Kit will call mr. progression!
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Telephone That Calls Mr. Progression- (Bound Consumable, Invention, Progress, 1 Charge, 500,000,000 Gold) Has RP Effects, this item and its effects may not be altered or replicated by sources below Level 200, this item's charge's consumption cannot be prevented or undone by sources below Level 200 (Bound to Seirei)
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Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
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Kitsune106d
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Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
Kit Timeshadow The Fox is In
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
Kit uses the phone, but it's already at her ear.
At the other end, a rambling, tired-sounding male voice speaks.
"Yes, this is Mr. Progression...
...
...well...
...thanks for calling.
Ms. Timefox, wasn't it?
...although I suppose you're going by 'The Timeshadow Goddess' nowadays...
...
...it's good to see you're getting those promotions.
Even if they're technically self-promotions.
You even went and built your own fanclub in the portal room...
...and they're pretty rabid about getting more people into the fandom, too...
...
...what?
...
...it's not a fanclub, it's a church?
I don't really think there's much difference.
Really, no difference.
The only different thing is that the person being worshipped is a deity, and they're popping up all over the place nowadays...
...like that one guy, and that one goblin, and that one lady with the fish...
...maybe you were onto something with that anti-deity spray.
At this rate, Nexus will have an infestation on its hands.
Just gods all over the place, getting miracles all over everything and having their fanclubs fight each other...
...
...what?
...no, I said 'miracles', not MIRACLES.
Really, you can't tell the difference between the regular and the turbo-synaesthesiac version of the word? He'd be very upset.
...besides, good luck trying to stop him getting all over everything.
He went to that one guy's palace before he capbroke to Level 20, so I'm fairly sure right now he's capable of turning up in the Big Guy's guest bedroom, or something.
...hopefully he doesn't make a mess of the pillow arrangements.
...
...well, anyway.
I can probably guess what you're calling about.
Maybe not, given the whole Madness thing you've got going, but I probably can.
Really, I can.
...
...still, I'm Mr. Progression, not Mr. Completion, you know?
I can point you in the right direction and give you a hand, but you're going to have to work for the results.
Like that one lady did.
...granted, she had more than a bit of luck to go with her sensible decisions.
...and also called in another one of those deities that keep popping up.
...there's a whole lot of them now.
Really, a lot.
I even heard that her not-really-alternate-reality-split-divorced-self is one...
...although I suppose he doesn't have any domains, yet.
...maybe that means he hasn't hit deific puberty, yet.
...
...I wonder if there's a school for gods?
...
...that was a rhetorical question.
I already know the answer.
...really, I already know the answer.
You probably don't want to visit one.
...
The cliques are really vicious.
...I know gods tend to gravitate either towards the 'loner' or 'pantheon' ends of the spectrum...
...but trust me, you really don't want to see the equivalent of that at teenage-angst level.
It'd make that 'Tolva's New High School' fanfic seem like fancy literature for fancy ladies that drink fancy tea.
Like that one group.
...I'm pretty sure they drink fancy tea together, anyway.
It's the gateway drug to wearing lace and eating tiny sandwiches and thinking parasols are a practical accessory.
You need to watch out for that.
...
Maybe I should think about adding a category for gods in the Whateverhouse due to the growing infestation you've got going on there.
...and in here, come to think of it.
With that new moon created by that one group of meta-people-pretending-to-be-you-people-collecting-random-unreality-junk, there's now gods all over the place in here.
You even made one yourself.
...at least that one guy is keeping it mostly under control.
...
...incidentally, stop rubbing that ticket on the phone's handset.
That's not how it works.
That's not how anything works.
Plug it into the Whateverhouse Slot like a normal, rational person, and scream out the category you want from the list.
...like a normal, rational person.
...
...well, anyway.
...
...what'll it be?"
At the other end, a rambling, tired-sounding male voice speaks.
"Yes, this is Mr. Progression...
...
...well...
...thanks for calling.
Ms. Timefox, wasn't it?
...although I suppose you're going by 'The Timeshadow Goddess' nowadays...
...
...it's good to see you're getting those promotions.
Even if they're technically self-promotions.
