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[ So, at some point, Ganymede's going to be coralling some people so they can you know sit around and talk at the Guild Home.
That's for the best, right? ]
Alright, everyone.
We should get right ahead and discussing the particulars.
Zelkova seems to be indisposed, right now. And we need to decide on a course of action, together, even if it's just banding together and I guess somehow dealing with the others who have been temporarily...changed.
So some items on the list:
1. We do know about the drawbacks of using the bracelets, right?
2. Does everyone know that they received a Core with a letter on it?
3. Do we know all of the people who have been 'changed' by Lily?
That's for the best, right? ]
Alright, everyone.
We should get right ahead and discussing the particulars.
Zelkova seems to be indisposed, right now. And we need to decide on a course of action, together, even if it's just banding together and I guess somehow dealing with the others who have been temporarily...changed.
So some items on the list:
1. We do know about the drawbacks of using the bracelets, right?
2. Does everyone know that they received a Core with a letter on it?
3. Do we know all of the people who have been 'changed' by Lily?
Edited 2023-10-29 12:54 (UTC)
Yes, yes, and no!
[ To put things very simply. She'll go ahead and double-check her Core for the letter: ]
My Core has the letter "U" on it. And the only person I've personally encountered who seems 'changed' is Misteaks.
[ To put things very simply. She'll go ahead and double-check her Core for the letter: ]
My Core has the letter "U" on it. And the only person I've personally encountered who seems 'changed' is Misteaks.
First of all? Thanks for getting this together.
[ Who is he saying that to? Ganymede, or Shoka? Doesn't matter.
His arm is in a sling, but don't worry about it. ]
I know the drawbacks. [ He's ignoring them. ] My Core has an "S" on it. And I've had encounters with Mithrun and Misteaks so far.
What are we going to do about Zelkova?
[ Who is he saying that to? Ganymede, or Shoka? Doesn't matter.
His arm is in a sling, but don't worry about it. ]
I know the drawbacks. [ He's ignoring them. ] My Core has an "S" on it. And I've had encounters with Mithrun and Misteaks so far.
What are we going to do about Zelkova?
Yeah, I know the drawbacks. Don't be reckless trying to clear root towns, because we need to conserve it. My core had... a letter 'E'.
How much change are we talking about? Just acting weird, or...
How much change are we talking about? Just acting weird, or...
Hmm. I think I can get it from Levi, maybe?
[ Levi...tell them all your secrets.... ]
There's a lot that he knows about Lily, obviously, so I'll see what I can share on his behalf.
[ Levi...tell them all your secrets.... ]
There's a lot that he knows about Lily, obviously, so I'll see what I can share on his behalf.
I don't know. I don't know if there's a way we can reach him from here on out.
[ Sounded like he was saying farewell, or something. It makes her frown. ]
[ Sounded like he was saying farewell, or something. It makes her frown. ]
[All info written on the shared data board! We have multiple tabs so assume your character can refer to any slide they want at any time.]
He's still not responding to messages, is he?
[Shoka takes out some papers from her inventory and begins copying them on the board.]
Sinclair's sharing info from his guild with me, so here's what I've got.
Ongoing Report on Cubia, his mission and his followers:
Cubia - or Lily, as he had been renamed by Mr Misteaks - is Zelkova's "brother". Both seem to consider Emma Wielant and Harald Hoerwick (HH) to be their parents, but from what Mithrun said, Cubia's resentment seems to be directed at HH entirely, not Emma. Emma "creator of legends" appears to have died before the creation of Fragment, but her memory was embedded in Fragment through the Poem. Zelkova told me Cubia was abandoned by their father, and that he tried to find Cuba in the place all AIs go - the Netslum.
But he couldn't find Cubia at all. Zelkova said he'll get together some information in a week and get back to us
Anyway, Lily is a mere 'shadow' and needs humans to choose him, so he can be more than a shadow. In this world, that he'll take from CCCorp, he'll make it so humans are free to pursue everlasting happiness Suffering and despair elates him - and he wants us all to feel this way. That’s his happiness.
Lily said this: “There's nothing within me that hasn't been placed there by others...It wasn't until you all came into this world that I begun to take shape.”
If he's a shadow, who does he belong to? Us? Or Fragment?
Lily's Followers
As we saw at the meeting, most of the people who followed Lily did not take well to us implying Lily was bad. With Swallow, we tried experimenting to see if she would also get mad if I insulted Zelkova, but it didn't work. Maybe I'm just bad at that? Anyway
Mr. Misteaks (Barrett): He named Lily after his dead sister. He was promised that his sister would be revived here in Fragment. I don't want to get into the details, but this is wrong. He was very defensive of Lily, but he seemed to swing back and forth for a bit over my conversation with him over inboxes before he decided he wanted me angry and hateful. And he needed that reaction from me to study.
