Tower of Voices: Second Run Voting Thread

Newest Chapter: Button Pressing

 

Ask Izzy about Dreg's role and how he trapped his mothers in the abyss. Also ask Maple if she would like to finally hunt Dreg down.

 

First of all, hi Maple, happy to see you! (I was hoping this was a Yulia button for the pathos she could use against Izzy but in terms of firepower this is probably as good for this floor.)
Realistically I think it would be best if we withdraw for now so Take and Malphiel can recover. We have an answer for how Goma and Isalia were trapped: The Deep was connected to this floor by an elevator, so Izzy just had to cut the rope. And I think we’ve gotten the info we need out of him. For now, I think we should withdraw, recover, take down Breaker, and then come back.

But I would like to leave Izzy with some parting words:
Izzy, your decision to exile Goma and Isalia without hurting them, as well as your discomfort with fucking the goblins, shows that on some level you still understand that they love and care about you. You’re lonely, you’re at an age where you want to find a relationship, and that wasn’t viable on this floor. But listening to Dreg and Malia won’t get you what you really want. They don’t care about you. Ash Meddai died before you were even born, and he didn’t care about anyone outside of whether he wanted to fuck them or not. He used his power to abuse and take advantage of the goblins. Malia doesn’t care about you, she just sees you as a means to go after the Chosen and also spite Yulia. Dreg doesn’t care about you, he only sees you as an obstacle he can use to block the path to the fairy’s floor. He may not have told you, but he was previously their king. For reasons he wants to keep secret, he does not want any Chosen to reach that floor, and he sees you as a way to prevent that from happening. None of them actually care about you. Viewing women as objects and slaves won’t make you happy. Take some time to think about what you really want, and who really cares about you. Because we’ll be back soon enough, and how this ends will be up to you.

 

Newest Chapter: A little downtime with the Iralians

 

Maple, and Sally too, great to see you both! Lemiel only said it would summon “an old friend” so I wasn’t 100% sure whether it’d be you guys or Yulia’s party but considered either option a win. Before my questions, here’s a few things from Take’s journey so far.
1. This is her fourth floor.
2. On the second floor, we ran into Malia disguised as Yulia and fell for her ruse. Of note, she didn’t know that Dahlia was now bound to Yulia.
3. On the third floor, we got involved in a battle between the Tower Above and Tower Below. Lemiel led the Tower Above’s forces and gave us the button.
4. Izzy has built up a misogynistic cult of some of the male elves living on this floor, enslaving the goblins. He cut the rope for the elevator connecting to The Deep while Gina and Isalia were down there. From what he’s said, he did this at the behest of Dreg and Malia. Dreg seems intent on never letting a Chosen reach the fairies’ floor, for reasons Maie can likely elaborate on.

Dreg and Malia’s involvement, and our desire to resolve this without killing Izzy, is why we called in your firepower now rather than saving it for a higher floor.

Now for my questions.
1. How’ve you two been doing personally? How much time has passed for you? Sally seems to have recovered a bit from… her ordeal. Happy for you queen.
2. What’s this program you have of leading teams to other floors? I knew Iralia couldn’t continue the same level of isolation it had before, but I’m surprised to see you all so involved. What’s the goal? How many of these buttons have you given out?
3. What do you think we should do about Izzy? I think he’s still at a point where he can back down and work to fix things, but I feel like he’s at the edge of a cliff. If he goes much further there’s no turning back. I suspect that rather than use magic to influence him, Dreg and Malia relied only on words to lead him down this path (their ability to magically influence him is likely limited by the Tower). But even this level of firepower wouldn’t be able to take on Dreg or Malia. With your help we can beat Izzy in a fight at least, but it’ll take more than that to set him in the right path.

 

It's a pleasure to meet you two again.
We'd like to talk Izzy down if it can be done, and possibly, if he appears trustworthy get him as companion.