[ honestly i also forget what i'm supposed to know when ]
Are there signs a transformation is coming? And-
[ he thinks for a moment ]
-is this... transformation disease the same one that swept through the previous inhabitants? The spirits in the chapel mentioned something about a disease.
We think it was, yes. We were guided here to try and find a cure, so it only makes sense that this place would have that direct connection to it. Though if they were wiped out, you'd think a cure wasn't found....
[Anyway.]
Before the monstrous transformation sets in, mental deterioration is the most obvious symptom.
... Does that mean you think the disease spread from here to your homes?
[ since they are all here to try and solve the same(?) crisis in their own worlds. ]
Mental deterioration... are there any topics or things that set the ill off? I know people effected by divergence catalysts usually couldn't stand being near chromatus users, and their emotions fluctuated a lot.
Why not? The fact that what's seemingly the same disease spread to the completely different worlds that Foxglove, Sage, Lobelia and I are from suggests it's something that can spread across worlds... Which sounds like magic and why I'm glad there's people here like Sage and Lobelia that know about magic.
[It laughs lightly.]
I don't think there's certain topics? it's more that they start to lose their sense of what's real and also their ability to control their emotions.
[ oh, yeah, he has to explain these things to people now. ]
The chromatus is a power given to people by Chronos, the Great Spirit of Time. It's, uh, a little rigged. The more you use it, the more chromatized- or corrupted- you become. If it goes far enough, it turns into a divergence catalyst, and turns you into its host.
Well, if it's got a divergence catalyst, it's going to have a chromatus user gunning for it.
[ snrrrrrrrrrrrk ok he can't keep a straight face anymore, he'll spit it out. ]
Alternate dimensions replicate souls. More souls means more work for Origin, which means more strain on the cycle of reincarnation. Too many and the cycle starts breaking down.
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No. I've never seen it before. But "saving a monster"... Whoever wrote this must know something about the disease and maybe how to cure it.
Or they're full of shit. Hard to know without knowing who wrote it.
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So there definitely is a disease. But... how does it relate to monsters? Does it transform them?
[ he might be operating on a little of an information deficit? or maybe this is new???
(mo_om) ]
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It does, though the exact details of the transformation vary a lot.
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Are there signs a transformation is coming? And-
[ he thinks for a moment ]
-is this... transformation disease the same one that swept through the previous inhabitants? The spirits in the chapel mentioned something about a disease.
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We think it was, yes. We were guided here to try and find a cure, so it only makes sense that this place would have that direct connection to it. Though if they were wiped out, you'd think a cure wasn't found....
[Anyway.]
Before the monstrous transformation sets in, mental deterioration is the most obvious symptom.
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[ since they are all here to try and solve the same(?) crisis in their own worlds. ]
Mental deterioration... are there any topics or things that set the ill off? I know people effected by divergence catalysts usually couldn't stand being near chromatus users, and their emotions fluctuated a lot.
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[It laughs lightly.]
I don't think there's certain topics? it's more that they start to lose their sense of what's real and also their ability to control their emotions.
[That said.]
What's a divergence catalyst? Or a chromatus?
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The chromatus is a power given to people by Chronos, the Great Spirit of Time. It's, uh, a little rigged. The more you use it, the more chromatized- or corrupted- you become. If it goes far enough, it turns into a divergence catalyst, and turns you into its host.
[ that's a good overview, right? (no) ]
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If that's what it does, why would you ever use a power like that?
[Ludger you forgot to say what you use chromatus for.]
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Because that's the only way to eliminate a fractured dimension.
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And a fractured dimension is what exactly?
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It's an alternate dimension that has a divergence catalyst at its core.
[ the corners of Ludger's mouth are twitching ]
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And it's.... bad that it's got a divergence catalyst because?
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[ snrrrrrrrrrrrk ok he can't keep a straight face anymore, he'll spit it out. ]
Alternate dimensions replicate souls. More souls means more work for Origin, which means more strain on the cycle of reincarnation. Too many and the cycle starts breaking down.