Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/24(Sat)15:19 No. 474227 ID: 3246fd
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Well.

This is... interesting.

What should Saulanna do?

>>474227
Always talk to ? before you talk to !
Ask yourself what's up. Then ask the puddle what's up. Then Wordblood, then the blue thing.
Then talk to the new Diva.

first take stock of yourself, how do YOU feel? then i think talking to your new deva is in order.

The blue thing looks like out HERO SOUL (which I don't think is fully sapient by default and might react badly to our titan-ness), and from its color the hole in the ground looks like it leads back to the outside world. So we should probably save interacting with those until after we talk to Wordblood and the new Deva.

>>474227
Take stock of yourself first. Look at what's in front of you.

Oh, cool, the inner kingdom has been assembled!

First up, take stock of yourself, Saulanna. Your appearance seemed to have changed right after you created the time Deva. Like... you look like a younger version of yourself? Maybe this is what pre-exaltation, pre-memory loss, human you looked like?

Maybe poke at the pool in front of you, too.

Then let's go visit your new time deva. Judging from the exclamation point, he or she wants your attention.

After that, we can visit Wordblood in his library thing over there, and lastly, check out what appears to be your hero's soul.

>>474230


Exactly.

>Unless we can hide our new appearance.
I'm guessing it's just our internal appearance that's changed. How we look on our spiritual internal plane. So we look the same as we did before outside, in the real world. (Well, shadow real world. Whatever).

Cool, we apparantly have a proper world in our mind now! Small but pretty.

Check up on how we're feeling, look but don't touch at the weird things (hole in the ground and the blue orb that's probably our Hero Soul), then get Wordblood and go meet the new employee.

Oh, and if we're worried about looking weak by bringing Wordblood along, we can justify it by saying that we're doing it for HIS benefit rather than OURS. We don't need his help, we just want to introduce the two to each other so they can establish a good working relationship.

(Four posts consolidated at the request of a polite person)

Man did I chose to check in at the right time!

Yell at Wordblood and ask what's going on. I wanna talk to our new Deva, but I kinda want Wordblood backing us up.

I have no idea what the blue thing is, or the hole in the ground. Rushing in headfirst might be aggressive, but it's foolhardy.

....Screw it. We're the Queen of this Realm. Have Wordblood back us up if we can, but go talk to our new Deva to show who's in charge.

....HOLY FUCKING SHIT! OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT!

THAT BLUE THING IS OUR LUNAR EXALTATION! FUCKITY FUCK FUCK!

Graaah.....oh man, I am suddenly so much more wary of EVER contacting Luna now. If we do, we HAVE to explain things to her. Unless we can hide our new appearance.

Still in favor of talking to our new Deva. Tell Wordblood to come on over too if we can, but we are Queen and we look weak if we have to run to allies before meeting our new Deva.

And we might be weak, but....well, seems friendly enough. I'm curious anyways. We need to be decisive here.

>>474242

I hope we look the same outside, but who knows what appearance it is that Luna will see.

In any case, as a side note? Jukashi's finally cheeky stinger at the end of the last chapter told us to come talk to our new Deva. Funny, but possibly a bit of GM-advice?

>>474227
Ooh, our inner world is finally taking shape! There's a lot of symbolism going on here, too.

First thing's first, though. Get Wordblood and then welcome our new deva to the family.

We should totally give ourselves a once over. Then talking to Wordblood is in order. Maybe we can find out what exactly happened there.

Poke pool

Take stock of yourself, followed by your surroundings.

Once you've oriented yourself, call over Wordblood as having your Aide on hand will be useful.

Then head over to greet the new addition. can worry about a full tour after introductions.

I suggest we check both ourselves and the puddle/hole thing, and bring wordblood with us to visit our new tenant.

Immediately after we're done talking with both of them, we need to (cautiously) see what's up with our hero's soul.

Also, our androgynous tenant needs a name. I'm still advocating "Legacy of the Forgotten Dragon" if it doesn't have an idea of it's own.

Also, Jukashi? See the image. Cliche, i know, but it fits

We should probably ask her or Wordblood about how titan naming works before we start any naming.

The color of the new deva - it is purple. The event of its birth, the mixing of Wordblood's red and Saulanna's (perhaps Moon Hero Exaltation's, also?) blue, could one say that this new being, it is Saulanna's and Wordblood's child?

But, let us note your surroundings, before we bury your child in hugs and exclamations of adorableness, shall we? This world is separated into four domains: Saulanna's, Wordblood's, your cutest child's, and your Moon Exaltation's.

Let us first analyse Saulanna's domain. It is a small patch of land, grassy. A tree of unknown species grows(?) off to the side - raccoons and humans both are able climbers. A small pool of water(?) - with an indication of some importance; perhaps and two rocks are before us. Finally, a small hut of cloth and sticks behind. A place of nature, of human-tamed habitat, I think, born from Saulanna certainly. A humble home - Saulanna has no grand ambition nor desire for great luxuries. Saulanna herself is colorless. An indication of Saulanna's humanity and Raccoon affinity, I say. But to the side, to the new Deva of Time's side, the grass disappears, replaced by those unmarked cubes. A sign of the unusual merging of Queen and Titan? One would expect the Queen would dominate, but the sign of this new Deva is so crudely fused! An incomplete integration, perhaps? Though the cubes lead to the Exaltation's domain - perhaps the cubes lead to the holder of the Exaltation, then to the the Exaltation itself?

For Wordblood's domain, it is connected to Saulanna's domain by a cobblestone road - understandable, for such is a product of civilizations, and civilizations give rise to Wordblood's sites of power, the repositories of knowledge and words, the libraries. Naturally, this too is a library, though, this seems to be rather sparse for a great temple to words - also understandable, diminished from his former great heights Wordblood is. But, an oddity: an empty(?) fountain stands in the middle of the temple - what meaning is this? Perhaps his name extends farther than we assumed - he is so tied to blood than he finds a fountain of it comforting. Well, little else surprising, here.

For your Feeder of Time's domain, an orrey - a mechanism to chart the moon, the sun, the stars, and the rest of the celestial objects wandering Creation's skies. That - should not be surprising, really. What else appropriate for one who devours Time, than a place that predicts its passage? The floor is smooth and orderly - worked stone, perhaps? Somewhat odd, but not remarkable - a sign of Wordblood's influence, with his aforementioned ties to civilization? Then the orrey itself is Saulanna's contribution (or her Exaltation, but they are the same, regardless): the Moon sails the sea of the night sky and the orrey mimics the dome of heaven. Though there is that post to the side of the connecting road - I cannot discern the meaning of that. Otherwise, rather geometric; quite fitting!

Last, but certainly not least (it is one of the abominable and blasphemous weapons of the Incarna against the Titans; it is never least), the Exaltation of Luna. Behind the Saulanna's hut, connected by a bridge of sticks and rope - how hazardous. The same grassy area as Saulanna's domain, though lacking the tree and pool one would expect. But an anomaly - a pillar inscribed with markings I do not know. A sign of Luna's gift, the wellspring of supernatural power that is the Exaltation? The markings, or something in the same language also appeared when Saulanna's spirit(?) was depicted, in the union of Wordblood's and Saulanna's powers to birth this new Deva.

For the characters - well, Saulanna and Wordblood are known. The Exaltation - a glowing blue orb - bears the mark of the Moon: a silver crescent and the silver circle within. (During the Deva Creation, it was the Waning Moon, as well as all the other stages of the Moon.) The new Time Deva: its symbol is the infinity sign, and its color is purple. Its head is modeled after Saulanna, though there are two curled horns on the sides - a sign of Wordblood's influence? Its body is two cloaks - a window to the purple majesty of the starry expanse of space - clasped with a medallion marked by its infinity symbol. Two pairs of bracelets decorated its two arms, connected(?) to its outer cloak.

So! Actual suggestions on actions: call Wordblood and your child to you. Then hug your child, and welcome it to this small host with much exclamations and shouts of joy and happiness. Get to know this wonderful new person!

Ignore the pool and Exaltation for now; better to have three perspective on those than just one amnesiac's.

Oh my goodness, your new soul is so adorable! Go say hello right away!

Then go see Wordblood (have your timey-wimey soul come along if that's possible), then check out yourself, the pool and the Moon Hero orb in whichever order seems most sensible. I notice that your clothes have changed as well as your Moon Hero features vanishing. How very mysterious!

See Wordblood, then see new deva. Then look at the other things but don't mess with them until you hear what the others say.

One thing I'd like to add, no matter what we do. Our temperament is Aggressive. We are at our best when we take initiative. It is imperative that we act instead of react.

Whether we choose to look around first, call Wordblood to us, or move to the Time Deva, let's be the one in motion. Let's be the one setting the terms of engagement by being the first to act.

WE are the Queen. WE are the Ruler of this world.

We need to remember this. However dramatic the change in our Inner World, we must not forget that it is OUR Inner World. Our Devas just happen to live in here, and they earn their keep accordingly.

We can love and adore our new Deva, we can approach preparing for trouble, but we must be confident and project this confidence. Even if we don't seem to have our Hero Soul as an inherent part of us, we're still the one calling the shots. We're not letting them come to us, we're not Passive. We go to them, and we ask the question that they will answer.

We're the Alpha around here and we had best not forget it.

I'm worried about us not having direct access to our Hero Soul, and with it our Soul Force 2, but we should not give away weakness. Calling Wordblood to us ought to be sufficient. And if he CAN'T come with us, then that implies that neither can our new Time Deva. So we have some advantage in autonomy.

It's not the 'safe' route, but Saulanna seems to function better when she seizes initiative.

Since I like how efficient the Alternative voting was here is my voting for first action to take:

1.Examine Saulanna
2. Examine Pool.
3.Talk to Time Deva Feeding Soul
4. Talk to Wordsblood
5. Check out Exalted Hero Soul Symbol

Hmm I think we should do it in this order.
1. Examine Self
2. Call your new deva over and introduce yourself
3. Call Wordblood over to introduce your new soul. They will most likely be working together.
4. Together examine your world. Starting with your domain, then wordbloods, then the Time Deva. Then the exalted soul.

We shouldn't waste time with our new Deva. It is her specialty and all. Besides, what kind of parents would we be if we didn't greet our new little bundle of temporal energy first?

1: Visit new Deva
2: Words blood.
3: Exalted essence
4: Self
5: Pool.

