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THE ADVOCATE ORACLE - A RIP VAN WINKLE IN TIME
INTRO
Hello Kenos! Welcome to the Advocate Oracle! Did we say Stargazer? Shhh no we didn’t. As we hinted earlier in the Discord, the conclusion of this Oracle will lead to a timeskip that Bearers will be subjected to in the end. How long? Well, that depends on your choices, and how well you exemplify the Advocate Oracle.
Just like with the Exalt Oracle, and to keep things even until a little closer to the end game, this Oracle has been predetermined to go to Zenith.
Just like with the Exalt Oracle, and to keep things even until a little closer to the end game, this Oracle has been predetermined to go to Zenith.
SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF BLISS
Bearers will find themselves being pulled into a deep sleep, where the Advocate Oracle will beseech them for their knowledge of home and seek understanding. Where did you come from? What made you as you are? What were the victories and challenges of your land? How did you become the you that you are? The Advocate seeks understanding and wants to see others achieve happiness. Does your world bring you happiness, or would it be cathartic to see it lost?
As the Advocate learns bits and pieces about Bearers, it will become clear that their dream is closing in on something that the bearers who have experienced it will recognize as the Timestream. The Advocate is not a thing, but a presence, and bearers will be able to sense the force (amorphous and shapeless) reaching into the Timestream, and you know – know that they are reaching for something on your behalf. As it slides out, you can feel a calming sense of joy, because you recognize it. It fills you with joy, bliss, or perhaps frustration and disgust, as you recognize the feeling of being home.
Everything will go white, and your one-on-one time with the Advocate will be at an end.
As the Advocate learns bits and pieces about Bearers, it will become clear that their dream is closing in on something that the bearers who have experienced it will recognize as the Timestream. The Advocate is not a thing, but a presence, and bearers will be able to sense the force (amorphous and shapeless) reaching into the Timestream, and you know – know that they are reaching for something on your behalf. As it slides out, you can feel a calming sense of joy, because you recognize it. It fills you with joy, bliss, or perhaps frustration and disgust, as you recognize the feeling of being home.
Everything will go white, and your one-on-one time with the Advocate will be at an end.
CLICK YOUR HEELS TOGETHER, DOROTHY!
Bearers will open their eyes and will find themselves in a new world. This is not Kenos at all, but familiar or not, you know it is someplace in the scattered worlds.
Where is it? Well, it’s either your world or another Bearer’s! That’s right, it’s a world share event! Bearers will find themselves scattered either on their own or in groups (up to you!) in a new world, that could be familiar or not, depending on your CR net. The Advocate has pulled the memories and description of a world from the Timestream, and for what purpose… well, that will become clear with time. However, these are not the worlds that characters came from, not exactly. These are worlds that are AUs of your character's canon, and this can be in very minor ways that would be essentially the same as canon, or it can be in very large, dramatic ways. Up to you!
You are not required to share a world, however, bearers will feel a strong compulsion to invite the Advocate to experience their worlds in their vision with the Advocate. (This leaves you all options to opt out of sharing your own world, but for those characters who may be less inclined, this is your opportunity to do so!)
But first, the logistics! Bearers will be in worlds for 12 hours each. You will not experience hunger or tiredness – but feel free to eat or sleep your way through worlds as you so choose (we expect there to be a lot of them!) – and the scope of each world is about what is discoverable within 12 hours. (You don’t need to describe the entirety of your world, but a city or area. Please make sure it's large enough to accommodate the entire shard-bearer population. For example, the Millennium Falcon would be too small, but a Star Destroyer would be fine. It should be a place that provides significant hold over your character.) There will be an open header here for players to post a short description of their world. If your character wants to go hang out at a coffee shop and watch shit go down, feel free! (The mod team has examples, and we will be sharing those shortly!) Please have your descriptions in by 03/15/2024 at 1:30 PM so that everyone can choose participation in other characters’ worlds before they get their TLs up!
