Editing Questions/Question 285

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    |Link=https://enochlesis.dreamwidth.org/12058.html?thread=3589402#cmt3589402
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    |AskedBy=bloodypath
	|DateAsked=2025-08-09
	|QuestionText=Delightful!<br><br>He'll be making contact with Tighnari, and taking <b>DO NOT EXPOSE IT TO LIGHT</b> to heart. Which means, he'll be tunneling the long way down.<br><br>If they tunnel in from the side, in complete dark, is the Hell Pit experience different?<br><br>Once the concrete is breached deep underground, how does Hubert's <a href="https://kelesis.dreamwidth.org/1580.html?thread=2698540#cmt2698540">radiation-responsive</a> chitin <a href="https://kelesis.dreamwidth.org/4499.html?thread=5766547#cmt5766547">(rainbow Kelesian variant)</a> react?<br><br>In a series of smart life choices, Hubert has <a href="https://alogos.dreamwidth.org/1341.html?thread=477757#cmt477757">started Katalyth Reading</a>. Is the song in the Hell Pit? Is it different?<br><br>A response up above mentioned Aves seeing pinpricks in soul-sight. If an arthropoda were to find those sources, is this where the Hell Pit's anger originates from, or do the pinpricks have a different intent?<br><br>Edit for more: Can imprints stave off the overwhelming-pass-out-madness, or is that our "TUNE IN NEXT MONTH" cliffhanger?<div class="edittime"><em>Edited <span class="datetime"><span class="comment-date-text"> </span> <span title="2025-08-08 09:16 am (bloodypath's time)">2025-08-09 04:16 am (local)</span></span></em></div>
    |DateAnswered=2025-08-13
    |AnswerText=Any approach to the Hell Pit(tm) that avoids taking it head-on is a wise choice. As characters are made to sense, revealing the whole thing to daylight would be a bad idea. And further study of the pit and its surroundings will suggest that it's more than a singular <i>pit</i>, but a whole structure of tunnels, and additional nodes that are also full of anger.<br><br>When it comes to combining Aves soul-sight, and Arthropoda's own good senses for these emotions... yes, a lot of those pinpricks come from underground, and it would be possible to put together that the greater clusters of soul light corresponds to the worst of the fury. (There are still plenty of souls above Kelesis, of course. The continuous distortion of it all makes it hard for an Aves to concentrate on it long without inflicting a migraine on themself, but with effort it's possible to tell that the above-ground soul presence is more 'normal', and the below-ground soul presence is more 'fragmented.')<br><br>Hubert's chitin will continue to glow, will continue to reflect the constant presence of arcane radiation. But the deeper he goes into the pit, the more it will revert from its Kelesian rainbow, and back into his usual, expected coloring. But he will continue to light up... though will oddly fail to serve as much of a flashlight. The darkness is pervasive- almost <i>physical</i>, suffocating everything beyond the immediacy of his body.<br><br>Katalyth reading, a good and normal hobby to pick up... the song in the Hell Pit <i>is</i> different! Or rather, it's the Kelesian faireground dirge, but pitched increasingly offkey, and increasingly slowed. Whether this is an improvement or not is left up to the listener.<br><br>Properly exploring <i>into</i> the Hell Pit will be available next month, with this one covering the process of reaching it, mapping out its structures, etc. The madness is just too heavy... but imprints <i>do</i> certainly help! Hubert can tape all his friends to his chitin and make it a lot further than he could otherwise... and once leaving the pit, all those connections will make recovery from the experience much easier.
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