[ fucking cheers. he has another sip, just not quite as ridiculous as the first one.
nevermind, he has a big sip. ]
That is up to the rest of you. We can hold her until the symptoms recede, but then we will release her. The cult will become suspicious if a mass amount of people suddenly die, so it is up to the rest of you to proceed with caution and planning.
So we could’ve been holding them somewhere this whole time until the symptoms vanished. [ … he’s considering what the thinks of that, given a couple of things he’s talked about recently ]
We are holding them by mine or Pestilence's own power, so it will exhaust us. The symptoms will lessen, but not disappear. They will return, and over time, the person will fall victim to their influence again.
That depends on her. How quickly she can get the affliction under control, if at all. In the latter case... I'm not sure yet what we'd do. We would have to discuss.
Because the logical choice is killing her— but as we’ve seen, four people are dead and one more person is going to die tomorrow. And unless there’s some magical revival spell in that floating book of yours, I assume we don’t want to hit zero.
What do you want to know? You know what a chimera is, don't you? The parallel is similar. Ignore what the wizard of Waterdeep says. It isn't that nuanced. A creature made up of multiple monsters which must work in tandem.
ok he does have a full giggle at the straight up ‘don’t listen to gale. don’t do it.’ ]
Yes, I’m aware what a chimera is. One beastie made of many, correct? [ … ] So, is it literally a singular creature, or just a blanket term for multiple possessed that are compelled to work together one way or another?
[ giving astarion another Look at the giggling. look. wizard slap fight is all. ]
They are summoning an actual monster on their side - the cult. A chimera is summoned, but the chimera happens to be two monsters assimilated which those here may have a connection with. You all have seen evidence of the chimera's work actually, though I think only a few of you realize.
Anyway, it is not an unreasonable assumption to consider a chimera pair may work together. It is up to you all to find evidence of this occurring when you do your investigations.
[ anna your icon. please have a wizard slap fight where astarion can enjoy the show. ]
So, they summon a chimera made up of a changeling and a -- [ uhhhhh. ] dragon. It would be potentially myself and the remaining dragon who would be compelled into acting because of our association with those monsters?
[ oh. hm. ] It wasn't the state of Ichiban's chest, was it? That was decidedly messy.
I think that part's fairly simple. If you tell us there's one chimera, and two possessions and there are four bodies they we can assume they worked separately. [ ... ] Is it always two? Or potentially more than two monsters making up the chimera?
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[ cheers ]
Drink anyway. I think we all bloody need it.
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What will happen to Camile? Or more generally speaking: what happens to someone we out as possessed but do not vote for?
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nevermind, he has a big sip. ]
That is up to the rest of you. We can hold her until the symptoms recede, but then we will release her. The cult will become suspicious if a mass amount of people suddenly die, so it is up to the rest of you to proceed with caution and planning.
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Really?
So we could’ve been holding them somewhere this whole time until the symptoms vanished. [ … he’s considering what the thinks of that, given a couple of things he’s talked about recently ]
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We are holding them by mine or Pestilence's own power, so it will exhaust us. The symptoms will lessen, but not disappear. They will return, and over time, the person will fall victim to their influence again.
It's a bandage only. It isn't a solution.
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How long will she have until she's fully under again?
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That depends on her. How quickly she can get the affliction under control, if at all. In the latter case... I'm not sure yet what we'd do. We would have to discuss.
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Because the logical choice is killing her— but as we’ve seen, four people are dead and one more person is going to die tomorrow. And unless there’s some magical revival spell in that floating book of yours, I assume we don’t want to hit zero.
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[ he reaches up to rub the sockets of his eyes and his nose. ]
I am not a cleric, Astarion, and I do not have a diamond. We will figure it out. Right now, we have to see if she abates.
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sips. ]
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I am fairly convinced she would not want to die like this. However, battling with herself over what she did might be the rockier ground for her.
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What happens to her is up to the rest of you if she doesn't run into misadventure like Ishtar did.
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... I think we'd all like it if no one ran into a misadventure like Ishtar did. It seemed incredibly... disturbing. And messy.
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The changing dimensional portal does lead us to dangerous places.
[ he hiccups gently and looks both surprised and embarrassed by the unexpectedness of it. ]
Um. ...Excuse me.
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[ ah.
don't laugh. don't laugh.
he kinda snortgiggles. it's not technically a laugh. ]
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[ giving him a LOOK. stop giggling. ]
I think I've drank enough...
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[ he finishes his glass and peers into it like the liquid is going refill. ]
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[ just watches him for a long moment.
slides his own glass over to station. there. ]
Are you sure you are able to drink this and be all right after not having it in so long...?
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Mmm. I've been enjoying a drink or too since I got here. And there's such a thing as blood-drunk, which manifests in a similar way.
[ sometimes you drink a lot of blood and you get the same effect. ]
Oh. Right, I had a second question. [ yaY. ]
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he is giving the sins over, yeah. he is a lightweight. he has to cover his mouth to politely suppress another hiccup. this is not what he wanted. ]
Oh? Well, go ahead.
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Explain the chimera thing to me like I’m mildly drunk on alcoholic grape juice in a dusty little refectory cellar.
[ oddly specific. but my and astarion’s brains are smooth. ]
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[ ok, oddly specific. ]
What do you want to know? You know what a chimera is, don't you? The parallel is similar. Ignore what the wizard of Waterdeep says. It isn't that nuanced. A creature made up of multiple monsters which must work in tandem.
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ok he does have a full giggle at the straight up ‘don’t listen to gale. don’t do it.’ ]
Yes, I’m aware what a chimera is. One beastie made of many, correct? [ … ] So, is it literally a singular creature, or just a blanket term for multiple possessed that are compelled to work together one way or another?
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They are summoning an actual monster on their side - the cult. A chimera is summoned, but the chimera happens to be two monsters assimilated which those here may have a connection with. You all have seen evidence of the chimera's work actually, though I think only a few of you realize.
Anyway, it is not an unreasonable assumption to consider a chimera pair may work together. It is up to you all to find evidence of this occurring when you do your investigations.
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So, they summon a chimera made up of a changeling and a -- [ uhhhhh. ] dragon. It would be potentially myself and the remaining dragon who would be compelled into acting because of our association with those monsters?
[ oh. hm. ] It wasn't the state of Ichiban's chest, was it? That was decidedly messy.
I think that part's fairly simple. If you tell us there's one chimera, and two possessions and there are four bodies they we can assume they worked separately. [ ... ] Is it always two? Or potentially more than two monsters making up the chimera?
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