Wow okay... now it's time to actually reveal the flaw right?

  Flaw - The King In Rags -

  "A being from beyond who wielded unlimited power and limitless potential chose to lower themselves to such a state as to give you a chance... you've made your choice... do you want to stay like this??? huh? or will you rise above the rags you chose and improve?"

  "All things come to an end... all power has it's costs... and all costs take their toll... but yours doesn't really bother you, the way it would others, for you still remain a King even in your rags... you will return to where you Desire... as long as you don't let Dread stop you... and your Hopes and Dreams aren't lost to Oblivion..."

  "Your power lies in the, past, present, and, future, every choice you've made and every choice you make will cost you something, however there is nothing you can't do should you be willing to pay the price... and strike at the right moment."

  Hmm thats not very elucidating is it? so very verbose but doesn't actually tell me what it is... maybe i missed something??? let me check again

  Name - Sylphy

  True Name - Vessel Of The ()

  Attributes - Foreigner (You Are Not From This World, It's Rules Won't Play The Same For You As Others, For Better, Or Worse)

  - Usurper (You've Taken That Which Is Not Yours, And Yet You've Not Been Deposed, Long Live the King In The Rags)

  - Fool (You Have Endless Chances Too Improve? after all when you're at the bottom there is no where to go but up?)

  - Lineage (I've already told you haven't you been listening?)

  Aspect Name - Defiled Thief - Aspect Rank - Divine

  - Professional/con-artist (You Possess the power to fool others)

  - Leader (But Where to?)

  Oh... this... hmm okay i understand now... let's hope the others don't figure out what this means...

  "What am i gonna do now?"

  Maybe i should check my soul sea?

  Hmm this is... not at all what has been described... well maybe if i look around in here I'll figure something out?...

  As I look around my soul sea to figure out what's going on here, I finally understand everything... i mean i thought i understood before but now i really really understand my face and body are... not what i thought they should be... nor is it sunless... or Cassie... or Nephis... or Castor... or Kai.. or Athena... or Mordret... or Jet... or Even what i remember myself looking like... so it seems not only have i been isekaid into this gods forsaken death world where even the strongest thing can be killed with nothing but hopes and dreams... but it's a world where humanity is actively losing slowly but surely... but i'm also... gonna have to deal with my ahem... new body... new mind... and new soul as well... i kind of don't won't to deal with half this shit right now... too bad i'm gonna have to... so it seems that the shadows... echos and memories of the (?) level version of the Cohort are stuck in my soul... but also the corruption of knowing things that i'm not supposed too... so my flaw is that i'm corrupted?... but not the same type of corruption as most other's?... this is... okay i understand enough for now.

  "This is so much to take in"

  "You should really see what it's like on the inside before saying something like that"

  "Silver hair?"

  "Uhm... last i checked?"

  So this is either a coincidence or... is that Nephis? so i guess shes not dead? but didn't i have to kill her in order to get that reflection/shadow/memory/echo/soul? And is it just me or does she seem way more talkative then she should be? i mean doesn't she have to go through her character arc to learn to trust people a bit more first? isn't she supposed to be more monotone? and Brusque? what is happening? first jet then this? somethings off

  "uh Hi we match"

  "Jumpsuits yeah"

  She's starring pretty hard at me... why? i get my appearance is a little strange... i mean i've seen it myself so i know it's pretty unique but i mean come on i'm not that hard to understand... even if no one could look like this naturally it's not like people can't look like this with a bit of added effort and a little bit of...

  "sorry but What the heck is that"

  "What!???"

  "It's just... do you Not realize?... am i the only one that notices this?"

  "no no... i see and hear you but i don't know what it is you're wanting me to describe there is kind of a lot and it's not like you're pointing or anything"

  Is she asking about my hair? Green isn't too out of the ballpark i mean she Has Silver she had no right to freak out over that. wait a second... is that Castor... isn't he supposed to be inside??? Hmm am i inside?

  Indeed, i was when did i get here? how Foolish of me to forget where i was but what was i doing again???

  "Oh yeah and what was yours like i'm dying to hear all about it after the way you reacted to my story"

  "I'm sorry i was a bit distracted... would you mind clarifying?"

  "Hmm why not since i'm sure everyone else here is dying to know as well how'd your first nightmare go? since you seem to think mine was lacking"

  "I mean C'mon you ARE a legacy... sure if ANY of the others here got that result it would be splendid... but you've had your whole life knowing exactly what you needed to do in order to succeed... you had tutors and resources made available to you from the WOMB and you only managed 2 ranks higher than the minimum required result? and you're acting like that makes you something greater than the rest of us? i could tell you every single detail of mine... because i wasn't prepared... i wasn't ready...I had to fight chipped tooth and Bloody nail... make use of every tool around me... i had to... lean on others just to see them all slip away... die right before my very eyes... and yet i'm still here, and my numbers... are bigger than yours"

  Just then i realize seemingly the entire hall was listening to that... awkward... when did i have that convo with Nephis again?... oh, right that was earlier... in my soul sea... and the real Nephis just saw me... after i started talking with Castor... wait what is happening again??? oh right... that damn Flaw making Communcation difficult again.