Wow. Her own internal world. That's really cool!

Saulanna ought to check on her new Deva first, though, before she goes exploring the rest of it. I'm sure she's curious about her new, uh, self-part?

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/24(Sat)19:50 No. 474289 ID: cd4b01
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>Examine self

Saulanna doesn't feel bad; in fact, she feels a lot better than she did a moment ago. But then, this isn't her body. Or... well, in a way, it's more her body than the other is, but it's not the one she's been using for things. This one seems not to have the marks of a Moon Hero. Saulanna has no idea if she looked like this before Luna empowered her, but it does feel like it's more human. And it came with some clothes, for some reason. She doesn't know what their significance is.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/24(Sat)19:51 No. 474290 ID: cd4b01
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>Examine pool

Since it's right next to her, Saulanna takes a quick glance. The water - if it is water - seems to show the view through her eyes. Uh, her other eyes, that is. This is where she looks... out. The sense of separation feels strange. This is this, and that's that. Is this how Titans interact with the external world?

The view through the pool is frozen. Time isn't passing out there.

Speaking of Time... go to, or call over? Call over both, maybe? Something else?

Call over both. Getting them better acquainted with eachother, and learning about the Deva of Time with someone there to provide insight (Monsieur Wordblood) seems like a good plan.

Call both over. If they can't come over, go to Time. Ask her name.

Ask before we give ours. We're in the position of power, us asking first seems more appropriate. Remember, be confident and assertive.

Then ask Wordblood what he thinks happened to cause this.

Call the other titanic fragments over, leave the Lunar soul alone until you reach an accord.

Examine hut and call over the new baby.

Hmm. Maybe we can ask Peregrin about what pre-exaltation you looked like, to compare later.

>Is this how Titans see the world?
I'd like to reassure Saulanna that this worldview and sense of self isn't that alien. It's not uncommon for humans to see themselves as a little person riding around inside their head, looking out through their eyes, to draw a distinction between body and self, vehicle and driver.

It's just not so literal for most people! Nor do they typically have such a well furnished interior, or passengers.

>What do?
Either call both Devas over, or call Wordblood over and then go together to visit Time.

Obviously we need to see Time (since last chapter ended with him or her requesting to talk to us) but I don't think we should leave Wordblood out (we've already accidentally snubbed or mistreated him a few times last chapter, and I'd prefer to avoid that). We should all get to know each other, see what's up.

Possible topics of conversation: Saulanna's new appearance, the workings of our inner kingdom (looks like there may be a building game of some kind, judging by the state of Wordblood's new library), getting to know the Time Deva (name and gender would be a nice place to start), and what the heck our hero's soul did.

Once that's all sorted, we probably want to visit the hero's soul. See if it can talk!

...also Hugs. Hugs are going to be a necessary part of getting used to your new body, getting to know your new friends, as well as the old.

Say hello to your new friend/component. You wouldn't want to be rude.

Next, ask Wordblood why your dreamself has no Tell.

>>474300
Why would it? The Tell is part of our Lunar exaltation, which is contained in the blue sphere.

>>474290
One of the first things we should clear up with Wordblood is if he brought the Deva to life, or if the Hero Soul grabbed the TW set aside for that and did it itself. In that case, this Deva is made from part of your soul, crafted by Wordblood, and brought to life by our Hero Soul. Quite a unique method, if that's the case.

I say we bring both Wordblood and the new Deva to the center to confer and give introductions, then go investigate the Hero Soul on our own to see if we can communicate with it. I feel as though it should have memories of its own, and thus a personality...

>>474300
>>474301

Indeed. A better question to ask would be, "Why is my Hero Soul no longer part of my mental avatar, and instead sitting over there?"

For lack of a better word.

Talk to Time Soul first. We just created him, it would be unfair if we just left him there to stew while we examine everything else!

Suggestion 2012/11/24(Sat)20:38 No. 474308
>>474303
Because that seems to be the purpose of this world- to break up our self into manageable bits. Our personality, in the middle, the exaltation, above us, our time soul, to our right, and Wordblood to our left. Also a puddle, which is our window outside.

Call Wordblood over and go together to welcome the new addition.

talk to the new deva

Wave over Wordblood, and go to our newborn soul. It's her birthday, after all; we ought to make her feel special.

"Welcome to the world! What do you think of it so far?"

Go meet the time soul in his/her domain while calling over Wordblood.

Unleash a WARM WELCOMING HUG on TIME SOUL

>>474343
I agree. Also do this for our new Lunar Deva. :3

Talk to Wordblood first, then examine your Hero Soul.

"!" events tend to advance the story, and we might not want to do that yet.

>>474348

While true, sometimes putting off these kinds of events can backfire too. This isn't a world of automated NPCs, our Devas will not the order we visit them in and react accordingly.

The order we pick matters. And we picked ourselves and the pond first. Hopefully it doesn't hurt us.

The exaltation (a titanic construct) tied together (unexpectedly!) with the bit of you that was being used to create the new deva, perhaps undergoing the same deva creation process? In your internal world it appears to have formed its own unique domain similar in nature and equal in stature to your other two lordly devas. Perhaps exaltation spirits are a created from severed (in the manner human souls are) lord or proto lord devas? I posit that you did not create one but two new devas for yourself. So make sure you attempt to speak to it as well.

So, I suggest we first ask word-blood about what actions are safe and if it is invite all 3 to the center. Also hugs.

>>474349
Yep, don't get caught up in meta. Furthermore there is absolutely no reason we cannot come back here at will since this is literally inside us.

1.Go talk to Time Deva. You can check out the area and cube too.

2. Go to Wordsblood and talk to him.

3. Go examine the Lunar symbol orb.

>>474348
hmm, i agree with this order of actions.

Also, awesome.

1. Speak to Wordblood for some insight on what happened.

2. Speak to Time Deva.

3. Examine the alleged-Lunar Exaltation.

All I want to ask Wordblood is if he was weirded out/surprised by anything, including this new inner world.

THe most important thing, however, is hugs.

Call over both of them, properly introduce all of us (asking for the Time Deva's name first to show it's welcome) and if nothing comes up from that, tell them to come with you to see the one thing in our world-body that we DON'T think can move on it's own.

IE, Go to see the Lunar exaltation.

Inviting the others over to your plot of land might not be safe. This place essentially represents your identity, with the central plot of land representing everything that is unique to you, and you alone. Inviting your devas into it might be asking for trouble, so I wouldn't risk it until we talk to word blood and see if that is indeed the case.

Furthermore, a theory on the cubes- the cubes represent the part of your identity that is Titanic in nature. We were told that the more alien concepts we attach ourselves to the more alien our worldview becomes. If we aren't careful the cubes could take over the majority of our identity, making us essentially Titanic in nature, not the human we perceive ourselves as now.

And that's terrible.

1. Call over both to the center for discussion.
1a. Use the power of the Hello!
1b. Prepare to strike at the moment most optimal for giant hug.
1c. Start asking what's up.
2. See if the Lunar Exaltation is sentient or not.
3. Take a look at the tree and unfinished path, those might be our second-most common vote (Growth) and whatever our third vote was. Paths that might lead to future Devas?
4. Poke the Exalation with a stick and look at it's links to other entities (mostly Luna.)

what's with the floaty orb thing?

So, you're a Mom now? How does it feel?

I think the Deva of Time can wait (pun intended).

We have some things to ask Wordblood about:
1) What was with our body After we split our soul? we had some strange colouration and some symbols that were not there before.
2) What happened when we tried to form the new soul?
3) What did he mean by "hopefully we'll be some[what] more stable t[han] we are now"

Hmm, at some point before leaving her inner world (IW)Saulanna needs to re-raise her soul force to 3 (assuming we still have the 2 TW to do so, may have miscounted), otherwise the lunars will notice. It might also be intersting to see how upgrading a metaphisical part of Saulanna is reflected in the physical(?) reality of her IW. As for now go over and meet the new guy/gal, get a sense of their personality and capabilities and then head over to get Wordblood's counsel. Hopefully he'll also have some advice regarding the hero soul before we examine it.

That map reminds me a lot of the game 'Bastion'. Which is neat.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/25(Sun)19:11 No. 474473 ID: c243ff
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>cubes

They look like stone blocks, actually? Who knows what they mean.

>hug new deva!

Seems... she?... is eager enough to take care of that herself! Saulanna is not quite sure how hugging someone with no torso works, but it does. Sort of.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/25(Sun)19:13 No. 474474 ID: c243ff
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Wordblood seems content to hang back, for now. The new deva seems equally content to fill the void.

"Ha ha ha! Look at you! Look at... everything! I can see things! And I can touch you. And I can talk! I can think! I can be. This is great! Oh, there's just so much, what first? What first. First. Beginning. The start. Continuum! Ha!"

"Oh, dear me. I'm sorry, everything is new! And everything is old. So old! So full and deep and complicated!! So empty. I can feel it. I know it! I know things. There's so much to tell you. So much to do for you! My creator. Progenitor. Mother mistress queen. I love you. I'll calm down. Probably. Potentially. I could check. But bad idea! Can you do something for me? I need a name. Not a title, I have a title! I am the Scavenger of Ages! Nice to meet you. I could have a few more titles, though, they're nice. I'll take whatever you have. But a name! Who am I? What will you call me?"

"Pick something good!!"

Saniya

>>474474
David Tennant

Well, with how much she seems to like existing...
maybe "Am"? (It's also Irish Gaelic for "time".)

Eh, hell with it. If we're all just tossing out names and the favorite wins, I'll toss out this one.

Ouroboros.

I do admit a fondness for the suggestion of "Am" though. It has the nice, snappy feel to it with a touch of symbolism.

>>474474
Are you a lady or a man for one?

Should we be establishing some sort of family relationship deal, e.g. by having all female deva names end in -na or just -a?

Chrona (no wait, that's a terrible name)

I like Ouroboros.

>>474487
I've been on certain imageboards too long if the first thing that comes to mind when I read "Ouroboros" is "autofellatio", haven't I?

>>474473
D'aaaw! Everybody's so happy! Even Wordblood!

I like Time, too. She's quite the excitable vivacious little thing, ain't she?

>>474474
Am's got a sort of appeal to it. Although, I kinda think we want a mashed up name, like Wordblood? Something that describes her nature.

