Tlac

Nobody really knows who Tlac is, or if he even is still alive. He is sometimes spotted at the edges of their territory. He is sometimes spotted in the middle of their lair. When next anyone knows, he's usually gone.

H̬͇͔̯̹̭̣̎́ͫ͑̚ẹ̳̫ͩ ̜͖̺̩̠̖̠͛͌̑̅d̹̰̳̓ͩ͗̓ͭ̌̍o̽ͯĕ̦ͭ̄̽̎s̘͐̔ ̊n̘̣̯̾͆ͪ̍̄̾̈o͎̣̽̌ͩť͍̞̱͍ͤ ͍̻͎k̹͉̱̫̜ͤ̑ͮ̓̂̅n̜ò̟̗̟̫͒̽w̰͈ͣ̌̏̇̽ͯ.͔̦ͨ́̂ ̤̹̽ͅH͎͖ͭ́ͦ̾͒͒ͅo͎̹̖ͧ̌͊͂̂ͦw͒̉̄̃̈́ͥ̚ ͓͎͚ͫͭ̽ͦc̣̫̪̯͓̭an̜͓̪̣̝͙͌̄̔͛͆ͬ ̯͍̺̘̯̩̿̑͋̿ͨh̪̹̗͈̣̗e̮̙͍̠͈ͅ?̼̫̹͓̠̙̊ͅ ̰̗̞͉͉̜̽͌ͩ̍ͤͫ̄T̝̍ͨh̝̟͖̰̦̲ͮ̇ͯ̒e̻͓̻͚̮ͅrͧ̋ͦ̅̾͒e̖͓̭͕͆ ͗̃w̹̹̙̪̌̄͑ä̹̮̊̾s̯͔̺̹̖̎̈́̒̋̆ ͤả̙͍̰̝͔̬̮̑͒̇ ͕̥̩̥ͣ́͑̽͑͋s̺͉̙̫̟͚̀̉̔ͮͦ̍ͅh͗a̝̜̣͈̟͙ͧ̆p̮̊͂̏e͈͎̲ͨͩ͛̃̚ ͇̫̋b͕̱͉eͨ̈́͒͑̅̋f̞͙͊̑̅̎̔͌oͪ͆ͪͭr͙̻̤̿ͧͩ̈e̫̗͚̣̠̞̙̊̾̅̓̚,̓̓̆ ̞̰̓̾̍ͪa̰̟͛̽ͯ ̣̯̗̖̦̇̉̆ͨs̻̟̰͇̾̑p͎͔̻͙͙̬ͥ̎̌͗ͯ̋a͎̜̺̬̗͕͙̔͌cͬ̍e̳͊̿͋̌͂̏ ͕͔͇̩͆̚ḅ͐̎́̊ḛ̱̭̪̑̋̏̈́̌ͣf͎̞̩ͨ̇̉̋ͨ̉ọ̽̃̆r̰̞̘͕̬̳͑̋ẽ̲̙̗ͤ͆̅̾͒̈,̺̘͖̥͔ ̲͍̞͗̍b̻͖ͤ͒̈́ͤ̅ͮ̚u̗̐ͮ̎ͫͭt̥̼͔͈̥ͅ ̮̝̽̾͐͐ḧ͇̻̠̣́ͯ̏̏̓e̼̼̼̪̥̪ͭ̚ ̫͍̘̦͖̞ͪc̠̭͉̞̫͎̩ͦͧ͑a̠͔̾͑̽ͮn̳̗̻͉̓͌̔̉̉n͎̮̰̳͍̯̓͆͂͌̍o͇̘̮̤̥̗͆͛͗̅ͤt̳ͮ̆͗̆ͣ̂ͣ ̫̃̓́̎t̖̯̼̟͊͑́ͥ́ͪͅͅë̞́̾͋̀̏ḷ̜̝̫͉ͪ̔l̠̪̹̙̮̠͙ ̪̙́ͫ͆̓̽a̖͉̬͉ͧ͗n̩y̫̳̓m͚̗ͮͧ̄͌͊͆ͭó͔̥͉͇͎̪̬̂ͣͧr̬͙ë̤͎̉.͖͎̭͖͌̀ͤ͋ͅ

The blind one doesn't see him. Without eyes, how can he? Tlac presses his head against the blind one's heart, but the blind one doesn't feel anything. Tlac is unknown to him.

The medic smells like sickness without treatment. It feels like home, and Tlac is afraid of her. He hears when the blind one says 'no', but the medic doesn't. The stare of blue eyes is painful.

The loud one is thin, skin cracked and hollow. Tlac sees through him to a tangled weave, then the loud one smiles. Tlac feels like he's a part of the tangle, too. It makes him sad when the blind one tries to cut away the threads.

The golden girl has twelve hundred feelers. One of them searches for Tlac. He doesn't trust it because he cannot touch it when it touches him. The golden girl shimmers by the loud one; it makes Tlac frown because he thinks ornamentation shouldn't breathe.

The guillotine girl is far and nearby. She swells sometimes, but she stays stuck to a heel or five. Tlac watches from a distance when the guillotine girl curls up to the loud one and the golden girl. He sometimes sits by her when she isn't looking.

The pearl's heart flutters a-pit-a-pat. She is ill, and Tlac doubts she has known anything else. Sometimes, when he looks at her, he sees devouring blue eyes and clawed envy. Tlac thinks it's a shame.

The mountain revolves around the pearl and looks through Tlac. Tlac fears the mountain would step through him one day, but mountains don't walk...do they?