Dismas vast error

Dismas Mersiv
I don’t c/re if I’m import/nt, I just w/nt to sur/i/e///
Introduction Page First Appearance
AKA	Cowboy, Edgy, Phossy Jaw
Title	Rogue of Mind
Age	8 Repitonian Solar Sweeps
Gender Identity	Trans Male (He/Him)
Status	Alive
Screen Name	gigantisDebilitation
Typing Style	Replaces A’s with «/», replaces V’s with «/», and suffixes every message with «///».
Strife Specibi	2xdaggerkind
Relations	The Fomenter — Ancestor Jentha Briati — Moirail Murrit Turkin — Kismesis (Physically coupled.)
Planet	Land of Labyrinth and Surge
Music	Bias ♫ Radioactive Ore ♫ You’d Do It For Randolph Scott ♫ Scarred For Life ♫ Survival ♫ Refutation ♫ Dismas’s Theme (Beta) ♫ Rootin’ Tootin’ (UF) ♫ Lacedaemonia ♫
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Chatlogs Dismas: Answer UK. ======> Arcjec: Open Memo Ellsee: Open memo. ======> Albion: Connect to Dismas. ======> Dismas: Panic for like the fifth time tonight. Arcjec: Open new memo. Sova: Continue reading. Sova: Disregard that. Lurk in the new memo instead. Dismas: Answer you know who.

Dismas Mersiv, also known by his Skorpe handle gigantisDebilitation, is one of the trolls in Vast Error. His associated alchemic sigil is Phosphorus, and he is a deconstruction of the «edgy» fantroll archetype.^[1]

His survival ability is a pseudo-healing factor, which speeds up his body’s natural healing process but does not lessen any resulting scarring.

He was the fourth troll introduced and the fifth troll to enter the game.

Etymology

Dismas shares a name with Saint Dismas, the «Penitent Thief» or «Good Thief», possibly as a nod to his player class. According to the Christian tradition, Saint Dismas was one of the two criminals who died on crosses next to Jesus during the latter’s crucifixion.

The name Dismas is also derived from Greek δυσμή (dysme), meaning «sunset».

Biography

Early life

As stated by Glomer during Snowbound Blood: Volume Nine, Dismas was taken captive by a Skulltitan while still in school. He was four passes old at the time, «graduating» early. Since that moment, he was forced to look after his new lusus, mining irradiated ores from the canyon where his hive is located and eventually building up a resistance to the hazardous material.

Later, Dismas reunites with Murrit Turkin through an online game of poker in which he bet and lost his «soul», coming to work for the seadweller as a personal hitman in the process. During this time, he helped them take back the pieces of the Frog Temple they had sold, as Murrit needed them back in order to fulfill their deal with White Noise. The two became kismeses over the course of their relationship.

Also during that time, Murrit found Jentha Briati through unknown circumstances, leading Dismas to her under the guise of a hit. Dismas refused to end her life, and eventually the two found solace in each other, entering a moirallegiance.

Act 1

Dismas is first introduced inside his respiteblock. He is soon messaged by Murrit, who urges him to go outside in order to help her with her plans to save their friends from planetary annihilation and bring about The Game. Despite his concerns about dealing with his lusus, Dismas begrudgingly complies.

After leaving his hive, Dismas finds one of Murrit’s remote surveillance boobdrones waiting for him. Controlled by Murrit, the boobdrone points toward the sky and draws his attention to an incoming meteor, proof that their world-ending claims are true. Moments later, Dismas’ angered lusus finds him. He braces for a confrontation.

Later, Dismas receives a message from Albion Shukra while hiding from the Skulltitan inside a cave. Unaware that she is being possessed by her long-dead ancestor, he has a brief conversation with Cyprim Shukra, who warns him not to «lend credence to the man who spins his words like yarn» and tells him to stop the «limeblooded vessel to his heart». Both statements leave Dismas deeply confused and concerned for his friend.

During the events of [S] Arcjec: Enter. , Dismas is shown fighting his lusus. He is knocked off cliff and then shot with a laser-like blast from the Skulltitan’s mouth, losing his bandana in the process and hurtling toward a nearby waterfall.

Act 2

Some time later, Dismas wakes up at the bottom of the canyon, alive but heavily injured. He’s approached by the same boobdrone from earlier and lets Murrit know that he’s out of commission, on account of a newly-broken arm. They get into an argument about Murrit’s previous actions putting Dismas’ in harm’s way, all for one of their fun little exploit/tion numbers, but the couple dances around an actual apology. In an effort to make Dismas feel better and get him to move on, Murrit brings his moirail, Jentha, into the call.

After Dismas reassures Jentha about his condition, downplaying his injuries, Murrit states that he’s ready for Dismas to act as his server player. Dismas and Jentha are outraged at the suggestion, both due to Dismas’ condition and Murrit being entirely at fault for it, but the seadweller manages to talk Dismas into listening to him: he tells them that he’s hatched a plan to get Dismas back to his hive using an ore-powered minecart by the nearby rails.

Jentha and Dismas are skeptical, but Dismas concedes, due to both a lack of options and Murrit’s reassurances that things are >([under control]. Dismas is then deposited into the cart and proceeds to MELT TRACK, boobdrone in tow.

During [S] Engage. , Dismas is shown almost falling to his death as he’s forced to jump from the minecart in order to avoid a pile of rocks on its path. Murrit manages to catch him with the boobdrone, safely throwing him inside his hive through a window. She then pushes him down through the ladder that leads into his respiteblock, where Dismas finally manages to help her with her entry.

At some point after Murrit’s entry into the Game, Albion messages Dismas in order to assist him. Dismas inquires after her strange behavior from before, a subject she tries to deflect much to his chagrin. She concedes on talking about it later on the promise that he’ll let her call him «cowboy», an old childhood nickname, again.

