notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
I thought of a third one halfway through and forgot to update my wording...
Ascensions and Transgressions: the Tales of Keris Dulmeadokht (Exalted game)
- Thread starter Aleph
- Start date
Map of Krisity
NonSequtur
a body
you know what we need
maps wait i don't have the artistic skill for that diagrams
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From One, Many - Chapter 10
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Yeah, so I am aware that this is late going up. In my defence, I was le tired. So, the climax of the From One, Many arc! It has probably become clear why it was called that, heheh. There may be a short wrap-up session next week to conclude Keris's Sorcery project before she heads off on her new mission, but this more or less concludes the crucial stuff. Enjoy chapter 10, folks!
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deadcrystal
Slaaneshi Cultist
- Location
- The Warp
Been looking forwards to this session for quite a while!
Notes!
- Echo getting super into the idea of flensing the shadows from demons so she can make a dress for Calesco is super cute. Because whilst she may have the best taste in fashion imaginable (ribbons) she knows her sister's style. Echo surprisingly good big sister.
- I had forgotten that Keris has the Kimbery charm that lets you sleep/meditate underwater. Kerisssss bathrooms are not for sleepingggg.
- Haneyl being tongue-tied and awkward around Sasi is really cute.
- Keris really needs to give most of her souls the Talk. Think Vali and Zanara are probably still too young, but the rest...well, thinking about it Calesco might already know.
- Not really relevant to this update, but a previous thing I wanted to note, Haneyl getting super defensive over her besties Elly and Saji is also cute. She doesn't act like her normal Imperialist self in the way she treats them and feels awkward about that for some reason.
- White Jade = Bone. Seems legit. Also I think babybat Calesco would approve of wearing bone decorations.
- Deveh's turned an entire satrapy into Hierarchy drones. Yeah that's going to blow up in his face.
- Rathan is going super hard into the 'bishonen who sits with a book in the corner but is the focus of everyone's attention' thing.
- It would have been a complete disaster but I'm slightly dissapointed that Adorjan didn't show up to say hello to her daughter properly. Echo is scared of the Csend but I think her opinions on Other Mama are more complicated. Also, barring a painting, she hasn't had a chance to see and uguu over Kamilla yet.
- Another mention of Lilunu having Realm features. *speculation over missing Scarlet Empress intensifies*
- Orange Blossom is kind of a shit.
Notes!
- Echo getting super into the idea of flensing the shadows from demons so she can make a dress for Calesco is super cute. Because whilst she may have the best taste in fashion imaginable (ribbons) she knows her sister's style. Echo surprisingly good big sister.
- I had forgotten that Keris has the Kimbery charm that lets you sleep/meditate underwater. Kerisssss bathrooms are not for sleepingggg.
- Haneyl being tongue-tied and awkward around Sasi is really cute.
- Keris really needs to give most of her souls the Talk. Think Vali and Zanara are probably still too young, but the rest...well, thinking about it Calesco might already know.
- Not really relevant to this update, but a previous thing I wanted to note, Haneyl getting super defensive over her besties Elly and Saji is also cute. She doesn't act like her normal Imperialist self in the way she treats them and feels awkward about that for some reason.
- White Jade = Bone. Seems legit. Also I think babybat Calesco would approve of wearing bone decorations.
- Deveh's turned an entire satrapy into Hierarchy drones. Yeah that's going to blow up in his face.
- Rathan is going super hard into the 'bishonen who sits with a book in the corner but is the focus of everyone's attention' thing.
- It would have been a complete disaster but I'm slightly dissapointed that Adorjan didn't show up to say hello to her daughter properly. Echo is scared of the Csend but I think her opinions on Other Mama are more complicated. Also, barring a painting, she hasn't had a chance to see and uguu over Kamilla yet.
- Another mention of Lilunu having Realm features. *speculation over missing Scarlet Empress intensifies*
- Orange Blossom is kind of a shit.
