The Hissing Lobster, Part 3
Eigengrau quietly listened as Vaust, Nalaea, and Elias explained the events of the past several minutes. When they finished, she realized she had a problem, and motioned for Vaust to come over to speak with her privately.
"Yes?" Vaust asked, his voice barely above a whisper.
"I am not able to properly articulate my thoughts about this as Death." Eigengrau stated plainly.
"You need to speak to them as time." Vaust stated, looking a bit concerned. "Well, I guess it's alright. Vordea's High Priest, his wife, and a Vordean cultist."
Eigengrau nodded, and rejoined the group along with Vaust.
"Well?" Elias asked.
"I will not speak with you. Time will speak with you." Eigengrau stated, as divine casting circles began to appear around her feet.
"Time?" Nalaea asked.
"You'll see." Vaust said, flashing a quick grin.
Eigengrau's body was covered in a glow in an instant, as the divine transmorgify began to take effect. Her hair lightened to bright red in an instant, growing in length until it reached her shoulders. Her height shrank and her build changed as she mantled Time, and became Sirene Ignitis.
"Helllllo darlings!" Eigengrau said, smiling broadly. "I'll say it straight away, I'm not Sirene. I just look like her."
"So you're time?" Nalaea asked.
"Kind of. So, you've met the Corpse King. The Last Admiral of the Last Fleet. The Ruler of Carcosa. Fleet Admiral Mira Frost. The real one and not a memory."
"It was a... disorienting experience." Elias said, thinking back to what felt like a drug induced hallucination.
"That's the price of Mira entering reality. Vaust, I don't like that you drew my symbol and she arrived." Eigengrau said, whirling around to look at Vaust.
"I think she was drawn here by me, to venture a guess." Nalaea said, twirling her hair. "She said she made a mistake and had to fix it, right?"
"Mira's got a quirk about her speech, Nala. She uses I to refer to both herself and Vordea." Eigengrau continued, walking back over to Nalaea and squatting in front of her chair, staring her in the eyes. "It's a good theory though. She actually did fix you, which uhhh, doesn't happen."
"What do you mean?" Elias asked.
"Mira doesn't help people." Eigengrau said, a grim look on her face. "So Vordea really did do a huge fuck up. No, we're not telling her."
"Why not?" Elias asked, raising an eyebrow.
"She'd kill Mabel." Eigengrau stated plainly. "She's proven to be dangerous, a conduit for the Corpse King to leak into reality from her dreamless sleep."
"Smart. I'd probably do the same." Mabel said, a serious look on her face. "So Eigengrau, what can you tell us about our little cultist? What did Mira do to her?"