Lord Grey Announces Silver's Fall

Features: many characters.

See: A Wolf Is Hit By A Van

**lordgreyii:** I wish it to be known that Silver is in very serious danger of becoming Other and immediately falling to Winter. While other Practitioners and myself attempted to help, the Practitioner known as Glorious Lord of Brilliant Shine hit Silver with their Demesne, which is in the shape of a van.

**lordgreyii:** Silver, already precariously close to falling, has reacted poorly and is currently chasing said Practitioner with murderous intent.

**lordgreyii:** Should Silver fall to Winter, I would lay the blame on the Practitioner known as Glorious Lord of Brilliant Shine.

**fads68:** I wish I could help immediately, but I cannot stray from my pattern until the third sword is made. I must hurry, then I could lend aid.

**Emissary:** *What is your part in this Lord Grey II? Are you concerned for the well-being of “Silver”, or do you have some darker design?*

**lordgreyii:** There is little anyone can do at this point, I fear. I simply wished to keep you all informed of the matter. I am unhappy with these turns of events and with the Goblin Practitioner.

**Hare:** ...what does falling to Winter mean?

**fads68:** Is there no way to replenish her Self? Has that been damaged beyond the ability to regenerate?

**lordgreyii:** My part? The part I played in the King Leer business was to give Silver armor, to keep her safe. Beyond that, I offered advice to help replenish her Self. I have done nothing else. Her Self was *deeply* damaged.

**lordgreyii:** (responding to “...what does falling to Winter mean?”) Falling to Winter is said to be a Fae's worst fear. Winter Fae... are as automatons, stuck in the same repeating pattern for eternity, unable to break it, remember who they once were, or truly think and live... for the rest of Eternity.

**fads68:** This is one of those times I wish I were worse at what I do. If I were under lesser scrutiny I could at least tie her to the Sword-Story and delay her fall to Winter.

**fads68:** If time can be bought, and I create my third sword, I could create a lesser weapon and possibly do the same.

**Hare:** Damn. So it’s breaking the pattern - and right now, that’s her...chasing the Glorious Lord or whoever?

**lordgreyii:** I emphasize, there is little anyone here can do for her at the moment.

**fads68:** Time seems in too short supply these days.

**Hare:** I think I could stall it. Maybe. But I don’t know if that’s what she’d want. She’d have to ask for help.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** The situation has escalated far more than most of us imagined.

**lordgreyii:** She may not fall. It is possible.

**lordgreyii:** It is not likely, but it is possible.

**lordgreyii:** I say again, if she does, I hold the Practitioner known as Glorious Lord of Brilliant Shine responsible.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** I'll bet sooner that a nature spirit likes me than this going well.

**Emissary:** (response to “My part?”) *Yes, we have been told of this. Your armor helped her survive our Monarch’s displeasure. We would thank you for this, but are not able to give our thanks for it is not ours to give.*

**A Lonely Necromancer:** In any case, I'll be making some rough blueprints of coffins or caskets for a few people. (Hare and makesperfect responded with :eyes:)

**A Lonely Necromancer:** One for the Fool's funeral I cannot attend, and perhaps a few more in case Glory, Silver, or both perish.

**Emissary:** *Regardless, we think that we would feel sadness in this moment.*

**A Lonely Necromancer:** Self thrown funerals and mournings are not very nice.

**lordgreyii:** Silver's death would be preferable to Silver falling to Winter.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** If they are to fall to Winter, I'd throw a funeral for loss of their Self.

**Emissary:** (response to “Silver's death would be preferable to Silver falling to Winter.”) *We know of one that has fallen into Winter, and would agree if that were possible at this moment. It is considered a deeply unpleasant fate by many.*

**OctaneDoctor:** There's an Other that keeps me close company, one I simply call Roadkill, who maintains their existence by stitching the corpses or near-corpses of animals hit by vehicles into their form... this is a super long shot but if Silver is truly at death's door because of being hit by a van, allowing Roadkill to absorb her may be a way to keep her alive, albeit as an irrevocable Other and at a fraction of her former Self. As for falling to winter... good luck.

**OctaneDoctor:** Full disclosure, I'm not really sure what the situation is

**OctaneDoctor:** But that seems relevant

**Emissary:** *There are ways within the City that may aid her, but we do not have permission to offer or disclose them. Only that ways exist. We are unsure if they would be better or worse in this circumstance.*

**lordgreyii:** Silver does not seem close to death, as I understand it. Silver is very close to becoming Other and immediately falling to Winter.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** One might argue that is similarly bad.