A confirmed data drainer.
Leviathan: He was angry with us too for criticising Lily. But he didn't seem as invested as Mr. Misteaks. I'm not sure what happened to him or if he's just following his brother. He seems really nervous but he was glaring at me that whole meeting? And he fought with 0koto? [edited 2 weeks later]: i saw him use data draining.
0koto: He knows a lot, but I'm unsure how to approach him. Oria said he made some sort of business deal with Lily, but seems to be controlled forcefully now? He fought with Leviathan and Mithrun at the meeting.
Uta: She's still nice, but she also thinks Lily just wants to be her friend and offer people salvation in a good way. Confirmed data drainer.
fandaniel: Spiderlily. Another person I'm not sure how to approach. Hani knows him well though...he didn't go to the meeting, but I think he was the one who tried to bring Hien to Cubia as the sixth person.
There are two others unaccounted for: Sunflower and Lotus.
Lily's Mission:
He will use the Wave to his advantaged, as it was pre-programmed into the game. He called it a prophecy. He said that when the Wave reaches a crescendo, everyone still there to witness it will know true happiness. So, for him, it's a means, a path.
What did Emma Wielant intend with the poem? And why did Harald Hoerwick place it here?
Sinclair's sharing info from his guild with me, so here's what I've got.
Ongoing Report on Cubia, his mission and his followers:
Cubia - or Lily, as he had been renamed by Mr Misteaks - is Zelkova's "brother". Both seem to consider Emma Wielant and Harald Hoerwick (HH) to be their parents, but from what Mithrun said, Cubia's resentment seems to be directed at HH entirely, not Emma. Emma "creator of legends" appears to have died before the creation of Fragment, but her memory was embedded in Fragment through the Poem. Zelkova told me Cubia was abandoned by their father, and that he tried to find Cuba in the place all AIs go - the Netslum.
But he couldn't find Cubia at all. Zelkova said he'll get together some information in a week and get back to us
Anyway, Lily is a mere 'shadow' and needs humans to choose him, so he can be more than a shadow. In this world, that he'll take from CCCorp, he'll make it so humans are free to pursue everlasting happiness Suffering and despair elates him - and he wants us all to feel this way. That’s his happiness.
Lily said this: “There's nothing within me that hasn't been placed there by others...It wasn't until you all came into this world that I begun to take shape.”
If he's a shadow, who does he belong to? Us? Or Fragment?
Lily's Followers
As we saw at the meeting, most of the people who followed Lily did not take well to us implying Lily was bad. With Swallow, we tried experimenting to see if she would also get mad if I insulted Zelkova, but it didn't work. Maybe I'm just bad at that? Anyway
Mr. Misteaks (Barrett): He named Lily after his dead sister. He was promised that his sister would be revived here in Fragment. I don't want to get into the details, but this is wrong. He was very defensive of Lily, but he seemed to swing back and forth for a bit over my conversation with him over inboxes before he decided he wanted me angry and hateful. And he needed that reaction from me to study.
A confirmed data drainer.
Leviathan: He was angry with us too for criticising Lily. But he didn't seem as invested as Mr. Misteaks. I'm not sure what happened to him or if he's just following his brother. He seems really nervous but he was glaring at me that whole meeting? And he fought with 0koto? [edited 2 weeks later]: i saw him use data draining.
0koto: He knows a lot, but I'm unsure how to approach him. Oria said he made some sort of business deal with Lily, but seems to be controlled forcefully now? He fought with Leviathan and Mithrun at the meeting.
Uta: She's still nice, but she also thinks Lily just wants to be her friend and offer people salvation in a good way. Confirmed data drainer.
fandaniel: Spiderlily. Another person I'm not sure how to approach. Hani knows him well though...he didn't go to the meeting, but I think he was the one who tried to bring Hien to Cubia as the sixth person.
There are two others unaccounted for: Sunflower and Lotus.
Lily's Mission:
He will use the Wave to his advantaged, as it was pre-programmed into the game. He called it a prophecy. He said that when the Wave reaches a crescendo, everyone still there to witness it will know true happiness. So, for him, it's a means, a path.
What did Emma Wielant intend with the poem? And why did Harald Hoerwick place it here?
Cursed Individuals:
Hien: he's losing his sense of 'self'. He's trying to hold himself together but it seems to be inevitable. He's how I learned what Cubia looked like...Winter helped me recrate Hien's drawing. I think we need to keep talking to Hien as much as possible. I don't want him to lose himself.
