[Lol awkward. Well, she doesn't regret it. Childe sucks, Law, eh.]
I want to leave with what I was promised, and I want everyone else to leave with what they were promised, and I want to stop this from happening to anyone else.
[So no big deal.]
Obviously, that's a considerable list of demands, and I have no evidence to suggest it's possible. But I don't find the outcome of killing enough to get what we want and leaving realistic. [. . .] I don't buy that this thing is going to have its fill and stop.
. . . And we're all from different worlds, or nearly all of us. And yet, again and again, it has brought people we know. In some cases, multiple people we know. Is there an explanation for this? Because it doesn't seem coincidental.
I would imagine it was easy for the thing to take people from a familiar place. Couldn't tell you. I don't know how it works past the surface level. Not a fan of getting close to it.
Don't see why it would, if it was strong enough to do whatever it wanted. Wouldn't need more bodies. [but it's clear he hadn't, uh. thought about that.]
It isn't as though I know, either. [Like. She's not trying to manipulate him by scaring him or something.] But it is part of the reason simply trying to leave feels like a fraught choice.
I don't know, particularly. I would love to have a plan.
[She sighs.]
I suspect we need to understand why it works the way it does and redirect it somehow. The method of conversion of indulgence to outcome wouldn't seem to intrinsically require a creature that eats souls to fuel it. You obviously need some method that converts the indulgence into power that is specific to this situation, and it likely requires a great amount of energy to work. So - two options to refocus it. Devise a method that replaces the creature as the conduit, or devise a method that replaces the power source the creature draws from.
[he says, flatly.] I've tried. It kills me, every time I do.
[a pause.] Do me a favor, Harrowhark. [and, with an air of annoyance:] And yes, I'm aware I don't have any right to ask you for one, but I'm doing it anyway.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[:T]
And what outcome are you looking for now?
no subject
I want to leave with what I was promised, and I want everyone else to leave with what they were promised, and I want to stop this from happening to anyone else.
[So no big deal.]
Obviously, that's a considerable list of demands, and I have no evidence to suggest it's possible. But I don't find the outcome of killing enough to get what we want and leaving realistic. [. . .] I don't buy that this thing is going to have its fill and stop.
. . . And we're all from different worlds, or nearly all of us. And yet, again and again, it has brought people we know. In some cases, multiple people we know. Is there an explanation for this? Because it doesn't seem coincidental.
no subject
I would imagine it was easy for the thing to take people from a familiar place. Couldn't tell you. I don't know how it works past the surface level. Not a fan of getting close to it.
no subject
no subject
Don't see why it would, if it was strong enough to do whatever it wanted. Wouldn't need more bodies. [but it's clear he hadn't, uh. thought about that.]
no subject
no subject
Maybe.
no subject
no subject
[except like, it IS his problem if it decides to yoink someone he cares about here. ugh.]
Fuck. [gaaaasp idk who i'm gasping it's not like harrow doesn't say fuck, but. he's frustrated enough to let one drop.]
no subject
[Agreeing, because she does say fuck.]
no subject
... So what do you plan to do, then? To get your outcome.
no subject
[She sighs.]
I suspect we need to understand why it works the way it does and redirect it somehow. The method of conversion of indulgence to outcome wouldn't seem to intrinsically require a creature that eats souls to fuel it. You obviously need some method that converts the indulgence into power that is specific to this situation, and it likely requires a great amount of energy to work. So - two options to refocus it. Devise a method that replaces the creature as the conduit, or devise a method that replaces the power source the creature draws from.
no subject
Seems complicated. [thanks pride]
no subject
Yes, yes. I know. But I'm a necromancer, and this is how I think. I don't really think it will be as simple as fighting it or something.
no subject
[he says, flatly.] I've tried. It kills me, every time I do.
[a pause.] Do me a favor, Harrowhark. [and, with an air of annoyance:] And yes, I'm aware I don't have any right to ask you for one, but I'm doing it anyway.