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title: about
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WHAT DO YOU DO
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title: 00037
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public: yes
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syndicated: yes
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### 00037 {#00037}
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Prelude:
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Different cultures of Basmentaria have different traditional stories about Nullar, the lord of time and tides.
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The cobits say he is an insatiable Wyrm who lies coiled tightly around the present moment. He devours the past the moment it stops being the present. And when he has finished digesting it, he regurgitates it as the future, the processed remains of the past. And he remains ever out of sight, just around the corner. Always having just happened. Or about to happen. But never here, never now.
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The gnu describe Nullar as a fastidious Librarian. They believe that every time you make a choice, you create a create two separate timelines, two stories. One in which you chose Option A and one in which you chose Option B. The Librarian collects these alternate stories, binds them between the covers of a new book, and adds them to his collection. In this way he maintains the single sanctioned timeline and keeps the tree of the multiverse pruned.
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The torque say he is a solitary old man, a weary prisoner of his office, fatigued by the neverending repeating cycles of time and tide, with only his ravens for companionship.
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> Inky looks in the direction of the bears' anguish and blinks at the
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> forms on the ship's deck. How strange. Why are the bears in the
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> mirage? Didn't Master Corraidhín send them to a safe spot earlier
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> *before* he entered the hull?
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>
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> Between the two bears' tearful retelling of events, Inky gathers
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> the sysorcerer had conjured an identical (at least in appearance)
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> pair of bears farther from the shipwreck, while the other pair were
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> still on the deck. If the sysorcerer had teleported himself out,
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> Inky was fairly sure he wouldn't leave the bears behind to whatever
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> had taken hold of the ship after he and Gabs had gone to the
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> trouble of rescuing them from the harrowkrake's clutches. Either
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> the wizard will return to free the bears, or he was still inside.
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> From an angle close to the deck, Inky can see a shadow inside the
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> hatch that vaguely resembled the sysorcerer, but it was difficult
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> to tell from the blurry edges.
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>
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> Resigned to a long wait, Inky sighs and pulls out bottles of
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> instant brew acorn tea and offers one to each bear, as well as a
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> jar of candied carrots. The tea was a few pinches saltier than
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> usual, but it would do for now. They float out some carrots to the
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> giant manta ray hovering nearby, holding up the jar briefly for the
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> jellyfish atop their head to snag a few with a free tentacle,
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> before picking out two themselves and passing the jar to the bears.
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> To distract the bears a bit from the sight of their doppelgangers
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> in painfully slow motion, or the urge to dive in after them, Inky
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> inquires about their deep sea and lunar adventures.
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>
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> After some time, Inky notices the same group of fish swimming back
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> and forth by the shipwreck, a few appearing as though they were
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> passing through the ship? "Hey. Do you know what the fish there are
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> doing? Do they regularly hang out near the shipwreck?" they ask the
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> bears.
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"What fish?" says the bear, squinting at the ship. "Those aren't fish."
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- [x] three fingered gerald
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**NULLAR**
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Prelude:
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Different cultures of Basmentaria have different traditional stories about Nullar, the lord of time and tides.
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The cobits say he is an insatiable Wyrm who lies coiled tightly around the present moment. He devours the past the moment it stops being the present. And when he has finished digesting it, he regurgitates it as the future, the processed remains of the past. And he remains ever out of sight, just around the corner. Always having just happened. Or about to happen. But never here, never now.
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The gnu describe Nullar as a fastidious Librarian. They believe that every time you make a choice, you create a create two separate timelines, two stories. One in which you chose Option A and one in which you chose Option B. The Librarian collects these alternate stories, binds them between the covers of a new book, and adds them to his collection. In this way he maintains the single sanctioned timeline and keeps the tree of the multiverse pruned.
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The torque say he is a solitary old man, a weary prisoner of his office, fatigued by the neverending repeating cycles of time and tide, with only his ravens for companionship.
