forward dated to two days into the bone library

[thornsofmalkav]

... guys? Does anyone else hear the bells?

[No. No, you're the only one who can hear them just yet, Thorne.]

Comments

[willyousee]

....Bells? No. What do they sound like? Small? Large? How many?

[thornsofmalkav]

Churchbells. I've been hearing them since I woke up this evening.

[willyousee]

...That is interesting. [How are the rest of them not hearing bells?] Can you share what you are hearing perhaps?

[thornsofmalkav]

Sure.

[There's a pause in which only the silence of the library can be heard to anyone else than Thorne.]

Like that.

[claudiometer]

...nnnnnnnnnnno?

Also bells don't strike me as all that Death-y or Justice-y? Also also sound effects usually kick in when Liminal ticks over, don't they?

[thornsofmalkav]

... okay. This is kind of spoopy. Possibly even straight-up spooky.

[claudiometer]

If we were at home I'd start working on how to de-whammy you. But we're not, and the only Artifact I have with me definitely doesn't do bells.

[thornsofmalkav]

Do you really think I've been whammied?

[awitchdidit]

To be completely fair, bells can be representative of Death. Especially when the person for whom the bell tolls is already dead.

No offense, Thorne.

You could squeeze them into Justice in the divine authority sense if you really wanted to focus on European churches, as well.

[thornsofmalkav]

Not offended. Anyone who doesn't know I'm dead will find out sooner or later.

[claudiometer]

And if someone else can confirm hearing them, I'll re-evaluate.

[awitchdidit]

It does appear to have singled her out, so far. It doesn't mean it's not a Trump-related effect, but it does cast some doubt.

[amadine]

No bells. Just a lot of creaking bone and rustling paper.

[thornsofmalkav]

... well, this is annoying.

[Maybe her Malkavian craziness is finally kicking in. (Thorne, it kicked in when you decided you were the destined savior of vampirekind.)]

[amadine]

You haven't gone and learned Questing Sense, have you?

[thornsofmalkav]

Nooooooooo, not that I know of.

[Which is too bad, because she kind of wants to learn it.]

[failgoyle]

...have you maybe been listening to music a little too loud?

[thornsofmalkav]

Nope. I keep my music at a reasonable volume.

[failgoyle]

But that...have you been around any loud noises?

That sort of thing can make ringing only you can hear.

[stopinthenameofawe]

The hell are you talking about? [she's suddenly a little more worried than normal about your sanity.]

[thornsofmalkav]

[She's a Malkavian. If they had her clan in your world you'd know to always be worried for her sanity.]

Bells. Churchbells. I think they're coming from the Bs somewhere.

[stopinthenameofawe]

[thats why she's MORE worried now.]

There's nothing. Don't go looking for it. [youre going to go anyway aren't you.]

[bite_the_hand]

...No? But I haven't been out of the Workshop for a few hours. Give me a minute and I'll go out to check.

[thornsofmalkav]

... I've been hearing it in the workshop too.

[bite_the_hand]

You have? Have you been hearing them everywhere, or just certain places in the Workshop?

[There's a pause where the stream goes mostly quiet despite still being connected. Eren's stopped for the moment, listening, but worried enough now to be unwilling to break the contact.]