Farspeech stones

[forwearemany]

We are interested in available data on topics: magic, theology.

We are willing to provide compensation for data if desired.

Comments

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

(They'll be waiting outside their house.)

[journalname]

Very well.

[And he'll be along in a little bit! He lifts a hand to wave when he sees them.]

Howdy! Would you like to do this here, or inside? Since we will not truly be fighting, it does not matter much.

[forwearemany]

(They wave back.)

The temperature inside our residence is higher than desired parameters.

(They can deal with it just fine but they'd prefer to stay outside.)

[journalname]

Very well.

[He stops a few paces away, unconsciously squaring up a little despite this not being a real battle.]

Now, I have been told that humans find this feeling a little odd, but it should not hurt at all. If you find it unpleasant, please let me know, and I will stop.

[Maybe he's being a little overcautious, but the unknown factors in this are making him nervous. Gosh, the known factors are making him nervous. The only fights he's been in recently were...not good ones.

But Legion wants to do this. So let's do it. Asgore doesn't do anything visible at all, but the battle begins.]

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(What manifests is ... well, it's certainly something?

Legion is not one person, but a singular Geth isn't conscious. Legion is neither a singular soul nor a bunch of souls but more like a bunch of tiny pieces coordinating together together to create a singular perfect shape.

Like all Geth, they are communal to the core.)

[journalname]

[Asgore, for his part, manifests nothing at all. But he mentioned already that monster souls didn't do that.]

Oh, goodness. There it is.

[That's interesting! He's not quite sure what to make of it, but then, Asgore doesn't really consider it his place to make much of other peoples' souls to begin with.]

[forwearemany]

(They don't respond. If possible, however, they will approach, and stare.

The Geth wished to know if they had a soul. Their Creators believed the answer was no, and murdered them for this question.

Now, they can see it.)

[journalname]

[The soul seems to move a little along with them, but it can probably respond to their desire to get closer to it and allow that!

Asgore stays where he is. It's a little rude, in his mind, to approach somebody else's soul. It's still his turn - normally he wouldn't take the first one in a FIGHT, but he wanted to be able to end it quickly if needed. He can hold here for as long as Legion needs.]

[forwearemany]

When the Geth asked our Creators if we had souls, they murdered us.

(They continue to stare.)

[journalname]

...oh.

[Asgore's eyes go wide, and his claws clasp together almost unconsciously. There's a lot of questions that spring to mind at that revelation, but none of them seem appropriate.]

I'm sorry.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(After a few more moments, they lose interest in staring at their soul.)

[journalname]

[Asgore isn't quite sure what else to say. This is the first he's realized of how meaningful this must be for Legion - he'd thought it was mostly just curiosity, like so many people have when he mentions souls.

He wishes he could offer them some tea or something, but he suspects they don't consume liquids.]

Is there anything I can do?

[forwearemany]

Negative.

(Nothing will ever fix what has been done.)

You have showed it to us. Thank you.

[journalname]

...of course. You need only ask.

[forwearemany]

How is this manner of encounter ended?

(The fight, they mean.)

[journalname]

Do you agree to end this peacefully?

[* ASGORE is sparing you!]

[forwearemany]

Yes.

(Hostility, after all, was not their intent.)

[journalname]

[The encounter flickers out at their words, their soul vanishing back from whence it came. Asgore nods, satisfied.]

That is all there is to it. The agreement does not always need to be stated aloud, but it helps with people unused to battle.

[forwearemany]

(Their headflaps shift a bit as they watch.)

Acknowledged.