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**LIBRARIAN**
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Back when the Trine walked among the people, before the Artifice Wars, the gods used to tell stories to help man understand the cosmos and other things beyond their understanding. Neddas, god of sages and starlight, was particularly fond of mortals and would spend time with them, giving them small gifts of trifling divinity and telling them stories.
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of the Were-Hare</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="#chapter-1" id="toc-chapter-1">Chapter 1</a></li>
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<li><a href="#current-story" id="toc-current-story">Current Story</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#00021" id="toc-00021">00021</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00022" id="toc-00022">00022</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00023" id="toc-00023">00023</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00024" id="toc-00024">00024</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00027" id="toc-00027">00027</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00028" id="toc-00028">00028</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00029" id="toc-00029">00029</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00030" id="toc-00030">00030</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00031" id="toc-00031">00031</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00032" id="toc-00032">00032</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00033" id="toc-00033">00033</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00034" id="toc-00034">00034</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00035" id="toc-00035">00035</a></li>
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<li><a href="#00036" id="toc-00036">00036</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="#chapter-2" id="toc-chapter-2">Chapter 2</a></li>
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<li><a href="#current-story" id="toc-current-story">Current
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Story</a></li>
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<li><a href="#bestiary" id="toc-bestiary">Bestiary</a></li>
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<li><a href="#geography" id="toc-geography">Geography</a></li>
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<li><a href="#cosmology" id="toc-cosmology">Cosmology</a></li>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<p>Total length: 31206 words / 133 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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<p>Total length: 31904 words / 136 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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just the story.)</p>
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<p>There have been 127 messages posted over 122 days since the first
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
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<p>There have been 128 messages posted over 124 days since the first
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.03.</p>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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email.</p>
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safely back in town before reporting back to Blavin?</p>
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<p><a
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<h2 id="current-story">Current Story</h2>
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<p>Below are emails that I send to the mailing list.</p>
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<p>You can subscribe to these updates with the rss feed.</p>
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<p><a href="https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml"
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class="uri">https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml</a></p>
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<h3 id="00021">00021</h3>
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<h2 id="chapter-2">Chapter 2</h2>
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<p>Chapter 2 of BASEMENT QUEST.</p>
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<p>Jump to: <a href="#00021">21</a> <a href="#00022">22</a> <a
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href="#00023">23</a> <a href="#00024">24</a> <a href="#00025">25</a> <a
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href="#00026">26</a> <a href="#00027">27</a> <a href="#00028">28</a> <a
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href="#00029">29</a> <a href="#00030">30</a> <a href="#00031">31</a> <a
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href="#00032">32</a> <a href="#00033">33</a> <a href="#00034">34</a> <a
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href="#00035">35</a> <a href="#00036">36</a> <a href="#00037">37</a></p>
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<h4 id="00021">00021</h4>
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<p>INTERLUDE</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>A glorious victory!</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<h3 id="00022">00022</h3>
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<h4 id="00022">00022</h4>
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<h3 id="00023">00023</h3>
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<h4 id="00023">00023</h4>
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<p>Why no, we don’t mind much about competition, certainly nothing
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<p>> A) MORE QUESTIONING, OR B) TIME FOR SHIPWRECK?</p>
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<h4 id="00024">00024</h4>
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<p><strong>Corraidhin</strong><br />
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Well I’ll be! You can turn yourself into a dagger. And I did say we
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p><a
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<h4 id="00025">00025</h4>
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<p><strong>Corraidhin</strong> Shit, shit shit shit shit shit. This is
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NOT good. Damn it Y’aml what was that? It wasn’t even slightly
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p>Inky slowly approaches Master Corraidhín and taps lightly on the
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<h4 id="00027">00027</h4>
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<p>Inky stares down at the package, weighing it on one hand.</p>
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<h4 id="00028">00028</h4>
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<p><sub><em>a new player enters the chat</em></sub></p>
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<p>Gabs had a good life. Her little devil children were all grown adults
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p><a
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<p>Gentle bears, there is no need to argue! Why can’t there be two true
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p><a
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<h4 id="00030">00030</h4>
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<p>Inky flips backwards and up, narrowly avoiding the tentacles’ grasp.
