TIAMAT

[soulping]

[ Upon stepping through the archway, you find yourself deep within a green forest, surrounded by trees, undergrowth, and the chittering skittering noises of small animals and insects. Behind you and around you, the trees and other vegetation close in on themselves; before you, a narrow but clear path beckons strongly. ]

[ Your normal skills are off, but you gain Basic Outdoorsmanship. ]

Comments

[onebullet]

"I do seek quarter"...

We supposed to build it a shelter?

[fuhrinkaed]

It's all one clause.

In this I seek quarter: without me gold is worth nothing.

I seek shelter and mercy in the fact that I give gold its value...

But I'm really messed up because I'm old.

Oh! A lot of old governments have weird archaic rules and stuff, but without them there wouldn't be currency... but gold would still be valued over ash...

Maybe it's the concept of value itself?

[onebullet]

I don't get it.

[ Drags a hand back through her hair ]

Do you think this is worth trying to work out?

[fuhrinkaed]

Who knows? But--

[LIGHTS UP.]

OH!

It's desire!

Desire is as old as time, and it causes chaos and disorder when it's taken too far and becomes greed, and it's also desire that drives us to want to collect some things over others, right? So without desire there wouldn't be any value to gold or ash at all! We wouldn't want either!

[Facing the statue.]

Yes! I'm certain of it! The answer is desire!

[onebullet]

[ Thinks this over and then shrugs. Riddles aren't really her thing, but that makes sense! ]

C'mon then, let's go find the others.

[fuhrinkaed]

Alright!