(corrupted) text; un: [indecipherable characters]; a psa from your neighborhood disciple

[unsheathedfromreality]

To Trench's newer Sleepers,

 

Most especially those who are strong in their compassion ḟ̶̮õ̴̙r̷͍̆ ̸̲̐t̷̞̊h̵͚͆i̸̳͊s̶̠͘ ̸̥̿s̶̢̑ǘ̷͔f̶̥͆f̵̬͘ȩ̶̄r̷͔̓i̶̻̓ṋ̷̆ġ̷̜ ̴̤́ẁ̶̻o̵̗̍r̵͕͐l̵̯̊d̸̫̅,

 
The great Beast known as the B̴̨̝̘̽ư̶̦͙̳̻̽g̸̥̹̹̯̑g̶̳̺̞͚̒̒ȩ̴̩̀ cannot be healed without imperiling this year's harvest and threatening the city w̷̳͍̫̄í̵̬̹t̸̡̥̺̽̚ẖ̷̦͈̌̌́ ̶͔͇̈́̕ͅś̸͕̙̳̃t̶̤͇́͆a̷̧͙̼͛ṟ̴̡̀͊v̷̛̯̖͂a̷͙͑͗͑ṯ̷̗̒̇ì̴͓̗͗o̷̟͆̈́͝n̸̥̣͠ over the winter to come. You may have witnessed already that attempting to help it rouses the ire of farmers and Hunters both.

 
I do not write this to dissuade you from acting on your consciences. Those of you who seek to protect and heal Beasts rather than kill them out of hand act commendably.

 
B̶u̶t̵ ̸i̴t̵ ̴i̶s̸ ̴i̸m̴p̴o̸r̵t̸a̷n̷t̵ ̴t̷o̶ ̸u̷n̷d̶e̶r̸s̷t̷a̶n̷d̵ ̴t̵h̸e̴ ̸f̶u̸l̷l̷ ̴c̷o̵n̶s̵e̶q̴u̸e̸n̵c̷e̸s̴ ̵o̸f̴ ̵y̸o̶u̸r̸ ̵c̶h̵o̶i̶c̶e̴s̷.̵

 
Those who wish further information on the necessary rituals of the Blood Moon--or to argue the morality of killing or sparing the Beast--might respond to this with inquiries or invective.

[The black eye-and-feather symbol attached to the post in lieu of a signature is also heavily distorted, its edges trending toward an uncomfortable pink.

An edit shows up several hours later with the uncorrupted text attached and a brief note: "Apologies."]

Comments

( txt; un: BOMBSHELL )

[opheliac]

wtf am i reading?

text; un: imyarek

[unsheathedfromreality]

An advisory.

Or gibberish depending on your Omni.

text; un: lady

[dohaeris]

I'm afraid something's gone wrong with your omni crystal.

Are you trying to tell people not to heal the Bugge? I would thank you, if you are. It's unfortunate, but no different from shooting rabbits to spare the garden. You might tell them that it was never a person, too. Perhaps it might be easier if you set it to voice..?

un: imyarek

[unsheathedfromreality]

Voice would be worse right now, m̴̨͎͠y̶͕̩̓̎ ̴̖̾͑l̶͍̎ͅã̶̧̤ḑ̶̣́ÿ̸̢̗͒.̷̻͈͒̌

The problem isn't the Omni.

[Elaborating further requires more explanation than is easy for him over text--so he'll leave it there unless asked.]

More I am advising them of the consequences of helping it. I r̷̡̉e̵̲̓s̵͕̾p̶̼̊e̵̛̙c̵̛̻t̵̹͘ that most Sleepers come from worlds where gentleness in the face of evil saves more people than it damns. That t̴͍͠h̶̳̊é̸̟i̷̺̍r̷̩̊ ̶̣̀ë̸̩́t̵̼̀h̴̥̀i̶̦̊ć̶̺s̶͈̀ of kindness are core to them.

I expect

[No, it's too depressing--he can feel it as too depressing, too lacking in his Patron's virtue--to say he expects Trench will beat that out of most of them; and moreover dwelling on Deku or Ahiru or any of the other children being that beaten down when they'd come from worlds where their ways worked is viscerally unpleasant.

So he leaves that hanging and continues,]

Some might be helped by knowing it's not a person. Others would save even an animal.

text | un: londonstar

[slightlytaller]

[Just. Give him a moment. He was familiar enough with what glitches looked like to get the general gist of the message.]

Kids will be kids.

There's no stopping them. But, at this rate we're going to need to source our own supplies.

Your device is glitching, stranger. Do you need an assist?

un: imyarek

[unsheathedfromreality]

[Where the replies to the first few comments had been nearly instantaneous, Waver's doesn't get a response for several hours.

But the glitching is gone!]

Children whose families live or die on their own hunts and harvests are much less careless than this. It's demeaning to expect less from someone young.

Sleepers are at least resourceful. If this year is as kind as the last and no telling that we may see some reprieve during winter.

un: GoldenFlowers, text

[the_obedient_servant]

You didn't even name Izuku Midoriya directly. I applaud your discretion.

What do you think is the right choice?

un: imyarek; several hours after Chara's post

[unsheathedfromreality]

He wasn't the only one.

[But Illarion does have a warranted soft spot for the young man.]

My people are hunters. We kill to feed our families. I find no moral difference between that situation and this, though it's unfortunate Beasts themselves can't be eaten and go entirely to waste.

text; un: hakkai

[knowsvinewhip]

Please forgive the ignorance, but there appears to be some sort of text malfunction on your end.

