Editing Blake Thorburn (section)

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Blake is revealed to have survived the encounter due to reality no longer supporting him now that his connections had been severed. He fell through the cracks into [[Limbo]], The Drains to be more precise, one of his eyes ruined and unable to see properly. His Sight was disabled, all the wounds he patched with glamour reappeared as it only held sway in the real world, and he felt numb. Making his way through a tunnel he came across an Other who reappeared and vanished until he came to a point where he could go no further and decided to confront it, gesturing to come to him.

The Other proved to be non-hostile, apparently having been a human who fell through the cracks like he had. She informs him of the nature of the place, how it breaks you down, and of how she came to be what she was. He named her [[Green Eyes]] and, with her help he reached the next tunnel. He then offered her whatever it was in his power to give her, which was a kiss on his cheek.

He then stumbles into the next area that acts as a central hub and hears the voices of [[Alexis]], [[Tyler]], [[Tiffany]], and [[Rose]], only to learn that Rose had sabotaged her own awakening ritual. He stews over, but realizes that Limbo itself was showing him this image so it could break him and he continued on, passing a few other people who had given up parts of themselves to survive, although not to the same level of Green Eyes, and one of them informs him more on Limbo's nature and the fact that a Witch lived there who could possibly help him.

He then falls asleep and dreams of himself in a state as a bird-like [[Other]], waking to realize Limbo was tempting him with a vision of a future if he sought it. When that failed he hastened his search, coming across a creature that potential tried to eat him but was disabused of the notion with the plank he carried. It was then, as he was making his way back towards the witch, he ran afoul Limbo's version of Carl, a man who had wronged him in the past.

Blake fled from him, only to nearly end up falling off a bridge. Tired, he called to the Lawyers and offered to join them if they let him help his friends and left Limbo, but he was rejected by [[Ms. Lewis]], who tells him he has no power anymore and is no longer a [[practitioner]] and only [[Mags]] and she hold a connection to him.

She allows him to piece together that he was meant to die so that [[Rose]] could take his place and advises him to simply accept his circumstances as it is a quieter end rather than thrash around and make things more unpleasant for him, but he refuses to lay down and accept it as it isn't in his nature. Regardless she warns him not to follow her out or she would make him regret it and he's left with no choice otherwise.

He then gets another vision of the present in Jacob's Bell and the council meeting where they are agreeing to the terms of the contest for becoming the [[Lord]] of Jacob's Bell.

In attendance [[Sandra Duchamp]], [[Duncan Behaim]], [[Johannes]], and Rose vie for the position of Lord, [[Essylt|Ev]], [[Keller]], [[Crone Mara]], and [[Briar Girl]] remain out of it or hope to gain while not taking a side, and [[Mags]], [[Andy]], [[Eva|and Eva]], remained neutral. Rose, during this time, refuses to take any of the conditions which is inviting immediate retaliation and putting the others with her as easy targets, but she acknowledges that and does so anyway, leaving.

Blake sees this and is angry because he's powerless to do anything while Rose is using his friends as pawns as well. He makes his way to [[Zoey Artana|The Witch]] who he offered her shirt in exchange for sitting down and talking. She gives him more information on Limbo and the nature of the visions, stating that they represent things in his past, present, and future weighing him down and he needed to either get rid of them or give into them to free him into leaving an available exit. Coming to this realization he offers her collateral and she states if he escapes to go visit her grave and leave a flower.

Blake then goes back to the poles where he met Ms. Lewis and waits for the twisted reflection of his past, in the form of Carl, to come back and confronted it. The memories of the past unfolded and revealed that he had been a part of a cult until he left, but the pieces line up and he realizes that all this time he had never been real, but a [[Vestige]], while [[Rose]] was the true heir.

As the vision finished he felt a weight lifting off his shoulders as the branches and birds that once made up his tattoos spread across his body, all of the being the things that possessed him when he cracked himself open. He then ventures back to the The Witch to explain what happened and ask what step to take next, during which they review possibly meanings of the Tarot Card Reading done by [[Sandra Duchamp]] that foretold trouble to him, and she suggests he takes the path he took to get there to complete the trial of the present  and to embrace the good that comes from being a [[Other]], but not reject his humanity, before bidding him farewell.

Blake traced his path back to where he met [[Green Eyes]] and received visions of the world being worse off than when he left it instead of better. Following a path set before him into the darkness, he came across a forgotten god of light that was holding at bay the [[Abstract Demon]], which was trying to eat away at even [[The Drains]]. Realizing that was his path back home, he jumped and grabbed hold, offering a brief worship to the forgotten god and empowering it enough to drive the demon back into the factory where he followed and the two began to face one another a third time.

During the encounter he uses the Hyena to reflect light and then draw a diagram of his life story, performing creation in contrast to it's habit of devouring, before escaping with the knowledge he can defeat it eventually. He the goes to his apartment to see that his appearance wouldn't pass as human in public any more and most of the things, including his bike, were gone and he could only go forwards.

He then makes it back to the Hillglades Home, revealing that he had taken Rose's place in the mirror world.