>Ouroboros
Sounds masculine, and dreary. The all consuming world eater serpent does not describe our bubbly cloak-person.

>>474483
Yes.

>>474490
Isn't that actually a mutation of his former title, He Who Bleeds the Unknown Word?

>>474492
No, Wordblood was part of He Who Bleeds. One of his Lords, if I recall correctly.

Time...antha?

Timantha! Just like the little crossdressing girl from the Fairly Odd Parents.

FOR LO, I NAME THEE LORD ADMIRAL DICKPUNCH

GO FORTH AND PUNCH MY ENEMIES RIGHT SQUARE IN THEIR DICKS

WITH TIME

Am seems like a nice name. Many meanings to go with it, plenty of puns, can give the friendly nick name of Ammy, and is pretty original in it's own right.

>>474497
He was at least a Lord. Wordblood thinks he might have been the defining soul (ie, the King) but he wasn't completely sure, due to the disorienting memory loss and all.

>>474493
Ammy is a fantastic nickname. And unrelenting name-based puns seem totally in character for someone with as much energy as she seems to exhibit.

Syzygy?

She seems very loyal and eager. Good!
Ultimecia

Nalteshi Gazim
Resferva Starshimmer
Ettelyn Peifani

>>474483
I don't like it! It's too short and simple for such a complicated soul!

Epoch: The beginning of a distinctive period in the history of someone or something marked by radical changes and new developments.

>>474501
Hey, gods have been named with as many letters.

>>474506
Eh. Sounds a bit too solemn and masculine.

>>474501
Long and flowery description is what beings have titles for.

>>474509
Another problem: "I am Am."

Not quite the best introduction. I realize alternatives can be used, but one of my rules is "Any name that can reasonably be used twice in an introduction with two separate meanings is not a good name."


A bit too wordy at the moment, but the concept gets across.

>>474510
Then you don't think "Mai" and "Az" are good names? (My name is Mai, I'm known as Az.)It wouldn't be too hard to say "My name is Am," or "I'm known as Am".

>>474474
Legacy (of the Forgotten Dragon)?

Eon? (perhaps Eona, if you'd prefer something feminine?)

Starcloak?(I like this one - i really do)

Viol? (sounds a little like Vile, but it's meant to put emphasis on the O. Like 'Vy-ool')

When in doubt, pick a foreign language and translate until you find something that works.

Jiko? (from Jikoku, meaning instant, time, moment or one's own country)

Tempo?

Epoca?

Leziona? (from Lezione)

Vryemya (according to mylanguages.org, this is how you pronounce the russian word for time. ( время ) I sincerely doubt it)

>>474512
Those are perfectly acceptable names. As I said, that rule was poorly formed and needs refinement. It should be "can be written as, disregarding capital letters."

>>474510
"I'm Am." *Eyeroll* Problem solved.

So since we apparently aren't doing this in the discussion thread, here's a bunch of rambling word-fodder for you more creative types:

She's really enthusiastic. Bubbly. Jubilant. And she's also got time stuff. And that infinity symbol. Also, her cloak has a nebula inside it. So that's stars and stuff. Also, she's purple. Some combination of synonyms of these words might be a good, catchy name. Maybe.

Also, I have some bad name ideas too: Joyful Entropy! Star Cloak! Purple Shift! (Like red-shift or blue-shift, but both simultaneously!) Boundless Circle! Time- *Boot to the head*

Anyways, so far Am is by far the best name, so that's my only vote currently.

>>474515
I did say "can be," not "must be." I still find the concept of naming someone "Am" in a predominantly English-speaking area questionable.

What about taking Am and making it into a longer name than Amy or Ammy? Like Amelia or Amanda? I like Starshimmer as a surname, or we could find a combination name like Wordblood's?

Another idea, since people were throwing Chronos about...why not Kairos? It means the right (or opportune) moment. If we want to feminize it we could call her Kairosa, and shorten it to Kai when speaking with her.

>>474517
Both sound good, though I lean towards Kai.

>>474516
"Am" - 358th most commonly used word in English.
"Will" - 56th most commonly used word in English.

Nobody has a problem with people named Will.

>>474519
I suppose that is now true.

>>474517
If we are going to give her a more human name-surname pair, Starshimmer sounds good candidate for the surname.

If we're going for a more primordial or deific feel, Am seems like it works. It has that kind bronze age god kind of feel to it- powerful direct simplicity.

Ask wordblood "are there dangers or requirements that must be adhered to when naming deva?"

If not, then I think Am is best as well.

And it isn't too short a name, there is Ao and Io and Gaia has Aa. (one of the two of her 7 lordly souls that wordblood says are mysteriously missing)...

>>474490
If that is the case then its feeding + time or ... Nom-Am / Am-Nom?

>>474497

Alternatively, we could use Ammy (alt: Ammie, Ami, etc) as her name, derived from Am.

Though honestly, she seems like she would love introducing herself as "I am Am"

>>474490
>Sounds masculine, and dreary. The all consuming world eater serpent does not describe our bubbly cloak-person.

I don't disagree. It's the one that best describes her function, but not her personality. So....Am is also a nice one.

>>474527

She does seem like she'd enjoy saying, "I am Am!" She'd love to find ways to slip it into conversation, I imagine.

Might as well make other suggestion.....how about Kaileena? But of a Prince of Persia reference, but a nice name.

I'm actually okay with Epoch. It has a better ring to it than Oroboros.

Endless?

Susan? Not the sto Helit one. :p

Hmm. Throw two more on the pile:

Mandala. Look through the wikipedia article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala

It...seems to fit her pretty well.

Other one I have is Möbius, as in a Möbius strip. Don't care as much for this one but it does define her nature. Calling her Moe for short somehow feels like cheating though.

>>474517
>Kairosa
I like this name. I like it a lot.

I really like Kairosa. The nickname Kai totally fits her, and the Greek derivation really works too.

I prefer Am, but Kairosa isn't bad.

I rather like the sound of Kairosa

>Kairosa
I'm going with this

Kairosa sounds good, especially since it's based from something relating to Time.

I'm mostly partial to Am, though for a name I'd pronounce it with a harder "A", like "Ahm".

If this gets shot down, Kairosa works too.

And whatever her name is, I'm sure she's going to be a DELIGHT to have around.

I prefer "Am" but would be satisfied with "Am Kairosa"

Am Kairosa seems good to me.

Am Kairosa is a good first and surname pairing, I think. But I will always support Kairosa, lol.

If we've narrowed it down to those two, I'd prefer Kairos(a).

"Am" makes me think of AIs.

>>474547
I'm also going with Am Kairosa. If you are a scavenger then creating or finding opportune moments to act would be something you would be very reliant upon. Plus, it ties into weather, which is always useful thing to have some knowledge of...

Yeah, Am Kairosa sounds PERFECT. Change (Combine) my votes!

Hmm... time magic, curly horns, starry cloak... you look like a Megido to me.

Yes, Ohara Megido. That sounds like a good name for you.
"Megido" for the proverbial end of an age, when one section of time dies and the next is born in its place.
"Ohara" for its relation to archaeology, the act of preserving things which were lost to time (which, in a sense, is another form of "consumption", especially in the sense that specifically applies to you).

Maybe you'd like two or three names? It's your identity, you'll know what you like best. Just don't pick out too many syllables; we're the queen, so we get the biggest name.

>>474560

!!!

A challenger appears! I could definitely live with this name. I like the simplicity of Am, but this is also a good one.

Ohara Am Megido also has a nice ring to it.

Amkairosa sounds good to me. Why give a two part name when she has no family but us, and she already has a good title?

>>474561
Another vote for Ohara Am Megido!

Möbius sounds awesome.
Tonalli would be my second suggestion.

I like Am!

I like mobius. But that's just because then we could call her Mo, which I find very fitting.

Am Kairos seems the best thing I've seen so far. Kairos specifically, as it means an opportune moment of time.

>>474561
O'Hara is a last name meaning descendant of Eaghra. Naming our Deva the descendant of someone else seems bad, even if there was someone with the name who was an archaeologist. Having our Feeding Time Deva represent ends of ages seems bad, as while this is the Age of Strife, it could spell poor things for Ages of Prosperity, Fortune, and Peace that are to come.

1. Am
2. Am Kairosa
3. Kairosa
4. Raccoons

>>474572
Ohara is Japanese for "belly", which sorta fits the whole devourer thing. Still going for Am though.

upvoting Am for reasons completely other than the fact that "am" in Turkish means pussy, and her (lack of) torso looks like one.

I prefer Am for the puns. But failing that Ouroboros.

Also I think word blood is saying "It's so good to have..."

>stone blocks and tree
Maybe it has something to do with us naming ourselves Saulanna Ricanya Rockblossom?

>Am
Let me just say that I really dislike this name. Between the shortness and being a basic English word typically found padding sentences (but not usually used as names) it barely even feels like it's "there", and existing is hardly a unique trait.

>Ouroboros
That would be more fitting for someone that actually, you know, looks like a snake.

>Megido
Seriously? Naming our cheerful child after warfare and destruction?

...So what DO I like? There are several other suggestions here that sound DECENT to me, but none that really strike me as GREAT.

Kairosa

What about Amelie? Amelie Kairosa sounds nice.

(Pronounced AH-meh-lee)

How about Aion? Has a nice ring to it, male or female, gives an impression of Time, rolls off the tongue.

Eon might work too. I like Aion the most, as it refers to an actual historic spirit of Time.

URÐR VERÐANDI SKULD (old norse for "past present future"... I think it would fit nicely, somehow)
Also we should really take this to discussion thread.

>Megido
As a surname for a time character? I'm sorry, but that's too homestuck. I don't care if timecloak there does have ram's horns and pointy teeth, we're not making her an Aradia expy.

>Am Kairosa
Eh... Am works as a powerful lone name (like Baal, Zuul, Gig, that sort of thing). Not so much as a first name. Might work as a middle name. So... <something> Am Kairosa gives a proper rhythm.

1. Am
2. Kairosa
3. <foo> Am Kairosa

Probably shouldn't post against so soon but I think this one is perfect
TITILAYO: African Yoruba name meaning "eternal happiness."

Really would like to call her Zeitgeist

But I´ll guess Ohara Am Megido will have to do

>Megido
No, that's much too Homestuck. Keep it away.

I support Am, but think it should be spelled Ahm, just to make it more visually distinctive.

