Ilphyl Palace Run

[spacetogrow]

Content Warning

Parts of Ilphyl’s past deal with religiously motivated child abuse, sexism (albeit fantasy sexism as it is against male drow), transphobia and fantasy racism. If you want to engage with Ilphyl’s Palace, but not this content, let me know and I can make sure you stay on an alternate route. I’ll also put warnings on particular rooms if it seems likely to come up, and use the subject lines of threads to add in warnings if it comes up unexpectedly.

Goal
Find and return Ilphyl's consciousness to prominence. You know it will take the form of a small bat, but aren't sure how you know this.

Comments

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

No. Eilistraae was the daughter of the god my family grew up worshipping, Lolth. She looks out for...

.... I guess people -- drow, I mean -- who want to follow their own path. Or she's supposed to, at least.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

Oh, is that why you like her? You want to follow your own path too?

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

Yeah. And... I like knowing that not all drow communities are like the one I grew up in.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

Was something wrong with the one you grew up in?

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

[this gets a sharply bitter laugh]

Yeah.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

What happened?

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

I left.

[that probably wasn't what Nikkou meant]

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

Oh. I meant... why did you want to?

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

Because I realized that I was likely to get eaten by a monster if I left, and it still seemed more appealing than staying.

[The masked elf cleared their throat: "You can see for yourself, if you want to try the next door."]

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

[Turns from the masked elf back to Ilphyl]

Is it okay with you if I see?

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

[hesistates]

You won't like it.

[from the other elf: "That's why he needs to see it, you idiot."]

Humans usually have happier families. Or else because they live short lives, they learn to accept what they can't change.

[Ilphyl... maybe needs a larger sample size here.]

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

[Tiny shrug]

I've never really seen a family before...

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

[This gets Ilphyl to wince]

Mine would be a terrible first impression.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

But it might be able to help me help you on the outside.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

[still unhappy about it]

I don't want you to fell sorry for me.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

[Going to attempt to set a hand on theirs]

I promise I won't do that.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

Don't make that promise until afterward. You can promise you won't let it change how you treat me now.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

Okay I'll make that promise instead. I promise I won't let it change how I treat you.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

Good.

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[terribletwos]

[Going to try the next door then...]

Re: Courtyard (4:00)

[spacetogrow]

[Door]