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[after the npc reveal, laudna can be found sitting out near the pyre on her own, with pâté, a dead rat with a bird skull sewn onto his head and bony bird wings, fluttering nearby. she has her long hair hanging down over her face and she's clearly talking to herself out loud.]
...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!
...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!
...okay, are you talking to the familiar or is the pyre the best place to talk to yourself?
[Trying to commune with spirits by positioning yourself over the damn pentagram is a third option. Truthfully Erin had come to try to ruin the pentagram and that was why she had brought swamp mud- She hadn't expected to see someone here]
[Trying to commune with spirits by positioning yourself over the damn pentagram is a third option. Truthfully Erin had come to try to ruin the pentagram and that was why she had brought swamp mud- She hadn't expected to see someone here]
[Seeing her shrink a little makes Erin sigh]
Yeah, thought so. This is no confrontation.
[Beginning to rub mud onto the line of the pentagram, she shrugs]
Is whoever you're trying to talk to someone you can speak about freely or did I just hear something I shouldn't have heard?
[She tries to make herself a little less prickly. A little. The moods in this village must be a tad on edge after they all found out they're all sacrifices for a ritual, so Erin is trying to dial down her usual bad mood]
Yeah, thought so. This is no confrontation.
[Beginning to rub mud onto the line of the pentagram, she shrugs]
Is whoever you're trying to talk to someone you can speak about freely or did I just hear something I shouldn't have heard?
[She tries to make herself a little less prickly. A little. The moods in this village must be a tad on edge after they all found out they're all sacrifices for a ritual, so Erin is trying to dial down her usual bad mood]
Edited 2024-06-09 23:07 (UTC)
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[Erin grimaces from the feeling of the mud on her hand. So cold...]
Those four said something about magic and abilities being blocked. That could be it.
[Magical interference, blocks of some sort...they already proved they had access to magical abilities, such as that veil to avoid being monitored for a short while]
At times like these isolating you from everyone else is step one. Classic cult move.
[Erin grimaces from the feeling of the mud on her hand. So cold...]
Those four said something about magic and abilities being blocked. That could be it.
[Magical interference, blocks of some sort...they already proved they had access to magical abilities, such as that veil to avoid being monitored for a short while]
At times like these isolating you from everyone else is step one. Classic cult move.
So, any tricks to overturn that? What makes magic not work?
[With some luck any potential solutions won't involve having to face those four, but Erin doesn't have her hopes up]
[With some luck any potential solutions won't involve having to face those four, but Erin doesn't have her hopes up]
Oh well, not everyone is a jack-of-all-trades.
[Having smeared mud all over a section of the pentagram, Erin stands aside, looking at it, and just...sees the mud isn't sticking there. A mere breeze is enough to move the sludge away and restore the pentagram]
...in the end as long as we're not sitting around like sitting ducks waiting to be sacrificed we did nothing wrong. Who cares if it's hitting your head against a brick wall until your skull splits open.
[Failing at fighting is better than not fighting at all. Failing at trying to talk to someone who may or may not be giving you silent treatment, or breaking the setting of the ritual is better than just doing nothing]
[Having smeared mud all over a section of the pentagram, Erin stands aside, looking at it, and just...sees the mud isn't sticking there. A mere breeze is enough to move the sludge away and restore the pentagram]
...in the end as long as we're not sitting around like sitting ducks waiting to be sacrificed we did nothing wrong. Who cares if it's hitting your head against a brick wall until your skull splits open.
[Failing at fighting is better than not fighting at all. Failing at trying to talk to someone who may or may not be giving you silent treatment, or breaking the setting of the ritual is better than just doing nothing]
[Say...]
Saw this kind of cult business ever before?
[Not everyone has gotten involved in this kind of thing, but Erin really hopes there are more than three people with some level of knowledge about this. She's been asking this to a few]
Saw this kind of cult business ever before?
[Not everyone has gotten involved in this kind of thing, but Erin really hopes there are more than three people with some level of knowledge about this. She's been asking this to a few]
[she's out and about exploring this morning, looking at the new location and their occupants. she's reading the plaque outside the theater at the moment, running her finger over the names. also, she's wearing a nice gown, and just like it has lace with a pattern of tree branches, she has a pattern of black tree branches spreading across her skin. a few words are visible on there; right now, I think Delilah's back can be read.]
Good morning! All settled in? I didn't take you for a fan of clowns.
Good morning! All settled in? I didn't take you for a fan of clowns.
Can anyone not involved in a cult like them?
[Just the mere concept is enough to make anyone reasonable dislike them. Not liking cults feels like it should be a given, she thinks to herself.
Still, dang. Sounds like there's no in-depth knowledge there, probably]
[Just the mere concept is enough to make anyone reasonable dislike them. Not liking cults feels like it should be a given, she thinks to herself.
Still, dang. Sounds like there's no in-depth knowledge there, probably]
Especially when they're apocalyptic. So intent on ending the world even though they're just a tiny little part of a whole.
[Speaking from experience there, although those have been less cult and more individual people]
[Speaking from experience there, although those have been less cult and more individual people]
[Erin sure was coming back to the theater after a morning of futilely trying to find out something useful in the village grounds. Seeing Laudna there gets a glance at the ink, just out of curiosity.
Erin's own, showing through her hacket, on her forearm, says: 'Officially diagnosed 50.01% good']
Jesters are my spirit animal.
[So deadpan]
Alfyn was named the king of clowns. Any accusations of clown fanaticism must be rerouted to him.
Erin's own, showing through her hacket, on her forearm, says: 'Officially diagnosed 50.01% good']
Jesters are my spirit animal.
[So deadpan]
Alfyn was named the king of clowns. Any accusations of clown fanaticism must be rerouted to him.
Edited 2024-06-11 23:30 (UTC)
Dunno, it almost got me drowned for being too low for someone's tastes.
[Apparently it was 'within the margin of error' and therefore she almost got plunged into a fjord. Misadventures, they sure happen]
Yeah, we're such a happy barrel of monkeys. Did you at least get lucky with yours?
[Well, any place that isn't the mortuary is lucky, in her opinion!]
[Apparently it was 'within the margin of error' and therefore she almost got plunged into a fjord. Misadventures, they sure happen]
Yeah, we're such a happy barrel of monkeys. Did you at least get lucky with yours?
[Well, any place that isn't the mortuary is lucky, in her opinion!]
[On her other arm, new ink appears in all caps.
'I'M UNNECESSARILY JEALOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS'
The haunted house at least was meant to be lived in, leaving aside the 'haunted' part]
'I'M UNNECESSARILY JEALOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS'
The haunted house at least was meant to be lived in, leaving aside the 'haunted' part]
So far one of my housemates' idea of 'making it livable' involves leeches.
[Living with Karma is...interesting.]
[Living with Karma is...interesting.]
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