...I can offer you answers to both, within the realm of my knowledge. But know that the monsters were a side-effect of your summoning here. We were not anticipating it, and are still learning somewhat ourselves.
Gotta put my brains to work or I'll start climbing the walls.
[ as she considers this: ]
... That's alright then. Whatever you can part with is what I'd like to learn. I'd like to understand a bit more about what I might be getting into. Or I guess what I'm getting into it with.
Do you know what a dragon is? It's a somewhat close approximation to your beast. A sky serpent. Enraptured by the moon, enough that they would swallow some whole. Some say a lunar eclipse is thanks in part to its presence, as the creature starts to consume the moon, or perhaps steal it away in an act of grief.
Like much folklore, there is no strict record or description of it. But oftentimes it is said to have consumed six moons before it was driven away.
[ she just nods, she knows what a dragon is, and just listening to all of this kind of leaves her a bit silent a moment before: ]
It consumes the moon. Not what I expected...
[ part of her prickles just a little bit it feels like it hits a little too closely to home, burrows into too fresh a cut that's far too deep. an act of grief so desperate.
for her to be consumed by the moon's sickness just to come full circle.
Strong, but not omnipotent. You could wish for something here or back in your own realm. But I doubt you'd be able to budge the actual machinations of the ritual going on—you wouldn't be able to wish that away.
I specialize more in biology than curses. Sometimes these things can be prevented with the right... for instance, let's call it a vaccine. Or a cure. Other times, you'd have to rely on the specialty of a healing cleric, someone who uses magic to remove the curse and repair the body.
You're in a crowd of people from intersecting worlds, with knowledge of medicine and magic from different dimensions. It is not unfathomable to me that you could attempt to find a solution, in addition to your wish. Though whether or not you'll achieve this is beyond what I can predict.
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No, we aren't affected.
[Hi.]
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anyways, she's thankful she isn't just SNEAK ATTACK'D upon this time. in fact, wow, this is incredibly normal of you despite the whole get up. ]
Short and sweet, thanks.
And the whole... potentially learning about them bit? Any literature on the thing I've been stapled to?
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They are just a normal cultist. There is a very slight tilt of their head, curious.]
Do you mean learning about how they effect you, or the folklore behind them.
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Both. I mean both. Well. Any information really, but I want to study up.
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The scholarly type.
...I can offer you answers to both, within the realm of my knowledge. But know that the monsters were a side-effect of your summoning here. We were not anticipating it, and are still learning somewhat ourselves.
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[ as she considers this: ]
... That's alright then. Whatever you can part with is what I'd like to learn. I'd like to understand a bit more about what I might be getting into. Or I guess what I'm getting into it with.
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[Folklore before game lore.]
Do you know what a dragon is? It's a somewhat close approximation to your beast. A sky serpent. Enraptured by the moon, enough that they would swallow some whole. Some say a lunar eclipse is thanks in part to its presence, as the creature starts to consume the moon, or perhaps steal it away in an act of grief.
Like much folklore, there is no strict record or description of it. But oftentimes it is said to have consumed six moons before it was driven away.
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It consumes the moon. Not what I expected...
[ part of her prickles just a little bit it feels like it hits a little too closely to home, burrows into too fresh a cut that's far too deep. an act of grief so desperate.
for her to be consumed by the moon's sickness just to come full circle.
okay maybe she can work with this. ]
Well ok... my interest's piqued.
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That's the legend, anyway. Maybe it's just a particularly gluttonous sky snake.
Either way, it's a part of you now.
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For better or worse, apparently.
Anyways, I'm not sure how useful turning someone scaly is... but it's a start!
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[Might help her narrow down who her partner is, slowly.]
You'll get a wish if you choose to solidify your bond as well.
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It is. Something to keep my eye on. [ though she pauses at that last bit, hands briefly clutched in one another. ]
A wish... and... how limited is that wish exactly?
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Strong, but not omnipotent. You could wish for something here or back in your own realm. But I doubt you'd be able to budge the actual machinations of the ritual going on—you wouldn't be able to wish that away.
[Can't end the game.]
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[ stinky, but fair. ]
What about... a life? Back home?
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[They seem thoughtful, turning the idea in their head for a second.]
I think that's possible. Not more than that, though. Just one.
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[They regard her curiously.]
Does that make it enough for you?
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If they were afflicted by a condition just prior to death... would it be possible to bring them back as human as they were before...?
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Hm. I have my doubts. Revival alone would be a task. I would be prepared to treat their condition independent of their death.
What was happening to them? ...If I may ask.
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[ she shifts uncomfortably. ]
It's... caused by the light of the moon god back home. A curse that deteriorates the body into something monstrous.
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[Their tone turns to something studious.]
I specialize more in biology than curses. Sometimes these things can be prevented with the right... for instance, let's call it a vaccine. Or a cure. Other times, you'd have to rely on the specialty of a healing cleric, someone who uses magic to remove the curse and repair the body.
You're in a crowd of people from intersecting worlds, with knowledge of medicine and magic from different dimensions. It is not unfathomable to me that you could attempt to find a solution, in addition to your wish. Though whether or not you'll achieve this is beyond what I can predict.