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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.

Comments

[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?

[arora]

Scylla is capable of more than even I am certain of. I believe Alex may have a more comprehensive view of his capabilities than what I can describe.

[rudelanguage]

...Okayyy... Then, where do you know him from? When?

/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.]

[reincarnesiac]

( she does manage to catch the confusion here, she thinks? for once! )

The uh, entries on here. When people make a new thing on the earpiece that other people can see and respond to, one of the words for it is a post. Aurora makes a post before each mission, people post to here. You go to the messageboard to read all the posts.

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.

[reincarnesiac]

Someone who can teleport, project himself into brains, and clear up brain-fog with a touch? Yeah, I think he might. Also not sure he'd be the type to hit it at all if it's not already his person, and we're all probably way not close to that. But who knows! Give it a try next time he's around!