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[manifestering]

Hello
If we have not met my name is Octavian
I am an alchemist and as always I am accepting small amounts of blood for a personal project

But that is beside the point

[Just, you know, getting it out of the way that he's always on the hunt for blood samples to save, anyway—]

The point is during our mutual excursions to maintain the integrity of this world
In the ruins I was set upon by a manner of vision
Very abrupt
not entirely welcome
In the water I experienced memories that were not my own
Something about a breed of serpentine people
Where are they
?

The recollection suggested they were not always serpents but perhaps once like us
A group brought to this place and changed
Was this previously known
and
has anyone else experienced these visions
?

[ooc; totes encourage threadjacking for sharing purposes!!]

Comments

[manifestering]

Alchemy

What did you see in the terminal
?
I imagine it would behoove us to compare notes as it were
Perhaps these things are meant to intertwine

[solitarysoul]

okay but what.

[He's not sure if alchemy is real or not but either way that doesn't really narrow it down.]

there was the kid that didn't want us to reset.

but also there was...i think the AI? or the system. it kept having errors but no one was fixing them. they used to get fixed but for some reason they weren't being fixed.

i thought maybe it was what had been happening.

[manifestering]

I am constructing a body
for myself before you assume something nefarious
I am a spectre and I would prefer not to be

Then her caretaker has abandoned her
or perhaps been taken away by some other means
If true

[solitarysoul]

[Oh god, why are there more ghosts here?!]

okay.

[Just going to skip past the ghost and whatever making a body means. Definitely not donating HIS blood.]

maybe.
but if you saw memories of a different time, does that mean this has happened before?

[manifestering]

[Honestly he is a little sick of explaining it, no matter how much "I want blood please" demands explanation, so he is totally fine leaving it on an "okay" and yet another gently implied refusal...]

I would assume so yes
There was a great sense of failure in what I experienced
multiple failures

[solitarysoul]

i think i heard there were supposed to be other cycles before us.

[manifestering]

Interesting
I wonder if they are all still in this world
but changed
I have not been here very long myself to have met the various peoples
snakes included

[solitarysoul]

the people in rumpitar are snakes.

[He doesn't think he likes what this is implying. Were they lucky to make it through the reset?]

[manifestering]

Oh you are acquainted
Have you visited recently
?

[solitarysoul]

not recently.

the town was locked down for awhile after a monster attack and plot. i don't know if it still is.

[manifestering]

Do you suppose the monsters were also once Chosen like us
?
That is off topic but relevant I believe

Perhaps someone should visit these serpent folk and see what has become of them

[solitarysoul]

i don't know. i thought maybe we couldn't become them but things are weird here.

their city is to the south east of here. i think it takes about a day or two to get there.

[manifestering]

It does seem possible
yet unconfirmed
Unless someone has seen a similar vision about them

Do they attack visitors
?

[solitarysoul]

no. they just seemed like regular people. except part snake.

[manifestering]

In that case
they may have some records of where their people came from that they would be willing to share

[solitarysoul]

i guess there's one good way to find out.

[manifestering]

Yes more traveling I imagine
Personally I am growing rather sick of travel

[solitarysoul]

we usually don't have to travel much.

i hope it goes back to that.

[manifestering]

Is it ordinarily a pleasant place to live
here
?

Everything became quite chaotic just after I arrived

[solitarysoul]

...more or less. we're stuck here and there are often monsters outside of town but if you stay in town its usually safe. hopefully the glitches won't come back.

[manifestering]

That sounds nice
It does seem that our efforts at the terminals have helped
at least for now

[solitarysoul]

i hope so. all we can do is wait and see.

[manifestering]

I suppose so yes
Your name is Levi
?
from your credentials
It is a pleasure to meet you

[solitarysoul]

yeah. nice to meet you too.