For characters that are from shared worlds, we’ll leave it up to you how you all share that, but if you choose to have different regions or cities to share, go for it! For example, Batman might choose Gotham, whereas Superman might choose Smallville. Again, this really should be what’s feasibly travelable within 12 hours – they will cycle like the rest of the worlds – and your characters will not have money or funds on them for travel, so don’t feel like you have to describe the entirety of your characters’ worlds. Just a small blurb (you can include links of course!) to give players a general sense of what they can discover.
Also, these worlds will shuffle in the order on the taken list, just so the Savants have an unsolvable puzzle to chew on. (heh)
Characters will experience every world that is submitted into the header, but the Advocate’s last impression will echo as you move from one word to another. “Is this worthy of saving?”
Your twelve hours can be spent in one of three ways. Bearers can do whatever they want, and simply experience the world as they wish, they can hunt for the soul of the world, or they cant hunt for the soul of the dreamer.
There will be a header on the turn-in post to list if your character chooses to keep the different Aspected Shard of themselves. If you find someone else’s Shard, and you keep it to the next world, it will return to that Bearer to decide what to do with it. Essentially, if you don’t shatter this Shard, they’ll be able to do with it as they see fit before you leave their world. If you do shatter the Shard, there will be no consequences to the owner. Or at least none that will appear in this event.
It goes without saying, but please plot this with that player, so there are no surprises!
Where is it? Well, it’s either your world or another Bearer’s! That’s right, it’s a world share event! Bearers will find themselves scattered either on their own or in groups (up to you!) in a new world, that could be familiar or not, depending on your CR net. The Advocate has pulled the memories and description of a world from the Timestream, and for what purpose… well, that will become clear with time. However, these are not the worlds that characters came from, not exactly. These are worlds that are AUs of your character's canon, and this can be in very minor ways that would be essentially the same as canon, or it can be in very large, dramatic ways. Up to you!
You are not required to share a world, however, bearers will feel a strong compulsion to invite the Advocate to experience their worlds in their vision with the Advocate. (This leaves you all options to opt out of sharing your own world, but for those characters who may be less inclined, this is your opportunity to do so!)
But first, the logistics! Bearers will be in worlds for 12 hours each. You will not experience hunger or tiredness – but feel free to eat or sleep your way through worlds as you so choose (we expect there to be a lot of them!) – and the scope of each world is about what is discoverable within 12 hours. (You don’t need to describe the entirety of your world, but a city or area. Please make sure it's large enough to accommodate the entire shard-bearer population. For example, the Millennium Falcon would be too small, but a Star Destroyer would be fine. It should be a place that provides significant hold over your character.) There will be an open header here for players to post a short description of their world. If your character wants to go hang out at a coffee shop and watch shit go down, feel free! (The mod team has examples, and we will be sharing those shortly!) Please have your descriptions in by 03/15/2024 at 1:30 PM so that everyone can choose participation in other characters’ worlds before they get their TLs up!
For characters that are from shared worlds, we’ll leave it up to you how you all share that, but if you choose to have different regions or cities to share, go for it! For example, Batman might choose Gotham, whereas Superman might choose Smallville. Again, this really should be what’s feasibly travelable within 12 hours – they will cycle like the rest of the worlds – and your characters will not have money or funds on them for travel, so don’t feel like you have to describe the entirety of your characters’ worlds. Just a small blurb (you can include links of course!) to give players a general sense of what they can discover.
Also, these worlds will shuffle in the order on the taken list, just so the Savants have an unsolvable puzzle to chew on. (heh)
Characters will experience every world that is submitted into the header, but the Advocate’s last impression will echo as you move from one word to another. “Is this worthy of saving?”
Your twelve hours can be spent in one of three ways. Bearers can do whatever they want, and simply experience the world as they wish, they can hunt for the soul of the world, or they cant hunt for the soul of the dreamer.
- The first is self-explanatory, of course. Each world is full of life, from creatures to people, to everything in between. (Conspicuously missing would be anyone of significant “closeness” to the character who manifested this world – think of it as the difference between a friend/family and an acquaintance.) Characters can create chaos, go to a café, find a precious spot you’ve heard about, and go wild! This is your opportunity to learn about your CR’s homes in a first-hand experience kinda way! This is your have fun and deepen connections sort of prompt.
