King of Swords 7-65
Chapter: 7
“Absolutely NO SUPPLICATION necessary. Take worm as advised. ENJOY.”
– Print pamphlet of unknown origin. Titled “Instructions for Worm.” (5 by 10, crudely illustrated, recycled print, est. 240 SC).
Kill Six Billion Demons
BREAKER OF INFINITIES
By Lovecraft’s lingerie, that was downright disturbing.
Thank you so much for the business idea, it is quite timely.
99 Divine, you’ve opened my eyes
742.
742 no.
Don’t scoop your eyes out with your own thumbs.
742 don’t.
Do they feel the stones?
An apt name they’ve chosen, isn’t it?
So, would that be lingerie FOR tentacles, or lingerie MADE OUT OF tentacles?
Uh, asking… for a friend. Yeah, a friend.
The only correct answer here is “yes”.
Made of tentacles, by tentacles, for tentacles.
Do not tumble dry.
MADE IN TENTACLES
WARNING: May Contain TENTACLES.
Lingerie depicting tentacles in the weave of the black lace.
or depicting black lace in the weave of the tentacles.
Your name is my favorite thing
Is Gog-agog based on the green-banded broodsac?(a parasitic worm that infects snails)
O all-knowing Readers, impart upon me your wisdom!
As far as I understand, at least two of Demuirges (Mottom and Jagganoth) definitely want to kill her, but don’t know where she is at the moment.
Wouldn’t going to the tournament expose Allison to them?
Ye but she maybe off-limits and in Solomon’s care during the tournament. Would the others dare interfere?
Nadia most definitely doesn’t care about the tournament more than she cares about the Vault she invaded a while ago, but she most likely fears Solomon a great deal. Jagganoth, on the other hand…
Nadia is also a self-appointed coward. I don’t think she’d have the guts to get in Solomon’s way now that her life expectancy is sketchy
Her risk of being killed has not changed that much. She was just given incentive to act .
When it comes to the Demiurges, its safe to assume, they all want to kill each other but are stopped by a little something called “mutually assured destruction”.
so they just scheme and shit
Hrmm… Figure it would be pretty darn interesting if Jaganoth were to kneel and swear fealty to Allison, and then set about demolishing the other Six with her blessing. Might could be that would also put him in a position to deal with Allison later, without the distraction of also having to deal with the other Six at the same time. Reckon?
I don’t think he is too concerned about her getting in his way.
He appears to be confident in his invincibility.
Hrmm… Is he? Or are we just going on the little bits we’ve seen, and what has been implied by the other DemiUrges?
Well, Mottom said that all other Demiurges put together would have trouble against Jagganoth, so I assume he’s confident enough to go against any foe.
After all, he believes he’s on the holy mission.
Go in disguise, the old Mystery knight gambit.
That’s actually a good idea.
Zaid is likely going to be watching it from the start, so a reveal would be very dramatic.
Would he recognize the scared, anorexic, college girl he sort-of dated a year ago, now that she has been ripped up and gotten ripped?
Has Solomon shielded Zaid from the fact that his hookup has toppled the thrones of two gods?
Fun facts:
The first “black knights” just painted their armor with tar to keep the rust off, because they were too poor to afford proper armor polish.
Because it’s pretty embarrassing to show up for a tournament, where everyone is flashing their cash with fancy new suits, wearing the knightly equivalent of bluejeans with holes in the knees, it was considered rude to ask them to “salute,” or lift their visor so people could see their faces.
From there it became a common disguise for persons wishing to attend tournaments incognito, and was romanticized as a literary device.
Obviously, persons with ill intent abused the politeness of guards, so strict protocols regarding when a person has to salute or “be recognized” were eventually implemented.
–But not before black knights, black guards, night guards and niggards acquired an association with cowardice, treachery and excessive cost cutting.
-And that’s why black knights are usually bad guys.
This was a fact that was indeed fun. My the gods of the fun goblins smile upon you.
Her key became a smoking hole when she vacated the worm mass – nice detail.
It really matches the swelling mass that appeared on her forehead where her key was about to appear when she was first transforming into Gog-Agog.
do the worms carry it away?