You even went and built your own fanclub in the portal room...
...and they're pretty rabid about getting more people into the fandom, too...
...
...what?
...
...it's not a fanclub, it's a church?
I don't really think there's much difference.
Really, no difference.
The only different thing is that the person being worshipped is a deity, and they're popping up all over the place nowadays...
...like that one guy, and that one goblin, and that one lady with the fish...
...maybe you were onto something with that anti-deity spray.
At this rate, Nexus will have an infestation on its hands.
Just gods all over the place, getting miracles all over everything and having their fanclubs fight each other...
...
...what?
...no, I said 'miracles', not MIRACLES.
Really, you can't tell the difference between the regular and the turbo-synaesthesiac version of the word? He'd be very upset.
...besides, good luck trying to stop him getting all over everything.
He went to that one guy's palace before he capbroke to Level 20, so I'm fairly sure right now he's capable of turning up in the Big Guy's guest bedroom, or something.
...hopefully he doesn't make a mess of the pillow arrangements.
...
...well, anyway.
I can probably guess what you're calling about.
Maybe not, given the whole Madness thing you've got going, but I probably can.
Really, I can.
...
...still, I'm Mr. Progression, not Mr. Completion, you know?
I can point you in the right direction and give you a hand, but you're going to have to work for the results.
Like that one lady did.
...granted, she had more than a bit of luck to go with her sensible decisions.
...and also called in another one of those deities that keep popping up.
...there's a whole lot of them now.
Really, a lot.
I even heard that her not-really-alternate-reality-split-divorced-self is one...
...although I suppose he doesn't have any domains, yet.
...maybe that means he hasn't hit deific puberty, yet.
...
...I wonder if there's a school for gods?
...
...that was a rhetorical question.
I already know the answer.
...really, I already know the answer.
You probably don't want to visit one.
...
The cliques are really vicious.
...I know gods tend to gravitate either towards the 'loner' or 'pantheon' ends of the spectrum...
...but trust me, you really don't want to see the equivalent of that at teenage-angst level.
It'd make that 'Tolva's New High School' fanfic seem like fancy literature for fancy ladies that drink fancy tea.
Like that one group.
...I'm pretty sure they drink fancy tea together, anyway.
It's the gateway drug to wearing lace and eating tiny sandwiches and thinking parasols are a practical accessory.
You need to watch out for that.
...
Maybe I should think about adding a category for gods in the Whateverhouse due to the growing infestation you've got going on there.
...and in here, come to think of it.
With that new moon created by that one group of meta-people-pretending-to-be-you-people-collecting-random-unreality-junk, there's now gods all over the place in here.
You even made one yourself.
...at least that one guy is keeping it mostly under control.
...
...incidentally, stop rubbing that ticket on the phone's handset.
That's not how it works.
That's not how anything works.
Plug it into the Whateverhouse Slot like a normal, rational person, and scream out the category you want from the list.
...like a normal, rational person.
...
...well, anyway.
...
...what'll it be?"
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Kitsune106d
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
Kit shrugs and will slide in the ticket.
"THank you. Err.. ere goes nothing."
She take sa deep breath then yells out.
"MOONS AND SUCH LIKE"
then slides it in.
"And thank you . I have ideas but, well, heh.. you have been helpful..."
"THank you. Err.. ere goes nothing."
She take sa deep breath then yells out.
"MOONS AND SUCH LIKE"
then slides it in.
"And thank you . I have ideas but, well, heh.. you have been helpful..."
Kit Timeshadow The Fox is In
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
The Whateverhouse Booth whirs and clicks as the ticket is fed in.
Suddenly, Kit is holding an item.
She gets:
Summer's Blessing: The Scorching Heat Just Warmed My Skin, The Light Blinded Me Not- (Spell, Other: Elemental Blessing, Fire & Light, 1,000,000 MP, 100,000,000 Gold) Caster gains a buff that provides 'Absorbs Light and Fire from sources below Level 60', provides 50% Light Resistance and 50% Fire Resistance, and provides +2,000 to all stats for each time caster is targeted with a Light or Fire-element action, to a maximum of +20,000; if caster possesses the ability Cleric, caster may cast this spell on targets other than caster, if caster is above Level 60 and possesses the ability 'Adept Elemental Blessing Attunement', this spell's effects instead apply to sources below Level 80
The phone is still to her ear.
