[Day 336, backdated, Amulet] A message!

[twinked_witch]

Who: Megaera, anyone in Amulet range
Open: Yes!
When: Day 336, afternoon. (Backdated!)
Where: Anywhere, via amulet, or meet Megaera near the Library
What: Some critical information comes out!
Format: Action preferred.
Warnings: Plot!

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Okay, so! Talking to one of the prisoners got me... A lot of useful information.

A big one is this: They're seeking cores to power a device that they claim is capable of reviving the dead. Where I'm from, that's doable, if expensive, but... It can also go horribly wrong. So it's something to be cautious of.

That said, it is a basis for some negotiation... Or at least for knowledge of what's going on, from their perspective.

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Megaera was simply on her way home to the Library by now, and seemed to be in a better mood than before. She'd done something that, hopefully, would be useful.

Bother her? Talk about the ethical considerations of what she did? Thank her? Something else? Your call.

Comments

[twinked_witch]

She sounded certain that it works like it's supposed to, which makes me think they've succeeded at least once. We've seen cores disappear before, so this likely explains it.

[daughterofursa]

That's a disturbing thought.

[twinked_witch]

The real question is what their endgame is, if any. Or if they've even planned that far - their ability to communicate with one another has been limited.

[daughterofursa]

I'm not sure anyone focused on bringing back the dead is looking forward.

[twinked_witch]

They don't have Amulets. Nor anyone who can get by without them, like I can.

Teaching the languages from scratch is... Possible, but difficult.

[daughterofursa]

I thought you meant...

They told you they speak different languages from each other?

[twinked_witch]

They started off with different languages, yes.

One of them must have taught the others her language so they could communicate. But manually.

[daughterofursa]

So they could be from worlds we know.

[twinked_witch]

It's possible, but not guaranteed. Even then...

[daughterofursa]

I know it's not a guarantee. It's not even that likely.

But we won't know for sure until we've met all of them.

[twinked_witch]

... If they attack us, though...

[daughterofursa]

Then we'll have more prisoners to get to know.

[twinked_witch]

Hrm. Fair enough...

[daughterofursa]

I don't want this to come to more killing.

Maybe it isn't so serious to them, if they think they can just undo it. But it has to be different for us.

[twinked_witch]

... Even if undoing death is feasible, that doesn't make killing people any less evil.

Period.

[daughterofursa]

Agreed.

[twinked_witch]

Our enemies, though... Don't have that compunction. They're panicked like that...

[daughterofursa]

It's no excuse for their actions.

I just hope we can make them understand where they're wrong.

[twinked_witch]

I hope so too...