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

[awitchdidit]

I'm just saying, if your technique fails, you're going to move directly to a mercy kill. Not that I disagree with that at all, but from a logistical standpoint if you're committed to that, we'll want to try everything else before committing you

[loyalrebel]

It would not be the first time I died trying something, or even the second time I have died in the past nearly two years.

I have been prepared to die trying to accomplish something greater than myself since I was fifteen, Beatrice. I am at peace with whatever happens.

[awitchdidit]

That's nice and all. Really, I respect it.

I'm more worried about which one of our hosts wants what out of this Jaunt. Killing or saving the Deepsinger is an obvious, binary choice that could determine which Jaunt sponsor moves on to the next round and which one ceases to be. I'm inclined to give a few extra chances to the one who favors mercy, just out of self-preservation instinct.

[loyalrebel]

Their versions of mercy are not always merciful.

I care about bringing this to an end. Be it a weakening in the chains of the Empress's tyranny or the unending suffering of this creature. To me, both are mercy.

[awitchdidit]

The sigh I'm making in reality right now is an understanding if resigned one.

As long as one or the other works.