Hrmm… Reckon it is split into all the worms, semi-equally, and distributed across the worm-multiverse? Figure it would be a trivial thing (for a demiurge) to move the power from those particular worms and redistribute it back to the other worms. Hrmm?
wormverse
could be one big queen termite that actually wears it
I don’t think the Key can be split: as The Healer suggests below, I think it just hops from one infested host to another, which vary in their level of Gog-ness from physically identical (all those TV personalities we saw in that one scene, for instance) to (possibly) asymptomatic Gog-carriers, but become the Full Gog-Agog when the key shows up.
If you managed to kill the Gog-Agog with the Key before it could teleport it away (surprise NUKE FROM ORBIT?), I don’t think you get rid of the Demiurge, the worm-infested are all potentially Gog-Agog if they’re not already but I think it counts as stealing it’s Key.
Weren’t it so self-centered and… deranged to say the least, I take it is the most horrid and difficult Demiurge to defeat
Its said on the wikia that Gog-Agog is also the oldest Demiurge and even Jagganoth would have problems fighting her
In the battle between infinite tanks and infinite worms, there are no winners.
The little white star of light showing it’s absence indicates to me that reality has been cut and with a bit of lightning the key has appeared in another hapless host.
I wonder, if you kill the worm with the key, do you kill the demiurge?
“Enemy of my enemy… Got my ex. Gotta whip some asses, I guess.”
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more. No less.
There is a reason why Gog-Agogs 111,111 worlds are on my “Do not visit” list.
This is it. I have no desire to become wormfood in her insane cavalcade.
Gog Agog’s worlds are the natural habit of Gog Agog. 111111 worlds full of Gog Agog. Gog Agog.
111111 universes with nothing but worms… thinking they’re Harley Quinn?!?
And her friends Gog Agog, Gog Agog, Gog Agog, and Gog Agog. But not Gog Agog, Gog Agog isn’t welcome their after what she said to Gog Agog about Gog Agog’s Gog Agog
I think Gog Agog, Gog Agog, Gog Agog, and Gog Agog are all rightfully pissed at Gog Agog. After all, if Gog Agog said to me what she said about Gog Agog’s Gog Agog, I’d be pissed too.
Actually, I just enjoy repeating Gog Agog for no apparent reason. Gog Agog!
gog being legion
only makes sense
Patented Gog-Agog by Gog-Agog. Original Gog-Agog taste ! _long lasting flavor_ ! Effects : Gog-Agog . Side effects : Gog-Agog
and in some cases mild Gog-Agog . Contains Gog-Agog. May also contain traces of Gog-Agog. Made by Gog-Agog . Non licensed distributors will be honked and honked.
Non-licensed distributors will BE Gog-Agog.
You can’t steal from Gog-Agog; you just borrow her things until you return your flesh to Gog-Agog.
>Non-licensed distributors will BE Gog-Agog.
Honked and Bonked ,I wanted to say. And then fed worms. Not TO worms,no. Some say its the only way to acquire license , really.
Who wants to sleep anyway
Who wants to sleep anyway
awoo
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0_0
NOPE
Biggest fan because she is everything Agog isn’t. The bitter green flame of envy is burning so strongly, methinks.
Which…is exactly how this works? The moment Agog gets something they have jealously coveted, they find something else to be jealous of…
Gog-Agog has it all.
Pinch-her-cheeks cute!
Super smart.
Horrific beyond our ken.
So… does Allison even care?
Hrmm… Y’all saw that reaction, and the way the ground was curved? Yeah, that’s her world being thrown for a loop. Reckon she does.
Even better, it’s a huge trick – only Jagganoth, Incubus, and Jadis currently believe that Allison is the Rising King. Jagganoth because he’s cunning, Incubus because he doesn’t directly control his key, and Jadis because she really, really wants to die.
Solomon wouldn’t kill Zaid… until Zaid receives Zoss’ Key, so that Solomon can claim it for himself.
I like how the key leaves ( Gog-agog ‘s spirit ? ) and the worms melt away.
WHO. WOULD EAT. THOSE WORMS.
BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS
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Worms? More like… yorms. Yorm yum!
Imperative_HALT_BIOSCUM
Crime_FALSE_FREEDOM
Crime_INCALCULABLE_HUNGER
Crime_BIRDS
People who’ve had their mouth forced open, of course.
“You see, their young enter through the ears …and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to suggestion. Later, …they grow, …follows madness. …And death.”
Star Trek II
I would eat that worm. Who wouldn’t want to be Gog-Agog? She’s so great! Being Gog-Agog is a blast, but being me is awful! I can’t want for Gog-Agog to get here and give us the worm!
