Split Eight - the precision of the wording was not on par with last week's effort and it hurts a piece written in this mellow/somber mood when there's a "break" - moreso than when there's craziness afoot. Still, that's nitpicking. I enjoyed the disconnected movement - your scenes are like charcoal sketches and your characters pastels (that fade into each other seemlessly).
Vulgar - I've always enjoyed your verbose tales of fuckery and this was fairly classic Vulgar in that sense... the wording however was not on the level as some of the shroom-fueled snapshots of insanity that you've produced in the past. A little more grayscale than the usual fantastical play with light (I don't know why I'm dissecting this battle from such a visual vantage). Story progression and dialog were top notch.
vote is for Vulgar in a coin flip, based on masterful progression
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