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--- resources:adventure:conflicting_feelings_iv [2020/03/01 14:24]
katiem [Hana] eels
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 ===== Debrief =====
-To come - emailed
+Hana returns to the Order of the Rod and gives them a brief but accurate summation of what happened.  The Order are highly enthusiastic about the idea of creating an insult as devastating as the Ultimate Insult, and when Hana communes with the Rod to find out its thoughts she is filled with a sense of awe and approval at having done this.  The Order of the Rod decide, on this basis, to redouble their efforts into being verbally strong, inviting Hana to join and train new aspirants in the art of being incredibly rude to people.
+Not quite knowing how his Boon will work, Joachim nevertheless decides to try it out. He travels to one of the few Weaver taverns in the Barrens, an old haunt of his, and strikes up conversations with other weavers of Connection.
+ He has been waiting for a long time to discuss his views, without fear of persecution. With the power to Influence Knowledge he thinks he can manage it. He’d prefer to get more genuine conviction out of people, but doing this is for the greater good. Besides, he is compelled to spout facts now: and his beliefs ARE factual.
+Joachim discusses how the Perfection outside is awakening. This is surely dangerous; perfection has little to do with the real life of people. But are all outsiders really as bad as they’re claimed to be? Was it not the case that the idea of striving for individual perfection at the expense of others, the idea of decay, and the idea of conflict all have one, much more positive antithesis: the connections between people. The Shaping of the Muses - false gods who he once foolishly served - was part of this process of betrayal, as Outsiders jealous of Connection’s fundamental truth joined together to slay it, then together endangered all other things. The betrayal was perhaps necessary: the fight against the Outsiders paved the way for humanity. But it does not follow we should continue to live in a world riven by competition, decay, hierarchy and selfishness, when we could instead live in a world of Connection. If Perfection can revive, so can Connection. We just need to find out how.
+There is a lot of interest in this idea, and certain elements in the Barrens seem very keen to start a guerrilla attempt to revive Connection outside of the jurisdiction of the Great Houses or the Bureaucracy.  They suggest keeping this under wraps from the Great Houses, but as soon as someone knows what did happen to Connection and lets them know, an attempt to revive it should commence from the most unlikely part of the city.
+Hat confirms with Magister Zaboul that the Lord of Fire sucks but given Hat is now branded he asks Zaboul whether the brand looks cool.  Zaboul confirms that the brand is indeed cool, and encourages Hat to try out his new boon of strength by throwing shit around the office.  After a while of <del>playing catch with dad-magister</del> planar research, Zaboul confirms this is boon is awesome.  Having done this, Hat follows his heart's greatest desire - THINGS - and pokes around Rom to see if someone is willing to forge a Connection with the Thief.  It takes a few false starts to find someone owing to Hat's legendary subtlety, but he is eventually able to find someone willing to trade a minor Perfection ritual for a minor Connection ritual.  Having made the unnamed apprentice's hair perfectly shiny, the Connection Weaver that Hat found attempts to connect Hat to the Thief.  Things go... poorly.  Both of them sense that attempting to cross Connection with the Thief has similar results to attempting to cross two of the mainstream planes.  This is somewhat concerning, but fear not, the ritual achieves a minor effect: Hat can now store a hand sized item in the shadows of his cloak without it being detectable.
+This done, Hat uses his ritual chamber to create a glorious gleaming statue of himself and leaves it in the most Erosion-y district of Rom.  Later, a note is placed next to it by an apprentice of Magister Audata which politely asks him to not do this.  He ignores this, for he is spending his time in a chrysalis meditating on how to be the best person in the world.  Three paths show themselves: to climb to the top of the tower of Perfection, to become the Silent Regent, or to become a Muse.  The first steps to each of these are vastly different, so Hat has to have a long think about whether any of these are where he wants to go.
 ===== Consequences =====
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   * **Square Eyes** - //Severe Affliction of the Mind// - You now see the world as if made of squares (pixelvision)
   * **Reductio ad Absurdum** - //Chronic Affliction of the Body// - You may take ranked damage as a SINGLE by taking a STUN instead for that many seconds times 5 (e.g. take a QUAD as a SINGLE by taking a STUN 20)
+  * **Shady Connections** - Once per encounter you can stow or unstow an item no larger than your hand in the shadows under your cloak.  While the item is stowed, it will be impossible for someone to find it on you with a mundane search, but it will not withstand Acts or Spells.  If the item is of significant metaphysical interest to the Thief, tell the GM as it may not be there when you attempt to retrieve it.
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