–[With the Power of Grey Magic, Umbran is forced to answer Questions.]–
>Send my muse an icon, and they will…
🍀 regale a time when luck was on their side
DuRING THE CuRRENT WAR ON LOSAG. I HAD MY BACK AGAINST A WALL. PINNED. BACKED INTO A CORNER. I HAD A NuMBER OF ENEMY TROOPS SuRROuNDING THE PACE BETWEEN SPIRES I HAD CRAMMED MYSELF INTO. MY SPEAR WAS POINTED OuTWARD. WITH ITS BuTT ON THE GROuND. BRACED AGAINST THE BuILDING SO THAT IF ANYONE ATTEMPTED TO JuMP ON ME. THEY WOuLD IMPALE THEMSELVES IN THE PROCESS.
I HAD NO IDEA WHERE JANE OR ROXY WERE. WHERE THE QuEEN WAS. WHERE MY SuPPORT WAS. ID BEEN KNOCKED DOWN TO THE GROuND LEVEL OF THE PLANET. A PLACE WHERE NOT EVEN THE BRAVE DARE TO TREAD. AND I HAD NO WAY TO CALL FOR SuPPORT.
AS I WAS WAITING. FOR MY INEVITABLE DEATH. AT THE HANDS OF THE OPPOSITION. I FELT THE GROuND BENEATH MY FEET SHIFT. THE GARNET OF THE PLANET CRACKED. AND I HEARD A LOuD OuTCRY FOLLOWED BY A TERRIBLE SILENCE.
THE MARCHING FORCES COMING FOR ME. HAD BEEN SO HEAVY AND NuMEROuS. THAT THEIR WEIGHT BROKE THE SuRFACE OF THE PLANET. AND THE PLuNGED DEEP INTO ITS CRuST. ALLOWING ME TIME TO ESCAPE. AND TO BE RESCuED. IT WAS SO FuCKING *LuCKY*. BECAuSE I CAN DO A GREAT MANY THINGS. BuT. I CANNOT TAKE ON AN ARMY BY MYSELF WITH MY BACK AGAINST THE *FuCKING WALL*.
–[With the Power of Grey Magic, Umbran is forced to answer Questions.]–
>Send my muse an icon, and they will…
👀+ a question of your own! (are you crushing on anyone? tell who? )
uHH. FuCK RIGHT OFF WITH THAT. GREYFACE. NO. I DONT WANT TO ANSWER THIS ONE. I REFuCKINGFuSE TO ANSWER THIS ONE. NO. FuCK OFF. THIS IS *PERSONAL INFORMATION* THAT IS BEING VIOLATED BY YOuR WAYWARD. AND INTRuSIVE. CuRIOSITY. AND I REFuSE TO STAND FOR IT AT ALL.
I SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FONDNESS REGARDING uMBRAS. I NEED TO WORK ON THIS. IT CANT BE HEALTHY FOR ME TO IMMEDIATELY FAWN OVER THEM. WHEN THEY SHOW MT THE SLIGHTEST NICENESS. AND NOW I HAVE A DIRK TO DEAL WITH. ON TOP OF IT ALL. WHY DID I RETuRN TO THIS HELLSITE.
–[With the Power of Grey Magic, Umbran is forced to answer Questions.]–
>Send my muse an icon, and they will…
👪 speak about their thoughts and feelings about someone they know
I DONT REALLY KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE. ANYMORE. BuT I GuESS ILL TALK ABOuT CALLIE. OVERSEER. BECAuSE THAT MAY BE THE MOST INTERESTING THING FOR ME TO ANSWER WITH.
IVE KNOWN CALLIE FOR A NuMBER OF YEARS. SHES BECOME A CONSTANT THAT KIND OF MAKES THINGS MORE COMFORTABLE. A BASELINE. I FEEL THAT IF SHES STILL AROuND. STILL ALIVE. STILL POSTING. THAT THINGS ARE CONTAINED. THAT THINGS ARE FINE. THAT THEY WILL BE FINE. ITS AN IRRATIONAL COMFORT. BuT. WITH SO MANY THINGS GOING TO ABSOLuTE *SHIT* SO OFTEN. I REFuSE TO BRING MYSELF OuT OF THIS MISPLACED COMFORT.
