Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: A Cosmere Novel

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Yumi And The Nightmare Painter catapults us back into the Cosmere after the non-Cosmere Frugal Wizard stumble. Painter patrols the dark streets dreaming of being a hero - a goal that has led to nothing but heartache and isolation, leaving him always on the outside looking in. He describes his former friends to Yumi with no small dose of disdain, clearly hurt by something that happened in the past. She knows that it is the machine's power that is sustaining the shroud and holding her soul in this world, and that if she defeats the machine she will pass on.

Ship Tease: It's implied that Akane and Tojin have a thing for each other, though it's not focused on at all. As a spren, Design can see spirits, so when she notices him, she drops a bowl of noodles and starts asking him how he died.Soul Power: Technology in Torio is powered by spirits from the earth, as they'll agree to transform into the requested item for a few years. At the end of the story, when Yumi is saved, Painter has to explain that the girl he's suddenly kissing a lot is not his sister, but his "girlfriend from another city.

Broken Pedestal: The Dreamwatch are actually a bunch of members of Nagadan's upper class who slack off all day while their companions do the dangerous work the Dreamwatch is supposed to do without any credit. Amnesiac Resonance: Although the machine could erase Yumi's memories of living out the same day over and over, it couldn't completely erase the skills and muscle memory she developed over the course of the loop. They transform into a pair of devices (repelling statues, a machine and the control device, etc) and stay that way for a few years. The front half of the story drags along as Yumi and Painter alternate lives and try to understand one another.

Painter wakes up as Yumi and must live her life while Yumi herself guides him as a spirit invisible to everyone else. Serious Business: The preeminent art form on Torio — as well as the cornerstone of their spiritual practices and their economy — is stacking rocks. No Endor Holocaust: The Shroud being dispelled exposed the living inhabitants of Komashi to the sun for the first time in centuries, and removed the hion lines they'd relied on to power their lives. Please note that some countries may charge the recipient duties on the 'import' of parcels from time-to-time. Yumi has spent her entire life in strict obedience, granting her the power to summon the spirits that bestow vital aid upon her society - but she longs for even a single day as a normal person.

The Worm That Walks: Masaka is a Sleepless who came to the planet to get away from war elsewhere in the Cosmere. Hoid mentions that while in many cultures, stories with spirits offering gifts are parables about danger, in Yumi's culture a spirit's gift is always positive; she declined because she genuinely thinks she doesn't deserve it and needs to do her duty. A fun introduction to Brandon's work, this standalone Cosmere novel pulls inspiration from the likes of Final Fantasy X, Hikaru no Go, and Your Name.If they cannot unravel the mystery of what brought them together before it's too late, they risk forever losing not only the bond growing between them, but the very worlds they've always struggled to protect. Alien Among Us: According to Hoid, one of the first problems a world faces when they leave their world and discover life elsewhere in the Cosmere is the fact that everyone else has been likely visiting their world for quite a while. They're all rather annoyed when they realize Nikaro is involved, and they almost all leave pretty early on. For more information about each piece, including transcripts of the text (when needed), check each file's individual page.

Near the end, Painter passes that picture to her through nightmare-Liyun, which allows Yumi to regain memories stolen by the machine. But as Design points out, Yumi is so powerful that they should be running from her, and when she decides to stop being afraid she rips nightmares away from the Machine with no trouble whatsoever. Masaka, the creepy girl who wears lots of black and talks about how nightmares are cute, turns out to be a Horde pretending to be human. Their wardens get around the fact that it's forbidden to even contradict a yoki-hijo by being very good at passive-aggressive "suggesting" that obviously they would never do this thing or that thing. According to Hoid, it wasn't a really good kiss since neither of them has any prior experience of doing that, but that didn't matter to them.Deliveries to destinations outside Australia are made by DHL courier, and cannot be made to post office boxes. He doesn't add such an explanation when they get to Yumi's world, because they have the same time measurements (though the names are different), because they're the same world.