RPGaDay 2024: In The Alley Of ... (forgotten city + write an eavesdroppable dialogue)

[taichara]

In the alley of the alley of the Way Of Viridian Roots, inside the White Walls, two cycles past Nadir Darkness, is heard ...


"... and we'd better be sharpish about it, the Bone Watch is marching through every district artery and bazaar."

"What? Why. It's not the right time for the ancestors to --"

"Because they can? Because the Seven Masks demanded it? Because the whispers are true and our White Walls have been breached by outsider defilement? Something else? Who knows? It's not our lot to ask."

"If the March can be forced from the eternal cycle, then something far worse than cur outsiders is going to happen, or already happened. Not even the Masks have that right --"

"But they have the power, because the Glimstone in them gives them it. What are you, a fledgling or an outsider pretending to be one of us? Show me your proof."

"You ... Here. See. Are you happy now?"

"... So stop asking questions about what can't change yet and get ready. We only have six cycles."