[HQ Ignorance] Scene 166 : The Breaking of the Fellowship

[Damien]

Rikku exclaims, "My hands! I could never remove these gloves....never." He stumbles over that last word, however. He breathes heavily, "There is nothing more important than stopping my brother, though. I...I...accept. If there is a chance that we can stop him, then I must acquiesce. Go ahead"


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On Monday, 11 January 2021 22:22, Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com> wrote:

> Azhur sighed in realisation that there was no way that Harajallenburg
> could move into the land of Charg, whilst the Syndics Ban remained in
> force. Kalen, the spirit of the machine, debated the issue with
> Guillaume-Rotterex, the wizard that looked like a bipedal rubble runner
> who was still debating the possibility of using one of his risky
> teleportation magics to by-pass the Ban entirely. Kalen kept claiming
> that there was not enough data to calculate a probability of success,
> or failure for that matter, or even some wild random effect and was
> opposed to such risky behaviour. The King-elect made his way down to
> Harajallenburg's courtyard and prepare his loyal followers and the
> bunny-warhorse.
>
> He looked around with some concern. He was expecting to lead a sizeable
> force against The Kingdom of War with an artifact of a castle. But that
> seemed to be coming apart. The Seeker was there, carrying Talor's
> klanth-like flail, and with a typical inscrutable expression. "We will
> go into the Unknown and the Unseen. Ignorance and Invisibility!" There
> was a hint of a grin on the dragonnewt's face, as if the philosopher
> was rather enjoying the prospect of encountering nothingness.
>
> The Fourth was there too, with the trollkin matriarch, Isonash. It
> seemed that they were having their first domestic dispute. Although he
> carried Talor's greatsword and was prepared to continue, Isonash was
> shaking her head furiously. She wanted The Fourth to stay with the
> trollkin clan in Harajallenburg. "Nothing comes out of the Ban. The Ban
> is the great devourer, and uz has seen it! If you go into The Ban you
> will be destroyed." Would The Fourth stay or go? Azhur listened into
> the conversation with some interest, for The Fourth was the bearer of a
> weapon of Talor, and the stories said that without all of Talor's
> weapons the wolf at the door of Sog City would consume all within. 
>
> Janeena of the Old Ways was there, as always had been. How many times
> in this Quest had they depended on her healing?! She, who knew order
> and protection from Chaos more than any present, was always serious and
> circumspect. Today however, she seemed especially troubled. Azhur
> inquired what could possibily be wrong, apart from the usual troubles
> faced by the Fellowship, and her face grew grave. "I was taught the
> magics, through my people of the Cold Mountain Clan, of how to sense
> whether The Ban is about to recede. The feeling I have today is
> different, very different. It is like there is a great bubble within
> the Ban. Either it will grow and burst, spreading across all of
> Glorantha, or it will burst and dissipitate. I do not know which way it
> will turn."
>
> Azhur pondered his response when he noticed Karala The Shaman, who
> carried Talor's axe, known for its ability to destructively and
> creatively transform things. She was in deep conversation with the God-
> learner Rikku, and the words she spoke amazed him. Rikku had brought
> his bunny-pony along, and despite the many errors of his ways, it was
> clear that he was prepared to see this through to the end. 
>
> But Azhur was amazed at what Karala was saying however. She was saying
> that she had communed with the axe for many nights now, and she was
> beginning to understand the power of the Fellowship. 
>
> "You have always hidden your hands, Rikku", she said, running her hands
> over his gloves. "You have hidden the burnt and disfigured hands,
> damaged by your brother, and you have never been able to remove the
> damage because of your brother's magics in making changes in this world
> permanent. Rikku, you should be the axe-bearer, because you are the one
> who can make this biggest changes, especially to yourself. But, you
> have to want these changes, want them more than anything else in the
> world."
>
> "These hands prevent you from being who you could be. You carry in
> those hands not just the disfigurement, but the bitterness, the hatred,
> your sense of inferiority, and therefore your malice. Your hands offend
> you. Remove the gloves, let me chop them off, and cast them from you.
> Then you can become the bearer of Talor's Axe"
>
>
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