Muddied hearts, beanie babies lies [Early Week 5]

[lightnovelexperiences]

...Turns out my power to read Roles is more accurate. I can see or rather hear them, now: and now I can differentiate the Roles of Companions from the Roles of their partners.

And I can hear the similarities.

A Cantor's Tesserae are like Doppelgangers in minor key. And they're to Questing Country what Doppelgangers are to Adversaries.

Not "Adversaries are to Doppelgangers as Tesserae are to Questing Country."

But "Adversaries are to Dopplegangers as Questing Country is to Tesserae."

Uh, I would appreciate ANY and ALL Oracles or Spirit Companions willing to tell me what the crispy fried fuck that means.

Comments

[lightnovelexperiences]

I swear to god if the punchline to this involves the Cantors being a pet class that should have been directing the Tesserae to fight -

[BRB cackling like a Seacats witch.]

[helborn]

A what class?

[He doesn't MMO, Deedee, pls.]

[lightnovelexperiences]

A summoner. Someone who hangs back to direct, and heal, a more powerful fighting monster.

...sonovabitch we should have been making the biggest meanest Volksgiest ever.

[helborn]

I mean in theory you probably could, but wouldn't that be hard to control? Even with coordination?

[lightnovelexperiences]

Maybe with any other kind of spirit companion but we just found out that the Tesserae are anti-Doppelgangers! The Cantors run on Trust the way that Adversaries run on individual Agency!

...Eranda's vast tracts of fucking land, we're supposed to make a war Glatisant. You ever feel like a Jaunt is working up to being a pun at your expense? That's probably not happening but it sure feels like it right now!

[helborn]

... Spirit Companions can't come out of Questing Country, even with that portal. ... Right?

Because if they can, the uh. The Council might have some problems if they try to oppress people again.

[lightnovelexperiences]

I'm not as worried about the Council right this second as I am about what's happening Backstage, but don't tempt me.

I am seriously tempted but let's not light a Jaunt on fire for the last one.

[helborn]

I mean that's fair, I have literally no clue how to handle the Backstage things.

... And that's fair. I just kind of want to kick them but I'm trying to be good.

[lightnovelexperiences]

Shaming the Council into realizing this is an Orthoprax revolt against people really leaning on the letter of the law is doing a lot of work. Getting violent... I think that's a card we should have up our sleeve in case that doesn't work, right now. And hope we don't need it.

But that's just, like, my opinion, man.

[helborn]

Oh I know, I just...

... I've been doing Nightmare cleanup when I'm not doing other things and I think it's getting to me. Sorry.