public channel; day 52

[atouts]

"With the power of the Silver Mirror, the Nephalem Lilith was able to create a realm according to their desires - a realm where the Beasts could devise the Soul that would lead them, and build a perfect world. While the rest of the multiverse spiraled into Chaos, Lilith aspired towards Perfection."

[ It had taken a bit to scour the book for any other bit of information once he'd gotten it back from one of the stupidest book specters he had to misfortune of running into but now that he has, here he is, reading the first bit over the radio.

Following that, he adds, asking, ]

Has anyone else found something regarding a mirror? I believe this may be one of the miracles but confirmation would be nice to have.

[ ooc, feel free to threadjack as needed ]

Comments

[whattaprick]

No mirrors here. Just metals ... and what's weak against them.

Don't suppose you could just ask the Scribe themselves to clear up this bullshit, could you?

[lordofthering]

Don't count on it... the Scribe barely remembers what they write, once it's finished.

[You can hear the eye rolling.]

[whattaprick]

Where'd they even come from? How long have they been around?

[lordofthering]

I am not actually sure. Where does anything come from, I suppose?

[whattaprick]

"The Source," apparently. If the book Foster stole from the Prince knows what it's talking about, anyway.

[lordofthering]

It sounds like it does. What I mean is, even as 'the Source' for something, I'm not sure where it all started. How were the first Queens born? How did the universe begin?

We have theories, much like mortals do, but that's all they are. Creation and Void tell no tales.

[whattaprick]

Don't the fae believe in gods?

[lordofthering]

???

No, that's ridiculous. They don't believe in anything higher than Creation and Void. Can you even imagine?

[whattaprick]

[ That's what he gets for trying to joke around, he supposes. ]

Can't, actually, considering I'm only mortal.

[atouts]

I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

[ It's almost like you can hear Childermass shrugging. ]

Metals? Why were you reading about metals?

[whattaprick]

Didn't mean to. It was just the only book I could find that mentioned Arcadia or the fae.

Said fae were weak to iron, and demons are weak to silver, which we already knew. Apparently, angels are weak to lead. No idea what that means for anyone who's both, though.

[atouts]

Both silver and lead? Could be their weakness is doubled. How you would forge a weapon of both, though, I would not know.

[whattaprick]

Maybe that's what we should be looking for next. A weapon against these necrophages, if that's where we're heading next.

[ Yeah, he knows that's not the word, he's just being a shit. ]

[atouts]

Nephalem. [ Is Lambert being a shit? Childermass doesn't actually know, seeing how necrophage is a new word. ] Though you are the resident monster slayer. You must have some suggestion if it comes down to a fight.

[whattaprick]

Oh, I've got a lot of suggestions, but they come down to the same thing: be ready.

[atouts]

Something that applies to literally everything.

[whattaprick]

Yeah, but getting people used to the idea they might have to kill something takes a while.

[atouts]

Ah. [ Well, he can't actually disagree with that. ] For their sakes, I should hope they don't have to. Not everyone can be expected to pick up a sword.

[whattaprick]

They may not have a choice.

[atouts]

[ And the ones with no skill in it die anyway. Sounds bleak to him. ]

Hence why I hope otherwise, Lambert. Altogether, we'd make a poor army.

[whattaprick]

It's why we're chasing after these things in the first place, isn't it? So we don't have to be.