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Project Update: Misery Monday XI | The Rusted God
Hello my fellow travelers on the path,
Today is the end of Rust!! Then we'll head on our final path through the House of Blood. This deck is about to be complete. So soon. Enoch is vibrating with excitement, and thanked folks for birthday wishes. Today though, we break our chains and remove our shackles as we face the Rusted God and its Withered Speaker.
- 5 The Excess
In our suit of Rust, we have The Indebted. In excess, those in Rust give themselves deeply to all the chains that hold them. They pray still harder and show their devotion by adopting additional manacles. These are people who labor harder in the system to prove their worth to the machine that abuses them. On the other side, as we heal and rebuild, we may shackle ourselves to all the people and places we owe fixes/retries to. We may beg people's grace and forgiveness, but do not. Instead, give yourself grace as you move forward on your road of healing. - 6 The Ecstasy
In our suit of Rust, we have The Gathering. The ecstasy of rebuilding is the gathering of friends and supporters. The ecstasy of rebuilding is having your base to live again. You will heal with others, let them gather about you, listen and talk, but also thrive in the living energy of others again. Even if they're challenging. Even if they're difficult. - 7 The Finale
In our suit of Rust, we have The Unkept. To leave this space is to realize the chains that went into the dark on everyone were a lie. They go nowhere. You can undo the collar and free yourself. In time we will feel that all our steps are foolish, unkept by a safe path, but it will be good. You can remember the collar's weight, but do not stop. Keep going. There is nothing here that is stuck, no dark side, to be Unkept is to be free of the house entirely. Beyond rust. - Denizen
In our suit of Rust, we have The Withered Speaker. There is truth in this creature's faith and words, it truly does shield him from his own fire. But there is also cruelty, chains, control. The chains from his flock come to him, they are his eyes. He speaks guidelines and rules into the world, and his flock follows. This is no indictment of religion or faith, but it is of the power dynamics that exist in spaces like that. No one should be a ruler over others lives, and we should not limit our paths by their words. - Ruler
In our suit of Rust, we have The Rusted God. It is not alive. It is Tradition on a pole. Where all the chains go, to the hands of an unliving ideal. This rotten, never-living thing does not own you. There isn't even a person to buck off, merely take your chain from its open hands and move on to life. You were mistaken in thinking Tradition, in this case, was alive.
And that's it! The full House of Rust is visible on the campaign page now, and that means you are now one suit away from the full deck. Take your time and check out that sweet campaign page now, it's so gorgeous!! See you next week when we step out of the rusted temple and back to our home. Each step has moved us closer to where we live.
7DA
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