DSCF2070.jpg" data-mid="1430784" border="0" /> ROME Fondazione Opera Lucifero: Good Good Doggocat Laser Puke November 20th-December 20thSanta Maria in Grottapinta Via di Grotta Pinta, 00186 Roma&nbsp; SQEYS’ Double Fables Invasion <img width="1280" height="412" width_o="1280" height_o="412" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bbe5e0c8e227150682fb511a8719105ae44a63bb8bc61556ce44e072ba0fcbad/img20231005_16471188-1-2.jpeg" data-mid="1430761" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="961" width_o="1280" height_o="961" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c4151c20d5794d101a45f5bf40e0d7fc9e4085bab1e1c4319796f24a26f65737/1732786973364.jpeg" data-mid="1430752" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="961" width_o="1280" height_o="961" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/16c2e95e7c71d95a3f9855baec6d22745f0c4c38167f8cde3ec7b41ac15ed88f/1732786968609.jpeg" data-mid="1430753" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="961" width_o="1280" height_o="961" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/04dc7d8aed8cff6d27072f08527291f64f8204e55b950be8b71c1185d4dcb514/1732786968732.jpeg" data-mid="1430754" border="0" /> <img width="1162" height="872" width_o="1162" height_o="872" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d2de56fbd49c716e0f86e7f74782c5ebfada98a414e3c5830d37864ce4e709c3/yIlzg.jpeg" data-mid="1430756" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2f3ea86f13d3eec1d164b842dec13c38d6c860914969ec0ade0fb464a11e71ad/tHs3Z.jpeg" data-mid="1430755" border="0" /> <img width="1155" height="866" width_o="1155" height_o="866" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e7b0fc68be71dc10b3ec714c0810dd2eb2fce80d0afa28ab503a4cbd32cef67d/nTZpF.jpeg" data-mid="1430757" border="0" /> <img width="1267" height="950" width_o="1267" height_o="950" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6752a8f2b107ea81b8f61f98bb3247bdb572607300abfb492fe3fc8d49f46b8e/u6qQj.jpeg" data-mid="1430758" border="0" /> <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ad0981359ac641c80e2060368f027f31e7d5f96c2f50e24e024a3ed1184119f4/1733325775439.jpeg" data-mid="1430760" border="0" /> <img width="1192" height="894" width_o="1192" height_o="894" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41d55ce44abea59306ddcf323f84992c2f73f5018d9a8ed36c84a7dcafa7b5e5/ygKpA.jpeg" data-mid="1430759" border="0" /> OSAKA Marco Gallery:The Wizard and Society <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1fb5ece773ea4f9b0b370a1b69a342774d0a299e97d5bde9121af1f1d0dec10a/tfKoH.jpg" data-mid="1401119" border="0" /> November 29th (Friday) - December 22nd (Sunday)13:00-18:00Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays 大阪市中央区南船場4−12−25 タケモトビルTAKEMOTO Bldg, 4-12-25, Minami Senba, Chuo-ku, Osaka KYOTO VINYL TAPE:The Great Odds of Love <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b2578a87357c853f5ca43977cd5df966f5276b1e00f7bd422f573ebb3a35ce10/20.jpg" data-mid="1401120" border="0" /> November 29th (Friday) - December 22nd (Sunday)12:00-18:00Closed: Monday to Thursday 京都府京都市中京区新町通竹屋町上る大炊町211 211 Ooi-chou, Nakagyou-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto SQEYS──終わりのある物語から、終わりのない視線へ SQEYSという名前の背後には、ひとりの作家がいるのか、それとも複数の人間による集まりがあるのか。その輪郭は、あえて明確にされていない。大阪と京都で同時に開催される本展は、SQEYSにとって初の展示であり、その匿名性も含めて、彼らの姿勢を静かに示している。 彼らが扱うのは「物語」だ。より近い言葉を選ぶなら、「寓話（ファブル）」と言っていいだろう。始まりと終わりを持ち、登場人物が限られた、ひとつの閉じた世界。ギャラリー空間に展開されるSQEYSの作品も、まずはそのようなかたちで立ち上がっている。 一見すると、描かれるキャラクターや風景は、子ども向けの絵本やマンガを思わせる。しかし、そこで語られているのは、鑑賞者自身の生活や感情と地続きの問いだ。勇気とは何か。友情とは何か。自分を信じるとはどういうことか。後悔のない人生とは──。そうした普遍的なテーマが、物語のかたちを借りて差し出される。 SQEYSの実践が印象的なのは、鑑賞者を単なる受け手にとどめない点にある。展示空間で完結するはずの有限の物語は、鑑賞者が自身の経験と重ね合わせた瞬間に、その輪郭を少しずつ失っていく。物語は、ギャラリーの外へと持ち出され、別の時間の中で続いていく。 絵画、写真、インスタレーション、マンガ、ソフビ。異なるメディアが並びながらも、そこには一貫した語りの感触がある。反復的なシリーズ制作という現代美術の定型に寄りかかるのではなく、その都度、最もふさわしい物語を選び取ること。そのために彼らは個人名を手放し、集団としてのあり方を選んだ。 中世の吟遊詩人になぞらえることもできるだろう。物語を語ること自体が、彼らの表現であり、制作である。SQEYSの寓話は、答えを示すためのものではない。鑑賞者が自分自身の位置を測るための、現代におけるひとつの指標として、静かにそこに置かれている。 We would like with this to thank the galleries hosting us and believing in our commitment: Marco Gallery and VINYL TAPE Thank You,SQEYS   ROME Fondazione Opera Lucifero: Good Good Doggocat Laser Puke November 20th-December 20thSanta Maria in Grottapinta Via di... http://sqeys.com/Fable-3-Good-Good-Laser-Puke Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:23:46 +0000 SQEYS 456276  Good Good Doggocat Laser Puke <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bd2c274eb3f432b84f44be66e08a131fd8e6809c14a7cf47b7dbd34f65e38e3b/DSCF0663-2.jpeg" data-mid="1401110" border="0" data-scale="50"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8f3bcbeb2c3bb5d47dcf3f10a2d259b00da8658f40e9f0cebf0409e64abd2229/DSCF1140.jpeg" data-mid="1402495" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4f778b63feb2aa37117f013f5acbcb56e1ac33f3d86a8d24f2606d59f81ff5e6/DSCF1167.jpeg" data-mid="1402496" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e32584938839ce10bc9a6f643c6a3b72e869f7dfb20638d23c9aa302b0caa856/DSCF1265.jpeg" data-mid="1402493" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/400dae93f39b3cff13d46cda8be193dcda73588ede71251d81917405d7329676/DSCF1876.jpeg" data-mid="1409407" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f5698a3e2316c220658e4ffdeca420ffe0849eb64892b28705e9e7a9c59132f9/DSCF1880.jpeg" data-mid="1409408" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c3dedbebe3d03423633872734da2623d8bbc9f6223e9a1acea4e9f61bb785e23/DSCF1884.jpeg" data-mid="1409409" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/83f3611ccf5a23d4081b11e4680c6d9f3a77b69c58903b59f6aa228830ac1d85/DSCF1872.jpeg" data-mid="1409406" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cfa52c47f3d3126775b6e0e1542781fddb67d522f4f112b13f96eec142243aac/DSCF1275.jpeg" data-mid="1402479" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7573ae2a17bdcb0f7faf1d4d7abee0ced96e3e23a4813ac3979e87c1297c72ea/DSCF0741.jpeg" data-mid="1401377" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b8d90a58b9eb3590cebad4a215651a875fd4cef5a1c74a8ae32c2134b836c8bc/DSCF0749.jpeg" data-mid="1401378" border="0" data-scale="80"/> 1Once upon a time, somewhere between a vertical and a horizontal line in space-time, there was a doggocat named Laser Puke. He was the result of a crossbreed between a star-hunting greyhound and an electric mouse-hunting cat. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dbfbaafb221d33642cc5af5f5532dec0dc0d96fcb3ddd3f80f9aaa948e1e1754/DSCF1214.jpeg" data-mid="1402492" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5a6e35c2a5c4f286508a2f60945b76041c682c8273df621110551c8d17fc53c0/DSCF1890.jpeg" data-mid="1409410" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7d43ca7ca3072fadd3582eb929f673c986a7103aafaf70dddc9d05cfaadbda54/DSCF1897.jpeg" data-mid="1409411" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/adae4478089d0a05cf575512d995c6eb2743c8e4279c43ce0254ec789e461a7f/DSCF0763.jpeg" data-mid="1401379" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8e89f7ef14b09cd19c4404ab14a2d61dab6eb27a42ebf7ba47b0bcfcd0a6f23e/DSCF0767.jpeg" data-mid="1401380" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/87d307c09c229cefb51082953fa6df9dd570566f623ce576712577dee4b755dc/DSCF1896.jpeg" data-mid="1409412" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 2Laser Puke was filled with unreturned love for his adoptive family. He was a misunderstood doggocat. Unfortunately, every time he got emotional, he would vomit lasers. His adoptive family was unprepared. They had adopted him thinking he was just a very normal doggocat. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/68bf0d60b792589f2313c55f449c263cc7090093e4d7ec85488078fbcb4296a1/DSCF1906.jpeg" data-mid="1409413" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d4b7f41cd7f3fe4cd523a4da58ed00f3dff0bc793c4209f70f9060512a166479/DSCF1910.jpeg" data-mid="1409286" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/03b3c39339b5ee0c45cf8b81f9cf5d58859d5d18d0dc375766161d8ac1939822/DSCF1019-1.jpeg" data-mid="1401743" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/79c2ae7d3e88779e3262b5848764bb72c87a5a7a992f2e16a1a578013dc79fcc/DSCF1008.jpeg" data-mid="1401745" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 3Laser Puke would get so overwhelmed that if a kind neighbor ever stopped to scratch his head, they risked being sliced in half. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dc4c1a0f430a5afb0ca62daee1f6cc4b83fa03ad46782ab8e8ae63d843a05806/DSCF1936.jpeg" data-mid="1409287" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d3ca9f87b8a1ef22940c016b34e377ff85e9a0ef1a4f42f92b82830841313459/DSCF1932.jpeg" data-mid="1409290" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/18fe67097b3723cbaab48f4fa65ec282db1c29f5567218edbfbdddde6ca42494/DSCF1941.jpeg" data-mid="1409289" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/07ea5e9a02ffb2f2985864de1de75e8180a50819e0e5f434f75dae5143bb8159/DSCF1943.jpeg" data-mid="1409288" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b33ab3e5192178bb4f4f5cbc69db842acd95dfd6bf836a66b54ee95e642d2e6f/DSCF1919.jpeg" data-mid="1409291" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 4But the power of his laser wouldn’t stop there. It could cut straight through anything in its path. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/29ee540033e1f04cc0af8ef17c00361d7a15d1d509ad291c0379f03b53448941/DSCF1959.jpeg" data-mid="1409299" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/28f1680d7b832d712f2591f6e0faa0cabfa148f102de9f39fa060fe832c0266e/DSCF1956.jpeg" data-mid="1409292" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/749cb0f2f5e440a6b68a342f2ec2abd4ae2d9f7f9974702306a3b59a86df839f/DSCF1946.jpeg" data-mid="1409297" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/580079768fc127a45ee189869b2b6827afef9db004b231cac82619756b56dab0/DSCF1969.jpeg" data-mid="1409294" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1ac5d5e9fa5d7a314dab3272c890a57a1acc9f5124135b6a1932653ed6fb0181/DSCF1962.jpeg" data-mid="1409293" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/422b47527555dca2ea136ac5b07ccdcfdbec8ab611cf442d10896d7cd4888507/DSCF1966.jpeg" data-mid="1409295" border="0" data-scale="80"/> 5When his family realized that simply taking him for a walk could destroy the entire neighborhood, they had to face the truth. No one knew how to handle his uncontrollable emotions. Emotions that could start with a simple wag of the tail and end with the entire city roasted. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/df67a4bea49a8015a2b65094758ce6453c1f5db718b24bd3b04cb30c06849bf3/DSCF1117.jpeg" data-mid="1402485" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e70947dbb7f8dca000b28f5db38937ae65037c5653257918fe56aad8d5267f7e/DSCF1981.jpeg" data-mid="1409300" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e52629b387fcd66840db0adc0320c2f03b18fe47cc4720182801017a5bb5ce31/DSCF1984.jpeg" data-mid="1409301" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/342258b9a5bb5041e5079100a9311a4e75a90cd8d76da0c36c6c59282df4b2d4/DSCF1986.jpeg" data-mid="1409302" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/74d04242e6f8985a31003ca45b0eccf039a990cffbcfbb4c8cba0466bd8e89e7/DSCF0985.jpeg" data-mid="1401749" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1a6de54470080613903206162f4bb05a30065bc7536cc827a265a2e942849ea8/DSCF1997.jpeg" data-mid="1409303" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e38430b23d6d2a3b973ebbea264c295f2ffbd3fd1e3395cb0fc810b5d640c8f4/DSCF0978-1.jpeg" data-mid="1401748" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 6One day, thanks to a scratch that relieved an unbearable itch, Laser Puke lifted up his muzzle and unleashed a laser so intense that it burned through the roof of the house. The beam, shot into the starry sky, was visible from miles away. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f2fff71682b4f86bb9aa5d6b0d54d685d3628eedf06c171f26aceee59ddf16dc/DSCF2002.jpeg" data-mid="1409313" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/45646c3fe6bb60c53fa58699788521858292b769e283ccece589d28d1844672b/DSCF2004.jpeg" data-mid="1409308" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/79fb383a77637319ff1d5cf4fc115bf7b501e4fbb486facd37756b999b3f1e7c/DSCF2011.jpeg" data-mid="1409309" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d7e5bef93fc610d0a32c53a23cf6c2c1cfdda3b624d891330f70a72bd687ce6a/DSCF2040.jpeg" data-mid="1409310" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae8b4cb8435d42128ef03f8c54685017075e91edb4a608faafab520d74b1612c/DSCF2046.jpeg" data-mid="1409311" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b31c4567c2acb3b7a304b8673cc6ab23bde7a2b565489cb926878e2fc2905de2/DSCF2035.jpeg" data-mid="1409304" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9194cbec23095e06915911e4492c7222d2e3add768109639b3411e039ea17d54/DSCF2034.jpeg" data-mid="1409305" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/028f57119d743f64261db3d310539f4618e12ba3530cc663de8c11f1c403f029/DSCF2033.jpeg" data-mid="1409306" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ff137f17a543dde7dee08a9b659bed969b4c57428cfc34727d2338b25ff882e5/DSCF2032.jpeg" data-mid="1409307" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d279c83f2f99d9e458c31375c58ae09e6aca897f176014aaee8d8312916b6b47/DSCF2026.jpeg" data-mid="1409312" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 7At that very moment Meringa was observing the same sky for a school project. She was in her room with her most trusted companions: her magical hat and the brilliant perfume. But neither of them could explain what she had just witnessed. