discordia/avaritia | monarch is typing...

[ourtomorrow]

I haven't met many of you. My name is Monarch. I struck the final blow against Esme.

[ He can say that, right? It's a fact. Lion and Ruin did so much - but the one with no choice but to do it had been Monarch. ]

By that point, she had turned into a monster. But when I hit her for the last time, I gained memories. Not mine, but hers.

Esme had a sibling. Lapis. It's Lapis we saw on screens in the Underside. Esme and Lapis were chasing a dream of stardom together, but in the end, only Lapis was chosen. Esme couldn't accept that. She'd hated Lapis since Lapis was born. Esme died full of those feelings.

One instance isn't enough to build a theory upon, but as we search for the Authority of this Layer, people should be aware this occurred. It's possible other Authorities will become monstrous when confronted and we'll regain their memories. It's also possible Esme chose to show me specifically for other reasons, but if so, that's something that might happen to others, as well.

Thanks for your time.

[ And - sent.

Those patrolling Avaritia on their quest for information may find one (1) small boy hiding in an alley spying on the business district. He keeps moving like he wants to check his phone and then stopping his hand. ]

Comments

@outclassy

[heir_to_ruin]

Resenting younger siblings is pretty common, isn't it? I don't know why that's noteworthy.

[ourtomorrow]

[ ...It is? What about resenting older siblings?

No, that's not why he posted. ]

The fact the memory share occurred concerns me more.

[heir_to_ruin]

[Obviously! Especially when the younger siblings are no good.

Maybe... don't listen to anything he has to say about sibling relationships.]

Things are confusing enough, not having our own memories, never mind mixing things up with someone else's. That is definitely concerning.

[ourtomorrow]

And we won't know what caused it unless it happens again.

[ Why him? Because he happened to be the one to strike her last? Or is there some other cause, either within Esme's motivations - or himself? ]

[heir_to_ruin]

If nothing else, it's something to be aware of. One is not a pattern but the more info we have now the quicker we can recognize patterns if they do come up.

[emberserker]

[Something feels very familiar when she reads this. Ernesta? They weren't siblings, not really, but she hated her for some reason, more and more as Wolfsbane began to change. Or at least she thought she changed. What happened to her?

Nothing that Wolfsbane wants to address, anyway. Hm.]

She always did want to live forever. Maybe she wanted to haunt us out of spite.

[ourtomorrow]

It's too soon to tell. But in case someone else has this same experience....

[ It was awful. It was absolutely flat-out awful, and he doesn't want anyone to walk unprepared into it like he did. ]

[emberserker]

Why's it important? Didn't you hate Esme as much as we did?

[ourtomorrow]

In case they're shocked.

[ question: dodged

uneasiness: experienced ]

[phantasmagorial]

At the very least, that sounds like something Esme would do even if no one else does...

[ Yep! That's Esme for ya!!! ]

Are you feeling okay, Monarch? It must have been a shock.

[ourtomorrow]

It was.

[ The fact he received someone else's memories wasn't the worst shock, though. That would be the content, at first because of his confusion...

...and then, later, because of clarity. ]

May I ask you another question, Rei-san?

[phantasmagorial]

Of course. You can ask me anything you need to know.

[ Whether she'll actually be able to give him an answer is, of course, another question entirely. ]

[ourtomorrow]

What's the difference between Authorities and Executors?

[ He has heard Lion's theory, and it's perfectly sound. Somewhat encouraging (after being terrifying), in fact. But....To confirm that answer... ]

@materia_medica

[mementomoritz]

thank you for letting me know!
i'm trying to record as much data as possible about how all the different types of the dead here function, so any information is helpful ^-^

[ourtomorrow]

There are that many different kinds?

[ He's happy to provide Authority details, but first, he has to walk into a pit ask about her research! ]

[mementomoritz]

oh YES

[Oh no. Science mode activated.]

right away you've got specters, eidolons, and revenants
then you've got eidolons becoming executors or authorities or both
there's all the different subtypes of revenants- not to mention those revenants that seem to be unique examples instead of conforming to a prior type

and that's just the people!!
we STILL don't know what's going on with that peacock esme had OR where all these stores keep getting meat
where! are the cows!!!
(IF THE LAND OF THE DEAD CAN CREATE BEEF EX NIHILO THAT JUST RAISES FURTHER QUESTIONS)

so it's very exciting, really :D :D

[ourtomorrow]

[ Monarch's world has just expanded in ways he didn't know it could, but that make so much sense in retrospect. ]

I see.

[ he may be stuck on the phrase beef ex nihilo

not because he doesn't understand it, but because it suddenly exists ]

@beast

[twibeast]

I'm sorry you had to experience that Monarch.
Fighting isn't easy and experiencing memories that are not even your own while being the one to finish things must have been quite difficult to deal with.

I thank you for having the courage to stand against her and for sharing this with us though. Any information we can get it is valuable.

[ourtomorrow]

Please be careful confronting Authorities in human forms, too. Esme transformed after Lion-san....

[ ....beheaded her.... ]

Attacked.

[twibeast]

Transformed?
That is a little alarming. I believe the revenants are all specters that couldn't move on, but that almost sounds like it was on command...

[ourtomorrow]

It was like the creature she'd become on the inside came out.

.....I'm sorry. That's conjecture.

[ He got carried away for a moment there! ]

@Brainiac

[pride_of_amarcia]

... Welp, aren'tcha glad you took a good rest before going down there if things ended like that???

But yeah. Monstrous authorities whose memories we take on destroying - that's, um, a THING. And probably going to show up again and again, huh.

[ourtomorrow]

[ He is grateful, yes. And will have to find a way to thank her, when he isn't in the middle of a critical conversation. ]

It's likely.

Whoever confronts the Avaritia Authority should be careful.

[pride_of_amarcia]

Yep. Their whole greed thing is... Kinda weird to me?

It's money, you know? It's important, but being THIS all-encompassing seems really cuckoo to me.

[ourtomorrow]

[ He gets that, he thinks. (Though, although perhaps he should feel bad about this, not being able to relate to the Layer is a nice breather after Esme.) ]

I wish we could pinpoint which Specter might be the greediest.

[ He's examining the banks, but....banks and casino. Two major hubs, instead of one. Connected, or not?

And would the Authority be the person who has the most - or who wants the most? ]