Lyra meets Petrus

[14:19]  * snuffshotMartyr [SM] began pestering maskedAristocrat [MA]
[14:19] <snuffshotMartyr> Hello
[14:19] <snuffshotMartyr> You probably don't know me, so...
[14:19] <snuffshotMartyr> How's your day been going?
[14:20] <[MA]> I have had better.
[14:20] <[MA]> More than a little lost.
[14:20] <snuffshotMartyr> Entirely understandable, all things considered
[14:20] <[MA]> Do you know what is going on?
[14:20] <snuffshotMartyr> No
[14:21] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm almost entirely out of the loop in regards to whatever's happening to you
[14:21] <[MA]> Well then, we stand on equal ground. I am entirely out of the loop in regards to literally everything.
[14:21] <snuffshotMartyr> Welcome to Sabath
[14:22] <snuffshotMartyr> Well then, based on the little you do know
[14:22] <snuffshotMartyr> What's been happening on your end?
[14:23] <[MA]> Temples, paintings, monsters, mirrors, not knowing what I aught to be doing, the works.
[14:23] <snuffshotMartyr> Fun
[14:23] <[MA]> You?
[14:23] <snuffshotMartyr> Eh
[14:23] <snuffshotMartyr> Cliffs, cages, tunnels, crystals, masks, courtrooms, insanity
[14:23] <snuffshotMartyr> Mile-high jumps
[14:24] <snuffshotMartyr> The occasional dismemberment
[14:24] <snuffshotMartyr> Nothing too extreme
[14:24] <[MA]> Masks? Well, at least we have one thing in common here. Fortunately I have avoided any mile high jumps, though I could have done without a mile high flight of stairs.
[14:25] <[MA]> ... Dismemberment?
[14:25] <snuffshotMartyr> Lost an arm on Derse
[14:25] <snuffshotMartyr> Wait, you had a stupid big staircase too?
[14:25] <[MA]> Yes, and a severe head injury at the bottom.
[14:26] <[MA]> Derse?
[14:26] <snuffshotMartyr> You might have Prospit instead
[14:26] <snuffshotMartyr> The place you go when you fall asleep
[14:27] <[MA]> No... Derse sounds familiar.
[14:27] <snuffshotMartyr> Evil purple place?
[14:27] <snuffshotMartyr> Sucks?
[14:27] <[MA]> Er... yes, sure. Anyhow, do you know what we aught to be doing here? In any capacity?
[14:28] <snuffshotMartyr> From what I can tell, it's basically a trial by fire
[14:28] <snuffshotMartyr> Goal is to survive
[14:29] <snuffshotMartyr> Every time you think you've succeeded, things get worse, and you need to adapt to solve that too
[14:29] <[MA]> Well, survival is certainly a good thing to keep in mind, regardless of the true goal. Still, I feel like there must be something more important to do, I just have no idea what it is. Something about a battle I think?
[14:30] <[MA]> You have a sprite, yes?
[14:30] <snuffshotMartyr> I think that's the term, yeah
[14:30] <snuffshotMartyr> Not sure who it was to name them that
[14:30] <snuffshotMartyr> But yes, I have one
[14:31] <[MA]> Did they have anything useful to say? Mine gave me vague information at best, but it was information regardless.
[14:31] <snuffshotMartyr> Nah, Kek's been just about worthless to me
[14:31] <snuffshotMartyr> I mean, he can occasionally do little tasks like grab stuff for me
[14:32] <snuffshotMartyr> But info-wise, it's almost easier to make a guess
[14:34] <[MA]> Well, it was worth asking. All I got from mine was that there was some sort of battle, or war, or something, but no idea on how I am supposed to interact with that.
[14:35] <snuffshotMartyr> I might actually know a bit about that
[14:35] <snuffshotMartyr> The fight between Derse and Prospit?
[14:36] <[MA]> Oh?
[14:36] <[MA]> That could be it.
[14:36] <snuffshotMartyr> Basically, there's this place
[14:37] <snuffshotMartyr> "The battlefield"
[14:37] <snuffshotMartyr> The two dream planets are fighting over it because of some natural resource or other
[14:37] <snuffshotMartyr> Or they just hate each other, and it's in the middle
[14:38] <snuffshotMartyr> I don't really know the specifics
[14:38] <snuffshotMartyr> Just that Derse is the bad guys
[14:39] <[MA]> I can corroborate that last bit, if my sprite is to believed.
[14:39] <[MA]> Have you any idea how we are meant to influence that battle?
[14:39] <snuffshotMartyr> I don't even know if the battle matters
[14:39] <snuffshotMartyr> It may well be an excuse plot to keep us from getting rest while we sleep
[14:40] <snuffshotMartyr> But it's possible we're s'posed to be sabotaging the Queen
[14:40] <snuffshotMartyr> Leaking info to our co-players who get Prospit
[14:41] <[MA]> That would be interesting, but I do not remember Derse very well, other than it being... well, a bit of a mess.
[14:42] <snuffshotMartyr> That long since you've slept?
[14:43] <[MA]> It is hazy at best. Something deeply troubling about it.
[14:43] <snuffshotMartyr> Sounds about right
[14:43] <snuffshotMartyr> Hallucinations, maybe
[14:44] <snuffshotMartyr> Those happen there sometimes
[14:45] <[MA]> Not sure. Anyhow, I suppose we both aught to keep looking into all this nonsense. I will notify you if I find anything important- for the moment, I have fruit to locate.