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p>Shouting in the direction of the grampus “Yo! That dude is definitely
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<p><a
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||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00080.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00036">00036</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00036">00036</h4>
|
||||
<p>Prelude:</p>
|
||||
<p>The gods are missing now. But before they went into hiding, the Trine
|
||||
walked the earth and actively participated in the affairs of
|
||||
|
|
@ -3685,6 +3676,86 @@ like birds skimming insects from the sky.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00083.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h4 id="00037">00037</h4>
|
||||
<p>Prelude:</p>
|
||||
<p>Different cultures of Basmentaria have different traditional stories
|
||||
about Nullar, the lord of time and tides.</p>
|
||||
<p>The cobits say he is an insatiable Wyrm who lies coiled tightly
|
||||
around the present moment. He devours the past the moment it stops being
|
||||
the present. And when he has finished digesting it, he regurgitates it
|
||||
as the future, the processed remains of the past. And he remains ever
|
||||
out of sight, just around the corner. Always having just happened. Or
|
||||
about to happen. But never here, never now.</p>
|
||||
<p>The gnu describe Nullar as a fastidious Librarian. They believe that
|
||||
every time you make a choice, you create a create two separate
|
||||
timelines, two stories. One in which you chose Option A and one in which
|
||||
you chose Option B. The Librarian collects these alternate stories,
|
||||
binds them between the covers of a new book, and adds them to his
|
||||
collection. In this way he maintains the single sanctioned timeline and
|
||||
keeps the tree of the multiverse pruned.</p>
|
||||
<p>The torque say he is a solitary old man, a weary prisoner of his
|
||||
office, fatigued by the neverending repeating cycles of time and tide,
|
||||
with only his ravens for companionship.</p>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Inky looks in the direction of the bears’ anguish and blinks at the
|
||||
forms on the ship’s deck. How strange. Why are the bears in the mirage?
|
||||
Didn’t Master Corraidhín send them to a safe spot earlier
|
||||
<em>before</em> he entered the hull?</p>
|
||||
<p>Between the two bears’ tearful retelling of events, Inky gathers the
|
||||
sysorcerer had conjured an identical (at least in appearance) pair of
|
||||
bears farther from the shipwreck, while the other pair were still on the
|
||||
deck. If the sysorcerer had teleported himself out, Inky was fairly sure
|
||||
he wouldn’t leave the bears behind to whatever had taken hold of the
|
||||
ship after he and Gabs had gone to the trouble of rescuing them from the
|
||||
harrowkrake’s clutches. Either the wizard will return to free the bears,
|
||||
or he was still inside. From an angle close to the deck, Inky can see a
|
||||
shadow inside the hatch that vaguely resembled the sysorcerer, but it
|
||||
was difficult to tell from the blurry edges.</p>
|
||||
<p>Resigned to a long wait, Inky sighs and pulls out bottles of instant
|
||||
brew acorn tea and offers one to each bear, as well as a jar of candied
|
||||
carrots. The tea was a few pinches saltier than usual, but it would do
|
||||
for now. They float out some carrots to the giant manta ray hovering
|
||||
nearby, holding up the jar briefly for the jellyfish atop their head to
|
||||
snag a few with a free tentacle, before picking out two themselves and
|
||||
passing the jar to the bears. To distract the bears a bit from the sight
|
||||
of their doppelgangers in painfully slow motion, or the urge to dive in
|
||||
after them, Inky inquires about their deep sea and lunar adventures.</p>
|
||||
<p>After some time, Inky notices the same group of fish swimming back
|
||||
and forth by the shipwreck, a few appearing as though they were passing
|
||||
through the ship? “Hey. Do you know what the fish there are doing? Do
|
||||
they regularly hang out near the shipwreck?” they ask the bears.</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
<p>“What fish?” says the bear, squinting at the ship. “Those aren’t
|
||||
fish.”</p>
|
||||
<p>The alleged not-fish skirt around the edges of the wavering,
|
||||
translucent ship. They dart in and out as they go as though trying to
|
||||
clip a newspaper article.</p>
|
||||
<p>END OF CHAPTER 2</p>
|
||||
<p>INTERLUDE:</p>
|
||||
<p>You return to Vay’Nullar with the second Ginnarak Crystal, but
|
||||
without your comrade the sysorcerer.</p>
|
||||
<p>When you get back to the Milk Market, there is an unsigned note
|
||||
waiting for you:</p>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>You have done exceptionally well so far Retrieval Team 43. We are
