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

[discutio]

Honestly, I'm more on Sword's side in this. We may not be able to overpower you at present, but that doesn't necessitate our bending to your every whim.

[cancrymods]

Mrgrgr...

[ What a little grumble. ]

It's really not fair... you guys can come and go whenever you like and I can't go anywhere...

[discutio]

...Why is that, exactly? I should think that in possession of an Authority, one would be able to open up whatever paths one pleases in their layer.

[unless.............?]

[cancrymods]

That's exactly why. Since I'm the person in charge of this Layer, I can't leave it, ever.

[discutio]

I'm not sure I understand. What is it that's stopping you?

[...just going to look in etoile's general direction]

I hate that I'm suddenly questioning reality, but we're definitely not in Superbia, correct?

[cancrymods]

I don't really know how to explain it... but whenever I try to leave, I feel all fuzzy and not-there-anymore. It's just not allowed and I don't know why. But it's seriously unfair!

[daughterofthemark]

[............]

But several of us are Authorities, and as you can see, we've been able to come here.

[cancrymods]

Yuh-huh! But you guys are special, aren't you? Executors can go anyplace they like!

[daughterofthemark]

Oh, I see! That would be a significant difference.

[mementomoritz]

I wonder... [Medic sounds alarmingly thoughtful.] If you're already an Executor, you can become an Authority, too. Can someone who's already an Authority become an Executor?

[phantasmagorial]

I think you can understand why I haven't wanted to risk trying it to find out...

[daughterofthemark]

Yes, we've rather had some issues, and before it'd have been even more dangerous...