There this game distributing company , Good old Games. Or GOG as they prefer to call it. Coincidence ? I don’t think so! Gog-Agog is halfway here !
Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
If eating the Worm and being Gog-Agog would free me from Bipolar Disorder? I’d make a lot of deals with a lot of devils to be free of the circumstances life has inflicted on me, and I’m sure I’m not alone.
Also, consider; There is a world where, once a week, millions of adherents form shuffling lines to take the flesh and blood of their fallen yet living god in to their mouth and so partake of his miracle of endless life…
Anyone contemplating suicide, for one.
Why kill yourself if you could become a god instead?
Trick question. Suicide IS divine.
Have you been paying attention to our dear story teller’s words?
GLORY TO THE DIVINE CORPSE
I’m just glad they did not start shooting their tiny bazookas and throwing grenades yet.
The Children of Nowhere, who crave dissolution.
Assume Gogagog is not an idiot, despite the harlequin act. Potentially the hardest of the seven to destroy. What’s it’s true goal behind these offers? Altruism doesn’t even waft across the bargaining table.
The only goal of the demiurges is the master key. Period. They fully expect the wielder who unlocks the power of the master key to kill them, so to avoid that they have to be the wielder. The real question is why Gog-Agog doesn’t forcefully crawl down Allison’s throat. Either GA knows a reason that won’t work or is playing the cautious game, seeing what happens when others attack Allison first.
Or, she’s just nuts and thinks the whole thing is a great show!
I think you are SEVERELY overestimating the focus, determination, and especially the unity of the Demiurges. As far as I can tell, pretty much every single one of them has some form of insanity or neurosis, which vary quite widely depending on which of the Seven it is. Perhaps they would want their followers to think that they are all on a single-minded mission to save/conquer the universe and whatnot, but as we’ve seen, Mottom really is just a scared & miserable old woman, Mammon really is just a senile & obsessive old man, and Solomon really does just want to find a worthy successor. Hell, Mottom even tried to literally hand over her kingdom to Allison, not steal her key. Also, Allison’s own weakness at this point is good evidence that the master key carries only the potential for absolute power, not instant access to it. For all of them, attempting to wield the key for themselves might stop Zoss, but would be unlikely to protect them from each other, and would be even more unlikely to actually accomplish any of their (rather petty) “goals”. Well, ok, except for maybe Jagganoth, but at this point he might not even feel he needs the master key to carry out his oh-so-god-given mission of multiversecide.
As for Gog-Agog, I think she revealed her motives quite honestly, if you look beyond all her absurdity and showmanship. She’s a “big fan” of Allison, meaning that she wants her approval (note: the Rising King’s approval). She also thinks Solomon is “mean” and “doesn’t like him”, meaning that she doesn’t like how Solomon has been throwing his weight around and disrespecting the other demiurges, so she wants to mess things up for him (without attracting the ire of the others, of course). Possessing Allison (and thus the master key) by force would certainly give her lots of ways to mess things up for Solomon, but then she’d never get the chance to win her idol’s approval, and she’d almost certainly end up having to fight all the other demiurges directly. This is the only way she could accomplish both goals at the same time, and plus there’s practically no risk to her own well-being.
So uhh… given that it seems like she can do a meat-splosion, can Gog Agog offensively infest people?
I know that her MO seems to be people willingly eating the worm but… imagine if you will a tidal wave of meat slurry sweeping through a town, worms invading every available orifice.
I was perfectly willing to not imagine that thank you very much.
I wish I had that kind of control over my imagination.
I might be a god of bloodshed and chemical transmigration, but there are still some things that can nauseate me.
She’s a demiurge. They all have pretty arbitrary personal magical powers. I think its safe to assume that most of the demiurges have access to personal possession, whether by worm infestation or some other means.
“The HORROR……the HORROR !”
“Lily… We need to talk.”
This is more or less how I initially thought it worked. A mass of worms overtakes you and becomes you-shaped.
Just imagine…
As you sleep a teeny tiny ickle wurrum crawls across your pillow and up your nose, then in the morning you wake and find you’re not quite feeling yourself…
Sweet dreams kiddies, sweet dreams.
Did you wake up feeling well rested ? Not feeling like crap as usual ? Feeling happy ? This is all signs of possible GOGAGOG !
Feeling good ? It might mean its already too late for you !
