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?
[ he shakes his head, finds out it's a bad idea, and stops with pinches brows. BUT CARRIES ON. ]
No. It was something else which implied two people were together. [ ... ] Chimeras will always be at least two; otherwise, they wouldn't be chimeras. I cannot say if there would be a three-person chimera or not. We haven't seen it happen yet.
[ he is such a lightweight. astarion like... sinks down where he's sat a bit, frowning. ]
So... always at least two people, influenced by whatever the cultists have summoned, working together to kill someone. In their right mind? Or are they more like the possessed?
I think you all are over-complicating it because you are getting confused about number of the victims. I hope you don't all think that just because someone isn't possessed, they can't have the urge to kill.
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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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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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[ he shakes his head, finds out it's a bad idea, and stops with pinches brows. BUT CARRIES ON. ]
No. It was something else which implied two people were together. [ ... ] Chimeras will always be at least two; otherwise, they wouldn't be chimeras. I cannot say if there would be a three-person chimera or not. We haven't seen it happen yet.
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So... always at least two people, influenced by whatever the cultists have summoned, working together to kill someone. In their right mind? Or are they more like the possessed?
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They are as the other afflicted are. Possessed.
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sometimes though, this weekend happens and you need to drink. fact. ]
Possessed, but with some extra “rules” that a possessed not influenced by the cult wouldn’t have. [ the working together part. he nods. ]
Alright, that makes more sense that whatever was going around my head before now. [ he’s going to forget this later because he is drunk (no) ]
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I think you all are over-complicating it because you are getting confused about number of the victims. I hope you don't all think that just because someone isn't possessed, they can't have the urge to kill.
People are still people.
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