Week 2, the morning after the summoning

[keepcalmcookon]

[Exasperation. And anger at the stupidity he's about ready to mention:]

A group of idiots just managed to summon the Genius of the Entire Atlantic Ocean, whom promptly escaped their attempts to contain him and possessed their leader. The Crown Prince and the Princess were also both present--and the genius is amenable to not murdering everyone. Even deciding to bide his time to decide which one of them he may decide to support in their fight for the throne.

Even though he seems amenable enough, he can surround you with water and drown you where you stand, so don't try his considerable patience by being a prat.

Comments

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

...huh. Sort of makes it sound like you're turning yourself into some liminal object, huh? Self-sustaining 'cos you have manipulation for food, and bullshit for perpetuity.

[razorblade_empress]

Well, there is an argument that we're becoming more Liminal the longer we stay here - thinking about it that way, this is almost a shortcut to that.

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

[There's a short laugh from Bismuth.]

If you're gonna cut out the middle man for something, it might as well be for your own damn existence.

[razorblade_empress]

Ha, yeah.

I'm thinking the intra-Liminal thing is probably pretty basic - I mean, dungeons are common enough that learning how to use your Liminal skills inside one is pretty much essential or you'd be at a huge disadvantage.

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

Sounds about right. Who does like the idea of losing the cool powers they've started relying on? I like having free pockets.

[razorblade_empress]

Yeah, same.

[She really misses being able to do that now.]

So... portals? At the very least you'd want access to Hammerspace, and that requires a portal, so...

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

Portals sure seem like one of the ground-level requirements for a lot of this, huh. Feels like it's the big basic training skill. No grace or glamour to it, it's just ripping a hole from here to there. Everything else is kind of just refining it.

[Like moving on from toy swords to real metal ones, in her mind.]

[razorblade_empress]

Pretty much, yeah. Portals get you used to working with Liminal Space to begin with, and then it's a matter of learning how to do portals better or branching off into doing other things with Liminal Space. Or both.