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| Action Id: 2036 | Crisis: | Participants: Sina(RIP) | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: April 10, 2018, 2:17 a.m. | Public: True | GM: Apostate |
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Action by Sina(RIP)
Sina and Vayne have had a talk, and Vayne has told Sina about what her reflection told /him/ and not her. Now, she is curious to know more. She wants to talk to her reflection. Alone. So, she will be finding a private place with a mirror, even if she has to sneak off somewhere with a hand mirror, where she can talk directly to her reflection and find out just what is going on, if possible. Again, she will be doing this on the Thirteenth of the month. She's not really interested in leaving messages in blood in "their" room. She wants to see if she can engage it in actual conversation, back and forth, where she can ask questions and it can hopefully provide answers.
In case this can't be GM'd, assuming the simulacrum really is at her service, she'd, as politely as possible, ask the Mirrorborn to stay and talk, and ask the following questions:
1. How does my existence protect the Isles, and what am I protecting them from?
2. Who is the "powerful someone" who has set her to watch over me?
3. If she's freely at my service, does that mean she will do anything I say?
4. Where does she go when she goes wandering out of the mirror?
5. What do the green and blue tattoo colors mean?
6. That age-old question: Why me?
Whether or not the demon answers her questions, Sina will also be paying close attention to her dreams from now on as well, to see if they will reveal anything else to her about the man with the Tyde signet ring, or anything else. She hasn't decided, yet, whether this Mirrorborn is a good thing or a bad thing, but she's willing to at least give it a chance to prove that it doesn't mean any harm to herself or those she cares for before she starts seeking ways to eradicate it and break whatever bond it has with her. If it -is- protecting her or the Isles, obviously, getting rid of it would probably be bad! But as far as she's concerned, someone has bonded her with a Mirrorborn without her consent. Up until now, she feels pretty icky about that and has been leaning more toward the idea of seeking to get rid of the thing somehow. But if she can find a good reason to keep it around, then she will.
Result
At least her mirror image is polite. In fact, her Mirrorborn seems downright fond of Sina, speaking to her with a degree of deference and respect, though her answers are not necessarily the most immediately enlightening that might be hoped for. She does answer in turn, with probably entirely too much cheer.
1. "Let's just say that the Gyre was one of many, me. He's gone, but his master and many like him remain. Though not everything beyond the mirror is allied, and some quarrel. And you and I help prevent those quarrels from destroying the Isles."
2. "Someone you had an oath to, though it's easy to miss. That's what allowed me to come and aid you. It was permission, after a fashion, by very, very old rules. Not fair rules, mind you, but rules none the less, written in blood and time."
3. "When the time is right, and if it's reasonable. You can certainly ask. I -do- owe you, after all. Besides, I like you."
4. "Now that, dear me, is a large question. Everywhere there's those enemies. If you have individuals in Arx act like they've met you, then I've been more careless than I'd like. Out of concern for me, you, us, I try not to be spotted, and I'm rarely in Arx. There's so many enemies abroad, after all."
5. "When the Mark is Blue, I Serve Only You. When the Mark is Green, Your Soul is Under Lien."
6. "Because of who you were, long ago, of course. You have a truly powerful and old soul, and it was only a matter of time before one saw that. I'm truly fortunate to be a mere shadow of you, if you ever truly awaken... well. Let's just say I don't think a mirrorborn is all that necessary to take care of our enemies, mm?"
The Mirrorborn, of course, teases her by suggesting without explaining the answers. She does just smile and say there's always next month. On the 13th night, she's honest, she says.