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You're getting real tired of this creature conversing with itself as if you're not even here. “If you'll permit me a few questions, just what is this Paramatma, and what in Pani's name would incorporating my memories even entail?”

There's a long silence before the lower mouth speaks. “We apologize. It has been quite some time since we encountered a suitable mind. The Paramatma is our greatest work. It is, or rather we are, a collective composed of copies of the greatest minds to ever walk the sands of Pidjata. It was tradition for those greatest enchanters to journey to our temple and add themselves to us before their deaths. This orb was constructed to facilitate exactly that, mobile so that it might be brought to the most distant and secluded of our number. Incorporation is painful, we cannot lie. It is the last thing ingrained into all of our memories, one last moment of mortal struggle before ascension.”

You don't know if you like the sound of that. “What happens to me, to my body I mean? Am I just left a soulless husk?”

The bottom mouth speaks. “No, you are merely copied. For the rest of your brief existence there will be two of you, one joined with us and one walking the Gods' dominion. We understand that a connection to the cage which houses you is normal, but trust us. Once you have ascended you will not miss your mortal form. You will be as the Gods are, unconstrained.”

Okay, maybe that doesn't sound so bad. Still, he said it would hurt. They said? “Why are you even interested in me? I am barely past the age of boyhood, and inexperienced as an enchanter besides.”

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This time it's the top mouth that speaks. “Over the course of the past thousand years I have determined only six eligible candidates.”

The bottom mouth takes over. “Yes, Mikhael. You must understand that we thrive on new ideas and new insights. Fresh minds are perhaps the most valuable contribution a mortal could make, and it seems as though in our time dwelling outside of the Gods' creation the arts of enchanting have been forgotten, or at least the traditions of the Paramatma have been lost to time. We cannot afford to pick and choose.”

You're a little offended. The only reason they want you is because you're the only one available? “Well, what exactly is my connection to this 'intruder'? How would I be able to go about weakening that connection?”

The bottom head draws its brows together, the first expression you've seen any of the Chimera's three heads make. “Mikhael's connections to this creature are complex. It is not like anything we have ever seen. We believe that a thread was woven through the husk and the shell to join itself to the shard and joining Mikhael to the interloper, who uses the shard to leech from him some small portion of divinity. Over time this thread has grown so interwoven with, and integral to, the shell that to remove it would shatter the shell, thus exposing the shard. Weakened as it is, the shard would in all likelihood shatter once exposed to base reality.”

Why did it switch back to referring to you in the third person? Some of that went a bit over your head. You think you got most of it, the husk is the outermost layer of the soul and the shell is the inner layer, with the shard obviously being the shard of divinity. You don't really know what it means by 'base reality', though. Nor do you understand why the shard would break upon being exposed to whatever it is.
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After a brief pause the bottom mouth speaks again. “We believe that you ought to be able to weaken the thread by weakening the husk and the shell to the point that pulling the thread will not shatter them, merely strain them. A tenuous balance must be achieved, for if you weaken the shell too severely then you risk shattering the shard in your attempts to save it. You might try mending the cracks in your shard, but that is a lengthy and time consuming process. You might also attempt to sever the cord at some intervening point between you and the interloper, but you would need to locate it. The thread is not in phase with base reality, it could exist on any of the two hundred sixteen layers of existence, or on several at once.”

>Write-in

Be back soon, running out for food.

patreon.com/SomaQM

>>44221297
I ain't seen that shifty looking Bastard for mad long

>>44221332
The mask.
Get the mask. The mask is the key.

>>44221332
Seduce the creature

>>44221332
> Consult with Ricky about whether or not this is a good idea

> Ricky eats the Chimera

>Sell out the Chimera to Surya

> WAKE THE BEAST

> See if the Chimera would want the boy that you brought back to life

> As what the qualifications are for joining.

Just a couple of things, I'd be okay with any of these or a combination thereof.

>>44221339
Someone should really register an account with that name.

>>44221394
Please shut the fuck up and read. >>44221380

>>44221394
these all sound terrible

>>44221332
>Any tips and tricks you can give me?
>Well let me out then, I got shit to do.

>>44221332
Tell the creature about our breakthroughs in Metal Magic, and the realizations we've made upon the nature of reality. Ask if him this is the correct avenue of research to be able to learn how to correctly weaken the bond.

>>44221332
fall to the ground and start farting

>>44221414
Ricky is a bit of a bigger boy than Ma-catarassafrassa. Maybe he could handle it? Or he would just fuck right off. Still, we could at least get him to give us one Scree for it being a good idea, 2 Scree for it being bad, 3 and a tentacle tummy tickle for "Shit, Mikka, what are you thinking goddamn son calm down".

>>44221436
>>44221332
Supporting. BE VERY SURE to mention we have realized that Vys is a "middleman," and our research is pending direct manipulation of the strings of reality itself.

>>44221436
>>44221332

This is probably one of the better plans.

>>44221332
If they need suitable minds (ie "enchanters"), have they ever thought about taking a teacher position? It’s not like they HAVE to stay inert at the same place for hundreds of years and not to talk to anyone.

Heck, their main issue seems to be some advanced form of boredom. Just talking to people might alleviate that somewhat.

>>44221436
supporting this, and ask if it has any advice on what we could do to make it pulling the entity out of us less damaging

>>44221332
>>44221436
>>44221458
Supporting! Tell him that we're on the brink of "affecting our will upon reality," and we felt the ability to do so after our last metal meditation upon our soul.

>>44221446
just drop it. we got solid advice from the chimera he is not necessary
>>44221436
do it

>>44221332
>You might try mending the cracks in your shard, but that is a lengthy and time consuming process. You might also attempt to sever the cord at some intervening point between you and the interloper, but you would need to locate it. The thread is not in phase with base reality, it could exist on any of the two hundred sixteen layers of existence, or on several at once.”
ask them to elaborate on this. all of it

>>44221474
Assuming the Chimera is being honest with us, or that it actually knows what it's talking about.

>>44221332
>>44221461

I would also like to know just what exactly it is they're doing anyways. Asking them if they have ever thought about cultivating minds instead of waiting for them.

Why are we trusting what some multi-faced frankenstein monster is telling us?

They said the spheres portable, chuck it in the cloak, go finish up in elaudia then go get the thing that fucks the entity off in pa'avla and then revisit this walking triple blowjob

I still want to visit Ricky. Sorting all our shit for us and we don't even have the decency to come in and say hi.

>>44221496
supporting this, the more we understand the problem the better

>>44221332
ask it to teach us
tell it we are rediscovering enchantment and instruction would be useful

>>44221513
>fucking the collective knowledge of lots of enchanters

>>44221461

>Get the orb to teach people
>Nearby weakened barrier of reality helps teach.
>Pretend everything was intentional.
>…
>Profit

>>44221332
>two hundred sixteen layers of existence
>Be Shezade, one of the most powerfull "mortal" that have lived these past 1000 years.
>Sacrifice yourself by doing one last rodeo against void beings
>Finaly your soul will be at peace and you'll see your friends and family lost to the wars and time.
>Pani is on the rag that day and sends you back on earth as soon as you enter her domain.
>"lol, I'm a cactus"

>>44221587
>believing in her lies
>not knowing that surya was the one who controls rebirth
>especially when its his life blood that people use for magic.
on a serious note, i do wonder what his budding cult found.

