Interlude 13.z II

"“Which one is you?” Jessica asked. "I don’t know. I was thinking about it last night. Trying to remember who I was.""

13.z (Interlude; Sveta) is the thirteenth chapter of Black, and the second interlude. Nayet acts to save her sibling, both are given away to Cauldron so they have a chance to live. Garotte is captured in Russia, Sveta meets Victoria in the Hospital. Tress and Yamada talk about life, Antares insures her best friend’s future.

Major Events

 * Cauldron 'saves' some fatally wounded kids.
 * Sveta gets a human body.

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Characters
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Breakthrough

 * Sveta Karelia
 * Jessica Yamada
 * Nayet
 * Micha
 * Dimi
 * Three C53’s
 * Wieldmaiden
 * K. Armstrong
 * Victoria Dallon
 * Rain O'Fire Frazier
 * Ashley Stillons II
 * Kenzie Martin
 * Tristan and Byron Vera

The Irregulars

 * Weld
 * Egg
 * Mantellum
 * Whippersnap
 * Gentle Giant

Foresight

 * Effervescent

Orchard

 * Mr. Bough
 * Mr. Drowsing

Mentioned

 * Ernesto Ochoa
 * Semiramis
 * Mama Mathers
 * Dragon
 * Colony
 * Mick the Tick
 * Sea of reaching hands and arms
 * The man with golden hair
 * Doctor Mother
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Trivia

 * Bough confirms that power plasticity was known and utilized by some (namely, The Unmasked) even before Gold Morning.
 * Wildbow posted translations of the conlang he put into this interlude here and here.