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]

Oh good, normally mermaid legends are a lot more intimate than that.

I'm considering honing the few Psychic abilities I have to help me protect others. Aside from that, my main plan is to concentrate on a Calm Emotions spell to protect the more vulnerable Travelers.

...I'll be able to speak underwater with this breathing song, right?

[thornsofmalkav]

Well, I wouldn't mind giving you the Smooch of Breath, either, but nope, I just need to sing.

It doesn't normally let your Breathed person speak but, like, if you sing it like extra super hard it can.

[awitchdidit]

Ahaha, you winked in real life while you were thinking that, didn't you?

Anyway, I'm looking at Color Magic for my contributions here, and that requires me to speak in at least a murmur. If I can get a Charm Monster spell to stick, I can even hopefully reason with it.

[thornsofmalkav]

Of course I did. It's the most winking thing I can think of.

Anyway, I think I can get you murmur levels of speaking if I try really hard. I hope.

[awitchdidit]

I think by now I should be willing to put my life in your hands for a few minutes. Practice hard.

[thornsofmalkav]

Will do!