  "You know what... Fair enough... everyone deals with... their nightmare differently... and yours seems to have hit you fairly hard as is... i honestly didn't mean anything by... you know what i'm sorry... it doesn't matter what the cause is i seem to have upset you greatly, and i believe you whether yours is Transcendent or even Supreme... the stronger the aspect... the steeper the cost... so i'll just trust that yours is better than mine and... maybe if you'd like you could tell me all about it?" (Castors words reached you, your Bonds grow stronger)

  Then i respond. "I... honestly did not expect you to be... nice?" I finally take a proper look around me... i'm in the same place that sunless was... when he had his first confrontation with Castor... with Castor simply being understanding... with no hidden motive... at least not against me (yet)... wow... and this is the guy people hate? just because sunny didn't like him? or maybe because Nephis said he Might have been sent to kill her?... what did this guy do again to deserve hatred?... I Can't remember a single thing...

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  "Thats... I've heard a lot of stories about nightmares... and the dream realm in general... but that has to be one of the saddest things that has been said far too often" Castor raising his head and adding at the end a smile. "but it does get better, i promise it does"(Do YOU TRUST HIM)

  Hmm, well then, thats a bit much of gen pop for me i think i'll just try and find a place away from everyone else to skip until later... oh look Cassie still has that whole Aura of (STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME@TM) I'mma hide in there where it's safe... and no one followed that's good...

  "Hey there"(i see said the blind girl)

  "hi" I didn't think she would immediately want to talk to me what the hell?? and why did she have perfectly amicable silence with Sunny and she immediately wants to talk to me??? why does everyone want to talk to me??? Is it cause i didn't creep on everyone right away like Sunny did? or maybe our attributes? my lack of Fated? what is it???

  "Don't want to talk about... It, do you?"

  "How much do you know?"

  "The fact that you're saying that... is more telling than anything else... but to answer the question... less than you think but more than you'd like... I'm sure you know this but... i could pretend not to know?"

  "Who else knows and how obvious am i?"

  "To those around us? you're as obvious as a drop of rain in a storm... to those further afield you'd be as obvious as a Demon lit on fire in the dark of night"

  "So, you also know about that stuff too?"

  "Less than you, but I know some"

  "Where do we go from here?"

  "After we listen to the orientation, we could either introduce ourselves to our soon to be new allies? or maybe we could go to one of our rooms and have a more in depth delve into what's going to happen going forward..."

  "Alright... No Pressure right... geez even though you're so much less stressful than the rest you have a much different kind of intensity huh?" Did she just giggle at that? when has she ever giggled?? what??

  "If that's how you'd like to frame it... sure... but you and i already know the choices you want to make... even if i'm lacking the details... and you lack... well a lot of things honestly... but we will both get there... just be patient lets take it nice and slow... we have all month long before we'll Have to fight... and we'll have 3 months after that before you'll really be put through the wringer... but if you're diligent enough... all those ambitions... all those... hidden wants... i'll help you with everything you want... but i have some things i'll want from you first... before i'll let you reach that final Shore, your final home... Your Domain"... this seems too good to be true... but then again... i know she tends to help her friends out... but this seems like a step too far... right? surely, she doesn't... like actually really... mean...

  "I can't really read your mind you know... but i can guess based on the clues... and if you tell me outright you'd like something different... then i'll help you with that instead... but i know that i Will die if you don't help me... and i know you'll likely to kill me if i go against you... so the best thing we could both do is compromise... i'll help you reach that final happy ending... and you'll help me make sure that more than just you will be satisfied with how everything turns out... so do we have a deal?"

  "you haven't even asked me to do anything?"

  "that's because who i'm talking to is the type of person who i'd offer this deal too, i wouldn't have offered this too you the way i did to any other kind of person, that is just how it has to happen, what you want is a small small price to change the horrid things that i can't, i can make my own decisions, but i'm not strong enough on my own, so? is it a deal"

  "And you're Wanting?"

  "do you really want me to spell it out for you? fine... it's among the list of things you already want... it's why I don't really need to ask you... because for YOU it's not a compromise... our Goals Align... but for others I'd need them to meet me halfway... to endure... but you? I don't even need to ask really, the only real request I have... is to make sure I can see it through with you" Since when as Cassie of all people been this good with her words? I don't think she's supposed to be like this? not yet anyways... what changed?

  "Is that really all you want? I wanted you there with me anyways?"

