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[shadowgraphics]

Just how big is this boat?

. . . that would make sense, though, if you haven't found them anywhere on the floors you have been to.

[restitui]

Infinite... Or it changes to meet needs. I've been to a beach, too.

Yeah. And if we have to get to them that means there must be a way to do so from the boat.

[shadowgraphics]

A beach. [a beat] I suppose that isn't the strangest thing.

Would that woman know? Showmaster?

[restitui]

No, she didn't even know there was a subway despite this being her blessing.

[ a beat, thinking. ]

In performances, she can sort of tell the story of people and they appear? Like we saw. So, I guess it's possible if we ask her for a performance specifically with our Legend. It might... give a clue or something.

[shadowgraphics]

Oh, it's her blessing.

[what is this place]

It would be worth asking her about that, then.

[restitui]

Yeah, the ship and the stage are both her Blessings. Supposedly.

[ it still feels weird to think about, ]

It'd be something to ask the others about.

[shadowgraphics]

And she knows nothing about them.

[but he nods] If it involves all of us, right. Though I get the feeling no one would mind doing it.

[restitui]

Not really? I get the feeling she inherited them somehow.

[ From the way she talked about it. ]

Later things, though. What's your next question?

[shadowgraphics]

Hmm.

[he leans back on his arms with a thoughtful noise]

Is there anything else about our Legends that I should know?

[restitui]

We don't know much about them. We know that the Disorder separated from the Holy Order and didn't have their own for a long time. They had to make their own, but we don't know how.

We know that every Legend has a ritual associated with them and ours somehow has to do with falling.

[ A beat. ] The reason I guessed who it was, was because Wilhelm said our Legend was new. Some of the Lore the Showmaster had said they were sleeping, but what I get is the former? [ Hm. ] Wilhelm also said not to be afraid when we meet them.

[shadowgraphics]

[takes that in with a slow, thoughtful nod.

He doesn't really understand a lot of it, but that's also because his only experience is the dating gamer right now]

- why would we be afraid?

[restitui]

I'm not sure.

Maybe because they're a Legend? It's just what he told me - to keep doing what I was doing and not to be afraid when we meet them.

[shadowgraphics]

Has there been reason to fear the others?

[restitui]

I'm not sure. I haven't heard much about other Legends.

[shadowgraphics]

Mm . . . it's just a curious thing to say.

[restitui]

It is. Which is why I don't think he said it meaninglessly.

[shadowgraphics]

I don't think so either.

But if that's all for the Legends, what else is there that I haven't heard about? You've covered the ship for the most part, and Producers seem to be - mm, their natures are obvious.

[restitui]

Are they?

Producers started as Performers is how I understand it. It was suggested I should become one a while back, that I'd be good at it.

There are a lot of good Producers who are trying to help. There's some who don't. If you meet the Doctor, for example, he probably came out specifically because he was bored and wanted to see us suffer.

[shadowgraphics]

So far they seem somewhat obvious. [his eyebrows furrow] You were told to become one?

. . . are there any more like him?

[restitui]

[ Shakes his head. ]

They suggested I could be a good one, I turned the idea down.

[ He nods. ]

The Dame is one of the worst. The Demiurge helped her in a performance once, but seemed to at least want to play by her rules while the Dame was eager to kill everyone. [ He thinks, ] The Showmaster's performances can be dangerous, but it's usually by our own actions.

[shadowgraphics]

Why did they say that?

[a bit of a huff]

What do they even get out of doing that? Besides some sick pleasure out of hurting people?

[restitui]

... Probably because of what I was doing at the time in our attempt to talk to the ship.

[ Anyway! ]

Well, I think the ones who do it are the ones who definitely enjoy it but... I don't know otherwise? Other than helping progress the journey we're on along, I'd guess.

[shadowgraphics]

You were trying to talk to the ship.

[it's that tone again]

But I guess that's as much an answer as any.

[restitui]

Yeah, the ship is alive and sentient. Just, not sentient the way we expect.

[shadowgraphics]

This ship just gets stranger and stranger.