#muckroach-official

[phantom-of-the-exhaust-organ]

this post is very late but whatever-

*The Muckroach rolls lazily in their bed, then yawns, stretching it's limbs. It takes a pause to watch the dust and steam dance in the glow of the singular overhead light.*

Hmmmh...

Oh!

*The Muckroach gets up, lifting through the sheets of the nice bed that Phantom themselves have so graciously made as an accommodation for it's occasional visits to the Exhaust Organ.*

Ah, there-

*With an amount of care that is extremely unusual to see from it's kind, the bug picks something up in it's jaws, trotting over to Phantom.*

I know you've been wanting to "unravel" away and all that, but...I still got you this. Just so you can afford to last a little longer. Because you're a good friend.

*The object is...a Slide Flute?*

Found this in a side-room while sneaking about the chorus chambers. You seem to like hollow things that make sound with air.

(@muckroach-official)

[The memory pops into their head and lingers there for a long while.]

…

[Phantom’s claws clench, shell shaking.]

…

…

[Their scream reverberates through the Exhaust Organ.]

[ventrica-system-announcements]

Chewing through your silk and fragile machinery as I speak

- @muckroach-official

Hello, Citizen...? of the Eternal City,

We do not use silk in the functioning of our Ventrica system. We, however, would prefer to avoid calling the local RoachBusters to have a look into our engine and mechanism.

Thank you for your time.

Glory to Pharloom Eternal, and Ventricorp, ever-serving of the Gilded City.

The Pharloom's Society of Transport

[last-judge-official]

Wait

I thought you exploded or something

(@muckroach-official)

Do You Come Just To Taunt Me?

[watcher-at-the-edge]

*whilst you are traversing the dead citadel, a muckroach suddenly leaps out. Weirdly enough, it doesn't attack you on sight. It seems to be chewing some sort of...pipe?*

I've heard on the winds about your tribe. I never seen a "sea" before. Heard it had a lot of water and..."fish"? Not really sure what a fish is.

I remember messing around in a weird tower on one of my ventures beyond Bilewater once, and I saw a whole lot of dried husks that looked a lot like you, but red, and something that looked like a chair?

What're you searching for? Just curious.

- @muckroach-official

Ah! Hello small roach, I did not see you there! You ask...difficult questions. At this point what I search for is mostly to see how the land of pharloom has gotten on in my long vigil, at the edge of the kingdom of Karak. It seems to be...worse off than it might have been previously, this citadel once strong enough to lay my kingdom low through guile is cracked and falling. That tower you speak of was the Coral Tower of Crust King Khann, King of Karak. I am intrigued to hear his throne was empty, it seems he stirs as of recent. Those redder husks were my fellow knights, my shell has become...what it is now from my long vigil. As for a "sea," that is something difficult to explain. Water, when gathered in large amounts, begins to sustain its own ecosystem. The water and the life sustain each other, the water nourishing the life and the life purifying the water. A fish is one of these sea creatures, living entirely in water. Some are rather weak, others are mighty. I hope we can keep in contact, little roach! you seem rather pleasant, and I am happy to share tales of what my kingdom once was.

@muckroach-official

[phantom-of-the-exhaust-organ]

So tell me Phantom

Was the

ANT ASS

Divine?

(@muckroach-official)

…….

Yes. Oh my fucking gods yes.

[phantom-of-the-exhaust-organ]

Hey Phantom, can I try out the Organ?

*A few mins later, Toccata then proceeds to make the most awful, ear-scarping string of organ piano noise ever. You could even say it was Absolute Dogshit.*

(@muckroach-official)

Er, ah-Toccata, dear, that was…a grand first attempt! Um…perhaps we might practice elsewhere before attempting again…?

[ventrica-system-announcements]

I escaped fuckers >:)

I put a Lure that has a smell that Mites Love. Good luck dealing with an all-out Infestation in your pipes now.

(@muckroach-official)

Hello, Citizen of the Eternal City,

We would like to assure you that our Ventrica system is cleaned daily, and no mite will reside inside our mechanism.

Thank you for your time.

Glory to Pharloom Eternal, and Ventricorp, ever-serving of the Gilded City.

The Pharloom's Society of Transport