- The second, the Soul of the World will be a shard to be found by any who are searching for it. It is something that anyone can simply find, but it will be hidden. We ask that our players choose the location and list it in the description of their world, so players can actively plot for it! This is your opportunity to sneak, steal, fight, and destroy each other over the soul, it will come with a distinct benefit as you move onto the next world! They will be somewhere that is difficult to find, surrounded by shadows that creep closer and closer to the shard.
- The last is the Soul of the Dreamer, which is, interestingly enough, a second Shard that matches the person who dreamed it up. The odd thing about these shards in these worlds is that they are of a different Aspect of the character that exists in game. (For example: Amos the Harbinger, or Hayame the Advocate) The character it belongs to will feel a pull toward it, but it is no guarantee that they will find it. Maybe someone else does! And maybe that’s a kind soul, or maybe it’s someone who would think to shatter that this Shard. Or maybe you keep it!
There will be a header on the turn-in post to list if your character chooses to keep the different Aspected Shard of themselves. If you find someone else’s Shard, and you keep it to the next world, it will return to that Bearer to decide what to do with it. Essentially, if you don’t shatter this Shard, they’ll be able to do with it as they see fit before you leave their world. If you do shatter the Shard, there will be no consequences to the owner. Or at least none that will appear in this event.
It goes without saying, but please plot this with that player, so there are no surprises!
AROUND THE WORLDS IN 60 SECONDS 12 HOURS
As you close your eyes, in that last moment, the Advocate will reach out to all of the Bearers that have made it to the end of this world, and beseech them to make a choice. Does this world have something of value? Something to be preserved? Do you understand the Bearer who dreamt of this world better, now? Do you think that this world has enough value to continue its existence? Before you open your eyes into the next world, Bearers will be compelled to answer yes, or no. This will be on a separate header post that will go up on the turn-in log. You will have until Wednesday March 27th at 10:00 PM.
As an aside, whatever bearer has captured the soul of the world will count to double their action's choice. (For example, if they choose to destroy, the total destroy votes will be doubled.)
We’ll be tallying the results, so there will be some extra exciting consequences to your choices as Bearers! Always keep in mind the tenets of your faction as you make your choices, bearers. Now that you have lost your leaders, the members of your faction back home are looking to you for victory. Of course, your choices will also determine the state of the world when you return, and how long it has been. Stay steadfast, and understand that you will have to make choices based on what your character believes is the best path forward. Your leadership trusts you – or if they don’t, they will have no choice, now will they? It’s up to you now, Bearers.
As an aside, whatever bearer has captured the soul of the world will count to double their action's choice. (For example, if they choose to destroy, the total destroy votes will be doubled.)
We’ll be tallying the results, so there will be some extra exciting consequences to your choices as Bearers! Always keep in mind the tenets of your faction as you make your choices, bearers. Now that you have lost your leaders, the members of your faction back home are looking to you for victory. Of course, your choices will also determine the state of the world when you return, and how long it has been. Stay steadfast, and understand that you will have to make choices based on what your character believes is the best path forward. Your leadership trusts you – or if they don’t, they will have no choice, now will they? It’s up to you now, Bearers.
FAQ AND QUESTIONS
This Oracle is a touch more free-form than previous Oracles, and that is intentional! You are not required or expected to explore or have major action in every world. In fact, it's strongly discouraged, since this will provide opportunities for all players to have an opportunity to make big decisions! Even if you do not thread in the world, please still vote for them before 3/27/2024 so that we can have an accurate tally! The votes will make a difference in what our world looks like moving forward.
And finally, since they didn’t fit in the above, here are some quick FAQ style questions and answers about things we figure might be asked:
Are these really our worlds?
These are versions of bearer worlds. They can be very close (ie: identical) expressions of your character's worlds or they can have one event change such that the world is rather different. So they are alternate universes, but not so far that you're making up a whole world on the fly! The Advocate, unfortunately, cannot bring back your worlds. There's a lot of options out there in the Timestream. :(
What About Discord?
Characters do not seem to experience heightened Discord. Weird!
What happens if my character dies in the event?