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f0fdba5536943fbbfbd3322239e94715a7a07db84556de72c7455ac03be06e52/DSCF2050.jpeg" data-mid="1409314" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d9526f75a5f7a4c30376ea440ee02051e40ca0859ad9b53c7f317392a562d6fe/DSCF2054.jpeg" data-mid="1409315" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/55b6c91957013a865d86b004c8c36d3626b2a970e225ee7810cd8a66fa74b078/DSCF2056.jpeg" data-mid="1409316" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e12fa358cc7e2c841211f70226bd7671a08eee7a0657a5b728a32013fc297b4a/DSCF2057.jpeg" data-mid="1409317" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5e50e261e92e12c8afcc548e86c3564faad53557a0f5c71fd5a5fb261f889c03/DSCF2059.jpeg" data-mid="1409318" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/52a05e539bd33260bfd41c2857cebda745a52ef630891f305cf31522a7ac5f92/DSCF2061.jpeg" data-mid="1409319" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a334c8f1b734c89986b039b925adf76c95ef740af3a0aa8c8f852c46549651b3/DSCF2067.jpeg" data-mid="1409320" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 8The next day, when she told her classmates about the event, no one had an answer. That evening, as her parents dozed off on the couch, she declared that she would find the source of that mysterious flash. She took their silence as full approval to embark on a new great adventure. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3e378c771452c19269bc47edc594bb7906455ef823792a732543d69e6f4eb1ca/DSCF2070.jpeg" data-mid="1409323" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cf3a13396ea355e5660e4799dbfdc93178303e6cbf6529045fabd170a698b776/DSCF1137.jpeg" data-mid="1402486" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f76df07d61f3a3b9f1245d630757d854811f337cd98e55638aa8bacc2a80f4bf/DSCF2068.jpeg" data-mid="1409321" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5fb7431b1f098efacb18ea27bd22aa929655db8a9b82c58240e0b4d8c262581e/DSCF2073.jpeg" data-mid="1409322" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7f45d5a16b609ebe93bc04f9d6f90eb6b56eb3bcb81783729703a20a648ad402/DSCF1077-1.jpeg" data-mid="1402488" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/52a09bd229fe28811466267e07465d2b41c0d280931a7335167e388a40c0867f/DSCF1080.jpeg" data-mid="1402489" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae32ffa69277195b51227ba7b2c041d7494ac21f1baa8495ac6a6f8668540e00/DSCF1089.jpeg" data-mid="1402490" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c8f3eea7a5736aea80d0ed34877a60a5395038e80d46e3638850a57c78690ade/DSCF1072-1.jpeg" data-mid="1402487" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 9Meanwhile, standing before their scorched rooftop, Laser Puke’s adoptive family tricked him into getting into the car. They believed they had no choice but to commit a terrible act. Pretending to take him on a weekend trip, they planned to abandon him to his fate. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6558dceed66ff5cb34d33066e2c4a435779728f3d9b56ced80107d74cdab2817/DSCF2085.jpeg" data-mid="1409324" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0b03b6247ec0305df5167f6ef2ff18f294d9527a2875b23d252af9547c7725dc/DSCF2100.jpeg" data-mid="1409325" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5ee6dcca2f584043574cb8eeda8ca453f06a51ffef7bf46b8160e38dbd55e259/DSCF2103.jpeg" data-mid="1409326" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4163198e1a046602895dbbbf0076258b39d0a562f1ae358d02d371d64d39551f/DSCF2105.jpeg" data-mid="1409327" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8f0f6c74ddf15f888d87211afbf9e6ff8219a0aaffc6c98cf1aa6469704c5981/DSCF2113.jpeg" data-mid="1409328" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4dd4d38671e94b7a001cd65583f151daf5f2afb3dc79e78ebad8557e35570c5c/DSCF2119.jpeg" data-mid="1409329" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8afc34001a9db7117feebd8e34f964fa6d0b0f79ddf4aac69f8979f967688822/DSCF2092.jpeg" data-mid="1409331" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ba1a39d397398235c99b5a1e1187f8f9428c8b6bdeb13e7e646ecfc7bd74e7b0/DSCF2127.jpeg" data-mid="1409330" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a15fb87a6304e57765bf5718a44237149a11efce3cb8e477e2335f5282b2b906/DSCF2081.jpeg" data-mid="1409332" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 10Meringa put on her magical hat, bid farewell to the brilliant perfume, grabbed her backpack, and set off, determined to follow the coordinates of what she had seen from her distant room in Squary Eyes City. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d2d4e1468e3bac180f0eea28fe22f491769494edfba44ec1d5d65600cabe6f99/DSCF2133.jpeg" data-mid="1409333" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/845832e4f8849b62053c7bb0250854f46aea0b327d862ffa3979675375ac7fe4/DSCF2134.jpeg" data-mid="1409334" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/88b8ea8ad2b952cf18c9e74b8e3b70ae99de1140b372b6431329397ccd77931a/DSCF2138.jpeg" data-mid="1409335" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ee38b9c84fde91a0088c65f28858715296909b8d2024dffc9dd5787b7bcdc3e8/DSCF2144.jpeg" data-mid="1409336" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c16973159c1190fe462ca161fca34fbb6421ec5f1ec41d303e15bd391ab54ec9/DSCF2156.jpeg" data-mid="1409338" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e02133ed066203db7aff2e1e4b6e65dfaabc1e6f3e7ed204d56958ae902bad25/DSCF2150.jpeg" data-mid="1409337" border="0" data-scale="80"/> 11The family stopped at a parking lot. They all got out, their faces gloomy, full of sorrow. Laser Puke, on the other hand, was bursting with happiness. He didn’t know how to contain his joy. It was his first trip with his adoptive family! He felt like the luckiest doggocat in the world. A doggocat with four and a half lives—yes—but four and a half special, happy lives. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a96cab4f03f518ff6ed75bace6d20ccfd0816a58fe24b1379501b16b87461eb1/DSCF2162.jpeg" data-mid="1409345" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ab0745cbdf52c7760c842c348b6261afc7e46d19cb66d7c0b6b7ef0d4a477d99/DSCF2164.jpeg" data-mid="1409339" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a48ffb34563ef36beb088539775322b28db50bd18899dc67f9b9bf50232d39a7/DSCF2184.jpeg" data-mid="1409341" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5d7ac339836e1154c1be2822be169c9c700a87ea994a3e076ddc6738c1c14e13/DSCF2187.jpeg" data-mid="1409342" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3c7d03ddfe59b5fc65f4183a73876d887c40cbcc68f04ba0d45856c03fc0a555/DSCF2177.jpeg" data-mid="1409343" border="0" data-scale="80"/><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fca5fcd75c504998f3930e9436c73decdc6d1a94cf55b3830382ee42d6c941df/DSCF2180.jpeg" data-mid="1409344" border="0" data-scale="80"/><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ec5fbf512b5e2fa6e3cd4cc18a9cdd78b7e54725dc3e6c29ff96350471734824/DSCF2169.jpeg" data-mid="1409340" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 12The father picked up Laser Puke’s favorite bone and threw it far away. Laser Puke chased after it. When he joyfully returned with it in his mouth—no one was there. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4fe5e966403b0e18125ce45155b76bca322d53c7847a64f296c6355ca9334256/DSCF1307.jpeg" data-mid="1402481" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/501721e138d908bfd2d9fa3b124e775eeb8dd95e1fdac7a9d07dab17cbe171c0/DSCF2193.jpeg" data-mid="1409346" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dca9d8b9eefb0e88b29b87e512354a0d24d5826f3b21e7bc3aa23a60039854a9/DSCF2196.jpeg" data-mid="1409347" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e214ef9403e74eb80beb2c4e3ec50f3ec90686fb261416dc6963e5c9ce89440d/DSCF0856.jpeg" data-mid="1401359" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/685cae80d61eff8c022d97b3b9ffe7ce23c62da76dafbd2737826f25051490a2/DSCF0863.jpeg" data-mid="1401360" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/444ab3b01eae14191f2dc12f11ca2c238aed212ce1cceb950a98e906ef763183/DSCF0868.jpeg" data-mid="1401362" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/608f376bafb5a175e7b0a1b1a2bf42d5b7dc7d282b732f4ef59b384d69f288fa/DSCF1320.jpeg" data-mid="1402482" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3273f55f7867cb6749a569f08b23623a2c465fd02c1285dc2ff5dd084ba75b72/DSCF0880.jpeg" data-mid="1401358" border="0" data-scale="80"/> 13They had run away. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/af75a612b0dcd87d339dbc0d9259b70e12483b1f770a768e2a7c25b97593278a/DSCF2200.jpeg" data-mid="1409352" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5995094e6da209068382b406eaa7bdaf324083661dd91b6fa3a74d431db686c3/DSCF2211.jpeg" data-mid="1409353" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0aafd9dd0b5e24bbbfa744d6ab09f84ec56d299f0432c28df946077892d40ed5/DSCF2217.jpeg" data-mid="1409350" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0c61debdfd0400d17b91ebc68695505dab7c9ac884dc625643b691812b2befee/DSCF2221.jpeg" data-mid="1409354" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/620e0892f164b615ec0d415196276506ff6cf3cd81dbce20648567fbc1c14c3f/DSCF2202.jpeg" data-mid="1409351" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d9b072eabb4daa3d912c137aeb923c0dec96e6939b0d12586622f492ccb15069/DSCF2225.jpeg" data-mid="1409349" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 14When he understood even just half of what had happened, an unbearable pain overtook him. Laser Puke began to sob, letting out small whimpers and sparks charged with frenzied electrons. His tears, crackling with electricity, made him flash dangerously, striking fear into everyone around him. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ea8512575b324a97d0f44dff3f24d4e17dde45c101bda342288f4f0c626c2b5/DSCF2227.jpeg" data-mid="1409355" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/11dfa026fc02fc80cc2d733b482fb2741002096e0897745e9c9241abb86576de/DSCF2232.jpeg" data-mid="1409359" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f907789cbeb736d195d9ea8eb2d5b04d6dac81351527df1fdc463f3362ec0b8f/DSCF2233.jpeg" data-mid="1409360" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae0bca7f7d290420574cd8f5d00bfb44cf426c0f5d2aa4ba82fd1ed6f122108c/DSCF2242.jpeg" data-mid="1409361" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/157313db0f6ada76205fd9e1815199cb68d7ddc76f6a74627e7a348651ac965a/DSCF2239.jpeg" data-mid="1409356" border="0" data-scale="70"/><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1f36cb3d97738f5ffe5e8de34badd2f28baf3f84fd69915e207081df29b8bc4d/DSCF2249.jpeg" data-mid="1409358" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 15Alone. Without a family. Without love. Laser Puke sat on his hind legs, curled his tail around himself, and after a single, muffled howl, exploded into a laser blast so powerful that it shook the surrounding buildings and knocked out the city’s entire power grid. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3c826a460e949ef473f81efecdff886770aadfaf36a614e7cd061e499e862c48/DSCF2252.jpeg" data-mid="1409363" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fb7dfe42cce63e010d863fcf37db3064bd226730271b9c87de33ab1a8ddd447b/DSCF2254.jpeg" data-mid="1409364" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/00d09abfdcd48c45505f4b84b647691040a312da0904b5f4383eddd30b60895d/DSCF2257.jpeg" data-mid="1409365" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e81467fba5a9bc8b403ccf22f720d612d6ace143065490577db19c1d7e67b64b/DSCF2260.jpeg" data-mid="1409366" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e4eb7c2806ac4d771122ae3d448c65d34ee164a4d6c3628376d3e935b2a8eb97/DSCF2261.jpeg" data-mid="1409367" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/206f02a15a0b56c83e08c9948ebcafee72eb8d18167dab046bd8c5dab8f97cbd/DSCF2267.jpeg" data-mid="1409368" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0f966ce58790cb73ab8d4792e77e1228484652a780c94c5772e73a4163c1c664/DSCF2251.jpeg" data-mid="1409369" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 16Meringa, still on her journey, saw the new laser and immediately ran toward its source. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d1f003b6b58096c1b25c3b9f92f282214a3c3031793a95f36451917bdb18f344/DSCF2270.jpeg" data-mid="1409370" border="0" data-scale="70"/><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/771a877a2e29ac8d84298a1fe6b63e5e775680a94970b6304792974624cbc4d5/DSCF2282.jpeg" data-mid="1409375" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/76bda1ca4b651a0d95e53e3b754b77ebc853fabdd257d5981b721a8b77414735/DSCF2291.jpeg" data-mid="1409374" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/47d60aaea2f34cc0da590a9c0f2b228937cb24a3d31174f1818509d0f3ac0ae0/DSCF2268.jpeg" data-mid="1409372" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/19647428499a51430411118db441a3139e8416f54da2399c6067fc6d348807d3/DSCF2276.jpeg" data-mid="1409371" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/03a9d265ad04a37de85e0b37e922029a3ef00dd10de3c9b288176d33dfc99dba/DSCF2273.jpeg" data-mid="1409373" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d912ad7799052c668c74c6c398da22c2ba8e0ee6cac152cdf7ddf5ed468908ae/DSCF2294.jpeg" data-mid="1409376" border="0" data-scale="80"/> 17Nothing could have prepared her for what she would find—a mixed-breed doggocat, overwhelmed with sorrow, unleashing a laser so powerful from his tiny mouth. