- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[] The Knight, Don Hidalgo.
The temporary alliance. With his supreme ambushing ability, we could win the fight. But afterwards? Well, intriguingly enough, there is something worth salvaging from Hidalgo. The Hotel did try to rehabilitate him. But could Arachne succeed where they failed? I have my doubts.
The other issue is why his Master is permitting this. I suspect it's because an even more valuable prize is at play: The stored souls each Catalogue vessel carries for sale. I believe that he's not even allying with us to stab us in the back at all! Just instead to get those very valuable souls, and give/sell them to his unknown master.
[] The Enigma, Concierge.
Oh, look, a permanent upgrade! And something exceedingly powerful! All it costs is... well, one can only speculate. A copy of Arachne as a permanent guest? Some very invasive edits? A removal of the imprint from the Cylinder? The Concierge reveals himself as one of pure heart and intentions beneath his mysterious, negotiating nature? I may like the Concierge, but this level of trust might be the biggest gamble of all three choices.
[] The Gamble, Wildcard.
This entity doesn't care about casually killing people. As evidenced by killing Peeper II and creating "disposable" sentients. Additionally, while this costs "nothing" it also aligns us with a political faction. In a political conflict we know nothing about. So very much not a nice person, but a capable one...? He certainly postures as someone very, very deadly.
Another thing to consider: Unlike our other two options, not using the Wildcard now means we can use it in some future conflict.
The temporary alliance. With his supreme ambushing ability, we could win the fight. But afterwards? Well, intriguingly enough, there is something worth salvaging from Hidalgo. The Hotel did try to rehabilitate him. But could Arachne succeed where they failed? I have my doubts.
The other issue is why his Master is permitting this. I suspect it's because an even more valuable prize is at play: The stored souls each Catalogue vessel carries for sale. I believe that he's not even allying with us to stab us in the back at all! Just instead to get those very valuable souls, and give/sell them to his unknown master.
[] The Enigma, Concierge.
Oh, look, a permanent upgrade! And something exceedingly powerful! All it costs is... well, one can only speculate. A copy of Arachne as a permanent guest? Some very invasive edits? A removal of the imprint from the Cylinder? The Concierge reveals himself as one of pure heart and intentions beneath his mysterious, negotiating nature? I may like the Concierge, but this level of trust might be the biggest gamble of all three choices.
[] The Gamble, Wildcard.
This entity doesn't care about casually killing people. As evidenced by killing Peeper II and creating "disposable" sentients. Additionally, while this costs "nothing" it also aligns us with a political faction. In a political conflict we know nothing about. So very much not a nice person, but a capable one...? He certainly postures as someone very, very deadly.
Another thing to consider: Unlike our other two options, not using the Wildcard now means we can use it in some future conflict.
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