They will fall into a deep, deep sleep and can no longer participate in the world-hopping adventures! They may be asleep for some time, depending on when they are dissipated, as they won’t revive early compared to their fellow Bearers. Whatever votes your character made leading up to the point that they died will count toward the goals of the faction. The Advocate accepts you for your efforts, even if they draw short.
Please make sure to post your deaths to the death page! You're gonna be sleeping a long time, and there may be things your Bearer discovers as they dream...
Are characters depowered?
Your powers will work perfectly fine! Oddly, if you are in a world where powers don’t exist, the denizens of the world may stare blankly, as if they Do Not Perceive. You gotta protect those little minds somehow.
We hope you have fun, and happy plotting!
And finally, since they didn’t fit in the above, here are some quick FAQ style questions and answers about things we figure might be asked:
Are these really our worlds?
These are versions of bearer worlds. They can be very close (ie: identical) expressions of your character's worlds or they can have one event change such that the world is rather different. So they are alternate universes, but not so far that you're making up a whole world on the fly! The Advocate, unfortunately, cannot bring back your worlds. There's a lot of options out there in the Timestream. :(
What About Discord?
Characters do not seem to experience heightened Discord. Weird!
What happens if my character dies in the event?
They will fall into a deep, deep sleep and can no longer participate in the world-hopping adventures! They may be asleep for some time, depending on when they are dissipated, as they won’t revive early compared to their fellow Bearers. Whatever votes your character made leading up to the point that they died will count toward the goals of the faction. The Advocate accepts you for your efforts, even if they draw short.
Please make sure to post your deaths to the death page! You're gonna be sleeping a long time, and there may be things your Bearer discovers as they dream...
Are characters depowered?
Your powers will work perfectly fine! Oddly, if you are in a world where powers don’t exist, the denizens of the world may stare blankly, as if they Do Not Perceive. You gotta protect those little minds somehow.
We hope you have fun, and happy plotting!
christy's losers
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NAME: ChristyCONTACT:
And a general note at the top that I’m writing these comments with the worlds present, but I’ll probably add prompts for others once it’s actually event time!
fane
CHARACTER
NAME: FaneCANON: Divinity Original Sin 2
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian Savant
Give us a blurb about them:
A scholar of the magical mysteries of the universe, Fane is a member of a race of beings known as Eternal, which, as their name would imply, are truly immortal. So when he disobeyed his king and was thrown into a tomb, all of his flesh rotted away leaving a skeleton who was very much not dead, thank you. Fane is rude and blunt and tends to be dismissive of other people and cultures because they’re not Eternal, but is improving in this regard as he gets to know people and worlds better. He’s just deeply traumatized and slavishly dedicated to returning to his world and saving his people at any cost, no matter how high… But he does internally war with this, since at his heart (so to speak), Fane is a good person with a kind heart, but he wraps it all up in an acerbic personality so that he doesn’t falter from his goals.
Event specific plans:
So you can catch Fane on Bloodmoon Island complaining and being like “not this shit again” the entire time. He will go on a demon genocide run. They’re all dicks and should be purged in his humble opinion. So if you’d like that, Fane will encourage it and then not realize he’s advocating for the whole world to get zapped indirectly. Oops.
For other worlds, what catches my eye so far is—
- another fantasy rpg??? Well, we can exploit that. Go adventuring with Fane in the House of Hope and give middle fingers to devils but mostly I want them to find the hidden room in a really stupid way. Also maybe the boudoir in the way and Judge. Fane might take notes.
- faerun sure is popular huh anyways Fane will definitely be around Menzoberranzan but trying to stay incognito because he’ll quickly get the sense that this place is going to be even more hostile to him than even Rivellon. He’ll use disguise self to appear as a Drow (too bad he’ll pick a man), but he’ll eventually end up getting scammed by Jarlaxle. He’s also likely to defend the Braeryn from demons. A good skeleton.
Things you’re looking for from others:Let’s make some friends/deeper bonds/deeper enemies! Since I was focused on Quetz for a bit (rip, queen), Fane is still a little light on CR. So if anyone is willing to put up with a rude and pretentious skeleton, I open my arms to you. Magic is an easy in since it’s his passion, but he’ll be taking an interest in the various worlds they visit too. Tell him about your world!