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a7c199ae9cfba1d6f2f8411238373a52ec0fdf7d6077a361db502960deab007d/DSCF1200.jpeg" data-mid="1402480" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/06eb3f41722db23a77a83fb0c5a475859b3533c28c149b4eb191b3aafad04b22/DSCF2302.jpeg" data-mid="1409378" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/886dc9950d389d1374cbe7ad959cbed21e9d7ca6305d98d84e168b81868c0b09/DSCF2307.jpeg" data-mid="1409379" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5c431a3eb452e60f5109e699de5ec8181743727d64dd1f9428fbf6a880eeed7b/DSCF2305.jpeg" data-mid="1409377" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 18In front of a terrified crowd, Meringa took off her magical hat and threw herself onto Laser Puke, embracing him.The doggocat felt something—something gentle and harmless wrapping around him. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1971aae50fb1ce6ba13cce30c87303a93a921ee2c5fc2c5838d5db13cd234933/DSCF2312.jpeg" data-mid="1409380" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5c5e81bf2f3f5db6beca223e7598398fc6682c109bbb06b3b15f7b96de681525/DSCF2327.jpeg" data-mid="1409381" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ed33ec464acdbd8a170a5f749f1a6cba8d148685524ca5b7fdd9d8e6c460eb8a/DSCF2318.jpeg" data-mid="1409382" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/65ccb9a516abcc41d08ca33622d6a1d744a0b508def87ef975bb5c11eb0bacb1/DSCF2316.jpeg" data-mid="1409383" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/22d622f3233f3720e39025fcc5b74c35f7d873fd89b18718df72acf0d31151c4/DSCF2324.jpeg" data-mid="1409384" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 19He felt something he hadn’t known in so long. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/32b97622e366654eb803263e1134e01c301d56a877fff3ce1299cba180c81b76/DSCF2328.jpeg" data-mid="1409386" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d5517fcf62921dfc6317b20f7041cc6f34c35ca33e99d915136773820950ccba/DSCF2346.jpeg" data-mid="1409391" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c1a5ea822364c3f31c01f0c5d3966360ff619c03249ea45bc6291816a740d7e0/DSCF2337.jpeg" data-mid="1409388" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c12b526227160e5e2811b9158c86a2ec5197847b6d035efdb47ffeb78033380a/DSCF2333.jpeg" data-mid="1409387" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0138f677b14445b9d8dfd0fa5fcc5093f86c735b9741ef93de90bfcbc3295a8e/DSCF2338.jpeg" data-mid="1409389" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b1e87470d9978f74dbb26250ec80ae6618afe3b5c6745778e21dbf5c1810415a/DSCF2335.jpeg" data-mid="1409390" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 20Something he hadn’t felt since he was separated from his parents. He hesitated. He wasn’t sure if he deserved it. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a4dc2cfaba235e91bb61c7bb16ae432417dccf88153ae0f7905befd4591732fe/DSCF2352.jpeg" data-mid="1409392" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/176953308eebacb3f54c02bdeda7272a859767614d07cec59a1a119c0ad565f9/DSCF2367.jpeg" data-mid="1409393" border="0" /> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c07478db10c7a19f22b8f38f0e25680e316ba6670e00789bd88c75d97634e8af/DSCF2359.jpeg" data-mid="1409394" border="0" />21In that embrace, Meringa was telling him something: that he had found his first true, inseparable friends.That they would never abandon him. That he was perfect just as he was. That he never had to wonder again if his new family would leave him behind, or worse—if he was defective, unworthy of love.Of course, all of this depended on whether Meringa and her magical hat wrapped on the doggocat had survived his laser. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/80467e192ae8260688e4149380b6b07962a9b76df1c639600e41ec40a7184b4e/DSCF2370.jpeg" data-mid="1409395" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/429e2c959c419471b5f05d3870ad952a91b086f27ed18dfee11933b20aaa63cd/DSCF2385.jpeg" data-mid="1409396" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/55261d3d1cdde89889339110bc37e55fa3a559fcbd6dad18489e684cd001e456/DSCF2372.jpeg" data-mid="1409398" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ac0fb948dacb796976c0bfeecf793c965c1f0060fc3653cf4c99fb20369917af/DSCF2380.jpeg" data-mid="1409397" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/087235f31b37fcc8a018933ff7bf1419afc6b865ec050997a5dc26fa739bdc0c/DSCF2379.jpeg" data-mid="1409399" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 22With the townspeople still stunned and frightened around them, Meringa uncovered Laser Puke, holding onto him until he began licking her face, bouncing around her, releasing small, harmless electric sparks of true joy. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f2858642c5725cda501067913be261c0da5079a893ba69ca10d8b3b3c6bc8409/DSCF1168.jpeg" data-mid="1402497" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/540008e27d65954ad35ec46716fd335875d704d294ac54f848908b61958ec9ca/DSCF1189.jpeg" data-mid="1402499" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/60a5944b6db4a0363197f5eb014c03f70980edcb85cb0d91e6755b865d87cf76/DSCF1170.jpeg" data-mid="1402498" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d6a6bcedb4334c02aee2833eb78048ed0db7d38f9c66d18a1615d77bc0c66d68/DSCF0786.jpeg" data-mid="1401373" border="0" data-scale="81"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f731651f5679905d3c05117badc9910c52b6a4de690d106d946afd158f96c3c8/DSCF0790.jpeg" data-mid="1401374" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1fe1c2ac17f5e1a796be4292f35663f8e1532408de81b9ddc8a8200022a037b9/DSCF0795.jpeg" data-mid="1401372" border="0" data-scale="80"/> <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d4ff64c66d66ccf6815de7e399d2ccdfbcec5dd39cc05f0de725666978cc6257/DSCF0891-2-1.jpeg" data-mid="1401375" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 23Laser Puke was happy. Truly happy for the first time since being separated from his parents. He had found his new adoptive family. <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dfe92ce00fd25e8286cc4479ca2b7bf48f264e53dce28400bfd49db7b0d89695/DSCF2408.jpeg" data-mid="1409400" border="0" data-scale="70"/><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c3b3d21c2acda97a586f8b35a62615ae6a042406b0262f8f09db7b40d9052086/DSCF2400.jpeg" data-mid="1409401" border="0" data-scale="70"/><img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/22796158be3cb936f11564cfa6df79d30e6e8a9bf31a9485b36fe710391b557e/DSCF2406.jpeg" data-mid="1409402" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 24He was so certain, so completely sure of this new feeling, that he let out one final burst of phosphorescent lightning—an incredible, glowing explosion of happiness.Doggocats aren’t known for their sense of smell, so it must have been pure chance. But that lightning found its way to his fleeing adoptive family, who had already traveled dozens of miles, striking them with a final, incredibly precise laser blast. <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9a2bc559e649963c5955d45653815dca8854d7196aa1d9b6d0736c729b459304/DSCF2411.jpeg" data-mid="1409403" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/698de6144d7ec7c9bc43802414d5a9d750528f93e26c9805998be37d371b9958/DSCF2416.jpeg" data-mid="1409404" border="0" data-scale="70"/> <img width="1280" height="854" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b0f95bfa7c0c685bda28fd5433d74ac579ba437192147b02c8e9ba1172ad75f4/DSCF2418.jpeg" data-mid="1409405" border="0" data-scale="70"/> 25When Meringa arrived home, Ibisca, Garlico, and the brilliant perfume were enveloped in a cloud of electric happiness. Meringa’s family had gained a new, irreplaceable member: Laser Puke, the doggocat. (This photo was taken by the magical hat on that very occasion —a hat that, beyond being magical, is also an excellent photographer- (I’m kidding)).  Good Good Doggocat Laser Puke 1Once upon a time, somewhere between a vertical and a horizontal line in space-time,... http://sqeys.com/Fable-1-JP Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:03:00 +0000 SQEYS 454800  <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bf2fd970f8ce4d42dd4e5961e64fcb8007148289ae0bd4bdf445bc368d683f8c/tfKoH.jpeg" data-mid="1385592" border="0" data-scale="60"/> むかしむかし、遠い未来に、孤独な魔法使いがいました。 彼はすべてを持っていました。特権に浸って生きていましたが、それはかつて の栄光の残りすべてでした。 彼が何よりも欲していたのは、物質的なものではありませんでした。 それらは問題ではなく、彼自身のためにまだ具現化することができました。 彼が切実に望んでいたのは、スクエアリーアイズシティの人々に対する支配で した。 しかし、市民たちは何世紀にもわたって進化しました。 彼らはすでに進化し、魔法や幻影への不合理な依存から自分自身を解放してい たのです。 <img width="581" height="756" width_o="581" height_o="756" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5f61bd20b19febf813cbc5fa5c66ea34be4f11622f28b3d8e003a0a39b6a3b35/49C9r.jpeg" data-mid="1385593" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いにはガーリコという弟子がいました。 彼は怪物のような見た目の弟子でした。 謙虚で内気ですが好奇心旺盛な人間で、魔法使いは新しい薬を試す代わりに、 魔法の基本知識を彼に教えていました。 ある日、ガーリコは「蝶の翼に壊れないドラゴンスケールを成長させる」とい う呪文の誤引用について、魔法使いに反論する勇気を出しました。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6a60f429b7cdff2f2a80f87f2d464f3e97db8b741c6ebdb380fb5cbee9998907/8Vsjs.jpeg" data-mid="1385594" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いは当惑し、愕然としました。 唯一、彼と共にいる忍耐を持っていた弟子が正しかったのです! 魔法使いにとって、誰かに訂正されることなど考えたこともありませんでした。 生と死の循環に絡まれた彼の人間の助手たちは、誰も彼を訂正する勇気を持っ ていませんでした。 魔法使いは怒りを抑えることができず、彼を追い出しました。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2f9e249b4011fdbf0a7a9a44028ad73a52908486b5be873460ed61a4a0450850/FBNXz.jpeg" data-mid="1385595" border="0" data-scale="60"/> まさにその瞬間、彼は自分が常に望んでいたことを達成する方法を理解しまし た。スクエアリーアイズシティに呪文をかけることにしました。 この呪文は、市民全員の心に無知をもたらすものでした。このようにして、彼 だけが物事を知っている唯一の存在となり、人間たちは助けを求めて彼のもと に戻ってくるでしょう。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9a665371c6c4fb459294e617dc1df89c0dbdcf964a847bd4b41c429b0e0f57d6/MVcJz.jpeg" data-mid="1385596" border="0" data-scale="60"/> こうして「退行」、絶対的な無知の呪文が人々の間に広がり始めました。人々 は互いに理解できなくなり、些細なことにも注意を払わなくなりました。簡単 な論理を組み立てることができず、短時間で癇癪を起こすようになりました。 彼らは異なる視点を受け入れることができなくなりました。お互いを数学的に 理解しようとする試みはすべて挫折し、無駄な口論に終わりました。多くの試 みの末、すべてのアイデアの交換は途絶えました。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a6e3c241ca6aeeb63e380112a64ae9caa5230fb55e6743eeadc7cdf42c1a9545/kKC27.jpeg" data-mid="1385597" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 人々は互いに会うことをやめました。友情を必要なものと見なさなくなり、事実、 その意味さえも理解できなくなりました。時間が経つにつれて、「退行」の影 響で人々は互いに理解不能な存在となりました。かつてスクエアリーアイズシ ティは輝かしい頭脳に溢れ、才能豊かな人々が住む街でした。最大の技術的進 歩の閾にあると言われていました。しかし、今では誰もが最低で最も歪んだ本 能に駆られて行動する場所となってしまいました。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e76416d4347c1143b43aed0f0d485e202c644ea03f6ebe895d887d0335452e58/DSCF9297.jpeg" data-mid="1385598" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法の呪文はますます強力になりました。市民たちはもはや二足で歩く必要性 を感じなくなりました。ある日から次の日にかけて、まるで流行病のように。 彼らは直立の姿勢を放棄し、四肢で歩き始めました。 魔法使いは目標を達成しました。人間たちは彼の神秘的な力を崇拝するように なり、彼は再び彼らの恐怖に対する答えとなりました。これらの恐怖は、彼自 身が「退行」の魔法の呪文による無知の広がりを通じて生み出したものでした。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f9662364cad50b51c2a2d1241d9afb8b4bbdc1aca02be23392a58ab480c2b97f/q1TaN.jpeg" data-mid="1385599" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 彼に最も忠誠を示した者たちの中で、つまり「退行」が最も成功して愚かになっ た者たちの中から、彼は武装警護隊を選びました。彼らは、魔法使いが直立の 姿勢を取り戻させた人間たちでした。これは「退行」の呪いを取り除くことなく、 痛みを伴う外骨格の助けを借りて行われ、それによって彼らはさらに邪悪にな りました。 魔法使いの助手であるガーリコは、ずっと以前から何かがおかしいと感じてい ました。彼の家族はすべての魔法の呪文に対してより強い保護を持っていまし た。このことが、広がる愚かさによる混乱の中で彼らが一緒にいるのを助けま した。しかし、他の人々と同様に、彼の仲間であるイビスカと彼自身も直立の 姿勢を失っていました。彼らは意志に反して、地面に手と足を交互につけて歩 いていました。 <img width="1033" height="1280" width_o="1033" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/74fc52613128271f1d0ccfad8e6ed8f7c226501dfa256444f5d5051e22b3b858/DSCF3444.jpeg" data-mid="1385600" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 不可解なことに、ガーリコとイビスカの娘であるメリンガは、町の他の子供た ちと同様に、魔法使いの呪いの影響を受けていませんでした。彼らの中には、 誰一人として愚かになる者も、親たちのように地面を這うように動き始める者 もいなかったのです。 <img width="938" height="1280" width_o="938" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6faf7729bd63f966462315d0803907cc0a1c51b6830b73a1699b3e2a49bfde14/DSCF3447.jpeg" data-mid="1385601" border="0" data-scale="60"/> しかし、「退行」の呪いは非常に強力でした。魔法の知識は完全に消えること はなかったものの、日々少しずつガーリコの心の中で停滞するようになりまし た。魔法使いの弟子として学んだ多くのことが、記憶に戻すのが難しくなって いきました。 <img width="886" height="1280" width_o="886" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/10607efd0ccdc6d3d2c91996ef7869f059f2a58f4e0fe8753fafaed020288908/DSCF3451.jpeg" data-mid="1385602" border="0" data-scale="60"/> メリンガの家族は最後までできるだけ多くの人々を救おうとしました。彼らは、 この困難な任務を祖父母や友人、そして友人の家族から始め、彼らと一緒に逃 げることができるようにしました。 <img width="902" height="1280" width_o="902" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/71cd3ebd7f113797f8753348cb958c1c39a933caf437a3045f00fd41c167f705/DSCF3453.jpeg" data-mid="1385603" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 多くの場合、彼は「退行」から人々を目覚めさせることに成功しましたが、最 後の試みは失敗し始めていました。