>[You feel weaker, and your voices are not as {loud}]
used up the voice, so that is natural.

>[Darkform gained]
>[Reward; hint; Darkform will corrupt you if you use it, and Dusk can return, she isn't destroyed completely]
well we are definitely not using that.

>[Light absorption gained!, you can recover luminance]
Well now. This triggered dusk in the first place, but will it also result in corruption and resurgence of dusk if we use it? Or was dusk always there and merely the process of "feeding" awoke it?

We should ask Reatel to wait for a moment (I would like to be here when our friends wake up to explain. If he is too far away already then we will talk to him later).
Ask him if he is hurt, if his staff is damaged, and the question above about the "consumption" of light. Ask him if he could teach us any more about being a priest. And explain to him exactly what was happening, us being a homonculus of sorts (normally something to keep quiet but under these circumstances...), and ask for his insight on what happened to us and about the method we stopped it. Also if he knows someone who could teach us proper magic, as a being of magic we naturally mess with it but its dangerous and we almost got killed several times already, we need proper instruction.

I wonder, what if we use
>[Purifying skill: Basic conversion gained]
on light as we absorb it? or just use it regularly on ourselves? (don't do it right now)

We should try turning our attention inwards and seeing if we can locate and purify the sleeping remains of dusk. Maybe regularly purify our entire body... actually before doing that we should ask Reatel if such an action would be harmful.

i think absorbing TOO MUCH light at once caused it. like a blackhole, as long as we only absorb a slower steady stream of light we should be fine.

We should of course go and check if Nirdhar is ok. Same for Kyarin. But then of course we can't really wake them up forcibly, as the last time they saw us we were a monster. And being suddenly woken up to see the thing that was probably just about to kill them (even if it's in another form) is kinda bad. So if we see that they are ok we should just wait for them to wake up and then start apologizing for putting them in jeopardy or, if it seems they'll stay unconcious for a longer time, ask Reatel if he could help us get them to the inn.

As for the other things I was thinking about MrTT summed them up nicely.

I wonder if there is a way to completely destroy Dusk or if this is one of those "where there is Light, there is also Shadow" kinda deals.

Also, Singing seems to be one of our greatest weapons. I wonder if we can use this to focus our other powers.

Are we Spectrum of the Dawn now?

I think it would be best if we can get Reatal to join the party. We know that Dusk is not completely destroyed and if we bungle about and accidently awaken it again and this time fail to suppress it then it would be best for our friends and the world at large if he was there to put us down. Dusk went toe to toe with him even while fighting us and I would shudder to think what it could do once we are more then 2 days old and actually gained some real power.

If Nirdhar isn't too freak out by us, I suggest we give him a Haunt-hug. Perhaps, we should softly Sing to him while he sleeps to ward off nightmares.

Yes, try and convince him to travel with you. Also, offer to help him find a new hat, as his was damaged. Somehow. Seriously, how powerful WAS Dusk, if Reatel lost a Horn and his staff, when before he just bitch slapped the spirit away without any effort? We must be incredibly badass, for an intangible cloud of light and sound.

>>315501
Hmm...probably the fact that we were actively consuming light awakened it. If we had a way to refract light passing through ourselves then we could passively adsorb energy from light without consuming it.
But before we start messing around with redshifting and the like, let's make sure our companions are alright, their auras may indicate any problem Reatel may have missed.

((Quest Discussion has revealed that Dusk formed because we consumed too much light too fast. Consuming small amounts like my original plan shouldn't hurt us that badly. Still need to be more careful about now that Dusk exists.))

Set up a Holy Ward around them until they wake up.

Our voices are not as loud? This matters not, for we have learned to do the same thing with our voice as we have with our light, and the harmony, the reverberation of sound makes it easier to hear despite the caucophany elswhere.

We now understand that our voices may be our greatest power, as well as the harmony inherent of them, and we should remember this.

I suggest we each of our voices should focus on harmonising our voices with the others in the chorus, for each of us has a part to play in our destiny.

But something I just realised...

When we harmonise our light and voice, the waves do indeed make bright places in the matrix, but as these waves amplify in some places, behinde the sweep of light the waves shall cancell each other, making a space of null-light withing our self, and in the projection of our power.

We should be wary of this.

Now with more mystic prophesy InsufferableMystic 2011/06/21(Tue)12:14 No. 315943 ID: 856690
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You quickly realize that things would be much safer if you had Reatel around...

Where did he go? He was there a few moments ago! Why did he move away so quickly? Did he consider you to not be a danger any more? Oh well, perhaps you can find him later.

Or can you?

No matter, you are more worried about Nirdhar and Kyarin, you float over to them, they are still asleep, though that seems odd in Kyarin's case, you hope nothing is wrong. Nirdhar is peaceful, he doesn't seem to be having any nightmares or such. Your first impulse is to wake them, but considering how they may have last seen you, that may not be such a good idea.

