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peliginspeaks · 2 days ago

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Yeah I'm not done Veilsposting actually. Woops. Anyways, the longer I think about it, the more its bounty has a very clear class implication that goes along with Veils' desire to not so much have a rival, as have a victim who draws out the killing. 4 billion Echoes. Think about who would go for that. A bounty like that, a share big enough to fund your life many times over and ridiculous enough to be a warning in itself, is going to pull out the overconfident, the overly curious, and the desperate. The type of people baited into hunting Veils would end up being: 1. Rich hunters armed to the teeth looking for glory, 2. The odd curious Neathy newcomer who's about to get way in over their head, and 3. Anyone too desperate to turn down a chance at the money, even if they know the chance is low if anything.

The first kind it could be flashy about dismantling, and prideful in its ability to overcome a well-funded arsenal. The last two kinds of people will be afraid. Openly, miserably, viscerally afraid. It enjoys that. There's a reason it takes its good sweet time actually showing up to try and kill the PC in the late stages of BaL, even though it can travel through Parabola and definitely has the resources to just have them assassinated at a distance if it really came down to it. It wanted desperate people to come to it, and it wanted them to jump through the ridiculous side-quest hoops the Scarred Naturalist set out, and it wanted them to show up and be afraid, for its own entertainment. For a chance at prize money they never had a shot at getting.

What I'm saying is modern-day Veils would fund those humiliating game shows.

#peligin speaks #Bag a Legend #Hallowrove was the second type of person - their curiosity has always what gets them in Deep Shit for better or for worse #they came and were afraid but then they lived. which Veils found infuriating #and then they continued to live. And continued to act even though they were afraid #moving instead of cowering. being helped and gaining momentum.#doing nothing anyone else couldn't have done except that no one else DID do it and they did. they just kept going #I can just imagine Veils being furious #that this nobody would get this far instead of dying as fear fuel #but also the little spark of excitement that they did; that they'd be a longer meal than expected #because it was still so sure they would fall #anyways. I didn't expect to come away from this post with ''Veils would be Mr Be@st'' but here we are #I mean. he's just another Mr shdhds #okay but in seriousness the dynamic of making the poor do a song and dance for an amount of money that would save them if they ever got it #which they never will #is so gross and not something I'd ever thought of for BaL before but it's definitely there #the Khan of Silks is bored. die screaming for its sport or don't bother showing up

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