|
||||
quite impressed, and will be in touch with you shortly. Until then,
|
||||
trust nobody and watch your back. Not all is as it seems, and not
|
||||
everybody is being truthful with you.</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
<p>There is an emblem at the bottom of the note in lieu of a signature:
|
||||
an abstract white iris resting on top of a golden apple.</p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>Do you consider the mission a success?</li>
|
||||
<li>What are you doing to recoup, recover, and unwind from the
|
||||
mission?</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00093.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h2 id="current-story">Current Story</h2>
|
||||
<p>Below are emails that I send to the mailing list.</p>
|
||||
<p>You can subscribe to these updates with the rss feed.</p>
|
||||
<p><a href="https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml"
|
||||
class="uri">https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml</a></p>
|
||||
<h2 id="bestiary">Bestiary</h2>
|
||||
<p>Some of the creatures who inhabit the world of Basmentaria</p>
|
||||
<dt>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
1416
www/rss.xml
1416
www/rss.xml
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Load Diff
|
|
@ -240,24 +240,10 @@ id="toc-path-of-the-tasseomancer">Path of the Tasseomancer</a></li>
|
|||
of the Were-Hare</a></li>
|
||||
</ul></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#chapter-1" id="toc-chapter-1">Chapter 1</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#chapter-2" id="toc-chapter-2">Chapter 2</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#current-story" id="toc-current-story">Current Story</a>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00021" id="toc-00021">00021</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00022" id="toc-00022">00022</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00023" id="toc-00023">00023</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00024" id="toc-00024">00024</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00025" id="toc-00025">00025</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00026" id="toc-00026">00026</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00027" id="toc-00027">00027</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00028" id="toc-00028">00028</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00029" id="toc-00029">00029</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00030" id="toc-00030">00030</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00031" id="toc-00031">00031</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00032" id="toc-00032">00032</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00033" id="toc-00033">00033</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00034" id="toc-00034">00034</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00035" id="toc-00035">00035</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00036" id="toc-00036">00036</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#00038" id="toc-00038">00038</a></li>
|
||||
</ul></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#bestiary" id="toc-bestiary">Bestiary</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="#geography" id="toc-geography">Geography</a></li>
|
||||
|
|
@ -270,11 +256,11 @@ id="toc-acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
|
|||
</ul>
|
||||
</nav>
|
||||
<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
|
||||
<p>Total length: 31206 words / 133 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
|
||||
<p>Total length: 31904 words / 136 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
|
||||
length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
|
||||
just the story.)</p>
|
||||
<p>There have been 127 messages posted over 122 days since the first
|
||||
post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
|
||||
<p>There have been 128 messages posted over 124 days since the first
|
||||
post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.03.</p>
|
||||
<h2 id="about">About</h2>
|
||||
<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
|
||||
email.</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1955,12 +1941,19 @@ on the way home? Or, what are you doing to rest, relax, and recover once
|
|||
safely back in town before reporting back to Blavin?</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-09/msg00032.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h2 id="current-story">Current Story</h2>
|
||||
<p>Below are emails that I send to the mailing list.</p>
|
||||
<p>You can subscribe to these updates with the rss feed.</p>
|
||||
<p><a href="https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml"
|
||||
class="uri">https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00021">00021</h3>
|
