Thank you, Mister Michaelis, for your observation.
[ He does not think that what Sebastian has said is a kindness, nor flattery. It is the truth, after all. Bondrewd is uniquely qualified to assist with scientific efforts, with matters that are not immediately focused upon the battle for the Oracles — in fact, if he could eschew the battles entirely and remain locked up in his own lab, doing his work, he would be most pleased. Alas, he is certain that he will be expected to set aside his labors eventually, and meet others upon the field of battle.
The quicker he could assist Zenith in obtaining victory, the more time he would have to return to his preferred efforts. ]
Hm. I am curious about the metaphysical properties of Kenos's world. Aspects, the existence of a strict dichotomy of energies — Meridian, Zenith — and the way that the Blight noticeably interacts with these energies in different ways. A religious text is also a historical document, as it speaks to the values and mindset of the one who first wrote it. We can learn much from an interdisciplinary examination of all things, I feel.
[ Eventually, he reaches for the case that Sebastian had created for him again — this time, to curiously look for any sort of materials made for containing things. No matter, he reaches for his own coat to draw out several vials, which he takes the stoppers from and holds between the knuckles of his gloved hand. Swiftly, he begins to cut scraps of flesh, of muscle, sections of organ from the individual and place them into the vials one by one. Once he has, he examines their subject for response — ]
Now, to observe them in the agonal period. I will take another set of samples, and then one last set once they have died.
[ The announcement is heralded by him reaching up, with bloodied, naked fingers to brush the edge of his Whistle and draw it down into the clutch of his praying hands; a silent thing, of bowed head and stillness. When he releases the Whistle, it comes away pure and clean. ]
It is a long winded hypothesis, Mister Michaelis. And one largely built on fancy, not fact. The Blight was first observed upon the Scorching Isles. There, a formerly warm environment became a frozen wasteland. The Blight reached us, in Kenos — either brought here accidentally, or on purpose, by a vector I refer to as Vector Minor. Vector Major is the originator of the Blight. The World's End has flora that stave off the affects of the Blight. The existence of the flora suggests that the World's End either experienced the Blight and developed an environmental resistance, or was once part of a larger 'world' — a continent, mayhaps? that the Blight originated from. The Blight and the flowers kept one another in check, like antibodies and antigens, until the destruction of that world.
Kenos is a community of islands. Those islands cannot be reached save by Cornerstone, but allow me the flight of fancy that — once, these islands were all part of a single world. This is where it becomes a flight of fancy, sadly, but allow me to continue: the Blight is endemic to this world, and the destruction of this world unleashed the Blight in imbalance. It reached our worlds, it claimed them. They are now timelocked, either permanently — to ensure the Blight does not spread, or temporarily, while Shard-bearers arrest the cause. Zenith's goal, Meridian's goal.
[ He pauses. ]
My daughter, Prushka, would have told a story just like this. I am only confident in my concept up to the idea that Kenos was once a whole world.
i cant believe i used the wrong affect/effect, im a good rper i swear
[ He does not think that what Sebastian has said is a kindness, nor flattery. It is the truth, after all. Bondrewd is uniquely qualified to assist with scientific efforts, with matters that are not immediately focused upon the battle for the Oracles — in fact, if he could eschew the battles entirely and remain locked up in his own lab, doing his work, he would be most pleased. Alas, he is certain that he will be expected to set aside his labors eventually, and meet others upon the field of battle.
The quicker he could assist Zenith in obtaining victory, the more time he would have to return to his preferred efforts. ]
Hm. I am curious about the metaphysical properties of Kenos's world. Aspects, the existence of a strict dichotomy of energies — Meridian, Zenith — and the way that the Blight noticeably interacts with these energies in different ways. A religious text is also a historical document, as it speaks to the values and mindset of the one who first wrote it. We can learn much from an interdisciplinary examination of all things, I feel.
[ Eventually, he reaches for the case that Sebastian had created for him again — this time, to curiously look for any sort of materials made for containing things. No matter, he reaches for his own coat to draw out several vials, which he takes the stoppers from and holds between the knuckles of his gloved hand. Swiftly, he begins to cut scraps of flesh, of muscle, sections of organ from the individual and place them into the vials one by one. Once he has, he examines their subject for response — ]
Now, to observe them in the agonal period. I will take another set of samples, and then one last set once they have died.
[ The announcement is heralded by him reaching up, with bloodied, naked fingers to brush the edge of his Whistle and draw it down into the clutch of his praying hands; a silent thing, of bowed head and stillness. When he releases the Whistle, it comes away pure and clean. ]
It is a long winded hypothesis, Mister Michaelis. And one largely built on fancy, not fact. The Blight was first observed upon the Scorching Isles. There, a formerly warm environment became a frozen wasteland. The Blight reached us, in Kenos — either brought here accidentally, or on purpose, by a vector I refer to as Vector Minor. Vector Major is the originator of the Blight. The World's End has flora that stave off the affects of the Blight. The existence of the flora suggests that the World's End either experienced the Blight and developed an environmental resistance, or was once part of a larger 'world' — a continent, mayhaps? that the Blight originated from. The Blight and the flowers kept one another in check, like antibodies and antigens, until the destruction of that world.
Kenos is a community of islands. Those islands cannot be reached save by Cornerstone, but allow me the flight of fancy that — once, these islands were all part of a single world. This is where it becomes a flight of fancy, sadly, but allow me to continue: the Blight is endemic to this world, and the destruction of this world unleashed the Blight in imbalance. It reached our worlds, it claimed them. They are now timelocked, either permanently — to ensure the Blight does not spread, or temporarily, while Shard-bearers arrest the cause. Zenith's goal, Meridian's goal.
[ He pauses. ]
My daughter, Prushka, would have told a story just like this. I am only confident in my concept up to the idea that Kenos was once a whole world.