>>474547
This

If we go for a three word name, let's make sure Am is the middle name. It has rhythm to it. Like...

Kairosa Am Möbius?

Kairos Am Ouroboros?

I'm sure people can think of more. If Saulanna's name is any indication, Jukashi may end up mixing and matching anyways.

Falling that, we could use her title as an acronym and call her Soa.

"Ahm" has a nice ring to it. A nod to the deva's joy of existing, plus perhaps a teeny hint towards her purpose ("Ahm" sounds a bit like the "om" in "nom" to me).

Something to point out: right now our Time Deva is loving and adoring, because there is only us.

It is entirely possible for her to go Yandere for us.

So....a name that's only bubbly may not be appropriate. This Time Deva of ours is a Feeding Deva. She eats and consumes, and judging by that void in her chest she will never be filled.

I think it extremely likely that this Deva will turn out to have a vicious side to her.

....Heh.

"I am Am! I Am what has been, I Am what is, I Am what will be! For you I will feed until all I Am not becomes what I Am!"

Frankly, I like how simple and common the word will be. Every time a person says am they're actually uttering the name of a new Lord Deva, with the potential to become equal to the strongest gods. It's omnipresent, it's everything, it's a foundation of language like she is the foundation of the universe.

I kind of like that deeper meaning myself.

I know this isn't a voting thing, but I thought I'd chime in and say that 'Am' sounds like a -very- fitting name, even all by itself.

(JUST noticed that the Scavenger of Ages seems to have a racoon-mask, which, put aside the name itself, has... implications on how the feeder soul aspect is going to work. Verdict: Yeeeesss.)

As for titles... can we just give her those? That'd be fun! 'Firstborn of Saulanna Ricanya Rockblossom' is certainly available and appropriate (though might want to shorten it down, or find our, er, Titanic? name to use instead).

And just so Wordblood doesn't feel left out, how about giving -him- a new title as well? 'Primal Advisor' (or Prime Advisor, whichever works).

Going for Am Kairosa, because it kind of reminds me of Amon Re, and that's just cool.

The big problem I have with a lot of names, even the ones I like, is that they don't immediately declare the Titan's function. Wordblood. He's about words, we get that right there. There's additional meaning when you look deeper.

I'm not a fan of Ahm or Ohm because they're bastardizations of the original meaning. A derivation of a derivation. It's not something I'd like to speak for our Titan.

Am, however, is easily known. People know how to use am. It's a familiar word. It's even got a nice bit of fridge logic for those who think about it deeper.

Time is so vast that narrowing it down to a single aspect, like stars or fate or something, seems to diminish the original element. Even names like continua are bastardizations of the original words.

It feels more primordial if it's defined by the original concepts, at least in the spoken language.

Timelord. There would be one.

Am. Deceptive simplicity.

Timedevourer. That can also be a good definition of what she does.

Or for a longer one in the vein of He Who Bleeds The Unknown Word.....She Who Devours Time? She Who Is That Devours All That Is? Something in that vein?

Food for thought.

"I have an idea I think you would like, but Wordblood over there knows things about words and what they mean that I don't. Let's go ask him about how we should name you."
(P.S. If there's no good reason not to name her {it?} Am then we should.)

Throwing in another vote for Am as the name.

Titles are fun, and she did say she liked having more.

"What's your name?"

"Am!"

"...I'm sorry, say again?"

"My name is Am!"

"You are Am?"

"Yes I Am!"

"Why are you named Am?"

"I am Am because I Am! My Queen made me what I Am and I Am what I Am, therefore my name is Am!"

Seriously, this gimmick sounds like something she'd have an enormous amount of fun with

>474481
I like this.

Personally, I think Sonya is a cool name.

Vremya, Tempus, and Ora all mean time.

>>474645
>AM IS NOT A NAME!! It wouldn't even be good as a name!!

Am WAS not a name.

Then Am was Am's name.

^_^

But seriously, calm down already. A lot of other people don't have a problem with it. Do you really want to be That Guy who actively tries to keep other people from having fun?

I like Am, both for the meaning and the pun.

>>474645
Agreed, Exalts (and all beings on the same power scale) should have more meaningful or flowery names, such as Saulanna Ricanya Rockblossom.

I approve of using 'Am' as part of the name.

I'm changing my vote. How about just a simple name like Eternity.

simple, straightforward, and it describes her accurately. It's a good night.

>>474655

You might even say Am is one of the fundamental meanings in the universe. :p

>>474650
Am is EXTREMELY meaningful!
>>474645
Am is no less a name than wordblood is.

(Also apparently in modern Irish Gaelic am means time)

Obviously given the votes last thread we should name her Raccoons.

Bibo

>>474619
Changing my vote to just 'Am' without trying to suggest a different spelling.

Leaving the old post there because someone else is referencing it, and it seems wrong to take away their reference.

I actually rather like the feel of Kairosa, whether alone or with Am.

Am seems like it would be something that she would like (not to mention being somewhat entertaining), plus the apparent time-word shenanigans.

Throwing my vote in the ring for Am.

I like Kairosa "Kai" Starshimmer for it's associations with time and the way the name fits nicely with Wordblood.

That said, I'm willing to bet she'd like a very long name, so why not just give her our ten favorite names?

I'm also finding myself thinking of The Doctor's Wife. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxcU5VNDNpk

I could maybe be ok with it spelled as Ahm, and if it came after Kairosa instead of before. But it largely feels unnecessary if the other part is there, and feels insufficient by itself.

Voting up Kairosa, voting down Am.

Deleted my previous vote post as well as the angry rant that served no purpose.

Throwing vote behind Kairosa because Am sounds awkward for reasons stated in the discussion thread.

Hey. I just realized why our time soul is so cheerful.

It's because she values every single second of her existance. She isn't just an unchanging spirit of eternity. Her understanding of time allows her to see and appreciate the nature of every individual moment, valuable and unique.

Does that help with coming up with a name?

I vote for Am. The Deva seems the kind of personality that would have fun with this.

>>474697

It gives more to the name of Kairosa, given that it's based off of the Greek word for "The most opportune moment" or "the supreme moment"

>>474500 here.

I'm throwing my weight behind Kairosa.

Lol i love how the title pic is slowly shifting from lunar quest to titan quest, also i am going to vote for Am as well it's to adorable.

Personally I like the sound of Am Kairosa.

<nukes old vote>
My final vote/Suggestion: Delta

Has two main meanings:

- Mathematics symbol used to represent change. Change being something that she seems to resonate with as indicated by her initial statement and her energetic behaviour. Also relevant in that time is only really observable by monitoring changing states. I'd also note that accurate orrery can only be made via application of theories, proofs, and observations that used deltas extensively as part of the toolset to map the movement of the heavens, allowing this name to also tie in to the main defining feature of the little realm of our new deva.

- Island at the mouth of a river, usually built up by deposits of debris that has been washed down the river. The imagery here fits her role as the entity that gates our consumption of spiritual energy, scavenging such energy from the flow of time. Also works in that the flow of the river of time moves around her, building her up rather than breaking her down, while also having ties to the ocean of stars that is fate. Note that the usual direction of flow (river into ocean) would also insinuate that ocean represents the star field glimpsed through her cloak, our titanic self as a whole, or both.

As an aside, it's classically used as a female name. Not sure if gender identity is something she'd really care about, but having a gender specific name may help if it is. Hell, even Saulanna seems to currently be less than 100% sure about her gender.

I was thinking of working out some form of compound name like Wordblood, but in the end I think that Time requires a singular name that hides greater depth behind a simple façade. Words derive more power from complexity. Time just is to the casual observer, requiring much closer observation to reveal all the nuances of it's nature.

I vote for a
1. Am

But I also really rather like Delta so I'd like if we could make an extra title for her out of it, something like 'Delta of History' as a couple of word-puns, since she sort of represents our first step into Titanic existence -the changing of our story/history- , a reference to what she probably does as a 'scavenger of Ages' with the measuring and the knowing of ages and such, and sort of a brag, saying we intend to do god-like things like change history itself.
Note; I don't support actually messing with the past at this point.

Voting Am here. Simple or not, I prefer it over ones involving change in their meaning. She's based around time, not change so Delta doesn't really fit. That and I am getting rather tired of the one or two people who venomously attack the name. If you do not like it, don't mention it. None of this negative vote stuff. It's childish. Also, let's keep the discussion to the discussion thread, OK? Jukashi asked us to have only TWO posts per update.

Updating my vote.

1. (deleted)
2. Eternity
3. Delta
4. Kairosa

I tried to delete my old post, but I was on my phone before, so... no go.

EDIT: Apparently people were really offended by my "negative vote" comment. :/ Still, I'm willing to vote for most anything except Am by this point.

I REALLY dislike Am, too. Sounds too weird. Too bad it`s winning :-(

I do love the tie back to Saulanna's forgotten archeological/treasure hunting background that Scavenger of Ages implies. Not to mention how it ties into racoons too. Digging up the past for Will and profit!

On the matter of names, I favour Kairosa and dislike Am. Huzzah!

I think that whatever we name her(?) it should end with Rockblossom.
That is our surname and our Deva's are most definitively our kin, so they should share it.

>>474807
I'm also voting for whatever the most popular thing that isn't Am is.

Kairosa. "Am" is dumb.

Kairosa is an excellent name. It suits her(?) very well.
Don't like Am. Definitely not Am Kairosa.
Megido... well, the horns are a nice touch, as is the "ruins" theme, but let's avoid going full-expy. No to Megido.
Delta's pretty nice.

I vote Kairosa!

(To clarify what I said about "ruins" - that was one of Aradia Megido's themes, and "Scavenger of Ages" makes me think of searching through ruins)

Seriously, Kairosa as a full name works beautifully - don't try to extend it any more. Doesn't this sound perfect: Kairosa, the Scavenger of Ages
And since she's keen on a title collection: Kairosa, Legacy of the Forgotten Dragon

...bah, I'm changing my vote to Kairosa, even if I'm posting too often. Won't be changing it again unless someone comes up with a better name, which just isn't happening.

http://youtu.be/iw-88h-LcTk#t=1m45s

AM

yeah, sure, Kairosa

"Am" makes me think of evil AIs tormenting the last surviving humans.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/27(Tue)19:28 No. 475047 ID: 5bf190
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"Ooh, so hard to choose! I like Am, but I like Kairosa too! There are a lot of good names! I want them all. Am is so distinct, so clear! But it has-been-does-get used for other things, and it is sort of... stoppy, don't you think? Aaaam. Am. But I am Time, so I need a name that flows! And other things, for other reasons, maybe! So I will be Kairosa. Thank you!!"