  "and that's why I'm so willing to give you everything else... that's the compromise I'm making... so that you'll be happier about how this ends up... because... you know that what's coming next is going to hurt... and I'm going to be... little more than a tool at best... but you... you see me as more than some blind girl... more than some... power... more than somebody to throw away when needed... and that's why I'm going to follow you... because you CHOSE to be here"

  "I was not expecting any of that... I thought... that... after everything it took for me to make it this far... that I'd... have to pay so much more... just to get... well anything."

  "Yet another reason added"

  The next week passed by in a blur between time spent with my new friends some of which i know won't survive their next trip to the dream realm... where others i'm merely unsure... but i've enrolled in teacher Julius' class to learn the important bits that my... unique situation... doesn't cover by itself... and after all this not one visit from Jet... is she... out killing or something? ah anyways i'm sure that won't come up later, but the real fun was had with Cass see the funny thing is if you don't spend the month you had with the pretty disabled girl just in her presence but not really talking with her, you could get so much more done, doubly so when she has such a high affinity for fate and revelations.

  "Cass?"

  "Hmm?"

  "You wanna try something new? after all I've mostly just been catching you up to me... and while you're pretty good and all theres some stuff i wanted to learn from you..."

  "Such as?"

  "well... it's kinda embarrassing"

  "You've already told me your Flaw... and all your flaws... do you really think i'll leave you now? after the promises we've made?"

  "You're right, you're right"

  "So?"

  "Ugnh"

  "Do you want me to go around you here? or would you like to have a mature conversation here?"

  "Okay, okay I want to know... how you'd like me to handle your passing should Nephis not keep you alive long enough for me to find you"

  "Oh, you don't think what i've learned from you is enough... i agree, it hurts but i agree... do as you will... whatever will make you happy, do that"

  "Really?"

  "I've basically been saying that since the moment we met... you think my death would change that?"

  "Are you sure? you know what I'd do if you died right?"

  "i do know how you would react... which is why i said 'what would make you happy' not what you want, you need to listen a little more clearly when I'm asking you for things... though you Are normally pretty good about that... at least as good as you can considering..."

  "Can we please not have this conversation again? My Flaw will not let me forget it anytime soon so could we please not have the Present and future be littered with the same thing as the past?"

  "Noted, i really am sorry... though yours is far less likely to get you killed in combat than mine... i would hardly call yours any less painful"

  "Thank you for that... and everything else too... i, know i've been helping you out... dealing with your blindness, but the fact that you're giving so much back despite your Flaw stripping you of something most people take for granted..."

  "You know... i could say the exact same thing about you... minus the blindness being literal in my case"

  "oh, ha ha ha, at least you are here with me making these jokes, the others seem to have scampered off to 'partying like it's going to be someone's birthday at least'"

  "That was a heavy-handed joke and you know it'

  "Was it?"

  "Wait, you are joking?"

  "Uhm"

  "Oh Sorry'

  "How many times do i have to say that it's okay to make this mistake?"

  "Until i stop making it" (Song of the Fallen's words have reached you, your Bonds grow stronger) (Your bond with: Song of the fallen, has reached it's limit) (3/7)

  "I'll ask you again are you sure you want to go further? because once we do it's a little hard to undo"

  (Sleeper: Cassie's reply cause's her evolution into sleeper: Song of the Fallen) "yes"

  (4/7)" And it's done"

  "I could tell, Captain obvious... I'm glad I brought you some place that no one would investigate us before we did that, you dork"

  "Well forgive me if i have a hard time telling... i'm not the best at reading between the lines"

  "You are forgiven"

  "When did you become funny?"

  "I've always been hilarious and you know it... we just had a hard time talking before with you in your own little world, the barriers between us are still there but... we've both gotten better at screaming at walls it seems"

  "Right... well you kinda made a mess of the surroundings while you were in the thick of it... so we need to clean up before we leave or we will have people asking questions"

  "Right... and i can't see... so i guess that is on you? fuck I'm so sorry... wait or is that because... it doesn't matter i chose this... this is... better than the alternative anyways... so sorry"

  "It's okay... and you know i don't mind right? besides it's only been a week and we're already this far? seriously? four out of 7? it would take most people at least 2-4 years! and we are already over halfway there so i can wait longer than this... and i'll clean up your little mess... after all we have made our choices... unless you've changed your mind?"

  "By the Dead Gods NO!... i mean please no... not after everything we've already been through... you're not having second thought... right?"

  "Wow... uhm... okay so that's a no... I'm not gonna force you to stop this if you don't want to... but are you okay?... this isn't like you... am i really having this much of an effect on you?"

  "No!... i mean yes but... not because of anything to do with the spell... it's just... Before i saw you I was stuck on a different track... and then when i saw you... i wasn't given a choice... a binary choice to be sure but... it was more than what i had before that... and i really didn't want to go through all that for nothing when... this was presented instead... that other path i would have been more than able to be content with... but why settle huh??? when with you... I can afford to be more than what was on offer down that other path... one that just didn't suit me as well... you know the further down this path i go... the more i can't help... but feel sad for you"