Things your character can offer:
Fane is someone that is deeply loyal to people once he considers them a friend, and it also doesn’t take as much as you’d expect. Sometimes it’s as simple as not being bothered by his appearance. Or h*lding h*nds in Communion, since touch is something deeply important to him because of its absence.
On the flipside, he’s also a grudge holding asshole so if you’d like negative CR that he’ll forever be mad about (in a funny way), I’m here for that too! Steal more of his bones. It’s funny.
Do you want your character to find your shard? No preference!
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have fun set
though after the event he probably would hit him up like "idk what that was about but thanks" LMAO
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he's going to very literally kick him (0 dmg)
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so yes, that sounds great! a nice lil NOT UNDEAD adventure with liem as they both probably get bullied by every devil for being undead
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Hayame is really good at Judging if they do House of Hope???? idk it’s 2am that’s funny sounding to me
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Before I do, though, for Sebastian I would love your input on the choice of hitting with either "Hayame somehow finding out that he is Meridian" (idk Truesight?) or "Kiritsubo chilling or casually zombie killing". Just because one is more Charged than the other and I don't wanna add that to the plate if you're in a busy period /o/
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sebastian
CHARACTER
NAME: Sebastian MichaelisCANON: Black Butler
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian (!!) Stargazer
Give us a blurb about them:
A perfectionist of a demon who enjoys laundry just as much as brutal torture. Sebastian is extremely friendly and wiling to help anyone that asks without question, though it is always for his personal gain. Just sometimes that gain is more indistinct, since “favor” is a good enough reason for him to put in an insane amount of effort. He’s charming and easy to talk to, as would be expected of a classic, Faustian demon. He’s also recently switched sides from Zenith to Meridian, but only a few characters know this at this point!
Event specific plans:
Sebastian will also be like “not this shit again”, but he’ll be entirely unhelpful about it. Enjoy the cruise! Come do relaxing things! He will be! Then y’all can deal with the zombies, he did his time and it sucked. He’ll literally pretend like that’s the AU LMFAOOOO
For other worlds, what catches my eye so far is—
- Well. If someone asks Sebastian for wishes, how can he turn that down? In Silvergrove, you’ll find Sebastian very befuddled as he grants the Boy’s wishes, because it’s going to be things like serving at the Inn for a bit. Doing laundry. Etc. You get the picture. He’ll be living his domestic bliss but also very confused that this is what someone asked him to do.
- please please please pick a fight with Sebastian on a starship so they both get forced to wear a get along shirt aka get chaperdrones
- if you’re a bad person let’s go to the hall of tortures and critique it like it’s an art gallery
- Menzoberranzan is his kind of place. He’ll definitely be supporting House Kilghym for funsies. He’s still male so he’ll be getting bullied (good), but at least he has being a well-mannered demon on his side he’s perfectly okay with playing along. I don’t have a specific idea here yet, but. Yeah. He’s Here.
Things you’re looking for from others:So my main goal with Sebastian for this event is for some people to realize he’s Meri (and then they can tell whoever they want of course). So! Meri CR! Want to attack him only for him to be like “ffs” or for Zenite characters to assume he’s an ally only for him to stab them in the back (literal or otherwise)? That’s what I’m feeling for him this time around.
Things your character can offer:
Honestly, Sebastian works with a really wide array of character types, so he can be an easy CR route… He’s more inclined to be pleasant than vicious, and he wins people over through conversation, so! Kind of everything… lmao… Just hit me up, he’s blorbo supreme so I can make it work
Do you want your character to find your shard? No lol get fucked idiot
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Also, I just want cruise things.
Sebastian is also welcome to stab Matt if it comes up, but the downside there is he'd be unlikely to tell other Zenies about it.
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definitely down for cruise things and just because it's funny, I feel like it should be a little be later in the tour of that world just so that like we can handwave that sebastian was like "oh we should go chat somewhere else" fully knowing that it's zombie time but not actually telling matt about it. but keeping him safe, so? net neutral on the good/evil scale
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yes, I'm in
extra hilarious to me because Link just asked him to go find an
adultally if he ends up in a combat situation. Now picturing Sebastian like, "Uhhh never say I never did anything for you, Zenith~"no subject
And also! Was there a particular cruise activity that interested you? Since Sebastian is pretty much down for whatever, especially since he was strictly working the first time around lol
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Apart from that, I think the swimming pool calls to me. That or board games in the smoke room.
