and then i'll kick her, sir

[bossily]

So, wow. Wow. That was some drama, wow. Apparently I am taking it upon myself to talk like Bartok from Anastasia, idk why. The important thing here is everyone probably needs a place to come together to discuss things that went down and also figure out how everyone that saw/heard/was impacted by things are going to react and deal with...everything. There's been more than one bit of drama for some characters, and with the festival and Eight's Christmas coming up, it's a good time to figure out where everyone is. I fail at wording things, I am so so sorry.

Let's discuss and plot and handwave and do all sorts of awesome things.

Comments

[sheloves]

Oh gods, Pandora. I had a Narvin two games ago who introduced Pandora for a plot. I'm not super familiar with her, but there's deffo similarities. Okay. Lowdown on this beast.

The Madness is a by product of the universe being breached by creatures from the Void. It's semi-sentient and is forever seeking to corrupt anything it touches. It's primarily a tool for stirring chaos, which creates energy, and universal energy--the stuff that keeps life force of universes going--is what Voidlings thrive on. The higher the energy generated, the more it grows. Voidlings are the

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Oh gods, <i>Pandora</i>. I had a Narvin two games ago who introduced Pandora for a plot. I'm not super familiar with her, but there's deffo similarities. Okay. Lowdown on this beast.

The Madness is a by product of the universe being breached by creatures from the Void. It's semi-sentient and is forever seeking to corrupt anything it touches. It's primarily a tool for stirring chaos, which creates energy, and universal energy--the stuff that keeps life force of universes going--is what Voidlings thrive on. The higher the energy generated, the more it grows. Voidlings are the <i.>fully sentient</i> focus, but the psychic energy they give off is toxic to Pilots and folk that spend time in space, so they're the first affected. The more time you spend in space (Pilots train regularly and are sent on training runs, etc.), the more likely it is that you'll go Mad. So far, there haven't been any cases since The Weeping, which was the last great galactic war. Two Pilots, one Mad, sacrificed their lives to seal a rip in time and space before Voidlings came through. In Ril's time, that rip has slowly reopened, and no one believes the stories about that sector of space. It's very Bermuda Triangle.

The Madness affects time sense as well, disrupting it in an attempt to destabilize the victim, and slowly, carefully drives them insane. The greater the insanity, the more it thrives. In the later stages her eye color will become tainted with something Six might remember when he encountered it; a sort of oily blackness, and they'll stop reflecting light at all. It's a <i>thing</i> that has been inside her virtually since she was bonded to Eth. Minute traces of it, sniffing around the nooks and crannies, like it does all Pilots. I'm not <i>sure</i> it's communicable, I don't think so, but I'm certain Brax and Romana, and Six, will help her break free long enough to do what she has to do to get rid of it.

[becauseichooseto]

Ok! So what would she have to do?

[sheloves]

No one likes this option, but she'll need to kill herself. If she winds up murdering someone, she'll do that rather than risk anyone else.

[becauseichooseto]

Well, Brax would probably be the quickest to recognise the necessity and would like concentrate on finding a painless way to do it.

[sheloves]

Ril would probably walk into the sea. :| But the quickest way would be a headshot or a high enough drop, though she'd try to do it herself so no one has to kill her. Give her enough control back and she'll get it done.

[becauseichooseto]

Well, it might be interesting if Brax does it? Which he will if convinced it's the right thing to do. Possibly by slipping her something. Though if it's against Ril's consent, he wouldn't do it.

I think I'd only be interested in that if it were left unknown how that happened ICly, because I doubt Six would be all that keen and I don't want it to break he and Brax up.

[sheloves]

...I deffo don't want Brax and Six to fall out about that. And Ril wouldn't want him to be responsible for . She wouldn't at all want Six to be there if she had to die. That'd hurt him entirely too much and Ril would do her best to make sure he wasn't, even if the Madness would want to cause as much hurt as possible.

But, I think giving her the means to do it herself and making sure Six doesn't have to watch her die would work okay. It ought to be by her own hand, at least she'd insist upon it. Asgard's done enough to force others into things, and she likes Braxiatel too much to ask him for much more than letting her have the tools and opportunity necessary. It'll be hard enough to break through, but he's got Bardic Influence which might come in handy.

[becauseichooseto]

That's definitely in his MO, so he wouldn't have a problem with it once he gets to accept its necessity.

[sheloves]

[hugs Brax] :( Worse? When she dies, I may canon update her at the same time, which is why this wouldn't go down until maybe summer, if I decide to do it. Ugh. She'll come back 600 years old after having sacrificed herself to the Void to seal a rip in time and space.

[becauseichooseto]

Well, these things never work out for Brax either so they'll have that in common.

[sheloves]

Poor loves. /cuddles them 600 year old Ril will have bright white Pilot hair, have actually traveled in time (tomake sure the Voidlings don't interfere in her wingmate's death, which takes ages, really), and will have experienced enough of the Void to think she's died. /points at icon Slight aging, too.

But, in the end, it's all good...mostly.

[becauseichooseto]

Mostly!

[sheloves]

In the end of things, after she's fallen through the Void, she crashes out the flip side of a rip in an parallel universe where the Voidlings have managed to kill all but the last Pilot. He's waiting on the other side for her--like he's been doing for 600~ years. They both lost their wingmates, he turns out to be her anchor, and they go fight Voidlings from universe to universe.

It's good and terrible all at once.

[becauseichooseto]

It's certainly a busy life!

[sheloves]

Zero rest. :( But it's a fascinating life.

[becauseichooseto]

Whenever is there? At least there's that.

You're reminding me that my own canon is still not out. ::sobs::

[sheloves]

"May you live in interesting times," indeed. And awww. Waiting for more canon is torture. Is there a projected date for release?

[becauseichooseto]

Well, the first one was in November. Then it was early December, so, um. I'm hoping they get it up before Christmas.

[sheloves]

I hope so too!