>>44221332
"Okay"

>>44221628
It's crazy how Surya does all the work and that tepid bitch gets all the credit fuck her

>>44221628
I want to meet the prophet, she might be able to tell us more about the gods, not just surya

>>44221297
Wait there's fan art for the quest?

>>44221653
This is why we sacrifice the kid to Pani, after poisoning his soul so that it kills a god.

>>44221628
>>44221587
when do we kill the teen?
the kid doesn't seem as innocent as we first thought especially if his first action from death with no memories was to bang some one.
Either way its gonna be a bridge we will have to cross, and i rather cross it now when the chance of attachment is low.
I do vote we tell our companions what the fuck happened though.

>>44221664
that's from skyrim

>>44221680

> the kid doesn't seem as innocent as we first thought especially if his first action from death with no memories was to bang some one.

> Is a Teen

We should just pass him off to the priest to sacrifice, that way our friends don't get all pissy at us since they seem to have a serious problem with that.

Or we can decide it's time to kill a god. Because we totally aren't crazy.

I wonder how the Chimera ranks against gods?

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>>44221664
This is the only fanart the quest got so far

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>>44221680
>the kid doesn't seem as innocent as we first thought especially if his first action from death

Really nigga?

>>44221729
>>44221725
>>44221680
>implying the kid isn't faking memory loss just to get out of conscription and get himself into stardom

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>>44221744
Well we're pretty good in nature we could just...

Oh wait we aren't

>>44221725
>I wonder how the Chimera ranks against gods?
I'd assume that it doesn't. Maybe in its orb it'd have a chance.

>>44221744
Well, we could always just read his mind with nature magic.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAaaaaaaa fuck.

>>44221772
It's we didn't level up nature more.

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>>44221728
>not posting somouto's art

Newfags these days. Not an ounce of respect nor decency.

>>44221798
>>44221728
>Not posting Straight Outta El-Amin

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>>44221764
>>44221772
Yeah we sure are fucked. If only we had artifacts that made us better with Nature.

>>44221798
>Implying that any one has the pictures she paints with his cum

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>>44221816
We don't the only one we have let's us use nature sight

>Also relying on artifacts
>Not using them to compliment what's there

Cymon

>>44221798
Right, I've completly forgot about this one. My bad.
>>44221809
Not posting anything at all, softcunt.

>>44221832
>Forrest King's Crown: (+6 to Nature Magic, +4 to Soak rolls, +4 to meditation rolls)
Plus the staff gives us 1/2 off all Nature spells, not just the ability to control plant life.
baka senpai desu

>>44221816
The dragon staff does not enhance esp.

>>44221816
Crown doesn't necessarily make you more skilled, just more powerful. It would allow you to roll for the chance to read someone's surface thoughts, where as a Master wouldn't need to roll and a Grandmaster would simply passively pick up on people's thoughts without needing to focus.

>>44221832
Nature is cool and all, but metal was more pressing to advance, and I still think we should gm it before we get to elaudia, nature would be a good call after that though

>>44221840
I don't give a dark elfs left testicle about the crown or the staff while we're still scrub tier in nature

>>44221840
Nature magic refers to true magic not elemental magic.

>>44221852
Same shit desu

>>44221852
soma what does the thing think of plunging our soul into a gate?

>>44221856
Would we even NEED to go to Eluadia if we GM in Metal?

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>>44221856
I just can't wait to see what bastardize subscript of soul/midfuckery we can get with high level Nature and magic

But nature is phasing so fuck me huh?

>>44221898
It's possible that we could reverse engineer elaudian steel if we were a gm, but it's not a guarantee
Also, I think Soma would cry if we decided not to go to elaudia last minute

>>44221922
I vote we go to Anthus and have Deme give us a little run down on the differences of Human/Anthus teaching methods of magic to improve our basics before we go to Elaudia/Pavlova.

Can we ask the chimera if they can meditate with us on our elements, if they have the knowledge of the enchanters then surely they can help us advance with all our shit
We could promise to come and give them our knowledge or whatever the fuck after we're all done jewing/get all our friends killed

>>44221919
Nah, nature is going to be cool as all hell, but we spend a lot of time doing things that fuck with our sanity so being able to reinforce our mind is important enough that I think we should be taking care of it first.

>>44221919
Well according to the cat nature magic we use today is very watered down.

>>44221940
only if we can also read all of our books while we're there

>>44221940
We already tried. Deme is a scrub.

>>44221332
>two hundred sixteen layers of existence
Someone's read up on their numerology.

>>44221852
So Mortia's been listening to nigger elf thoughts nonstop?

>>44222020
> Mortia listens to all of our shitposting

Oh dear. Well, at least she knows she has the best Ass, although Darzi wins for overall. Also for not being a filthy, dirty mongrel. Unfh, so dirty, yeah.

>>44222003
Nah son, just saw that movie Pi.

Anyway, it seems like
>Asking if what you think you've found out about reality so far is correct.
>Asking for advice in your research and meditations.
>Telling them about what happened to enchanting and by extension, Hiacia and Rhynia.
>Ask what the hell it is they do all day, can't they just teach people?

Am I missing anything?

>>44222020
She usually tries to block out the thoughts of others, because she feels like it's rude to snoop, but sometimes. Sometimes she lets bits and pieces drift through.

>>44222020
Wonder about that, she seemed totaly clueless about Master Karim trying to get into her pants.

>>44222060
If this reality is the 'base reality', does that mean there's an 'acid reality'?

>>44222060
ask if they know why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch.

>>44222073
Pretty sure they mean that as in "the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported" or "without moral principles; ignoble".

>>44222060
Next time we see her can you add the option of thinking extremely lewd thoughts in her direction

>>44222060
>>44222066
Oh god, I'd this image on Karim broadcasting how he'd like to get dirty with her in a room full of Nature GM looking at him like a fucking degenerate and her trying her hardest to make it look like she doesn't understand any of the salacious thoughs flying her way.

>>44222112
>her trying her hardest to make it look like she doesn't understand any of the salacious thoughs flying her way
I don't think she'd have to try at all.

>>44222066
Nature Vatis of a high enough level are generally aware of other people's snooping and can thus adapt accordingly. Metal Vatis can just block people completely, full stop.

Plus, she wasn't aware of the mental aspects of Nature Magic when Karim was training her, or at least not for most of her training. Even if extremely skilled, a Vatis can't employ magic they're unaware of.

So, uh. How about that chimera?

Mortia > Fulvia > Darzi

>>44222566
yup, that chimera

>>44222606
Darzi=Mortia>Fulvi>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>goat>>>>>>>>>>>>Chrys

>>44222606
Actual shit > Mortia > Fulvia > Darzi

>>44222634
Kill yourself Darzifag.

