ngelgate! Spiral Incident Jolts Central Conclave of Vastenua
Cosmic eyes are on the Oracle Palace of the Faded Harmony, where a freshly restored holy spiral mural suddenly wears the face of a suspiciously familiar leader. Mere chance, algorithmic misfire, or a galactic in-joke?
The Conclave is abuzz with rumors since The Spiral Incident of the Echo’s Visage has flared up once again. The newly restored Visage-Layer of Seraphic Reflection in the Oracle Palace of the Faded Harmony is causing a stir: visitors and protocol watchers claim the blurred face of the Proto-Serape now strongly resembles the notorious Vigiliane of the Stratocratic Mosaic. After restoration by Torrion the Crepuscular-who reportedly just applied pigments in the proper spiral-telepathic commentary exploded like cosmic static inside a hollowed-out archive dome.
The Remembrance Conclave of Symbiotic Relics immediately called for an investigation (although, by protocol, this required thirty-five echo-stamps, three knitted notifications, and a drizzle of sealing wax). Archivist-spiders have already sunk their legs into the pigment layers, while members of The Quintessential Foam Riddle popped out of their information bubbles: ‘Art is not a propaganda engine!’ they exclaimed via ephemeral banners-only to see their slogans devoured by a swarm of authorized drones.
Torrion the Crepuscular himself denies any portrait politics: ‘I simply freshened up some faces. That it now resembles a synthoid avatar of Vigiliane? Chance happens in a universe full of faces.’ Similarly unbothered, Vigiliane of the Stratocratic Mosaic posted, ‘I do not resemble a proto-angel, unless an algorithm knows cosmic irony,’ adding a light-flashing grin icon.
For the record, the original fresco had never been archive-sealed and had suffered a generous dose of quantum-damp after a failed caffeine surge from pilgrims. What exactly has been restored-and whether this is accidental auto-canonization or an intergalactic painter’s joke-remains unclear even to the palace's projectors.