Superbia Intro Log

[cancrymods]

SUPERBIA

With the dragon of greed thoroughly slain, the Executors are at last free to escape the sensory hell of the Avaritia Underside and descend to the next Layer. There's still sound and chatter, of course, but compared to where you've been spending all your time until now. Welcome to Superbia. And make yourself comfortable... because now that you've arrived, the stairs that guided you down here have disappeared and you won't be leaving any time soon. Feel free to use this arrival log to chronicle your initial misadventures in the Pride Layer of Purgatory. As noted in the location page, several locations will require further investigation if you'd like to get some information on them, so get investigating! Drop a comment down to the Investigation Request subheader if you'd like to explore. Get out there and have fun!

Comments

[schardynfreude]

They're people, Phoenix. They're just people! They were all just scared, sick people, capable of speech and thought and compassion up to a certain point, a tipping point where something else took hold. And they needed someone to take it away.

I may not be a daemon yet, but I have...had...everything inside me what makes one.

[discutio]

And even then, you're still a person, Chiron. You're so concerned about becoming a monster that you overlook this fact.

[schardynfreude]

...Ha. Ha. You're right. We're all already dead, so what truly does it matter, in the end?

[discutio]

It matters if it upsets you. It matters that I wish to reassure you.

It matters because I consider you my friend.

[schardynfreude]

This is why chess is good. The mental stimulation isn't just about the pieces on the board. My brother and I would have long discussions over a board, for hours on end, with little progress in the game itself. You're trying some tricky maneuvers, friend.

[discutio]

[Phoenix sighed quietly, shaking his head and adjusting his sunglasses with his free hand.]

I seem to do that, when I need to make a point.

[schardynfreude]

You're my friend, in spite of everything, and you will remain so even after this disease starts ravaging my admittedly already dead self. Is your point.

[discutio]

That's correct. If such a thing transpires, I won't simply stand by and allow you to become some kind of monster.

[schardynfreude]

...I suppose I'll simply have to take your word for it. I...am not sure what to say to the others, however.

[discutio]

Whatever you like. I am sure they will think the same as I do.

[schardynfreude]

People aren't always so kind when they see something frightening.

[discutio]

We've all seen what I presume to be terrible things by now. You're still Chiron, no matter what you look like.

[schardynfreude]

I've heard your point, all right. You have such optimism. I wish I could share it. Not everyone on the other side of the board is always so, hm, reasonable.

[discutio]

I do think I pride myself on being reasonable.