Backdated to 2 days into the second week of the month of the goat

[papacerberus]

As many of you already know, I retained the ability to discern the will of other creatures, and I have been employing that ability to gain knowledge of the Singer of the corrupted Song. It is a draining process, so I had to split it into two forays, and I reported the first a few days ago. I just finished the second one.

Just for the ease of listeners, this was what I discovered the first time: There were two wills, and one was dominating the other. The dominated will was bitter and anguished.

This time I focused my efforts more deeply on the dominated will. These are the results. The Singer has been...programed by that other will. There is room for disobedience to that programming, but the Singer shies away from contemplating it because of the painful consequences. The Singer also wills for an end, either for healing and freedom from the demands of the other will, or for death and the rest that brings, but does not strive towards those because the Singer believes both options to be impossible.

We can give the Singer hope for an end, and I believe we must. That anguish must be stopped, one way or another. Who is with me, and does anyone have ideas on how to undo programming of that kind?

Comments

[loyalrebel]

Are you willing to take the chance that you cannot and die as a result?

If you are not aware of the risks and accepting that I may unintentionally kill you, I would rather you not put yourself in that situation.

[chalicejoker]

I'm an Undead. On my world, that's a word for an immortal.

Pretty sure I can't.

[thornsofmalkav]

... and if your kind of Undead does have a Final Death, you're a Traveler and Jaunt Death is cheap.

[chalicejoker]

That...uh...

I guess, yeah.

[thornsofmalkav]

Look, I know it means immortal where you come from, but vampires are also technically immortal and we sure can die.

[chalicejoker]

It flat-out means I can't die. No amount of fighting's done it that I'm aware of, no amount of time passing will do it...

[Just...going to ignore the reincarnation-shaped elephant in the room...]

[thornsofmalkav]

... if you can't die, then how did you get reincarnated?

1/2

[chalicejoker]

I...

...

[Think of something, think of something...]

2/2

[chalicejoker]

...have no idea.

Maybe the universe ended...?

Re: 2/2

[thornsofmalkav]

... maybe.

[Or maybe there's something out there that really can kill you.]

[loyalrebel]

That is not what I asked.

I asked if you are willing to die, not whether you can or cannot back home.

[chalicejoker]

If it stops people from getting hurt, then yes.

I'll do it. Might make up for some of the pain I've caused this world.

[loyalrebel]

Your reasons are your own, I simply have oaths to keep that mean I cannot bring harm to an innocent. Making you aware of the risk and your agreement that you are willing to die if it comes to it is... permissable.

[chalicejoker]

If anything happens, don't worry, I won't hold it against you. I know what I'm doing.

[summerorange]

That doesn't mean you go off to do crazy things that could still severely injure you without good reason, though!

[chalicejoker]

I heal quick.

[summerorange]

Even if you lose a limb? Can you grow it back?

[chalicejoker]

Uh...no, I'm...pretty sure I can't do that.

[summerorange]

...well...that's...understandable.

[A long sigh...]

I don't mean to be harsh, Hajime-san. But I do care about you as a friend and fellow Rider. And the last thing I want to happen to my friends is to see them get themselves needlessly hurt.

[chalicejoker]

I'll be careful.