Faerzen contacts Zach about "Knights"

[20:14]  * visceralVanguard [VV] began conversing with jocoseZirconium [JZ]
[20:15] <@visceralVanguard> Hello, Zach? Is this a bad time to contact you?
[20:15] <@visceralVanguard> Last we talked you seemed as though you would be having quite a great deal of important and time sensitive issues to address.
[20:15] <jocoseZirconium> Oh, Faerzen!
[20:15] <jocoseZirconium> Good to hear from you.
[20:15] <jocoseZirconium> And no, this is a fine time to chat.
[20:15] <jocoseZirconium> There's been quite alot since we last talked.
[20:16] <@visceralVanguard> How has your, shall I say, "experiment" with rounding people up to face their own deaths been turning out?
[20:16] <jocoseZirconium> Poorly.
[20:16] <jocoseZirconium> Only because a suprising number did it themselves.
[20:16] <@visceralVanguard> Oh?
[20:16] <jocoseZirconium> Yes.
[20:16] <@visceralVanguard> I cannot say I was anticipating that as a likely outcome, even from my limited pool of information.
[20:17] <jocoseZirconium> Kara, the girl i believe i mentioned earlier managed to.
[20:17] <jocoseZirconium> Others possibly.
[20:17] <@visceralVanguard> Why did they kill themselves?
[20:17] <@visceralVanguard> It takes a great deal or either certainty or desperation to kill yourself believing that it will result in your revival.
[20:17] <jocoseZirconium> They didn't
[20:18] <jocoseZirconium> I believe she was killed after finding her bed.
[20:18] <@visceralVanguard> Well shit.
[20:18] <jocoseZirconium> Yes.
[20:18] <jocoseZirconium> And my... quest has been postponed.
[20:18] <@visceralVanguard> Do you have some murderous force in your session as well that has been killing people? How did she die?
[20:19] <jocoseZirconium> I'm not sure.
[20:19] <jocoseZirconium> She's elsewhere I think.
[20:19] <jocoseZirconium> Somehow I was sent to an outpost, a meteor, in the Furthest Ring.
[20:19] <@visceralVanguard> The Furthest Ring?
[20:20] <jocoseZirconium> Yes.
[20:20] <jocoseZirconium> From what I know, it's a location far outside Skaia.
[20:21] <jocoseZirconium> There may be some temporal changes regarding it as well.
[20:23] <@visceralVanguard> Interesting. You said you are on a meteor out there? How and why is that where you are presently located? Is there anything particularly interesting or useful there?
[20:24] <@visceralVanguard> A meteor does not seem like a particularly interesting or practical place to be.
[20:24] <jocoseZirconium> To be honest, I'm not sure how exactly I ended up here.
[20:24] <jocoseZirconium> It is quite interesting, we seem to be on some kind of complex.
[20:25] <jocoseZirconium> I've been doing some things with friends here.
[20:25] <jocoseZirconium> Have you met Jonah?
[20:25] <jocoseZirconium> Or Rukshu?
[20:25] <@visceralVanguard> I have never heard either of their names before.
[20:25] <jocoseZirconium> And finally, I haven't been able to get outside yet.
[20:28] <@visceralVanguard> What do you mean by the phrase "temporal changes"? I am aware that time travel is a very feasible reality in this game, but your statement is quite unclear.
[20:28] <jocoseZirconium> I think that relatively to Skaia, time flows slower out here.
[20:28] <jocoseZirconium> I was told the reckoning would happen in 12 hours. Its been more than that I think.
[20:29] <jocoseZirconium> Could be something odd.
[20:29] <@visceralVanguard> That is peculiar.
[20:29] <jocoseZirconium> I'm sure its nothing.
[20:30] <jocoseZirconium> I'm fairly sure that where we are is inhabited by some kind of dark god.
[20:30] <jocoseZirconium> Or gods.
[20:30] <jocoseZirconium> Not malevolent, just dark.
[20:30] <@visceralVanguard> How do you mean "god"? That word carries a very wide range of connotations.
[20:31] <jocoseZirconium> I believe it is a deity.
[20:31] <jocoseZirconium> Limity, but extremely powerful.
[20:31] <jocoseZirconium> Skaia limits it's presence in the Medium.
[20:31] <jocoseZirconium> It only spoke to me through a book, which i will dub the Necroteuch, and two Acolytes.
[20:32] <@visceralVanguard> Is this the "cult" per se that you mentioned previously in relation to your source of information regarding reviving upon death on these rock slabs?
[20:32] <jocoseZirconium> Yes.
[20:35] <jocoseZirconium> Do you have any information regarding any deities?
[20:35] <jocoseZirconium> Perhaps, some kind of anti- or a-Skaia?
[20:36] <@visceralVanguard> No, I am afraid I do not. I can do some research if it would be helpful to you.
[20:37] <@visceralVanguard> I have been doing a great deal of historical research and investigation in an attempt to better ascertain what my goals should be at the present.
[20:37] <jocoseZirconium> What ave you found?
[20:38] <@visceralVanguard> So far I have only investigated specifically information regarding my land.
[20:39] <@visceralVanguard> That, as a matter of fact, brings me to the primary reason I contacted you.
[20:39] <jocoseZirconium> Oh?
[20:39] <@visceralVanguard> I have obtained some insight into some background of the role I am to play in my land, including this so called "title" you mentioned the game giving you.
[20:39] <@visceralVanguard> As unreliable as Byron is, he also mentioned having received a similar title upon reviving.
[20:41] <@visceralVanguard> You said that your title was a "Knight of Life", though as of last we spoke, you had yet to grasp what exactly the implications of that were.
