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

[audacity]

No kidding.

[featherduster]

Oh I hate it when you guys say concerning things really knowingly.

[ "YOU GUYS" EVERY TEENAGER IN THIS FUCKING PLACE ]

[audacity]

My dad's a sea god. It'd be weirder if I didn't know what they're like.

[featherduster]

--Oh shit, I just insulted your dad?!

[ IN FRONT OF PERCY'S SALAD? ]

[audacity]

[ laughs ]

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

[featherduster]

So you're like--

[ is it rude to ask this. He has no idea.

Fuck it we ball ]

50% God?

[audacity]

50% god. [ in agreement ] 50% human.

100% interested in seeing that ugly old corpse, [ nodding at the slides, ] stop punishing innocent people. I've seen enough of that.

[featherduster]

[ 'That must be the 50% human in him,' he thinks like the human simp he is ]

... I'm sorry that you have.

[audacity]

[ i mean he's NOT WRONG

anyway, shakes his head ]

This isn't about me. Except that I can use my experience to try to help, whatever that's worth.

[featherduster]

[ Looks him dead in the eye ]

It's potentially mortal danger, for people you barely know.

[audacity]

[ well the eye contact means he doesn't say something flippant, even though it's still tempting ]

It's the right thing to do. It could help a lot of people, here and in another world. That's worth the risk.

[featherduster]

[ EXTREMELY GOOD ANSWER BUT HE HONESTLY KIND OF WISHES FOR THE OPPOSITE FROM ONE OF YOU FOR ONCE. ]

How's your combat? I think the main concern is attracting Meris's attention.

[audacity]

[ grins ]

Believe me, not a problem.

[featherduster]

[ Boy if you think you're off the hook by leaving it there



Gives him an expectant look like GO ON ]

[audacity]

[ oh. ok. ]

I have a lot of experience with combat. I have just as much experience with distracting, pissing off, and fighting gods.

[featherduster]

[ Huffs out a breath, like, okay well he hates that answer! It's going to keep him up at night!

But. The matter at hand. ]

Alright. But let's avoid the third as much as possible and skip the second thing altogether.

1/2

[audacity]

[ ]

[audacity]

[ this of all things is what gives him pause ]

Like, I'll try, but no promises?

[featherduster]

She's already pissed about everything, like, all the time.

Let's just not call her fat or ugly or a detriment to all living things to her face or whatever. Best we can do.

[audacity]

Okay, but if she is, and she's right there, and you want us to distract her....

[featherduster]

Tell her she's got beautiful eyes. Probably she'll be mad about it anyway.

1/2

[audacity]

I draw the line at lying.

[audacity]

Unless she really does hate that.

[featherduster]

Dunno for sure. I didn't have time to flirt with her last time.

[audacity]

What did you have time for last time?