Reverie - Ingo Palace

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[derailer]

"I won't stop you from going out wherever you want. Let me just say this. The people here won't judge you or hold expectations for you beyond being a member of the group. If you leave here, you're going to find yourself wrapped up in something more confusing, or else you'll be a victim of the wilderness. Do as you like."

[stirtheblood]

Hmm. Well, the second thing sounds a hell of lot more interestin'.

[derailer]

"Go be mauled by a wild animal then. Before Lady Irida returns to stop you."

He gestures to the exit of the shelter they're in.

[stirtheblood]

What, you don't wanna come?

[derailer]

"You have Litten for companionship. And you won't listen to my advice. You have no use for me. I'm certainly not going to help you in the foolhardy quest you came here for."

[stirtheblood]

Hn, I dunno about that. Litten's pretty cute, but you seem better to talk to. And it ain't like I remember what I came here to do.

What are you doin', then? Who were you talkin' about earlier?

[derailer]

"You have the same wretched taste Mister Saturn does."

Litten curls up tighter against you as you say he is cute.

"There's a group of people who went out for supplies earlier who have gone missing."

[stirtheblood]

Dunno who that is, but pretty sure I got my own taste.

[He has no reason to think this but it seems true.]

What are you gonna do about it?

[derailer]

"Your taste, or the people who have gone missing in a snowstorm?"

[stirtheblood]

Either, I guess. But I meant the second thing.

[derailer]

He just ignores the other option then.

"I'll likely be sent out to retrieve them."

[stirtheblood]

"Be sent out?" So you're just doin' what they tell you?

[derailer]

"Yes. That's the correct path of action."

[stirtheblood]

Says who?

[derailer]

"I am saying it. You really are doomed to a life of turbulence. You'll never learn how to keep your head down."

[stirtheblood]

What's the point of life if you're just goin' through it with your head down?

[derailer]

"I am living in the service of others. I'll leave you to your spiteful obnoxiousness, then."

He bows, and then turns to exit.

[stirtheblood]

Are you...? You said I'm here 'cause of somethin' ya did for yerself, right?

[More or less.

There is not really anything Vicious can do except follow Ingo out anyway. He shifts Litten so see if he wants to hang out on his shoulder and he goes.]

[derailer]

"Something he did," he says, hatefully. "I have nothing to do with this."

Litten hunkers down on your shoulder. It's a snowstorm outside; the settlement is on the slope of a mountain, and there's ice and snow on the ground.

[stirtheblood]

—Tch! It's damn cold!

[He changes his mind immediately and moves Litten back against his bare chest. Keep the kitten warmer. Keep himself warmer.]

...So "he" brought me here, and you're just givin' me a cat, tellin' me to live in peace and harmony, and washin' yer hands of it?

[derailer]

"I didn't give you the cat." He has no further argument. He is crossing to a different tent, poking his head in to have a conversation in a lowered voice while blocking Vicious from entering it.

Litten happily keeps Vicious warmer, though.

[stirtheblood]

Sounds pretty cowardly t' me...

[That's mostly muttered to himself. Vicious will at least look around the town and get the lay of the land]

[derailer]

Everyone is inside due to the snowstorm. Would you like to go up or down the slope to investigate the town?

[stirtheblood]

[Ehhhhh down. Higher on the mountain seems more cold.]

[derailer]

You pass another tent or two, but more notably, at the base of the slope, you encounter some railroad tracks and a train platform. There is no train at the platform, but there is a glitchy ticket machine with a screen you can interact with.