"Now, I have a name, and of course I have a purpose! The meaning of my existence is to help you reach subsistence! Ha ha, and beyond. Let's see what we've got to begin!"

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/27(Tue)19:29 No. 475049 ID: 5bf190
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"Let's see, oh my, I guess I upset things a little when I got here! I'll clean up. You have just one measure of Titan's Will at your disposal. Aaaand... Moon Power? All mixed up together into one?? That won't do at all!"

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/27(Tue)19:34 No. 475052 ID: 5bf190
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"Here! We can all carry our own little pool of magic. Moon Power for you, Titan Power for us! Don't worry, you can use all our power in any combination you like! It's only your Moon abilities that need power direct from your own pool, but you can convert ours to yours whenever you want, and because you have me and I'm wonderful, you can do it in no time at all! From the outside. Any neutral magic you can power direct from any one of these, and only power spent from your own pool will count to build your Soul Fire! Isn't that so much more convenient? I have to look into that some more."

"That's nice now. That's better. I like it. What else did you want me to help with?"


>[[AUTHOR: I'm letting it slip for that, since naming is different, but from now on, I remind you, please don't suggest more than once between updates, two at absolute most.]]

Ah, well, you said you knew lots of things you wanted to share with us! That seems like a good place to start.

well, need some help when eating ghosts. so much of the energy pours into our soul fire instead of becoming titan power. at the moment? i guess whatever you have info on.

Just so we're clear your an androgynous diva and don't care either way which pronoun we use with you, right?

Can we learn a little bit more about our past perhaps? I'm a little bored, let's do something fun. I was wondering if YOU had any fun ideas?

>>475052
Can she feel anything different about herself due to the Hero Soul's involvement in her creation?

A description of her abilities would be nice too.

Oh right and introduce her to Wordblood.

>>475052
So we know we can eat ghosts, and so presumably mortals are just the same thing only usually weaker and they still have the attached lower soul. What about other kinds of beings? Exalts/heroes, gods, elementals, demons? All four of those sometimes need to be dealt with in a very final way. Would it be difficult to hide what we had done? Any particular benefits or disadvantages? Obviously we should avoid doing anything that outs us as a Titan but noone in Creation knows everything that happens all the time. Would a Stealth focused soul help in hiding our Soul Fire or the process of feeding?

Uhm what else do I ask the Feeding soul...how does generation of Titan's Will without consuming souls work? Any thoughts on what is clearly our Hero Soul manifest in our internal world? What do you think of Wordblood?

>>475047
...that glyph is totally her name in gallifreyan, isn't it.

>What else did you want me to help with?
Talk about the workings of the inner kingdom? She seems to have some kind of... celestial observatory? That's very nice, is this something we're supposed to build on and upgrade?

Ask what effect the hero's soul had on her? (Can't help but notice she inherited a raccoon mask).

Does she have passive time powers, and what does that entail? What about active powers? What's actually available to spend Titan Power on?

Saulanna's soul appears in human form in our inner world, lacking her Moon and Titan powers because those are represented by things outside of herself (Wordblood, Kairosa, and the blue orb). How well would Saulanna's "human" self be able to defend herself against attack if our inner world were invaded?

Interesting that as the bangles slide up her arm, more of it becomes visible.

Almost like she's wearing a robe that just happens to turn itself and everything under it insubstantial.

Or something.

...Huh. Well, one of our problems was our Soul Fire, so thanks for that. Initiative is good.

First of all, we need to know more about your abilities, both now and what you sense you could gain in the future.

Next, when you were forming, our hero's soul reacted with you in some way, do you know what happened?

Speaking of our hero's soul, why is it waaaaaaaaaaay over there now? I mean, the fact that you can move around our Moon Power means it's still attached to me... us... whatever, but it's over there on it's own island like you guys. Is it a Deva of it's own now or something?

[Explanation of situation] - and a fresh perspective might help. Any ideas, either on the outside world's situation or anything you can do in here?

Does this world have air now? Could we bring Peregrin in to meet you both, if we all need to have a discussion like the Deva element stuff again?

Wordblood tells us a Feeding Deva will ultimately be superior to Feeding than the average Deva, but what about spending TW?

Also, meet Wordblood, your roomate. He's our Aide Deva, Communication Element. (yes, I know you technically don't have genders, they're for simplicity's sake) He's not as... bouncy as you appear to be, but he's been very kind and helpful, and I'm glad to have him with us. I hope you two get along and work well together.

(If any sign of attraction enters their eyes... Back. Away. SLOWLY.)

What does she know about herself?
What does she know about us?
What does she know about recent events and our current predicament?

Best to approach these questions in a collaborative manner, getting her up to speed where needed while also getting to know her better. Having been created from a portion of Saulannas soul, I suspect that she's likely already up to speed for the most part, but always best to make sure that everyone is on the same page.

Once we're all acquainted with each other, we can explore our new inner domain together.

what can she do, and concerning TW generation, how fast can she do it?

Well we have the task she was made for, the absorption of those two slave souls. But before we throw those at her to chew on I'd like an explanation on how her particular method of feeding works, both relating to souls and passive generation.

And a general explanation of her nature and all the other things she was talking about at first.

Kairosa, what is your favorite colour?

Some help raising our Essence back up to 3 would be nice. I liked Sight Beyond Sight, and it would be nice to still use it.

Also, some ideas on how to best go about regaining some of that Titan's Will would be good. And thoughts on how to best increase in power, in general. For all three of us.

And ideas on pieces of lost time we can go scavenging. :3

How can Kairosa gain power, and what would be her preferred methods to gain power? Feeding on souls is to be expected, but are there any alternative ways for her to gain power?

Also, she said she can do normal magic in our inner world practically instantaneously, from an outer perspective. In the future, will we be able to selectively manipulate our internal time? In such a way that we can draw in an enemy or hostile person, and then use time manipulation to make them act much slower than the rest of us? This could be extremely useful in discreetly capturing people of interest.

Is the process of consuming souls instantaneous, from the perspective of the outer world? It is an internal affair once we draw the soul in.

Can Kairosa increase the efficacy of any internal actions, like Wordblood's consumption of knowledge? If spending more time on actions can produce higher results on account of more care being used, we should make this standard procedure.

Can she manipulate our internal time in such a way that we can increase the rate at which we naturally regain energy for magic?

What kinds of actions manipulate causality to a dangerous degree?

What things should we avoid doing to prevent drawing attention from unwanted sources?

And finally, what are the risks of using her magic?

We are looking for a Beast-Blooded named Ruive.

"Oh! By the way Kai, you are AWESOME and AMAZING! Thank you so much for your help! " /moar hugs

Okay, I'm done.

>>475096
Actually, one other question. Will you guys be able to use Titan Power for your own abilities that would normally cost Titan's Will?

Magic for everyone! That IS useful!

Hm, how about we get another opinion on the EAT SOULS issue? I'm almost positive Kairosa will be in favor of it, given her purpose, but if she objects there will probably be a good reason for it that we should know!

Question for Wordblood too: Any idea what was up with that thing during the creation with the runes and the hero soul?

Also all three of us should go check out that Hero Soul thing. While we're here.

>>475219
This. This so much. We've been distracted for too long. As soon as we've shaken off the houseguests, we have to go find Ruive.

Past: Aligned with Time as she is, would it be possible to fill in some more details on our past? That shouldn't muck abut with causality, as it's already done and all. Might give us some useful information (particularly stuff like Hearts Desire)

Present: Descriptions of current abilities. Best to know what our options are.

Future: Ideas on where her powers could later develop. It's always good to have a plan.


On a personal note, Kairosa is awesome and we should feel awesome for having ANOTHER sweet soul. I can't imagine how regular mortals with just the one (well, two, if you count Hun and Po separately).


Oh, and a question to either her or Wordblood: can we manipulate this inner realm at all? Besides having it reflect us that is. An internal fortress has all kinds of uses when we're dealing with spirits and ghosts we want to "eat" but not digest, as we did in Chapter 1.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/11/28(Wed)23:45 No. 475386 ID: 5bf190
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>Introductions

"Hello! I'm the Scavenger of Ages, Kairosa!"
"Hello. I am- oh, new colours, how pleasant. Ahem! I am He Who Aids In Understanding, Wordblood."
"No you're not!"
"... Excuse me?"
"Wordblood! It's derivative. You're not him anymore! Probs won't never be again no how, neither! Why keep it?"
"... Names have meaning by use. If someone calls me Wordblood, and I answer, it is my name. It is my name if I act as if it is my name. I do, so it is. My heritage is important to me."
"Ok."
"Not the best way to start a relationship, don't you think?"
"Yeah, sorry. Issues for me, issues for you, you-me we'll hug it out later. Right?"
"All right."

>gender

"You ask what pronoun to use with me? I am Time! I, who begin and end all tales! I, who devour eternity, yet nurture all growth within myself! I am the one who who raises up the young, and carries the weak and aged to their end! Really? I dunno. I don't have any bits. Not now, anyway. My body's not here yet. I feel more like a girl than a guy, though. Jewelry. Long hair. Got some yonic imagery here? That's not very common! Hard to gender a sexless entity without implying sexist ideas. Let's just say I'm a lady. I feel like a lady!"

>Learn about our past?/Information

"Oh, yes! See, here's the thing, you'll like this. As a Feeder of Time, if you can get me a sample of something's essence, I can "taste" its history! Like, if you can touch it? I can take a little nip, give it a little lick, and tell you about its past. Living creatures will notice, though, they'll feel a liiiittle pinch. And magical creatures will be able to tell something magicy happened. Of course, there needs to be something left to taste? And I'm not near as good at it right now as I could be."

"Theoretically I could do the same thing for the future, but that's not a good idea!!"

>causality dangers

"Yeah! Ok! Ok. Ok, this is important. Let me tell you. The future is uncertain, see? There's all sorts of possibilities. It's not real yet. But Titans and not-reality don't go well together! A full-grown Titan can make things real just by thinking about them too hard! And there's the problem. If you look into the future the potentiality field will collapse and solidify into a single path. In other words, if you looked into the future, what you'd see is what you'd get! And you might not like what you see! See? What I could do is to just try and gently feel out the way things are going, get an idea what'll probably happen. I'd need to power myself up for it, though."