"...well...
...there you have it.
One of those shiny new spell-types that not-really-you and not-really-others dredged up and stuck to the fabric of reality.
...like gum.
Quasi-meta-realistic, null-oblivion-adjacent-recycled gum.
...
...I hear that flavour's all the rage in Error City nowadays.
...
...anyway...
Looks like that one's from Arden's neck of the woods.
...but not the literal woods.
That's more Vernat's deal.
...but not literal deals.
That's more Opula's thing.
...or maybe that one other moon you encountered, but that didn't go so well.
...
...well, anyway.
You've still got me on the line...
...and I'm pretty sure you weren't using that phone for just a social call.
...pretty sure.
Fairly sure.
Kinda sure.
...
...not that I'd be complaining, of course.
It'd just be kind of a waste to use the phone just for that.
Really, a waste.
It vanishes after you've finished calling me, you know?
That's just how phones work.
It's science, or something.
...
...maybe ask that one lady with the fish about it sometime.
...
...anyway.
Let's hear it.
Lay it on me.
...but not literally, because that'd require you somehow squeezing yourself into the Upper Metaspace adjacent to Sufficiently Elevated Reality.
...which isn't Higher Reality, but it likes to pretend to be.
It has the good vending machines, at any rate.
...so...
...what'll it be?"
Suddenly, Kit is holding an item.
She gets:
Summer's Blessing: The Scorching Heat Just Warmed My Skin, The Light Blinded Me Not- (Spell, Other: Elemental Blessing, Fire & Light, 1,000,000 MP, 100,000,000 Gold) Caster gains a buff that provides 'Absorbs Light and Fire from sources below Level 60', provides 50% Light Resistance and 50% Fire Resistance, and provides +2,000 to all stats for each time caster is targeted with a Light or Fire-element action, to a maximum of +20,000; if caster possesses the ability Cleric, caster may cast this spell on targets other than caster, if caster is above Level 60 and possesses the ability 'Adept Elemental Blessing Attunement', this spell's effects instead apply to sources below Level 80
The phone is still to her ear.
"...well...
...there you have it.
One of those shiny new spell-types that not-really-you and not-really-others dredged up and stuck to the fabric of reality.
...like gum.
Quasi-meta-realistic, null-oblivion-adjacent-recycled gum.
...
...I hear that flavour's all the rage in Error City nowadays.
...
...anyway...
Looks like that one's from Arden's neck of the woods.
...but not the literal woods.
That's more Vernat's deal.
...but not literal deals.
That's more Opula's thing.
...or maybe that one other moon you encountered, but that didn't go so well.
...
...well, anyway.
You've still got me on the line...
...and I'm pretty sure you weren't using that phone for just a social call.
...pretty sure.
Fairly sure.
Kinda sure.
...
...not that I'd be complaining, of course.
It'd just be kind of a waste to use the phone just for that.
Really, a waste.
It vanishes after you've finished calling me, you know?
That's just how phones work.
It's science, or something.
...
...maybe ask that one lady with the fish about it sometime.
...
...anyway.
Let's hear it.
Lay it on me.
...but not literally, because that'd require you somehow squeezing yourself into the Upper Metaspace adjacent to Sufficiently Elevated Reality.
...which isn't Higher Reality, but it likes to pretend to be.
It has the good vending machines, at any rate.
...so...
...what'll it be?"
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
Kit Pauses.
"I am just looking for a hint or a starting point. I .. know I don't make the best choices. I .. Had two things to ask."
She pauses again then sighs.
"First, how to maintain harmony and peace in Seirie with the church there. I ... feel like I screwed up badly, and there will be consequences. I was hoping to decide between helping out the land, giving over to House Clavia, or to just withdraw and hide it. Bet I could get the tide fellow to help hide underwater..."
She pauses.