[14:45] <snuffshotMartyr> Deal
[14:45] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm waiting for my legs to turn back on
[14:46] <snuffshotMartyr> Figured I could use the time to meet the last few members of our game instance
[14:47] <[MA]> For your what.
[14:47] <snuffshotMartyr> My legs
[14:47] <snuffshotMartyr> They shut off
[14:48] <snuffshotMartyr> Not sure why, but it's probably some form of schizophrenia
[14:48] <snuffshotMartyr> It's been happening to me and another player, Alex, for a bit now
[14:48] <[MA]> That sounds serious. I hope they... well, turn on, soon.
[14:48] <snuffshotMartyr> Thanks for the sentiment
[14:49] <snuffshotMartyr> Figure the feeling should come back within a few hours
[14:49] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh, one other thing I meant to tell you
[14:49] <snuffshotMartyr> D'you know Faerzen?
[14:50] <[MA]> I fear I do not.
[14:50] <[MA]> Should I?
[14:50] <snuffshotMartyr> How about Nickolai?
[14:51] <[MA]> Oh. I know of... A Nickolai.
[14:51] <snuffshotMartyr> Crumbs
[14:51] <[MA]> It may not be the same one, though. It could also have just been a madman claiming to be Nickolai.
[14:52] <snuffshotMartyr> There are quite a few of those running around, admittedly
[14:52] <[MA]> Wonderful.
[14:52] <snuffshotMartyr> How many wings did this one have?
[14:53] <[MA]> Well, none *left*.
[14:53] <snuffshotMartyr> Maskwraith, then
[14:53] <snuffshotMartyr> You should be fine
[14:53] <snuffshotMartyr> S'long as it's not our Nickolai
[14:53] <[MA]> Is there a list?
[14:53] <snuffshotMartyr> Nah, mostly just those two
[14:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Probably some more from other dimensions, but meh
[14:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Two important ones
[14:54] <[MA]> Why "Maskwraith"?
[14:54] <snuffshotMartyr> I dunno
[14:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Just kinda thought it fit him
[14:54] <snuffshotMartyr> Servant to the mask
[14:55] <[MA]> That might explain why he was so helpful, but he also said he killed me at some point, so... fun.
[14:55] <snuffshotMartyr> He did kind of go on a murderous rampage, yeah
[14:55] <snuffshotMartyr> My point is
[14:56] <snuffshotMartyr> Try and keep your distance from Faerzen and our Nickolai
[14:56] <snuffshotMartyr> White feather wings and black ones
[14:56] <[MA]> Beware wings, understood. I had heard likewise about Nickolai... well, from Nickolai.
[14:56] <snuffshotMartyr> Well, not ALL wings
[14:56] <snuffshotMartyr> Dark red feathers, or butterfly wings, those're fine
[14:57] <[MA]> Apparently he was passing through my Land. I never saw him, so call it a win.
[14:57] <snuffshotMartyr> That's Alex and me
[14:57] <[MA]> How do you all have wings anyhow?
[14:57] <snuffshotMartyr> I have this magic artifact
[14:57] <snuffshotMartyr> Let's me make stuff
[14:57] <snuffshotMartyr> So I gave him and I wings, because like I said before, my planet is full of cliffs]
[14:59] <[MA]> Well then, I shall keep that in mind. Is there any particular reason for avoiding those two? I mean, Nickolai I can gather from meeting a... version, of them, but what is wrong with Faerzen?
[14:59] <snuffshotMartyr> Faerzen's carrying around the equivalent of a nuclear bomb strapped to her face, and she's immune to it
[15:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Or his face, or whatever
[15:00] <[MA]> I.... what?
[15:00] <snuffshotMartyr> The mask
[15:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Carl
[15:00] <[MA]> Carl.
[15:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Evil sentient crow mask, possesses people and eats souls
[15:01] <snuffshotMartyr> I may have named it Carl
[15:01] <[MA]> It had to be a mask.
[15:01] <snuffshotMartyr> *shrug*
[15:01] <snuffshotMartyr> In Maskwraith's dimension, Carl took over Nickolai and made him kill everyone
[15:02] <snuffshotMartyr> I think we're nearing that point in our dimension, but with Faerzen
[15:03] <[MA]> Wonderful.
[15:03] <snuffshotMartyr> If they don't know you too well, you should be relatively fine
[15:03] <snuffshotMartyr> But just a heads up, in case the world starts falling apart
[15:03] <snuffshotMartyr> This would be why
[15:04] <[MA]> Well, the world already fell apart once, did it not? Fate catching up to us seems like the least of our worries.
[15:05] <snuffshotMartyr> ...
[15:05] <snuffshotMartyr> That's actually a really nice way to put it
[15:05] <[MA]> Thank you.
[15:06] <snuffshotMartyr> Still, though, just in case
[15:06] <snuffshotMartyr> Avoid black and white wings
[15:07] <[MA]> Right.
[15:07] <[MA]> Well then, provided we are not all slaughtered by a masked angel of death, I hope to stay in touch. Wonderful to finally be in contact with someone else running this gauntlet.
[15:07] <snuffshotMartyr> I hear ya
[15:08] <snuffshotMartyr> Talk to you later.  I'm gonna go try and stand up
[15:08]  * snuffshotMartyr [SM] has ceased pestering maskedAristocrat [MA]