Seeker of Thrones 4-23
Chapter: 4
“Deep in Sanctum there is said to dwell a kind of monster, a basilisk of sorts. One look at it is said to drive men mad, not because its visage is especially horrifying, but because its flesh is a kind of mirror, and in it a man sees his true and full measure for the first time.”
-Peroxes
Back by unpopular demand: Me
YOU WERE EXPECTING THE OTHER GODS, BUT IT WAS ME, INCUBUS!
do you believe
in gravity ?
Do you believe in gravity? In a young girl’s heart
How the gravity can bind her, whenever it starts
RERO RERO RERO
Yet again, the Lord of the Golden Army shows up unexpectedly. The question, since they are in Throne, is whether this is an illusion, or if Incubus truly does know the Black Art of Division.
It is more than likely the former.
So, what does he want with our Rising King?
There are: The White Art of Division, the Red Art of Transformation, and the Black Art of Creation.
However- having influence over dreams and minds, I expect this is also merely an image of the Demiurge. Though perhaps “merely” is not a wise word to use here.
Dominion Red, Transformation Blue.
Well, his name is Incubus so….
He does represent Lust. So, of course he can appear in people’s bedrooms unannounced. Such is the way of a Black Emperor.
Holy shit is this not a good sign.
Few signs are good.
“REST AREA TWO MILES” is one of them, though.
Not if you’re Robert Frost.
Unless you’re on foot…
“REST AREA 2 MILES CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION” on the other hand, is not.
Neither is “NEXT GAS 251 MILES”
“Two For One Euphoriberry Pies” is another, as is “We Take All Credit Cards Here.”
After the conquest is complete, he will work in the kitchen to grate cheese.
Using those abs, I presume?
On whatever are on those nipples.
Suddenly, a David Bowie.
Though his mortal form perishes, his eternal image lives on in myriad form and infinite power.
Ah, the Lord Incubus is back, and looking fabulous as always.
Incubus’ chest is the greatest of mirrors. Our guild can only strive for such glory.
I arrive at Allison’s dream
Shirt: Off
Nips: Pierced
Machinations: Obscured
I am forcibly escorted from the ship
And I heard, as it were, the sound of vogueing.
Oh hey, it’s that jerk again.
Hail the Red City, hail the Spoke.
And “Suddenly, Incubus” is quite the accurate summation of this event.
‘Suddenly, Incubus’, from my understanding, is actually a somewhat obscure saying within the worlds ruled by the Lord of the Golden Army. It is apparently the beginning of a rather vulgar swear, but I have never heard it in full, as the speakers tend to have their skulls violently crushed by the law-keeper they were antagonizing.
…but then there was Incubus!
Oh, for the want of modern medicine…
One wonders when She realizes that with The Key of Keys, She can, as well, cut wounds…
I love how his halo is the male gender symbol
Most of the time the Mars symbol is used by Jagganoth. This looks more like an arrow, or a combination of the male and female symbols with an extra prong.
And do not underestimate him because of it. Before it was the symbol of Maleness, it was the symbol of Iron and of War.
This symbol is more recent and more specific than that.
This is “Crocus Mars” an academical sign for denoting certain yellow oxides of iron.
While ancient alchemists believed that turning iron yellow must be an important step towards turning base metals into gold, in reality, they were on completely the wrong track.
This man is a deceiver, and the truth of him is in his halo.
He looks like gold, but he is nothing but rust.
Not just that, it is the both the symbol of masculinity and the symbol of femininity at the same time.
“…not because its visage is especially horrifying, but because its flesh is a kind of mirror, and in it a man sees his full and true measure for the first time.”
But do I see all the bread I’ve baked, toasted, and spitroasted?
You see what you look like to all the bread you’ve ever encountered. You monster.
Gravity is for peasants.
Oh, Alice meets the hottest person in Throne. Why can’t I have that?
Be careful what you wish for, you may get us all caught in another vicious circle.
Incubus: “Looks like…
…We’re gonna need a montage!”
My goodness! Did the Lord of Lust always have those nipple rings? They do not fit him at all. I had hoped he’d be the snappiest dresser of the Demiurges, truth be told.
If the Guild of Naysayers still commanded the respect we held before the Second Conquest, one of our number would have doubtless told him so. But these days everyone would rather believe themselves incapable of error than admit fallibility to avoid it in the first place.
And the streets were cleaner back then, too.
The Guild of Naysayers is a terrible idea. Where can I apply?
If more mortals would avail themselves of your services, they’d less oft have need of mine.
*ALAS* ;}
Human nature just doesn’t work that way.
Next time you’re deciding what business to be born into, try to read up on some remedial Behavioral Economics.
He did not, but it did look like his tongue was pierced. I’m thinking he puts them in and takes them out as he sees fit. Yeah, the blaring turquoise stones on what seems to me as a pair of curved bars does nothing for his look and clashes horribly. Curve bars being used in a piercing where a straight bar would be more practical/look so much better. Yuck. Especially since he’s a god and probably have something far more fancy/attractive in its place. But points on him for not going in the direction of rings/over size rings because those things catch on everything and are far easier to grab on to than bars. Even when said bars are curved. So maybe he’s going for what serves as his interpretation of utilitarian function over fashion in the event he ends up having to take off or fend off attackers.
I theorize that they’re the same material as those angel-sealing needles that Delicious used.
More like the snappiest un-dresser, LOL.
god you leave your boyfriend alone for like 10 minutes and all of a sudden he’s strutting around with no shirt on, piercings in his nipples and god knows where AND to make it all worse, his makeup is better than yours
This is Incubus, one of the Seven, not Zaid. He’s not Allison’s boyfriend.
Yet.
When your bf’s so much hotter than you that all seven gods mistake him for the Rising King…
(Why is Incubus so hot though. Like, I know why, but still, holy /shit/. Be still, my gay heart)
Didn’t Abby say on his tumblr that Incubus was gay?
My, but he seems helpful. You have to wonder what his motive is…
When your dreams grow strange, become stranger.
When strange is the norm, the normal are the strange.
*ah, more of these wonderful worlds Abaddon draws*
*yep, pain hurts, little king*
*oh… disturbingly attractive godbeing alert*
A rose by any other name still draws blood?
can they shag at some point please? incubus is WAY hotter than zaid.
Well, she did kinda start this whole mess with the desire/want to get laid.
According to Abaddon, Incubus is gay.
I think Abbadon said somewhere on the KSBD tumblr that Incubus was gay, so probably not.
You’re right, though: He’s purty.