||||
<h2 id="chapter-2">Chapter 2</h2>
|
||||
<p>Chapter 2 of BASEMENT QUEST.</p>
|
||||
<p>Jump to: <a href="#00021">21</a> <a href="#00022">22</a> <a
|
||||
href="#00023">23</a> <a href="#00024">24</a> <a href="#00025">25</a> <a
|
||||
href="#00026">26</a> <a href="#00027">27</a> <a href="#00028">28</a> <a
|
||||
href="#00029">29</a> <a href="#00030">30</a> <a href="#00031">31</a> <a
|
||||
href="#00032">32</a> <a href="#00033">33</a> <a href="#00034">34</a> <a
|
||||
href="#00035">35</a> <a href="#00036">36</a> <a href="#00037">37</a></p>
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
do this:
|
||||
ls -1 src/epistolary/000{21..36}.md | pandoc -f markdown -t markdown >> chapter2.md
|
||||
//-->
|
||||
<h4 id="00021">00021</h4>
|
||||
<p>INTERLUDE</p>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>A glorious victory!</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -2084,7 +2077,7 @@ people to dance about.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00001.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00022">00022</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00022">00022</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Inky gathers up the teacups, trying to remember a few tips about
|
||||
reading tea leaves from a forest fae they had met a few times while
|
||||
|
|
@ -2368,7 +2361,7 @@ have found a crystal at the top of Kelsun Peak!”</p>
|
|||
</ol>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00005.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00023">00023</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00023">00023</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Why no, we don’t mind much about competition, certainly nothing
|
||||
wrong. Can’t imagine someone to put all of their eggs in one basket,
|
||||
|
|
@ -2505,7 +2498,7 @@ new turtle pattern oven mitts and opens it.</p>
|
|||
<p>> A) MORE QUESTIONING, OR B) TIME FOR SHIPWRECK?</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00008.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00024">00024</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00024">00024</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p><strong>Corraidhin</strong><br />
|
||||
Well I’ll be! You can turn yourself into a dagger. And I did say we
|
||||
|
|
@ -2589,7 +2582,7 @@ away.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00010.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00025">00025</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00025">00025</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p><strong>Corraidhin</strong> Shit, shit shit shit shit shit. This is
|
||||
NOT good. Damn it Y’aml what was that? It wasn’t even slightly
|
||||
|
|
@ -2727,7 +2720,7 @@ moment, overstayed.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00015.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00026">00026</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00026">00026</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Inky slowly approaches Master Corraidhín and taps lightly on the
|
||||
sleeve of his robes to get his attention. Between Inky’s tugging and
|
||||
|
|
@ -2794,7 +2787,7 @@ time.</p>
|
|||
</ol>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00018.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00027">00027</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00027">00027</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Inky stares down at the package, weighing it on one hand.</p>
|
||||
<p>It was lighter than it should be given the density of the contents
|
||||
|
|
@ -2906,7 +2899,7 @@ and drinking at Inquire Within, boarding the Diamond Howler, and sailing
|
|||
to the site of the wreck.</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00020.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00028">00028</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00028">00028</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p><sub><em>a new player enters the chat</em></sub></p>
|
||||
<p>Gabs had a good life. Her little devil children were all grown adults
|
||||
|
|
@ -2999,7 +2992,7 @@ of the SS RSS.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-10/msg00023.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00029">00029</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00029">00029</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Gentle bears, there is no need to argue! Why can’t there be two true
|
||||
bears of the ocean? For what its worth, I personally think the ocean
|
||||
|
|
@ -3057,7 +3050,7 @@ ankles!</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00030.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00030">00030</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00030">00030</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Inky flips backwards and up, narrowly avoiding the tentacles’ grasp.
