Invidia Arrival Log

[cancrymods]

INVIDIA

With the Executors now victorious over the first layer of Purgatory, the only way for them to go is further down. Thanks to the combined efforts of Kingslayer, Ariel and Mona, a path forward has been opened that leads down to the next layer of Purgatory. Rei looks ill at ease about this. If asked, she'll brush off the concern a bit, explaining that she's never gone this far down into Purgatory before and she doesn't know what lays ahead. It might be even more dangerous than the Underside. She's just glad they're all heading down together. So, once everyone's collected themselves... head down they to to the next layer of Purgatory... Welcome to Invidia. Congratulations on unlocking your first major location change in Can Cry! Feel free to use this arrival log to chronicle your initial misadventures in the city of Invidia. Investigation is strongly encouraged here as from here on out, plot progression will moved along by player involvement. If you want to unlock the next Underside, get investigating! All investigations that require mod oversight should be tagged with INVESTIGATION REQUEST in the subject line. Get out there and have fun!

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[schardynfreude]

[A light huff in return.] I suppose I can see what kind of backless shirts they may have; this was all I could think of on short notice.

You could always go topless.

[twibeast]

[ Somewhere, in the world of the living, Beast's kid is screeching "DON'T?? ENCOURAGE MY DAD TO GO TOPLESS??? THAT'S MY DAD?????"

Beast meanwhile just continues to be amused. ]

That is an option... it hasn't been cold enough yet to necessarily warrant clothing, so it's not like it'd be a problem...

[ Oh god is he actually considering it... maybe a little.

He's looking at the dress again though. His mind wanders back to his still nameless son, and what he can actually remember about the boy, like the dresses he always wore... ]

Well anyway, since you've kindly gone through the effort of bringing it over there's no harm in at least trying it on... even if I can't pull it off.

[ If his kid can wear them then he can too. ]

[schardynfreude]

Surely we could find something a little less...curvy. The option otherwise seems to be to find tops for someone like yourself and tear the back out, leaving a bit of the collar about the neck. Attach some string or otherwise leave something to tie around the waist.

[twibeast]

Hmm...

[ Okay he's abandoning the fluffy coat he was looking at (daddy will come back for you one day baby ;_; ...maybe) and taking another look around, trying to find a more suitable top for that kind of altering, or better yet something that already fits that description.

Eventually he finds a sweater and holds it out, showing the back. ]

You mean like the way this looks?

[ ...wait is that also fuzzy

Beast........ ]

[schardynfreude]

Like that! Doubtless you would have to pull it up on you like a dress, but it would not, at least, be a dress. And it looks quite comfortable, in fact.

[twibeast]

Mm, it does, doesn't it?

[ He eyes it a bit more, trying to work out if it's a big enough size for him, before deciding it should be enough and draping it over one of his forearms with the intent to take it. He will accept the fuzzy. ]

I shall have to keep an eye out for more tops like this - at least bottoms shouldn't be any issue.

And how you fared so far with the shopping, Your Majesty?

[schardynfreude]

[Accept fuzzy.]

Mm, well, I seem to be fond of layers, it seems. And while I try to take the opinions of some of the poor souls here into account, I must confess there's a certain fun in trying to find a style all my own. Is red a little much, with my hair? I fear perhaps it washes me out, and yet I've a fondness for the color, I think.

[And after a moment more of thought, with a frown:] Ah, and--going forward...I believe I shall drop the title of Your Majesty. Seems to make some people uncomfortable. [Including! Himself!]

[twibeast]

[ He nods along and is about to answer the red thing, when he brings up the name. ]

Ah, my apologies then. [ a pause ] Have you decided on a different one then?

[schardynfreude]

[A wave of the hand.] It's fine. The girls had been trying to come up with something since before we all descended into a fight. Phoenix had an idea, but...Mona actually did research, if you can believe it. [He's still amazed!]

I find I rather trust her judgement, so Chiron it is, at least for now. Apparently some wise medic teacher of some sort from myth.

Perhaps you'd like to take up a different moniker?

[twibeast]

[ He nods ] Sir Chiron then. I shall remember it.

[ He tilts his head a little though. ]

Hm? For myself you mean? Is there an issue with “Beast”?

[ bud......... ]

[schardynfreude]

If you don't find issue with it, then no, there is no issue. Some might find the moniker insulting, but it's a matter of context.

1/3

[twibeast]

Hmm... insulting, you say? I must confess I had never thought of it in that way before. Where I'm from the term Beast is exclusively used for--

[twibeast]

[ But then he completely cuts off.

Wait, what was it used for? There's a massive gap in his knowledge, an empty hole where some common information should be, which is alarming to him because so far even with the memories gone he still knew his world. Even with everyone else seemingly being from elsewhere, he knew about Rhearth. He remembered the Goddess. He could tell on sight that he and his child were Feathereds and that Orpheus was a Fair. He knew what all the other races were, the continents, the most basic of knowledge that even a small child would know.

And yet this... this thing that he knows he should know is just completely missing.

It takes him out of everything for a moment and he furrows his brow, feeling lost. Why was he "Beast" then...? ]

[twibeast]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Apologies, it... appears I am actually not so certain what its use is after all. Maybe it is meant to be insulting...

...I suppose it might not hurt to at least consider another name then.

[schardynfreude]

[...Ah. Now that's familiar. Chiron's expression softens, and he lays a hand on Beast's arm.]

So that's what it looks like from the other side. To remember yet not remember.

A name is only what you make of it.

[twibeast]

[ The hand on his arm is appreciated. Helps to ground him somewhat. He sighs. ]

Yes... you are right.

I take it this sort of sensation has happened to you then as well.

[schardynfreude]

Something around the edges of memory, and something...distressing, but you haven't the details enough to know why. Something you know you should know.

I'm afraid this sensation is likely to get worse before it gets better. The memories...seem to come with time.