"The second is to find the start to undo the glory curse. This will cause issues and well, limit me badly. I ... have ideas but.." she pauses. "I just.. make things worse. You know. And feels like whenever I try to change my ways I get smacked hard."
"I am just looking for a hint or a starting point. I .. know I don't make the best choices. I .. Had two things to ask."
She pauses again then sighs.
"First, how to maintain harmony and peace in Seirie with the church there. I ... feel like I screwed up badly, and there will be consequences. I was hoping to decide between helping out the land, giving over to House Clavia, or to just withdraw and hide it. Bet I could get the tide fellow to help hide underwater..."
She pauses.
"The second is to find the start to undo the glory curse. This will cause issues and well, limit me badly. I ... have ideas but.." she pauses. "I just.. make things worse. You know. And feels like whenever I try to change my ways I get smacked hard."
Kit Timeshadow The Fox is In
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
The phone is still to her ear.
"...well...
...I'm really only allowed to point you towards the answer for one of those, you know?
Otherwise you'll be getting a two-for-one deal.
...and that'll really rack up the phone bill.
Trust me, you don't want to see what metadimensional narrative long-distance calls run you nowadays.
Really, you don't.
...
...plus, one of those is technically something you probably knew you were getting into in the first place.
Location's important, you know?
...granted, you probably couldn't ask for a better place to set up if mass-conversion was your goal...
...but that comes with its own issues.
A whole lot of issues.
...you could probably do with thinking things through a bit more before you did them, you know?
Or asking for advice from other guys.
...by which I mean you asking for advice, not the theoretical meta-being behind you asking the other theoretical meta-beings behind them, because you're going to get different answers and some of them might not make sense.
And that way lies not really taking action on your own, you know?
...well...
...I suppose there's always the route of just owning what it is you do regardless of what it turns out to be and charging on ahead without worrying.
Although that way is likely to lead to dramatic monologues, taking over a world and screaming things like 'how can this be?!' whilst getting stabbed by a bunch of rag-tag heroes with questionable fashion sense and worse hairstyles.
...
Maybe go adventuring with other guys more often rather than flying solo if you want someone to balance your perspective out?
...or at least get some of those guys closer to you out of their rooms to get some fresh air instead.
Maybe check that they haven't accidentally buried themselves under all the stuff in their rooms.
I hear you guys tend to accumulate a lot of it.
...
...well, anyway.
I suppose I could give you more-general advice for one of those questions, and more-concrete directions for the other.
...I'll let you choose which you want for which.
By which I mean which kind of advice you want for whichever of those two questions you had.
Not any which way otherwise.
Or anything to do with witches.
Those aren't really a thing here.
Except that one witch who hasn't really shown up yet.
And maybe that other one.
...but they've got nothing to do with your particular ludonarrative metasphere at this point in time.
And don't even get me started on the subject of which witch is which.
I'm fairly sure even the boss isn't sure about that.
...besides, he's currently too busy working out which derivative of which subtype belongs where and when.
Although I told him it doesn't matter, because you guys tend to cause gear relevant to yourselves to pop up in some form or other.
...maybe more for some than for others.
Maybe that one guy with the Fate or that one guy who technically is Fate or that guy who is supposed to be able to bend Fate but is still learning about it could swing that more.
...well, anyway.
Vague advice for one, and direction on the other.
...so...
...what'll it be?"
"...well...
...I'm really only allowed to point you towards the answer for one of those, you know?
Otherwise you'll be getting a two-for-one deal.
...and that'll really rack up the phone bill.
Trust me, you don't want to see what metadimensional narrative long-distance calls run you nowadays.
Really, you don't.
...
...plus, one of those is technically something you probably knew you were getting into in the first place.
Location's important, you know?
...granted, you probably couldn't ask for a better place to set up if mass-conversion was your goal...
...but that comes with its own issues.
A whole lot of issues.
...you could probably do with thinking things through a bit more before you did them, you know?
Or asking for advice from other guys.
...by which I mean you asking for advice, not the theoretical meta-being behind you asking the other theoretical meta-beings behind them, because you're going to get different answers and some of them might not make sense.
And that way lies not really taking action on your own, you know?