We should just tear off a bit of our soul and put it in a construct shaped like a really attractive woman and then make it our waifu

>>44222606
>>44222634
>>44222637
Did you all forget about Ricky?

>>44222660
soma would make it as unlikable as the rest

>>44222660
>really attractive women
really attractive trap*

>>44222675
Mortia is perfect though, what the fuck are you talking about?

>>44222675
>implying he'd need to do anything to make something made up of miks soul unlikeable

>>44222661
They all forgot about our nat 1 baby momma

>>44222686
I say if she gives us shit about sacrifices again, we ask her why everyone she cut with that sword screamed so damn much.

>>44222696
No one forgot, it's just that we all know she's shit.

2 hours 0 updates desu

>>44222711
You say it like we all didn't expect this

>>44222711
the alcoholism is already fucking up his mental acuity so he writes more slowly now

>>44222711

Soumoto is distracting him. With wrestling.

>>44222711
It's only been about an hour since we finished voting on what to do, so it's really not that odd

>>44222716
At least we can entertain ourselves with pitshosting.

>>44222732
Tongue wrestling.

>>44222742
Hand holding more like it

>>44222753
Restrain yourself, anon. That's exceedingly lewd.

>>44222696
I hope an effect of the Nat 1 was a portion of the entity going into mik's kid's mind.
>>44222711
Soma was banned too.

>>44222771
I bet they are rubbing their thumbs gently against each others hands

6 updates in 8h, might have one batch left before he calls it quit for the night.

>>44222814
>implying he isn't passed out in a puddle of booze and piss right now

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>>44222782

>>44222823
You mean booze and somouta love juices

>>44222823
Would you collapse into a puddle of booze and piss with Soma, Anons?

>>44222839
His sister would, but that's just TRUE WUV right there.

>>44222825
His imouto is nerves but Soma interlocks his hand with her's and tells her It's all ogre now

>>44222860
>All these layers

>>44222814
and nothing of value has been accomplished so far

>>44222888
We still have DAYS of waiting

>>44222897
>tfw we could have timeskipped past all this pointless shit

rip Soma

Meh, thread'll be here later. He'll get to it eventually.

I'm not sleeping, just a long and somewhat complex post.

>>44223065
I dont even remember what its about anymore

>>44223073
>LAYERS

>>44223086
I saw that shit

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Namek was roughly 20 threads, depending on where you decide to start the Nazir arc, we're either at 15 or 20 threads.
I took 3 months to clear Namek, We're on the 4th here.

>>44223086
I wish I could be so comfy.

>>44223108
>roughly
>depending
>where you decide
>either
>or

>>44223108
Namek was 20 threads, and we're 18 threads deep in the Nazir arc.
It took 3 months to clear Namek, we're on the 4th here.

Be assertive you cuck

>>44223108
>>44223155
>Implying Nazir is as bad as Namek
We've learned a bunch of cool stuff about the world, progressed as a character and maintained the general feel of Banished Quest. Nazir is a perfectly fine stop and has been progressing at a fairly reasonable rate.

>>44223220
>Nazir is a perfectly fine stop and has been progressing at a fairly reasonable rate.
At the same rate Slowma's been posting it would have taken us 3 more months to clear Namek, remember, Slowma took a two week vacation to dig stuff in a shithole somewhere during Namek.

>>44223257
>Slowma took a two week vacation to dig stuff in a shithole

Well, that's a euphemism for anal sex with his Somouto that I haven't heard before.

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It sounds as though, whatever you finally decide to do, you won't be able to accomplish it here. Not in a timely manner at least. Going on some mad search through the void, and whatever lies beyond the void, would probably take years. Butchering your soul would probably be the fastest method but you worry what effect weakening the shell would have, since you've only ever strengthened it in the past. You'd be required to first erode the husk as well, which means you'd probably be very low on vys throughout the process. A dangerous prospect.

On the other hand, you're speaking with the collective consciousness of what is probably thousands of the smartest and most powerful men and women to ever walk the Earth. You'd be surprised if there was a question they couldn't answer, or at least theorize about. “What do you mean base reality, and what are the two hundred sixteen layers of existence?”

The face of the lowermost head relaxes to the default of passive indifference. “What we refer to as 'Base Reality' is the core of all creation. You see, when the gods first entered this space outside of creation the found that it was hostile to outside influence, quite unlike their own. So in order to shelter their most cherished creations they created two hundred and sixteen barriers between the space beyond and the core, where all of their true children dwell. They in turn filled each layer with guardians to protect their children from incursions by the outside. We, after much trial and error and at the cost of many lives, have replicated this feet by creating the Paramatma, a separate reality outside of the Gods' creation.”
(1/7)

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Remember when Soma did his 1st double feature? Damn that was good. Now...

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Why on Earth would anyone do such a thing? Go through that much effort, boring ripping their way through each and every level of creation and presumably fighting off whatever guardians were placed there by the gods, simply to recreate their own, separate version? “What purpose does having the Paramatma outside of reality serve?”

The face of the lowermost head scrunches its brows together. “What do you mean purpose? Is not the ability to say that it is possible and that we have achieved it reason enough to pursue a goal? With that attitude it is not surprising that the art of enchanting seems to have faded from the world's store of knowledge.”

You should probably get explaining what to them is recent history out of the way. “Actually, knowledge of enchanting has been lost due to the collapse of Hiacia and Rhynia roughly at the same time one thousand years ago. Hiacia was destroyed by a cult's attempts to recreate Prthvi by forcing a mortal to ascend to godhood. I'm not sure why Rhynia fell, it was before Hiacia but nobody seems to know the details. I've heard a plague ravaged their lands, and that the government collapsed, but that's all I can say with any degree of certainty.”

You wrack your memory for what else you've learned about the fall of history's greatest empires. “Enchanters grew increasingly insular as the centuries went on, and seemed to be targeted. At least, that's the only reason I can think for the Hiacian enchanters living isolated in the mountains to have died after the cultist's attempt to create a god went wrong. I've heard that the Gods themselves were involved in the destruction, but I have the creeping suspicion that this is merely the superstition of a political faction in what was once the Rhynian heartland that now fears magic in all its forms.”

(2/7)

Silence reigns, interrupted only by the rattling breaths of the twisted corpse god looming over you and the Chimera. Finally its lower mouth speaks. “We believe that many of the enchanters living, as you said, isolated in the mountains were simply unaware of society's collapse. As the Guardian of Communion stated, we have incorporated several enchanters over the course of the last thousand years but none of us were aware of this tragedy. It is important to understand that most powerful enchanters do not dwell within the base reality, but usually on the first several layers beyond. We were content to pursue our research in peace. Relieved even that the burden of expectation had been lifted, and no longer did we receive messages from the world outside our sanctuaries.”

You suppose when one can quite literally create from thin air anything and everything that they could possibly desire, there is little reason to venture very far or even interact with anyone at all. These people have quite literally created a reality all their own, as the gods once did. They could probably even create their own company, certainly their own servants. “Have you ever considered teaching others, rather than merely passively waiting for an enchanter to wander past? What do you do while sitting outside reality?”