"And messing with the past?? Woah. I mean, any Titan can just brute-force reality into the shape it would have taken if something had been different, but what was done was still done, you just made it pretend it didn't! Actually messing with the past can't be done now Haht'hek's not around! Poor Haht'hek. He threw himself in the fire. I mean - Well, I could still do it, mistress! Some day, maybe, when I'm really strong! But it'd take ten titanic buttloads of power to reach back into the past, and I don't even have a butt as it is! And then you'd have destroyed everything that came after! I don't know what you'd want to do that for."

>drawing attention

"Well, don't mess with Fate too much! I mean, you can do a lot, because it's gotten messed up by the Dragon and Autochthon's guys and all the Heroes punching each other in the face, and Uranus keeps rewriting things all the time? That's why astrology doesn't work so good any more. But at the same time, there's one Maiden actually doing her job, and the whole Loom got an upgrade a while ago, so there's eyes being kept on it. On the other hand, the Loom was designed on the assumption there'd be Titans around, so it's not as bad as it could be! Just be a little careful. You probably won't unravel reality unless you're trying to, anything much less than that shouldn't cause much more complaint than any normal Hero. There is the problem of you not being subject to Fate, though, I guess. I can't make it look like you are. Sooo, maybe a stealthy deva could help you there? Or just keep away from anyone who'd notice."

>Hero Soul's influence

"Actually, I can explain that. Essentially, your Hero Soul behaved as if it were a deva! All of a Titan's devas influence each other at least to some degree. Every Titan has a few overarching themes, you see? For example, all of Gaia's Lord and Lady devas are dragons. Or, on the other hand, you might look at Erembour, the Dragon's Shadow's Desire deva; she has a lot of qualities that reflect her association with darkness, even though she doesn't have it as an Element. If another Titan also had a Desire deva with the same Purpose as her, whatever it is, they would still be a very different being."

"That said, though your Hero Soul behaved like a deva in that sense, it's still not a deva. Maybe it will become one, eventually? And maybe not. I have no idea how those things work."

"I do! A bit! Kind of. I have some hunches. And some things that I think I should know? I can feel them in here, but I can't quite bring them into view yet. Let me go over and poke it a bit and I could tell you things with a little more certainty!"

>will we be able to selectively manipulate our internal time?

"Sure!"

>favourite colour

"Whatd'you think??"

>internal world

"It'll develop as we do."

"We can make relatively inconsequential changes by spending our normal magical energy."

>How is Titan's Will made

"Well, you know how you regain your Moon Power over time? That's from you absorbing energy from the world around you, as you breathe, eat, look at things, so on and so forth and such. Basically, when we're all topped up, I'll start taking the extra energy you would gather and refining it into Titan's Will. As a Time soul, I'll also be drawing energy from here and there, you know, the turning of the seasons, the cycle of the sky, mooching a bit off the Loom of Fate, that sort of thing. They won't notice. So you needn't worry too much about bothering me by using your own magic all the time. Not unless you keep yourself running dry for weeks at a time, or anything like that!"

"Now, here's the thing! Will generation runs in steps. The baseline would be one every five years. Because you already developed your feeding powers a little and transferred them to me, I'm two steps up from that, so I can give you one every season! But wait, too slow, you say?? Have no fear, I'm made of time! Let me devote five points of Power to the process - it'll tie them up so you can't regain them - and I can squeeze that up another step, to one every month! And if you improve my Soul Force, you can upgrade my baseline generation, which will boost the boosted generation down to one every week! But there is even more!! See, creating "free" Titan's Will and then spending it is a little inefficient. If you decide ahead of time what you want to spend it on, I can direct my refining process directly towards that goal, and that'll be one step lower again! From a week it goes down to a day, and from a day down to four a day. Beyond that... well, I'll tell you when we get there, how about it? Let's not get too far ahead!"

>souls

"Oh, you got some ready? Let's take them in here and have a look at them!"

Heh. She's fun.

>Licking things to learn their past
Ah! Like Glitcher does. Diving history from objects, that's a useful skill.

>prescience can lock you into bad futures
Yeah, the old "golden path" problem. Let's try and avoid that kwisatz haderach stuff.

>Poke the hero's soul
We'll go over and examine that soon. Then you can poke it to your heart's content.

>Poor Haht'hek
Was that Gaia's time dragon? Do you know what happened to him?

>Titan's will generation
Yeah, we'll assign as much as we can spare to allowing you to improve production. In the short term, we need to spend some to restore Saulanna's soul force, and upgrade Wordblood to be more potent in the social rematch when we face the other heros again.

>Let's get those souls in here!
Sure, if that doesn't end this internal sequence, and start normal time up again. I don't think we've exhausted everything we wanted to talk about or poke at, yet.

>>475386
Our devas. I love them so much. So much.

Several items present themselves.

First, if Kairosa can taste things' past for information, then if she could taste our past that would be excellent. We're right here, she can have a nibble. We want to know about who we were, even if it's no longer who we are.

And... seeing as our Hero Soul appears to be separate from us in our internal world here, it would be kind of nice to know exactly what powers we personally have, if any, which aren't dependent upon it. We're not a Hero, and we're not a proper deva... but we're still Queen? Explanations or wild speculation from our devas would be appreciated.

Let's go poke at our Hero Soul, check it out, see what's up. Kairosa can tell us those things that she said she'd tell us if she poked it.

So, Kairosa is purple because she's influenced by blue and red devas, at least in part? Does that mean that all our future devas are going to fall somewhere in the purple spectrum, and also that each will bear the mark of all its predecessors? Or am I reading too much into this, and Kairosa is just purple because purple is great?

When we have Kairosa eat the souls and turn 'em into something useful, will we also be able to earmark the resulting Titan's Will to a specific purpose and thereby squeeze more out of them? Are there other ways to maximize our gains here?

Well, we can go back outside and get them before continuing that particular conversation, I suppose.

>>475386
The Hero Soul is acting like a Deva? Well, let's go investigate it! Maybe we can talk to it.

I bet we can push TW into it and make it into a Deva! It would probably make a great warrior soul. Or a sneaky soul. Depends on what we can do with it.

>>475404
We probably shouldn't screw around too much with the Hero's Soul until we have a better understanding of both it and our own abilities. The Hero's Soul was created by Autobot, and he was a full fledged Titan, so if we aren't careful we could mess it up. Not saying don't do it, just we should probably be really careful about it. New Heroes aren't generally supposed to be able to access the Hero's Soul directly, and I'm not sure if even the most powerful can do it normally? Devil Tigers probably, but I don't know about any of the other types. I think Sidereals especially have even less flexibility there than the other kinds. That might be by design, and I don't think we are as good at this as Autochthon is, so just proceed with caution is all.

We should totally start earmarking Titan's Will for Wordblood on account of how awesome he is.

I concur with Hero Soul investigation proposition.

Also, is there anything you can do to make the Deva Birthing process more efficient? Although I guess if childbirth didn't hurt, it would be cheating...

I also concur that I want to know more about our past. If we can get some Heart's Desire out of that, it could be useful. Though I think we're developing some good hearts desire to unlock our potential as a fledgling titan, the mystery of the past is so mysterious! WoooOOOooooOOOOOoooo...

Stealth Deva of Masks anyone? It would help us hide ourselves in Fate. :D That's essentially what the sidereal exalted do anyways, right?

Speaking of which, do your Time abilities let us play with Fate at all, Kai? I mean, you're pretty awesome as is, but...

>Our devas. I love them so much. So much.
Yes. Concur. :3

I say we give her ALL our TW.

Okay, Give her access to the five points of power to attune and speed shit up. Now, the first thing we want to do is increase our own soul force back to how it was, unless I'm mistaken. But after that, we should use our titan's will to keep her as high as she can be without being more powerful than use.

Can Wordblood tell if it acted more like a Lord Deva or one of our Noble Devas?

>>475404
Lunars are basically the Exalted who most emphasize adaptability. I think narrowing down it's focus like that might not be the best of ideas. We should wait and see if it nabs it's own purpose, and if not try and find a very broad purpose for it.

Wheee!
Also, yeah, we should probably remember to maintain our own soul force alongside the others'; otherwise, we get metaphysically top-heavy or something.

I think our first 6 TW should go towards first raising us to 3 soul force, then Kairosa to 3, then increasing her Efficiency of Consumption again to 3, since I believe it was 2 previously? That would get us a little more out of the second ghost, since the first is very likely to get us at least 5 TW and we have 1. Also she implied Efficiency/Ease of consumption might help with generating Titan's Will from non-soul things? Hard to say what else might be good until we know how much we have to work with.

Upon returning to reality:
Step 1: Om nom nom.
Step 2: Test out Kairosa's absorption ability.
Step 3: Devote resulting energy into upgrading passive TW generation as much as possible.
Step 4: Laugh maniacally.
Step 5: Kick reason to the curb. Upgrade like crazy.
Step 6: Laugh maniacally again.


Although I suppose we should probably devote the energy we'll get into upgrading social abilities for the inevitable second round with all not-so-welcome guests. See if we can't make Garmir's favorite color pink or something.

think a good start project for any 'free' titan's will should be soul force. but for the stuff from the ghosts? we need to become a social champ.

We probably need to upgrade Wordblood for social abilities. At the moment, our biggest threats outside are a Death Hero diplomat (not the one right outside, different death hero) and a pair of moon heroes who want to put moonsilver tattoos on us to resist the wyld corruption.

Now, I don't want either of them to find out who I am - not just yet. I'll be telling Luna eventually but right now, I don't know how they'd react to learning I'm a Titan. Probably not well.

...

Possibly, we could do that probability feel you were talking about, see how probable a bad outcome is if we tell Luna.

>Slaver souls
Let's make their devouring quick, okay?

I just realized something.

you have a mysterious and undiscovered past.

she discovers the past of things by licking them.

heeheehee.

Looks like investigating our Lunar exaltation would be a good next step, followed by giving our internal realm a thorough once over. Can worry about the outside world afterwards, including the two souls on offer.

