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

[spacetogrow]

[they are poisonous, so this will probably sting for a few hours]

Yes.

Why did you fight her?

[terribletwos]

[Cry, he hasn't dealt with a poison effect in a while. Winces but also grabbing the kid's wrist so he can lead them away from the lady and her mega-spiders.]

Because she was being horrible to you.

[spacetogrow]

She was allowed to be horrible to me. Anyone who might have wanted to stop her would be too afraid to be punished too.

[the kid is okay with being grabbed, but is still holding something to their chest with their other hand, mostly concealed by a shirt]

[terribletwos]

Well, she shouldn't be allowed. Nobody should be allowed to tell someone what they can be.

[Notices that...]

Did you rescue something?

[spacetogrow]

I'm protecting them. She didn't see.

[present -- one black and white bat, which blinks drowsily at Nikkou]

[terribletwos]

Oh, it's an animal! Is it your pet? Like Elliot's cat?

[spacetogrow]

No. I have bats, if I can hide them. But this is more important.

[terribletwos]

Important?

[spacetogrow]

You need them to get us back. Come on.

[terribletwos]

I don't understand...

[But is letting the kid lead now]

[spacetogrow]

[the child leads you through dark passages, to somewhere else]