Zekeke: Get answers from Marifa.

[11:33] -- incorruptibleRapture [IR] began pestering curatorialInsight [CI] at 11:33 --
[11:33] IR: zo you're the jade? e heard you talk a lot
[11:34] CI: Y(o)u've heard (o)f me? (o)h, g(o)(o)d! Shall I see y(o)u at the grand athenium s(o)(o)n? Wh(o) was it wh(o) sp(o)ke (o)f me? Was it that darling yell(o)wbl(o)(o)d wh(o) just visited? He was a dear. Such a sharp mind f(o)r his status.
[11:35] IR: hnn no none of that
[11:35] IR: who ez not emportant reght now anyway
[11:36] CI: (o)h, but I remember every kn(o)wledge-seeker.
[11:36] CI: Still, y(o)u are (o)n this list, s(o) I supp(o)se y(o)u have befallen a similar fate.
[11:38] IR: yez. let'z ztart weth that
[11:38] CI: Y(o)ur (o)wn acc(o)unt messaged y(o)u, I supp(o)se, and sent y(o)u a file.
[11:38] CI: Am I c(o)rrect in this assumpti(o)n?
[11:39] IR: you are
[11:39] IR: how about the enterezteng quezteon:
[11:40] IR: ghozt of your own future, real or falze?
[11:40] CI: I sh(o)uld h(o)pe my future self was n(o)t a gh(o)st, but the rest (o)f that asserti(o)n is c(o)rrect.
[11:42] IR: and how do you know that?
[11:42] CI: My meth(o)ds (o)f verificati(o)n are perhaps slightly un(o)rth(o)d(o)x.
[11:42] CI: Simply trust my asserti(o)n that there is little chance (o)f their failure.
[11:45] IR: e'm more lekely to truzt my doppleganger derectly
[11:45] CI: That is fine.
[11:46] CI: Y(o)u trust y(o)urs, and I will trust mine.
[11:49] IR: truzt yourz? ez there more than juzt cold methology to et then? or am e mezzreadeng thengz
[11:49] IR: *methodology
[11:49] CI: Y(o)ur d(o)ppleganger. Y(o)ur future self.
[11:50] CI: Thr(o)ugh simple deducti(o)n, I am able t(o) assume that my recent experiences have been shared by (o)thers.
[11:51] IR: not everyone beleevez et at face value
[11:51] CI: The c(o)nversati(o)n w(o)uld vary acc(o)rding t(o) pers(o)nality, I supp(o)se.
[11:52] CI: And... mm. Yes, that is als(o) a fact(o)r...
[11:52] CI: ... I will simply say that I have my reas(o)ns f(o)r believing such a thing.
[11:54] IR: e have my reazonz for wanteng to beleeve zuch a theng
[11:54] IR: on a weld lemb, what do you know about lefe after death?
[12:00] CI: The Subjuggulat(o)rs believe that the Mirthful Messiahs sing a j(o)yful ballad as each believer dies, and that these mel(o)dies guide them t(o) a w(o)rld unfath(o)med by l(o)w- and highbl(o)(o)ds alike. (o)thers believe that Death's Handmaid c(o)mes t(o) each tr(o)ll as they breathe their last breath, and evaluates their deeds t(o) determine their l(o)t in the afterlife. S(o)me believe that death
[12:00] CI: is simply an(o)ther stage (o)f pupati(o)n, which is why the c(o)rpse must be left unt(o)uched; the s(o)ul escapes thr(o)ugh its w(o)unds, t(o) bec(o)me a greater tr(o)ll, suppressing creatures (o)n an(o)ther plane (o)f existence.
[12:02] CI: There are many beliefs, and there used t(o) be m(o)re. Why d(o) y(o)u ask?
[12:05] IR: e'm a lowblood, e won't leve long
[12:05] IR: et makez zenze to me to thenk towardz the next lefe
[12:05] CI: A practical standp(o)int.
[12:05] CI: Y(o)u sh(o)uld c(o)me t(o) my library. Sch(o)lars have written much (o)n the culture (o)f (o)ur pe(o)ple.
[12:06] IR: and yet you've juzt geven three anzwerz, whech one ez the correct one?
[12:07] CI: I cann(o)t give y(o)u the answer. I can give y(o)u the t(o)(o)ls which y(o)u may use t(o) find the truth.
[12:14] IR: zo otherz have gone down that path too?
[12:15] IR: for a lot of my lefe e waz alone en that
[12:15] CI: The path (o)f enlightenment is a l(o)nely r(o)ad t(o) tread.
[12:15] CI: There are th(o)se wh(o) will tell y(o)u the guideance (o)f a crusht(o)dian is unnecessary -- that the (o)ld t(o)mes are useless items which take up space better suited t(o) blades.
[12:16] CI: These tr(o)lls are f(o)(o)ls, and they are n(o)t t(o) be trusted.
[12:18] IR: and what about bookz full of leez?
[12:19] CI: If y(o)u are a true seeker, y(o)ur (o)wn thinkpan will facilitate y(o)ur j(o)urney t(o) truth. Y(o)u will rec(o)gnise the bias (o)f each writer as it c(o)mes, and y(o)u will realise the sacred truths.
[12:20] CI: Tell me, redbl(o)(o)d. Tell me the (o)ne truth held thr(o)ugh(o)ut hist(o)ry.
[12:24] IR: e don't know zo much heztory
[12:24] IR: hnnhmm that trollz'z effectz on the uneverze outlaztz theer own levez?
[12:24] CI: ... interesting.
[12:24] CI: H(o)w very... interesting.
[12:25] CI: Y(o)u are a fascinating (o)ne, redbl(o)(o)d. What is y(o)ur name?
[12:26] IR: zekeke ztreph.
[12:26] IR: and you have a name other than "fat mouth"?
[12:28] CI: I am Marifa Maalik, Crusht(o)dian (o)f M(o)unt Rive's Athenium. I cann(o)t help but w(o)nder wh(o) t(o)ld y(o)u that particular ephitet.
[12:34] IR: hnmnmn well you have geven anzwered my quezteonz a length
[12:34] IR: deveee ezn't too fond of you
[12:34] CI: I kn(o)w n(o) such tr(o)ll.
[12:36] IR: then et probably doezn't matter
[12:36] CI: M(o)st likely n(o)t.
[12:37] CI: By the way...
[12:37] CI: ... the truth which stands thr(o)ugh(o)ut hist(o)ry...
[12:37] CI: ... we w(o)uldn't kn(o)w it if it had been sp(o)ken fr(o)m the l(o)ser's lips.
[12:37] CI: Think (o)n this.
[12:38] CI: N(o)w, I must prepare my cust(o)dian f(o)r a j(o)urney. There is an(o)ther (o)n this list wh(o) has called me t(o) battle.
[12:38] CI: I must suppress them bef(o)re we may have a calm discussi(o)n ab(o)ut the future (o)f this n(o)nsense.
[12:39] IR: well then
[12:39] IR: e'll juzt leave you weth what my 'future ghozt' promezed
[12:40] IR: that thez well anzwer many quezteonz e've been wanteng to know
[12:41] CI: Such is the nature (o)f gr(o)wth with directi(o)n.
[12:41] CI: Take care n(o)t t(o) f(o)rget the file which was sent t(o) y(o)u. I fear it shall be necessary.
[12:42] IR: e'm zure et'z notheng more than a tool or conveneence
[12:43] CI: Perhaps s(o). And yet, it was sent t(o) us f(o)r a reas(o)n.
[12:46] IR: hnmn we'll zee
[12:46] -- incorruptibleRapture [IR] ceased pestering curatorialInsight [CI] at 12:46 --