Gula Intro Log...?

[cancrymods]

GULA

After recovering from the tedium of the time loop and the gruelling fight, the Executors gather their resolve and continue their descent through Purgatory, at last passing through Superbia into the next layer. Feeling peckish? That's an unfortunate side effect of being in Gula, the Gluttony layer of Purgatory. Down here in the third layer of Purgatory, the word on everyone's lips is Gluttony – and that means that nothing here is ever quite enough for you. All during your time in this layer, you'll find that you just can't be sated, no matter how much you eat, drink, sleep – or whatever other itches you need to scratch. However much you take in, you'll find yourself still wanting just that bit... more. Which is going to be pretty hard to do, seeing as how there doesn't actually seem to be anything left in Gula. The shell of a city stands here, all huge blocky buildings and towering skyscrapers but it's clearly been abandoned and worse still, ravaged by time. Plants and trees are growing up through cracks in the pavement, pushing abandoned cars, streetlamps and other fixtures of the city out the way. All the buildings you care to examine are empty, stripped bare of everything not nailed down (or even things that actually were nailed down, going by the condition of some of them) and most notably of all, there are no Specters here at all, no matter how much you look. And if all that weren't ominous enough, your senses as an Executor allow you to pick up something that you might not have noticed otherwise. It's more spiritual than physical and not quite so easy to expalin, but things feel... thin here, as if things were picked clean so thoroughly that part of the world itself was stripped away with it. Something is terribly wrong here. Explore?

Comments

[cancrymods]

Huh? Huh?

[ She sounds more confused than anything. ]

It's not that much trouble for you guys to come and go, is it?

[mementomoritz]

[Helpfully:] Mostly I think they're worried you have some kind of trap or trick you're planning to keep us from getting anywhere. The other Authorities usually tried stuff like that!

[cancrymods]

That's dumb! Why would I trick you when I can just tell you what I want you to do?

[etincelledefierte]

- look, the last time I met someone new, she tried to kill me and very nearly succeeded at it, so, you're going to have to forgive me for being skeptical. The problem is also that we got stuck in the last layer for gods-only-know how long, and...

[she breathes, finally looking at her hands. that's what gets her to calm down and finally be honest.]

...I don't want to have to fight you, but I also don't want to make a promise I'm not 100 percent sure we can keep. I can say that we can try?

[cancrymods]

Is that so? Well, that's good, since I don't want to fight you guys either. I like you!

[ said in the same airy, breezy tone as she's said everything else. ]

Come and eat some tasty snacks with us down in the city and I'm sure you'll feel better. Food fixes everything!

[daughterofthemark]

Indeed! Once we've dined together, I'm certain all of us will be more comfortable.

[mementomoritz]

[Something about that makes Medic pause. Running the sentence back in her head, she realizes what it is.] That does sound nice! But... if you're running out of everything, should we really eat your food? It wouldn't be fair to take what you have left, if we have plenty and you only have a little.

[daughterofthemark]

[...oh nooooo]