so here's a dumb thought

gil riding along in Grant is probably going to manifest in him as like. An audiovisual hallucination. because why the hell not

but then I realised that since he would then technically be a hallucination, other Diabolin would be able to see him

and then by extension, anyone else his psychic cooties infect

(I have gil's toplevel half written I just need to make it relevant to the current mingle)

honestly, I see nothing wrong with this

Diabolin, apart from their more obvious inspiration, are entirely based on the "Real or Not Real?" game in the 3rd Hunger Games book

fantastic

I just realized I have an unfinished short story around with a Diabolin Best Girl in it.

bomp

anything in here that contradicts Syn game canon, Syn game canon wins

but it has a brief conversation between a human and a Diabolin that I really love

The Zemblanity! as i'm writing this toplevel i keep thinking of the diabolin dreadnoughts as like. naval vessel meets small city with minimal personal belongings as a general habit more than something enforced

i have no idea if it's right or not ofc

these days that would be more or less right

back when they were overlords of the known worlds there would be plenty of swag

and there's still ROOM for swag

but it's mostly been sold off or lost or used to patch a broken component on a ship built around the time the Nina, Pinta, & Santa Maria were

and the surroundings are squalid and hobbesian

but yeah it's like someone set a Mad Max movie on an aircraft carrier built by a drunk

that's amazing