[pre-jaunt Liminal] A PSA

[razorblade_empress]

So, uh, just a note about those Illuminant trophies or whatever they're meant to be?

I did a perspective scan on them just in case they actually, you know, had them, and mostly they don't. They're symbols devoid of mind, and if I switch my sensory inputs around they just look like whatever emotions the original Illuminant represented.

You'll notice I said mostly, though. That's because Rose is still there, sleeping inside her flower. So whatever you end up doing in that room, you're probably gonna want to leave her out of it.

Comments

[awitchdidit]

So, do you want to make a wager on who's going to touch one of those things first? Recusing myself, obviously, I put too much work into sealing those things to be the inevitable idiot who unseals them.

[not actually here]

[capital_asset]

[Somewhere, Raidou is facepalming while knowing exactly why.]

[razorblade_empress]

I dunno; it depends on which of the usual suspects are still around.

[thornsofmalkav]

How many people can I bet on?

[helborn]

... I promise I didn't touch them.

[But it isn't like he didn't think about it.]

[fridgeninja]

I realize that there aren't many rules for Travelers, but if we're this concerned, we could always put them under guard.

[okanetendo]

A deluxe French meal set on Happosai, if the idiot managed to get unDungeoned for the finale.

[thornsofmalkav]

[OH JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WAS THE ENTIRE CAST HERE AT SOME POINT?]

[fearinahandfulof]

The others may still be a danger too, because when I look at them, I don't see power broken - it's power unwielded.

[thornsofmalkav]

... does this mean people could use the dead Skittles to become new Skittles?

[Said with the heaviest of sarcasm:]

Great. Amazing.

[fearinahandfulof]

I'm not sure, but I think... maybe. Probably. The way things go here...

[lightnovelexperiences]

Do not poke the creepy fan-designed Love Domain relic, got it.

[razorblade_empress]

...And apparently don't poke the rest of them either.

[lightnovelexperiences]

Mmmmmm don't like that!

Wish Flamma were here to tell everyone "no, stop that"!

[fridgeninja]

If Rose is a Liminal being like the Arcana, and she's fully in Liminal Space when one of the Arcana becomes the World, what happens to her then?

[eldritchwheelies]

I didn't want to think about that and now I have to. Thanks. You're a peach.

In all seriousness I want people who are better at liminal theory to help me answer that question I suddenly realize is extremely important.

Private

[helborn]

I mean. Are we so sure it's an Arcana that's going to become the World?

[razorblade_empress]

That... is a very good question I don't have the answer to.

[Goddammit.]

[amadine]

...Of course they kept the fucking thing.

[eldritchwheelies]

I mean, yes? I would have.

What do you do with an artifact that contains what's functionally an Ancient One?

You secure it, you contain it, you protect it. So that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands - not here defined as "malicious," but here defined as people who don't know that poking it makes a god come out. Or that taking and using it rewrites your notional character sheet.

This is basic Eldritch Defense. And even if the Skittles aren't technically in the same league as the Crawling Chaos, why NOT take those precautions?

[razorblade_empress]

Yep.

[okanetendo]

I'd honestly be tempted by Gold... if that wasn't way too expensive in the long run.

I'm not renting out my head any more than I have to.

[razorblade_empress]

From what I understand, the others may "just" turn you into a new Illuminant, which I think makes you the personification of the various idioms they represented.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

It appears that having worthy Travellers take on the fallen colors, and be smarter embodiments of their idioms, is in part the point of putting them on display. At least, our new Star said as much.

This isn't a test of our morals, but of our abilities.

[helborn]

... Can someone run down the idioms that are there, exactly?

[Casper, no.]