un: Black Prince; text

[blackscales]

I recently spoke to the eminently beautiful Miang-Si. Quite the interesting young lady, it seems she is intent on staying young and beautiful forever. More than that, she claims she has been promised a way to do this. That she has a gift she believes can be trained to help reach immortality. An unfortunately familiar goal. As for her potential tutors, she spoke of those who can part waters and speak to ghosts. Perhaps the ladies of the lake? It would fit her sneaking out, I believe. She certainly has some magical potential, although to what end she can be taught I couldn't comment.

Our young mistress also mentioned an old friend of ours. Anui, The Huntress, who as recently mentioned was seen in was these woods. It seems in a fit of vanity Miang-Si sought her out and met her. She was... compelled by her. I'd imagine that speaks to some skill or touch of death on her part.

Interestingly, whoever her potential tutors are want something from her. They did not meet the Huntress as she did, before the local villagers drove her away. I do wonder what they think she knows, or has?

On a more entertaining note, she also appears to be convincing her father to fake his death so she can be more appealing to marry. Apparently, tragically dead parents are fashionable.

My role grants easy access to Miang-Si should anyone further need it.

Comments

un: absterge

[downswing]

Perhaps discourage patricide.

[blackscales]

She claims it a fiction, that he will sail away on work and they will declare him missing for a time.

1/2

[downswing]

Generous.


( Children these days. Sizhui was raised better than this. )

[downswing]

You speak of compulsion.

The Huntress seduced her?

[blackscales]

I do not believe it calculated. More a thrall, in her presence. She said the Huntress never paid her attention, but she described immediately never wanting to leave her side.

[downswing]

Thralls. Perhaps bewitchment.

[blackscales]

I understood the Huntress did have such abilities over some.

[downswing]

Pained to confirm.

[blackscales]

There was a pattern?

[downswing]

The dead. Those who raise them.

Perhaps predictably.

[damnable]

Woah, sorry, when did losing a parent become attractive to suitors?

Is it like more attractive to have both parents go, or is it only a one parent type of deal? Curious minds here gotta know. ( /asking the important questions. )

[blackscales]

Both, being an orphan is in fashion. The appearance of generosity on those marrying you into their family and taking care of you, while also not having any additional family to bother with I'd presume.

[damnable]

Fuck. So it's about wanting to appear generous while also being selfish as fuck? Here I thought they'd talk about orphans having some type of weird, freaky, attractive allure in their grief. Which was weird, but y'know mildly amusing.

Instead it's about people wanting to seem like generous asses while not actually having to pay any extra. Why are people like this?

[blackscales]

I find it fascinating the lengths people will go to. Such drive can allow them to achieve both great and terrible things.

[blackscales]

Her allure, can it be blocked?

[downswing]

...crudely. We deployed chains and distance.

[damnable]

It's impressive. I was gonna say I must be a real catch - never having parents at all, but seems like it's more about the grieving and sympathy shit. Jesus.

So does she expect you to help with this fake death thing?

[blackscales]

How much distance was required to weaken her call?

[blackscales]

I'm not assisting with that directly, no, beyond I suppose failing to tell suitors her father is not in fact 'missing, presumed dead'.

[downswing]

Could not track. We hid underground.

Perhaps li.

[blackscales]

Li? That doesn't translate. Describe?

I ask because I have managed to weaken the call of an undead lord before. I could try to see if I can do so again, with enough information, tools, and a subject I knew would be called.

[downswing]

Tens of thousands of steps.

[blackscales]

Too far to go in a hurry.

Does the Huntress only thrall humans? I know the Beastmaster specialised in creatures, but have any creatures ever followed his wife?

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[spoilers]

I suppose it would play nicely for sympathy. Maybe he isn't convinced and she takes a more...direct route. They will keep her in chains a few years from now.

[blackscales]

It's possible. She did seem driven, she knows what she wants. She strikes me as a young woman with all the confidence of someone yet to suffer consequence.