The upper mouth speaks. “From what I can tell they mostly argue about obscure points of doctrine.”

(3/7)

>>44223296
>have replicated this feet
>feet.
I was about to say, bottoms up, but I remembered who was running.

The lower mouth responds. “The Guardian is correct. We spend much of our time embroiled in discussion with ourselves. We also seek to expand the reality that we have crafted, and fend off incursions by those beast lurking in the dark. You likely think of the first layer as a vast expanse of nothing. It was called the Void in our time, and we doubt that it has changed much. This is not the case. Compared to the space outside, the void is a densely populated and remarkably peaceful. It is where many young enchanters first venture to create their sanctums.”

“As for why we do not teach others the arts of enchanting, it is because we have never felt it was an avenue worth our time investment. Few people have the talent, and those that do are better off simply incorporated. Once incorporated the vast sum of our knowledge becomes theirs, and theirs in turn becomes ours. We are of the same substance, with natures both divine and mortal mixed unconfusedly in one conglomerate entity. With the combined metaphysical and divine weight of our souls, we could quite easily rival almost any creature that is not itself a god. Though we have received fewer new additions in recent centuries, we do not have any real need for more power.”

So they're self-obsessed and lazy. That's about what you would expect from a hive mind of enchanters, a group notorious for withdrawing from the world and isolating themselves even from each other. “If I may, I'd like to run some of the information I've gleaned from my studies past you. I feel I should take advantage of this opportunity while I can.”
(4/7)

When you receive no answer, you assume that's an agreement. “By my understanding, vys is not truly magic. Rather, vys is simply the result of the 'husk' degrading. The large the husk built up around your divine shard becomes, the more vys you can toss around. However, if one were to find a way to do so casting directly with the substance which makes up the husk would be a far more powerful and efficient way of casting.”

The lower mouth speaks. “Well, you're partially correct. Casting with the husk, the leaving of divinity I suppose, is how the spirits employ magic. However, it is not exactly efficient for mortals. It is certainly more powerful, but even casting a simple spell using the husk is more draining by several orders of magnitude. Still more worrying is that with each spell you cast, some small aspect of your memory is lost. That being said, the most powerful feats of magic can only be accomplished by using the husk directly, so you're not wrong. You're just not wholly right either.”

Okay, so you're doing well so far. “Is casting magic really just subtly manipulating the strings of reality? Say I throw fire from my fingertips. Am I really creating that fire, or am I just manipulating my vys reserves in such a way that the strings of reality vibrate and create fire?”

(5/7)

The lowest head seems confused. “Does a harpist create music or does her instrument? Is it not true that one without the other would be useless? Magic is the same way. The strings of reality, as you've dubbed them, are useless without Vatis to play them. Well, not useless. They bind things together and give us life. However, if that is all they were capable of would not existence be boring indeed? You are not the one that creates fire in your example, but nor are you simply manipulating vys into clever patterns. You are running your fingers along the strings of a harp and producing a melody.”

Seems like out of two guesses you've been right both times. “Are people just particularly complex enchantments? What is the nature of the divine shard at the root of all souls? What is the relationship between the gods? Are our modern divisions of magic into well defined categories merely artificially constructed?”

The lower mouth smiles, revealing a row of sharpened teeth. “Indeed, you have been studious. People are more than simply complex enchantments. Their mortal shells are certainly nothing more than complex enchantments designed to house their souls, but their souls themselves are something else. Divorced from the strings but simultaneously moving amongst them. You see, the divine shards which form the seed of any man, woman, or child's soul were originally apart of Surya. Surya himself drifts through the space beyond, bound to Pani's will. It is he that she employs as a guard upon the Gods' collective creation, and it is he who protects it from the greatest outside incursion.”

(6/7)

“He was less than willing to sacrifice the shards, as they were part of his 'heart'. To conceptualize the gods as anything resembling mortal is a fallacy of the highest order, but suffice to say the shard in your soul was once the part of Surya that made him a god. Now he is reliant upon Pani for divinity, and thus her slave. Surya originally surrendered this piece of himself willingly, along with small pieces of the other gods, to create the Dragons and the Dwoveth. However, he feared that if he sacrificed more then he would lose coherency, or be forced to return to the realm from which the Gods came.”

“Surya was forced into submission by the divine might of Pani, Prthvi, and Srsti. However, Srsti desired to subsume Prthvi as she viewed him as naturally belonging to her. Nature grows atop the Earth and its roots invade the soil. Similarly Srsti's influence corrupted Prthvi, and she ripped from him as much of his divinity as she could. Even with Surya's aid, Pani would not have been able to match this new entity. So she called a new god from their homeland, and this god was Dhatu.”

“The three gods were able to best the entity that was once the two separate gods of Srsti and Prthvi, and they robbed this entity of its divinity. It was in turn forced to return to the Gods' homeland, and they employed her essence in strengthening their creation.”

You glance up to the looming figure of the aborted near-god. “So... What do the gods do now? Do they just battle off those creatures seeking to destroy what they've created?”
(7/8)

The lowest head frowns. “Not exactly. We have seen Surya. We have witnessed his might. We have seen the tether binding him. We have seen Dhatu. He dwells within creation, content to observe. We have not seen Pani. We are not sure what she does. This is merely what we believe to have learned. Much of it could be wrong, or misinterpreted. We make no claims to omniscience.”

There is a pause. "What about the divisions in the various schools of magic? Are they innate, or merely artificially constructed to help apprentices conceptualize magic?"

The Chimera bows, an odd gesture considering most of its torso is composed of its three different heads, and then the lower head speaks. "The schools of magic are, as you phrase it, artificial. Created by mortals to explain magic as they understood it. However, the schools of magic are also useful. If that were not the case, they would not have survived. At some point it is important to break outside of these schools, for there are many feats that lie outside and would be impossible if you kept yourself constrained, but at your level I would not concern yourself."

>Ask something else.
>Ask them to release you, you've much to do and not much time to do it.
>Write-in

>>44223343
>>Ask something else.
When is Half Life 3 coming out?

>>44223343
>Ask something else.
Is it wrong to have a boner right now?

>>44223343
>The best way to get beyond my 'level' is to learn more, is it not?

>>44223343
ask for more information about Dhatu

>>44223343
I'm just gonna start listing things to ask.

>Dhatu
>The reality the Gods originate from
>Useful magical knowledge that would give us a significant leg up for the rest of our journey.I'm not talking enchantment or draconic magic (rituals) either, though that's optional, but the meaty stuff, the fine tuning orchestra version.

>>44223343
Ask for the recipe for Elaudian steel.

>>44223326
>Their mortal shells are certainly nothing more than complex enchantments designed to house their souls

The body is just an organic machine. Thanks soma

>>44223343
>Ask them to release you, you've much to do and not much time to do it.

I'm tired, time for bed.

Thanks for running, Soma. The two threads in a row were great.

