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!

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[mementomoritz]

[Medic waves cheerily as they flee, calling after them:] Remember to visit the nurse's office if you feel sick at all! I'm in there a lot!

[She's not, like. Actually supposed to be. She just keeps showing up and Mona is too nice to throw her out.]

[A passing librarian gives her a pointed look, so she sits back down and lowers her voice. This is a library, after all.]

[Addressing the bookshelf:] So, why were you hiding from them? Is it a game? [Listen, hide and seek can get intense, she's not judging.]

[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch confirms the coast is clear, then steps out, hanging his head so he can hide behind his hair. ] I wasn't...

[ ....hiding.....

Except yes he was. He debates what to say. Decides that if he doesn't fully understand the truth himself, perhaps Medic-san will... ]

They startled me.

[mementomoritz]

They were pretty loud. [Listen, sometimes you just can't People today, it's fine. She can understand that.] What were they so worked up about, anyway? You'd think they could have just left a note in your locker if they needed to talk to you so badly...

[Wait, do they even have lockers here? ...And should they be taking bets on how long we have before Wolfsbane shoves someone into one?]

[ourtomorrow]

I don't know.

[ Except he does, and his cheeks are bright red. He knows what it sounded like they were after, but that's impossible, right? Not with...him. It doesn't make sense.

It's too much. They were pushing into his space too fast. He doesn't want to think about it, even though that makes him feel like he's still running from something. ]

A-anyway, they wouldn't know who the Authority is. We have to focus on that.

[mementomoritz]

This layer is called Superbia, right? If they're still matching up to the Latin names, that means the sin here is pride.

[She shrugs.]

So... keep an eye out for anyone who seems like they have a really big ego, I guess?

[ourtomorrow]

[ Pride....Pride. High opinion of oneself, but not just that. There's a lot of nuance to the concept. A person who holds themselves above all others - a person who holds themselves to high standards, and won't compromise, for fear of what that would imply about their identity. A person who wants to be unassailable.

It's disturbingly familiar, like Esme's envy.

But, even so: ]

I might have two leads.

[mementomoritz]

Oh? [Medic looks pleased as always to learn something new, flipping open one of her ever-present research journals and pulling out a pen.] That's a promising start, tell me more!

[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch distills what he learned from joining the soccer team and listening to the other kids. ]

A festival's being held this week. Normally the principal opposes events, but the student council president insisted. She's a good student...

[ Put the president in a rough spot, apparently. ]

Both the president and the principal have strong personalities.