In the Heart of the Spore Grotto

An Ask Blog for Cult of the Lamb! Mainly focused on Sozo and Helob, but the others are still open for questions!

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"Greetings travellers! Sozo welcomes you to the grotto!"

This is an ask blog focusing mainly on Sozo and Helob and the story to be told about them. While other characters are definitely around and open for asks, they are the primary topic!

This blog takes place during the events of the game, and will progress as asks are sent in! There's a story planned out here, but how it goes will depend on actions taken by the askers :)

The canon of this blog will work to follow the game's, but may divert given certain actions. View it as the author's own interpretation of the canon and not a direct reflection of it.

Rules:

Be respectful please! You can be rude to characters but don't take things too far.

Don't spam or repeat asks. All asks will be answered in time unless they break a rule.

Magic anons are fine! Just stay within reason and keep the ask limit under 3.

No NSFW please! Suggestive stuff is potentially okay, just do not take it too far.

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What do followers taste like?

(First ask answered post hiatus, yay! I'm still definitely getting into the rhythm of writing these characters again, I had to redo the dialogue for this a few times before I was happy with it. I forgot just how little we actually have on Helob in the game though so when I went to reference his dialogue I realized I did not have much to work with.)

Silly bonus under the cut as I realized while working on this that my Helob plushie was fully capable of holding my pen :) He's drawing a self portrait.

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...and seated on the cliff overlooking the Grotto, Aiperos began to write once more.

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And with that, I am officially announcing my return to this blog after what was an entirely unplanned three and a half year hiatus. I still have plenty of questions in the ask box, so I may try to answer a few before I reopen it properly, but I will try to have it ready for new questions soon!

Currently I'm focusing on the questions for Helob, since Sozo is meant to be unavailable (the irony of me closing him for questions and then accidentally going on a real hiatus is not lost on me). I may answer stuff a little slow because I have only gotten busier since I stopped working on this years ago, but I'm excited to be back! Just please be patient, I promise I'll get around to everyone's questions in time.

To anyone who stuck around during the hiatus, and to those who sent me encouraging messages during it, thank you so much! Even if I didn't reply to everything, I do really appreciate it. It gave me the motivation to continue this again.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Sozo and Helob!

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Sozo, have you ever been to darkwood?

...Sozo may be unavailable to answer asks for awhile.

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Sozo! I have a sack of menticide mushrooms for you, for 10 coins! (Turns to helob) I'll purchase your fattest for 10 coins!

(Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! Lots of stuff has come up for me right now and my mental health has been positively wrecked :( Finals are soon too on top of that, however once I go on break I should be able to (hopefully) post a little more consistently!!!)

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How did Sozo even get followers?

"It is a tale from many many moons ago. Sozo had been wandering Anura for several days..."

"So Sozo did. The mushroomo offered me a place a to stay amongst them, and waited on my every command. Sozo found it strange, but... there was nowhere else to go. Sozo is still not so sure he trusts their kindness..."

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Is there anything Helob won't eat! (besides the mushroom fellows)

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I am curious. Have you ever offered Helob a mushroom Sozo? I know chances are they would refuse, but still would not hurt to ask no?

"He didn't take well to it."

"Menticide mushrooms can make you see things. Sozo has seen many things. But whatever Helob saw when he looked at Sozo he didn't like."

"He lashed out. Scared Sozo and ran off. Didn't come back."

"..." "Helob apologized the next time Sozo saw him. But he still wouldn't tell me what he saw. Sozo wonders sometimes."

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What would happen if they encountered the tbh creature 👀

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How did Sozo and Helob become friends?

"He showed up in the Grotto one day with a follower of Sozo's. They had been caught in one of his traps. "No good to eats," he had said of them.

"Sozo thanked him for bringing my follower back and apologized for them setting off his trap. He told Sozo it had cost him a meal, then told Sozo:

"He laughed after and assured Sozo it was just a joke. He had plentiful traps; as long as the Mushroomo did not make a habit of getting caught, it was no issue.

"After that he tried to leave, but Sozo stopped him. Sozo was new to the region; he had no friends. Was maybe desperate. Sozo is very social; he doesn't like being alone. Sozo asked Helob to stay awhile and chat. He agreed, much to Sozo's surprise."

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*pats* Sozo is best bud. The world cannot prove me wrong. <3

(First ask woo!!! I’m hoping to color all the asks like this but if it gets to be too much I may switch to black and white)