>>44223376
>>44223380
supporting

>>44223343
Ask about the elven ritual to maintain immortality, surely they've picked up elf or two in their time
Ask if the guy who made fulvia is in there and ask shit about that
Ask for tips on maintaining sanity
Ask them when their last pick up was and fill them in on any history they've missed, we can't join them yet but we can still pass up some knowledge

>>44223353
this desu

>>44223343
What does meditating at Surya's Heart/Gate/Whatever do exactly?

>>44223343
>Ask something else.

2 things, first of all how much time passes in the realm while we talk with them.

Second, just WTF is that corruption.

Third, how might we appease a god that we stole a soul from and have they ever done something like that.

>>44223353
The lowest head creases into a deep, unnatural frown. "You risk drawing the Gods' ire with your reckless tongue. We do not mention the Gay Bens, nor claim knowledge of the Gods' homeland."

Just fucking with you, "Our reality is the gods' homeland" would be cheesy as all hell.

>>44223343
>Ask something else.
About sleeping Dhatu
Recipe for Elaudian steel
Our odd to ask Surya servant to fix interloper
How to maintain our sanity

>>44223402
>>44223417
>>44223419
also supporting

>>44223380
you cheeky little shit

might as well give it a try

So
>Gates in the void
>Dhatu's naptime.
>Elven immortality
>Is it all just Samja or is this a multicultural hivemind?
>Recipe for Elaudian steel.
>Tips n' tricks?

>>44223440
>We'd tell you but it's really complicated
>Just inject me up senpai, needle's already in
>B-but it's just for sucking up minds, can't really inject anything :^)

>>44223380
>ask for the recipe
>void the entire reason we were going to the Jungle

>>44223343
Ask about the cyberpunk place that we got Mortia and SK from.

Ask about the thing we saw in the Rhynian ruin that was something something other planets

>>44223343
Ask for some tips regarding not getting our shit kicked in by spirits, we piss them off a lot
Ask about the cat, I'm 100% sure one of the collective has heard of him and 90% sure one of them has interacted with him
Ask for enchanting 101 to make sure we don't do anything that might result in our untimely death
Ask if they knew var var or if he might be in there, he did seem not to keen on keeping living
Ask about the trustworthiness of spirits in general

>>44223454
Can we ask if any of them knew Varvar?

Definitely ask about Var Var. God damn, gramps was so cool.

>>44223460
This, actually. How Namek and the other weird places the Rhynians explored relate to Creation.

>>44223343
The palace we found inside the void. The enchanter that made it is probably copied into the Chimera. Ask about how we would go about taking it over etc

>Ask about the enchanter’s palace we found.

Can someone remind me who is Var Var again?

>>44223492
Big bad fucker who was based as fuck in the temple

>>44223454
>>44223485
Could we add this? Maybe they have some nice pass-codes to access it and actually leave again.

>>44223454
> Dealing with corruption if we leave it

> Bringing back the dead/dealing with Pani's selfish bitch bitch bitch about it.

>>44223454
The Emissary of Surya (whatever his title was) and what we did with the kid.

Can you imagine the looks on Darzi and Fulvia's faces when we pop out of the ball and go
>HEY GUYS THE VOID IS ACTUALLY ONLY THE FIRST, LEAST DEADLY, OF 216 LAYERS! WHO WANTS TO ADVENTURE?
before they've even had time to take in whatever fucked up changes are made to us in addition to the cranial ventilation.

>>44223492

NEVER FORGET, ANON. THAT'S WHAT WE PROMISED, AND YOU WENT AND FUCKING FORGOT.

He cleaned up the void mess after we nuked the pirates.

Also,

>>44223454

Who are these other enchanters they're talking about?

And maybe it's just me being paranoid about shit like this BUT HOW MUCH TIME IS PASSING WHILE WE DICK ABOUT HERE?

Sorry, I play too many games with Fae.

>>44223454
I got another one for you.

>So if I were to have snatched a kid away from death, and then an emissary of Surya showed up demanding I burn the poor little fucker alive, he's mad because I more or less screwed him out of a chance to get a shard back?

>>44223532
>>44223514
>>44223504
>>44223485
>>44223479
>>44223476
>>44223465
Backing these.

>>44223454
Also tell him where have been given the knowledge of where dhatu sleeps.


These dudes need to stop worrying about Ricky being attached to our soul. He is the best voidfriend.

>>44223541
backing him backing these.

>>44223454
Also tips on weakening The Entities hold on us. Small things we can do that wont kill us.

>everyone is making soma write us an essay
poor drunkard

>>44223454
Ask them their opinion of Void entities, their sentience/being able to work with them.

Bring up Ricky

Ask them if they've ever encountered the three stooges

>>44223541
Supporting milking this for all it is worth.

I’d also like to make an actual argument for them teaching people. Or at least providing some help to those interested. If they actually want more suitable people coming to them there needs to actually be a way for people to learn about enchantment and to learn about them.

>>44223544
Ricky isn't the one they're worried about

>>44223454
The stooges.
The stooges.
The stooges.

>>44223454
>>44223465
>>44223570
OH SHIT

Ask about the Three Stooges.

Also ask about us being banned from "paradise" for saving that kid.

>>44223568
>implying soma's not jerking off to finally releasing some of his fluff

>>44223568
He constantly throws once-upon-a-lifetime opportunities at us. At some point we should actually use them. Or at least make them accessible for others.

>>44223581
>>44223570
Seconding these.

Also bring up that entity that gave us the reward for killing kadir.

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>>44223582
I'm super happy desu, even if my fingers hurt.

>>44223570
>>44223465
>>44223423
these
Also how long ago this project of theirs started.

>>44223590
more things like that are bound to come to a person like us. Probably not as many as we get but still a lot.

We should stick this orb in our cloak. Then we can ask it questions whenever we want. I'm sure they'd appreciate the chance to get out of boring old nazir.

>>44223607
Fucking yes.

Phrase it as a chance to get some new perspectives.

>>44223607
>Have no fear, dear brother, the devil orb is gone!

>37 posters
>195 posts
I never actually believed people when they said this quest had so much samefagging, but this is fucking ridiculous.

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>>44223607
Sadly, the orb is a bit too large to fit.

Ask about What happened to srsti after dhatu was brought into the picture, we know that earth dude is dead as fuck, and we've heard that srsti was banished, but the way the describe it they both ceased to exist and became the entity which was killed

>>44223625
>samefagging
>having a conversation

fuck off mate

>>44223624
lel

>>44223630
Ask them for lessons on how to sew.

>>44223626
It is a separate core of creation. Being in the void will have no effect.

>>44223630
But wait, our cloak is larger than us. you gave exact dimensions during the whole dragon tail thingy. Then here you said the sphere was no more than a few feet in diameter. Barely large enough for a person to curl up in.

You just don't want us to be able to talk to them whenever we want huh?

>>44223630
We can put it in the cart though right? Its portable

Ask them if they have other pods spread around our if this is the only one.

>>44223668
It levitates, so you probably couldn't set it inside a cart. It would float above the cart. You could build a box around it though, or just figure out how it actually moved. If it actually moves.

>>44223661
The interior is very small, but the outer shell is large. There's a lot of indeterminable space between the outermost layer and the compartment inside.

