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

[papacerberus]

I know Interface and Assist, if an additional Interface, or an Assist to boost your technique would be appreciated.

If only investigators are coming along on this expedition, portals and teleportation would be effective for evacuation.

I suspect I can hold my breath much longer as Cerberus, but there is still a drastic time limit. I can certainly swim faster like that, however. Most spells besides Zio can be directed at the Singer in particular, unless they repel magic, if we save Zio for a very last resort, it would be possible.

We should eat our fill directly before confrontation in any case, even if it ends peacefully.

[loyalrebel]

Assist would be useful to increase the chances of Convert working, yes.

I retained the ability to call my previous overlay's eel totem to myself, so I can swim and breathe underwater fine. We just need to figure out when we are going, once we know where to go.

[papacerberus]

Then I will use Assist while you use Convert.

I would like to say that we should go as soon as possible, but a day or two to make sure everyone who is going is sufficiently prepared is the wiser option.

[loyalrebel]

There may also be more information to be gathered as well. Being better prepared is always a wiser choice.

[papacerberus]

More information can only improve our chances. How about meeting of interested parties again in two days to make final plans? That will give plenty of time for personal preparations and additional recon on different subjects. Also for people to decide if they will contribute and coordinate that.