mykidisthebest

--A day? I thought you'd say a few hours! Did I miss anything?

[frowns]

The group that went out into the ocean returned. Ananke is a small child, though otherwise unharmed.

A kid? That's better than him getting hurt...is Scarab a kid too?

He is a large autonomous robot beetle. I believe Ananke's current body is simply unable to support him as is.

They have not regressed in memory.

[sighs in relief]

That's what I was worried about. It sounds like Scarab's upbringing was pretty nonexistent. We'd have our hands full.

Mm. It's an entirely manageable situation.

Good.

[very casually wraps an arm around Charon's waist and pulls him halfway into his lap for shameless cuddling]

Did Ananke say if they found anything?

[seems very startled that this has happened but permits it, like a tolerant cat]

Potentially Rose's priest lost in the mist, but they need to go back to confirm.

And some force in the sea that caused everyone to break into song.

[the lights in the room glow brighter as Lethe settles, content]

Singing isn't too bad. Compared to the other things we've run into here, that's nothing. But a priest, huh? I thought they were all dead.

[tucks an arm over his shoulders]

Oh, it's probably dead. If that didn't stop Naythan then it might not stop the others, though.

[quietly radiates happiness]

I'm trying to think of logistics, though. For Miss Coco, Daffodil had to solve some puzzles and riddles to get her out. And for Naythan we were conscripted into making him a new body. If Rose's priest is just a ghost, then won't they need to make a body? They might ask Ananke to go with again to hold onto the soul.

It's impossible to say until they can get a better look at the circumstances, I suspect.

Though it does bring up the question of if our priest's soul is reachable. We've never tried.

...Death might get pissed off at us, but we could try summoning our priest's soul just to check. Our next best option would be trading for that information. In which case Red or our resident lady demon would be the best bet.

Planning even in your sleep, are you?

[fond...]

I've been asleep for a whole day! I have to make up for lost time somehow. Just talking isn't going to tire me out.

You don't have to make up for anything. I told you to sleep until you're rested, did I not? The fact that you've slept at least a full day speaks to how badly you needed it.