He told me to remember my name and who I am: Emil Sinclair.
I wish I could help him more
Mr. Misteaks: He kept talking about how he needed me to be angry and hate so he could learn from me. He doesn't seem to remember anything clearly anymore. EDIT: He has been renamed Tarvos.
Mithrun: He's the worst affected. I'm trying to remind him he's real. But he thinks he's a program now, that exists only in Fragment. We need to keep reminding him he's human. EDIT: He's been renamed Macha.
Nanashi: He seems okay now but he had all his memories replaced at some point. We should make sure he's okay.
The Cursed Wave:
Unknown where the Cursed Wave was born.
After the stars doth cross the heavens.
The sky in the East doth darken and air doth fill with mourning.
From the chosen land beyond the forest, a sign of the wave comes.
Riding the wake is ██████, the Shadow of Death, to drown all that stands.
Mirage of Deceit, █████, Betray all with the flawed image, and did aid the Wave.
And by the Power of █████, a drop from the Wave doth reach the heavens, and creates a new Wave.
With the Wave, ████████, the power to tell the dark future, hope darkens, sadness and despair rule.
█████ schemes when swallowed by the Cursed Wave.
Macha seduces with the sweet trap.
Wave reaches the Pinnacle, and escape none can. Tarvos still remains with more cruelty to punish and destroy.
And with the turbulent destruction after the Wave. Only a void remains. From deep within the void arrives ████████.
Perhaps then the Wave is just a beginning as well.
EDIT:
When the Wave reaches a crescendo...true happiness will be achieved. Lily can only use the tools he has at his disposal in this program. What does this mean for us?
Hien: he's losing his sense of 'self'. He's trying to hold himself together but it seems to be inevitable. He's how I learned what Cubia looked like...Winter helped me recrate Hien's drawing. I think we need to keep talking to Hien as much as possible. I don't want him to lose himself.
He told me to remember my name and who I am: Emil Sinclair.
I wish I could help him more
Mr. Misteaks: He kept talking about how he needed me to be angry and hate so he could learn from me. He doesn't seem to remember anything clearly anymore. EDIT: He has been renamed Tarvos.
Mithrun: He's the worst affected. I'm trying to remind him he's real. But he thinks he's a program now, that exists only in Fragment. We need to keep reminding him he's human. EDIT: He's been renamed Macha.
Nanashi: He seems okay now but he had all his memories replaced at some point. We should make sure he's okay.
The Cursed Wave:
Unknown where the Cursed Wave was born.
After the stars doth cross the heavens.
The sky in the East doth darken and air doth fill with mourning.
From the chosen land beyond the forest, a sign of the wave comes.
Riding the wake is ██████, the Shadow of Death, to drown all that stands.
Mirage of Deceit, █████, Betray all with the flawed image, and did aid the Wave.
And by the Power of █████, a drop from the Wave doth reach the heavens, and creates a new Wave.
With the Wave, ████████, the power to tell the dark future, hope darkens, sadness and despair rule.
█████ schemes when swallowed by the Cursed Wave.
Macha seduces with the sweet trap.
Wave reaches the Pinnacle, and escape none can. Tarvos still remains with more cruelty to punish and destroy.
And with the turbulent destruction after the Wave. Only a void remains. From deep within the void arrives ████████.
Perhaps then the Wave is just a beginning as well.
EDIT:
When the Wave reaches a crescendo...true happiness will be achieved. Lily can only use the tools he has at his disposal in this program. What does this mean for us?
This is from Oriade:
Mithrun...
- is directly working under lily
- thinks he's a program
- says he was created for lily ("all of us were")
- is collecting information on how people feel when they're rejected romantically because he feels that it's his purpose (one-sided feelings)
- said that he doesn't have enough time to collect data so he tried more "aggressive methods" (see twilight shore)
- wants to stay behind because he doesn't want to leave Barrett (Misteaks) behind. Said he promised.
- says that Misteaks is already "like him" and collects data on hate
- can no longer walk
- no longer has internal organs like a regular person does
Misc:
- stepping into Twilight Shore makes you feel like you're in love with Mithrun romantically, in which Mithrun rejects you no matter what
- the field effect is intentional by mithrun ("i forced you to confess [your love for me]")
- felt extremely disgusting when the effect wore off
- attempting to kill mithrun ejects you out of the area
Mithrun...
- is directly working under lily
- thinks he's a program
- says he was created for lily ("all of us were")
- is collecting information on how people feel when they're rejected romantically because he feels that it's his purpose (one-sided feelings)
- said that he doesn't have enough time to collect data so he tried more "aggressive methods" (see twilight shore)
- wants to stay behind because he doesn't want to leave Barrett (Misteaks) behind. Said he promised.