Echo bounds up in front of Calesco, waving something long and thin and black. With wide expressive happy gestures, she indicates that she found some long thin demons and chased them down and cut off their shadows and... ta-daaaaaaa! Look! She made ribbons that are made of shadow for Calesco! Two great tastes that go together, Echo indicates with a wise nod.
Calesco: "You shouldn't have."
Echo indicates smugly that it was no trouble really.
Calesco: "No, I mean, you shouldn't have. It was cruel and unnecessary and I can literally make whatever clothes I want. And... stop it, Echo..."
Echo shakes her head and continues braiding shadow-ribbons into Calesco's hair. Calesco will understand why she needs this when she's older, Echo indicates with one hand on her hip. How will she ever get a boyfriend, girlfriend, or windfriend if she doesn't have pretty ribbons on her hair?
Calesco: "... you do know Kamilla is our half-sister, right?"
Echo swoons, one hand going to her brow as she explains that Kamilla is so much older and wise in the ways of the world and she just plays with poor young innocent Echo's heart - and that Echo is mere putty in her hands, and that honestly Kamilla is taking advantage of Echo which Echo would find objectionable if she wasn't just so pretty.
Calesco: "Kamilla is a non-sentient wind that blows away dead bodies and hides them somewhere. She's not trying to seduce you. You've just decided that you love her. You don't even have Tragic Love Amusement - you're the one who got Freedom Lets Go. You can literally stop crushing on your non-sentient half-sister made of wind any time you want."
It's a sign that she doesn't have malicious intent, Echo indicates with a smile as she deliberately ignores Calesco, and that their love is pure. So kawaii, Echo adds by making a heart-shape with her hands and three more with her hair.
Calesco: "I don't know what that word means and it both scares and alarms me."
On some dark day, Echo will meet OTS!Minako in the AESFF Bar.
There may be some kind of terriblexplosion.
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Echo literally has a two-dot Principle of "Siblings (Be The Bestest Big Sister)".
Her other 2-dots are, uh, "Dancing (Wheeee!)", "Murder (Wheeee!)" and "Ribbons (Permanently In Style)", which may explain a lot about Echo.
Her other 2-dots are, uh, "Dancing (Wheeee!)", "Murder (Wheeee!)" and "Ribbons (Permanently In Style)", which may explain a lot about Echo.
Honestly, they're probably played by the same actress.
deadcrystal
Slaaneshi Cultist
- Location
- The Warp
I see how it is now. Socially conscious younger sibling only wants to wear ethically-sourced shadow. So difficult! It's like she doesn't even appreciate the effort her amazing older sister went to.
You're killing the mood here Calesco, with all your 'logic' and 'facts'.
Lies and chicanery. Echo remains best and most awesome and intelligent and fashionable soul.
It should be noted that while Calesco and Vali appreciate her Bestest Big Sisterness, for some reason Haneyl, Rathan and Zanara find Echo's insistence on being the best big sister to be one of her most annoying traits. Among other things, it involves Echo showing up and trying to make Fun happen when you're sad or busy or distracted, which usually just makes you angry.
Echo: "Just as planned! Haneyl much more enjoys being angry at me than being all mopey, so if I make her angry when she's sad she gets happier and that makes me the super-best kindest sister ever!"
Basically, we can conclude that just like how Calesco and Zanara contain Haneyl, Vali and Calesco contain Echo.
Is there a way in which Echo and Haneyl contain Calesco?
- Location
- Virginia
Are there no female humanoid demons in Krisity? Because once there are I don't think Keris can really chaperone Rathan anymore
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
Some first read through thoughts:
One of the interesting things about checking for updates to the statsheet every weekend? It adds a bit of tension to reading when you know that Keris just got Fleeing the Scene and you don't know quite why. (Incidentally, scrolling to the end of the document so that the link to the soul hierarchy is just below the screen makes it very easy to see when something has been added or removed whenever you reload the page.)