Actually, after checking out the Lunar exaltation might be a good time to broach the topic of admitting our true nature to Luna. The odds that Luna doesn't already know what's up are looking worse and worse...

1. Examine Exaltation soul.
2. Lock 5 motes towards passive generation.
3. Specialize TW generation for upgrading soulforce of saulana and her devas for that extra tier bump. Its the best use of TW >>/questdis/64431
4. Get saulana to SF3 again.
5. How much TW will it take to give wordblood the ability to create books? He said it could be done but not how much it would cost. If its cheap lets do it and instantly absorb and recreate the entire library + advanced tomes par has about magics.
6. Spending TW to make wordblood or saulanna into better at social combat is grossly inefficient. If we spend TW for social skills it should be to make a a social deva as wordblood explicitly told us to do. The slavers should provide enough TW for that.

Personally I think it would be better to use it to increase TW generation instead. saulanna to SF3 for 2TW, Kairosa to SF3 for 2TW, Kairosa's consumption efficienty to 3 for... 3TW?... actually if SF increase gives +1 rank to efficiency as I think it does (ask!) then it is better to raise saulana and kairosa to soulforce 4 each before getting efficiency 3 becomes cost effective. And tie up 10 of saulana's motes for +2 rank boost.

Just to clarify, when Kairosa said she can tie up MP from Saulanna for boost to TW generation was she referring to the titanic being (aka, the 18 power between the 3 of them) or just to the 6 that belong specifically to Saulanna? And can she actually do more then 5?

>>475471
wordblood is hiding us from her actively with his power. Also Gods are not omniscient. Death heroes went rogue, solar exaltations were stolen and inverted to create death heroes. both solar and death go to red sun to get converted... etc. Plus the 2 lunars here with us were NOT sent here by luna.

>>475471

This sounds good.

This could work out well or badly. I'll bet that Kairosa can learn about our Exaltation's former hosts. If she gets good enough at reading the past, we could learn LOADS of charms from Kairosa learning about the Exaltation's former hosts.

....Huh, I wonder if the Lunar Exaltation could become a Deva, and when it does it becomes an amalgamation of its former hosts? It's supposed to have been wiped clean, but Kairosa could easily discern its past.

And possibly, with enough skill, learn how the Exaltation was made. This would be....well, not the Holy Grail as we might not be able to replicate it, but damn useful information.

>>475475
>make a a social deva as wordblood explicitly told us to do
didn't he do the exact opposite?
He basically got all pouty and went "I'M your social deva"

Not a good idea to argue about the meaning of names with the one who INVENTED the concepts of language and communication :)

>"Oh, yes! See, here's the thing, you'll like this. As a Feeder of Time, if you can get me a sample of something's essence, I can "taste" its history! Like, if you can touch it? I can take a little nip, give it a little lick, and tell you about its past. Living creatures will notice, though, they'll feel a liiiittle pinch. And magical creatures will be able to tell something magicy happened. Of course, there needs to be something left to taste? And I'm not near as good at it right now as I could be."
Hey, this is useful. We can use it on Peregrin's captive souls to confirm what they've done to deserve their fate.

In addition to about a bajillion other uses, the most obvious ones being learning more about our own past and finding out what happened to Ruive. (We never even got around to checking how long Gevin has been dead for, and we shouldn't even need a Time Soul for that!)

Off-topic, I wish I had a power like this in real life :) It's really cool.

>"If you look into the future the potentiality field will collapse and solidify into a single path. In other words, if you looked into the future, what you'd see is what you'd get! And you might not like what you see! See? What I could do is to just try and gently feel out the way things are going, get an idea what'll probably happen."
We shouldn't ask questions of the type "What's going to happen?". Any attempts at prophecy should be phrased as "What will happen if we do X?", letting us use the result to decide whether to do X.

>"Let me go over and poke it a bit and I could tell you things with a little more certainty!"
Sure, go ahead. The Hero Soul was designed to stand up to Titanic-level attack in the war, so I doubt a newborn deva poking at it will do any damage.

>"I can give you one every season! But wait, too slow, you say?? Have no fear, I'm made of time! Let me devote five points of Power to the process - it'll tie them up so you can't regain them - and I can squeeze that up another step, to one every month!"
Wow, that's faster than I expected this soon.

Devoting those points to speed it up worthwhile once we have the Power to spare (i.e., not before we're done dealing with our visitors - it's not like that'll take weeks).

>"See, creating "free" Titan's Will and then spending it is a little inefficient. If you decide ahead of time what you want to spend it on, I can direct my refining process directly towards that goal, and that'll be one step lower again!"
I propose that we try to keep a certain amount of unassigned Titan's Will at most times as a backup cache, then once our backup cache is full we direct any further Will at predetermined purposes to benefit from the increased generation.

>"Oh, you got some ready? Let's take them in here and have a look at them!"
Let's, after getting Peregrin up to speed on what just happened.

I'd also want to look around our inner world some more - examine the fine working of Kairosa's orrery, checking what books Wordblood has in his bookcase, and of course poking the Hero Soul. That can go either before or after the souls, I don't care.

>>475450
>Possibly, we could do that probability feel you were talking about, see how probable a bad outcome is if we tell Luna.
An interesting suggestion, though I suspect reliably predicting an Incarna's future would be a little harder than predicting that of a normal mortal or even Hero...

>Hero Soul
I feel like we might be able to turn the soul into a deva by using the Hero Soul as the element of the deva, in a manner of speaking. Like how Kairosa is made of time, or Wordblood is made of communication, the new deva would be made of our hero soul.

Not sure if it's a good idea to do so, or not, but this is how I think we COULD do it. We would have to find a good purpose to give the hero deva that would suit it.

Anyway, this is all just speculation for now, and not our primary concern. We shouldn't worry about the next deva we want to create until we're ready for it. We need to focus on the task at hand, which is preparing for the coming social battle.

>>475516
We really, really need to know more before we try that.

Oh! Also, Kairosa, we've heard that the Dragon's Shadow broke the calender of the underworld and that allows him to affect the passage of time in the shadow land. Does this present any opportunities or difficulties for us?

Questions to ask:

If we have Titan's Will to spare, can you use it to augment your Feeding of the Past ability? You aren't close to your full potential, but with the use of Titan's Will how much could you augment your abilities? Because if you can augment them enough, we should have you try that on the Hero Soul to learn more about the past bearers. We could potentially learn abilities, or at least their existence, this way.

Tying up points of power for improved Feeding would be good. We have some more pressing problems now though. What else can you do that doesn't revolve around the production of power? Is there something else we can spend your power on?

Can you aid Wordblood in the production of Power Words? At least those related to Time?

Can you improve Saulanna and Wordblood's efficiency with their powers?

Suppose we made a handshake with someone wearing a glove. Could Kairosa look into the glove's past, and be able to tell us things the wear observed or used the glove for? Most importantly, could this be done without the knowledge of the wearer?

Hopefully Kairosa can Feed on Saulanna and see what she was like before she Exalted, but failing that, could she Feed on Peregrin to see his memories, hopefully of what Saulanna was like before? We could use a frame of reference for how our original self used to act, just in case we have to play the part of our treasure hunter self.

Speaking of soul fire, it's potentially a serious problem with an opportunity: It gives off an awful lot of light and detectable magic, can this be harvested? I'd imagine a scavenger would be suited to this if anything.

I also think it could be a bad idea for Kairosa to touch the hero soul just yet: Those were made by the gods for fighting titans. I wouldn't want to risk it until we had a better relationship with our hero soul and knew what its limitations were better. At least we need to make sure we're prepared to minimize the damage if it suddenly wakes up and goes berserk in response to Kairosa poking it.

I think we have more immediate and important problems with the lunars and the representative(s) of Dragon's Shadow, so now isn't the best time for long term planning. We need a practical plan for getting out of this with as few damaging/limiting problems as possible. What can we do to feel our way out of the social minefield we're buried in and get back to something safer like combat and exploration of hazardous places? If nobody else has a better idea I think we should work at increasing our capacity for social combat using these slavers and the aid of Kaan here: Round two is coming up soon unless we do something rash like go run and hide. We need to improve our ability to dish and soak damage in social combat post-haste and it's clear that it's vital to become much better at handling topic shifts than we have been.

We also need to come up with a decent cover-story about reluctance to be tattooed for the lunars. Is it plausible for Lord Kaan to have grafted a soul's memories or talents onto a lunar that doesn't have their tattoos yet? If so, can we extend that into an explanation that he's currently using this lunar mutability as a solution for getting rid of terrible criminal ghosts who would not pass on but could not be released without grave risk to the safety of themselves and others? This kind of half-truth about our nature and our relationship with Lord Kaan should be easily backed up with a demonstration of our surprisingly broad and deep knowledge. From there it shouldn't be that hard to explain that we want to finish learning all we can about the theory behind this tattooing before we even think of agreeing to it because it seems crude, drastic and limiting from what we already know and that we hope to devise a better method.

Next we'd have to come up with an explanation for why we went and secluded ourself with Kaan that would pass muster to Askalaff, Garmir and Akatrina, which would have to be plausible and believable. My imagination seems to be failing on this topic because I can only come up with highly intimate reasons for why you would disappear with him into seclusion at this time.

Finally what to do about Akatrina watching us? Uh, well, I just don't know.

Kairosa, would it be possible to preserve the consciousness or "self" of a ghost or other spirit in some way when breaking them down for Titan's Will? I mean obviously they wouldn't be as they once were, but would it be possible to keep the mind of the being intact so that we could, say, eventually build a common deva around it and that deva would still be THEM on some level? Or maybe use it for artifact crafting or something?

First order of business is to have a look at those souls. Eternal imprisonment is a terrible thing, but fortunately Kairosa's talents will help us learn enough so as to decide whether to release or consume them. Let's be cautious about the effect that consuming a soul with a horrible history could have on our wonderful new deva, though. Let's see what Wordblood and Kairosa have to say on that matter.

Having Kairosa taste our own history could teach us something that could help us develop a Heart's Desire, which would protect us somewhat against Akatrina. But be prepared for whatever caused us to seek to have our memory erased. If this process uses Moon/Time power then let's do this before consuming souls, because consuming souls would presumably refill our power pools.

