> > > As Vinnie pointed out, this is hardly his first encounter with a demoness. He's far better equipped to handle a visit from a succubus than a visit from Liu Xi Xian. He knows what to expect from a demoness.
> > Imagine if it was a visit from Dancer instead.
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> Poor Vinnie.
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> And now Vizh has got me wondering about a Dancer/Tom meeting.
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At least she won't add to Vinnie's problems then.
> > > As for going to Egypt, he has bills to pay.
> > Liu Xi would point out that he can't pay his bills if he's dead.
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> Vinnie would respond that if he's dead he's no longer got to pay the bills.
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Somehow I doubt that'll make Liu Xi feel better or less irritated.
> > I haven't figured out yet is whether Vinnie knows about it. He might noticed she's more confident, that she's been borrowing certain books, etc, but he might not know how much she's been learning.
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> If Vinnie finds out that Liu Xi's messing with the Necronastycon he's going to be big-time worried, since he knows the sentient book to be inherently evil and corrupting, and a tool of Nyarlurkotep and the Fairy Great Old Ones for the destruction of the world as we know it and the return of the Elder Gods.
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I think Liu Xi mentioned once that Xander gave it to her. As to why, nobody really knows. But fortunately as my notes indicate it's "condensed"...both literally in size (it's shrunken down to the size of a matchbook) and figuratively - the spell that keeps it small is something like "one fifth the size, one fifth the power". Also fortunately Liu Xi knows not to carry it around with her all the time. In fact she doesn't want it at all, but she doesn't want anyone else to have it either because she knows it can hurt the Shoggoth.
And hopefully Vinnie will note that Liu Xi has actually become *less* corrupt since the book has come into her possession. And maybe someday she'll use get to use the "one fifth" spell on a really powerful person.
> And his reaction would be mild compared to the Shoggoth's.
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He might understand that Liu Xi has no idea how to destroy the book, so she keeps it to avoid anyone else getting it. If he want to try she'd be happy to let him destroy it.
> > Even so, Koo has a basic problem. There are people who can see through illusions like that (like even Magweed for instance), and there are people who will reject it because they dislike it so much. He's going to either have to kill them or find some way to keep them out of the loop until it's too late - and I doubt him trying to kill Magweed will go over well.
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> First, to clarify: the Ancient Egyptian world that Tom's entered isn't illusion - it's what reality has become. The illusion is the facade of modern Egypt still being there with business as normal. Anyone who sees through that illusion falls into reality - with the subsequent changes to them.
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I meant if the it spreads across the whole world, there are going to be people who know it's not right. Especially if Faite chooses a few people to keep the memories of what's normal with them like last time.
> However, for there to be a sense of drama there has to be a sense of threat. If everyone's thinking "Yeah, he'll never win, because Mumphrey's pocketwatch will warn and protect him and he'll come and easily slap the baddie down" then the story's dead before it starts. So the narrative has to keep readers from going there, and leave people speculating, "Well gee, maybe there's a chance this guy could pull this off before the regular world-savers get a chance to stop him. I'd better keep rooting for our hero to stop him and keep reading the story."
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That's true too, but I was talking in-story, wondering whether Koo knows there are going to be exceptions, or if this is his "nobody can stop me" speech, where he actually believes everyone is going to accept his reality and there will be no problems.
> > If Lara ends up in an I Dream of Jeannie outfit she's going to hurt Koo Koo Kachu, and badly. And she can do it, too. That's the kind of thing that can change "this isn't really my job" to making it her job.
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> If she ended up in that outfit in Koo's reality then she'd find nothing wrong with wearing it. And she might finally get a Vizh illustration.
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With Lara's case, there would be a good and bad side to being an exception. She would know something is wrong, and probably want to hurt Koo for making her wear that outfit...BUT, she would also know she'd better properly research Djinn's, because if Koo knows more about them than she does, she could end up dead or sealed in a bottle.
In other words, Lara's knowledge would help her understand, but she'd still be subject to the rules of the place. She'd still "officially" be a Djinn until she leaves, and prone to anything they would normally be. She doesn't want to get stuck granting Visionary three wishes.
> > And why would Lara remember her original background and history? It's because she's not from the Parodyverse. Her background and history is rooted to another time and place. She might be forced to remember that the Parodyverse was always like that, but she'll always feel like something is wrong. And that doesn't include Faite's interference, where she might seed memories of the way the PV is supposed to be to selected people like the last time.
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> See comment above on exceptions.
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