|
||||
From their courier bag they shake out an inflatable bubblebee[1] of the
|
||||
|
|
@ -3212,7 +3205,7 @@ merbear is swimming blindly after it.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00043.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00031">00031</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00031">00031</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Inky follows behind the merbear at a healthy 2 meters’ distance away
|
||||
in the bubblebee, the headlights illuminating a moderate distance ahead
|
||||
|
|
@ -3249,7 +3242,7 @@ lanky old half-devil tavern owner.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00056.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00032">00032</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00032">00032</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Oh thank goodness, I thought I killed that innocent bear! I should
|
||||
probably be a little more careful with my spells..</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3300,7 +3293,7 @@ trench.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00060.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00033">00033</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00033">00033</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>At Master Corraidhín’s confirmation of the crystal’s presence within
|
||||
the shipwreck, Inky moves the bubblebee closer above the opening in the
|
||||
|
|
@ -3371,7 +3364,7 @@ treasure, and they start to advance toward you.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00064.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00034">00034</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00034">00034</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Fuck, skeletons? This is ridiculous, I did not sign up for underwater
|
||||
pirate skeletons.</p>
|
||||
|
|
@ -3421,7 +3414,7 @@ getting away.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00070.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00035">00035</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00035">00035</h4>
|
||||
<blockquote>
|
||||
<p>Shouting in the direction of the grampus “Yo! That dude is definitely
|
||||
going to forget us. We’re almost the definition of forgettable, I mean
|
||||
|
|
@ -3545,7 +3538,7 @@ it starts to lose its footing in this plane of reality.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00080.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h3 id="00036">00036</h3>
|
||||
<h4 id="00036">00036</h4>
|
||||
<p>Prelude:</p>
|
||||
<p>The gods are missing now. But before they went into hiding, the Trine
|
||||
walked the earth and actively participated in the affairs of
|
||||
|
|
@ -3688,6 +3681,89 @@ like birds skimming insects from the sky.</p>
|
|||
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
|
||||
<p><a
|
||||
href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00083.html">www</a></p>
|
||||
<h4 id="00037">00037</h4>
|
||||
<p>Prelude:</p>
|
||||
<p>Different cultures of Basmentaria have different traditional stories
|
||||
about Nullar, the lord of time and tides.</p>
|
||||
<p>The cobits say he is an insatiable Wyrm who lies coiled tightly
|
||||
around the present moment. He devours the past the moment it stops being
|
||||
the present. And when he has finished digesting it, he regurgitates it
|
||||
as the future, the processed remains of the past. And he remains ever
|
||||
out of sight, just around the corner. Always having just happened. Or
|
||||
about to happen. But never here, never now.</p>
|
||||
<p>The gnu describe Nullar as a fastidious Librarian. They believe that
|
||||
every time you make a choice, you create a create two separate
|
||||
timelines, two stories. One in which you chose Option A and one in which
|
||||
you chose Option B. The Librarian collects these alternate stories,
|
||||
binds them between the covers of a new book, and adds them to his
|
||||
collection. In this way he maintains the single sanctioned timeline and
|
||||
keeps the tree of the multiverse pruned.</p>
|
||||
<p>The torque say he is a solitary old man, a weary prisoner of his
|
||||
office, fatigued by the neverending repeating cycles of time and tide,
|
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with only his ravens for companionship.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Inky looks in the direction of the bears’ anguish and blinks at the
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forms on the ship’s deck. How strange. Why are the bears in the mirage?
