Balance

Myriad Reality

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Zel: Oh, yea no. Tried when I was little, kept dismantlin' and messin' with my bow, so it didn't work out. *Laughs lightly.*

@Stabby

Hah, at least you knew what you wanted. I'm not necessarily a warrior, but I'll do it for the sake of exploration. I've learned a lot about it.

Myriad Reality

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Zel: They were wandering scavengers, so they weren't much of anywhere.

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Neil: You'll have to talk with the guardsmen and hunters first, since me, Zel, and the two other quarter masters only have control over our own respective guild activities. You'll likely have to wait until tomorrow to talk to them though.
Zel: What Neil said. Also what ya need?

@Stabby

I was asking you. For some reason I thought you were a hunter; I was falling asleep when the hunter was in the engineering room with us. But yeah, I can wait.

Myriad Reality

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Neil: No problem, I'll probably spend the next few days making an archive of it. And it's highly unlikely that the world would have had twisteds before its fall given what I read and could understand. They are something that's likely only appeared after the fall, so they might be linked. *Yawns and pulls up my sleeve to reveal a slightly clunky looking watch.* It's getting a bit late outside my friend so why don't we find you and your friends empty rooms and we can continue talking tomorrow?

@Stabby

Sure, lead the way. Thanks for all the info. I might want to go out in the wild with your hunters at some point to make a search for Twisteds, if you don't much mind—Zel?

Myriad Reality

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Neil: I need to know what you mean by "the previous state" first, just so I can give you a proper answer. By the way, I believe you might want this back. *At some point during the conversation I've closed the book and I am now handing it back to you.*

@Stabby

*Takes the book* Thanks. Based on what you learned, did the world before its fall seem like it could support or hold or create Twisteds or are they completely new?

Myriad Reality

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Neil: As far as I know there are no exceptions, so it's likely that the one you met has a side effect that's easier to hide.

@Stabby

Hmm. Well, knowing what you know now about the world before its fall, do you think Twisteds should have logically resulted from the previous state? If they couldn't possibly exist in the world before the fall, then you have good reason to believe the fall is part of it.

Myriad Reality

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Neil: Twisted's that are able to bring creatures and sometimes humanoid brings out from within themselves. The creatures seem capable of independent thought from what we've seen.

@Stabby

That fits my experience. Are they the only ones who don't become metaphorically twisted?

Myriad Reality

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Neil: Givin what you've told me about her, she sounds like one of the bound type of Twisted that I've theorized about.

@Stabby

Bound?

Myriad Reality

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Neil: *Nods* They do. Which is why that story has puzzled me to no end.

@Stabby

The Twisted I met seems more and more like this unique case with everything you say. I'm pretty sure I remember her saying that she had had her spirit—or was it spirits?—for years.

Myriad Reality

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Neil: As far as I know, yes, though some are easier to hide then others, which is why we try to notice the ability and get the person on their way before the side effect gets to them.

@Stabby

Makes sense. And these side effects happen no matter what?

Myriad Reality

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Neil: From what we've heard and seen, yes. The side effects don't appear as quickly though, as they seem to effect the person in the long term, taking a year at average to start becoming noticeable.

@Stabby

And they're always negative?