Willa is unhappy that alter Willa needed a cookie.

Outside of that, five minutes isn't a lot of time for Keltham to get safely far away and back, so she's going to stay firmly in her shell, just in case. Even if it is, she isn't really feeling gregarious at the moment. She's letting the conversation about Sevar mostly flow over her.

What she wants to do is use mage hand to play with her quill; it's one of her favorite ways to destress. And she has nifty Arcane Sight now, so she could watch it be pretty. But doing that would probably draw attention that she doesn't want to deal with. It might not even be adequately shy. She'll have to stew without assistance instead.

Willa wants to be special, and she's made negative progress at that since getting on this project. She isn't especially good at the work (yet), she couldn't make clever statements even if she could think of any, and most of her superiors already dislike her. She feels frustrated, like she doesn't have the right tools to solve the problem. Alter Keltham who she could whine to about this problem would tell her to step outside of the solution space.

What's special about Willa? The Arcane Sight she was musing about reminds her of her sold soul; that isn't special, especially not in Cheliax, but someone having an option on her sold soul is. Is that useful somehow? She can't think of how, especially since all the other new hires are in the same boat, but it's a niggling idea all the same. Selling an option on a soul feels like it was definitely someone stepping outside of a solution space, but as far as she can tell it's not to her benefit. Hell owns her soul now; in all respects it should probably act as normal until and unless the option is executed?

What other especially unusual stuff has happened? People keep ominously mentioning the tropes, so they're probably something special, but without knowing anything else about what they are they aren't special in any useful way. Even the 2-4-6 'math looking back at you' angle doesn't help if you have no idea what you're trying to look at.

Willa is unhappy that alter Willa needed a cookie.

Outside of that, five minutes isn't a lot of time for Keltham to get safely far away and back, so she's going to stay firmly in her shell, just in case. Even if it is, she isn't really feeling gregarious at the moment. She'll let the conversation about Sevar mostly flow over her.

What she wants to do is use mage hand to play with her quill; it's one of her favorite ways to destress. And she has nifty Arcane Sight now, so she could watch it be pretty. But doing that would probably draw attention that she doesn't want to deal with. It might not even be adequately shy. She'll have to stew without assistance instead.

Willa wants to be special, and she's made negative progress at that since getting on this project. She isn't especially good at the work (yet), she couldn't make clever statements even if she could think of any, and most of her superiors already dislike her. She feels frustrated, like she doesn't have the right tools to solve the problem. Alter Keltham who she could whine to about this problem would tell her to step outside of the solution space.

What's special about Willa? The Arcane Sight she was musing about reminds her of her sold soul; that isn't special, especially not in Cheliax, but someone having an option on her sold soul is. Is that useful somehow? She can't think of how, especially since all the other new hires are in the same boat, but it's a niggling idea all the same. Selling an option on a soul feels like it was definitely someone stepping outside of a solution space, but as far as she can tell it's not to her benefit. Hell owns her soul now; in all respects it should probably act as normal until and unless the option is executed?

What other especially unusual stuff has happened? People keep ominously mentioning the tropes, so they're probably something special, but without knowing anything else about what they are they aren't special in any useful way. Even the 2-4-6 'math looking back at you' angle doesn't help if you have no idea what you're trying to look at.

Willa is unhappy that alter Willa needed a cookie.

Outside of that, five minutes isn't a lot of time for Keltham to get safely far away and back, so she's going to stay firmly in her shell, just in case. Even if it is, she isn't really feeling gregarious at the moment. She'll let the conversation about Sevar mostly flow over her.

What she wants to do is use mage hand to play with her quill; it's one of her favorite ways to destress. And she has nifty Arcane Sight now, so she could watch it be pretty. But doing that would probably draw attention that she doesn't want to deal with. It might not even be adequately shy. She'll have to stew without assistance instead.

Willa wants to be special, and she's made negative progress at that since getting on this project. She isn't especially good at the work (yet), she couldn't make clever statements even if she could think of any, and most of her superiors already dislike her. She feels frustrated, like she doesn't have the right tools to solve the problem. Alter Keltham who she could whine to about this problem would tell her to step outside of the solution space.

What's special about Willa? The Arcane Sight she was musing about reminds her of her sold soul; that isn't special, especially not in Cheliax, but someone having an option on her sold soul is. Is that useful somehow? She can't think of how, especially since all the other new hires are in the same boat, but it's a persistent idea all the same. Selling an option on a soul feels like it was definitely someone stepping outside of a solution space, but as far as she can tell it's not to her benefit. Hell owns her soul now; in all respects it should probably act as normal until and unless the option is executed?

What other especially unusual stuff has happened? People keep ominously mentioning the tropes, so they're probably something special, but without knowing anything else about what they are they aren't special in any useful way. Even the 2-4-6 'math looking back at you' angle doesn't help if you have no idea what you're trying to look at.

Willa is unhappy that alter Willa needed a cookie.

Outside of that, five minutes isn't a lot of time for Keltham to get safely far away and back, so she's going to stay firmly in her shell, just in case. Even if it is, she isn't really feeling gregarious at the moment. She'll let the conversation about Sevar mostly flow over her.

What she wants to do is use mage hand to play with her quill; it's one of her favorite ways to destress (and won't it be pretty to watch once she gets that Arcane Sight.) But doing that would probably draw attention that she doesn't want to deal with. It might not even be adequately shy. She'll have to stew without assistance instead.

Willa wants to be special, and she's made negative progress at that since getting on this project. She isn't especially good at the work (yet), she couldn't make clever statements even if she could think of any, and most of her superiors already dislike her. She feels frustrated, like she doesn't have the right tools to solve the problem. Alter Keltham who she could whine to about this problem would tell her to step outside of the solution space.

What's special about Willa? If she gets hired, she's going to be selling her soul; that isn't special, especially not in Cheliax, but also selling an option on her sold soul is. Is it useful somehow? She can't think of how, especially since all the other new hires will be in the same boat, but it's a persistent idea all the same. Selling an option on a soul feels like it was definitely someone stepping outside of a solution space, but as far as she can tell it's not to her benefit. Hell is going to own her soul; in all respects it should probably act as normal until and unless the option is executed?

What other especially unusual stuff has happened? People keep ominously mentioning the tropes, so they're probably something special, but without knowing anything else about what they are they aren't special in any useful way. Even the 2-4-6 'math looking back at you' angle doesn't help if you have no idea what you're trying to look at.