- says that Misteaks is already "like him" and collects data on hate
- can no longer walk
- no longer has internal organs like a regular person does
Misc:
- stepping into Twilight Shore makes you feel like you're in love with Mithrun romantically, in which Mithrun rejects you no matter what
- the field effect is intentional by mithrun ("i forced you to confess [your love for me]")
- felt extremely disgusting when the effect wore off
- attempting to kill mithrun ejects you out of the area
Netslum:
- a place where AIs go to
I'm going to try looking for Zelkova here with Tabibito.
Cores:
We all should have a core now. I hope it'll protect us from the data draining. All of us...
- a place where AIs go to
I'm going to try looking for Zelkova here with Tabibito.
Cores:
We all should have a core now. I hope it'll protect us from the data draining. All of us...
[ Ganymede thinks he's thanking Shoka, so... ]
I'm not sure.
Zelkova looks to be around in some way...so maybe, if we keep fighting, he will recover and then show up?
[ Ganymede looks like he doesn't believe that but he is TRYING to be helpful. ]
Why's your arm in a sling, anyway?
I'm not sure.
Zelkova looks to be around in some way...so maybe, if we keep fighting, he will recover and then show up?
[ Ganymede looks like he doesn't believe that but he is TRYING to be helpful. ]
Why's your arm in a sling, anyway?
[ Hector's about to respond to that first part, but then Ganymeded addresses the obvious issue. ]
Oh, this? [ Yes, this. ] I said "Fuck Lily" to Misteaks and he got pretty mad.
[ He strokes his beard with his forefinger and thumb in a moment of contemplation. ]
He threw me.
Oh, this? [ Yes, this. ] I said "Fuck Lily" to Misteaks and he got pretty mad.
[ He strokes his beard with his forefinger and thumb in a moment of contemplation. ]
He threw me.
Vogel told me Hien and Mithrun were both cursed by Lily, but I don't think either of them were given a core. Misteaks lashing out at the meeting definitely felt out of character for him. Fandaniel was uh--really weird when I saw him last but in the opposite way?
[Like, way too friendly to someone who broke his ribs.]
[Like, way too friendly to someone who broke his ribs.]
...Still acting like a possessed manchild, I see.
[ Ganymede's articulate way of phrasing that is incredible. ]
Does it still hurt?
[ How do injuries that stay even work, he wonders? He could always try to heal it up. Maybe it would help? Or it would heal 'slowly' like Hani's... ]
[ Ganymede's articulate way of phrasing that is incredible. ]
Does it still hurt?
[ How do injuries that stay even work, he wonders? He could always try to heal it up. Maybe it would help? Or it would heal 'slowly' like Hani's... ]
Edited 2023-11-01 01:48 (UTC)
So Fandaniel is probably one of them too that was cursed or given a core, and he was changed too.
[ too paranoid to consider other alternatives, so he is just...assuming now. ]
How weird was he acting anyway?
[ mirage of deceit? ]
[ too paranoid to consider other alternatives, so he is just...assuming now. ]
How weird was he acting anyway?
[ mirage of deceit? ]
Edited 2023-11-01 14:23 (UTC)
[ This victory is worth celebrating. Even if there is more to come.
In the barebones meeting hall of the guild @ home is laid out the basics of a get together: bowls of chips, a cake that reads CONGRATULATIONS, a couple of bottles of wine, soda, some beers, and paper plates and plastic cups. Faint music plays on the radio, a simple BGM loop of the Root Town music, and one slide is up on the projector that says We did it! 2/8.
One table has an assortment of health and SP potions, bandages, and other simple medical implements. It's the day after, after all. You should still be resting (STARES DIRECTLY AT GANYMEDE).
Eat, drink, mingle, discuss. Maybe knowing the rest of the waves are coming, they can tackle the next ones in a more organized fashion. ]
In the barebones meeting hall of the guild @ home is laid out the basics of a get together: bowls of chips, a cake that reads CONGRATULATIONS, a couple of bottles of wine, soda, some beers, and paper plates and plastic cups. Faint music plays on the radio, a simple BGM loop of the Root Town music, and one slide is up on the projector that says We did it! 2/8.
One table has an assortment of health and SP potions, bandages, and other simple medical implements. It's the day after, after all. You should still be resting (STARES DIRECTLY AT GANYMEDE).
Eat, drink, mingle, discuss. Maybe knowing the rest of the waves are coming, they can tackle the next ones in a more organized fashion. ]
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