[Audio] - Monday, Week 49

[outer_npcs]

He's kicked the spider's nest, foolish boy. 'Ware the splinters.

Comments

[Audio]

[kazeninaru]

I really wish you'd be a little more specific about... proper names. And specifics.

[Haruka sounds a bit resigned and a bit amused.]

Who kicked the spider's nest?

[At least she knows it isn't about her and the counselor, this time, since the Oracle is well aware she's female.]

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

One who is lost from my sight.

[She sounds...almost sad, maybe.]

They are fragments of fragments. She can tell only what she can see.

[Audio]

[kazeninaru]

[Haruka sighs.]

I know. And thank you for telling us what you can. I suppose we will have to watch out for splinters, then. Sharp things? Pieces of a whole? Giant spiders? There are some very big ones here.

[She's throwing out guesses, in case she can get more information, mostly, but also being vaguely chatty with the Oracle. The lady mentioned Pluto; she has a soft spot for her, now.]

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

The pieces retain the properties of the whole.

[She sounds, perhaps, a little relieved.]

It is transient, but no less dangerous.

[Audio]

[kazeninaru]

[Now that's interesting. Both pieces, in fact, as well as her tone. Some of that is apparently right, though in what fashion, Haruka doesn't know.]

So it will go away soon? After, I guess, the splinters? Or perhaps it is only on the move....

[She thinks that's what transient means.]

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

Yes.

[This is probably "yes, both are correct", though, the Oracle being the Oracle, it could always be "yes, one of these is correct".]

[Audio]

[kazeninaru]

[Haruka takes it conservatively, for now, and goes with "it's on the move" rather than "it's likely to go away"; probably safer that way.]

Any suggestions for what we should do when the splinters show? Or where they may show, so that we can be ready for them?

[Audio]

[girlworthfighting]

[Oh good, you again.] And what "he" are you referring to this time?

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

One who is lost to my sight.

[Audio]

[girlworthfighting]

[She tries to search her memory for their last conversation, see if there's anything there that could help here. But it's all a jumbled mess. She just doesn't have the head for these kind of things.]

If he's lost to your sight, then how do you know what he is doing?

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

He is not doing, he has done.

[Audio]

[girlworthfighting]

What is it? Something we have to be afraid of, I should gather. Else what is the point of this message?

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

Woke the spiders. They build their nests, build their traps. Pray they do not lay their eggs.

[Audio] hey he finally figured it out!

[royal_turniphead]

What nonsense is this?

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

Asks the boy who never listens.

Re: [Audio]

[royal_turniphead]

I happen to be rather proud of that! And people should know you shouldn't kick spider or bees nests. It's asking for trouble.

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

You all ask often, and loudly.

Re: [Audio]

[royal_turniphead]

I'm listening now. What are you trying to say?

[Audio]

[outer_npcs]

The spiders stir. A fragment is part of the whole, and retains its connection for a time.

Audio

[bruiserprincess]

Do you ever just say anything?

Audio

[outer_npcs]

None of you ever come for tea.

Audio

[bruiserprincess]

[Molly might be a kid, but she's not stupid]

This isn't just about that is it?

Audio

[outer_npcs]

You wished something stated plainly. The minutiae of life are a simpler subject for clarity.

Re: Audio

[bruiserprincess]

So are these real spiders or do the spiders mean something else?

Audio

[outer_npcs]

They are very unreal spiders.

[There's a brief pause.]

Or we are unreal, and they tire of troubling dreams.