Pendle 2025/04/11(Fri)12:06 No. 1106108 ID: 46e818
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>"Are you making fun of me?"
"What?"
>"My hands??"

Pendle 2025/04/11(Fri)12:15 No. 1106109 ID: 46e818
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"Ah? No, I-- no, I'm asking about the deity we've all been concerned with. 'Odu Rumux'. It means 'A Speaking Body'."
>"No, it doesn't."
"Excuse me?"
>"No, I mean, in a directly literal way, sure. But it's only 'body' broadly. Together, it's -- it means someone who speaks with their hands."
"Ah??"

She pauses, considering.
>"A more accurate translation for Odu Rumux would be... 'He Who Gestures'.
>Or 'The Gesturer.'"

>>1106109
Okay so Finesse is familiar with the language. Well maybe you two together with Mr Rabas can figure out the thing.

...wait a minute, *we're* hands. Pendle, what's that name for?

Maybe we should have lead off with shield of comose
or, you know, ask everyone else here about these names before this point

Pendle 2025/04/11(Fri)16:21 No. 1106128 ID: 46e818
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>"My dear madam seng Barr.
>Please, never be ashamed of yourself. You are as god made you.
>As are we all."

Pendle 2025/04/11(Fri)16:21 No. 1106129 ID: 46e818
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>"And we are none of us made perfect."

Pendle, if you knew roughly the focus of Odu Rumux's attention at this point how would you go about verifying it? We have reason to believe Muschio is tied directly to the deity, or something in his bedroom at least. Many hands tore the demon apart when it attacked his mind as he slept.

>>1106129
who could harm such a beautiful man

Don't want to assume too much but it looks like his thick skull got into a disagreement with a blade once.

oh no he's hot

>>1106131
>"He Who Gestures"
>Many hands tore the demon apart when it attacked his mind as he slept.
Bro is absolutely not beating the godhead allegations.

I'm beginning to like him.
Not just because he chose to offer kindness and respect to finesse.
I mean, that did help a lot but, i'm starting to just want to hear him talk.
Guy could make narrating a shopping list fun.

>>1106124
>>1106140
In the battle against the demon.
Hands were the weapon that slew him.

>>1106129
Those are eyes that have seen stuff

>>1106129
Muschio, you didn't happen to bank that toy off is forehead on the way to the fire, did you?

Pendle 2025/04/14(Mon)11:30 No. 1106257 ID: 5dd6e5
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The hands... The Gesturer. The pit -- the mountain...!
"I--
I have to return to my work -- immediately. There's-- no, this is--"
The pain surges through my broken body and I nearly fall over, clutching at my wooden supports.
>"Pendle! Goodness!"
"It's urgent!"
Finesse helps me find my feet -- my foot -- and with a blurted apology to our guest I stumble off to my room.

>Prince Malto calls back.
>"And what's so urgent?!"
"I need to get my work in order. This is immense -- I must be sure!"

Muschio 2025/04/14(Mon)11:41 No. 1106258 ID: 5dd6e5
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>"There are fingers on the scales of the world, Prince!
>The gods themselves may be intervening on our quest!"

Muschio 2025/04/14(Mon)11:50 No. 1106260 ID: 5dd6e5
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>"Your friend may be correct, Prince."

...There's a lot we could say, but we've forgotten so much and I'm not sure what our position was anymore.

For now, Ms. Bojack is running with us. We start our communions from there, and see where they grow.

Well. Shit.

How can we make sure they tip in our favor?

>>1106258
Time to see if our guest can facilitate more contacts, so we can gather more intel. In both the material and the esoteric.

Take a gigantic bite of a stick of butter and say "Damn, that's crazy."

>>1106260
Has he noticed something else god-related?

Your friend is more than correct, prince.
Take into account everything we've learned so far about this god.
It's the god whom Red Fang thought would be the one to betray him, the god known for protecting the weak and ugly, the one who speaks in hands.
Whether you realize it or not, you've been following this god's ideals for a while now. Killing Red Fang, protecting the Timore Woodlands, and those hands you used- we used -against that demon. The abyss waiting for you within your own mind...
Muschio, Big M, I think this god might be much, much closer to you than you might think.
Very, very close indeed.

"My apologies ser. I had wished for you the chance to converse with pendle further, but inspiration calls. She is a capricious mistress but when her voice reaches you it is best to pay heed."
Or words to that effect.
I know hes already fine with it but formalities and politeness matter to those who warrant it.

Muschio 2025/04/15(Tue)13:17 No. 1106306 ID: 5dd6e5
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"Please forgive my friend. He's a man of great inspiration. When a fey mood strikes, it must be chased."
>"I understand completely, Prince. Especially where the matters of the Gods are concerned.
>...which brings me back to the matter of my gift."

Muschio 2025/04/15(Tue)13:18 No. 1106307 ID: 5dd6e5
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>"My helpers have gotten it into place, so I ask for your attention.
>Please, behold this tapestry, which I was able to save from the sack of Castle Piacevole!"

Muschio 2025/04/15(Tue)13:18 No. 1106308 ID: 5dd6e5
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The enormous tapestry unfurls, long enough to drape across the floor.

>>1106308
>>1106308
...Hmm. Might have to shorten the length of those... I don't actually know what they're called. Banner-holder tassel thingies.
Or better, hang it so that it's displayed on the ceiling, and you can look up at the art like in a chapel.

More immediately important, though, is the banner itself. The trees remind me of what we saw in your dreams, of what your ancestor saw on the warpath, but besides that, what is up with that striking flourish in the center? It's so vibrant to our eyes, a bright blue that reminds me of your hair, but More.

Distinct trees, must be a location of significance?
Regardless, a massive tapestry is just what the room needed, very cool.

