♫ text; cw mentions of character death

[ghostlocked]

hey hadriel. two things.

thing one is that im the mystery guy that got attacked by the uh weird tentacle creatures those other guys mentioned. keith and steak ig?
i managed to learn a lil abt them before they fuckin killed me. o lmao thats one thing i learned. theyre strong as hell. keep ur distance if u run into any.
i fight scary monsters for a living back home. the fact that they managed to take me out is saying something.
anyway i have a spell that can read minds. it doesnt work on animals and shit. just intelligent creatures. it worked on them.
what i got was confusing af but the gist is that they were scoping out the city. theyre not happy that were here and they see us as a threat. thats why they killed me. i think they were trying to stay hidden but theyre shit at camouflage.
whats weird is that i didnt get linear thoughts so much as. idk. how they were feeling?
and that shit was all over the fuckin map. like they were flippin thru emotion channels. it was weird.
idk what to make of it but it didnt seem natural. maybe the door was influencing them or smth. not sure.
o and i got a shitty pic.

[He attaches said shitty pic. Its eyes are glowing blue.]

i know it sucks but two secs after i snapped this that fucker was goring me with its gnarly ass beak so it was the best i could do.
theyre big fuck off shellfish. whats the one with the spiral shell that zips around backwards? its that.
theyre fast and those shells are thick af so theyre tough to damage. my spells didnt do much against em.
be careful. judging by what i got from the mindreading i have a feeling theyre not done w. us.

anyway. thing two.
apparently i scared some ppl. sorry.
yes i died. it sucked. more important im fine now. ty hope.
o i cant do magic atm tho. my focus didnt come back to life w. me. rip guitar pick.
if anyone wants magic lessons im still offering but ill be out of commission for a couple weeks prob. making a new one is gonna fuckin blow.
but there. thats all my updates.
seriously watch out for the fuckin punk ass zippy upside down ocean snail things.

[ooc: everyone give it up for ALEX our nathan drake player who drew the nautilus monster image that the mods sent me!! and also SORRY ALEX for shittily cropping and motion blurring your amazing artwork!!!]

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[ghostlocked]

[Oh. Hi Caedra.]

u spoke to a native? when?

[abyssalarcana]

a few months ago when their souls were all over. reminded me more of an insect than your sea beast.

they have an unusual way of seeing the world. wish id had more time with it

[ghostlocked]

wait what? when tf did that happen?

[abyssalarcana]

what you didnt notice them? they were around. before the islands, whenever that was

[ghostlocked]

huh. nope idr anything like that. weird.
whatd u talk abt?

[abyssalarcana]

tried to ask about the gods and the null but most of it wasnt very coherent. they love those parasitic idiots. said they were killed on that desert planet when the null shook the air.

any guess what that means?

[ghostlocked]

shook the air?
idk maybe some catastrophic weather event. like a sandstorm or smth. idk.
or shatter. if ur familiar w. that spell.

[abyssalarcana]

of course, but as far as we know the null have no magical ability. some other way to produce damaging thunder but its all speculation if you havent actually heard past references to such an attack

anyway the resident celestial got in the way before i could finish questioning it so well never know for sure now

[ghostlocked]

fair enough. prob a question for the gods tbh.
resident celestial?
jfc wtf did i miss?

[abyssalarcana]

if you think theyll actually tell the truth maybe
doubt it though

celestial you probably met. i think she called herself ravine

but now shes gone so we wont have that little problem ever again

[ghostlocked]

y would they lie abt smth like that?
o. yeah i knew of ravine.
talked to her like once and she was weird af so that was the end of that.
do u think ud be able to talk to one of the souls again?

[abyssalarcana]

who knows. fine to ask them but i never expect truth

havent seen the souls since back then. I assume the door didnt mean to let them out. probably holding them for hope some day but if theres ever another sighting do let me know

[ghostlocked]

ok ig.
u think the door is holding the souls?

[abyssalarcana]

something is
otherwise a lot more of you would have been eaten by now

a shame, isn't it

[ghostlocked]

cmon caedra u should know by now that we have different ideas of what counts as a shame.
anyway whats to say the ghosts arent just lingering in the city itself?
maybe theyre haunting us rn. lol. we just cant see em.
or w.e.
idfk how ghosts work.
was the one u talked to hostile too?

[abyssalarcana]

i dont think it had enough presence of mind to be hostile
it answered questions poorly until we were interrupted
find them and i can give it another try

[ghostlocked]

interrupted by ravine?
wtf. y would she stop u from gettin info?
if i see any supernatural shit ig ill let u know.
as wild as this place can be i havent seen any ghosts around but who fuckin knows. that could change.

[abyssalarcana]

id say ask her but shes thankfully gone

if someone captures one of the newest ones and it refuses to talk, i can try again if you creatures are willing to kill it
just make sure im there as it dies
spell only works with souls

public but then private

[ghostlocked]

i have some shit i can try before we need to resort to that but sure. ill keep that in mind.
thx.

[...But while he has Caedra here, he has a question. He switches to private.]

did u ever figure out who froze u btw?

private

[abyssalarcana]

yes
and youll notice hes still alive
didnt forget your deal so quickly you know

[ghostlocked]

i appreciate it.

[And he should leave it at that, he really should... But.]

why havent u killed him? u were adamant abt going after him last time we talked.
he wasnt part of the deal. anyone who comes after u is fair game.

[abyssalarcana]

does it matter?
i spoke with him and we came to an agreement

you people take me as far more irrational than i am
your fear is very funny though

[ghostlocked]

it doesnt. im just curious.
bc ur right. most ppl dont really get u. myself included.
and ykw i think i am afraid of u. good eye.
i didnt think i was but ur onto somethin. lol.
cool that u were able to come to an agreement tho. what was it?
or tell me to fuck off if its none of my business. thats fine.

[abyssalarcana]

thats between me and him
very nosy for someone so afraid arent you

[ghostlocked]

fair enough.
dont get me wrong im not over here cowering. fear isnt really a setback for me.
i have anxiety. im afraid of like everything. lmao.
me bein scared wont affect our deal.