The answer to this question comes tied in a messenger bat:
"Greetings! I AM at the Zee, right now. More precisely, at the Sea of Voices. It is the most interesting place. I am currently on a Voyage od Scientific Discovery and I must say, these waters house the most fascinating secrets! I have learned so much that I can barely contain it on my head. I might pursue some more doctorates as I come back to London.
Now, a question back to you: do you train your pets/companions to do some specific job? Are they any good at it?
(Also: could someone feed this bat some cave crickets? It flew quite a bit to reach you and deserves some.)"
Valencia:âŚI will leave that task to you, Ariel, while I muse over the professorâs question.
Glass Doll: /She mumbles something unintelligible from underneath her cowl, and produces dead insects for the bat from some unseen pocket./
Valencia: Now I probably could train dogs, and I have trained a few men in my time but I am most fortunate at the moment to not need to do so. I just got a, if one can imagine it, a blemmigan secretary! Itâs most delightful! I am free to envision my next work aloud and have it written down without the smallest smear of ink on my fingers! What about you, dear?
Glass Doll: /She remains silent./
Valencia: Hmmph. Probably asleep. That leaves the questioning to me. Hmm. Ah! Which group that lurks here in our beloved London frightens you the most?
That man is a menace, and due to meet a horrible fate at the hands of Sir Christopher Wrenâs ghost for the descecration and gaudy painting of his masterpiece, any day now.
Eli: Death. If it sneaks up on you, like getting shot in the back or falling from somewhere high, itâs relatively painless, just makes you feel both sore and numb all over. Iâd compare it more to waking up from a binge with a piercing hangover.
A question, if I may?
Would you rather end up as a tomb-colonist, a drowny or a rubbery-thing?
[quote=The Absurd Rogue]Eli: Death. If it sneaks up on you, like getting shot in the back or falling from somewhere high, itâs relatively painless, just makes you feel both sore and numb all over. Iâd compare it more to waking up from a binge with a piercing hangover.
A question, if I may?
Would you rather end up as a tomb-colonist, a drowny or a rubbery-thing?[/quote]
I havenât died yet. The idea of being so nonchalant about it is still new to me.
Anyway, Iâd rather be a tomb-colonist. Many of them are formidable fighters, even moreso if their "condition" is so advanced they donât feel pain anymore. And tomb-colonists know how to make the best of things. I think the nearly-dead appreciate life more than the fully living do.
I wouldnât want to be a drownie. Drownies have to serve the Fathomking.
My question springs from Eliâs: If you lost a limb or an eye, would you be willing to let the Rubbery people craft you a prosthetic? With the assurances that the prosthetic would look, and function, exactly as the original, and the caveat that doing so would break the laws of nature and render your soul unsaleable.
Since my soul IS already unsaleable to devils (and I am not sure if they would want it, even if it was not - not after what happened to the last devil that tried to buy it), I would jump right in. I broke the laws of nature so hard, on Surface no less, that the Boatman do not even want to be near me. I can take some rubbery eyes.
Which reminds me: since that creature makes a point of not letting me get less than five meters next to it, would anyone tell me if the Boatman is as terrifying as everybody says? What does it talk about when it plays chess?
Never got a good look at 'em. Nor did I ever play chess when I had a chance. Bugger did seem impressed with my will and seemed 'lright I guess. Canât say the same 'bout the other blokes that were on the boat though.
Got ta say I didnât fink the boatman would be a hot topic here. So sticking with it, whatâs the worst way youâve been sent to see the boatman? And if youâve never died, whatâs the worst way youâve been injured?
Dirae Erinyes: Attempting to talk to a spider-colony about the correspondence. You can imagine the rest.
Evensong: Standing to close to a gunpowder factory when somebody decided it was a nice night for a bit of arson.
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What was your most recent triumph?[/quote]
Convincing my shipâs Cook, a fantastically skilled Bandaged Poissonier to reproduce the feast he thrilled the Fathomking with for myself and my friend.
I would truly like to know more about dying to Jennyâs scarlett stockings, they are a favorite thing of mine.
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I would truly like to know more about dying to Jennyâs scarlett stockings, they are a favorite thing of mine.
Can you tell me more?[/quote]
Could I? Oh yes.
Shall I? Mmm⌠Not today.
Now, if we might for just a moment turn our gimlet eyes towards our esteemed⌠hosts, my question is this:
If you were suddenly to become a Master, what would your title be?
Ezekiel: Mr Truth. All that have ears shall listen.
You must answer question,
Weâve all had some weird dreams, just seems to be the thing around here. What is the most ridiculous dream youâve had that made no sense upon waking up?
Eli: Like the one where I was being chased by puppets through a warehouse made out of melting butter?
Direa Erinyes: I dreamed that I got commissioned by Mr. Irons to help start up a factory across the zee. My whole crew was mice and cats. We got hit by a storm of priests.
Evensong: After a night drinking with devils, I dreamed I was lady working with a detective. But my dress was much too short, the detective smoked thin tubes of tobacco, and the lights were bright and such weird colors - but they never illuminated the darkness. Too much brandy before bed.
Whats your favorite way of dealing with nightmares?
People with the ambition of hunting the Vake are no strangers to betrayal. The only betrayal that ever hurt me, ironically, did not happen in Fallen London. It happened on the Surface, when a dear friend of mine decided that he did not want to offer his own soul in a deal with a devilâŚ
Are you still in touch with your family? edited by Professor Strix on 5/19/2016
Ifn ya mean by blood, havenât seen my folks since I was young. Though if you donâ mean that than the answers still the same. Seems pointless to have family around⌠though there seems to be an unhealthy amount oâ aunts around 'ere.
Anyone 'ere even have relatives down in the Neath?
Ifn ya mean by blood, havenât seen my folks since I was young. Though if you donâ mean that than the answers still the same. Seems pointless to have family around⌠though there seems to be an unhealthy amount oâ aunts around 'ere.
Anyone 'ere even have relatives down in the Neath?[/quote]
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Agata: I lived with my brother when I got here!
Maria: I just found out MY family in my lodgings. Appear to be hunting a brother of mine who ALSO is somewhere around here. Why did any higher power dicide to curse me THAT far? What did I do wrong?
Ezekiel: Not since Ezekiel buried them. Guess could say it was long time coming. Loose ends are tied. No future left. Only live for The Service and The Hunt now.
Eli: Godâs hooks, youâre morbid EZ. Guess itâs a perk of the job, eh? Eh? Okay, sorry I said anything. Ahem.
None of us are strangers to betrayal, but who was someone that came through for you when you were certain that you were alone in this world?