You look at Nirdhar's aura and Kyarin's spirit muscles, both seem much more stable than before...
Cleaner?
You set up a holy ward.
You feel better instantly, both Nirdhar and Kyarin shift a bit, but if anything they seem even more peaceful than before! You try to sing, but you just don't have it in you at the moment. Though at the same time, you feel as if this conflict has let your voices grow stronger, more in tune with each other, there is a unity which was not previously there.
[Your voices are more harmonious!]

As you float, considering the ramifications of Dusk lurking within and the dangers of using your light, you suddenly become aware that on the ground before you, is Tristam's snow-white crow, Flaky. There is also the two refined crystals you paid to be so, on the ground. When did she get there? You didn't sense her go through the barrier.

-What are you?-

Flaky SMILES, beaks shouldn't go that.
The voice that comes from the bird is completely different to the croaking cawing that the bird was making before, this voice, is utterly female, golden, dulcet and honeyed.
“Smart little spirit, well what Tristam said is true, I am his familiar, but I'm not here to explain anything, I'm here to deliever those crystals to you... and I have a prophecy...”

The Crow's eyes shine, and her voice takes on a ghostly echo.
“You have done well to stand against the Dark
Though it has left its Mark.
So where shall you go from here Spirit?
To Tagan where you'll find liars and smiling faces, could you bear it?
To Cartin where war rages and Kings and Queens plot?
Or to Terresta, beset by wraiths, can you hope to heal that rot?
What of your self, purposeless will you find your meaning?
Will you do it while Erimael is Burning?

You will find hope in the sign of the dragon, do not mistake the serpent for it or you will suffer.
The scales will tip over the mountains on the weight of tears.
The old can become new, if only you can find the heart of mystery.
The Dead Lord weeps
The storm that swept the mountains did not go unnoticed.
A thousand masks lay faceless, where did the piper go?
The crown of peace lies on the fallen

Tell me, Tell me, where did the story go, since the shadowed Robe walks the lands of painted smiles?
Why do the rats climb from beneath?
Can you see the form of the jester, can you see the jester's stained hands?
Old hatred is masked.
The child of tricks lies in a box.
Trust not what you are made to see, the wrong people are wearing the wrong masks.
What is worse than wraiths?
What is tied and what is not, I care not!


Can the Dark be killed, can it be silenced?
Will your voice be heard by the Maiden of Sorrows?
Be wary, the tears will tear.
Can you stop the starless night?

The dancing one can help, her wings will guide, her laughter destroy you.

You will know that the end is coming when it cannot be found.

So then, how far can you flee, and how long can you hide?
Only a spark is needed to light the fire

BEWARE PARUMRIR! TRUST NOT PARUMRIR!”

Then in a flutter of feathers, Flakey is gone, leaving you quite confused, what was that all about?

[X2 Refined Manabanks acquired!]

You have no time to think of what happened as Kyarin and Nirdhar wake.
-Huh? What happened?-

After a few moments you find out that Kyarin and Nirdhar have no memories of what happened.
…
You could not tell them...

[Well you can tell them or not tell them, do post how you intend to tell them if you tell them. Decide what you'll do tomorrow morning and which of the three places you'll go to first! Next Update will include a template for Nirdhar's new clothes!]

[KEEP MUSING ON FLAKY'S WORDS IN DISC THREAD PLEASE!]

we should tell them. not doing so would put them at risk and keeping secrets from them would be a very bad idea.

Agreed. We just fought Dusk using their belief in us (and vice versa) as an argument. It would make us hypocrites if we would hide the truth from them.

As for how to say it...

I have something to tell you that saddens me greatly. You do not remember it but I feel that it's wrong not to tell you as I care about both of you. A few moments ago I have learned that I might not be such a good creature as I thought myself to be. While you were training I decided to do the same. A stupid mistake summoned a Chlan spirit... and I think it could have been inside me all the time. It said so itself, but it could have been just a trick to crush my spirit. I do not know for sure. But I do not believe it.

If it wasn't for Reatel, who arrived here, that creature, Dusk, would probably hurt you.

I know that what I speak of might be terrifying and shocking but the only thing that allowed me to beat that vile creature was the love for you and the fact that you believed me to be good. I hope that what I said will not destroy that feelings.

And I'm sorry for putting you both in danger. Will you forgive me? (Maybe spread your arms for a spectral hug and wait for them to do that?)

>>315962
I agree with telling them but disagree with the phrasing. For specific example:
>I have learned that I might not be such a good creature as I thought myself to be.
Why would you say something like that? Its not even true, you actually learned that you are an even better person than you thought... you actually defeated a chlan with the power of heart!

