Week Six

[letsplayamod]

You've survived, for lack of better wording, the latest week of trials and tribulations. This one had been more costly than most: Typhon's machinations have brought your group to nearly half the size it was when Athena first brought you to this island. Whether it ends with him or with you is still too soon to make out. One thing's for certain. Things cannot be allowed to continue as they are.

Speaking of continuing, the next floor has been revealed to you. Just how far down this island goes is a bit of a mystery, but you get the feeling that you're close to something important. Maybe that thing Athena wanted you to find before Typhon does. You can ruminate on that as you watch the waters below. Waves still lap at the cliffs, but it all seems lower than it did weeks ago. Like the ocean itself is shrinking...

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[letsplayamod]

--lo? Who is attempting to... oh. Oh!

[That's Athena's voice.]

Is that... who is this? How are you connecting with me?

[murchada]

[oh shit wait what]

Athena?! Is that-- Can you hear us?

[letsplayamod]

Cerejeira?! Yes, yes! I can hear you just fine, somehow. Where are you?

[catsgothistongue]

[!!!]

Athena?! You're dead??

[letsplayamod]

[/s Odysseus voice:] What.

No, no no. I'm not dead. I'm... I'm not sure where I am. I feel as if I've been asleep for some time.

[pariunt]

Athena?!

[letsplayamod]

Astarion! Good to see you.

[eeeonetwothree]

LADY ATHENA...ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!

[letsplayamod]

I'm fine, Omega. As fine as I believe I can be, given I'm not sure what has happened.

[stringup]

Uh, well, we might have inhaled a bunch of incense fumes and thought we were going to contact the dead, but this is still a pleasant surprise.

[letsplayamod]

You're attempting channeling? I'm impressed. It's not for everyone.

[fillets]

Oh, my. I do hope that doesn't mean what I think it means.

[latinumsbetter]

[Blessed Exchequer-- Quark leans in a bit, hand gripping the doorframe, but he doesnt yet speak in case he breaks whatever's happened here to make this happen]

[markofnobility]

[Ferdie is doing the same on the other side of the door]

[yourheroine]

Athena! You can transmit here too?

[Eru meows at the unfamiliar voice.]

Eru says hi.

[letsplayamod]

Greetings, Aoi. I believe I am, for lack of better word, transmitting.

[There's a tone of delight.]

Hello, Eru.

[taintedfayth]

[... yeah, he's definitely letting out a sigh of relief here.]

Seance: The Main Part

[letsplayamod]

I believe I can reach across the realm in his form, so I should be able to find... oh. Hm.

[The form flickers, as if it's uncertain.]

Wait, that's odd, but where... Oh, of course. I've found them. One moment.

[Athena's shape shrinks into the background of your vision, giving room to even more shapes that form through the mist. These ones, however, take on more solid forms. Clothes, recognizable faces. Eyes unclouded that rest upon you.

It's everyone you've lost. They're so real it's like they're in the room with you now, but they're still intangible to the touch.

(Athena has made it so the dead can see and speak to the living, and vice versa. For the purpose of this event, it means dead players are free to tag in here and interact with the living. They won't be able to do anything besides talk, however.)]

[yourheroine]

…boop boop?

[catsgothistongue]

[... Goes over to the nearest one and waves a hand in their face.]

Hello? Earth to... you?

[fillets]

[ honestly even though this is deeply unprecedented she still only takes like five seconds of buffering before: ]

Goodness. Hello, everyone!

[ AND WAVES... ]

[murchada]

[oh she is. bracing. and

oh.

oh, is this... actually real...?]

...Please don't be a trick.

[taintedfayth]

[Ah. Well. Hmm.

This is awkward...]

[brokenhabit]

[ Oh... this... ]

Is this... Is this truly them...?

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega breaks the position he had taken standing guard and approaches…Snow White? ]

I OWE YOU SOME WORDS. YOU…WERE RIGHT TO CALL ME SELF RIGHTEOUS. I HAVE COME TO CONSIDER WHAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE MUST HAVE BEEN, AND…IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU CARRIED A GREAT WEIGHT ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO FREE US FROM THIS CURSED FATE. I PROMISE.