街を離れる時が来たと決意しました。実際、 スクエアリーアイズシティは完全に魔法使いの呪文の影響下にあり、彼の手下 たちによって支配されていました。ガーリコは、後で再び戻ってきて、人々を 理性に戻すことを約束しました。 <img width="995" height="1280" width_o="995" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/093f84e55c8fd577d1d87462836b3daab65a65cd2b866fc6c931e6dc5027ef76/DSCF3455.jpeg" data-mid="1385604" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 難民たちは、一晩中、思いを語り合いながら共に過ごしました。その対話は、 豊かなアイデアと提案の交換によって成り立っていました。そこにいる人々は、 火を囲んで円になって集まっていました。その場で彼らは、共に過ごす時間の 記憶と楽しさをほとんど失っていたことに気付きました。 その夜、彼らは安全で、一緒にいることに喜びを感じ、何十マイルにも及ぶ悪 しき呪いの影響から遠く離れていました。そこには、魔法使いの助手ガーリコ と彼の家族、彼らの両親や友人たちとその家族が集まり、みんなで決断を下し ました。彼らは、森で必要な材料を集めて、壊れないロボットを作ることに決 めました。ガーリコは「退行」の影響を受けながらも魔法の呪文を覚えていま した。そのおかげで、木製のロボットは蝶の幼虫で覆われ、適切な時期に蝶の 翼にドラゴンの鱗が異常に成長するようにする必要がありました。 <img width="937" height="1280" width_o="937" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/51864d9458de4c18e12358af97f1619b1ecc571ef1aafe5152590047e9984a77/DSCF3459.jpeg" data-mid="1385605" border="0" data-scale="60"/> これらは容赦ない労働の日々でした。愚かさから逃れるために街を離れたすべ ての人々の貢献が非常に重要でした。すべての思考する脳が必要とされ、四肢 を地面につけてなお、目に見えるほどに屈辱を受けたすべての人々は、何が危 機に瀕しているのかを非常によく理解していました。 <img width="934" height="1280" width_o="934" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9d8c83c60cb2882ff37d402e51b0d5f415a1c346c370c8feb91bc5e994186d7b/DSCF3463.jpeg" data-mid="1385606" border="0" data-scale="60"/> <img width="1057" height="1280" width_o="1057" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/94e1e5c4fe503b33512178afef627b0969ef883a4c470998afa77ce2b86de527/DSCF3467.jpeg" data-mid="1385607" border="0" data-scale="60"/> <img width="931" height="1280" width_o="931" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/05781ef5d8718d541e1aaf6b7e1c3e9abd81ed2a0ec3e51c643e2a80b77cca56/DSCF3469.jpeg" data-mid="1385608" border="0" data-scale="60"/> <img width="938" height="1280" width_o="938" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e7d61a578f74764912ae87dea9d666874313b4c1860b9bbab2490e45adee64d0/DSCF3559.jpeg" data-mid="1385609" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 彼らはチームに分かれました。すべての細部を丹念に組み立て、テストするた めに、自分たちに役割を割り当てました。木製のロボットの外装は、出発の日 に孵化する無敵のドラゴンスケールバタフライの幼虫で覆われていました。 <img width="936" height="1280" width_o="936" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a11fb520a2e7676f8eb8b79a6c0fd0197897f8d436b077b600b149a283e7cf39/DSCF3473.jpeg" data-mid="1385610" border="0" data-scale="60"/> ロボットの内部構造は関節で構成されていました。各関節は数十本のシリン ダーと車輪で作られており、それらはハムスターがケージの中で足を伸ばすた めに使うものに非常によく似ていました。ただし、はるかに大きなフォーマッ トで作られていました。市民たちは四つ足でそれらの中を走り回り、ロボット の力を担っていました。彼らのおかげで、ロボットは巨大な体を動かすことが できたのです。 <img width="1008" height="1280" width_o="1008" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f609f53e8857aa86b2e30e69a3faea3178ef380b925d3a27592c0b07627d2712/DSCF3476.jpeg" data-mid="1385611" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 子供たちは笛、旗、ロープを使って、雲の上にそびえるロボットの頭から親た ちに指示を出していました。彼らの信号は、各動作の方向、速度、リズムを調 整していました。 魔法使いの弟子ガーリコ、彼の仲間、反乱を始めた彼の娘と他の家族たち、全 員が最後の戦いの準備をしていました。 <img width="1047" height="1280" width_o="1047" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2605a6a4c18bd61c7a3d3f7d19e556052928126560f4f6ea4de0750847e8fb66/DSCF3484.jpeg" data-mid="1385612" border="0" data-scale="60"/><img width="998" height="1280" width_o="998" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f4bf90002a5bfd5e023d2a610bd5712d0fa3a8b926e5f07c3238e92b978a1ed1/DSCF3480.jpeg" data-mid="1385613" border="0" data-scale="60"/> ロボットの各歩みが実際よりもずっと軽くなるように、数十億の蝶の翼によっ て支えられていました(それによって内部の市民が容易に動かすことができる ようになっていました)。しかし、その巨大さゆえに空気の移動が生じ、都市 の郊外に到着したとき、魔法使いの注意を引いてしまいました。魔法使いはす でに早朝に目を覚ましており、静かに朝食をとっていました。そのため、奇襲 攻撃は完全には成功しませんでした。 <img width="934" height="1280" width_o="934" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c30facd4199de8d992ab172960eefc6aa8683e458389a7d469d356f4f6ef9c05/DSCF3483.jpeg" data-mid="1385614" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いは、ゆっくりと彼に近づいてくるその巨大な存在の大きさと、遠くか らは雷を含んだ雲の壁のように見える翼の輝きときらめきに目を見張りました。 彼は、自分の命を救おうとする利己的な試みで逃げる前に、部下たちと残りの 市民たちを巨人に向かって投げつけました。これらの市民たちは、魔法の呪文 のために完全に愚か者になっていました。 一方、巨人の内部では、数十人の男女が同期して動いていました。彼らは皆、 子供たちが上から送る信号によって導かれ、連結された車輪の上を前後に走り 回っていました。 <img width="932" height="1280" width_o="932" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/be9a67a20c15c0215ac156a6455d61223e9b43e5248fac6ca0b451d9733be1c7/DSCF3555.jpeg" data-mid="1385615" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いの手下たちは、外骨格のおかげで超人的な力を持っていましたが、巨 人の足を攻撃してもその進行を止めることはできませんでした。ロボットは蝶 の雲、魔法使いの弟子ガーリコ、彼の家族、そして友人たちによって非常にう まく守られていたのです。 <img width="937" height="1280" width_o="937" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1a668e8e769861c2b70aa95c7680781e7bfbbca4bbadda648ba4cc932729533c/DSCF3487.jpeg" data-mid="1385616" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 「退行」に苦しむ恐怖に満ちた市民が、他の全員の前で戦いに押し出されました。 彼は四肢をうまく動かせないほど愚かだったため、つまずいて惨めに倒れまし た。この市民の転倒は、後ろの戦士たちを次々に倒れさせ、人間の愚かさの真 の山を作り出しました。 <img width="940" height="1280" width_o="940" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ea5e21673171fcd8cec071aa32e36cea8811ad06e6148fcc35640bbcc8473329/DSCF3489.jpeg" data-mid="1385617" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 巨人の頭の高い位置から戦いを指揮していた子供たちは、「退行」の影響を受 けた不器用な人々を踏みつけたくないと思い、ロボットの進行を止めようとし ました。突然の矛盾した子供たちの命令は、各車輪の中で走っている人々を混 乱させ、その結果、巨人も地面に倒れてしまいました。 <img width="995" height="1280" width_o="995" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c1e4418e1488a9f240370552f6e88a39d1e77628662bedb42920c4a0954d7a60/DSCF3494.jpeg" data-mid="1385618" border="0" data-scale="60"/> ロボットは非常に大きくて背が高かったため、魔法使いが逃げた距離は倒れた ロボットの体の長さで覆われました。魔法使いは、自分が広めた愚かさによっ て再び勝利したかのように見えました。関節を操作していた女性たちと男性た ちは、ドラゴンバタフライの輝く雲によって救出された後、地面に散らばった 巨人の装甲の破片の中から他の生存者を探し始めました。 <img width="931" height="1280" width_o="931" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ab5aa1d2aa3c6bd1f873165fdfbe09a49ef6f69200bf100af549f11a90011623/DSCF3499.jpeg" data-mid="1385619" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 巨人は地面に倒れ、壊れて街中に散らばっていました。子供たちが乗っていた 巨人の頭は、魔法使いのところまで転がっていきました。 無傷で、全員が揃っているか何度も確認し合いながら、彼らは勇気を奮い起こ しました。目の前にいる魔法使いを見て、彼らは即席の滑車とロープを使って 巨人の口から降り、お互いの手を取り合い、魔法使いを囲むことに決めました。 <img width="937" height="1280" width_o="937" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d9856decdb5a577ed6b2065cef43b6e282c51bc066838db99e4103fdba34a9e2/DSCF3503.jpeg" data-mid="1385620" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 彼らは、魔法使いが引き起こしたすべての破壊を知っていました。魔法使いが 彼らの親たちを愚かにしてしまった状態についても、そして、それらがすべて、 彼が不必要に自信を持ち、より重要であると感じるためであったことについて も。 子供たちは、毎日の挫折、突然の口論、愛する親たちが低俗な本能に支配され、 ほとんど見分けがつかない獣のようになってしまった怒りの日々を思い出しま した。 その日も、親たちが魔法使いの力に抵抗してより良い人間になろうと努力して いるにもかかわらず、依然として地面を手と足で歩く姿を見ていました。 <img width="996" height="1280" width_o="996" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f9a7a8f2e3a98210da55b2da0a1a927f746d4a663eb8e6047365e9561ad35da1/DSCF3508.jpeg" data-mid="1385621" border="0" data-scale="60"/> ガーリコとイビスカの娘であるメリンガは、子供たちの輪から出て、魔法使い に近づき始めました。魔法使いは彼女の勇気に明らかに驚いていました。 魔法使いが何かをする前に、彼女は彼に飛びかかり、警告のために彼が彼女に 差し伸べた指に強く噛みつきました。魔法使いは彼女にこれ以上近づかないよ うに叫んでいました。 <img width="928" height="1280" width_o="928" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a1f8724ce7432d90dedaab0a197a0860bf8842703a62eadf20468f00acb1d9a3/DSCF3512.jpeg" data-mid="1385622" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いの大声に、子供たちは互いに顔を見合わせ、一斉に笑い出しました。 彼らは気づいていたのです。 彼らは退行の影響を受けていなかったし、四肢で歩くことを強いられてはいま せんでしたが、傲慢な男に対して大きな恐れを抱いていたのです。 この恐怖が、いつも彼らが魔法使いの仮初めの力に挑戦するのを止めていたの だと。 <img width="930" height="1280" width_o="930" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c6124af6c1188a2f017458e0d4c72326787d836ba3041f90b7bb76d2d65045c8/DSCF3517.jpeg" data-mid="1385623" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 子供たちの輪は徐々に魔法使いに近づき、ついには各々が走り出して彼の体に 飛びかかりました。ある者は腕に、ある者は頭に、またある者は脚に飛びつき、 それぞれが彼の皮膚の一部を噛み取ることに専念していました。 痛みに叫び声を上げる魔法使いは、呪文の最初の一節さえも唱えることができ ませんでした。彼は、体中を噛まれた子供たちから逃れるために、地面に倒れ 込み、転がり跳ね回ることを余儀なくされました。 <img width="993" height="1280" width_o="993" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a7a69baeacfdbe40d77356f7671da0a15c8cb949e7dedad56c343ec5369b53ef/DSCF3529.jpeg" data-mid="1385624" border="0" data-scale="60"/> この信じられない侮辱にショックを受けた魔法使いは震えだし、よだれを垂ら し始めました。彼の口、目、耳から厚い煙が立ち上り、その中から様々な形に 歪んだ怪物たちが透けて見えました。それらはピンク色、オレンジ色、緑色の 光の泡となって破裂し、最終的には地面に残された彼の服だけが火を噴いて灰 になりました。 <img width="997" height="1280" width_o="997" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9eebdb040df0822e553140168f5693321dce6c09d9bbe69a92aef73d9b18a644/DSCF3531.jpeg" data-mid="1385625" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いも「退行」の呪文も何も残らなかったように見えました。しかし、こ れは彼が何世紀も前、まだ魔法使いではなく、道ゆく観客を驚かせるために、 簡単な消失のトリックを使っていた若い頃に学んだ一万のトリックや呪文の最 初に過ぎませんでした。 もちろん今回は、十倍に完璧な消失の演技でした。より劇的な技術と舞台効果 を備えたマジックでしたが、それでも古くからの消失のトリックに過ぎません でした。 <img width="936" height="1280" width_o="936" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7d483205fce7de2e64536ca23a70d8f63aa959fffe5900ade75d613ac795cae0/DSCF3550.jpeg" data-mid="1385626" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 魔法使いが消えると同時に、「退行」の影響も街から消え去りました。戦場では、 彼の手下たちは正気を取り戻し、何が起こったのか理解できないまま、それま で戦っていた市民たちに挨拶しました。ドラゴンスケールの翼を持つ蝶に覆わ れた市民たちは、魔法の影響を受けていた他の市民たちに、最近の出来事を大 まかに説明しました。両方のグループは一緒に、巨人の頭が転がった場所へ向 かい、子供たちの元へ走り出しました。 <img width="887" height="1280" width_o="887" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/346d401542533a42c315d540b35c8cca6e4f5144e62407aa869e5458e5a03451/DSCF3542.jpeg" data-mid="1385627" border="0" data-scale="60"/> 谷を見渡せるその高台から、ガーリコと彼の家族、そして他のすべての市民た ちは、非常に奇妙で予想外の光景を目撃しました。痩せこけ、傷だらけで、と ころどころ焼けた老いた男が、無意味な言葉を叫びながら、森に向かって猛ス ピードで裸のまま駆けていくのです。彼が森の最初の木々に向かって進むのを 見守る中、焼け焦げた男は加速度的に退行するように見えました。ひとつひと つのステップごとに、無意味な言葉を叫び続けながら、彼は背中を反らし、四 肢を交互に使って歩き始め、やがて謎めいた濃密な植生の中へと消えていきま した。 <img width="1002" height="1280" width_o="1002" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/79c25a12e53287427296dd3b99091a0d7a7af4854cb2bf60984a924f102d1c22/DSCF3546.jpeg" data-mid="1385628" border="0" data-scale="60"/> ガーリコとイビスカは娘のメリンガの手を取りました。彼らは彼女を空中で回 転させ、それからドラゴンスケールの翼を持つたくさんの蝶に助けられながら、 ロボットの頭を運んで家に向かいました。メリンガは魔法使いの指に噛みつい たことで、もっと大きな寝室を得るに値しました。それは確かに勇敢な行動で あり、報われるべきものでした。   むかしむかし、遠い未来に、孤独な魔法使いがいました。... http://sqeys.com/Fable-2-It-It Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:18:15 +0000 SQEYS 451720  <img width="900" height="1280" width_o="900" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f7aa433ec3de84a72dbcf5d76e544fb3636896b62bc39202ceb20f28f623941a/1.jpeg" data-mid="1348872" border="0" /> C’era una volta, (in un lontano futuro), la più grande eroina di Squary Eyes City. Sulla città regnava la pace da quando era arrivata. Il suo carattere riusciva a dissipare ogni piccolo conflitto. Quando un problema sembrava insormontabile per lei era come bere acqua fresca risolverlo. Il suo coraggio non aveva pari e aveva raccolto esperienze e visto di tutto nella sua vita di avventuriera. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1f67d5a7a52e9b4d3f260c733bb3c85b2ce0663856e1a8a2e9732e52407e0104/2.jpeg" data-mid="1348873" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9c5339186cc26fe9075e153ff7832f4001ef35d14a6c1fa2ecec891ce352ed90/2b.jpeg" data-mid="1348874" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7c48b11b0a69904e3ce33410f05876234c6f4332333925f7a82a57af72c489f6/2a.jpeg" data-mid="1348875" border="0" /> I dito-vermi delle pianure, le piante carnivore delle alture, i tentativi di invasione degli ostili barbari dagli occhi di serpente -insomma, è un elenco lungo da riportare-, ma qualsiasi pericoloso ostacolo vi possa venire in mente state certi che Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Fa Faraganat, per gli amici Galette, fosse pronta prima ancora di estrarre la spada ad affrontare e vincere su ogni avversità. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8ef09dafbce12b9ef8e51754013449838b40b3460db7cef36d799e470821e693/3.jpeg" data-mid="1348876" border="0" /> I cittadini di Squary Eyes City, per la maggior parte molto paurosi e pigri, erano ben felici che si fosse trasferita stabilmente in città. <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f14413e03bda77d1c0672a69e3142fd8651da15c21e379372482e467049e1c83/4.jpeg" data-mid="1348877" border="0" /> Un giorno al mercato cittadino dove si riunivano ogni settimana i mercanti di tutti i territori per vendere ogni genere di cose, un enorme tricheco in fuga uscito dal vicolo del pesce si scontrò contro Galette facendole perdere l’equilibrio. Al suo seguito il tricheco aveva una aragosta. Non solo! Subito dietro il tricheco e l’aragosta, sempre in fuga con loro, c’era&nbsp; un melmoso fiore di loto ed erano tutti inequivocabilmente altrettanto giganti! <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fe8823e2a35f2342fecd83e204348711e14e1389216ea80914aef11894c0d697/5.jpeg" data-mid="1348878" border="0" /> I tre avevano fatto amicizia nella vasca del pescivendolo del mare del nord durante il viaggio verso la città e la terribile attesa di venire venduti al mercato. Dopo avere studiato un piano di fuga, senza mai avere camminato sulla terraferma e muovendosi in maniera molto goffa ed insicura, usciti dalla loro prigione, nella foga, sbatterono uno dopo l’altro contro Galette che era immersa nei suoi pensieri, con la guardia abbassata e dopo essere roteata come una trottola scivolò, rompendosi la gamba. &nbsp; <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/56722a668de036937fac8ed7924acd1a8f60f04c95c8ac915540aa956e46496a/6.jpeg" data-mid="1348879" border="0" /> Il caos, con Galette messa fuori combattimento, scoppiò nel mercato. Garlico, che era diventato apprendista di un nuovo mago e si trovava lì con una lunga lista di ingredienti da acquistare per esercitarsi in preparazione dei prossimi esami, cercò di aiutare come poteva i cittadini che scappavano in tutte le direzioni. <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9e4258c826cf35b99dd90fd4ab1ab234b0469d63d68434264bafbf7133b308cd/7.jpeg" data-mid="1348880" border="0" /> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d4df6bd8ff44d1c741051605f2288a3daf6013a5a651b376b37a504f3c3b801d/7a.jpeg" data-mid="1348881" border="0" /> Meringa ed i suoi migliori amici si trovavano al parco, a pochi isolati dal putiferio. Erano totalmente inconsapevoli di tutto ciò che stava succedendo. Al passaggio delle tre creature mastodontiche visibilmente impaurite alla ricerca di qualcosa di simile al loro ambiente naturale, furono loro stessi a condurli verso la libertà, al delta del fiume di Squary Eyes City che le avrebbe portate al mare. Prima di tuffarsi in acqua il tricheco, l’aragosta e il fiore di loto si inchinarono verso i bambini in segno di profonda gratitudine nei loro confronti. