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[arora]

I would like to formally apologize for what happened during the mission. I promised that no contaminants from this world other than what I had explained would pass through, which was true.

However, a contaminant from outside of this world has managed to make their way into this universe.

I am not able to manage Scylla nor prevent his presence.

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[arora]

Scylla has left, for now.

[rudelanguage]

Yeah, but-! Who? Who is this guy? What are we worried about now? I was a little busy trying to not die, so you gotta clue me in here, girl.

[arora]

Scylla brought in more with him than what the mission was intended to be, causing undue distress to several Etrayans.

[rudelanguage]

[Lady, NONE of this was due. Whatever!]

What's his deal? Warlock? Lich? Necromancer lich?

[arora]

I cannot speak to the nature of Scylla.

[rudelanguage]

[...]

Wwwwwwwhy...?

[arora]

Because I cannot.

[rudelanguage]

This is like a...like a hex or something, right? Like, you know, but you're chained against saying so and helping? Is that it?

[arora]

Yes.

[rudelanguage]

Fffhhh-- [Fuckin'! Fuckin' why mention the guy at all if that's all it's gonna BE!?]

How 'bout you tell me what you CAN tell me about him, then? Aside from a name.

[arora]

Do you have any specific questions?

[rudelanguage]

No! Because I'll ask one, and you'll say woopsie, I can't answer that. So I wanna know what you're allowed to say! Whatever you got, gimme! If I'm supposed to deal with this fu--funky guy in the future, I gotta have intel!

[arora]

I cannot give answers without being given a direct question.

[rudelanguage]

[GNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA--

HUFF.

beat.]

Okay.

I want to know. What things Scylla can do. To us. Please?

/just chimes in to say

[reincarnesiac]

Geas! It's a geas! Scylla has one too!

[rudelanguage]

I don't know what the hell that is! [Knife's never watched anime!!]

[reincarnesiac]

It's what you're talking about, there's a restriction on what they can say. Not necessarily share, it depends on how the geas works, kind of like a curse? A vow? There are things you can't say even if you want to, so you have to figure out how to talk around those things.

( she has, but this she knows from... video games!!! )

[rudelanguage]

Can we just use 'curse,' then? For shorthand? Unless this [gay-ass] geas thing has a special component?

[reincarnesiac]

Curse works for me, I was just using the word he called it. So he and Aurora are cursed, probably by the same knowledge. Uh, that they can't share. Um... I have a little more to say, but let me make a new post, and not make Aurora's get all off topic, if that's okay?

[rudelanguage]

A new what, now? [what's fencing infrastructure gotta do with talking aloud.]

Re: /just chimes in to say

[nottheboss]

Did you say he has a gay ass?

[reincarnesiac]

I mean, maybe? Geas is more like a vow, or a curse, something that you can't talk about directly. I didn't really stop to ask about his sexual preferences or if his ass defines itself as gay or otherwise. Doesn't generally seem relevant.

( she sounds distinctly amused. )

[nottheboss]

[His tone, despite his best efforts, betrays that he's just playing around]

It's totally relevant! What if we can honey trap him? You seen some of the men around here? Hell the women, too, if he goes that way.

[reincarnesiac]

( thus continues two people being very, very serious. )

I don't know, he can kind of instantly teleport, are we sure honey traps would be more than honey stumbles?

[nottheboss]

What you think he'll just hit it and quit it? That's cold even for whatever the fuck he is.