audio (after shield is repaired and things are settling down at the end of the area)

[coffinturk]

[ Vincent isn't one to mince words. The message is relatively short and precise given its content. ]

We are all changing.

[ Yes. That is correct, Valentine. ]

The marks that appear are connected. But the changes are different even when two people seem to be becoming the same type of monster.

Contact me with the changes you are experiencing and the sigil's appearance. I will make a record.

Deliver it however you wish. Your thoughts on the changes are welcome.

Comments

TEXT RESPONSE OHOHO

[iron_stomach]

Aside from having access to healing mantras I never bothered to pay for, no noticeable changes. I'm going to assume the mantras are a side effect of this pending new demon. The sigil's definitely a unicorn, I've fought and devoured a few before. So that's probably what my new demon is.

Hooray.

HEAT STATEMENT IN EFFECT

[coffinturk]

I'll note it down. Changes seem to happen over time. Temporary changes may be useful to know as well.

[ Maybe it has to do with the biome or a moon warp but correlation is probably worth keeping record of. ]

Heat advisory!

[iron_stomach]

Nothing temporary. Just the healing.

Kind of feels like waiting for an interesting thing and then nothing happens.

Re: Heat advisory!

[coffinturk]

Saying things like often tempt fate.

[ Vincent's tone is dry. Well, Heat will find out sooner or later if his transformation is going to be boring or dramatic. ]

[iron_stomach]

What do I gotta do to tempt it more? The waiting's killing me.

[coffinturk]

[ Well, that's... probably fair. The band aid ripping method if you will. ]

Hm. I don't recommend hurrying it along. You and I are used to managing our demons. We could hold out longer. Or we could fall a lot faster.

[iron_stomach]

"Fall"? Go feral, stay that way?

There's worse things. Besides, looks like the worst anyone will have to deal with if I lose to this new pansyass demon is a little cute unicorn running around. Big deal. Eat it.

[coffinturk]

Yes.

[ Go feral. An apt way to put it. ]

Many here would be overcome by an equine. Let alone one with a horn that can heal itself.

[ Losing control can be tedious for the Convoy Heat. Even Vincent recognizes the trouble it could cause many. ]

I'm sure there would be many idiots that would try to save you.

[iron_stomach]

Sounds like many here need to learn how to use a damn gun. Unicorns aren't that tough, there's a reason they're kept on the sidelines.

Without Sera here, if I lose control to that degree there's not much that's gonna bring me back. Just get it over with if it happens.

[coffinturk]

I'll do what I can. Not everyone's suited for it.

[ For a gun or for combat. ]

Having non-combatants on the field with unpredicatable transformations is a liability.

[ As for mention of Sera and her circumstances, it had been heard and is of particular interest. But he plans to speak about it privately later. ]

[iron_stomach]

Seems like they should be weeded out then.

[coffinturk]

[ The answer is neither stern nor disapproving. ]

That's not how it works here.

[iron_stomach]

Maybe it should be. There's enough going on without shouldering a bunch of dead weight too.

[coffinturk]

You'll find most people here won't hold that opinion. Seems you came from a harsh reality.

[ It seems Vincent understands to a degree. Agree? Unlikely, given his willingness to consider solutions for what Heat calls the dead weight. ]

[iron_stomach]

Most people are idiots. The Junkyard wasn't that bad once you knew what you're doing. But we were supposed to have Nirvana.

I keep being told this isn't it but aside from the rest of the tribe being missing, this place is pretty damn great.

[Noncombatants had their place. That place wasn't on the battlefield, or mucking things up rampaging around berserk because they can't manage their own diets.]

[coffinturk]

Where I'm from, there was the Promised Land. There were a lot of theories of what it was. You could also say it was meant to be different things to different people.

Nirvana seems to be the name of a place here. But where we are, where we're going, will be different for everyone.

[ He doesn't say anything about calling people idiots. Some people just are in his opinion. Even if Vincent and Heat may have different opinions on who those are. ]

[iron_stomach]

I'm pretty sure where we are is the same for everyone here, except in the way that you can't stand exactly where someone else is standing.

...suffering from the trauma of bad physics meshing?

[coffinturk]

Nirvana is probably the same in this place for everyone, yes.

The rest was a metaphor on how they will get there.

[ There might have been a pause to wonder whether that was a jest about standing in the same place, or... surely not. ]

/jitters around until unoverlapped terrain is found

[iron_stomach]

By driving. Obviously.

[There are nuances to the implications of a Promised Land, of Nirvana, that Heat misses very obviously. He treats it like it's only a destination, no spirituality attached at all.]