We should fuck with Darzi like goddamn mad when we leave the shell.

Like, Full blown white hair, no iris eyes, act like fucking Moses coming down from the mountain talking to the flaming bush kind of deal.


"I have knowledge of all, and have seen all, and now all is known to me."

etc.

>>44223454
We should really ask them if they know anything about the Rhynian AI cores. Those things seem really similar to spirits but somehow not. And the thing about the little fire fucker wanting to eat a corrupted core is interesting too

>>44223686
Tie a rope around it nerd.

>>44223695
I think the hole in our forehead is gonna do a good enough job of that on its own without us needing to embellish much.

>>44223708

We should grow a third eye out of it.

Just for giggles. Weeping blood possibly, Or just shining an iridescent white.

>>44223686
>It levitates, so you probably couldn't set it inside a cart. It would float above the cart. You could build a box around it though, or just figure out how it actually moved
This orb is the main component we need for an airship. Lets build something resembling a cart around it and fly to Elaudia.

>>44223695
>>44223708
I need it.
NEED IT. We must take every chance we get to fuck with both our companions AND total strangers.

>>44223721
There you go!

Build a shitty little platform on it all our companions can ride on, and we can ride on Zahak and tow them.

>>44223717
Can we do that? Grow an extra eye? Will it function?

>>44223737
No and no.

But, Illusions.

>>44223717
Seconding a third eye, made of pure soul-stuff. We'll cut a bit of ours out and grow it.

>>44223721
Glorious

>>44223730
I had totally forgotten about Zahak. We must do this no matter how hard our companions protest against it!

>>44223717
third for third eye

We need to ask if the orb is actually needed for our brother palace/city first

>>44223695
"The gods say we must copulate..."

>>44223721
This guy knows what's up

ask them about body morphing

Rolled 1, 5, 6 = 12 (3d10)

Roll to seduce

Is anybody curious about why our tattoos were going nuts when last we talked to them?

>>44224017
They're designed to contain soul within our body. This orb is designed to copy the occupant's mind and then rip their soul out of their body.

I have no idea.

I support asking all those other questions. Another one:
>Can we leave a copy of our young self (after we are cleaned) and then in a few centuries update it with our then old self?

we should ask specifically about the place we found in the void, the enchanter who created it might have been copied over, could reveal some interesting stuff about the place

>2 hours
>no update
I am on the edge of my seat here.

>>44224232
Was already posted, but I’ll upvote it again. This is one of the few immediate benefits we could get here.

>>44224207
Surely our original copy would have developed some level of individuality at that point, our old copy and new copy would be separate individuals.

While you're here, you might as well knock out a few other questions that have been bothering you. “While journeying through the void I've noticed a number of gateways which seem to be used by the Children of the Gods as pathways. I've seen them created in real time by a Child's passing. I went inside of one once, and came out mostly alive. The experience seemed to provide some insight that I haven't been able to grasp. I know that I learned something, and my control of Fire magic grew, but I can't put words to what I learned.”

The collective speaks, it almost sounds excited. “Ah, yes. We know of what you speak. These gateways serve as shortcuts between the layers of creation. The Gods' servants use them to quickly get from one place to another. We used them to quickly ascend from base reality to the space beyond. Traversing these gates as a mortal is difficult, but useful. They rely on a magic which might fall under the general umbrella of 'Fire Magic' but really exist outside of any modern category.”

“These 'Children of the Gods' as you call them. We refer to them as Servants, and this is an umbrella term for all beings which serve the gods directly or indirectly. Separate from spirits, which once served the gods but do not any longer. Regardless, these most powerful servants which the Gods created possess a form of divine magic. It is akin to enchanting, in that it relies upon directly affecting the strings which bind reality. Fire magic can be conceptualized as the magic most concerned with directly manipulating the world around us. This is a debatable claim, but it is a claim we make nonetheless.”

“The insight you gleaned likely pertained in some way to this form of magic the Children employ. Directly affecting the strings which bind reality without using vys, or the husk. I imagine when this happened you were not physically inside the void, correct?”
(1/9)

You nod, then realize they might not be able to actually see you. The Guardian seems like some sort of middleman. “Yes, that's correct. I was a disembodied soul.”

The lower head smiles wider. “Ahh! What you likely did was tap into the divine shard itself. You used divinity to cast, rather than the husk or vys. This is truly the root of all magic, not part of any one school. You likely merely interpreted it as Fire magic, and thus improved in that fashion. Since your perception is what shapes reality around you. We have never heard of a mortal accomplishing such a thing, but neither have we ever submitted ourselves to the ministrations of a gateway without the protective cover of our mortal forms.”

You wonder how much time has passed? It feels like you've been speaking with this strange 'Guardian' for hours now. You'll ask that actually. “Does time here pass at the same rate as in the base reality, or is it faster? Slower?”

The topmost head is the one that answers. “Time here passes at a slightly slower pace than time on the base reality. Where we lie is technically on the first layer. That is, the void. This is a space constructed for the containment of new inductees. Where they might be interviewed without risking the sanctity of the collective. However, for your purposes, you can think of time as passing at roughly a rate of one to one. In reality, you would advance nine thousand, nine hundred, ninety nine seconds for every ten thousand in the base reality. The farther out one travels, the slower time advances.”
(2/9)

The lower head pipes up as well. “Indeed, outside of Creation, where the Paramatma lies, time does not advance at all. Inside the Paramatma, time is actually significantly accelerated in comparison to the base reality. In large part due to the fact that the Paramatma is much smaller than Creation yet has the same number of layers.”

A thought occurs to you. “Is everyone dwelling within the Paramatma a Samjan, or did you include Rhynian enchanters as well?”

There's a hesitance. “Is mingling with the other races acceptable now? We admit that it has been many years since we walked Pidjata but in our time it was unimaginable that a Samjan would join in any shape, form, or fashion with the elves or humans. The Paramatma was originally conceived as a secret weapon of sorts. A collective of knowledge which future leaders could address for insight, and who's collective intellect would be able to conceive of devices and stratagems the Rhynians could never hope to match.”

So it's only Samjan. That limits you somewhat, but at the same time you're relieved. Your consciousness wouldn't be fusing with any dirty elves. “No, things remain much the same even after the fall of Rhynia and Hiacia. The humans and elves are fractured. As are we, to a lesser extent. Two warring kingdoms in comparison to thousands.”

You think the lowest head actually sighs in relief. Actually, speaking of elves. “I know that elves are not immortal as we are, but they can still live forever by regularly performing certain rituals which are incorporated into their religious ceremony. Do you know anything about these rituals?”
(3/9)

Its eyebrows draw together in thought. “We are aware of the nature of elves as draconic servants, little more than golems given true souls torn away from rival dragons and their offspring forced to serve a master which detested them. We know that over the years the nature of their soul degraded in a housing not suited to contain it, degenerating until elves were entirely unlike their originators. We also know that the Gods in turn blessed one sect of Elves with a form actually suitable to house the divine essence they contained without slowly but surely degrading. However, we are not sure how the elves actually maintain themselves. Our best guess is that they employ draconic magic in their religious ceremonies, perhaps repairing the strings which determine the shape and form of their mortal shells.”

