Catching Up with Tarane

[23:52]  * frozenFire has started messaging snuffshotMartyr
[23:53] <frozenFire> You there Lyra?
[23:53] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm here
[23:53] <frozenFire> I don't suppose you felt that sort of chill/shiver, did you?
[23:53] <snuffshotMartyr> Not really
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> What exactly do you mean?
[23:54] <frozenFire> Darn. So it's only me
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> ??
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> You okay?
[23:54] <frozenFire> Iunno. Just a feeling that something bad happened
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Come on
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> You know something did
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> That's the point
[23:54] <frozenFire> Can you see Prospit or Derse right now?
[23:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Nah.  Just woke up
[23:55] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm in a crater or something now
[23:55] <frozenFire> In... which body?
[23:55] <frozenFire> ...
[23:55] <snuffshotMartyr> The one that showed up on Ash land
[23:55] <frozenFire> Ah
[23:55] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm gonna call it the Exalted one
[23:55] <snuffshotMartyr> Sounds cooler than "the one from ash land"
[23:56] <snuffshotMartyr> And Derse can be the Craven body
[23:56] <frozenFire> Eh. Any better names?
[23:56] <snuffshotMartyr> Elizabeth?
[23:56] <frozenFire> Pfft
[23:56] <snuffshotMartyr> Spencer?
[23:56] <frozenFire> Thanks, I needed that laugh
[23:56] <snuffshotMartyr> I aim to please
[23:57] <snuffshotMartyr> Also, quick reminder
[23:57] <snuffshotMartyr> Any attempt to change my situation on Derse is doing more harm than good
[23:57] <snuffshotMartyr> So don't
[23:57] <frozenFire> I'm guessing you haven't seen the memo yet
[23:57] <snuffshotMartyr> What memo?
[23:58] <frozenFire> Apparently something purple collided with a purple place
[23:58] <frozenFire> I wonder what happened there.
[23:58] <snuffshotMartyr> Um
[23:58] <snuffshotMartyr> Aww crumbs
[23:58] <frozenFire> Do you think there could be two Derses?
[23:59] <snuffshotMartyr> Just read the memo
[23:59] <snuffshotMartyr> I think the Abyss just gave me his "help"
[23:59] <snuffshotMartyr> There was this huge earthquake when I woke up
[23:59] <frozenFire> Abyss?
[23:59] <snuffshotMartyr> Carl
[00:00] <frozenFire> ...?
[00:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Nickolai's mask?
[00:00] <frozenFire> Oh
[00:00] <frozenFire> What about it? Is it called the Abyss now?
[00:00] <snuffshotMartyr> It asked me for a name, yeah
[00:01] <snuffshotMartyr> Then I changed my mind and now I'm calling it Carl
[00:01] <frozenFire> The mask is sentient?
[00:01] <snuffshotMartyr> Maybe
[00:01] <frozenFire> ...I guess I should have expected that
[00:01] <snuffshotMartyr> I don't even know anymore
[00:02] <snuffshotMartyr> Whatever
[00:02] <snuffshotMartyr> How've things been on your end?
[00:02] <frozenFire> Meh really
[00:02] <frozenFire> I'm making my way through a forest
[00:03] <frozenFire> Which may or may not have basilisks in it
[00:03] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh my
[00:03] <snuffshotMartyr> Alex was looking for some of those
[00:03] <frozenFire> And I'm not flying with Byron since I cannot take heights at all when awake
[00:03] <snuffshotMartyr> Who?
[00:04] <frozenFire> MasterfulShooter
[00:04] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh, right.  Nick gave me one other chumhandle than him and Faerzen
[00:04] <snuffshotMartyr> I haven't talked to them yet
[00:04] <snuffshotMartyr> You two are together?
[00:05] <frozenFire> Yeah, he flew to my land via gate
[00:05] <snuffshotMartyr> Nice
[00:05] <snuffshotMartyr> More wings, I guess?
[00:05] <frozenFire> Kinda
[00:05] <frozenFire> He has a sort of wing symbol on his shirt
[00:05] <frozenFire> And can fly without much effort
[00:06] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh, artifact
[00:06] <snuffshotMartyr> Nice
[00:06] <frozenFire> Of course he got that after falling off a mountain, impaling himself on a spike, and dragging himself to a stone slab
[00:06] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh fun
[00:07] <snuffshotMartyr> Wait
[00:07] <snuffshotMartyr> Would that happen to be a bed-shaped slab?