I CONSIDER HER A FRIEND. PROBABLY CLOSER OF ONE THAN SHE MAY BE. SIMPLY BECAuSE OF HOW LONG WEVE KNOWN EACHOTHER. HOW LONG THE TWO OF uS HAVE COEXISTED. AND HER CONTINuED KINDNESS. THAT I HOPE. TO ONE DAY. BE ABLE TO REPAY.
I WANT TO PROTECT HER FROM MY SISTER. BuT. I FEEL. THAT SHE IS MOST LIKELY PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DEFENDING HERSELF. WITHOuT MY ASSISTANCE.
–[With the Power of Grey Magic, Umbran is forced to answer Questions.]–
>Send my muse an icon, and they will…
🎓 say one thing they are proud of
BuRNuS. IM VERY PROuD OF BuRNuS. SHE HAS DONE SO MuCH TO HELP ME. AND CONTINuES TO DO SO MuCH TO HELP ME. SHE HAS LEARNED NOT ONLY HOW TO ACCESS THE TOWER TERMINALS. BuT. HAS SACRIFICED HER OWN COMFORT. AND BEING AROuND OTHERS. TO REMAIN ON MY HOMEWORLD. AND COORDINATE WITH ME. TO WARN ME OF WHAT MY SISTER IS DOING.
SHE MuST WALK VAST DISTANCES. EACH DAY. SIMPLY BECAuSE SHE WISHES TO HELP ME. TO ASSIST ME. IM SO PROuD OF HER. SHES SO. SO. STRONG.
🌙 tell about one of their recent dreams/nightmares🍀 regale a time when luck was on their side👪 speak about their thoughts and feelings about someone they know
–[With the Power of Grey Magic, Umbran is forced to answer Questions.]–
>Send my muse an icon, and they will…
🌙 tell about one of their recent dreams/nightmares
WELL. YOu SEE. I DONT PARTICuLARLY DREAM ANYMORE. SINCE AWAKENING AS MY *DREAM SELF* BuT. IF WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER MY *DREAM SELF* AS A DREAM. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ATTEMPTING TO CONQuER A QuEST PLANET. THAT REQuiRES COORDINATION. BETWEEN MY DREAM SELF. AND MY WAKING SELF. IN A KIND OF WEIGHTED PuZZLE SYSTEM. THAT IS MAKING THINGS VERY DIFFICuLT. BECAuSE I CANNOT LEAVE LOSAG FOR LONG.
🍀 regale a time when luck was on their side
IT WAS THE QuEST FOR MY ROOK. I HAD BEEN SAILING FOR LITERAL FuCKING MONTHS. THE PLANET WAS MOSTLY WATER AND NONEuCLIDIAN. *LAND OF WATER AND WANDER*. MY QuEST WAS TO SAIL ACROSS THE OCEAN. AND DELIVER A RELIC FROM ONE TEMPLE TO ANOTHER. EVEN THOuGH THE ARTEFACT WAS ON A TIME LIMIT. AND WOuLD RESET IF CRITERIA WERENT PROPERLY MET.
IT WAS THE FOuRTH TIME I WAS TO BRING THE RELIC ACROSS THE OCEAN. I FAILED EVERY PRIOR ATTEMPT. I EITHER WASNT FAST ENOuGH. OR. I WAS STOPPED BY THE LOCAL TRIAL BEASTS. AND THE RELIC TOuCHED THE WATER AND VANISHED. SO. TRAVERSING A FuCKING CHOPPY SEA. TO NAVIGATE INTO THE GOAL ISLAND. WITHOuT THE RELIC GETTING WET. OR GETTING TAKEN. OR RESETTING DuE TO A FAILuRE TO MEET THE TIME. WAS FuCKING IMPOSSIBLE.
I WAS ABOuT 5 MINuTES TO REACHING THE GOAL. ID LOST TIME FENDING OFF A SEABEAST. AND SOME PIRATES. AND IT HAD STARTED TO FuCKING RAIN. SO. I WAS STEERING WITH ONE ARM. WRAPPED AROUND THE ARTEFACT THAT WAS BEGINNING TO VIBRATE AND HEAT uP BECAuSE IT WAS A COuPLE OF MINuTES. IF NOT SECONDS. FROM RESETTING.
