𝐧𝐩𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭

[uruz]

Available NPCs
SLEEP ONE TWO THREE FOUR ESPERA

SLEEP

A manipulative enigma with grand presence and power within The Murmur that rivals that of a god, and many already treat Her as such. She is everywhere and nowhere at once. Call to her, and she may answer you. She may even treat you, if you treat her, but be prepared to sacrifice. Painful offerings and loyalty are her favorite gifts of devotion (She's also a hopeless romantic).

The Numerals and Espera seem to despise Her, and One is inexplicably bound to Her. What Sleep has disclosed about Her intentions seem quite simple: Collect more Vessels to host Her power, expand past the Earth She's tied to, and deliver them all from loneliness and prolonged suffering to a divine eutopia only She can create.

For that, She needs One.

ONE

A somber, shy and elusive individual that better expresses himself through poetry and song. One's past is shrouded in mystery, tragedy and his own amnesia, but hinted to hold an incredible power that not even he is aware of. One has devoted his entirety to Sleep through blood sacrifice in an attempt to skew Her attention from the vessels to himself, but whether that was successful or not has yet to be known.

Vessels have been made recently aware that One has suffered Lunar Exaltation before the world was destroyed: An ascension, from mortal to more, and a beacon of power that remains the reason why Sleep seeks to claim him.

TWO

Not much is known about the Numeral Two, other than he is an expressive and unburdened Token, mute but not idle. He was very close to One before being thrown into a voided plane of existence by Sleep's hand, and scattered into fragments. Espera claims he is essential to returning One to his senses and putting an end to Sleep's reign.

Currently missing, but one fragment has been found.

THREE

An impish Offering of the Trickster variant, the Numeral Three has a playful disposition and colorful means of expression. Rather chaotic but not malicious, he takes the form of three-eyed corvids, cacatuas, and foxes with frequency, while answering riddles fuels his permanance for brief bursts. His connection with the Waking World is stronger than Two's, but in no less need of mending.

Currently his appearances are unreliable; He may be seen in shared dreams or when he has enough power to solidify from the Void's realm.

FOUR

The first Numeral to vanish and the last to be found. Not much is known about Four, other than having a very strong connection with Three.

Currently missing.

ESPERA

Revealed to be Nymphai, The Espera were birthed from One's exaltation and were meant to guide him on his journey from mortal to more before being barred by Sleep. She, (or they), is (are) a singular entity of three bodies, which are missing in a similar manner to the Numerals. She has a stronger presence within the Murmur but too weak to manifest physically, and is always watching to aid the Vessels in any way she can.

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Comments

[commitments]

[ Oh, he doesn't like that feeling. He already feels small in the scope of an island, a world, and now this, but it doesn't stop him. ]

You have a habit of picking off corpses? Are you that lonely? It seems like a waste to me. There are so many better people who can provide what you want or need, that's if you don't just destroy them yourself. Dragging people in like this even though you haven't let go of that one guy... No one wants to get caught up in both of your problems... Is it so hard to figure it our yourselves?

That damned island would never be my home, but... I'm here. Drifted to another island... Will I ever...

[ Is "home" just going to be something out of his reach? An outcast again in the cold. That's just a vent of frustration that is him probably grumbling to himself toward the end than at her because it is night... His nerves are worse. Ultimately, he wants to ask for insight. Anything about one thing in particular: ]

Ceres—they're supposed to find a cure for her using my body. Even after death, it could still be useful to her. If you took me here... What happens to Ceres? You're a god, aren't you? If you dragged me here, then you should know!

[uruz]

[ this one is so . . . talkative! a yapper. it seems that sleep's ass is not listening. ]

I believe,
You know such answers
And waste your breath
For the thrill of it.
Continue, Songbird
Your hearsay
Has intrigued me.

[commitments]

[ She is so right... He has never talked so much in his life, but he has simmered down. No more tantrum. He's tired now. ]

So you don't have an answer for me. [ Despairs. ] What part are you even intrigued by... It's probably all drivel to a higher being or whatever you might think of yourself.

[ Grumbled. He doesn't think he said anything interesting in the slightest. ]

[uruz]

All of it.
You are
Amusing.

[ perhaps she is just acting a little mean, today. ]

You assume I do not want you?

[commitments]

[ what the fuck is he a toy ]

No one ever has.

[ So confidently, which isn't true, but he's stupid. ]

[uruz]

[ more like..... a ken doll..... or a lap dog...... ]

Until the day I found you, that is.

[commitments]

You picked up whatever you could get your hands on easily.

[ Implying there are better dolls.... Better pomeranians.... ]

[uruz]

Do you truly think so little of me, Love?

[commitments]

I don't know you, so what is there even to think?

[ Aside from many things because this kidnapping is power-tripping mania. ]

[uruz]

Precisely why you may take this time
To know me.
I ask again: are you ready to receive me,
Vessel?

[commitments]

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I don't want to become diseased like the rest of this abandoned city.

[ This is his assumption. He doesn't want to know her like that. Actually, he doesn't even know if he wants to know her at all?? ]

[uruz]

You will not, Finch.
Not yet, if you stand strong.
You have managed up until now.
I wager more time.
Just enough,
to know one good thing
About my garden,
If you ask.

[commitments]

Finch.

[ He has never considered himself a bird or bird-like in his life. Does he bite? Even though he doesn't care about what she wants or her aims? ]

What's supposed to be good about it... Is it good for us? Or good for you.

[uruz]

Yes.
All shall benefit from my wonders.

[commitments]

[ Dry, doubting, though mildly curious even though he's ready for what he has heard from others. ]

How so.

[uruz]

You feel it within you,
That piece
Of me.
You already change, Dear.

[commitments]

... You think of it as a blessing? It's a damned curse.

Are you happy? You have so many of us. How many more can you need?

[uruz]

As many as necessary,
to become whole.
To rapture you all from an early demise.
From suffering you do not deserve to endure.
Where you see a curse
There is opportunity.

[commitments]

This doesn't make you some savior... How do you know for sure some of us will meet demise? There could have been bright futures, or at least futures they can carve toward from their own free will.

Tragedy and demise aren't just set in stone.

[uruz]

Free will tastes sweet on the tongue,
But how often has it saved you?
Besides,
I only ask you to step where the stone is warm
Where I have already cleared the way.

[ somehow, it feels like she is smiling; so sweet, heavenly. her jaws lined with teeth like diamonds. ]

Let me keep you close.
You do not have to fight the current to matter.

[commitments]

[ Despite how sweet her presence feels, it only makes him raise his hackles. It's enticing, though. Wouldn't it be better to be safe? Or to just be nothing at all? Maybe he'd take it at his worst...

But he isn't there yet and has his sister to think about. ]

I'd rather be miserable while making my own choices... And when I finally matter I want it to be for someone who matters to me. I'm done.

[ Can he hang up? He will do that. ]

[uruz]

[ not without a spirit realm kiss, boo ;) ]