>>1106308
Cool. What does it depict? Must be something important for us to see its color.
Also I guess we're gonna need to bring out a bigger ladder.

>>1106308
There's a blue halo that looks similar to the halo that demon had.

Rabas seems knowledgeable, ask him if the name "Ysir" means anything to him or if he knows where this location on the tapestry is. Might as well start with him trying to figure out what that dream from earlier was about. Especially with it taking place in wherever this tapestry depicts.

>>1106308
Is that a sigil? a rune?

>>1106308
You may have to stand and approach to take in the full effect. What gathers on the ground may be as important as the rest...
Until we have a wallspace large enough to fit.

Curiously broad trunked trees.
Distinctive.
If this is indeed a real place depicted thats going to be the first clue to location.
That is, if such a place even warrants investigation.
This is currently only an impressive gift.
It may hold more significance more than that already worthy quality.

Does it remind you of anything?

>>1106352
Blue like the energy that ripped the demon apart. If it was a demon, maybe what destroyed it and what's depicted here... is an angel.

The exact meaning of a symbol should be of lesser concern. The tapestry looks more like a divinely inspired treasure map!

Muschio 2025/04/16(Wed)14:32 No. 1106376 ID: 5dd6e5
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Those trees, that aperture in the hillside with the spears around it...
There's no denying it. This is the place I saw in my dream.

>"Remarkable, isn't it? It's a new tapestry. Mostly new. I would estimate two decades old, at most. I'm not sure it was ever displayed in the castle, given its fine condition."
"What is it depicting?"
>"Ah, this is a story told much where I'm from.
>The Miracle at Mudthrush Cave."

Muschio 2025/04/16(Wed)14:37 No. 1106377 ID: 5dd6e5
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>"Prince Muschio, your great uncle -- your mother's uncle -- Calvario, his name was.
>A vicious man, they said. Bloodthirsty on the battlefield. I met him once, you know, at a gathering. He was so fragile, so quiet. Nothing like his legend.
>Ah, but I forget my story!

>Calvario was chosen by the king to lead a military force and destroy a troublesome infestation of monsters at Mudthrush Cave. Rather, Ogres, it was, who had taken up home there.

>He and his men were ready to charge, but then -- ah, then! Just moments before the battle began, before his very eyes...
>The miracle.

>A brilliant blue flash.
>A divine light shone down on them from the heavens. And every man, to the last, stopped in his tracks and laid down his weapons, right there on the battlefield.

>That night..."

Muschio 2025/04/16(Wed)14:38 No. 1106378 ID: 5dd6e5
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>"They say he saw the face of God."

Ogres, huh?
We should ask Dompag if he knows anything about this event when we get the chance.

>>1106378
There's a lot of ways to interpret that. What god? A supreme being, or an embodiment of some aspect of the world? What did he see?

>>1106382
Sounds like a solid idea to me.

Boss, you know anything of your uncle Calvario?

Muschio, I... I think I understand.
We may have been a part of you once, but we may also have existed longer than that. Far, far longer.
Inherited by the Maltos. Passed through bloodborne contact.
The witch who cursed you... she didn't give a crap about a fallen prince. She wanted us. And when she realized we wouldn't go with her, she threw us back in your face.

>>1106378
Mudthrush Cave? We should go visit that place soon.
Hmm, why is the tapestry so long though? Half of it depicts the river. Is there some hidden information along the lower half? Or is that not a river, but a road leading out of the cave?

Hm.
Two decades old at most.
The subject a great uncle, matrilineal side, of fighting age during events.
Still doesnt narrow the time scale down too much, but even so, this is an old story thats probably holding on to being considered living memory by a couple of long lived species and stubborn elders.
A treasure of a gift indeed.

At least the name of the location is known.
For one thing, deific phenomena will be of import to pendle. Maybe enough to warrant an expedition. At the very least an additional direction to his research.

Oh, good idea.
Dompag may indeed have a take on it too.

This is one impressive gift. Just one glance and it's captured our attention. We ought to express our gratitude, before we go off diving into the investigative work of figuring out its implications.

Makes me embarrassed that we don't have anything nearly as thoughtful to reciprocate with.

Muschio 2025/04/17(Thu)14:43 No. 1106411 ID: 5dd6e5
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"What did he see?"
>"You'd have to ask him, I'm afraid! I only know the stories, and they mention the light."
"Is he still alive?"
>"I met him only once, and it was before the Miracle. There have been sightings, but...
>The story tells that Calvario and his men left the battle on the spot, and abandoned their entire mission.
>The king was furious at the news. He wanted someone to bear responsibility for the failed campaign.

>The story tells that some became wandering monks, proselytizers, ascetics. Others went on to live humble lives farther afield. As I say, sightings, here and there.

>But none of the men ever returned to Piacevole."

>>1106411
Hmm. I wonder if Ridder, having previously been a knight, might have some idea where the missing soldiers went. Or have his forces aid in scouting efforts to find the soldiers. We also have other groups at our disposal, more contacts we could use for info gathering to find a good lead.

Odd, almost every one of these strange dreams has something consistent to them.
Invervention, perhaps divine in nature.
A group of goblins stuck in a mine being saved by Baron Malto, perhaps even the followup with finesse is a part of it, she seemed to be talking to an entity called Mojo that we were in the role of. Then there's the dream of Openda being saved from a falling pipe, and now a dream of one of your relative doubting his campaign moments before witnessing god and turning away.
Each one, an act that would make sense for a god such as Odu Rumux. Each one tied back to you and the people you lead.
These visions of yours Muschio, they're divine in nature, and show that this intervention in your quest has gone on since before you were even born.
Perhaps even this can be seen as protecting another one of your subjects. Dompag could have lived there at one point, and would've died in the attack.

As stated, this god has been by your side and mirroring your will for a very long time Malto.