FROM BEHIND ME. I HEAR THE SOuND OF WATER SMASHING. SOMETHING REARING uP THROuGH THE WAVES. I SPARE ONLY A FLEETING GLANCE. AND SEE A LARGE SERPENTINE BEAST. FANGS GLISTENING. FINS SPLAYED. EYES GLINTING A BRIGHT uMBER IN THE DARK OF THE STORM. I DIDNT HAVE TIME TO STOP OR FIGHT. I JuST HAD TO KEEP PuSHING. AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. EVEN AS I HEARD IT SNAPPING ITS JAWS BEHIND ME.
THE RELIC IN MY ARMS BEGAN TO HuM AND VIBRATE. AND I COuLD FEEL ITS HEAT LASHING AT MY ARM. AND HEATING THE METAL OF MY HAND. I WASNT AT THE SHORE. I WASNT CLOSE ENOuGH TO DOCK. AND I FELT THE ENTIRE BOAT SHuDDER AS GNASHING JAWS CAME DOWN ON THE WOOD OF MY STERN. RAIN WHIPPED AT MY FACE. I WAS SO CLOSE TO MY GOAL AND I DIDNT WANT TO HAVE TO SAIL BACK AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. SO I SHuT MY EYES. AND GRITTED MY TEETH. AND I FuCKING *LEAPT*.
THE BOAT ROSE uP BENEATH ME AND SPRuNG ME LIKE A FuCKING SLINGSHOT. THE RAIN SPAT ME IN THE FACE LIKE STONES AND THE RELIC BEGAN TO GROW IN VOLuME. I COULD FEEL ICY BREATH ON MY HEELS AS I CRASHED INTO THE GOAL ISLAND HARD WITH MY SHOuLDER. THE RELIC WENT *SOARING* FROM THE IMPACT. AND I FELT MY PuSHER DROP INTO MY STOMACHS.
THIS WAS IT. I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO START OVER. I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER BOAT. BuT. INSTEAD OF HEARING THE DEAFENING CRASH OF THE RELIC RETuRNING TO ITS STARTING ZONE. OR FEELING THE DEATHLY SPINES OF A SEAMONSTERS MOuTH TAKE MY LEG. THE ENTIRE ISLAND LIT uP WITH A GLORIOuS BLuE GLOW. AND OuT FROM THE RELIC SPREAD A DIN OF CALMNESS. VANISHING THE SEABEAST AND CALMING THE ENDLESS SEA. OuT CAME THE PIECE AVATAR.
I HAD FuCKING *DONE* IT. SOMEHOW. EVEN THOuGH *EVERY FuCKING THING* WENT WRONG JuST AT THE LAST MOMENT. FuCK YOU LOWAW.
👪 speak about their thoughts and feelings about someone they know
ILL SPEAK ON JANE. FOR THIS ONE.
I WAS AN INCREDIBLE ASSHOLE TO THIS GIRL FOR MANY YEARS IN MY YOuTH. AND EVEN. IN MY ANGER. TOLD HER OF ONE OF HER FRIENDS DEMISES. DESPITE uNDERSTANDING THAT MY INTERLOPING IN NONLINEAR TIME WOuLD RESuLT IN A SHIFTING OF TIMELINES. AND CAuSE PROBLEMS IN HER FuTuRE. SHE SPENT YEARS PREEMPTIVELY MOuRNING THE LOSS OF HER COMPANION. AND I FEEL MuCH GuILT OVER THIS.
WE DID. HOWEVER. MANAGE TO TALK. AFTER HIS PASSING. AND RECONNECT. I EXPLAINED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HOW I HAD CHANGED. AND THOuGH SHE WAS HESITANT TO BELIEVE ME. ROXY EVENTuALLY CONVINCED HER TO MEET WITH ME. AND SO THEY BOTH CAME. AND WE HAVE BEEN INSEPERABLE SINCE.
SHE IS VERY KIND. AND THOuGH SHE TRIES TO BE THE LIGHT OF THE ROOM. I CAN SEE THAT SHE IS STRuGGLING. AND IM NOT SuRE HOW TO HELP HER. OR EVEN IF I CAN. OR IF SHE WANTS ME TO. SHE IS SOMEONE I LOOK uP TO. AND I CERTAINLY WISH. I COuLD HELP HER IN SOME WAY THAT WOuLD BENEFIT HER. AND uS. AS A TEAM.
