>>222812>Carcosa.Hastur.
We must go, and maintain the city.
>We're back again?Yeah, even in sleep we have no rest.
>Is it how we left it?Everything broken is repaired, but yes. Where
we left it.
>We must survive then.The King in Yellow is watching.
The
things will come to destroy us.
>The last link to here. To Hastur. To the King in Yellow....
Carcosa.
>Hastur.When all else fails we must flee deeper.
>Here is far more dangerous than any of those things.More materials to build with.
Praise unto The God of Shepherds.
>Praise unto The King in Yellow.>Carcosa.Psalm: Occult Façade in Carcosa.
Work The God of Shepherds' Gift.
>May the Shepherd live. May all the lambs live.Gift The Unspeakable One Survival.
>Survival of the Shepherd. Survival of the lambs.Survive Him Who Is Not to be Named. Life. UnLife.
>UnLife for the Shepherd. Life for the lambs.Shepherd and lambs.
>Both The King in Yellow's Wisdom.Wise is the Shepherd who cares for the lambs.
>In Wisdom lambs become sheep. In Wisdom sheep become Shepherds.Wiseness Hastur Thrives.
Thriving The Shepherds' enter Carcosa.
The God of Shepherds Gives!
>The Unspeakable One Survives!Him Who Is Not to be Named
UnLives!
>Lives!>The King in Yellow's Wiseness!Hastur Thrives!
Carcosa They enter!
Carcosa The lambs, sheep, and Shepherds leave!
Thank Hastur.
...
Carcosa.
>Hastur.The King in Yellow.
>The King in Yellow.Working more traps, more fences, more knowledge.
>Did you feel that?Yes...
>Working more traps, more fences, more knowledge.>HasturThe King in Yellow.
>We are out of gifts.Practice our wisdom.
>Did you feel that?Yes...
Stairs have been trapped.
>inwards and outwards?Yes.
>What about tartan?Plad, too.
Hastur.
>Pslam: Occult Façade in Carcosa....
>Thank Hastur.Thank The King in Yellow.
>Thank Him Who Is Not to be Named.>Thank The Unspeakable One.Thank The God of Shepherds.
Thank The Shepherd.
>Thank The sheep.Thank The lamb.
>Hastur.The King in Yellow.
>The wanderer is here.The safe path is safer.
>Good.Did you feel that?
>Yes...Hastur.
>The King in Yellow.Him Who Is Not to be Named.
>Him Who Is Not to be Named.I miss them.
>I do too.>At least they arn't here.Very true!
>Careful! They almost got your hoof.Oh, they almost did.
>DidDid
>youyou
>feelfeel
>that?that?
>yes...yes...
Something new may happen.
>Oh, we are out of Gifts?We must practice.
We're back again?
>No we have been here for some time.>Him Who Is Not to be Named.The Unspeakable One.
>Gifts have arrived!We must work!
>Be Princess Luna.>The door into Occult Façade's mind is shut tight.>Knocking isn't doing anything, and attempts to push or pull or slide it open are in vain.>Her mind displaying all the signs of old one cult worship.>I can't enter through the bond Occult is keeping it one way, and she stopped it.>"You want to go inside, Loony?""Discord! Yes. I need to make sure Occult is safe."
>"The Champion Head Cultists mind? Oohh~ Luna. By ugh gag, obligation once inside I won't let you out. I won't go with you.""Do it."
>He's in a banana train wearing a military suit made of toasted fishing bobs.>Be Occult Façade>Thank the lamb.I feel it now.
>I do too.The Unspeakable One.
>The God of Shepherds.Carcosa is pounding.
>My head is too.The King in Yellow is interested.
The safe path is safe.
>Ow, I can hardly think.Take a Gift.
>oh i feel better
so do i.
>the safe path is safeAHHHHH!!!!
>Shhh, we must be silent.Ow.
>It's too soon to use another Gift.>The Unspeakable One.The God of Shepherds.
>They are Near!This is bad. We have some Gifts?
>Yes, an- did you feel that?Yes...
>It came in the start of the safe path.Hurry.
>"Last Stop, Carcosa!">John? Q? Wait..."Discord?!"
>"Tah tah!""Luna?"
>"I came here to save you.""Oh no. No, no, no, no. You can't be here! They are coming!"
>"Carcosa.""It is near!"
"We will show you what we can! Take these Gifts!"
>"What are these?""Gifts from The God of Shepherds. Oh, right she can't hear you. We also call them Resource units. We can use them for ANYTHING and NOTHING and things BETWEEN and not EITHER."
>"What is the cost?""Using it has no cost. Creating one is too difficult for us right now. Wait... Mind twisting and madness when using it on yourself. Once made it stays."
"Carcosa is more dangerous than
them. Stand and fight if we run out of the safe path.
>Be Princess Luna>Occult Façade is not in a normal state of mind.>I can Feel something else watching me.>"A Song! You and We need a song, but there is no time...""What are you talking about?"
>"Pslam: Occult Façade and Luna in Carcosa.">She keeps humming, and moving starting over and over getting something just right.>The 'traps' she has shown me is creatively horrifyingly effective.>One job. To eliminate invaders in different ways.>All of the ways.>Seemingly Chaotic yet harmonized. With periods of discord. Small jumps of Order.>Further in it gets more, and specific, and strange."I would hate to breach this place.
>"To the entrance lest they get one to bypass!">Be Occult Façade"Hummm, dumm, fummmm."
Shepherd and the Lost Flock.
"Siim, Timmm, Limm."
gifting Gifts, Shepherd, and Flock.
>Be Princess Luna>Occult is clearly Wanting to sing the words.>They are coming.>"Together They Leave Carcosa!">"Luna. We just have be close enough so they can't break the traps. The fence keeps them away unless something Big comes. Then we either fight or we flee.">Rare moment of lucidity."I understand. Hop on my back so you can be used as a spell platform?"
>"Good idea.">Getting on she keeps talking.>"Some of the more exotic traps tucked away keep them from being what they want. Makes erasing them easier.">"If I say run. We must flee as fast as possible down the safe path.""I've done similar things before."
>"Hunh? Oh, Carcosa.""They are here."
>"How many Gifts do you have?""Three."
>"Don't use it on me. I can't die here."