[00:07] <frozenFire> Yes
[00:07] <snuffshotMartyr> Huh
[00:07] <snuffshotMartyr> Well that's ominous
[00:08] <frozenFire> ?
[00:08] <snuffshotMartyr> Guess each of the three parties has someone compromised now
[00:08] <frozenFire> What do you mean?
[00:08] <snuffshotMartyr> Three teams.  You and Byron, me and Faerzen, Nick and Alex
[00:09] <snuffshotMartyr> Nick and I are double-antichrists, and now Byron's a Revenant
[00:09] <frozenFire> "Someone compromised" meaning...?
[00:09] <snuffshotMartyr> Gonna destroy something important
[00:09] <snuffshotMartyr> Or gonna get possessed and forced to destroy something important
[00:10] <frozenFire> Great
[00:10] <snuffshotMartyr> Or worse
[00:10] <snuffshotMartyr> Can't forget the chance of things getting worse
[00:10] <frozenFire> That reminds me. How did you get to Faerzen's land?
[00:10] <snuffshotMartyr> I drew some wings and flew
[00:10] <frozenFire> That made complete sense
[00:11] <snuffshotMartyr> I told you about the pen, yeah?
[00:11] <frozenFire> I think so... wow that feels like such a long time ago
[00:11] <snuffshotMartyr> Eeyup
[00:12] <snuffshotMartyr> Hard to keep track of what everyone else has going on
[00:12] <snuffshotMartyr> Especially since we only have limited info
[00:12] <frozenFire> Mmhm
[00:14] <snuffshotMartyr> We gotta meet up all together
[00:14] <snuffshotMartyr> Plus then we can, I dunno, aim our individual apocalypses at each other and let them burn themselves out
[00:35] <frozenFire> That sounds both like the best idea and the worst
[00:35] <snuffshotMartyr> You got a better one?
[00:35] <frozenFire> True
[00:36] <snuffshotMartyr> Not good enough
[00:36] <snuffshotMartyr> I can deal with Carl myself
[00:36] <snuffshotMartyr> Make sure Byron doesn't go off the deep end, yeah?
[00:37] <frozenFire> I'll see what I can do
[00:37] <snuffshotMartyr> Close enough
[00:37] <snuffshotMartyr> I guess Alex can handle Nick for now
[00:37] <frozenFire> They should both be fine
[00:37] <snuffshotMartyr> Well...
[00:38] <snuffshotMartyr> I kinda maybe almost killed Alex
[00:38] <snuffshotMartyr> By accident
[00:38] <frozenFire> What.
[00:38] <snuffshotMartyr> He's alive!
[00:38] <snuffshotMartyr> But broke a leg
[00:39] <frozenFire> ...
[00:39] <frozenFire> What Did You Do?!
[00:39] <snuffshotMartyr> I, uh
[00:40] <snuffshotMartyr> Helped him climb through a gate
[00:40] <snuffshotMartyr> Then he fell
[00:41] <frozenFire> Awesome
[00:42] <frozenFire> What Possessed You Two To Do That?
[00:42] <snuffshotMartyr> I don't remember
[00:42] <snuffshotMartyr> We were trying to play the game
[00:43] <snuffshotMartyr> Something stupid, probably
[00:44] <frozenFire> ...
[00:44] <snuffshotMartyr> I know
[00:44] <frozenFire> Sigh
[00:44] <snuffshotMartyr> You don't need to say it
[00:44] <frozenFire> Oh well
[00:45] <frozenFire> Bad habit
[00:45] <snuffshotMartyr> But he's alive
[00:46] <snuffshotMartyr> He'll be okay
[00:46] <frozenFire> I sure hope so
[00:48] <snuffshotMartyr> I know this goes against the thing I told you guys a while ago
[00:48] <snuffshotMartyr> But I think I have a plan
[00:48] <frozenFire> Gasp. Shock. Horror.
[00:48] <snuffshotMartyr> Yeah
[00:48] <snuffshotMartyr> I know
[00:49] <snuffshotMartyr> But come on.  You weren't listening to me then, were you?
[00:49] <frozenFire> Nope
[00:49] <snuffshotMartyr> Probably a good call
[00:49] <frozenFire> Not that I even have a good plan in the first place
[00:49] <frozenFire> I just need grist
[00:50] <snuffshotMartyr> Me too, eventually
[00:50] <snuffshotMartyr> Got some stuff to do first, but eventually
[00:50] <frozenFire> I'm guessing you're not going to tell me the plan?