Alternative text:
I think you should know of a certain danger. I tried to absorb light from the sun, I tried to absorb too much and that somehow summoned, or created, or awakened a chlan spirit within me; I am not sure where it came from exactly and I aim to find out. It would have hurt you but Raetal protected you while I regained control of my own body and purified it. However I fear it is not completely destroyed. It has been weakened greatly and bound but it still exists.

yes, they need to know. but explain that you also know how to keep it under control. you basically absorbed light at a fast enough rate that you absorbed the light you even output which caused a negative feedback-loop.

>>315981
Yeah, the part about being evil should be changed to this ;D Thanks, man :P

We should not allow ourselves to lie to our friends, but i find it a point that we should perhaps not allow this to harm our friends iether.

Tell them everything, but we must do our utmost best not to overly sadden them.

Also, in the futere, this may be an unnecesary warning, but it might not always be a good idea to divulge everything, where the full truth may do harm.

>>316006
presentation and lying are two different things.
"Today I killed an old woman in cold blood, I am a horrible person" and "Today I heroically saved several children who were being held hostage by a supervillainess" can both be 100% true and describe the exact same incident. We are going to tell them everything, but not "we are horrible horrible person who did bad and will harm you". We aren't, we are a nice girl whose heart is in the right place. Something really bad happened for reasons we do not understand and we overcame it with the power of love (TM).

i cant...
no...

now suggesting pony form...

>>316128
Yes. Go with this. AND NO PONY FORM. If we WERE going to make a ridiculous form, it would obviously be PIRATE FORM.

No. Just no.

doing a major form change right now would probably be a bad idea. if we want to take our look in a new direction we should probably do so at a later date.

>>315962
Seconding this, even though it may horrify and sadden them it is important that they know that this may happen in future.
However omit the part about us "not being such a good creature as we thought ourselves to be", good and evil are invalid when considering your origins. We may be made from Chlan but we are not a spirit of hatred and darkness! We have no void where our heart is!
Heart is not weak! It is the inner strength that sustains the being, the just cause of the soldier, the code of morals that brings the truth to light, the one that fights the seemingly futile fight, and wins! Heart is not about doing good merely because it is right! It is about doing good because someone is threatened, because something may be lost! It is about finding something you would spend your life doing, and dedicating yourself to it!

And no pony form. Seriously. What can a horse do that we can't in our current form?

>>316269
Good idea. Who thought claiming we were evil would be a good idea? In front of the Soul Rending Apostle, too?!

You could so easily not tell them... but that wouldn't be right, they need to know, they should know, how would your light stay pure if you kept such a dark secret within yourself?



-I think you should know of a certain danger. I tried to absorb light from the sun, I tried to absorb too much and that somehow summoned, or created, or awakened a chlan spirit within me; I am not sure where it came from exactly and I aim to find out. It would have hurt you but Raetal protected you while I regained control of my own body and purified it. However I fear it is not completely destroyed. It has been weakened greatly and bound but it still exists. I basically absorbed light at a fast enough rate that I absorbed the light I even output which caused a negative feedback-loop.

I know that what I speak of might be terrifying and shocking but the only thing that allowed me to beat that vile creature was the love for you and the fact that you believed me to be good. I hope that what I said will not destroy those feelings.-

-And I'm sorry for putting you both in danger. Will you forgive me? -

Nirdhar, for one accepts this easily, he doesn't have the memory of the terrifying Dusk in his head so it is easy. Kyarin is silent for a time.
-The best of us, never mind the worse can fall into darkness, but from what you said, you did not let yours consume yourself, for this you have my respect, I believe if such was to happen again, you would fight back even harder.-

[Kyarin Respects you more]

You feel as if a burden deep within you has become smaller...

You all decide that returning to the inn, throughout the night, Flaky's words echo in your mind

Nirdhar wakes refreshed, you greet him and he returns the greeting with joy.
[Nirdhar is glad to be alive!]
You get supplies for Nirdhar and also do some shopping for clothes for him.

[Nirdhar pic for clothes, keep it clean, and remember you can use discriptions instead]
[Right CRUNCH time people, you need to vote on which location to visit first]
Currently two voices for Tagan
None for Canrtin
None for Terrestra
[Note if you want to go to all three, and start with Tagan, you'll have to go through Tagan twice]

DRESS UP TIME InsufferableMystic 2011/06/22(Wed)07:38 No. 316288 ID: 856690
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Urg, I messed up. Here is the picture!

Also three 1d100 rolls, where-ever you are heading.

Suggestion 2011/06/22(Wed)08:32 No. 316297 ID: 0d095c
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rolled 71 = 71

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>>316288
Here you go. First, the Serious One. It's a cloaky tunic thing.

Suggestion 2011/06/22(Wed)08:33 No. 316298 ID: 0d095c
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And of course YAHARR! IT BE ME RUNNIN JOKE MATEY.

