Superbia Intro Log

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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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[alchemistake]

Huh? Oh, uh- sure. Go ahead.

[Though he's...not quite sure what this kid COULD ask him. Maybe something about the school...?]

[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch's heart is pounding. If he messes this up, he could blow their cover! But, on the other hand, if he's able to help....if he's able to find them an ally.....return what everyone else did for him... ]

Do you - remember? Where we are.

[alchemistake]

[Oh.

Where Monarch is worried about messing up, Amber...seems a little looser with whether or not he cares about trying to inquire with other specters as to what they know. It's like Achilles said- the most they'll do is avoid the subject or not understand if you try to explain what's going on to them.

So, he decides to reply plain and blunt.]

Do I remember that I'm dead? As far as I know...yep. Couldn't tell you what happened to me, though.

[ourtomorrow]

[ Oh. OH! That makes this much simpler. Monarch suddenly feels a lot better. ]

Then you're an Executor, too.

[alchemistake]

[Executor. Yep, that rings a hugely familiar bell.

Recognition dawns in Varian's expression as he leans back against his palms.]

You're looking at one as of today, yep.

1/2

[ourtomorrow]

[ He was right... ]

Both of us...and we're roommates.

[ A hand goes to his chin. Monarch is Thinking now.... ]

2/2

[ourtomorrow]

[ ...until he Thinks himself into what should have been a clear next step. ]

Um - welcome. It's good to...have you along.

[alchemistake]

[If it helps, Amber doesn't seem to mind the awkwardness. If anything, it makes him laugh. It feels...familiar.

Very familiar.]

Hey, don't sweat it. Achilles mentioned that talking about like..."being dead"- [Airquotes] -and stuff with the other people around here doesn't tend to go over well. I don't blame you for not saying something sooner.

[ourtomorrow]

[ He's met Achilles-san....And probably Rei-san, too, then.

Amber's reassurance does help Monarch, who starts thinking instead about what Amber might need from him. He's the more experienced Executor....um...

oh a. a welcome. that would probably be good ]

I hadn't expected to room with someone who was like me. Let's do our best together.

[alchemistake]

[If nothing else, Amber is getting the sense that Monarch isn't so different from him, and not just in terms of being an Executor.]

Right. Is there anything specific we should be doing now, by the way? I know we're meant to find the person in charge here, but I'm not really sure what to be looking for.

[ourtomorrow]

We just got here ourselves...

[ Coincidence, or - no. What they need to do now. ]

But you're right we have to find the Authority. One way is to look for a person in power, but also -

Do you know the Seven Deadly Sins?

[ i would say "this is the nerdiest executor 101 anyone will ever be given" but

medic exists

so monarch forever is denied that crown ]

[alchemistake]

[It’s okay Monarch you get a shiny silver second place medal instead.]

They’re not a concept that I remember, but Achilles did mention them. That each of these…”layers” have seemed to represent one so far.

[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch nods. ] We're fairly sure we've seen Envy and Greed. That leaves Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Wrath, and Pride.

If we identify which Sin this layer represents, the person who most embodies it is the Authority.

[ He just. Keeps getting stuck on. Why any one of those. Would be a school. ]

[alchemistake]

[Yeah...it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to him, either. Then again, this is kindof his first exposure to schools...as far as he can remember, anyway.]

So the Authority...they're going to be someone who was already here, right?

[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch nods. ] Does anyone stand out?

[ Not that "consciousness", by nature, is part of being a Specter, so Amber's extended time here may not assist in solving the puzzle. But just in case. ]

[alchemistake]

Not really...I mean, the only people I've met so far that stand out to me at all are you guys, and you can't be the Authority if you just got here.

[He thinks.]

[ourtomorrow]

So we'll have to investigate again.

[ He doesn't...look thrilled...about that. ]

[alchemistake]

That's not going to be easy. Especially if we're not quite sure what we're looking for. I guess somebody with a lot of direct influence on what goes on around here, maybe...

[ourtomorrow]

Like the principal?

[ That kind of influence? But Greta hadn't been in a position of formal power....What "influence" makes one the most.....whichever this Layer is...? ]

[alchemistake]

...Okay, probably a dumb question, but I'm not like...super familiar with the whole school concept yet so, uh.

What's...that?

[ourtomorrow]

[ ---Ah. He'd assumed. He shouldn't have done that. He's sorry. ]

The head of the school. The principal is in charge of deciding how the school will move into the future. They discipline the students, too.

The principal here is supposedly strict....

[alchemistake]

[Naaah, it's not like Monarch would know. Hell, Amber barely knows, since he in the grand scheme of things remembers far less than anyone else here so far.]

Strict, huh...in that case, I bet you anything they're the Authority. Like, it's practically a given, isn't it?

[ourtomorrow]

It's possible. [ Monarch will not deny that! ] But the Authority could be using them as a cover. We can't assume anything.

[ He found that out after chasing a lady phantom thief last Layer. Attempts to learn from the past are go! ]

[alchemistake]

Okay...so we need to be keeping an eye out for not only people in power, but people who are close to people in power.

[...]

You don't think there's a possibility it could all just be a red herring, and it's actually one of the students...do you?