Get on the Down With Fish bus

[arrowace]

WHO: Lilybells, House Wardens, Azdaja, others??
WHERE: Lily War Room
WHEN: Day 71 morning

[ After a few different discussion, Lily and Bluebell have invited some allies to discuss a problem and make some plans. They've probably put out like. Berries and water. Mute and Ananke stand at the front of the room, them speaking and him providing large illusions of the presentation. ]

Lights please. Ananke.






This is Eph'meris. It is not my home but . . . where I was most recently before . . . arriving in the Meadow. Next.








This is Meris. Meris was once the primordial . . . sea goddess that formed Eph'meris and its people. Now she is a . . . festering mass of malice, squatting in the astral sea and longing only . . . to drag all life she encounters with her into the abyss. Next.








This is the Merisian Pillar Array, which turns one or several individuals into the "Pillar" of Eph'meris. It allows the bulk of Meris's hatred, necrotic power, and general "evil bullshit" to be visited on . . . that one or several persons rather than . . . reality itself. It also fortifies those individuals' . . . bodies to bear this malice without being destroyed. It also . . . kills them. Next.









This is a small piece of the Merisian Pillar Array, that we are . . . currently calling the "Gate". It's purpose is to . . . ensure that the energy exerted by Meris upon reality is directed at the selected Pillar, but also that . . . some of this energy may be siphoned off to the Merisian power grid. I am told . . . this is "like electricity but worse" but I don't . . . actually know what electricity is. Next.









I believe these diagrams speak for themselves. Next.









Next.








This concludes the . . . background briefing. Everything should be clear now.

Comments

[endsjustified]

[HE IS MOSTLY JUST SITTING HERE TO BE HERE AND MONITOR THE SITUATION TBH he gave the meaningful input he had to give to Minuet and Mute earlier]

[featherduster]

Mmmm... alright.

[ minuet the stampede will remember this ]

[arrowace]

[ THUMBS UP!! ]

[audacity]

[ laughs ]

Not that I don't love my dad, but like I said. I know what gods are like.

[audacity]

Oh, I hate that for you.

[heavyliesthecrown]

[Relief. He will simply return to sipping on his drink and lapse back into silence while trying to remain part of the background for the meeting.]

[arrowace]

Yes.

[audacity]

Are you sure we can't just kill her? I feel like dead things should still be killable if they're still hanging out beaming death rays.

[heavyliesthecrown]

[If he knew that was the reason he would think it is a terrible idea, actually!! But he just lets it happen.]

[dadinside]

Got it.

[he absolutely doesn't get it. just tell him where to point his gun.]

[spinebuddyandme]

And the agonies?

[spinebuddyandme]

[ THUMBS UP THE MOMENT MUTE ISN'T LOOKING ]

[arrowace]

Can you stop a whale carcass from stinking by harpooning . . . it again? Death has done all . . . it can to curb her power.

[arrowace]

Perhaps.

[poisonista]

You're welcome. I know it's not about the topic at hand, but you are welcome to come by to have some maintenance done for what I did already.


[ He did a manicure and pedicure and face mask, too! Get that skin feeling good and those nails nice and groomed. ]

If you wish, that is. Seems like you've got a lot going on already.

[ Motions to- whatever this is. ]

[noarchitact]

Ah. And to do that we need to adjust the gate? [ going off what minuet said. ] Whatever we have to do, I’m here to help in any way I can.

Pi Pii. [ me too! ]

[poisonista]

[ Bro, he agrees. ]


Indeed. Perhaps you can explain what this is for, then? I'd rather be dealing with things that aren't going to end up in getting killed and tortured, personally.

[ Just a fact. ]

[audacity]

[ quiet a long moment ]

Okay, I see your point.

[arrowace]

[ thumbs up ]

It is all very straightforward.

[noarchitact]

…oh, that makes more sense. [ he’s going to continue going over all of these charts and pictures. ] I’m assuming doing so is going to cause any number of things to happen, but I’m sure we’ll all be ready. [ in theory. ]

Noted. [ and filed. ]

[arrowace]

[ there’s another long moment of fretting before they blurt: ]

. . . It won’t grow back. None of me . . . grows now. So . . .

[featherduster]

[ Later, he directs this part to Lilybell + doubly Lethe Specifically, but like, isn't trying to hide it from the room at large. Specifically to avoid having his ass beat later. ]

If someone can help get me through the runes that block Mute's gate, the plan is to modify it as much as I'm able. I'm pretty confident this will use up the last of my power.

It's part of the plan, so don't be alarmed or try to intervene. Charon's going to ferry my soul, after.

[mykidisthebest]

[paying attention and sketching what he can of the Merisian Pillar Array down]

I guess we can work with this.

[noarchitact]

[ just stares at him, like, glad you told us, but he still hates it. he’d have hated it more if it became a surprise, so… a heads up is definitely appreciated. ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Visibly preparing to yell at Minuet until Charon gets mentioned ]

...Ferry it to where?