...well...
...I suppose there's always the route of just owning what it is you do regardless of what it turns out to be and charging on ahead without worrying.
Although that way is likely to lead to dramatic monologues, taking over a world and screaming things like 'how can this be?!' whilst getting stabbed by a bunch of rag-tag heroes with questionable fashion sense and worse hairstyles.
...
Maybe go adventuring with other guys more often rather than flying solo if you want someone to balance your perspective out?
...or at least get some of those guys closer to you out of their rooms to get some fresh air instead.
Maybe check that they haven't accidentally buried themselves under all the stuff in their rooms.
I hear you guys tend to accumulate a lot of it.
...
...well, anyway.
I suppose I could give you more-general advice for one of those questions, and more-concrete directions for the other.
...I'll let you choose which you want for which.
By which I mean which kind of advice you want for whichever of those two questions you had.
Not any which way otherwise.
Or anything to do with witches.
Those aren't really a thing here.
Except that one witch who hasn't really shown up yet.
And maybe that other one.
...but they've got nothing to do with your particular ludonarrative metasphere at this point in time.
And don't even get me started on the subject of which witch is which.
I'm fairly sure even the boss isn't sure about that.
...besides, he's currently too busy working out which derivative of which subtype belongs where and when.
Although I told him it doesn't matter, because you guys tend to cause gear relevant to yourselves to pop up in some form or other.
...maybe more for some than for others.
Maybe that one guy with the Fate or that one guy who technically is Fate or that guy who is supposed to be able to bend Fate but is still learning about it could swing that more.
...well, anyway.
Vague advice for one, and direction on the other.
...so...
...what'll it be?"
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Kitsune106d
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
Kit frowns then hmmmms as her tail tip twitches. "OKay... i'll ask about the glory curse. That really ruined my day and might interfere with my artifacts as well. It does shut down my skill sets hard."
she sighs.
"as for the church, sure i can muddle through it. I have faith! " she pauses. "And not make a bigger mess of things, i am sure"
she sighs.
"as for the church, sure i can muddle through it. I have faith! " she pauses. "And not make a bigger mess of things, i am sure"
Kit Timeshadow The Fox is In
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
Rey Naboshi The mercenary
Catrice the mad scientist
Gillian Razorclaw The hyena
Kelvar Netsumi the rat druid
Remalius the spell
Celery/Celeria The dragon
Heracles The might swordsman
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Re: Kit calling Mr. Progresstion
There's a pause on the line.
"...well...
...good to hear you have your priorities set.
...so...
...about that curse.
You've got options.
Seirei's full of Shrine Maidens, you know?
...well, in a figurative sense.
It's not like they're piled up in drifts all over the place.
That'd just be weird.
Really, just extremely weird.
You'd need specialised snowploughs...
...or maybe they'd be shrineploughs?
But I don't think I'd want to talk about ploughing Shrine Maidens in that way.
People would get the wrong idea.
...really, just the wrong idea.
...
...well, anyway.
Lots of Shrine Maidens.
And male Shrine Maidens.
I guess those would be Shrine Monks...
...or Shrine Priests?
...those kind of guys, in any case.
They do things with curses.
Mostly removing them, but some cast them instead.
...and then there's those guys who do both...
...and those guys who exclusively work on the pettier side of things...
...like that one lady who's set out to ensure her son won't ever have a proper date because no woman in his life could be as wonderful as her.
Which is just creepy.
Really, truly creepy.
I'd recommend not looking her up.
...where was I?
Oh, right. Shrine Maidens.
Find yourself a powerful enough one and they'd probably be able to get that curse off you.
...of course, you wouldn't be able to find one that decent in Impara...
...and you'd want one potent enough that they didn't get infected with Glory just by looking at the curse...
...
...yeah, that's right.
I said 'Glory', not 'Glory' with the fancy intonation.
I'm better than it is.
That's just how I do.
Or however the cool kids say it nowadays.
...anyway.
You could try to travel to one of the cities on the various mainlands or near the Major Houses' main... houses.
Those tend to have some pretty powerful Shrine Maidens in them.
