video | un: wisdom

[mashiara]

Right. Meet Kharil-asuk, ( she gestures to the side, where... it's incredibly difficult to tell there is a massive, unreasonably large snake god in the dappled shadows of the foliage. ) who assures he'll donate his venom if any of our number confess to him the darkest crime you've performed. He promises no retribution, only a start to redemption.

Which does not include devouring. Regardless. Please help. I can walk away and leave my pendant with him, or I can stay. As Wisdom, I've heard the best and worst of people many times before.

( She waits, expectant. Any who does confess a crime, betrayal, or sin can (on player choice) feel more at peace with it or relieved, for up to 24 hours. What brief kindness! )

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video | un: wooden sword

[vdovy]

[ A long-suffering exhale. ]

Of course. How come it's never "confess your favorite Taylor Swift song" or "admit your schoolgirl crush" or some other mildly embarrassing admission? No, it's always "incriminate yourself for my enjoyment" around here.

[mashiara]

( have her grimace in return. still under the influence of the drugs makes this difficult to focus on, but at the same time, almost too easy. )

Everything is greedy for something here, isn't it. The god doesn't seem inclined to reciprocate.

un: abwhorent / audio

[wifedup]

First a cleansing, then a wife, now a confession. Is there anything our new god does not wish for?

[mashiara]

( what is that name )

Bed linens and whatever else a snake deems part of outfitting a home.

( said so very, very dryly. )

[wifedup]

( He does not want to talk about it. )

Mm, I suppose it is too big for a nest, though I would prefer to offer it the fixings of a kitchen rather than a confession. One can't help but think these demands are all intertwined.

un: absterge

[downswing]

Is not all crime dark?

[mashiara]

Is it? I would think yes, until I have to face what we've done in the name of justice and defense. Have you done nothing here that would be considered a crime in the eyes of someone not aligned to your side?

I don't like it, but I'll face it. When it's truth.

1/2

[downswing]

( Not one crime?

...but how to choose among them? )

[downswing]

Here, bloodshed.

[vestments]

Can't imagine redemption will happen, either.

[mashiara]

Nor I. The Wheel weaves as the Wheel weaves, and the Light may guide us all, but redemption is what a person seeks for themselves, and if it's granted, it doesn't come from places like these.

[vestments]

Has he said what he gets out of it?

un: qishan | voice

[silverneedles]

What does he intend to do with these confessions?

[mashiara]

I'd say sleep on them but I doubt any are large enough to warm the entirety of his vastness.

[silverneedles]

It is a rather intimidating snake. Nothing we could provide would warm him.

un: pillar of the heavens

[inkfire]

How does he promise redemption, especially for something unforgivable?

[mashiara]

My guess is the illusion of it, for some time.

private | @taken for granite

[rumorate]

[It's not as though Allison is short on sins. And she can sacrifice some of her choices for the greater good.]

Do we need to do this in person?

permaprivate;

[mashiara]

As far as he seems concerned, no, he just wants to witness it. To hear? He's a very large very curious gossip.

un: headless ragdoll | audio

[matermali]

[ That's a hard pass, fam.

A raspy voice drifts from the pendant: ]

You expect it to keep its promises? That such things won't be used against us?

[ Has everyone in the group gone very insane while she was gone? ]

[mashiara]

I've said neither thing. But I'm choosing not to make that decision for everyone else, too.

un: witchful thinking ☾ audio

[nochnaya]

And what does Kharil-asuk define as a crime?

[mashiara]

He implies it only matters that we personally find it a crime. I don't imagine a snake god will agree on what criminal is with any one of us.

video: UN: Dai Shan

[thewarder]

[He's holding his device slightly wrong so that just the bit of his head is cut off the screen and it's awakward.]

Light! What on earth have you gotten yourself into women.

[mashiara]

( Her snort, when she glances at the screen to see a portion of his... head? Seems to be. )

I refuse to believe that as warder to Moiraine you can find this surprising.