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Didn’t Master Corraidhín send them to a safe spot earlier
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<em>before</em> he entered the hull?</p>
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<p>Between the two bears’ tearful retelling of events, Inky gathers the
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sysorcerer had conjured an identical (at least in appearance) pair of
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bears farther from the shipwreck, while the other pair were still on the
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deck. If the sysorcerer had teleported himself out, Inky was fairly sure
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he wouldn’t leave the bears behind to whatever had taken hold of the
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ship after he and Gabs had gone to the trouble of rescuing them from the
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harrowkrake’s clutches. Either the wizard will return to free the bears,
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or he was still inside. From an angle close to the deck, Inky can see a
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shadow inside the hatch that vaguely resembled the sysorcerer, but it
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was difficult to tell from the blurry edges.</p>
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<p>Resigned to a long wait, Inky sighs and pulls out bottles of instant
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brew acorn tea and offers one to each bear, as well as a jar of candied
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carrots. The tea was a few pinches saltier than usual, but it would do
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for now. They float out some carrots to the giant manta ray hovering
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nearby, holding up the jar briefly for the jellyfish atop their head to
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snag a few with a free tentacle, before picking out two themselves and
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passing the jar to the bears. To distract the bears a bit from the sight
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of their doppelgangers in painfully slow motion, or the urge to dive in
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after them, Inky inquires about their deep sea and lunar adventures.</p>
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<p>After some time, Inky notices the same group of fish swimming back
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and forth by the shipwreck, a few appearing as though they were passing
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through the ship? “Hey. Do you know what the fish there are doing? Do
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they regularly hang out near the shipwreck?” they ask the bears.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>“What fish?” says the bear, squinting at the ship. “Those aren’t
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fish.”</p>
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<p>The alleged not-fish skirt around the edges of the wavering,
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translucent ship. They dart in and out as they go as though trying to
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clip a newspaper article.</p>
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<p>END OF CHAPTER 2</p>
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<p>INTERLUDE:</p>
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<p>You return to Vay’Nullar with the second Ginnarak Crystal, but
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without your comrade the sysorcerer.</p>
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<p>When you get back to the Milk Market, there is an unsigned note
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waiting for you:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>You have done exceptionally well so far Retrieval Team 43. We are
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quite impressed, and will be in touch with you shortly. Until then,
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trust nobody and watch your back. Not all is as it seems, and not
|
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everybody is being truthful with you.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>There is an emblem at the bottom of the note in lieu of a signature:
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an abstract white iris resting on top of a golden apple.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Do you consider the mission a success?</li>
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<li>What are you doing to recoup, recover, and unwind from the
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mission?</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a
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href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-11/msg00093.html">www</a></p>
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<h2 id="current-story">Current Story</h2>
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<p>Below are emails that I send to the mailing list.</p>
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<p>You can subscribe to these updates with the rss feed.</p>
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<p><a href="https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml"
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class="uri">https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml</a></p>
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<h3 id="00038">00038</h3>
|
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<p><a
|
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href="https://framalistes.org/sympa/arc/tildepals/2022-09/msg00032.html">www</a></p>
|
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<h2 id="bestiary">Bestiary</h2>
|
||||
<p>Some of the creatures who inhabit the world of Basmentaria</p>
|
||||
<dt>
|
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|
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@ -4092,6 +4168,26 @@ class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_smut</a></li>
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<li><input type="checkbox" disabled="" checked="" />three fingered
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gerald</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>NULLAR</strong></p>
|
||||
<p>Prelude:</p>
|
||||
<p>Different cultures of Basmentaria have different traditional stories
|
||||
about Nullar, the lord of time and tides.</p>
|
||||
<p>The cobits say he is an insatiable Wyrm who lies coiled tightly
|
||||
around the present moment. He devours the past the moment it stops being
|
||||
the present. And when he has finished digesting it, he regurgitates it
|
||||
as the future, the processed remains of the past. And he remains ever
|
||||
out of sight, just around the corner. Always having just happened. Or
|
||||
about to happen. But never here, never now.</p>
|
||||
<p>The gnu describe Nullar as a fastidious Librarian. They believe that
|
||||
every time you make a choice, you create a create two separate
|
||||
timelines, two stories. One in which you chose Option A and one in which
|
||||
you chose Option B. The Librarian collects these alternate stories,
|
||||
binds them between the covers of a new book, and adds them to his
|
||||
collection. In this way he maintains the single sanctioned timeline and
|
||||
keeps the tree of the multiverse pruned.</p>
|
||||
<p>The torque say he is a solitary old man, a weary prisoner of his
|
||||
office, fatigued by the neverending repeating cycles of time and tide,
|
||||
with only his ravens for companionship.</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>LIBRARIAN</strong></p>
|
||||
<p>Back when the Trine walked among the people, before the Artifice
|
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Wars, the gods used to tell stories to help man understand the cosmos
|
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