Yeah, I'm gonna make one of these for EVERY character we come across.

P.s. VOting for Cantrin.

MrTT 2011/06/22(Wed)09:31 No. 316311 ID: b1f0e2
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nirdhar should wear Hakama pants and either go shirtless or wear a a hawaiian floral shirt

MrTT 2011/06/22(Wed)09:32 No. 316312 ID: b1f0e2
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The shirt

>>316312
...And you were bitching about the pirate costumes?

>>316375
for a pretty woman? yes I was. pirate costume, while silly, still looks much better on nirdhar then it would on spectrum.

We should probably visit the kingdoms in the order that we reach them.

Hmm, depending on on the town and areas we may go through we will need different things.
For clothing we should go for something reasonably inexpensive, comfortable, and durable; hemp or it's equivalent should fit all of these criteria, and we should be able to pick up a mid-thigh length tunic and leggings easily.
Avoiding unusual colours would help a lot in making Nidhar less noticeable in a crowd too.
Footwear of some sort would be handy, but the chances of finding digigrade sandals may be low due to a lack of customers for them.
After that we should find a decent cloak and suppies such as a waterskin, rations and sleeping gear.
Thankfully having an intermediate town to our destination means that any gear more suited to less...mediterranean environments can be purchased there.

If we can find the spare time it would be a good idea for you and Nidhar to practice using your blessings from ANTIMPAVAROAH!, both haunting and seperately, focus on manipulation and movement of the energies contained in the sword and your own body. We do not want to neglect developing an ability that could greatly enhance us both.

...Wait pirates AND sammurai?

Derp Shifter55 2011/06/23(Thu)02:49 No. 316697 ID: a1cb4d
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PIRATE VS. SAMMURAI. ALL ITEMS. RAINBOW RIDE.

>>316697
I'm okay with this.

>>316697
Best one so far.

MrTT 2011/06/23(Thu)14:20 No. 316796 ID: b1f0e2
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I made a picture of what I had in mind.

>>316697
Very samurai. best so far. Well, best aside from my own plan of course :P

>>316796

I support this... I don't have an idea what this thing is. But it looks nice.

>>316824
it's Hakama pants (samurai pants) and a hawaiian shirt worn open to show off his sexy beefcake muscles.

InsufferableMystic 2011/06/24(Fri)10:28 No. 317133 ID: 856690
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[Last Update of the first Chapter will be due on sunday GMT]
[This is due to stuff hsppening, this time, hopefully good]

[So here is A topless Nirdhar!]

InsufferableMystic 2011/06/24(Fri)10:30 No. 317134 ID: 856690
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[And here is a mildly animooted Nirhar!]
[Feel free to continue vote on destination]

[Here is hoping this works]

[Apologies, animootion seems not to be working]
T.T

alright people, we need more votes to actually reach a consensus.

Nirdhar outfit looks pretty awesome.

As for destination: I'd like to go: "WRAITHS>BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE>DEM GOBLINS"

But since we're not strong enough to go to CHLAN INVASION CITY I vote:

Tagan then Terresta and then Cantrin (we can go through Tagan twice, why not. And a place without a king is, at least for me, more dangerous then one that has one fighting to save his people/horcruxes. And we are training Anti-chlan abilities)

END OF CHAPTER ONE InsufferableMystic 2011/06/26(Sun)16:06 No. 318067 ID: 856690
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Yup, small tiny end, but really the fight with Dusk was the finale for this chapter

You decide to Head for Tagan, the land of songs and joy, considering yourself to be too weak to counter Chlan wraiths in Terrestra. Canrtin sounds dangerous in it's current state of turmoil.

So it was that Spectrum the artificial Jinnous, a Chorus of Whispers began her journey.
She found about some things about her self
She strengthened her bonds with her vat-brother the seehi-homunculus Nirdar Brighthand.
Kyarin Viotellez a wight of a kingdom long gone joined them in their journey southward.

Southwards to Tagan.

What will they find in that land of masked peoples?

There is one mystery above all the others that you wish to know the answer to.
Who was Tristum? To have such a powerful familiar... no mere hedgemage...

Why was Antimpavaroah ,a half-elemental dragon, imprisoned within a sphere?

Who is Parumrir?

Is it the fiery magus who burnt down Defiu's lab, before you and Nirdhar could be completed?

Or is it someone else entirely?

END OF CHAPTER ONE
...

-Nirdhar! Kyarin is looking glum, hug her again!-

Yes Sister!

[Congratulations! You have survived an encounter with an Implacable Gelatinous Ooze and a Chlan Fiarn born from your own heart, in darkness you created!]
[Please post thoughts and such in the discussion thread, I'd love some opinions etc...]
[Also look in the discussion thread for another option/choice!]

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