But hold on— Idia said specifically that he was sent here along with Riddle and Ortho to deal with an anomaly.
[Granted, a character from a video game that didn't have garbage repeating dialogue already sounded kind of anomalous, but Azul isn't really a gamer, so...]
[ He just thinks that humans are messy and complex and he doesn't care to keep up with too many at one time. Kele is much better at terrorizing people than comforting them and Idia gets the side of him that others aren't.
A shrug at what Azul says about what he was expecting.
Then he grins like the cat that ate the canary. ]
Isn't it interesting? I was already showing signs of genuine life when Idia and I first "met". While I say that I remember everything, that's hardly the case.
What you saw at the Witch's house, "You help me find him, and they'll never know". I wonder what that meant? Guess you'll have to find that out for yourselves.
[ Kele knows some things, but he's using this to spark interest. To encourage the Players to explore more on these kinds of things, rather than just be handed answers. There's a lot of mystery surrounding the Very Beginning, and the Players are best equipped to find out. ]
And then there's a frown at the part that follows.]
So earlier today you completely changed routes due to the urgency of the situation, and now you're dangling some tidbits like treats?
[He just looks at Kele for awhile, frowning... Everyone else came here. There weren't any other sentient creatures at first, it seems, if he was the only one showing signs of life. No family, no community...
Hm.
Finally Azul leans back and gives out a big sigh, tension escaping his body.]
Very well. I did notice you left me with a gift.
It has taken some time to recover from all what happened, but... I believe I and another should soon be able to make the trip.
I am naught but an NPC in this game. If I did ever have a human name, it is more lost to me than most other NPCs and Idia's Update 2 would prevent him from ever using it around me. I am the "final boss", the end of everything - not to be confused with the Dragon. Perhaps I was the first to encounter the SCP, or perhaps I am the SCP, or perhaps the SCP has used the game to manipulate everything so well that not even I can tell anymore. All I can do is dangle tidbits like treats to uncover the whole truth.
[ Any plans he says outright, any information he gives - it can all be used by the game in some way.
Ah. Kele taps his fingers on the arm of his chair. ]
That gift was the "prize of my choosing" for surviving my punishment. Back when I was making you all hate me. You and another would not be enough for that trip. I'm not even certain the entire party would be enough.
[ That's not a jab at their skills or abilities... just a warning. ]
Unleashing a being like me out into the real world? Sounds dangerous.
[ Kele would get scooped up by the Foundation the instant he stepped out of the shadows. ]
Where you'd be going, some of us NPCs would be more inclined to fight you than help you thanks to the rules of the game. Even the ones who have been helpful and friendly this entire time may turn on you in the dark.
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Date: 2025-02-18 01:44 am (UTC)[Granted, a character from a video game that didn't have garbage repeating dialogue already sounded kind of anomalous, but Azul isn't really a gamer, so...]
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Date: 2025-02-18 02:23 am (UTC)[ He just thinks that humans are messy and complex and he doesn't care to keep up with too many at one time. Kele is much better at terrorizing people than comforting them and Idia gets the side of him that others aren't.
A shrug at what Azul says about what he was expecting.
Then he grins like the cat that ate the canary. ]
Isn't it interesting? I was already showing signs of genuine life when Idia and I first "met". While I say that I remember everything, that's hardly the case.
What you saw at the Witch's house, "You help me find him, and they'll never know". I wonder what that meant? Guess you'll have to find that out for yourselves.
[ Kele knows some things, but he's using this to spark interest. To encourage the Players to explore more on these kinds of things, rather than just be handed answers. There's a lot of mystery surrounding the Very Beginning, and the Players are best equipped to find out. ]
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Date: 2025-02-18 03:12 am (UTC)[He feels very much one of those types to Azul...
And then there's a frown at the part that follows.]
So earlier today you completely changed routes due to the urgency of the situation, and now you're dangling some tidbits like treats?
[He just looks at Kele for awhile, frowning... Everyone else came here. There weren't any other sentient creatures at first, it seems, if he was the only one showing signs of life. No family, no community...
Hm.
Finally Azul leans back and gives out a big sigh, tension escaping his body.]
Very well. I did notice you left me with a gift.
It has taken some time to recover from all what happened, but... I believe I and another should soon be able to make the trip.
(no subject)
Date: 2025-02-18 04:16 am (UTC)I am naught but an NPC in this game. If I did ever have a human name, it is more lost to me than most other NPCs and Idia's Update 2 would prevent him from ever using it around me. I am the "final boss", the end of everything - not to be confused with the Dragon. Perhaps I was the first to encounter the SCP, or perhaps I am the SCP, or perhaps the SCP has used the game to manipulate everything so well that not even I can tell anymore. All I can do is dangle tidbits like treats to uncover the whole truth.
[ Any plans he says outright, any information he gives - it can all be used by the game in some way.
Ah. Kele taps his fingers on the arm of his chair. ]
That gift was the "prize of my choosing" for surviving my punishment. Back when I was making you all hate me. You and another would not be enough for that trip. I'm not even certain the entire party would be enough.
[ That's not a jab at their skills or abilities... just a warning. ]
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Date: 2025-02-18 05:21 am (UTC)Azul's brow furrows and his head tilts as Kele explains to him. The final boss...]
Have you ever wanted to be more?
[It might seem an odd direction to take the conversation, given how it's been going. Perhaps it has something to do with how Azul had just shifted.]
The entire party... Do you mean the Players, specifically? And if so, couldn't we request assistance from the others, or even yourself?
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Date: 2025-02-18 10:21 am (UTC)Unleashing a being like me out into the real world? Sounds dangerous.
[ Kele would get scooped up by the Foundation the instant he stepped out of the shadows. ]
Where you'd be going, some of us NPCs would be more inclined to fight you than help you thanks to the rules of the game. Even the ones who have been helpful and friendly this entire time may turn on you in the dark.
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Date: 2025-02-19 02:02 am (UTC)[His eyebrows raise at that... then he furrows his brows.]
Then... what are we supposed to do, exactly? Pray for the best and prepare for the worst?
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Date: 2025-02-20 01:47 am (UTC)[ That is a very personal question that he hasn't talked about with anyone, and he has other people he'd rather start with. ]
You could always ignore it.