Huh, something the collective doesn't know for once. Leave it to the elves to remain an enigma even to the closest thing to a god mortals have ever created. “What about Elaudian Steel? The substance which flows like water yet seems unbreakable once solid?”

Their brow creases further, mouth sinking into a frown. “We know only little of the Elaudians. They were not one people but many. Never united under any one banner but rather a vast tribal confederation. They worshiped the True Gods as we do, but worshiped spirits in the same temples. Some claimed that their forms were mutable, and shifted as they willed. Others merely claimed they were many different races working in concert.”
(4/9)

“We know that tribes of our own ancestors, whom we referred to as 'dark elves' for they lack the Gods' gifts which define us as Samjan, lurked in the deep recesses of that forest. We also know that a sect of their population were known as 'Spirit Touched' and believed descended from the coupling of mortal and spirit, though such a thing is impossible. The rulers of this confederation were not unlike humans. We believe they were originally among the first human settlers of the Provinces, who didn't stop at the grasslands but kept going over the mountain range. The forest changed them, and over time we have heard they took on aspects of the forest which surrounded them.”

“The forest is a strange place. It has a mind of its own. We believe that the being which was once the two gods Srsti and Prthvi fled there during its battle with Pani, Surya, and Dhatu and permanently left its mark on the landscape, changing it. However, this is merely conjecture.”

“As for Elaudian steel, it is a draconic ritual. It fuses the concepts of liquid, solid, and metal into one inseparable whole. Rather, the ritual is merely a tool. It can be used to fuse many concepts together. Fusing liquid, solid, and metal is merely the particular combination that creates Elaudian steel. We are not certain of the actual mechanics of the ritual, unfortunately. The Xalisc, as the ruling elite called themselves, were never forthcoming with their secrets.”

You rack your thoughts for other questions you've yet to ask. This isn't exactly an opportunity you can afford to waste. “What about Dhatu? You mentioned he resides inside reality and is content to observe. In the sources I've read regarding him, he is 'asleep'. What is he really? I know of, vaguely, where to find him and I have been thinking about an expedition through the void to get there, but I want your insight first.”
(5/9)

You think the Guardian might sit a little taller, maybe even preening itself. “Dhatu could be said to be asleep, insofar as the Gods can sleep.” The lower head says. “He lies dormant, watching the course of history unfold before him in deep meditation. He is not of this world. He does not truly understand it and, in many ways, usurped his position from Prthvi when that god was subsumed by Srsti. We believe that he will emerge from his meditation one day and likely seek to shape creation in the same way that Pani, Surya, Prthvi, and Srsti did before him. Likely by crafting a race of mortals and placing them somewhere in reality. Whether they will be placed on Mundus is questionable, as reality is a very large place.”

That reminds you, actually. “I once walked through a portal in an old Rhynian ruin and emerged elsewhere, on a planet ravaged by war. Humans dwelled there, much as they do on our own, but Samjan and Elves were entirely unheard of except in fictional tales. They told stories of the Rhynians once visiting, but did not understand magic nor did they have souls in the traditional sense.”

A moment of silence passes before the lower head speaks. “That is odd.” It declares. “So far as we are aware humans arose due to the interbreeding of Elves and the Dwoveth. If they were to arise on some other body drifting through reality, which lacked both preceding races, they would need to have been placed there independently by the gods. Perhaps, curious as to what would happen, Pani took a sample of Mundus' most numerous race and placed them on a separate version of Mundus. She could have stripped them of their divinity and thus their ability to use magic, or altered them somehow so that they were incapable of collecting vys. We cannot be certain, the motives of the gods often seem incomprehensible.”
(6/9)

Speaking of the motives of the gods. “A messenger appeared to me and claimed that he was a servant of Surya. He said that I stole from Surya what was his rightful due, the spirit of a boy whom I revived after he had well and truly died and his soul had left his body. I did something wrong, because he lost all his memories, but this servant told me that unless I sacrificed the boy to Surya than my soul would be trapped forever in the cycle of death and rebirth.”

The lower head frowns. “The Servant did not lie, but nor did it tell the whole truth. Surya is occasionally able to consume the souls of those who die near areas where the veil is weak. Incidentally, large battles often weaken the veil. You see when a person dies the husk of their soul is shed, and all that energy is rapidly released. When this occurs repeatedly, the veils grows frayed. When the veil is frayed, Pani has difficulty locating these shards because the threads are in many ways like a spider web. Vibrations travel across the threads and inform her of all that occurs inside creation.”

“So Surya is able to reclaim these shards and reincorporate them into his being. Some claim that symbiosis with a god is a desirable outcome, others claim that life within Creation is the greatest gift the Gods have given us and to flout this gift is to offend them. We are of the opinion that neither option is desirable. We think that Pani seeks to limit the knowledge accumulated by mortals by recycling their divine shards and that Surya merely hopes that, eventually, he will be powerful enough to challenge Pani. We have created a third way. Immortality as a part of the collective.”
(7/9)

Something's been bugging you. “We've discussed the soul and the mind quite a lot in this conversation. Rather, you've explained quite a lot about both to me. What exactly is their relation? I know they're interconnected, but how are they interconnected?”

The lowest head relaxes, assuming its original, passive expression. “The nature of the mind was one of the greatest questions of our time. We have spent many trillions of collective hours pondering it. In all our wondering we have not determined anything with certainty, but we have a theory. The soul is the source of who you are. It contains your memories, your hopes, your dreams, and it allows you the ability to shape the world. The body is the container. The vessel. It houses the soul and keeps it safe, for if the soul was not housed within a vessel it would slowly but surely degrade.”

“The mind then is an anomaly. It arises from the interplay of the soul and the body. Imagine that as you move through the world, the collective weight of the enchantments employed to create you are warping and twisting the strings of reality around you. We can confirm that this does, in fact, occur. The mind then arises from these warped strings. It is an enchantment created by the weight of the body and soul moving through the world, independent of the god's interaction. Thus the mind is unique to each individual, in very small ways. In fact, this ties in with your failed attempt to revive that youth. You preserved his soul but not his mind, and when you placed his soul back inside his body, a new mind was created. Similar, but not the same. Thus his memories fled.”
(8/9)

You think you've asked all of your most pressing questions, though a few more occur to you. This has been perhaps the most enlightening conversation you've ever enjoyed. Honestly, joining the collective when the collective is so polite and forthcoming, and more than that knowledgeable, might not be such a bad thing. "Do any of you know of a Varistha Sehzade? He was my mentor for a short while, before venturing into the void to end an incursion and never returning. I'd likewise ask if any of you know of a particular palace constructed inside the void. Very large, with a runic array tying it to a ruined tomb deep inside what was once the heartland."

There is a brief pause before the lower mouth answers. "We knew of a Sehzade. He was called the Bulwark of Azash, and the Pale Death of Rhynia. We are disappointed that he has passed from this world. Perhaps he would have been worthy of ascension, despite his lack of talent in the art of enchanting. We have fought beside him and we have known the fear of him. For in our time he was not known for mercy. Brilliant, and a talented Vatis. It is strange that he would go on to join the clergy."