*honk-honk-honk*
This would be uninteresting , boring and too OP from story telling perspective. It would mean Gog-Agog just makes everything into more Gog-Agog and that’s it. No story , no character development , no adventure. No , it must be voluntary consumption that does the trick , or it won’t work , story consistency and world building consistency wise.
Oh I reckon she she could if she tried. My suspicion is she either has reason not to or simply hasn’t thought of it yet. Either way, there is potential for a squirming, wriggly conclusion to this tale of we’re not careful.
Only if you aren’t creative enough to imagine a defense or deterrent against such a weapon.
I notice Mottom’s soldier habitually wear gas masks, even though chemical warfare is generally prohibited.
Nukes and nerve gasses are pretty OP, but their existence hasn’t ended human history yet.
I’d bet that while she could overwhelm someone and eat them alive, she would not able to “claim” them in that manner. I’d bet that to assimilate someone, she needs them to voluntary accept her into themself.
Gog-agog might be able to eat your body whenever she wants, but she needs your blessing to eat your soul.
“Gog-agog might be able to eat your body whenever she wants, but she needs your blessing to eat your soul.”
I like this. The BEAST can harvest your flesh, but she covets a deeper connection.
The only problem here, Preem Minigendo, is that you think too small.
She isn’t called The Scourge of Worlds for nothing.
Imagine enough worms to pick a planet clean, like a skeletonized carrion bird, beside the road.
That is the power of Te BEAST.
Solomon would never kill Zaid just because he isn’t useful. He seems to be the only thing keeping him ALIVE.
It’s as you say, Preem A Primeval Curse. Solomon-David does not appear to be so callous as to murder someone who turned out not to be the heir of prophecy. Of course, our hero Allison does not know that.
Very clever, that Gog-Agog.
Consider thusly:
Solomon David is possibly the purest example of the Will to Power. By his Will alone, he has claimed his share of the multiverse and built his empire. Mottom stole her power from her dead husband. The Dragon bought it outright. Incubus cheated, somehow. Solomon simply acted, for he has the Will to do so.
Should he come to believe that the death of Zaid is needed, then he will kill Zaid without hesitation.
Solomon exploded his master, the moment the guy admitted he had nothing more to teach him.
Just because he prefers the long game doesn’t mean he isn’t cold.
To be fair, his master probably would have tried to kill *him* once he started using ki rata for vengeance.
He may have already resented the monks for declining to save their world from conquest and ruin, but there was also a perfectly pragmatic reason to kill them.
How its going inside the kishin, didnt knew you has wifi there
I kind of hear her as a more messed up version of Amethyst from Steven Universe.
Agreed
jesus christ#444, shes a strategic genius O_O
Yees! I told everyone , right ? Our Gog-Agog is infallible ! Gog-Agog is awesome and so cool !
Nice moment with Cio’s hand on Alison’s back, tho I suspect words are yet to be said about further attempts to save Zaid. So many words…
Six feet deep down under
Free from concern
The greatest gift of life is
Food for the worms
– Scratch Acid
Yeah!! *headbangs* *honks in rhythm of the song*
GREATEST COOOOOOL!
Esteemed Pontifex, I beg of you, PLEASE never again utter the catchphrase of that monster Gilles de Rais here. The multiverse has enough horrors as is.
Yeah! Eat the worm!
*honking intensifies*
Side effects of Worm may include excessive euphoria, watery eyes, inability to focus, desire to be the center of attention, loss of identity, GREEN, quantum mimicry, painful grinning, dissolving, self cannibalization, GOGAGOG, sudden theatrical explosions into viscera, and magical girl transformation. Do not take Worm if you are on medication containing Hansa’s Tobacco, Skesh, Black Glass, White Sand, Devil’s Kisses, Peaches of Immortality, Angel Feathers, and the Word FLAME. Ask your Vatra if Worm is right for you.
“Ask your Vatra…!” HA !
A comment of the week, or even of the month, definitely!
May also contain traces of Gog-Agog and Gog-Agog. Patent violators will be fed worms.
The expression on Zaid’s face as she kicks the head is priceless. Gog-Agog Number one God of the seven part world!
*sings* We are number one !
*honks*
*slips on banana peel*
Man Fuck Gog-Agog Right. Can’t Really Chunk That No Guts To Speak Of Just Worms Lol
E unum, pluribus.