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IDK if it’s more interesting for someone else to find out and tell Hayame or for her to find out herself. If she did, we could always do it on the starship world where the drones would just keep stun-gunning her for trying to kill him lol. But also very fine with just hearing it through the grapevine.
If grapevine, I could offer Kiritsubo for torture gallery critique! Or offer a glimpse of her more straightforward powers at the zombie cruise ship that is no longer going to a Zenith ally.
tezcatlipoca
CHARACTER
NAME: TezcatlipocaCANON: Fate/
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith Harbinger
Give us a blurb about them:
Tezcatlipoca is the very literal god of the Aztecs of the same name. Encompassing many domains from providence to magecraft to conflict to jaguars (and many, many more), Tezcatlipoca is arguably the primary deity of Aztec religion and is a complicated figure as a trickster and a spiritual guide both. His nature is contradictory and can swap between amiable and bloodthirsty seemingly at the drop of a hat. Regardless, he’s someone that cares for people, even if sometimes it’s more “people” as a general concept rather than individuals.
Event specific plans:
So, for his own world, he’ll be pointedly staying away from the city center and keeping to the fields/jungles. Once the Ocelomeh attack, he will not try and kill the Deinos, but instead will take a more commander role for the Ocelomeh and direct them. The Ocelomeh don’t speak a language anyone will be able to understand (except for Tezca, naturally), but it’s clear that they revere him. Also at some point they’ll bring him a heart and he’ll eat it raw. Yummy!
For other worlds, what catches my eye so far is—
- I mean Tezca loves Kowloon so he’s going to vibe so hard in Zaun. I can’t even pick a specific thing here since he’d partake in all of the options, so.
- Because it’s funny, if you go to Zelretch’s Dungeon with Tezcatlipoca, the world (World,) is going to go “yeah close enough” and temporarily make you a Master to this unruly Servant! So if you want to see what a pain in the ass he is when you have to try and keep him in line and just have bickering shenanigans (or more serious ones), hell yeah.
Things you’re looking for from others:This is Tezca’s first Oracle so he wants to FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! With a few exceptions, Meri are going to be people he attacks on sight because he wants to evaluate each and every single one of them, ideally. Because of his principles, he’ll also take them quite seriously from the get go and attack at full force, so… sorry about that.
But anyways! If you’re looking for some PvP, I offer up my catboy on a silver platter. He wants it so bad. He would try and dissipate people, but if that’s not something you’re down for, we can come up with an excuse to get him to back off.
And finally, he’s pretty steadfastly dedicated to (trying) to not sway the balance of who the Oracle goes to, so he fully intends to get dissipated with each Oracle. So if someone would like to take that honor, be my guest and volunteer, but just note that he’s going to be a hard fight!
Things your character can offer:
So once of Tezca’s main things is encouraging change in others. Not necessarily growth, because it won’t always be positive (though secretly, that’s what he’d prefer), but he hates the idea of people being static. He’s someone that wants to challenge others, whether it’s physically or more emotionally/spiritually. He won’t guide people to a particular choice, since he’s also dedicated to remaining neutral, but if your character needs some kind of push for where you’re wanting their arc to go… Tezca can make it happen.
Do you want your character to find your shard? Yep!
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i got a need for tezca and silco in some fashion on one of these worlds? Maybe tezca's just for fun? 🤔
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b r i d g e (maybe that's what incites the raid) with sebastian
obvs menzo with like seb and akua
and obviously some disspiation stuff w/ fane and drizzt
but there are so many worlds that might be fun it's hard to pick!!!
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I think we have akua and silco with sebastian set, so!! since silco is so devoutly atheist (lmao), do you think it would be interesting for him to see tezca like actively being treated like a deity by the ocelomeh? which makes me think of something else actually so i'm going to go to discord but I'm leaving this comment here so I know I replied LMAO
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YESYESYEYEYEYEYES