@Big fight between the Reclamation and the Skullstone brewing: Pffft. Well doesn't that sound like a pack of a nasty shocks for all involved.
One of the interesting things about checking for updates to the statsheet every weekend? It adds a bit of tension to reading when you know that Keris just got Fleeing the Scene and you don't know quite why. (Incidentally, scrolling to the end of the document so that the link to the soul hierarchy is just below the screen makes it very easy to see when something has been added or removed whenever you reload the page.)
Is it wrong that I laughed?
@Big fight between the Reclamation and the Skullstone brewing: Pffft. Well doesn't that sound like a pack of a nasty shocks for all involved.
It amuses me just how well the arrangement of domain borders ties in with Keris actively working to manage her soul hierarchy. I can't help but think that someone less concerned with inner harmony would have borders that followed other divisions, (like putting Vali next to Hanely as discussed earlier in the thread might speak of seeking strength and self improvement through constant turmoil over peace and harmony.)
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Noh taught her it - or rather, she taught it to Rathan all sneaky-like (and possibly without him noticing). That's why Lilunu said he wasn't purely of the Red Moon - there's now a thread of Ophedian essence in him as well as Kimberoid. It actually fits him quite well as an "escaping blame" tree and an "ahh, someone's attacking me, flee!" response that makes Keris even deadlier, since now she has a proper flurrybreaker.
Also, um.
It technically means that the heart of the Ebon Dragon showed up and corrupted Keris's innocence on the sly.
: V
Yes.
Are there no female humanoid demons in Krisity? Because once there are I don't think Keris can really chaperone Rathan anymore
Rathan objects to that insinuation. He's also very interested in attractive male demons too.
In fact, now he thinks of it, attractive male demons might be even more fun than pretty girls. After all, hot guys are people you can do boy things with, like sailing ships, riding orcas and dropping large blocks of ice and acid rain on Haneyl's lands. Yes, the girl-wave-cherubs also like doing those things, but they're fundamentally boy things.
Yes, actually. For one, being caught between aggressive Haneyl and lulzy Echo keeps Calesco busy and distracted so she doesn't have time to start lecturing Vali on how he refuses to use force to enforce almost all laws and lets his followers attack each other if that's what they want to do. And... uh, both of them keep Calesco well, well away from Rathan.
Vengeance and Compassion do not get along at all.
And of course, in Calesco's eyes, Zanara is like Haneyl, but without Haneyl's redeeming factors. Zanara enjoys offending people and by their very nature drives people mad and mutates them - and they don't care at all about that. Zanara is the bit of Keris that doesn't care about morality or kindness or things like that, just about beauty and the art. Zanara loves the Unquestionable for the terrible and beautiful things they do and coos over Ligier's layer, while it appals and sickens Calesco.
It's all Noh's fault. She taught it to Keris using Rathan as a way to inject the knowledge.
Or, to put it another way, she corrupted Keris' innocence by sneaking a bit of TED-ness into his former pure Kimbery, because Fleeing the Scene is in-theme for Rathan's "I'm innocent and you shouldn't blame or suspect me" thematics.
(Also, both Rathan and Noh are moons, even though Rathan is a red moon while Noh is a black moon)
It is notable that all the other full-siblings pairings are next to each other. Calesco and Echo get on well and Echo helps take the edge off Calesco's black moods while Calesco can actually talk Echo into slowing down and thinking about other people. Meanwhile, Rathan and Zanara... well, that's more contentious, but they're both vain, they both love beautiful things (Zanara just also loves interestingly hideous things), and they get on fine when Zanara isn't being a deliberate troll.
If you wanted to keep that clustering, you'd need to swap Vali and Calesco. Except by doing that, now Vali is next to Haneyl (so they'll be fighting all the time, albeit for fun), and Calesco is next to Rathan (they'll be fighting even more of the time, because while Vali and Haneyl like punching each other, Calesco and Rathan are much more catty and like hurting feelings).
