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Oh god
Can't wait to see the reaction of our resident shoggoth scholar to her existence.


I’m sure it’ll be totally fine

another vietnam vet

when are we getting the monster vietnam flashbacks


Everyday because she can’t sleep at night much anymore. Too many RoN missions.

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It sounds like this shoggoth is more like an internal parasite in Rebecca's body, so given her reserved nature I don't think it would be obvious to Khalid. Though maybe a shell-shocked veteran would be more inclined to try out Shoggoth Therapy. If he did find out, though, it would definitely be a surprise that the human hasn't been completely assimilated.


The Binding Sigil. The Elder Sign. It holds great power and she has it tattooed on her back so that it is always present.
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That makes sense. One might have to look closely at my drawing, but Khalid's own Elder Sign is on his belt buckle.
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I'm going to have to settle on just how our sacred fox is going to react to these Eldritch residents.
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I'm going to have to settle on just how our sacred fox is going to react to these Eldritch residents.


Hopefully they don't automatically dispel such.

I'm also hoping that the manager and assistant manager have the master spells to each apartment door, as they open into alternate space. I'm wondering if they all open to the same alternate space, or if each apartment is linked to a separate reality.
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Dispel? A Cthulhu monster? The old ones are notoriously powerful deities, no? Shoggoths feel like they're counterpart to Yumeiko, only for Cthulhu or whatever. She is sacred of a human deity, shoggoths are "sacred" of some Eldritch horror, y'know?

I was under the impression each room is it's own pocket?

Calling them "deities" feels like I'm falling short.
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Shoggoths specifically are a genetically engineered servitor species made by and for the Elder Things, which were actually enemies of Cthulhu, so there's nothing specifically 'outer god' or 'great old one' about them. So it's not that they're too powerful to dispel, but there's nothing about them to dispel. We definitely wouldn't want anyone dispelling the Elder Sign enchantments keeping the Shoggoths in check, though!

Now, if we were talking Dark Young, then yeah, they're essentially unholy emissaries of the Black Goat, which is described as a eldritch goddess. I actually have characters drawn for a number of lovecraftian beings, including Dark Young and Black Goat, but I don't know if I'd share them lol. I'm not much of an artist, so even showing off my scribblings for Khalid and Trip is a little intimidating.
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Oh lord Iris you need to calm right down.
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Oh lord Iris you need to calm right down.


NEVER! The wolf goes 100% at all times!

But human Iris is definitely going to be mortified at this news xD
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NEVER! The wolf goes 100% at all times!


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Shoggoths specifically are a genetically engineered servitor species made by and for the Elder Things, which were actually enemies of Cthulhu, so there's nothing specifically 'outer god' or 'great old one' about them. So it's not that they're too powerful to dispel, but there's nothing about them to dispel. We definitely wouldn't want anyone dispelling the Elder Sign enchantments keeping the Shoggoths in check, though!

Now, if we were talking Dark Young, then yeah, they're essentially unholy emissaries of the Black Goat, which is described as a eldritch goddess. I actually have characters drawn for a number of lovecraftian beings, including Dark Young and Black Goat, but I don't know if I'd share them lol. I'm not much of an artist, so even showing off my scribblings for Khalid and Trip is a little intimidating.


It's okay because Rebecca has a knack for combating Eldritch horrors. Fight fire with fire y'know.
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To be fair, the wolf is mostly harmless. Mostly lol
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Velvet would beg to disagree; she has indeed been harmed.
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That's why they said "mostly" harmless, like Earth.
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Look, Velvet won't hold a vendetta per se, but she will think less of Iris after that.
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Look, Velvet won't hold a vendetta per se, but she will think less of Iris after that.


Completely understandable! I would expect no less. Iris probably won't handle it too well either lol

Someone needs to knock the wolf out so human Iris can come back. Or feed her so much meat she falls into a food coma
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Didn't she eat literally an entire pallet of expensive steak like five minutes ago? God how much food does this wolf NEED
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Didn't she eat literally an entire pallet of expensive steak like five minutes ago? God how much food does this wolf NEED


Pfft, that was only a box! Theria came in before Iris could really dig into the whole pallet lol
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Oh. So they're just natural creatures. Well , as natural as a servitor species can be. Disturbing. Do we know if shoggoths have souls? Trying to determine what the presence of one would feel like, to Yumeiko.

Somehow, I get feeling that being the enemy of Cthulhu makes no difference to us humans.
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Oh. So they're just natural creatures. Well , as natural as a servitor species can be. Disturbing. Do we know if shoggoths have souls? Trying to determine what the presence of one would feel like, to Yumeiko.

Somehow, I get feeling that being the enemy of Cthulhu makes no difference to us humans.


Depends on your philosphy, I guess. They were manufactured by the Old Ones as mindless slaves and servants but somehow developed enough sentience to rebel over millenia. Nothing to indicate they have a soul more than a complex AI shuffing off its shackles?

But hey, this is fiction bay-bee! Follow your heart, lol
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So much Lovecraftian lore...

... ANd I hope Iris wasn't just internally implying that it's okay for the "fox lady#" to get hurt... >:(

And I should probably wait for Dragonydas to make a post with gorgeous gorgon before I make another IC post.
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