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]

Hm. The main spell I was planning to use does have a decent range on it, although if I'm aiming it underwater I may need someone with Sensory Livestreaming to spot for me.

[D&D line of sight rules can get pretty screwy, and it's Color Magic.]

Although if I could get close, there may be an enchantment I can cast on the sea monster to help us stay close to it safely for the use of other techniques. Convince it, temporarily, that we are friends.

[papacerberus]

[When she says that, Lupa's first thought bounces to--] Charm? Or something similar, it sounds like.

I don't have Sensory Livestreaming myself, but I'm sure many accompanying us do, as it's a common skill.

[awitchdidit]

The Dolorosan name for the spell is Charm Monster, yes, although it actually works on anything that lives and can think. It has maybe a quarter of the range of the Calm Emotions aura I was thinking of projecting for our people, and it requires me to speak, but I don't think it could hurt to try it.

[papacerberus]

I know some spells that cause Charm, if it would help. I don't like casting them much, but I know them. Calm Emotions would definitely be helpful.

[awitchdidit]

Right. If you want to do that, it might help us try to heal it mentally, or break the external control. I'll give it a Charm Monster if I can get close enough, and otherwise focus on using Calm Emotions to make safe zones from the Song, or at least from Stricken symptoms.