**GLORIOUS LORD OF BRILLIANT SHINE:** Oh fuck

**OctaneDoctor:** And with good reason, I agree. It seems like there really are no good options here.

**lordgreyii:** I say a third time, **should Silver fall to Winter, I hold the Practitioner known as Glorious Lord of Brilliant Shine to be responsible.** Let the Practitioners and Others of OMO know this, and the spirits as well. (Sir, Hare and makesperfect reacted with :eyes:)

**fads68:** (reply to “Oh fuck”) I believe you have some explaining to do.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** I had suggested to simply leave her be. Some ways to not lose is to simply not be included.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** Oh dear. That is a strong statement, Grey.

**Emissary: The City acknowledges your fucking claim**

**Inkstainer:** Wait, I thought Silver and Glory were friends

**Emissary: The Viceroy liked Silver before he fucking choked.**

**Makesperfect:** Oh gosh. Is there anything I can do?

**lordgreyii:** There was little reason for this to happen as it did, and the Goblin Practitioner made things worse not once but *twice*.

**Emissary: *So we’re agreeing even if you’re a fucking Fae***

**A Lonely Necromancer:** Please do not bring more conflict during this trying time.

**StarryEyedSeer:** Oh. This is. Unfortunate. Silver was the first (and as of right now only) person I had directly interacted with on OMO. She seemed pleasant, at the very least. I wish I could do something to help, but I doubt tugging on connections would do much good at this point.

**A Lonely Necromancer:** Since this seems to be going worse, I am already drawing out rough sketches of a coffin for Silvers current form. Grey, do you know a rough estimate of their size? Large enough to make entering a van difficult, is what I know.

**lordgreyii:** I've not seen Silver's current form, but does it matter? If it would be a memoir dedicated to Silver's past self, it would be human-sized, should it not?

**A Lonely Necromancer:** Good idea. I shall adorn it with Meridith's wing, and another keepsake I have somewhere should they fall, to death or Winter.

**Makesperfect:** Grey, is there anything we can do here?

**lordgreyii:** Little, I am afraid. Silver is losing connections, strong emotions will cause her to lose more. Her memories will fade and be lost if she turns Fae. Binding her is *somewhat* of a solution, in that it buys *very* little time, but none are within reach.

**lordgreyii:** That she has the form of a vehicle-sized wolf-made-of-swords form does not aid matters at all either.

**Inkstainer:** Would it help to try to strengthen any connections we do have to her?

**lordgreyii:** I do not know if that will help. I suspect this is largely upon Silver at this point.

**StarryEyedSeer:** I do have a parcel of glamour she gave me in exchange for some instructions, apparently good for transformation and curses, that should have at least something of a connection to her. The main issue is that I have no idea what I would do with it and would likely make things worse. This does not seem like a good time for experimentation.

**fads68:** She is still thinly connected to Hard Cleft, but I cannot take action to strengthen that tie.

**lordgreyii:** Explicitly, giving Silver Glamour would hasten the acceleration to Other. Silver badly needs to stick to *one form* and avoid Practicing for at least a week, likely longer, and spend that time doing calming *human* activities she enjoys.

**lordgreyii:** Silver was adverse to the idea as we attempted to convince her, *and then the Practitioner known as Glorious Lord of Brilliant Shine hit Silver with their van.*

**StarryEyedSeer:** I was thinking more along the lines of using something given to me by her that she ostensibly uses in her practice to strengthen a connection, but that is definitely good to know.

**Echo:** With Fool presumably dead will there be an event to commemorate him?

**IntrovertedIncarnate:** (responding to “There’s an Other that keeps me close company”) I could offer a similar fate although it would probably be even less well regarded

**IntrovertedIncarnate:** perks would include pseudo immortality though

**IntrovertedIncarnate:** and not heartless immortality, something less fallible

**Echo:** I have a supply of humanity that could probably be useful. It would cost a not insubstantial amount because it can be a metaphorical pain to collect without causing permanent harm to those being harvested.

**Echo:** Just as context I'd expect to charge something in the region of £1,000,000 to £1,500,000.

**IntrovertedIncarnate:** Jesus Christ.

**IntrovertedIncarnate:** You expect a *practitioner* to have that much cash

**Echo:** When I say a metaphorical pain it's taken years to gather and would set me back a long way on some on-going projects.

**IntrovertedIncarnate:** like half of us don't even have jobs

**Echo:** I'd expect a practitioner to have artifacts or services that could be considered to be equivalent of that.

**Echo:** Or rather I'd expect that there are practitioners who have such. Fifteen years of service for example.

Followed by: In The Safety Of A Desert