Of course, you'd have to pay a pretty powerful price tag to deal with that...
...or do a pretty powerful quest for them.
You could go to the Spirit Hunter's association and ask them to send you to any of their major branches to get started.
Or go through that new nexus and try and find your way that way...
Of course, if you just wanted to throw money at the problem to make it go away, you could make your way to Aer Atheris, seat of House Aetherius.
...you know, like that one guy says he's from.
But the shrines there are going to be really expensive for that kind of service.
Alternatively, you could go to Res Clarisona, one of the House of Bells' main cities.
...but you might not like the fallout from that, even if you probably won't find out what it is for quite some time.
House Gladia could help you, if you go to the Atrium Laminae, one of their biggest shrines.
...but that'll cost a bit, and you'll then have to find a way to heal from a wounded soul.
Because they tend to be a bit stabby and slice-y when it comes to removing curses.
On the plus side, there's no chance whatsoever of it coming back that way.
If none of those appeal, you could always ask House Relicta, by going to Thesaurum-Under-Lucollis...
...they're technically a Minor House, but they've got a lot of tricks.
...just tell them to completely obliterate the mirror they use afterwards.
As in, absolutely nothing left of it.
...and no peeking.
Oh, and you'd get asked to go retrieve something from them from the Spirit World or whatever, but I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find something suitable easily.
...if nothing else, you could go raid those spires again.
...
...speaking of.
If getting Shrine Maidens to poke your soul isn't your idea of a good fix, there's always the more exciting options.
You got the curse by gambling.
So why not go all in and try and get rid of it by gambling, too?
Really, that's what they mean by gambling responsibly.
...in that you gamble in response to things.
...what?
That's not what it means?
Nonsense. You can gamble in response to things if you want.
I once knew a guy who got himself a blessing that ensured every time he went into a shop, dungeon, house or other location, he was confronted by the Grand Gacha to draw prizes.
...granted, it made his paycheck a bit of a crapshoot.
But that's just how it is.
Live by the gacha, die through malnutrition due to pulling nothing but Discount Premium Candy for three weeks straight by the gacha.
...
...where was I?
Oh, right.
Gambling.
You'll probably find another entrance to that Ruin Shuffle thing somewhere in that mess of Spires you left behind somewhere.
...all you have to do is bet your curse instead of something you'd actually benefit from.
And then try your hardest to lose.
...of course, if you make it a Curse Shuffle, everyone else involved is probably going to bet their curses or worst possible possessions, too...
...and the grand prize is going to be something nobody wants to be lumbered with.
...meaning everyone's going to try to lose.
Good luck with that.
On the plus side, it's free, and you'd get to loot more from those spires while you do it.
...and maybe you'd be able to create a proper path to the Ansigite Exchequer you made while you're at it.
...
...what?
A third option?
What makes you think there's a third option?
...
...I mean, the Rule of Three is a thing, I guess.
...
...fine.
You could try going to the Fading Province if you're able.
...word is, there's a limited-edition element floating around in there that might not make it out to the wider universe.
It tends to manifest around Stella Tempora, the City of the Fireflies when it's around.
Problem is, Transience can be pretty dangerous...
...immerse yourself too much and you'll be vanishing yourself, you know?
And not just temporarily-like.
As in, vanished from existence, straight-to-Storage-until-the-Big-Guy-feels-like-fishing-you-out-like.
...
...really, Storage must make your average Arena Member's room look like a minimalist showroom.
You have no idea the kind of stuff that's in there.
Really, no idea.
I've seen it.
Totally, definitely seen it.
Not just had it described to me secondhand by a possibly traumatised guy in the hundreds of levels who went mad from being improperly animation-suspended during their stint in there.
...honest.
...
...well...
...I suppose there's one more option.
And that's to go track down the elemental opposite of Glory and go jump in it.
...or close enough to the opposite of Glory, anyway.
It's probably on one of those moons.
...maybe the one you saw with all the gambling.
Just be careful you don't Regret doing it.
...
...
...what?
...oh, right.
Vague advice about your church and harmony with the world, or something.
...well...
