Slate inMarble Sort
Slate
Been down every chute before. Unimpressed by all of them.
Slate says“Yes. That one as well.”
Every race this season
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Slate is in seven games
Each game gives Slate a different job. Here is what Slate does in each one.
Slate inMarble Sort
Slate inAngry Marble
Slate inTilt
Slate inMarbledoku
Slate inMarble Blast
Slate inMarble Survivors
Slate inMarble Spa
The shard
Where Slate comes from
The oldest shard on the grid, off the part of the night that had been dark longest. Slate has seen every section type the generator can draw and has an opinion about all of them, none of it enthusiastic.
How Slate races
Slate takes the first serious hit in every section and simply refuses most of it. Not a swerve, not a block — the impact arrives and less of it lands than should have. It happens once per section, and Slate spends the rest of each one racing normally and looking put out.
The first heavy contact of a section, absorbed. The second one hurts exactly as much as it should.
The voice
Hear Slate
“ho-ho-hoh”
The veteran as a kindly grandpa chuckle. Low and warm, falling gently. Pick a mood and Slate says it that way.
In the race mix: D3, 147 Hz. The first hard hit of every section is dropped from the mix entirely. Slate’s signature is a hole in a busy texture.
Rivalry
The Immovable Object
One is a heavy hit. One is immune to the first hit of every section.
Amber's whole race is heavy contact, and Slate's whole race is refusing exactly one heavy contact per section. So the first time Amber arrives, it does not work. The second time, at full price, it works perfectly. The rivalry is a question of whether Amber can be patient, and Amber is not built for patience.
Slate cannot choose which hit to spend it on. Amber cannot choose to wait. Both flaws are load-bearing.
5–0 in 5 meetingsThe team
Nocturne, from the Long Night
You will not see us coming.