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bc140dae91825455452b32af9d8d48726acff90c0259ffcf74a579302e53eccb/8.jpeg" data-mid="1348882" border="0" /> Capendo di non riuscire a controllare la situazione senza ricorrere alla magia, mangiando tre spicchi d’aglio, temporaneamente Garlico prese la sua forma mostruosa ed espandendo la coltre di nuvola d’aglio che solitamente gli avvolgeva la testa, riuscì a rallentare e confondere i cittadini, portandoli ad uno stato di pesante sonnolenza. Riconoscendo da lontano la grande nuvola di aglio del padre sul mercato, Meringa capì che era successo qualcosa di strano e con gli amici, correndo, si diresse in quella direzione. Soltanto alle porte del mercato i quattro si accorsero della distruzione. <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6ff366b664ecde4f6876b4d9e2e4edab889d50c41525b3b40e6c43d3a769114e/9.jpeg" data-mid="1348883" border="0" /> Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Fa Faraganat in tutto questo era ancora a terra, visibilmente dolorante. La sua gamba aveva bisogno immediatamente di cure. Non le era mai mai mai mai mai successo di essere colta di sorpresa, ma è sicuramente quello che succede quando un tricheco, una aragosta ed un fiore di loto colossali in fuga, uscendo a tutta velocità dal vicolo del pesce, si scontrano contro di te all’improvviso facendoti roteare e cadere a terra. Garlico, Meringa ed i suoi amici pur capendo tutti il terribile dolore alla gamba, non capivano perché stesse piangendo in quel modo. Galette era inconsolabile. C’era qualcosa oltre il dolore della frattura che le impediva di rialzarsi e non riuscì a spiegarsi fino ad aver raggiunto l’ospedale di Squary Eyes City. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae51188ef7d755c965d402def74a0d2fd62922106bd4975eb05de3c48e33f277/10.jpeg" data-mid="1348884" border="0" /> È lì che dal letto di degenza, con la gamba immobilizzata, davanti a tutti, Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Fa Faraganat confessò il suo tormento e per la prima volta si mostrò oltre il suo coraggio ed espose i suoi veri sentimenti. Quel mattino si trovava al mercato per fare scorte di cibo. Era tutto quasi pronto per una missione. Il giorno dopo avrebbe dovuto intraprendere un lungo e pericoloso viaggio per raggiungere il suo innamorato segreto: il famoso poeta errante Risotto Parbo. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8a531fe149ea4b6a7db2db77fab79de837b8c0ec777c287befc931d006bda807/11.jpeg" data-mid="1348885" border="0" /> Risotto detestava i rumori. Sostenendo di non riuscire a scrivere niente di significativo a Squary Eyes City era partito da tempo per riuscire a comporre, ripetendolo di continuo, il sonetto perfetto. Dopo essere stato visto attraversare le montagne al confine degli Starry Eyes con il suo equipaggiamento di registrazione -una lunga fila indiana di dito-vermi-grammofono-, se ne era persa traccia fino a quando un messaggio trasportato da due suoi assistenti, due dito-vermi-grammofono di ultima generazione, non era arrivato a Galette. Il messaggio, recitato dai dito-vermi, era molto breve, -come la memoria di due dito-verme messi insieme, per questo ci volevano molti dito-vermi-grammofono per registrare lunghi componimenti, ma anche questa è un’altra storia-, e diceva: <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c781d82381136efa8a9c4912c7e9a13066b1f3f4f614926c19b1bdf59ad00c57/12a.jpeg" data-mid="1348886" border="0" /> <img width="894" height="1280" width_o="894" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cc006280f49d93454680fa85e00a93dcabb09eb05b3ca10c2d80a21dae37f004/12.jpeg" data-mid="1348887" border="0" /> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/502d65189437f29b60fb7d8d6a735653e9c93a4ee2513d61f09fbf99da270959/12b.jpeg" data-mid="1348888" border="0" /> ... TzzzZzzZzz ... Il mio nome è Risotto Parbo e questo è un messaggio per la mia amata Galette. Uno-due-tre. Uno-due-tre. Fa Fa Fa. Fa Fa Fa. Check. Check. Check. Uno. Fa. Check. Fa Fa Fa. Qui tutto senza di te è buio pesto. Ti ho lasciato per trovare per me stesso un nuovo percorso. Ma nei palmi delle tue mani so che batte ancora il mio cuore! Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Oh Galette, mi sono perso! Vieni a cercarmi! Oh Galette, mi sono perso Vieni... Fa fa fa a salvarmi! Oh Galette, porta un po' di luce In questa notte! Tutto è triste, tutto è nero intorno a me! Non c'è modo per uscire da qui, solo fiumi di lacrime, si! Vieni a salvarmi! Vieni a salvarmi, Galette! Mi sono perso così tanto che non vedo il cielo da giorni. Non vedo l'orizzonte, non vedo le stelle, non vedo nemmeno me stesso! Mi sembra di essere stato inghiottito da una spessa melma nera! Sono stato accecato dal mio ego e ho fatto anche un pasticcio. Non c'è modo di uscire da qui per tornare da te. Oh Galette! Vieni a salvarmi! Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa TzzzZzzzZz ... <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/11c4ec214ff99d2f53f82c324dcb420d0ea3265bf6d68c707a05cade8bf0c101/13.jpeg" data-mid="1348889" border="0" /> Nella stanza ci fu un attimo di silenzio. Era senza ombra di dubbio la richiesta di soccorso più bella, tragica e ritmata che i presenti attorno al letto d’ospedale avessero mai sentito. Erano tutti commossi. Meringa, mentre Galette era scoppiata nuovamente in un pianto inconsolabile, per un attimo desiderò che il padre Garlico quando litigava con sua mamma Ibisca si andasse a perdere anche lui e le mandasse delle registrazioni altrettanto belle. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1f50123a6bdcee8da1e051b2ec7dd79bb7fe9fd1f4c9ba0fcb5f653dcc25dbaa/14.jpeg" data-mid="1348890" border="0" /> Dalla finestra dell’ospedale intanto qualcuno era in ascolto oltre ai presenti. Il pianto sincero di Galette aveva richiamato le tre creature che l’avevano urtata. Arrivate al mare, avevano rinunciato alla fuga ed erano tornate indietro per il dispiacere ed il profondo senso di colpa udendo da lontano la sua voce. Erano visibilmente tristi e dispiaciuti di averle fatto del male e volevano rendersi utili in qualsiasi modo. <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d51a8db0cf277dbb44245035fb4ce4bf1db6fd021224a65e2270d69e950171e5/15.jpeg" data-mid="1348891" border="0" /> Al mercato Garlico aveva comprato gli ingredienti sufficienti per esercitarsi in vista degli esami sulla magia della fusione. Interpretando la loro richiesta fuse i loro corpi insieme, e per sbaglio il suo con i loro, in un unico straordinario essere avvolto da una densa nuvola da cui uscivano pinne, zanne, chele e mucillagini su cui i bambini, seguendo la fiduciosa Meringa, si misero in groppa. La fusione dei corpi di un tricheco, di una aragosta, di un fiore di loto giganti, di Garlico l’apprendista mago e i nostri piccoli eroi, si lanciò al soccorso del famoso poeta errante Risotto Parbo. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/45b93a392a13e62414a4bae8ea773a0e7a8671d6aef9d6393aa6a54855c4081e/16.jpeg" data-mid="1348892" border="0" /> Galette era sorpresa dalla generosità di tutti loro. Non era abituata ad essere aiutata. Nella vita era diventata una eroina proprio perché si era sempre dovuta arrangiare da sola. È così che aveva costruito il coraggio per cui era conosciuta in ogni dove. Un ostacolo dopo l’altro, il continuo allenamento l’aveva portata a dimenticarsi dei suoi problemi e dei suoi bisogni occupandosi continuamente degli altri. Per la prima volta sentì di potersi prendere cura di sé leggendo fumetti e guardando la tv riposando la gamba da un morbido letto di ospedale, abbandonandosi alla fiducia verso i suoi nuovi amici e mettendo il suo amato nelle loro mani. Non aveva comunque altra scelta all’infuori di questa. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/594aa30e07952753a0d35df588fdee7c53ee2a17854e5763483600d76ab4702d/17.jpeg" data-mid="1348893" border="0" /> Il gruppo partito da Squary Eyes City attraversò giorno dopo giorno le pianure dei dito-vermi, le alture delle piante carnivore, le terre dei barbari dei popoli dagli occhi di serpente e si ritrovò dopo settimane di viaggio davanti ai nuovi territori dell’Universo in formazione. Senza alcun dubbio il poeta errante Risotto Parbo descriveva quel luogo nella registrazione arrivata a Galette. Non c’era orizzonte perché lì il confine era in continua creazione. Non c’erano stelle perché era tutto sostituito da un vuoto uniforme da cui veniva generato il continuo divenire della creazione in continua espansione. Senza dubbio, capirono tutti i presenti, quello era il luogo adatto per un poeta errante per concepire versi leggendari. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/989266e1ebad1c7e534bc0b8eab4ca4e024c520604a9dd7b3be27792524dc4fe/18.jpeg" data-mid="1348894" border="0" /> Scrutando nel vuoto, urlando il nome Risotto! Risotto! Risotto!, una voce rispose dall’abisso. Un luccicorio dal buio formato da miliardi di piccolissime mani oscure che fondevano operosamente catene di atomi primordiali, spiegò che Risotto non esisteva più nel loro piano di esistenza. Era entrato a fare parte del piano della non-esistenza. <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1eb7f0f391fc78a21b9ea46ef6ca94186b19f8a6c7453262d1a5865f0efb5a4b/19.jpeg" data-mid="1348895" border="0" /> Il poeta errante Risotto alla ricerca del sonetto perfetto, continuò a spiegare la voce, per tutta la vita aveva cercato fuori da sé, in lungo ed in largo, quello che si ostinava a non volere trovare dentro di sé. Questa debolezza al cospetto dell’Universo in formazione lo aveva condannato a venire assorbito. La presunta profondità di Risotto, pur essendo da tutti considerato un poeta, non era sufficiente a respingere il vuoto dell’Universo in formazione. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a5e25d78461c28d481f683bf3c02e2efaa5e6c08b8659b0438b5c574c39dc234/20.jpeg" data-mid="1348896" border="0" /> La voce con le sue miliardi di mani indicò ognuno di loro e li portò a comprendere ciò che era ovvio. Nessuno di loro infatti era stato assorbito. Il coraggio e la determinazione ed il senso di profonda amicizia verso Galette che avevano dimostrato per arrivare alla soglia dell’Universo in formazione neutralizzava la naturale voracità del vuoto. Voi qui non correte alcun pericolo, disse, ma niente può fare tornare Risotto perché questa fusione è irreversibile. Era la sua stessa inconsistenza che rendeva impossibile di ricondurlo alla materia. Il gruppo era davvero affranto. Meringa era davvero super triste. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/93776265a5b3e6d3e989ec8197bb0eec2b102ba6c315394a7b81da583069ac2a/21.jpeg" data-mid="1348897" border="0" /> Alle loro spalle, improvvisamente, il tuono di una chitarra elettrica fece tremare le fibre dello spazio-tempo. Era un suono così distorto che l'incantesimo di fusione di Garlico si ruppe e le creature si divisero ognuna nella sua forma originale. Era Galette che, dopo qualche settimana di riposo si era stancata della convalescenza. Dopo tutto era una persona d’azione. Aveva raggiunto i suoi amici radunando tutti i dito-vermi-grammofono che aveva raccolto nelle pianure e si preparava a riportare dall’abisso il suo amato Risotto. Con un nuovo assolo generò dalla sua chitarra un’altra onda d’urto&nbsp; e con un dito-verme-microfono in mano si preparò ad urlare con tutta la sua voce per raggiungere Risotto Parbo ovunque egli potesse essere finito in quell’abisso: <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/34e826cb1820c646a6c25968fd98b81df70baee91cf75955cd18f4ae40a61576/22.jpeg" data-mid="1348898" border="0" /> ... Uno-due. Uno-due. Ri-sot-to. Ri-sot-to. Check. Check. Uno. Due. Risotto! Ok. Ora ha senso com’è che sei finito così lontano. Qui c'è pace. Lontano dai rumori, dal caos, lontano da ogni guerra. Se mi senti, perso nell'infinito, è da tanto tempo che volevo che tu lo sapessi: Non voglio più essere un'eroina! - Evviva, l'ho detto! - Se mi senti, perso nell'infinito, è da tanto tempo che volevo che tu lo sapessi: nessun sonetto epico vale la vita di un poeta trovatore! - Evviva, l'ho detto! - Se mi senti, amore mio perso nell'infinito, trova il coraggio, trova la forza, trova la fede, in te stesso! Sii l'eroe che hai bisogno di essere esci da questo buio e torna da me! Fallo da solo! Credici e basta! Trova l'eroe dentro di te e fai un passo fuori dalla spessa melma nera! Non hai bisogno di me per questo! Risotto, torna! Torna da me! <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1fa5cf4e2dcc8661dc6f8e13c9d1450cc4eee1cca201238a997108e654a11ed8/23.jpeg" data-mid="1348899" border="0" /> L’Universo in formazione e tutti i presenti erano senza parole inclusi il tricheco, l’aragosta e il fiore di loto. Si guardavano l’uno con l’altro cercando di non esprimere i loro sentimenti. C’era chi tratteneva le lacrime, chi applaudiva, chi ancora teneva il tempo continuando la canzone appena ascoltata e c’era tanto, tanto imbarazzo. Galette aveva composto la canzone più brutta e allo stesso tempo più profonda che tutti avessero mai sentito. Era davvero orribile in effetti, ma accompagnata dalla distorsione della chitarra e la sua voce rotta ogni persona presente in qualche modo era stata portata ad un profondo senso di commozione. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/81831458530bce5b9108ac3ea9a082ef0cc90ac73feb5c0cd50e1a3f4bfd20f0/24.jpeg" data-mid="1348900" border="0" /> Anche le faglie dell’Universo in continua formazione erano state turbate dall’ascolto in maniera così profonda che il buio sputò fuori uno strano essere, una sorta di larva luccicante e pulsante. Era Risotto Parbo che tornava al mondo fisico sotto forma di qualcosa di simile ad un piccolo verme della grandezza di un chicco di riso. Per tornare al suo stato adulto, in una situazione normale, avrebbe avuto bisogno di alcuni anni. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fa579c65d29e806691378f1a68f8709595ac5b293459eb219f0e8d1bb176dbc0/25.jpeg" data-mid="1348901" border="0" /> L’Universo in formazione, capendo che non c’era più niente di normale attorno a sé, decise che per liberarsi di questa brigata di matti e tornare al suo paziente lavoro, avrebbe dovuto dare forma a Risotto Parbo tale e quale a prima che iniziasse questa sua disavventura. E così fece, anche perché era certo che tutti i presenti, Universo in formazione compreso, avevano imparato una lezione da questo viaggio. Una lezione che avrebbero tutti ricordato per il resto dei loro giorni. Galette, vedendo il suo Risotto tornare tale e quale a prima, si lanciò verso di lui stritolandolo in un bacio dando il benvenuto al suo amato tornato in vita ed alla sua forma normale. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/59ef81c795da524bb3f379ce1473ce85c96824ee2a9e01257582c9595651ee7a/26.jpeg" data-mid="1348902" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b2e53718c54621ee651928b1129ff560264119a809d14113f228a79872838f11/26a.jpeg" data-mid="1348903" border="0" /> Galette e Risotto ringraziarono gli amici che con generosità si erano imbarcati in una una pericolosissima avventura per salvare una persona che non avevano mai conosciuto. Questo tipo di amicizia era quasi inspiegabile ai loro giorni. Con i poteri dell’Universo in Formazione, del coraggio di Galette e della poesia di Risotto i tre formarono un regalo per Meringa: uno strano e curioso profumo senziente. Risotto aveva imparato la sua bella lezione da questa sua avventura e anche Galette sentiva che qualcosa in lei era cambiato. Tornare a dedicarsi a sé stessa durante il tempo passato in ospedale, tornare a leggere e studiare le aveva dato il tempo utile per capire ciò che davvero voleva. Galette e Risotto erano due persone molto diverse, molto, molto, molto diverse ma senza dubbio erano affamate di cultura. Salutarono i presenti e quello che si sa di loro due è che poco dopo si iscrissero nuovamente all’università. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fbc24b8093c01080c6fd4dbdec501318bfaf58e4ace4436c3445169b1ade7e19/27.jpeg" data-mid="1348904" border="0" /> Meringa, dalla sua camera dove avrebbe dovuto studiare matematica per l’interrogazione del giorno dopo, chiuse il quaderno in cui da poco aveva iniziato a scrivere storie di sua invenzione seguendo il consiglio della sua insegnante di lettere. Si accorse di come non appena avesse scritto l’ultima parola della nuova storia sulla carta, i suoi genitori avessero smesso di litigare. Non li sentiva più alternare dei momenti di terribile silenzio a dei momenti di rabbia esplosiva con accuse reciproche su cose insignificanti. La loro voce era diventata piena di affetto, calma e si stavano preparando un tè parlando di nuovi progetti da fare nell’immediato futuro. Non aveva ancora capito come, ma il mondo di Squary Eyes in quel quaderno ed il suo sembravano potersi influenzare l’uno con l’altro.  C’era una volta, (in un lontano futuro), la più grande eroina di Squary Eyes City. Sulla città regnava la pace da quando era arrivata. Il suo carattere... http://sqeys.com/Fable-2-JP Sat, 10 Feb 2024 18:37:45 +0000 SQEYS 451609  <img width="900" height="1280" width_o="900" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/42a17aca10fd86d838c560e5bac402bc19541673db82595d35b39d7bb94e4170/1.jpeg" data-mid="1347891" border="0" /> むかしむかし（遠い未来）、スクアリー·アイズ·シティに最大のヒロインがいました。 彼女が現れて以来、街には平和が広がっていました。彼女の性格はとてもよくて、小さな衝突をすぐに解消することができました。どんな難しい問題でも、彼女は簡単に解決しました。彼女の勇気は比類のないもので、冒険家としての人生で経験を積み、面白い物を沢山見れました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ffb03e814514c6797ae8ed38bf45f9c49c6954c9f1b2999b2240a28f81b93b2/2.jpeg" data-mid="1347892" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b916e8813fbbab601325b972bf8bb43c0d98e93067e3081922327e7972a1653d/2b.jpeg" data-mid="1347893" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0ffe721a1488b9dc85933f7202f189a431d02344b4b90c3802be6ee869591ea3/2a.jpeg" data-mid="1347894" border="0" /> 平原の指虫、高地の食虫植物、蛇の目をした敵対的な野蛮人の侵略などの数えられないぐらいの敵を目にしたガレット·デ·ロワ·フォン·ファ·ファ ファ·ファラガナット、（あだ名はガレット）剣を抜く前からどんな逆境にも立ち向かっても、勝利する準備ができていました。 <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/865b2577621ec940cf27f43661526945f98d7b8ecce2aa09a655d00b6fc78ee2/3.jpeg" data-mid="1347901" border="0" /> スクアリー·アイズ·シティの住民は、ほとんどがとても怖がりで怠け者だったが、彼女がこの街に永住したことをとても喜んでいた。 <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e621332a16f1bedf021455aea41c740ba193c4845568a7c104d0ca28e50bcaf7/4.jpeg" data-mid="1347902" border="0" /> ある日、各地の商人が毎週集まってあらゆる品物を販売する市の市場で、魚の横丁から逃げてきた巨大なセイウチがガレットに衝突し、ガレットはバランスを崩してしまう。 彼の後にセイウチがロブスターを抱えていました。 また、セイウチとロブスターのすぐ後ろには、いつも一緒に逃げていましたが、ぬるぬるした蓮の花があり、それらも巨大でした。 <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f4d3ed2e4b7e305f31620c2d1054ae28c55edf20e5042be87e87d47137fd9eb2/5.jpeg" data-mid="1347903" border="0" /> 3匹は北海の魚屋で会って、市内に旅行して市場で売られるのを待ちながら友達になりました。脱出計画を検討した後、乾いた土地を歩くこともなく、非常にぎこちなく不安定な動きをやりながら刑務所を出ました。暑い中、彼らは次々に、たまたま集中力ガ切れたガレットにぶつかりました。ガードを下げ、コマのように回転した後、彼女は滑って足を骨折しました。 <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3aa305a639a51b520629ecec0b1394ab20f44b3dac8e4ffa485c2c418f4851c9/6.jpeg" data-mid="1347904" border="0" /> ガレットがノックアウトされ、市場は混乱に陥った。 新しい魔法使いの見習いになったガーリコは、次の試験に備えて練習するために購入する食材の長いリストを持ってそこにいたが、四方八方に逃げる住民たちをできる限り助けようとした。 <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3e91d6d00b517882b490b6996c5b45674e215f2d81028b23f12feab4d09bb153/7.jpeg" data-mid="1347905" border="0" /> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7951309807923d81aa038b5a57c4893aff0d1647d7972b78d856928bdadd242a/7a.jpeg" data-mid="1347906" border="0" /> メリンガと彼女の親友たちは、騒ぎから数ブロック離れた公園にいた。彼らは何が起こっているのか全く知りませんでした。3匹の巨大な生き物が通り過ぎると、生息環境に似たものを求めて明らかに怯えました。そしたらメリンガ達は3匹の巨人を自由へと導き、スクウェアリー·アイズ·シティのデルタ地帯へと海へと連れて行った。 水に飛び込む前に、セイウチ、ロブスター、ハスの花は、子どもたちへの深い感謝のしるしとして、子どもたちに向かって頭を下げました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9030019267d9d439daa6cd65ea2896491703c6528ce5a84b23bdc6d29a3d1053/8.jpeg" data-mid="1347907" border="0" /> 魔法に頼らずに状況を制御できないことに気づいたガーリコは、ニンニクを3片食べることで一時的に怪物の姿をとり、通常は頭を覆っていたニンニク雲を落とし、住民を混乱させて、激しい眠気の状態に陥りることに成功しました。メリンガさんは、父親が市場に出している大きなニンニクの雲を遠くから見て、何か奇妙なことが起こったと理解し、友人たちとともに走ってその方向へ向かいました。 4人が破壊に気づいたのは市場の門に着いた時でした。 <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bc97e487f97208ed074f62d431943f17caa4086ce36aacde6006788b2bc7429d/9.jpeg" data-mid="1347908" border="0" /> ガレット·デ·ロワ·フォン·ファ·ファ·ファラガナットさんはまだ地面にいて痛みを感じていた。 彼の足には早急な処置が必要でした。彼女はこれまで不意を突かれたことがなかったが、逃走する巨大なセイウチ、ロブスター、ハスの花が魚の通り道から猛スピードで飛び出してきて、突然衝突するのことは、間違いなく前例のない状況でした。 ガーリコ、メリンガ、そして彼女の友人たちは皆、がレットの足のひどい痛みを理解していましたが、なぜガレットがあんなに泣いているのか理解できませんでした。スクウェアリー·アイズ·シティの病院に到着するまで彼女はそれを説明できなかった。 <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41159910eeceebbc33ebcff5a7b0071ad2a7403ad09e9f4634058d233e055ab2/10.jpeg" data-mid="1347909" border="0" /> そこでは、ガレット·デ·ロワ·フォン·ファ·ファ·ファラガナットさんが病院のベッドから足を固定され、みんなの前で苦しみを告白し、初めて勇気を超えて自分自身を見せ、本当の気持ちをさらけ出したのです。 その朝、彼は食料を買い込むために市場にいました。 ミッションの準備はほぼ整いました。 翌日、彼女は秘密の恋人である有名な放浪の詩人リゾット·パルボに会うために、長く危険な旅をしなければならなくなりました。 <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b8d451b68b95f6d9d8838fd2e15743e2ef7bf56f75f7a40fc0b703384251b4c8/11.jpeg" data-mid="1347910" border="0" /> リゾットは騒音が嫌いでした。スクウェアリー·アイズ·シティでは重要なことは何も書けないと主張し、彼は長い間、それを何度も繰り返して完璧なソネットを作曲することに着手していた。長い列の録音装置を持ってスターリー·アイズの端の山を越えているところを目撃された後、助手の二人、指の虫二匹が運ぶメッセージが届くまで、彼は行方不明となった。蓄音機の虫はガレットには到着していませんでした。指虫が朗読するメッセージは非常に短く、二匹の指虫の記憶を合わせたようなものでした。そのため、長い曲を録音するには何台もの指虫蓄音機が必要で、次のように書かれていました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c3215fa05fe96f07a2c40ed015f1c8d4b0cf163f0fa1246d9726d758b31c6f2e/12a.jpeg" data-mid="1347911" border="0" /> <img width="894" height="1280" width_o="894" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b81d963f7f11cfe7c0d6c92c63e27b259ecd056255eec59f2d0ce1e17c08b85e/12.jpeg" data-mid="1347912" border="0" /> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3bd9b99f679c938e5c4eff7a92966bd862932b7915846a9344a818810d416a2d/12b.jpeg" data-mid="1347913" border="0" /> … ズズズズズズズ … 私の名前はリゾット·パルボです これは愛するガレットへのメッセージです 1 2 3。 1 2 3。 ファファファ。 ファファファ。 チェック。 チェック。 チェック 1つ する チェック。 ファファファ ここにすべてがある あなたなしで 真っ黒です 私はあなたに見つけてもらう 自分のため 新しい道へ でも手のひらの中で あなたの手の 知っている まだ私の心臓が高鳴っています。 ファファファ ファファ する ああ、ガレットさん 迷っています！ 私を見つける方法！ ああ、ガレットさん 迷っています として… やるよやる 私を見つけて！ ああ、ガレットさん 光をもたらす 今夜は！ すべてが悲しい、 すべてが黒です 私の周り！ 道はない ここから出て、 涙の川だけです！ 助けに来てください！ 助けに来て、ガレット！ 私はひどく自分を見失ってしまった もう何日も空を見ていません。 地平線が見えない、 星が見えない、 自分も見えない！ みたいな 飲み込まれている 太い黒いグーで！ 私は行ってきました 自分のエゴに盲目になってる そして私もめちゃくちゃなことをしました。 ここに出口はない あなたに返事をするために。 ああ、ガレット！ 助けに来てください！ ファファファ ファファ する ズズズズズズズ … <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a7015460c29db39ac9d001c59fde56996de512012bb333bd11d386e91c09869f/13.jpeg" data-mid="1347914" border="0" /> 部屋には一瞬の沈黙があった。 それは間違いなく、病院のベッドの周りにいる人々がこれまで聞いた中で最も美しく、悲劇的でリズミカルな助けを求める声でした。 彼らは皆感動していました。 メレンゲ、ガレットが再び慰められない涙を流した一方で、メレンゲは、父親のガーリコが母親のイビスカと口論したときに、自分も道に迷って、同じように美しい録音を彼女に送ってくれたらいいのにと一瞬願った。 <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f06451dcc9988b1fb23e9650d4233a6b735cff2567dda122389ffcf60b5156b6/14.jpeg" data-mid="1347915" border="0" /> 病院の窓からは、その場にいた人たち以外にも誰かが話を聞いていました。ガレットの心からの叫び声は、彼女にぶつかった三匹の生き物を引き寄せた。海辺に到着した彼らは、遠くから聞こえた彼の声に失望と深い罪悪感から逃げることを諦め、引き返していた。 3匹も悲しんで、彼女を傷つけたことを残念に思っており、できる限りの方法で助けたいと考えていました。 <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fec879407e2d52b06dbdd5c9affd5774e5855a2bbe800a5f4773ec69d4565e80/15.jpeg" data-mid="1347916" border="0" /> ガーリコは市場で融合魔法の試験の練習に必要な材料を買っていた。彼らの要求を解釈して、ガーリコは彼らの体を一緒に統合しました。誤って自分の体を彼らの体と融合させ、濃い雲に包まれた単一の特別な存在にしました。そこからヒレ、牙、爪、粘液が現れ、その上で子供たちは自信を持っているメリンガに従って惨めになりました。 セイウチ、ロブスター、巨大な蓮の花、魔法使いの弟子ガーリコ、そして小さな英雄たちの体が融合して、有名な放浪の詩人リゾット·パルボの救助に駆けつけました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5c9a50cd37250df2263edf94647f0b0b1ecaf3853c722fcd3c143a35dbe5b061/16.jpeg" data-mid="1347917" border="0" /> ガレットは彼ら全員の寛大さに驚きました。彼女は誰かに助けてもらうことに慣れていなかった。人生において、彼女はまさに自分自身を守らなければならなかったからこそ、ヒロインになったのです。こうして彼女は勇気を築き上げ、その勇気は世界中で知られるようになった。 次から次へと障害が降りかかりましたが、継続的なトレーニングにより、彼女は他人の世話をし続けることで自分の問題や必要なことを忘れるようになりました。漫画を読んだりテレビを見たり、柔らかい病院のベッドで足を休めたり、自分を捨てて新しい友達を信頼したり、愛する人を彼らの手に委ねたりすることで、初て自分が一人じゃないと感じた。実は、彼女にはこれ以外に選択肢はなかった。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5bfad3d3f36215564287158f00080f7d1861607574e6a86bd69aea5825d72d6d/17.jpeg" data-mid="1347918" border="0" /> スクアリー·アイズ·シティを出発した一行は、来る日も来る日も指虫の平原、食虫植物の高地、蛇目の民の野蛮な土地を渡り、数週間の旅の末、気がつくと、目の前にいた。宇宙の新しい領域が形成されつつあります。 間違いなく、放浪の詩人リゾット·パルボは、ガレットに届いた録音の中でその場所を描写しました。 そこには常に境界線が作られていたため、地平線はありませんでした。星が存在しなかったのは、すべてが均一な虚空に置き換えられ、そこから絶え間なく拡大し続ける創造物が生成され続けたからです。 疑いもなく、ここは放浪の詩人が伝説の詩を思いつくのに最適な場所であることを、全員がその場所に着いたと理解していました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3896e6aec26ad1a82004759ab2a0218980df377aa89796d4404fdfdc961d242c/18.jpeg" data-mid="1347919" border="0" /> 虚空を覗いて「リゾット」の名を叫ぶと、深淵から声が応えた。 原初の原子の鎖を構築する何十億もの小さな黒い手によって形成された暗闇からのきらめきは、リゾットがもはや彼らの存在次元に存在していないことを説明しました。 彼は存在しない次元の一部になってしまったのです。 <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/49421a2320e81c991def710def5778ec22470ba3ae09a71f69d3efa5fec8d48f/19.jpeg" data-mid="1347920" border="0" /> 完璧なソネットを求めて放浪する詩人リゾット、その声は、生涯ずっと自分の外に、自分の中に見つけたくなかったものを、自分の外側に、遠く広く探し求めてきたと説明し続けた。 宇宙の形成に直面したときのこの弱さは、彼を吸収する運命にあった。 リゾットの推定された深みは、詩人として広く考えられていたにもかかわらず、宇宙の形成における空虚さを拒否するには十分ではなかった。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2f122b5e48b54529baeed4ba6780a8a5210630d5eed6ab89094e78ef0d7d2183/20.jpeg" data-mid="1347921" border="0" /> その声は何十億もの手で彼らの一人一人を指し示し、明白なことを理解するように彼らを導きました。 