But because Vali is next to Rathan instead, they can do BOY STUFF together, and Calesco and Haneyl have a complicated relationship relating to how Keris' greed and compassion have a complicated link. Keris, basically, has got significantly kinder since she actually had stuff that she could be generous with. And Haneyl is also self-improvement, and Keris considers the way she's more caring than she used to be to be a form of self-improvement.
The result of this is that Haneyl longs for Calesco's approval, because it makes her happy when Compassion tells her that she's doing the right thing, and she gives Calesco stuff because Haneyl is a bit of a narcissist and so likes giving people she likes things, because her friends need to be the best friends they can be. But Haneyl also hates how Calesco complains at her for doing things that further Greed. Meanwhile, Calesco hates the fact that Haneyl is willing to do horrible things for profit, but she also knows and accepts that that's a side of Keris that kept her alive on the streets. And she also has seen the other bits of Haneyl, like how she's intensely emotional and feels things strongly, and how Haneyl hates seeing other people go hungry in front of people and really likes cooking and feeding people.
(And then there's the fact that metaphysically, Haneyl and Calesco are very similar with their split natures. It's just that Haneyl embraces all her natures and is scared by her extremes, while Calesco clings to her Ebon Dragon lies and is scared of her Adorjani side - and so she's jealous of how Haneyl has a stable middle point, while for Calesco to assume her middle form involves having to accept bits of herself she doesn't like much)
- Location
- Denmark
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The Phoenixian
The Glacier Witch
- Location
- My own little world
... So given that the Contrary One strikes me as a little bit of a philosopher between herself and her second circles, and somewhat disdainful of the government of Malfeas, does that mean that she's Socrates, corrupting the youth?
I present this hug rating as a means of apology then.
I think it's less Eshtoc, and more the mention of the silent blade.
You're right, the philosopher aspect of her was something I quite liked that sort of developed in her as I developed her, and then reinforced with her souls.
It's probably because the powers of Creation demand that people do things, and so Noh spends a lot of time thinking about why people want people to do things, the morality and ethics of power, and things like that.
Admittedly, she thinks of these things so she knows the best and most sound way to spite people who want her to do things, but still. She does want people questioning things. The first thing she ever did was ask "Why?" when Cytherea went all "Let there be light!". And come on, one of her souls is a reference to Rebel Without A Cause. Of course she wants children defying their elders, listening to rock music, wearing black leather jackets, and so on.
The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
- Location
- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
So it occurs to me that Orange Blossom didn't actually forbid Keris from looting the ruins clean, she just said not to do it unless she could make it look like a horde of dead things did it. This in no way prevents her from disguising a whole bunch of demons as dead things and having them steal everything.
It also occurs to me that the simplest way to make it look like an Abyssal assassinated what's-his-face is to actually hire an Abyssal to kill what's-his-face. Assuming Keris can't somehow disguise her anima, anyway.
It also occurs to me that the simplest way to make it look like an Abyssal assassinated what's-his-face is to actually hire an Abyssal to kill what's-his-face. Assuming Keris can't somehow disguise her anima, anyway.
She can. Remember that she has Eldritch Secrets Mastery and has used it to make her anima look like a Water Aspect Terrestrial's before, in Saata.
Honestly it sounds like the perfect opportunity to spite Ms Abyssal from earlier.
Wear her form and get Lookshy hunting her down as well
Wear her form and get Lookshy hunting her down as well
Noctum
Dual Paradox
- Location
- Under the Skies Above
@EarthScorpion That 1 dice roll when Lilinu found out about Keris' souls was evil. And scary. And worrying in the implications of that botch.
@Aleph Start praying to the dice gods for more luck like that in the future.
@Aleph Start praying to the dice gods for more luck like that in the future.
Azrael
Sakura Saber
- Location
- Throne of Heroes
She also did Solar in the Wyld zone with the 'Hunger' theme a while ago.