Stones of Farspeech | December 5, Day

[solperierat]

Fuck, gotta make this quick--

Alright, I know there's a lot of spooky fucks out in the woods right now, but if you see a red goat-dude with bat wings out there, don't go near it. If you see a half-eaten monster corpse--or hell, any corpse, steer clear of that area. Until the mana pools start working again, I can't--

...damnit.

I'm not safe to be around right now, and I don't know how long it's gonna last. Ginko--I hope you're in a better state than I am right now because I can't answer shit. I'm gonna try to stay up north near the mountain. If I threaten anyone, kill me. This is carte fucking blanche to everyone, there's a damn good chance I'm not gonna be a person until this is over.

(( ooc: Responses will be coming from Ginko, Ed is putting everything coming through his Stone on read right now. Sorry, y'all! ))

Comments

[lesbeau]

Hey uhhhh how about some fucking details, maybe? What the fuck is going on?

[That's sure with the subtlety of a fucking truck through a wall, cool.]

[onegreeneye]

[Right, some people are going to have... zero context for this. At least Ginko is fit to explain; his reply comes quickly and methodically, though it might sound a little rushed.]

Okay, well - before ending up here, Ed and I were trapped in another world. A deity there was pulling people in from different places and changing them, physically and mentally.

The worst of the changes was that, every so often, we... were forced to eat people. Humans, or others that had been changed like we had. If we didn't feed, we would keep getting hungrier until we lost ourselves entirely. The Storyteller put sigils on us to keep it suppressed, but we need the mana pools to recharge them. Now that we can't do that, it seems like Ed's been hit pretty hard right away.

you asked for it

[vagabone]

What?! You didn't say it has to be people!

[It's not really Ginko's fault, and yet here he is, yelling. The nerve of this guy, right?]

I SURE DID

[onegreeneye]

[WHOOPS. Ginko winces a little, but he guesses something like this was probably inevitable, given the... highly public nature of this whole conversation.]

Would you rather I had?

[vagabone]

Ye--n--I don't know! Why would someone do that?!

['What the fuck' is probably right. Sometimes there's nothing else to say.]

[onegreeneye]

I couldn't be sure. It might have been to scare the human populace, keep them under control... I'd say you'd have to ask her, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[For one thing, that would require being on Ryslig to begin with.]

1/2

[lesbeau]

[The first reply comes through after only a few seconds.]

HEY WHAT THE FUCK--

2/2

[lesbeau]

[Of which she follows up not long after.]

Dude. That's fucked. I thought the god here was kinda shitty but that's so far past this garbage, what the hell.

[onegreeneye]

[Ginko... laughs, sort of. The kind of "laugh" one might expect from a very tired man who's very aware that his situation is entirely fucked, but... also kind of ridiculous, really. Boy he hates it.]

It was... pretty horrible. Yeah. Honestly, it may have, uh... made it easier to accept mistakes from other gods, just so long as they're not malicious.

[lesbeau]

Uh, yeah. I give less of a fuck if rabbit dude left us here to murder on their behalf as long as I don't have to eat the fuckin' remains.

[This... presents the problem of Ed, though. What are they gonna do?]

So... are you staying with him? Ed. Or would he just tear you up?

[onegreeneye]

Ha. The latter. [Hell, it had almost happened before; better to be cautious this time.]

But, if Muffet can get us both restrained, we should be able to be... left near each other, I guess.

[lesbeau]

Jeez. That's just fucking shitty.

[She'd volunteer to help, but like, what could she do about any of that? Fucking nothing. Also, she chooses life.]

So we're putting you in monster timeout. Basically.

[onegreeneye]

Mm, well. Yeah. But we've kind of adapted. [At least, until this place gave them a temporary sense of security. Dammit.

That, at least, gets sort of an amused snort.] That's pretty much it, yeah.

[lesbeau]

[At least he's got a sense of humor about it. But what other choice do you have in that situation?]

Alright, well. Good luck I guess. You ever need somebody to hit you really hard, I got some people to help with that.

[That's the best she's got, really. Helping even though she shouldn't, even if she kind of has no intention of doing this.]

[onegreeneye]

[Gotta deal with the absolute nightmare that his life has become somehow.]

Ha, thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

[Sorry Beau but he actually will. He just hopes he doesn't have to act on that information.]

[lesbeau]

[Well she's supposed to be like, doing good stuff, so this is probably in line with some promises she's made. She's just also got a big opinion on living.]

Kay. Have fun in monster jail.

[And she disconnects.]