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

[poisonista]

... because of all this?



[ Setting aside his shock. ]

[arrowace]

[ nod nod ]

[poisonista]

[ Thinking. ]


What about your senses? You still feel, don't you?

[arrowace]

Mm. The "death" is . . . biological and metaphysical, but not . .
. practical.

[ if that doesn't quite make sense, welcome to the club ]

[poisonista]

[ For some reason he thinks he gets it. ]


You still feel pain. You can feel textures- is that true where you're from, or is it just something you feel here, in the pasture?

[arrowace]

No, it did not . . . dampen any of that. But . . . it may be . . . magically replicating olfactory senses . . . rather than using my own.

[poisonista]

I see.

[ Thinking... ]

I can't do much for the runes without knowing what I'm decoding. But I can assist you with any of your physical conditions. I'm familiar with magical effects like that.

[arrowace]

[ blinks! ]

Necromancy?

[poisonista]

No thank you.



[ More in a "I AM FAMILIAR BUT I WILL NOT TOUCH THAT" way. Mute?? ]

I meant potions. I can create specialized ones. If there's something you need for your body, I can attempt to make it to make things feel... better for you.

[arrowace]

. . . Painkillers?

[poisonista]

I could, yes. Maybe even something to stimulate growth like normal if you wanted that, but I'd have to study you to make it correctly.

... how much pain are you in, anyway?

[arrowace]

Uhm.

Not as bad as broken bones.

[poisonista]

[ Alarm... ]

That's already pretty bad, Mute.

[arrowace]

Well.

It's . . . less bad than that.