...you kind of created a place absolutely bent on converting everyone and everything to worshipping you.
Full of guys absolutely bent on worshipping you and spreading that worship.
...and then created a couple of people dedicated to being in charge of conversion.
...and then tried to send a bunch of minions to trade with that one town that wants nothing to do with you due to experimenting with Time on it and driving a chariot through it whilst flailing soulless bodies around at passers-by, thereby totally convincing them of your stability and sanity.
...and also parked your new church right on top of the portal.
That's probably going to upset some people both inside and outside the world.
...
...well, those that don't get pressured into seeing the Glory of the Timeshadow Goddess, at least.
Kudos in spreading your word and getting followers, though, I guess.
...albeit in a weird way.
I'm not sure how many churches have "hey, look at this holy water!" followed by dunking you in it to transform you into a Waterial-element Disciple as a valid method of conversion.
...
...anyway...
...I can at least say the church itself is probably going to stick around.
In all the futures I've seen, the building is still a thing.
Definitely still there and buildingful.
...advice-wise, I'd say avoid getting your grace and your glory tangled up in future places you create if you don't want something that's all about your grace and your glory.
...or at least don't go parking them on the main entrance to worlds.
...
...well...
...thanks for calling.
This has been Mr. Progression."
*click.*
"...well...
...good to hear you have your priorities set.
...so...
...about that curse.
You've got options.
Seirei's full of Shrine Maidens, you know?
...well, in a figurative sense.
It's not like they're piled up in drifts all over the place.
That'd just be weird.
Really, just extremely weird.
You'd need specialised snowploughs...
...or maybe they'd be shrineploughs?
But I don't think I'd want to talk about ploughing Shrine Maidens in that way.
People would get the wrong idea.
...really, just the wrong idea.
...
...well, anyway.
Lots of Shrine Maidens.
And male Shrine Maidens.
I guess those would be Shrine Monks...
...or Shrine Priests?
...those kind of guys, in any case.
They do things with curses.
Mostly removing them, but some cast them instead.
...and then there's those guys who do both...
...and those guys who exclusively work on the pettier side of things...
...like that one lady who's set out to ensure her son won't ever have a proper date because no woman in his life could be as wonderful as her.
Which is just creepy.
Really, truly creepy.
I'd recommend not looking her up.
...where was I?
Oh, right. Shrine Maidens.
Find yourself a powerful enough one and they'd probably be able to get that curse off you.
...of course, you wouldn't be able to find one that decent in Impara...
...and you'd want one potent enough that they didn't get infected with Glory just by looking at the curse...
...
...yeah, that's right.
I said 'Glory', not 'Glory' with the fancy intonation.
I'm better than it is.
That's just how I do.
Or however the cool kids say it nowadays.
...anyway.
You could try to travel to one of the cities on the various mainlands or near the Major Houses' main... houses.
Those tend to have some pretty powerful Shrine Maidens in them.
Of course, you'd have to pay a pretty powerful price tag to deal with that...
...or do a pretty powerful quest for them.
You could go to the Spirit Hunter's association and ask them to send you to any of their major branches to get started.
Or go through that new nexus and try and find your way that way...
Of course, if you just wanted to throw money at the problem to make it go away, you could make your way to Aer Atheris, seat of House Aetherius.
...you know, like that one guy says he's from.
But the shrines there are going to be really expensive for that kind of service.
Alternatively, you could go to Res Clarisona, one of the House of Bells' main cities.
...but you might not like the fallout from that, even if you probably won't find out what it is for quite some time.
House Gladia could help you, if you go to the Atrium Laminae, one of their biggest shrines.
...but that'll cost a bit, and you'll then have to find a way to heal from a wounded soul.
Because they tend to be a bit stabby and slice-y when it comes to removing curses.
On the plus side, there's no chance whatsoever of it coming back that way.
If none of those appeal, you could always ask House Relicta, by going to Thesaurum-Under-Lucollis...
...they're technically a Minor House, but they've got a lot of tricks.
...just tell them to completely obliterate the mirror they use afterwards.
As in, absolutely nothing left of it.
...and no peeking.
