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deernet2022-01-07 05:22 am
ghostharasser) wrote in deernet2022-01-07 05:22 am
Video | un: Alcaid
[The feed starts up, and people who have seen Dipper's ghost banishment post might recognize the backdrop of a messy bedroom and a desk full of books, notes, and dubious magic supplies.]
[It's the same serious looking 14-year-old from the last post, and it looks like he's about to address the network at large with something important-]
Okay, Trench, we need to talk.
[Only that is not the voice that usually comes from Dipper. The differences are now probably a little more apparent. Dipper's hair is up in a messy bun with several pens and pencils sticking out of it. She reaches up to grab one and it does not disturb her hair in the slightest. (How many are actually in there????). Dipper is definitely a girl suddenly, and does not seem to be bringing any attention to it.]
We've had some pretty big incidents over the past few weeks and they need to be addressed. I think it's safe to say that Corruption, with a capital "C", and Beasthood, similarly capitalized, have indisputable correlation.
[Dipper reaches up to scratch at something under her jaw and peels away ...a bit of flaking skin. She makes a face flicks it away. Bleh.]
And if we don't keep a closer eye on it, then we're not going to see an end to watching friends turn into monsters and having to put them down.
We need to brainstorm ideas for battling Corruption, and fast.
[It's the same serious looking 14-year-old from the last post, and it looks like he's about to address the network at large with something important-]
Okay, Trench, we need to talk.
[Only that is not the voice that usually comes from Dipper. The differences are now probably a little more apparent. Dipper's hair is up in a messy bun with several pens and pencils sticking out of it. She reaches up to grab one and it does not disturb her hair in the slightest. (How many are actually in there????). Dipper is definitely a girl suddenly, and does not seem to be bringing any attention to it.]
We've had some pretty big incidents over the past few weeks and they need to be addressed. I think it's safe to say that Corruption, with a capital "C", and Beasthood, similarly capitalized, have indisputable correlation.
[Dipper reaches up to scratch at something under her jaw and peels away ...a bit of flaking skin. She makes a face flicks it away. Bleh.]
And if we don't keep a closer eye on it, then we're not going to see an end to watching friends turn into monsters and having to put them down.
We need to brainstorm ideas for battling Corruption, and fast.
voice; un: name_me (rule 63 party is go)
Well-observed. Corruption is the malady of heart and mind with beasthood as its final manifestation. [She's not going to be a cock about it like some people; not everyone had this as an area of particular interest...until it took them by surprise.]
Others have mentioned already many of the quick remedies--the mushrooms, tea, incense. The enduring ones--these require addressing the wounds in heart and mind that lead one to corruption in the first place. Night Walkers are reliable for this with talk and touch, and we Disciples might help unsnarl knots of guilt in the spirit.
Preventing it entire, this requires work and sacrifice all here might not agree to.
Video | un: Alcaid (heck yes)
Night Walkers are something else I hadn't considered, though I do know vaguely what they do. If you've got no one to turn to in your immediate vicinity, or maybe if you're having a hard time being open to people you care about- which I know is a form of Corruption in itself, then Night Walkers really would make a nice alternative.
I've dealt with the Disciples a few times, though not for corruption reasons, what kind of stuff could you do to help?
[And that last bit seemed a little ominous. She is curious what this person might mean, though.]
What kind of sacrifice?
no subject
Yes--and it does not even need to be so intimate as speaking to them, if you find you are not yet trusting your heart to anyone. [Interesting definition of intimacy, given some of the other things Night Walkers are known for, but she actually means--] Many of them, they are skilled performers. To watch and listen to them is to be led out of yourself and join the world again.
As for Disciples, we have already spoken of incense and tea, which we might furnish. Beyond this, we may offer guidance when you have gone wrong with the gods, the universe, or those around you--confession and penance, sacrifice and mediation, these are some of the tools we may use. Though you should pick your Disciple with great care, for not all view corruption and its remedies the same way.
[She gives a low chuckle at that final question.]
A sacrifice of independence and casual neglect for yourself. Many Sleepers--stars bless them--treat themselves as things to be used to destruction, so long as their destruction benefits those they love. Others wish great privacy and freedom to do as they will, away from any who may object.
These traits, they are not all bad, nor should we wish to do away with them entire. But to avoid all corruption? You must live closely enough with others that they can help you when it begins, and you must not refuse that help when you know you have need, even if you do not feel deserving.