Later Kairosa can help us with the music box mystery. Right now we'll need to decide what to do with the Titan's Will. Raising our Essence to 3 is important, and granting Wordblood the ability to communicate directly with others' minds would be a huge help. But putting off an immediate advantage to raise Kairosa's Essence early is a good investment in time. Let's decide when we see how much Titan's Will we have to work with.

1. Poke Hero Soul
2. Poke ghost souls
3. (If evil enough) Om nom nom
4. Poke Saulanna
5. Up everyone's Soul Force as much as we can afford to.

No! You shall hug it out right now! Your mistress commands it!

<b>Hugs for the Hug god! Smooches for the Smooch Throne!</b>

I say poke the hero soul while we're in here, check with both of the devas to see if there's anything else we need to discuss, then try to find the way back to your body and get those other souls your Abyssal minion promised you.

I wanna see what Kai can do with them.

Can we get Kaan in this place and make Devas with him? Is Kairosa stepping on Saturn's toes?

Ask Wordblood and Kairosa how they prefer to be worshiped. I'm thinking... blood drizzled into a stately red ink-pot, drawn into a fine pequil made of local materials, and then written on a snake-skin.

Many questions.
Can Kairosa look into souls to see what they would give us?
If that's the case I think that should be our next course of action.

Kairosa! Tell us more about our past!

>>476808
this!

Right, let's see those souls!

About the TW generation, let me see if I got this straight : as we are now, we get 1 TW per season. Increasing her Gathering Efficiency would cost 5 TW (which means that it's currently at 5, how did that come to be?), but we can buy the upgrade immediately, which would mean 5 months without generation before we get the payload. However, we could also increase her Soul Force, which would probably be less costly : how high is it?

Also interested in what she can tell us about the Dragon of Time, since she seems to be the only one we've met that has any idea about what happened to it.

I love that the introduction of a character adherent to the philosophy of "I think, therefore I am" is set in a Cartesian Theater. Dat irony. <3

Ask Kairosa about your pre-Lunar history, since she seems pretty ideal for that.
Ask her about the Dragon of Time too, while you're at it.
Inspect that shiny blue moon circle.

Hug your Hero Soul.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/12/09(Sun)16:57 No. 477523 ID: 39f670
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>Find out about Saulanna's past!

So, human though it looks, this body doesn't actually need to breathe. That's good to know.

Saulanna Rockblossom 2012/12/09(Sun)16:58 No. 477525 ID: 39f670
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Kairosa draws back, holding her tongue as she savours whatever flavours she was able to get. After a moment, though, her face falls for the first time.

"I'm sorry, mistress. Whatever Peregrin did to your soul didn't just wipe your memories clear, it cleaned out your entire metaphysical house! I'm sure there must be some traces, but the tastes of Wordblood and your Hero Soul are each so strong that they're completely overpowering them."

"Oh, dear. Well, I suppose a Hero Soul or a piece of a Titan have much more weight on the passage of time than an ordinary mortal. Erm. No disrespect intended, my lady."

"I'll tell you what, though! Those gloves you're wearing at the moment belonged to you before, and it's easier for me to get a taste off them. If you gathered all your old belongings, I could at least give you some clues to follow towards learning more about your former self. In the meantime, how about I give those souls a lick?"

>Can we bring Peregrin in here?

Actually, I think... yes, I think I might be the one in charge of air, here. And... water. Yes. Voice and blood. Air and water. I would need a little upgrade if I'm to start being able to support material creatures."

>Can you mess with Fate?

"One day, maybe! It's not like samsara, it's super finicky! And ten times as much such if I'm trying to hide it. So not for a long time, I think."

>TW from eating souls, increased towards a purpose?

"No, it'll only work when I'm making it myself."

>What happened to Haht'hek?

"Ah, yeah. I know what happened to him. It's kind of a sad story, though! You sure you want to hear it?"

>>477523
Hehehe. I have no complaints about this whatsoever!

>>477525
Sure. It might even be relevant to whatever the Dragon's Shadow is trying to pull off by using a "strong power source". He could be trying to bring the Dragon of Time back! Personally, I'd support that.

>>477523
First kiss 2X combo.

>It's kind of a sad story, though! You sure you want to hear it?
I have to admit we're curious, even if it's sad. Especially if there's some kind of danger he fell victim to being a time deva- we wouldn't want to repeat his misfortune.

>how about I give those souls a lick?
Sure, go right ahead! Although, I'd like to put off assigning TW till we're done talking and checking out things in here. We should probably all go check out the hero's soul, first.

I'd also still like to ask her about the broken underworld calendar and if that has any implications for us or her.

Yes, story time, please.

Yes please. storytime.
Then check exaltation (current status, and read past)

ayyup.

>>477525
Well soul-licking is certainly something we ought to get going, especially if we want to upgrade Wordblood so we can bring Peregrine in here.

>>477533
>First kiss 2X combo.
While it's Kairosa's first kiss chronologically she did seem to have a bit of experience with it, perhaps taken from Saulanna's future.

I'd suggest asking Wordblood and Kairosa if they have any idea how safe it is or isn't to go talk to the hero soul. I am curious about it but that thing was made to fight titans and well... we sort of are one now at least a little bit.

We still want to look at the big glowing moon thingy before we got back 'outside' to have a bite of the souls, but after that no reason to dally in here. We could hear about Haht'hek now, since we're curious and all, but there's no advantage or disadvantage to having the story told later.
I'm starting to get worried with Kairosa. If she suggests getting around to the slaver's souls a third time she might start getting impatient. That would be bad.

Yes, story time!

I might be completely seeing that image incorrectly, but is Kairosa trying to feel us up just a little bit? I see her bangles and then, that's her hand, right?

I'm pretty sure we left some of our clothing back at the manse area, so that's another reason to check back there later.

So she got a taste of our Hero's soul, anything worth mentioning on that angle? Or remarkable history to Wordblood that he himself wouldn't know of? Barring or after either of those, tell us about the time dragon.

Then we'll return to the outside world and get those souls in here.

>>442456034
Probably safe, but not sure talking is really a thing there. I'm more interested about the big glowing moon up there, despite the obvious reasons for it being.

>>477558
Well to be fair that is her reason for existing. Her eagerness isn't about being destructive, she just wants to do her job.
And I'm sure Jukashi wants to get the story moving again at some point.

>>477562
>destructive
Sorry I misread your implications and can't delete. I think she is eager but patient enough, being what she is. We'll get our story then get on with the souls in one go I think.

>>477561
She's caressing Saulanna's face.

>>477564

Ooooh. Right. Now I see it. Originally, I thought what was actually her thumb was part of Saulanna's facial tattoos. Which I now see Saulanna does not have in her spirit world. So that's actually an arm.

I was like, "Damn, Jukashi, when you do fanservice, you really do some fanservice!" But now I see it's just a kiss. And a pseudo-homosexual one which, given that this is Creation, is the most common and normal kind anyway.

Story and Souls are go.

Um Are We?

Wait, what is that hand inside Kairosa's cloak ? the one reaching up.

>"Ah, yeah. I know what happened to him. It's kind of a sad story, though! You sure you want to hear it?"
I suspect that we're going to hear a lot of sad stories before our adventure is over. Unfortunately, we'll probably end up participating in some, too.

And I'm not one to turn down useful knowledge.

Let's get peregrins permission to do a reading for him too. <3

The souls come first though, I guess.

Get the story and lick the souls.

I'm voting for storytime too.

Something to consider later on might be trying to get an item of personal importance from each of the Lunars and Deathknights for a few moments without their knowledge. Knowing more about our opponents could be very useful.

...wait. Wait.

I'm definitely reading that wrong. Can you mess with samsara?!

Kairosa, what happened to your eyes? why are they blue?

also, yes to the story obviously.

>>477663
Probably because she just "tasted" us.
Also note the grey hand that replaced her usual cosmic torso.

>>477663
It probably from tasting the lunar essence.
Blue=Lunar remember

Sad story time is tempting, but not likely to be all that immediately relevant. Ask Kairosa to bring it up if it does become immediately relevant though, along with if she can think of any implications that the destruction of the underworlds calendar would have in conjunction with herself and her powers.

I suggest investigating the lunar exaltation next, followed by bringing in the two souls.
Kairosa will need to be a little more patient for now, but she can rest assured that snack time won't be far off.

>>477672
The lunar essence must flow.

Have her tell us while we're bringing the souls in.

1. Om nom nom
2. Story Time

>>477525
>Erm. No disrespect intended, my lady.
None taken, Wordblood! It would be kind of silly to get all angry over something that's just a metaphysical reality, wouldn't it?

Though, the exact state of what we are as far as the whole "ordinary mortal" thing is kind of weighing on my mind here. We've got both of you here, and our Hero Soul over there, which presumably is where all our Hero's power and Soul Force is- so is this just Saulanna's human-only self? It seems really strange to have Titanic devas be treating something so comparatively tiny as their queen. What exactly are we, meaning just this part of us? What is there that's special about us? How can we grow?

I suppose investigating the Hero Soul might answer some of this, so perhaps we can do that immediately after the story.

> It's kind of a sad story, though! You sure you want to hear it?
The world is full of sad stories. Every Titan's tale seems to be a tragedy. As long as they're true, though, it's better to hear them than not- and we're in no rush.

Quick! Pray to Luna, while she's there, go ahead and lick her!

It's time for a story about the Dragon of Time!

I say story time.

Also, remember to examine the exaltation thingummy. Have Kairosa taste it if it seems safe enough (i.e. wouldn't attract Luna's attention).

>>477525
Story? Yes, yesyseyesyesyesyseyes

Story time! Provide storyteller with munchies.
Hopefully you won't barf this time.

Let's hear about Haht'hek and then go check our our hero soul.

>>477525
You've...ah...got a little something in your chest, there.

Eat the souls unless they have genuine unfinished business.

Otherwise they're dead, and have nothing to look forward to except an eternity of imprisonment.

I think it would be a very human thing to have a record of each soul that gets consumed. A book on a special bookcase in the inner world seems appropriate, one book per soul. I think this would show respect for the existence they once had, and glancing over to see how many books are in the bookcase would give Saulanna a quick way to see if she's become a genocidal soul-eating monster or not. :) At this rate, I doubt that could happen though.

I imagine the bookcase should be in Saulanna's area, because we're not trying to impose humanity on Kariosa or Wordblood!

Giving Jukashi things to draw is always fun.

I vote that we check out the new souls straight away, and then check out the hero soul!