Oh, and you'd get asked to go retrieve something from them from the Spirit World or whatever, but I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find something suitable easily.
...if nothing else, you could go raid those spires again.
...
...speaking of.
If getting Shrine Maidens to poke your soul isn't your idea of a good fix, there's always the more exciting options.
You got the curse by gambling.
So why not go all in and try and get rid of it by gambling, too?
Really, that's what they mean by gambling responsibly.
...in that you gamble in response to things.
...what?
That's not what it means?
Nonsense. You can gamble in response to things if you want.
I once knew a guy who got himself a blessing that ensured every time he went into a shop, dungeon, house or other location, he was confronted by the Grand Gacha to draw prizes.
...granted, it made his paycheck a bit of a crapshoot.
But that's just how it is.
Live by the gacha, die through malnutrition due to pulling nothing but Discount Premium Candy for three weeks straight by the gacha.
...
...where was I?
Oh, right.
Gambling.
You'll probably find another entrance to that Ruin Shuffle thing somewhere in that mess of Spires you left behind somewhere.
...all you have to do is bet your curse instead of something you'd actually benefit from.
And then try your hardest to lose.
...of course, if you make it a Curse Shuffle, everyone else involved is probably going to bet their curses or worst possible possessions, too...
...and the grand prize is going to be something nobody wants to be lumbered with.
...meaning everyone's going to try to lose.
Good luck with that.
On the plus side, it's free, and you'd get to loot more from those spires while you do it.
...and maybe you'd be able to create a proper path to the Ansigite Exchequer you made while you're at it.
...
...what?
A third option?
What makes you think there's a third option?
...
...I mean, the Rule of Three is a thing, I guess.
...
...fine.
You could try going to the Fading Province if you're able.
...word is, there's a limited-edition element floating around in there that might not make it out to the wider universe.
It tends to manifest around Stella Tempora, the City of the Fireflies when it's around.
Problem is, Transience can be pretty dangerous...
...immerse yourself too much and you'll be vanishing yourself, you know?
And not just temporarily-like.
As in, vanished from existence, straight-to-Storage-until-the-Big-Guy-feels-like-fishing-you-out-like.
...
...really, Storage must make your average Arena Member's room look like a minimalist showroom.
You have no idea the kind of stuff that's in there.
Really, no idea.
I've seen it.
Totally, definitely seen it.
Not just had it described to me secondhand by a possibly traumatised guy in the hundreds of levels who went mad from being improperly animation-suspended during their stint in there.
...honest.
...
...well...
...I suppose there's one more option.
And that's to go track down the elemental opposite of Glory and go jump in it.
...or close enough to the opposite of Glory, anyway.
It's probably on one of those moons.
...maybe the one you saw with all the gambling.
Just be careful you don't Regret doing it.
...
...
...what?
...oh, right.
Vague advice about your church and harmony with the world, or something.
...well...
...you kind of created a place absolutely bent on converting everyone and everything to worshipping you.
Full of guys absolutely bent on worshipping you and spreading that worship.
...and then created a couple of people dedicated to being in charge of conversion.
...and then tried to send a bunch of minions to trade with that one town that wants nothing to do with you due to experimenting with Time on it and driving a chariot through it whilst flailing soulless bodies around at passers-by, thereby totally convincing them of your stability and sanity.
...and also parked your new church right on top of the portal.
That's probably going to upset some people both inside and outside the world.
...
...well, those that don't get pressured into seeing the Glory of the Timeshadow Goddess, at least.
Kudos in spreading your word and getting followers, though, I guess.
...albeit in a weird way.
I'm not sure how many churches have "hey, look at this holy water!" followed by dunking you in it to transform you into a Waterial-element Disciple as a valid method of conversion.
...
...anyway...
...I can at least say the church itself is probably going to stick around.
In all the futures I've seen, the building is still a thing.
Definitely still there and buildingful.
...advice-wise, I'd say avoid getting your grace and your glory tangled up in future places you create if you don't want something that's all about your grace and your glory.
...or at least don't go parking them on the main entrance to worlds.
...
...well...
...thanks for calling.
This has been Mr. Progression."
*click.*