"As for the palace, yes we believe one of the collective may have been the one to construct that particular sanctuary. You may have it, if you wish. We have no use for our mortal possessions. We were attempting to construct a barrier around the fortress to keep out unwanted intruders but only partially succeeded. The throne serves as the center from which all else is commanded."

>It's been hours now since you entered the pod and your companions are no doubt worried. When you next return, hopefully prepared to be cleansed of this interloper, you can ask more questions.
>Write-in

>>44224317
>SWEET SWEET MAGICAL TIPS.
>JUST THE TIPS.

>>44224317
>>It's been hours now since you entered the pod and your companions are no doubt worried. When you next return, hopefully prepared to be cleansed of this interloper, you can ask more questions.

>>44224317
>You guys ever have giant collective mind orgies?
>Still have a sense of self?

>>44224317
Could Ricky assist in removing the Entity from our soul?

Then leave.

>>44224317
>the Pale Death of Rhynia
That's a fuckin' badass nickname.

I'll briefly write-up a few magical tips n' tricks that the collective will give you, then I'll have Mik exit the pod. I'm sorry folks, it's just late as all fuck.

>>44224317
Can we ask the armor of Al-Hikar?
andabout techniques that are most effective for fighting spirits or void entities?
And using spirits to enchant?

>>44224317
>>It's been hours now since you entered the pod and your companions are no doubt worried. When you next return, hopefully prepared to be cleansed of this interloper, you can ask more questions.

>>44224317
>You know that big spike that got shoved into my head? This ball gonna heal that or am I gonna have to do it myself? I'd like to have some forewarning if I'm about to have to need to heal myself as fast as possible.

>>44224363
This is one of the times I wouldn’t mind you calling quits and making a huge pastebin between threads.

>>44224363
Pretty reasonable, as much as I'm enjoying this I have to get up for work in an hour

>>44224317
Has anyone ever tried to take another shard of divinity and splice it into their own?

>>44224421
Same

The things we go through for Soma-kun

>>44224317
>Write-in
Ask for tips about raising a dragon.

Ask if they know about the dragon lich.

Giving us a source of information like this might have been a mistake, I can't imagine us ever running out of questions

Is Chrys a Voidbard-whatever?

Can we ask them if they know who the skelly bros are?

test

You have a thousand more questions, but you've been in here an awfully long time. No doubt your companions are growing worried. You'll just ask one more question, perhaps the one that will most directly and immediately affect you. “Do you have an advice for advancing my skill both in enchanting and the magical arts in general?”

“Indeed we do. Thousands upon thousands. We could speak for millennia regarding the subtleties of magic that have aided us on our journey to our current position. However, we have selected several that we have deemed most important for a Vatis of your level. First, the easiest way to learn new runes is by toying with the threads which bind reality directly. Identify threads which correspond to certain aspects of the world around you. The threads which create a chair, or the threads which create a person. Then try to disassemble these threads, slowly but surely pick them apart and really study the individual frayed strands. Each seemingly random split is an enchantment, which is incorporated into the whole. The enchantments you make in turn are replacing threads wholesale, overriding whatever other enchantments were once there simply by the weight of their magic.”

“Second, you must achieve Grandmastery in what you would consider Fire and Nature magic. These are the schools which are concerned with changing perception, and often enchanting is the practice of altering one's perception of the world. Metal magic is likewise important, since the practice of enchanting is often straining on both mind and body. Water Magic is useful in general. No Vatis survives past their two hundreth year without at least a passing talent in Water magic. However, you have already completely mastered Water, so focus first on Fire and Nature.”

(1/2)

“Third, if something is worth doing it is worth doing well. Get yourself a set of tools. Magnifying lenses, or learn the art of magnification using illusion. Fine engraver's tools for carving runs on surfaces, or simply significant training in Earth magic. A meditation chamber is absolutely necessary for any practicing enchanter. Often we find that it is nearly impossible to properly finalize the most complex of our works. Likewise, if you're able to use assistants. Either those you trust or create a helper. The enchanter should only conceptualize, design, and finalize. Let the busywork be handled by others.”

You bow low, touching two fingers to your forehead and chest. “I thank you for granting me this audience. I shall endeavor to weaken this intruder's link to my soul, so that one day I may return and be purged of their presence. Then we may speak again.”

The Chimera dips its head, its uppermost head. “I look forward to our next meeting Mikheal.”

The lower head pipes up as well. “We look forward to your communion as well. Your knowledge of recent events will greatly enrich our collective consciousness.”

That's the last thing you hear before you wake up, with a needle jammed through your skull and unimaginable pain wracking every iota of your very being.

>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND THREAD
There are a few things I left out and will pastebin. Such as who the Three Stooges are. What the nature of the individual within the collective is, stuff about old Hiacia, and using spirits to enchant.

In fact I'm probably going to transfer this whole thread into pastebin at some point and post it at the beginning of threads.

NEXT THREAD IS NOT FRIDAY
Next thread is Monday, or maybe Sunday. Friday I'm driving to Dallas.

>>44224542
Thanks for running Soma

We both know you don't do pastebins anymore

>>44224526
>Second, you must achieve Grandmastery in what you would consider Fire and Nature magic.
Finally a reason to grind Nature magic.

Also, thanks for running. All this metaphysics shit was really interesting.

Thanks for running Soma
Earth confirmed for worst magic

That fucker didn't even answer the question on how to improve magic in general.

>>44224545
Thank you for the thread.

>>44224557
>>44224542
Also add in questions about dealing with void entities. AKA Ricky. Ask about him.

>>44224545
I wish we got some agreement to let others talk to them. There will be quite a few old enchanters now that we are spreading the knowledge among the ancient circle of our master.

So we should tell our Master about this. He can journey here to solve some mysteries when he gets stuck on stuff.

>>44224774
this

>>44224557
Soma can we have a vote to tell our companions what we learned of the gods, and what surya servant told us?

Thanks for the thread Soma. It was nice to learn so much about the lore in one go.

>>44224922
Kinda feel like we don't wanna be subsumed by Surya. Leave the kid alive.

"Paradise" is just being eaten by a god.

>>44225068
Like the hive mind said some would consider becomming One with their God would be heaven.
At least we know what this curse entails. Also explains why he is the God of war.
Like they said those are your two options.
Come back to suryas embrace or get reborn.
It's why they decided to do a third option of making their own afterlife full of crazy old samanji enchanters.

>>44225068
The servant did say that, but basically prettier it up since surya is his God and all.
Hell our people knows of it as well, but warped in a way since only his priest and the wicked go to him in our belief.

>>44224557
Thanks for the awesome lore, Soma.

We can tell our brother now that the sphere doesn't pose a threat, but that it should be protected.

Nice thred breh.

Oh good, the thread is still here.

>>44224542
Good fucking thread, Soma. So much fluff, so good.

>>44223307
>argue about obscure doctrines
This is nothing more than dark elf /tg/ Soma