[00:50] <snuffshotMartyr> No
[00:51] <snuffshotMartyr> You'll say it's stupid
[00:51] <snuffshotMartyr> But it's better than nothing, so I'm doing it anyway
[00:52] <frozenFire> Even if I say it's stupid you'd do it anyway
[00:52] <snuffshotMartyr> Yeah, probably
[00:53] <frozenFire> Have fun doing whatever the heck you're going to do
[00:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Well don't say that
[00:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Fun is the enemy
[00:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Sabath is the bane of content
[00:54] <frozenFire> I'll just be here, stumbling through a forest
[00:54] <frozenFire> Getting chilled by the sunlight
[00:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Wait what?
[00:54] <frozenFire> Being stalked by my basilisks
[00:54] <frozenFire> Oh, did I not tell you? Sunlight is cold here
[00:55] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh, lovely
[00:55] <frozenFire> Indeed
[00:55] <snuffshotMartyr> Game has a thing for freezing to death, I guess
[00:56] <frozenFire> Fun
[00:57] <frozenFire> Did you manage to find/hurt your server btw?
[00:57] <snuffshotMartyr> Nah, got distracted
[00:57] <snuffshotMartyr> I'll deal with them later
[00:57] <snuffshotMartyr> Gotta switch bodies first
[00:58] <snuffshotMartyr> Need to be Prime Lyra
[00:58] <frozenFire> I love how that's a perfectly normal statement now
[00:58] <snuffshotMartyr> This whole thing is stupid
[00:58] <snuffshotMartyr> Can't get used to normal or things'll change again
[00:59] <frozenFire> Heh. So if I get used to the changes nothing will change?
[01:00] <snuffshotMartyr> I don't even know
[01:00] <snuffshotMartyr> But Faerzen and Regent seem to think so
[01:00] <snuffshotMartyr> That's how you win
[01:00] <snuffshotMartyr> And/or lose
[01:01] <frozenFire> Not sure what to say to that
[01:02] <frozenFire> But sure
[01:02] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay, one other thing
[01:02] <snuffshotMartyr> Whatever you do, keep away from Derse
[01:03] <snuffshotMartyr> Keep Alex away from Derse.  If Nickolai and Faerzen and whoever are there, keep them away from Derse too
[01:04] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay?
[01:04] <frozenFire> I'll keep any Prospit dreamers away from Derse if I can
[01:05] <snuffshotMartyr> And yourself
[01:05] <snuffshotMartyr> Don't think I didn't catch that loophole
[01:05] <frozenFire> I tried
[01:05] <snuffshotMartyr> Listen
[01:05] <snuffshotMartyr> This isn't me covertly asking for help, or being too stubborn to admit I'm in trouble.  I am not being mentally compelled, nor am I doing this under someone else's command
[01:05] <snuffshotMartyr> This is me, with a plan that needs you and everyone else to keep your distance
[01:06] <snuffshotMartyr> It hinges on my isolation
[01:06] <snuffshotMartyr> To recap:
[01:06] <snuffshotMartyr> THE CLOSEST THING TO BEING HELPFUL WOULD BE FOR EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO STAY UNINVOLVED
[01:06] <frozenFire> Then I'll stay away from whatever you're doing
[01:06] <snuffshotMartyr> Thank you
[01:06] <snuffshotMartyr> It means a lot to me that you're letting me go through with this stupid plan that's doomed to failure
[01:07] <frozenFire> Well what else can I do. Interrupt? You'd kill me. Twice.
[01:07] <snuffshotMartyr> Thank you for taking that part seriously
[01:08] <snuffshotMartyr> Once this works, I owe you one
[01:08] <frozenFire> We'll see.
[01:09] <snuffshotMartyr> I guess we will
[01:09] <snuffshotMartyr> Good luck with Byron
[01:10] <frozenFire> I'll probably need it
[01:10] <snuffshotMartyr> Probably
[01:11] <frozenFire> I guess that's all then. Looks like I'm going to need to convince a few people not to rescue you
[01:11] <snuffshotMartyr> Again, thanks a lot
[01:11] <snuffshotMartyr> For everything
[01:11] <snuffshotMartyr> And also
[01:11] <snuffshotMartyr> Sorry for everything
[01:12] <frozenFire> ... Good luck
[01:12]  * snuffshotMartyr ceased pestering frozenFire