[20:41] <jocoseZirconium> Yes, I have some extra info on that if you wish as well.
[20:41] <jocoseZirconium> Later though.
[20:42] <@visceralVanguard> As it turns out, I am reasonably certain I have a similar title.
[20:43] <@visceralVanguard> I have found several sources that refer to me as "Knight of Light".
[20:43] <jocoseZirconium> Haha, it rhymes!
[20:43] <jocoseZirconium> Anyhow.
[20:43] <jocoseZirconium> What is :light" in this context?
[20:43] <@visceralVanguard> I can only presume that this is because of the great plethora of light filling my land, or vice versa, but I do not really understand what that means.
[20:43] <jocoseZirconium> "Life" is fairly obvious, luckily.
[20:45] <@visceralVanguard> I have little to no grasp on the meaning or significance of these titles to begin with, let alone the nuances and definitions of terminology within such a system like "Light" and "Knight".
[20:45] <jocoseZirconium> Indeed.
[20:45] <jocoseZirconium> From what I can understand from my limited knowledge of my powers,
[20:45] <jocoseZirconium> I can manipulate livingthings.
[20:45] <jocoseZirconium> Only currently living things, mind you.
[20:45] <jocoseZirconium> I can heal myself, and telekinetically move imps, stuff like that.
[20:46] <jocoseZirconium> And flight, of course.
[20:46] <jocoseZirconium> Perhaps I'm telekinetic'ing myself.
[20:46] <@visceralVanguard> Byron is also able to fly and he has an entirely different title, so I am not certain about the veracity of that last hypothesis.
[20:47] <jocoseZirconium> Then it is perhaps an ability of all ascended players.
[20:48] <@visceralVanguard> Possibly. Making such a conclusion off of two data points is quite a shaky conclusion indeed.
[20:49] <jocoseZirconium> Yep;
[20:49] <jocoseZirconium> Only hypotheses at this juncture.
[20:50] <@visceralVanguard> As is with most everything in this game, unfortunately.
[20:51] <jocoseZirconium> This is truly a scientifically annoying game.
[20:53] <@visceralVanguard> Is there anything else besides the "gods" you mentioned that you would like me to attempt to uncover information about?
[20:53] <jocoseZirconium> Not particularly.
[20:54] <jocoseZirconium> How is the rest of your "Session" doing?
[20:54] <@visceralVanguard> Honestly, I am not entirely certain.
[20:55] <@visceralVanguard> As much as I hate to say it, I became quite fed up with micromanaging so many players and forces in the game that refused to cooperate so I rather disconnected myself from things for the time being to get myself reoriented.
[20:55] <@visceralVanguard> Managing my fellow players has generally been quite useful, but it also has come at a great cost of having little to no time to actually make any significant process on other more short term or more personal goals.
[20:55] <jocoseZirconium> Fair.
[20:56] <jocoseZirconium> I'll try to contact some of them perhaps.
[20:56] <jocoseZirconium> For now, I'll get to know the fellow inhabitants of the meteor.
[20:56] <@visceralVanguard> I have no doubt that things will be in quite the disarray when I return, but at this point I wish to let things take their natural course for a brief while.
[20:56] <@visceralVanguard> I will return to them shortly and attempt to survey the overall situation then.
[20:57] <@visceralVanguard> I believe you becoming better acquainted with your fellow players is likely a very wise decision.
[20:57] <@visceralVanguard> Best of luck with that.
[20:58] <jocoseZirconium> Thank you.
[20:58] <@visceralVanguard> As always, I would recommend exercising great caution. If you not only have to deal with killing your teammates, having your teammates kill themselves, being located on a meteor and an impending Reckoning, adding "dark deities", whatever that is supposed to mean, is likely not going to help.
[20:58] <jocoseZirconium> And good luck on your personal goals.
[20:58] <jocoseZirconium> Don't worry.
[20:58] <jocoseZirconium> I'm no longer able to even attempt to god tier more of my fellows.
[20:59] <@visceralVanguard> The more I read, the more significant these obstacles are becoming, but knowing that what I am against against is a great challenge is far preferable to not knowing what I am up against.
[21:00] <jocoseZirconium> It does seem that the odds are against us players.
[21:00] <jocoseZirconium> Certainly in our session, and perhaps your own.
[21:03] <@visceralVanguard> We shall see. Sometimes it seems here that the manifestation of "the odds being stacked against us" manifests itself through our own players.
[21:04] <@visceralVanguard> I am attempting to work as hard as I can against said "odds", but I have doubts on whether or not it will be enough.
[21:04] <jocoseZirconium> Have faith.
[21:04] <@visceralVanguard> In the end, there is really only one way to find out, and that is to work and to try.
[21:04] <jocoseZirconium> Truly.
[21:04] <@visceralVanguard> We shall see the outcome in time.
[21:05] <jocoseZirconium> I must go.
[21:05] <jocoseZirconium> My friend is battling a sentient treadmill.
[21:05] <jocoseZirconium> I think he's losing.
[21:05] <@visceralVanguard> Well then I do not wish to keep you! That seems quite the dire situation!
[21:05] <@visceralVanguard> :P
[21:05] <@visceralVanguard> Best of luck fighting rogue gym equipment, I suppose?
[21:05] <jocoseZirconium> Thank you, I'm sure I'll need it!
[21:06] <@visceralVanguard> I never believed I would ever utter that sentence, but this game brings about a first time for a lot of things.
[21:06] <jocoseZirconium> Fare well.
[21:06] <@visceralVanguard> Talk to you later, Zach.
[21:06] <jocoseZirconium> Hopefully we'll talk again soon.
[21:06]  * visceralVanguard [VV] bid farewell to jocoseZirconium [JZ]