Broadcasted Asma Eschaton 6:17 (June 17) morning

[tailforbrains]

Okay, so, uh. There's a black panther monster thing running around in the street, killing people. Just. In case anybody was wondering. Might want to be careful, maybe stick to going around in pairs, unless you actually like dying horribly and um. Getting eaten. I'm pretty sure that's what happened, anyway.

On a related note, can I get somebody to be back-up gryphon-checker in case I don't show up some morning to let him out? He was kind of pissed at me this morning when I finally got to him.

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[wholeheaded]

[ the impulse to offer apologies and sympathy is strong but Ambrose knows from last time (gods) that it's best to just plow on ahead with Neeshka. ]

I can help with Monkey, if you like, I think my credentials are decent.

Did you get any kind of warning before the attack?

[tailforbrains]

Yeah, you're good. Thanks. He's in a stable sort of thing at the end of the immortali slum block. I'm kind of thinking of just staying there, myself, if I can get away with it. Or sleeping in liminal space. That'd be the safest one. Kind of boring, though.

Pretty much no warning on the attack, though. Or I probably would've been okay. I may not be the strongest fighter out there, but I'm fast, and I could've gotten out of the way if I'd heard it coming.

[wholeheaded]

Thanks, I'll... look after him, if I need to.

And sleeping in Liminal Space isn't such a bad idea, this place is...trying. And I may be in need of a par-- buddy, I guess.

[tailforbrains]

Oh yeah, trying's one word for it. I'd be your buddy, but I think you might get overwhelmed pretty fast. I've kind of been bouncing around a lot, at all the parties.

Did you ever get used to seeing the dead people everywhere?

[Neeshka got used to it faster than she'd expected. That worries her a little bit.]

[wholeheaded]

Yeah, I’ve mostly stayed by the docks, it’s… quieter.

[ because ew, parties. also ferrymen. ]

And I’ve not so much gotten used to it as figured out how to live with it. More or less.

[tailforbrains]

Maybe I'll come visit later. I guess living with it is the best we can really do, huh? My horns still itch, you know.

[canbebrave]

Is it your panther?

[tailforbrains]

Er, no. I have a gryphon, not a panther. He has a beak, not ripping teeth. I can see how you'd make the mistake, though.

[Can sarcasm come through the network? If it can, this comment is dripping with it.]

[upcard]

.... ... ... W-What?

There's what?

[you can't just dump these things on people, Neeshka! Some of them are delicate flowers!]

[tailforbrains]

A panther. Big black cat, bigger than me, pretty much. Jumps out of the shadows and attacks without warning. So, you know, go in pairs when you're going out at night, or stay with a crowd, or something like that.

[Neeshka might be a hot-shot independent thief sort, but she still knows basic safety in dangerous situations in a city. She might even practice them, from here on out.]

[upcard]

Right... I'll be careful, of course.

[Mai wants nothing to do with black panthers.]

But...but where did it come from? Why is it here? You'll be careful too, right?

[tailforbrains]

I'm going to be sticking with Monkey, I promise.

[Though the worrying makes her roll her eyes a little. Even if it's kind of sweet. Stupid ball of fluff.]

I don't know where it came from. It... might actually be somebody polymorphed, actually? It acted like it was, I don't know. Enjoying itself, maybe. It definitely seemed like it understood me.

[upcard]

[small balls of fluff can't help but fluff.]

Poly....morphed...? I'm sorry, I don't think I know what that means... Do you mean it was-- it morphed into something like that?

[tailforbrains]

Yeah, you got it. Changed shape with magic. It's a spell, back where I come from.

[upcard]

Oh...

People here can do that? That sounds really dangerous!

[no shit sherlock]

[tailforbrains]

At least one can. I mean, unless there's really an animal running around killing people, only at night, from the shadows, and laughing at them when they try to fight back. That's a really smart animal.

[upcard]

Ah... I see.

[It still sounds like something out of a horror novel to her.]

Can we... stop it? From doing that, I mean. [you know. killing people. That's bad.]

[tailforbrains]

I don't know. It'd be pretty hard. I cut it, and the stupid thing healed right in front of me.

[upcard]

It healed itself...?

Do you--think we could talk to it?

[tailforbrains]

If you can find it before it finds you, sure, give it a go.

[Obviously, Neeshka doesn't think it's going to do much good.]

[upcard]

Oh, no, I--I couldn't...!

[She sounds utterly terrified at that.]

[tailforbrains]

And I obviously couldn't, seeing as, you know, more than a match for me, and I wouldn't want to risk it hurting Monkey. So I guess unless somebody else out there wants to try, avoiding is kind of the way to go, here.

[upcard]

[... yeah, there's not a lot she can do about that.]

Ah...

I guess you're right. It just really worries me... what if someone gets badly hurt?

[tailforbrains]

Then we'd better hope they're one of us so they can die and come back, or that they've got a good mage friend to patch them back up.

[Honestly, Neeshka only even cares if it's one of the Travelers. People die in cities like this all the time. Going more quickly, under a panther attack, might not be a horrible way to go.]

[upcard]

[Mai is cowed enough by that, if nothing else. She can't do anything about the situation, after all.]

...Right... um... thank you for warning all of us, Neeshka-san... I'll try to be careful.