The sun never rises in Cloud City. Owned by distant gods, the world creaks along in techno-magical paralysis, making Contracts with spirits, and limping along in isolated enclaves while monsters run wild in the Wastes.
Five years ago, Arthur Lester, a private investigator, made a Contract with a Summon called Hastur. The deal? His soul in exchange for the identity of his daughter's murderer. Until the time Arthur's soul is ripe for harvesting, Hastur will give him power, and eventually must find Faroe's killer. If he doesn't, they both die, so failure is not an option.
Hastur, however, is not a normal Summon... and it turns out he's come here and chosen Arthur in order to stop a threat that will destroy the entire universe if it succeeds.
Unfortunately, humans aren't meant to channel power like Hastur's, and Arthur's body is beginning to break down. It's a race against time to solve Faroe's murder and stop the incoming threat before he simply drops dead.
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A podfic of Trin's Malevolent AU, Cloud City.Created on Audacity.
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You could put it off until we’re inside. I wouldn’t want to use you up too fast tonight.
“No, I can’t risk missing anything. Do it.”
As you wish.
And then that familiar pain, the burning power of sharing his nerves and his brain and his eyes, and it’s always too much, always so much, and he stands still and breathes steadily and waits for the worst of it to pass. In the beginning, he’d lose precious minutes after Hastur gave him sight, but these days, he manages to keep his head on straight.
Now, Arthur sees what’s real. This is not like humans see. This is Hastur’s sight, and nothing is hidden.
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Author: Trin
Reader: Charliegolightly
Length: 22 minutes 20 seconds
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