It's made your message rather difficult to decipher.

un: imyarek, several hours after Hakkai's original comment

[unsheathedfromreality]

My apologies. I've corrected the original message. Is it legible now?

[The text is indeed uncorrupted now.]

text; un: quibbler

[creidim]

Is everything alright, Alabaster? [ Granted the whole... difficulty with the message. ]

I understand the importance of feeding the city, and that life is difficult as it without worrying about one's next meal but... surely there must be a way without resorting to slaying the Bugge? It feels wrong to kill the creature.

un: alabaster, several hours later

[unsheathedfromreality]

[Oh, Luna.

He appreciates the concern with those embers of that emotion he can muster; she is always faultlessly kind.]

It is now. Thank you for asking after me.

I won't say such a way doesn't or can't exist. A part of my delay in speaking up on this however was researching whether its death was truly necessary, to answer that very question.

What I have been able to find--which is not to the standards of evidence I would use for any binding recommendation or solution--suggests that while one may leave the Bugge entirely alone, it will continue to hunt and slay unopposed throughout this part of the year. Simply not killing it will not harm the crops, but neither will it strengthen them as much as its death. The blood it sheds will also strengthen the harvest which suggests one might sacrifice a great number of Sleepers to the creature instead of killing it to similarly bless the harvest.

This is not a solution that many would accept.

un: younghuman | text | private

[terriblepurpose]

How concerned about you should I be?

un: merlinus, permaprivate

[unsheathedfromreality]

[He is slower in answering this one than the others--slower even than waiting for the corruption to wear off, and fixing his original message to remove its evidence.

Paul is family and owed truth like family. Paul is also someone with far too much on his shoulders already, and he is young to carry the burden of the elders who should be looking out for him.

Finally,]

I have not been well this month.

I am seeking help for it though as yet have not found a durable cure.

Text; un: darkness

[survivalthroughhate]

And this is why death and life are a circular process. The death of one brings life elsewhere. People who think otherwise haven't broadened their horizons enough to understand that basic fact.

un: imyarek, several hours after Maul's original comment

[unsheathedfromreality]

It has been strange to me that most native Trenchies accept the cyclic view of life that my people and others on Nephele share, but many of the more vocal Sleepers see death as an unjust tragedy to be avoided at all costs.

It makes me wonder more at their worlds. On Nephele, that mindset is more often one found in cities and other places far removed from the small cruelties of nature. Places where they find it easier to resolve conflicts through word and law than violence--at least, so they say.

text: UN: ClickClickBloom

[onekindsoul]

I think the Mysterious Stranger raises a good point here.

I understand why some people don't necessarily like killing beasts.
It doesn't always sit right with me given what we know either.

But I'm also from a world that was plagued by monster on the norm. It's our job first and foremost to protect the people here.

And unfortunately sparing this monster is going to end up causing more harm and costing us good will to the people around us.

un: Mysterious_Stranger, several hours after Ruby's comment

[unsheathedfromreality]

Thank you.

I see nothing wrong in searching for ways to protect and encourage the harvest while also easing the Bugge's suffering. But it is necessary to know the consequences invited during that search, by insisting on futilely healing it unless a better way can't be found or proven.

un: falcogrice

[grice]

[ yyyyyes he is not . . . going to get into this discussion . . . as much as he'd be the first to preach peace over violence trenchies were here first so he's not about to go against that singularly. more importantly: ]

Are you alright, Mr. Lanius?

un: lanius, several hours after Falco's comment

[unsheathedfromreality]

[Another one that gets a faint smile out of Illarion. Falco was another of those on his mind throughout his research on the Bugge, and whether it could be addressed without killing it.]

I am now, Falco. Thank you for asking.

I realize it has been more than a month since last we really talked, near the time of the ritual. While this is not the ideal place to ask--how have you been?

un: nachtnebel

[albtraum]

It's been some time for me since harsh winters have taken the lives of all too many. If you may, I would like to know what could be done as one not particularly physical with its violence.

un: imyarek, several hours after Albtraum's original comment

[unsheathedfromreality]

[Oh, now this is interesting. "nachtnebel"'s particular phrasing reminds Illarion of another elf, with its hint of a long-lived worldview behind it.]

A free-willed sacrifice of blood, even offered without physical violence, will bless the harvest and other uncorrupted life in this season of the year.

For the Bugge itself, I don't at this time know whether it might be driven off by non-physical means. I regret the loss of one of my older Sleeper acquaintances earlier this year. He had been investigating whether his dream magic could be used to pacify and control Beasts and I would rely on his expertise here if I had it.

text; un: tabris

[peripheries]

Yet you're living in that house.

un: old man, after Illarion's fixed his corruption issue

[unsheathedfromreality]

[That...

could be taken many ways, in context.]

Am I coddling a Beast that should be slain, little bird?

Or is there something else I've been a hypocrite on?

text | un: valravn

[warminded]

No matter where you go, there will always be those who allow sentimentality and idealism to override logic.

I support the efforts to save beasts. But not to the detriment of others.

[So what he's saying is "I agree", though Warlocks have never been known for their habits of being concise.]

text; un: imyarek (nooo worries i do that exact thing myself all the time)

[unsheathedfromreality]

Some I think could articulate the logic behind their idealism. From the accounts I have heard there are worlds where anything can be saved and the consequences mitigated.

And, the Patron of Hope certainly rewards us here when we act as if. So does the Moon Presence even if their blessings are not omnipresent.

But pedantry aside I think we are of one mind on this.