Mare Internum: An Exalted Quest
- Thread starter Crumplepunch
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- United States
The truth does not go away should you turn your gaze from it or shut your eyes. Sooner or later, it would've come time to pay the piper - at least here, we're doing it on our terms in good company.
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- United States
This will probably help that structural critique of the dynasts we were working on, so there's that.
So ... Does this mean Vesper is basically on vacation to an exotic island and not on a mission of utmost importance? That explains a lot of her pre-amnesia behavior.
My read on the letter is that basically she's top-tier special operations who the people up top realized was mentally disintegrating under the pressure of the job, so she was functionally retired to go somewhere nice and quiet and get her head on straight for a few years/decades until the Empress eventually needs her back.
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- being near locations is my passion.
First I thought she was one of the Empress' daughter, then I thought 'granddaughter'
It says Realm Year 763, the same year the Empress vanished.
No, she attended Pasiap's Stair, she replies much belatedly when checking the thread later. That's the school for Outcaste Dragon-Blooded, not members of the Dynasty. As well, it's extremely unlikely that any direct relative of the Empress' would become a Magistrate. Both because the work is beneath them, and she wouldn't trust someone with direct blood ties to her to do that sort of work. IIRC the Magistrates tend to be chosen from Dragon-Blooded with no other options, nowhere to go, and no one but the Empress to be loyal to.
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- the bottom of a coffee cup
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- She/Her
well I guess I see why she fucked her memory so bad
Half Moon
In the end, there is no end.
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- She/Her
They weren't mentioned previously in this thread. Someone more familiar with Exalted lore will have to tell us if they're mentioned there.
For A Better World 73
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You see ships burning at sunset, reflecting their radiance on amber spires. You hear wails of anguish and the desperation of a dying city. You smell terror and rotting blood.
your trespasses against the Perfected Hierarchy cannot be forgiven
Over all this, someone you trust with your life smiles and tells you why it is your fault.
reflect upon your past transgressions
THOUGHT GAINED: The Hateful Sapphire Mask
Something jars you out of the memory. Something blocks the page.
ROOSTER: "Vesper, breathe."
Instinctively you obey. Your intake of breath sounds like a death rattle. Tears are streaming down your face, and you don't know why.
Rooster is crouched between you and the letter, holding you by the shoulders. You realize he has been trying to get your attention since you opened it.
ROOSTER: "Hey, come on, don't look at it any more. I'll get rid of it, okay?"
[ ] Tell him you need to finish reading it.
[ ] Tell him to put it away.
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- Brittany, France
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- He/Him
[X] Tell him to put it away.
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- Brittany, France
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- He/Him
There is so much more to find here, but I have only done a full playthrough of Disco Elysium once, and in that playthrough the decision I am the most happy about was letting The Letter fly away into the wind.
Parabola
Divided Loyalties Librarian
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- The Destination of Fate
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I don't recall any Dynast House with that name in canon, so most likely it's an original creation of some sort. Unknown as to just how large that line may have been, but it was likely on the small side. A single Magistrate, no matter how important, is still ultimately limited in how much they can do.
And now... Well, I have to ask.
[X] Review Thought Cabinet
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
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- the bottom of a coffee cup
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- She/Her
I wanted the other decision 
also, Tarene follows High Realm naming conventions so I'm assuming they're a former patrician house
also, Tarene follows High Realm naming conventions so I'm assuming they're a former patrician house
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- Poland
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Here's hoping Vesper doesn't have any... long distance communication devices in her luggage.
My Harry made that mistake. Don't want it repeated.
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- Nova Scotia
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- She/Her
It notably says Tarene line, rather than house! As has been suggested above, this could be a patrician house (or a cadet house), but it could just as easily be a specific household or lineage within any of the Great Houses.
I do absolutely love the way the letter is written, by the way. It's exact, and precise, and official in exactly the right way. Because it wasn't written to be a reveal. There's no drama in it, not really, though it alludes to much. There's no shock, no twist. It doesn't treat the name, or the things that this character has done, as secrets to be revealed in the slightest... because the person who wrote it could not possibly have expected that the person it was sent to would have retrograde amnesia and this would be what reminds them of something. It's sheer mundanity really sells it in a way that something more drastic would have failed to.
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Thank you. I read up on some diplomatic correspondence from Chinese emperors to get the right tone. Phrases like "to maintain a perfect governance and to execute the duties of the State" and "Thus shall [Her] indulgence be manifested." are lifted directly from those.
For A Better World 74
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The Hateful Sapphire Mask
You saw a face that haunts you. You have seen her eyes in the sky and her face in the deep water. You remember the boundless freedom of sailing together, the foolhardiness of youth, and the utter, obliterating despair of her betrayal. Who was she to you? Where is she now? What happened, and why did you let it happen?
Integrity -2 (Ruinous Doom)
Sagacity -2 (Do you want to know?)
6 hours.
You are currently thinking about Unbroken Rushes (Complete), Maker, Builder, Breaker (Complete), and The Opening Gate (Complete) and The Dweller in Chaos (4 hours). You can change your thoughts when you sleep.
You saw a face that haunts you. You have seen her eyes in the sky and her face in the deep water. You remember the boundless freedom of sailing together, the foolhardiness of youth, and the utter, obliterating despair of her betrayal. Who was she to you? Where is she now? What happened, and why did you let it happen?
Integrity -2 (Ruinous Doom)
Sagacity -2 (Do you want to know?)
6 hours.
You are currently thinking about Unbroken Rushes (Complete), Maker, Builder, Breaker (Complete), and The Opening Gate (Complete) and The Dweller in Chaos (4 hours). You can change your thoughts when you sleep.
"Put it away." you say, quietly. You don't want any more of whatever that was.
You are back in the darkened tent. Rooster has his arm around your shoulders. Or at least this is what he attempts. The size mismatch is such that he's just sort of wedging you between his arm and his flank, but the thought was there. It's not uncomfortable.
Cinnamon, for her part, looks on the verge of panic, and is busying herself refilling your teacup.
You hear a clink of metal on metal.
ROOSTER: "Hey, okay, it's gone. Are you okay?"
"Yeah."
INTEGRITY: That part is a lie.
ROOSTER: "Do you want to talk about it?"
"No."
INTEGRITY: That part is true.
ROOSTER: "It's okay. You already had a pretty hard day, I think."
Long moments pass. You try, and fail, to process what you saw.
"Thanks."
ROOSTER: "It's okay. We can just stay here a while."
CINNAMON: "Would you, uh, like some more tea?"
ROOSTER: "Yes please."
"Yeah, okay, thanks."
You reshuffle a little so you can hold the tea without breaking the half-hug.
More time passes. You sip the tea unenthusiastically. Eventually it goes cold.
ROOSTER: "Okay, so... the scroll tube is out. Do you want to risk looking at any more of this stuff, or do you want to do something else?"
[ ] Let's look through the last couple of things.
[ ] I might look at it later. Can we go somewhere else?
[ ] I don't want to look at that thing again, let's get out of here.
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