実際、それらはどれも吸収されていませんでした。 彼らが隊列を組んで宇宙の入り口に到達するために示したガレットに対する勇気と決意、そして深い友情の感覚は、虚無の自然な貪欲さを中和した。 ここではあなたに危険はありませんが、この融合は元に戻せないため、リゾットを元に戻すことはできません、と彼は言いました。 その矛盾こそが、それを物質に遡ることを不可能にしているのです。 グループは本当に心が痛んだ。 メリンガは絶望しました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b0d0c8e07482b3b5f19dd634103eaa3a7cc156215d418c3ffede49c66615631d/21.jpeg" data-mid="1347922" border="0" /> 彼らの背後で、突然エレキギターの轟音が時空の繊維を震わせた。それはあまりにも歪んだ音だったので、ガーリコの融合呪文は解け、クリーチャーたちはそれぞれ元の姿に分かれた。ガレットさんは数週間の休息を経て、回復期にうんざりしていた。やっぱり彼は行動力のある人でした。ガレットは平原で集めたすべての指虫蓄音機を集めて友人たちに加わり、愛するリゾットを奈落から連れ戻す準備をしていました。新しいソロでガレットはギターから別の衝撃波を発生させ、指虫マイクを手に持って、どこに落ち着くとしてもリゾット·パルボに届くように声を張り上げて叫ぶ準備をした。 <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7b73c1f8d2911a275e3b941096dde2a4c7452bfd646a55e62d82460a03f27053/22.jpeg" data-mid="1347923" border="0" /> ワンツー。 ワンツー。 リ·ゾ·ト。 リ·ゾ·ト。 チェック。 チェック。 1つ。 二。 リゾット！ わかった。 意味はある なぜ終わってしまったのか これで済みます。 ここは平和です。 音から離れて、 混沌から、 愚かな戦争から遠ざけます。 私の言うことを聞いたら、 無限の中で失われた、 お久しぶりです あなたに知ってもらいたかったのは： したい ヒロインになる もうない！ - やったー、言ったよ！ - 私の言うことを聞いたら、 無限の中で失われた、 お久しぶりです あなたに知ってほしかった 壮大なソネットに価値はない 吟遊詩人の生涯。 <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cea95e4d9697d04f0c62e0e669bfb57dd800549b140781bfc0c8ef6869c864c5/23.jpeg" data-mid="1347924" border="0" /> 形成中の宇宙と、セイウチ、ロブスター、蓮の花を含むその場にいた全員が言葉を失いました。彼らは自分の感情を表現しないようにお互いを見つめました。涙をこらえる人、拍手をする人、今聞いた曲を続けて時間を守る人など、とても恥ずかしかったです。ガレットは、これまで誰も聞いたことのないほど醜い。しかし最も深遠な歌を作曲しました。 それは本当にひどいものでしたが、ギターの歪みと彼の壊れた声を伴って、その場にいたすべての人がどういうわけか深い感情に陥りました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5efd0ab634dbdb6cd56774b92d027640c0b648cba762780f466edfcd41b794cc/24.jpeg" data-mid="1347925" border="0" /> 絶えず形成され続ける宇宙の断層さえも、深く耳を傾けることによってかき乱され、暗闇が奇妙な存在、一種の光り輝き脈動する幼虫を吐き出した。それは、米粒ほどの大きさの小さな虫のような形で物理世界に戻ってきたリゾット·パルボでした。大人の状態に戻るには、通常であれば数年かかるだろう。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7f79cbd0b26f5ebad10c8648f8a316dd062585767118306cd7f25b56d971dcd3/25.jpeg" data-mid="1347926" border="0" /> 形成中の宇宙は、周囲にもはや正常なものが何もないことを理解し、これらのゲストを追い出し、忍耐強い仕事に戻るために、不幸が始まる前のリゾット·パルボを形にする必要があると判断しました。 そして彼がそうしたのは、宇宙の編隊も含め、その場にいた全員がこの旅から教訓を学んだという確信があったからでもある。この教訓は、彼ら全員が一生忘れないでしょう。ガレットは、リゾットが以前のように戻ってきたのを見て、彼に向かって身を投げ、キスで彼を押しつぶし、彼女の愛する人が生き返り、彼の通常の姿に戻ったことを歓迎しました。 <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6941856e951f4eb4c24c12bfc48a78ed0999f8df151fbddeb319a620b87a369f/26.jpeg" data-mid="1347927" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6935def715088dabde58f3a2f435fc72caba920d873cbb9713c83044798e938c/26a.jpeg" data-mid="1347928" border="0" /> ガレットとリゾットは、見知らぬ人を救うために非常に危険な冒険に寛大に乗り出した友人たちに感謝の意を表しました。 この種の友情は、彼らの時代にはほとんど説明できませんでした。 形成中の宇宙の力、ガレットの勇気、そしてリゾットの詩をもとに、三人はメリンガへの贈り物、つまり奇妙で好奇心旺盛な感覚を持った香水を作りました。 リゾットはこの冒険から素晴らしい教訓を学び、ガレットも自分の中で何かが変わったと感じました。 入院中に自分自身に専念し、読書や勉強に戻ることで、彼女は自分が本当に望んでいることを理解する時間ができました。 ガレットとリゾットは全く違う二人で、とても、とても、とても違っていましたが、間違いなく文化に飢えていました。 彼らは出席者に挨拶し、二人について知られているのは、その後すぐに大学に再入学したということです。 <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3753bece9bc20c9ea8ce98208aad3d769d202c356ed25d0a21dfcf5d80bc72fc/27.jpeg" data-mid="1347930" border="0" /> メリンガさんは、翌日の試験に向けて数学を勉強する予定だった自分の部屋から、文学教師のアドバイスに従って最近自分の創作物語を書き始めたノートを閉じた。彼女は、新しい物語の最後の言葉を紙に書くとすぐに、両親が口論をやめたことに気づきました。彼女は、彼らがひどい沈黙の瞬間と、取るに足らないことで互いに非難し合う爆発的な怒りの瞬間を交互に繰り返しているとはもう感じませんでした。彼らの声は愛情に満ち、穏やかになり、近い将来にやるべき新しいプロジェクトについて話し合うお茶の準備をしていました。 彼はまだその方法を理解していませんでしたが、そのノートのスクウェアリー·アイズの世界と彼自身の世界は相互に影響を与えることができるようでした。 <img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a00f061ffcf70916a61b3f52b4638647a7a670c486cf54a3fad7aa34d85c888d/DSCF7464-1.jpeg" 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src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/28610b5c19bb4207d5155c9dfc394a3f04c104f2be8166d4a05aa2daea6cc78f/DSCF7671-1.jpeg" data-mid="1348021" border="0" /><img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae016942effef43c1388b238e9247b2a641c08557968784d73e6e168c4987975/DSCF7684-1.jpeg" data-mid="1348022" border="0" /><img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/abe665f25a65c92fa8793a90f45d6d17c2a2e58ab67f4d56bf51752c3118264a/DSCF7709.jpeg" data-mid="1348023" border="0" /><img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bb680cb44a0279a2c9cc42dcad1c1905d0f9fe3bd670153f4f19920d1035f235/DSCF7776.jpeg" data-mid="1348024" border="0" /><img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cb1663153a2f3de6c42f7cbf1a5b07080cf29b24f345f2221352868cd79d65ca/DSCF7762-1.jpeg" data-mid="1348025" border="0" /><img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6cfd0c6c00d4ed9ccf8cf12ab7484669acb77f575d33922a42ffd5310c5009a0/DSCF7756.jpeg" data-mid="1348026" border="0" /><img width="854" height="1280" width_o="854" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/25360d22fde4105b4df16e9d4284022c0081631ac3f9524f8a15457186f6c0dc/DSCF7725-1.jpeg" data-mid="1348027" border="0" />   むかしむかし（遠い未来）、スクアリー·アイズ·シティに最大のヒロインがいました。... http://sqeys.com/Fable-2 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:55:56 +0000 SQEYS 450297  The Great Odds of Love <img width="900" height="1280" width_o="900" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f521baea1d48fa525ff69bd59d07aad24686729bc771e89a190521aef3ad5125/1.jpeg" data-mid="1346898" border="0" /> Once upon a time, (in a distant future), lived the greatest heroine of Squary Eyes City. Peace reigned over the city since she had arrived. Her attitude was able to dispel every little conflict. When a problem seemed insurmountable, to her it was a piece of cake. Her courage was unmatched. In her previous life as an adventurer she had made a lot of experiences and seen all sort of things around the vast territories. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cdc8f1534a8f053c51c54789dcc1c5888a823464c4e9c1239b789465f20d8db7/2.jpeg" data-mid="1346899" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7b0b98a53079430d60b638a126ac58efa411342292123b4b939aac8b14ee496a/2b.jpeg" data-mid="1346900" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8f6ff7c623af8fb7e091dcaa1c207549f95ae157a18e1d915f038f0c22cd988c/2a.jpeg" data-mid="1346901" border="0" /> The finger-worms of the plains, the carnivorous plants of the heights, the invasion attempts of the hostile snake-eyed barbarians -in short, it's a long list to report- but whatever kind of dangerous obstacle You can think of rest assured that Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Faraganat, to her friends Galette, was ready before even touching her sword to face and win over any adversity. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3809df1993c2e2536f1227d1d704776c59570881003fe275a4d64bd2083a6684/3.jpeg" data-mid="1346902" border="0" /> The citizens of Squary Eyes City, for the most part very fearful and lazy, were quite happy that she had moved into town permanently. <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3cff6b8dbcdbcacf10fccbb63f643ec55f42dbce9af4fcafe0c0bb5b65e95a77/4.jpeg" data-mid="1346903" border="0" /> One day at the city market, where merchants from all territories gathered every week to sell all kinds of goods, a huge fleeing walrus coming out of the fish alley bumped into Galette making her lose the balance. Following it, the walrus just behind it, had a lobster. Not only that!, immediately behind the walrus and the lobster, in what seemed a frantic escape, was a muddy lotus flower. And they were all unmistakably just as giant! <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5d5899632228c383f4c73145027dad734f8a5c5b747d0dd81fc9cc5e0124e60f/5.jpeg" data-mid="1346904" border="0" /> The three had buddied up in the North Sea fishmonger's tank during the journey and the terrible wait to be sold at the market. After devising an escape plan, never having walked on land and moving very clumsily and insecurely, they rushed out their aquatic prison slamming one after the other into everything on their way, our heroine included. She was immersed in her thoughts, with her guard down and after spinning around she slipped, fell and unfortunately broke her leg. &nbsp; <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ad6cf2d6fa4db804078757edddbce543ae2c9a21dbb6d44c83384e1d8fea106f/6.jpeg" data-mid="1346905" border="0" /> Chaos, with Galette knocked out of action, erupted in the city market. Garlico, who had become an apprentice to a new wizard and was there with a long list of ingredients to buy to practice in preparation for the upcoming exams, tried to help as best he could the citizens who were fleeing in all directions. <img width="897" height="1280" width_o="897" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/169e21fef7ac729ade16a4a251bb52e5db702c1533d495e0dd832c4eeb178f2b/7.jpeg" data-mid="1346906" border="0" /> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/487bc499d1a763bf9bebdb85c2a8218999620d3bdd0c73909cb4ab255096584e/7a.jpeg" data-mid="1346907" border="0" /> Meringa and her best friends were at the park, just a few blocks from the ruckus. They were unaware of all that was happening. As the three visibly frightened majestic creatures passed by in search of something resembling their natural environment, it was they themselves who led them to freedom. They walked together till the delta of the Squary Eyes City river that would have taken them to the sea. Before diving into the water, the walrus, the lobster and the lotus flower bowed toward the kids as a sign of deep gratitude and the kids bowed back. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0a6280cc342f0ebce0f63684b54e00ff6946c111841e5532ee356a66cd0154a5/8.jpeg" data-mid="1346908" border="0" /> Recognizing that he could not control the situation without employing some magic, by eating three cloves of garlic, the wizard’s assistant temporarily took on his monstrous shape and expanding the mantle of garlic cloud that usually surrounded his head, he was able to slow down and confuse the townspeople, bringing them to a state of heavy drowsiness. Seeing her father's big garlic cloud from a distance growing in the market, Meringa realized that something wrong had happened and with her friends, running as fast as they could, they all headed back in that direction. Only at the gates of the market did the four realize the destruction caused by the water kaiju. <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2e47c0897ab9bf60549f88ad20f45f498dac214847f3147a99e2f4aadb5c4e48/9.jpeg" data-mid="1346909" border="0" /> Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Faraganat through all this was still lying down, visibly in pain. Her leg needed immediate care. It had never happened to her to be taken by surprise, but that is surely what happens when a walrus, a lobster and a colossal lotus flower, speeding out of the market's fish alley, suddenly collide against you, making you spin and fall badly to the ground. Garlico, Meringa and her friends although they all could understand the terrible pain to her leg, they could not imagine why she was crying in such a way. Galette was inconsolable. There was something beyond the pain of the broken leg that prevented her from getting up. She could not explain herself until she reached the hospital of Squary Eyes City. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ab0fbf8a9068d48c0a302337e5eaf838c3e5b7fe87a4d1b9311972b54f36db6c/10.jpeg" data-mid="1346910" border="0" /> It was there that from her nursing bed, with her leg immobilized, in front of everyone, Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Faraganat confessed her torment and for the first time showed herself beyond her courage and exposed her true innermost feelings. That morning she was at the market to stock up on food. Everything was almost ready for a mission. The next day she would have to undertake a long and dangerous journey to reach her secret lover: the famous wandering poet Risotto Parbo. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2ae22ea73bcc5648141109d0dd83a94e40a4d4e78969a88816345f98fd8e60b1/11.jpeg" data-mid="1346911" border="0" /> Risotto hated noises. He believed he wasn’t able to write anything meaningful in Squary Eyes City and he had left long ago to be able to compose, he claimed, repeating it over and over again, the perfect sonnet. After he had been seen crossing the mountains at the edge of Starry Eyes with his recording equipment -a long, single line of finger-vermophones following him-, she had lost track of him until a message carried by two of his brand new last generation finger-vermophones assistants, had reached back to Galette. The message, recited by the finger-worms, was very short, -as was the memory of two finger-worms put together, which is why Risotto took many finger-vermophones&nbsp; with him to record the long composition, but that's another story, too-, and it said: <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/638ca4ebf6990d3c04f23f3b542f2dc39904c32c7056b88827a911bb016bd2cb/12a.jpeg" data-mid="1346912" border="0" /> <img width="894" height="1280" width_o="894" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/15b1a7782ea0b6a3e343b0f93500669fba6f22810c9487110be610950c03a26e/12.jpeg" data-mid="1346913" border="0" /> <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e7f64e8cf3b9d4aaf235c52476503b94ac60af0647449d80afc640fe537fcf08/12b.jpeg" data-mid="1346914" border="0" /> ... TzzzZzzZzz ... My name is Risotto Parbo and this is a message for my beloved Galette. One-two-three. One-two-three. Fa Fa Fa. Fa Fa Fa. Check. Check. Check Fa Fa Fa. Here everything without you is pitch black I left you to find for myself a new path but in the palms of your hands I know still beats my heart. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Oh Galette, I am lost! Come find me! Oh Galette, I am lost Come… Fa fa fa find me! Oh Galette, bring some light In this night! All is sad, all is black around me! There is no way out of here, only rivers of tears! Come save me! Come save me, Galette! I lost myself so badly I don’t see the sky from days. I see no horizon, I see no stars, I can’t see myself too! It feels like being swallowed by a thick black goo! I’ve been blinded by my own ego and I did a mess too. There is no way out here to get back to you! Oh Galette! Come save me! Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa TzzzZzzzZz ...<img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/aa74b1f1c62088b7b44a3c90237607c38daf71920048f6f93798c613da020c7c/13.jpeg" data-mid="1346915" border="0" /> In the room silence had fallen. It was without a shadow of a doubt the most beautiful, melancholic and rhythmical distress call that those around the hospital bed had ever heard. They were all deeply touched. Meringa, while Galette bursted into tears again, wished for a moment that her father Garlico, when he quarreled with her mother Ibisca, would also lose himself somewhere and send her such beautiful finger-worm recordings. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6860a5cbd0cd70594dc241291a60b9db2044355004c6d1e16b055dbee4c1f295/14.jpeg" data-mid="1346916" border="0" /> From the hospital window, meanwhile, someone was listening in addition to the attendees. Galette's heartfelt cry had called back the three creatures who had previously clashed into her. Having arrived&nbsp; to&nbsp; the sea, they had given up their escape and turned back out of remorse and deep sense of guilt by hearing her voice. They were visibly sad and sorry that they had hurt her and wanted to make themselves useful in any way possible. <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/85d8c80a63b43f04959a2fdfa94a2120a278e0e1626415ce51223fc0c4896484/15.jpeg" data-mid="1346917" border="0" /> At the market Garlico had bought enough ingredients to practice for the exams on the fusion, the new magic spell. Interpreting their request to be helpful somehow, he merged their bodies together and by mistake his with theirs. An extraordinary being appeared. It was crowned by a flower and enveloped in a dense cloud from which emerged fins, fangs, claws, slimy roots and mucilages on which the children, following the trustful Meringa, jumped on. The fusion of the giant walrus, lobster, lotus flower, Garlico the magician's apprentice and our little heroes, dashed to the rescue of the famous wandering poet Risotto Parbo. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/99fc3be040d670a539a22d80448daa8fcb5399e6510ecf451cf1de4ae2a4f1f6/16.jpeg" data-mid="1346918" border="0" /> Galette was surprised by the generosity of all of them. She was not used to being helped inn such a way. She had become a heroine in life precisely because she had always had to stand on her own two feet. That was how she had built the courage for which she was known everywhere as heroine. One obstacle after the other, the continuous training had led her to forget her own problems and needs by constantly taking care of others. For the first time she felt she could take care of herself by reading comic books, playing and watching TV while resting her leg from a soft hospital bed, surrendering for once to the courage of her new friends and placing her beloved in their hands. She, anyway, had no other choice than that. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d11a0e3f369e3bda39ef8ac4b88e5bf2d19b07d3ede696463c0034f538c1a4ab/17.jpeg" data-mid="1346919" border="0" /> The group that left from Squary Eyes City crossed day after day the plains of the finger-worms, the heights of the carnivorous plants, the lands of the barbarians of the snake-eyed people, and found themselves after weeks of travel in front of the new territories of the Universe in formation. No doubt the wandering poet Risotto Parbo described that place in the recording that reached Galette. There was no horizon because there the horizon was constantly being created. There were no stars because everything was replaced by a uniform void from which the continuous becoming of the ever-expanding creation was generated. Undoubtedly, all those present understood this was the proper place for a wandering poet to conceive legendary verses. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fcbd6508aa49bf2a273c90eaf9abb73a638e5ee0616f0fda52734ba22d0cfa93/18.jpeg" data-mid="1346920" border="0" /> Scanning the void, shouting the name Risotto! Risotto! Risotto!, a voice answered from the abyss. The darkness formed by billions of tiny dark hands industriously fusing chains of primordial atoms, explained that Risotto no longer existed in their dimension. He had become part of the plan of non-existence. <img width="892" height="1280" width_o="892" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bdc85a21eb85d6a8c7e502f874706456a0bd8a3bc176b734d7f438fb7ef79a49/19.jpeg" data-mid="1346921" border="0" /> The wandering poet Risotto in search of the perfect sonnet, the voice went on to explain, searched along all his life far and wide outside himself for what he stubbornly did not want to find within himself. This weakness in the presence of the Universe in formation had doomed him to be absorbed. Risotto's supposed depth, although considered by all to be a poet, was not enough to repel the ultimate emptiness of the Universe in formation. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/eebe802231558a6460321deb867c3d7b7bba9a13e110529deba868e555cae8dd/20.jpeg" data-mid="1346922" border="0" /> The voice with its billions of hands pointed to each of them, leading everyone to understand what was obvious. None of them in fact had been absorbed. The courage and determination and sense of deep friendship toward Galette that they had shown to reach the threshold of the Universe in formation neutralized the natural voracity of the void. You all are in no danger here, he said, but nothing can make Risotto return because this fusion is irreversible. It was his very inconsistency that makes it impossible now to bring him back to matter. Hearing this sentence the group was truly heartbroken. Meringa was really super sad. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ed1c4a98fe2caa1fb8797a6f2e7684e150e8c1d1c2b0621a0ebf1d283f60f7cd/21.jpeg" data-mid="1346923" border="0" /> Behind them, suddenly, the thundering sound of an electric guitar rattled the fibers of space-time. It was such a distorted sound that Garlico’s merging magic spell broke and the creatures divided each one in their original shape. It was Galette who, after a few weeks of rest had grown weary of convalescence. After all, she was a person of action. She had reached her friends and by gathering all the finger-vermophones she had collected she was ready to bring back from the abyss her beloved Risotto. By producing a new shockwave with her guitar and with a finger-vermicrophone in her hand she prepared to sing, shouting with all her voice to reach Risotto wherever he could have been spiraling in that abyss: <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8321c7742248109008f42474110824e7f819ba065e7ff808a7e64936f32e5201/22.jpeg" data-mid="1346924" border="0" /> ... One-two. One-two. Ri-sot-to. Ri-sot-to. Check. Check. One. Two. Risotto! Ok. ‘makes sense why you ended up this far. It is peaceful here. Away from sounds, from chaos, away from any stupid war. If you hear me, lost in infinity, It is a long time I wanted you to know: I want to be a heroine no more! - Hooray, I said it! - If you hear me, lost in infinity, It is a long time I wanted you to know No epic sonnet is worth the life of a troubadour. - Hooray, I said it! - If you hear me, my love lost in infinity, find courage, find strength, find faith, within yourself! Be the hero you need to be and step out of this dark goo back to me! Do it&nbsp; yourself! Just believe it! Find the hero within yourself and take a step out of the thick black goo! You don’t need me for that! Risotto come back! <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/df42c6e8611cb57cdc037950b7eea94851113407ba7278302fbbe36968ba847d/23.jpeg" data-mid="1346925" border="0" /> The Universe in formation and everyone present was speechless, including the walrus, the lobster and the lotus flower. They all looked at each other trying not to express their feelings. Some were holding back tears, some were clapping their hands, some were still continuing in their head the song they had just heard and there was much, much, much embarrassment. Galette had composed the ugliest and at the same time most profound poem everyone had ever heard. It was truly awful indeed, but accompanied by the distortion of that guitar and her scratchy voice every person present had somehow been brought to tears by the show. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/73c7d1263174949d703a2c413182875a68589793fa7a4845e115042e3c9450ec/24.jpeg" data-mid="1346926" border="0" /> Even the ever-forming faults of the Universe had been disturbed by listening her song. So much that the darkness spat out abruptly a strange being, a kind of shimmering, pulsing larva. It was Risotto Parbo returning from the non-physical to the physical world under the guise of something resembling a small worm the size of a grain of rice. To return to its adult state, in a normal situation, it would have needed a few years. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2f41244880b95e6a496e2ae57972786acda3e9feb584f156a915b6ddb4310400/25.jpeg" data-mid="1346927" border="0" /> The Universe in formation, realizing that there was nothing normal around him anymore, decided that in order to get rid of this crazy brigade and get back to his patient work, he would, first of all, had to shape Risotto Parbo back as he was before this misadventure began. And so he did. Partly because he was certain that everyone present, Universe in formation included, had learned a lesson from this trip. A lesson they would have all remembered for the rest of their lives. Galette as she saw her Risotto taking back his original shape, squeezed him with a kiss welcoming back his lover to life. <img width="896" height="1280" width_o="896" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8a689e7bc650ff2d05b476d3f158412d2cbb3afc2fe05f55f0e24bb2004cd05c/26.jpeg" data-mid="1346928" border="0" /> <img width="895" height="1280" width_o="895" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2689485d1ffab0adfd2de9c3cb4eb748a449236bebe950aef4a2bc83f3b7fafd/26a.jpeg" data-mid="1346929" border="0" /> Galette and Risotto thanked their friends who had generously embarked on a very dangerous adventure to save someone they had never met.This kind of friendship was almost inexplicable in their days. With the powers of the Universe in Formation, Galette's helpers and Risotto's poetry, the four formed a gift for Meringa: a strange and curious sentient perfume. Risotto Parbo had learned his good lesson from this adventure and even Galette Des Rois Von Fa Fa Fa Faraganat felt that something in her had changed. Getting back to herself during the time spent in the hospital had given her the time she needed to understand what she really wanted. Galette and Risotto were two very different souls. Very, very, very different but no doubt they were hungry for culture. They greeted those present, and what is known about the two of them is that they enrolled again at the university of Squary Eyes City shortly after. <img width="893" height="1280" width_o="893" height_o="1280" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c40eb7c1a0b6d135cd9be922a3119531619529abb2982eec4d89127c18f77e8d/27.jpeg" data-mid="1346930" border="0" /> From her room where she was supposed to study math for the next day's interrogation, Meringa closed the notebook on which she had recently begun writing stories of her own invention following the advice of her beloved literature teacher. She noticed how as soon as she had written the last word of the new story on paper, her parents had stopped fighting. She could no longer hear them from her room alternating between moments of terrible silence and explosions of anger made by mutual accusations about trivial things. Their voice had become as she remembered it as a child: tender, full of affection and quiet. As they were making some tea in the kitchen, she could hear them making&nbsp; new plans for the near future. All this was unbelievable and Meringa burst into tears of happiness as they came upstairs together inviting her to have a cup of tea all together. She didn’t yet understand how but the world of Squary Eyes in that notebook and her world seemed to influence one another.   The Great Odds of Love Once upon a time, (in a distant future), lived the greatest heroine of Squary Eyes City. Peace reigned over the city since she had...