#B91600

[heartsteals]

My companions in kidnapping,

I've yet to see anyone make note of it in this most public forum, so I will do it myself: I would recommend you don't undertake the Quest requiring you to steal color from others. Firstly I do not know how you would accomplish this. But that is not the problem - recall that some have lost color in the past, and it is most often the result of a grievous Injury or temporary Death or some other type of curse from the town. Based on this we should assume for the moment that losing color is a bad thing, and to be avoided.

This begs the question of why such a Quest would be given to us in the first place. Indeed when I look back I see little benefit we have gained from fulfilling even those quests that are harmless outside of food or clothing. I have been here since the Start, and was willing to play along with these little games, but it has been many months with little results. As it is Winter, we should focus simply on surviving for the moment, but I would also like us to brainstorm how to move forward with our escape.

I am considering a sturdier Boat in which a small amount of us could travel across the lake. If anyone has experience in building these things your assistance would be appreciated in the future.

I am also considering trying to contact whatever lives here or watches over us here directly.

Your thoughts?

PS: I am feeling as of late a terrible chill in my bones and think that there is perhaps a sickness spreading around town. Do be careful.

Yours,
Lupin

Comments

#E2D383

[flinty]

how r u gonna talk to them
if u figure o u.t a way let me know cause i
personally wanna beat their ass

[heartsteals]

I plan to write letters and leave them in certain areas that I believe our captors (or whoever may be observing us) pay particular attention to, or pass through unbeknownst to us. Naturally if I receive a response I will relay it to you all. I doubt there will be much of anything for you to pick a fight with, unfortunately.

[flinty]

ill fight the air i dont care

why the hell do they make it so difficult for us to talk to them directly
have any of yall actually spoken to them before

[heartsteals]

Yes, in a sense - monsieurs Dextera and Guren interacted with a woman of some kind in the forest who gave them some information, albeit with tests and riddles between. But I urge you not to run off into the forest to find her yourself; they were protected from danger by the strength of their relationship.

[flinty]

monsiwhat
what is that
some fancy word for monsters??

ive been to the forest before im not just gonna run straight in there
especially since that lady could be gone for all we know
unless you can confirm shes still out there

but hey loop
what do you mean by "temporary death" ?

[heartsteals]

It is French for "mister."

[ so why didn't he just say mister?? french is sexier, that's why. ]

Rather than monsieur, I am more concerned that you just called me "Loop."

I mean just what I said - a death that is impermanent, though that flies in the very face of Death. Those who pass away here return some time later. There are those here who died at home and awoke here, as well.

[flinty]

then just say mister
and get over it loop

so what youre tellin me is that no matter how a person dies here theyll be brought back
thats actually pretty beneficial....
but theres gotta be consequences to it right??
i mean ya cant just die and not lose somethin in the process
thatd be too easy

[heartsteals]

[ guess he's just PUTTING UP WITH THIS NICKNAME now..... the more he fights it, the worse it'll be, he knows. ]

There are, yes; the person who has died will lose all Color for a short period of time and be but a shadow of their usual self as far as emotions and personality are concerned. Thus far their color has returned eventually - but note that we have no proof this will always be the case, nor that we have an unlimited number of lives, so to speak.

[flinty]

[ yeah cause if he argues choubee will remember it and punch him out of spite i wish i was kidding. ]

so it's like losing your spirit/
or somethin
like that
and has it been proven that all of a persons emotions come back when they get their color again it might be the more you die here the more you lose yourself
i guess there's only really 1 way to find out

you think anyone here will let me kill em to find out

[heartsteals]

[ pls.......... ]

Absolutely not. DON'T do that. Even if we had that information it would be of little benefit to us - we should generally be avoiding dying, no matter if the consequences are reduced.

1/3

[flinty]

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[flinty]

you just sound like a pussy whos too scared of findin out
if you all just come back whats the big deal
scared someones gonna hate you a little
pussy?

[flinty]

anyway ill just do the dirty work and tell you what happened
!
:
)

[ yes he tried making a smiley face the keyword here is tried ]

[heartsteals]

Petty insults do little to convince me of your point, my friend. You do have an awful lot of faith in our captors to keep bringing us back. Perhaps it is you who should be sending a message to them and not me if you are so confident they will always take care of you.

[flinty]

youre brave to assume id get anywhere close to dyin in this place to have anyone need to take care of me

if you wanna teach me how to write a letter then sure
im down

[heartsteals]

And you are bold to assume that there is no Man, Beast or Thing in this town that could kill you. If you go out seeking death, be it your own or someone else's, you will find it. I must assume that you're new here, and thus do not know. Your life may be taken as easily as it is given back, and you will find recovery difficult if you plan to make enemies of your fellows here. Though you have been rude to me I will at least tell you that much, for stupidity is no good reason for one to die when we are so few in number.

[flinty]

[ This would all be sound and logical if it wasn't for the fact that Choubee got sweet regeneration powers after being dropped into a pit. ]

hey how tall are you

[heartsteals]

And what would you do with that information, pray tell?

[flinty]

im sure someone as educated as you are can take a guess

[heartsteals]

Some vulgar insult then.

[flinty]

oh you got it wrong old man
ill give ya a second chance to guess though

[heartsteals]

I doubt that I am wrong, but you are free to enlighten a poor uneducated old man if that's the case.

[flinty]

hey the education part was genuine
you use
big words

and im just curious

[heartsteals]

Well, how tall are you then?

[flinty]

i havent measured myself since i was a kid so who knows