Haunted Isle Plot Infiltrator Info Post

[powersthatbe]

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Comments

Re: Update

[powersthatare]

Any specific plans for this next upcoming mingle?

[fearinahandfulof]

I think it will depend in large part on how her conversation with Ginevra and Teruo ends up going and what they decide to do with her. She'll tell them everything she knows, and if they decide they still have need of her, then she'll work with them until they don't anymore, but beyond that it's hard to say right at the moment. What she's expecting is to be exiled or killed, with the latter being the more prudent option under the circumstances.

If she's not killed, she will almost certainly be preemptively mourning her sister and spiraling deeper into depression. She is not going to expect or want compassion.

[fearinahandfulof]

Is there anything aside from what's been said so far that she might know about the Deepsinger/Deepsong/Empress/situation in general? And is her ability to shift totems something the Empress did to her?

Also, how does the Empress infect mers with the Stricken virus? Does she use Deepsong on a smaller scale, or is there another process she uses instead? I'm blanking on whether or not this came up in the first Jaunt.

[powersthatare]

She has existing Stricken bite them, or simply imprisons them in a cage with the Stricken and lets it catch over time via proximity!

It sort of is - the Empress granted her power, but her own gifts and tendencies shaped that power into this particular ability.

I'm not sure what more in general she might know - if you have any specific questions about the situation, those I can answer, but I'm not sure what sort of impressions or information you're looking for.

[fearinahandfulof]

Does she have any say in how intense the Deepsong is, or does the Empress have her own schedule for that? Her visits to the Deepsinger haven't necessarily coincided with the end of one mingle/beginning of another.

For that matter, if she led a group of mermaids to the Deepsinger, would there be any way for her to stop it from Singing to defend itself, if the Empress' will is superseding its own? Is the Deepsinger itself likely to resist, or try to?

[powersthatare]

Empress has her own schedule.

It seems likely it would resist - but it would probably use Song in its defense, which might mean taking its focus and energy away from Deepsong for battle.

[fearinahandfulof]

Thanks.

And a very, very belated question considering what week we're in: what was in the Song the Deepsinger would sing back to her after she reported to it? She's being asked about it elsewhere.

[powersthatare]

Basic instructions as to where to find it next time, reinforcing her instructions, veiled threats and promises about her situation.

[fearinahandfulof]

Thanks.

I keep thinking I'm done with questions now that she's dead and all, but: Does the Deepsinger have a name? And would Alexandra's totem have reverted to normal upon her death?

[fridgeninja]

It's always just been referred to as the Deepsinger where she can hear, and yes.

[fearinahandfulof]

That probably spooked a couple of her killers. XD

Thanks.