INTO THE VOID

[oneandmikleonly]

[A STUBBORN AND FOOLHARDY GROUP OF EXPLORERS FALL ASLEEP AND SWIM INTO A DEEP DARK OCEAN ABYSS

There’s no punchline that’s actually what they’re doing. ]

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Comments

[onethousen]

What exactly is malevolence?

[ Snippets of chatter might have made their way to her, but overall, that's more because of her own silence and tendency to fade back and listen as they've been moving along. Mikleo dropping back is an opportunity for her: mostly to ask the wrong question, but it's a start. Chihiro wants to be helpful, and so not interrupting others has felt most helpful so far. ]

[oneandmikleonly]

It's spiritual impurity...it's complicated to explain, but as far as I know it's bred from negative actions, emotions, and uncertainty. Anyone sentient can be subject to it, but I'm not sure if the Dragon is generating it itself or if it's coming from an outside source of contamination, and our friend doesn't know either.

[onethousen]

Does everyone have a little of that, then? Those sound like things almost everyone feels some of the time... does it ever get better?

[ Does spiritual cleansing work to help? She knows so little about those anyway that it's more of a curiosity overall, but... ]

[oneandmikleonly]

It can come and go, and some people don't have it at all. And it can be purified by someone with the power to do it...that's why I was so excited when you mentioned a medicine that helped your friend shed it. It would help if we could figure out where it was coming from, though.

[onethousen]

[ She hums under her breath, nodding as he speaks. ]

Then that's important. I'm not sure... not sure how, but by asking and investigating, we should find ways forward to answers. Right?

[oneandmikleonly]

Yeah. It's not like the creatures in this ocean can't understand...I found out a lot that we could have known earlier just by asking the ones outside the Void.

I hope we can figure the rest out now without too much confrontation...what Salacia says about not challenging too many creatures down here is good advice.

[onethousen]

Mm. Do we know...

[ She pauses, considering what she wants to ask. ]

Well, I guess do we know what comes across as a challenge?

[oneandmikleonly]

Um, just fighting them, probably, or straight-up threatening...if there's anything else I hope it's not more complicated than that, but I don't think there is.

[onethousen]

Phew. That should be easier!