The two friends spend some time working together to figure out his entry codes, without much success. In the midst of an angry tirade, Dismas is visited by Weird Al, who enters his hive through a strange portal. Weird Al then tears a hole through Space, uncovering Dismas’ entry codes for him. Seemingly taking over his entry process, Al continues to assist Dismas with the help of a few wispy black creatures.

As the homunculi build Dismas’ entry gate, his paragon repository trial activates, binding him and simultaneously taking control of his lusus. Before he has a chance to act, however, Al kills the skulltitan with alchemy, releasing Dismas’ denizen and activating his gate. A fuming Dismas is then kicked inside his gate and into the Medium.

During the events of [S] Ellsee: Enter. , Dismas is shown landing on his welcome platform and arguing with his denizen, Forcas.

Act 3 Act 1

Dismas is a part of the memo Arcjec makes after the group’s entries into the Medium. He catches up with the other players, as they discuss the events of the past day and their progress through the Game so far, explaining the situation with his lusus and showing frustration at his dungeon crawler-like planet.

Some time later, he is shown fighting boss monsters on his planet, killing them with ease. He then comes across Granite, who offers him a healing potion for his broken arm. When Dismas questions how he’s supposed to drink it, Granite cheekily suggests taking off his bandana. Dismas angrily drinks it anyway, unaware of how hot the liquid is, causing him to breathe fire and burn off the bandana anyway. He quickly shoves the bottle back in his mouth to cover up his facial scar. The bone heals as promised, and Granite activates the floor beneath them, elevating them both to the next layer of the labyrinth.

Dismas, much to his annoyance, then receives a message from Murrit. A brief conversation is shown between them in which Murrit asks Dismas for an example of a paradox.

Personality and traits

Dismas is defined by a constant struggle to overcome his difficult circumstances. Having been raised by a volatile and aggressive skulltitan lusus, he was forced to endure horrible physical tolls and fend for himself from a very young age. Before the Game, Dismas was driven by his goal to escape his abusive home and kill his lusus, a dedication he shows through time spent studying ancient footage of skulltitans and the methods of their defeat.

He also seems prone to overestimating his abilities, to the point where he often does more harm than good to himself. Dismas tries to present a façade of being capable and tough, but has a tendency to freeze whenever it comes to making riskier decisions, a fact he is painfully aware of. His gentler, more nurturing side is on display whenever he interacts with those he cares about, namely Albion and Jentha. Although he remains curt and a bit «prickly», it’s clear that he is an understanding and honest friend. In contrast, Murrit seems to bring out his thornier side, intentionally flaring his temper and causing him to lash out in frustration.

Dismas is very self conscious about his appearance, particularly his facial scars which have disfigured the left side of his mouth. He tends to cover himself up with multiple layers of clothing in order to hide this scarring.

Relationships

Murrit Turkin

Murrit and Dismas have known each other since childhood, and have been in a kismessitude for at least two sweeps, sharing a mutually antagonistic relationship. Murrit appears to have a tough-love stance toward Dismas, often «helping» him in roundabout, frustrating ways meant to prod him into action. Dismas is vocally disapproving of Murrit’s more aggravating stunts, but tends to go along with them most of the time. He is particularly frustrated by Murrit’s avoidance of honest communication, being much more inclined to talk things out without resorting to the usual rival-like theatrics. There is, however, an implicit bond of trust between the two, which is a testament to their partnership of many sweeps.

Dismas seems to hint at a more recent strain in their relationship, which is aggravated by Murrit’s aforementioned typical avoidance of direct communication.

Jentha Briati

Dismas and Jentha are childhood friends, and are in a moirallegiance. Despite being anxiety-ridden and constantly struggling to get her thoughts into words, Jentha is much calmer when in Dismas’ presence, and he’s very good at intuitively understanding her feelings. He also provides for Jentha’s material needs, as her anxiety has stopped her from being able to find a source of income on her own. The two are shown to be very in tune with one another.

Albion Shukra

Albion and Dismas are longtime childhood friends. Dismas was notably concerned about Albion’s behavior during her brief possession stint, only relaxing when Murrit assured him that she was fine through his surveillance feeds. The two share an easy rapport, frequently teasing each other but still showing a lot trust and personal insight into the other’s emotional states. They used to go by «star child» and «cowboy» when they were younger.

Trivia

• Dismas’ chat handle, gigantisDebilitation, means «Godzilla’s weakness» or «weakening Godzilla», with «gigantis» being a reference to the original international title of the second Godzilla movie: Gigantis: The Fire Monster, and «debilitation» meaning «to weaken», a reference to Dismas’ desire to eliminate his lusus.
• Dismas’ distinctive facial scars appear to be a reference to «phossy jaw», an occupational disease to those who work with phosphorus without proper safety equipment.
  • Murrit has specifically called Dismas «phossy jaw» in reference to that condition.
  • Notably, this coincides with Dismas’ alchemic sigil, phosphorous.

• In Snowbound Blood: Volume Nine, it was confirmed that Dismas is a trans man.^[2]
• Being a Derse dreamer, a bronzeblood and a Hero of Mind, Dismas’ would-be extended zodiac sign is Taurza, Sign of the Revealer.
• Dismas runs a Filler account under the username irradiated.

Gallery

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  Young Dismas

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  Dismas pre-game

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  Dismas in-game

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  Dismas’s Filler account

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  4 pass old Dismas

References

v·d·e Vast Error Characters
Trolls	Page of Heart Rogue of Mind Bard of Breath Heir of Light Sova Amalie Dismas Mersiv Arcjec Voorat Jentha Briati sanguineAllegory [SA] gigantisDebilitation [GD] animatedHumorist [AH] furbishFacilitated [FF] Mage of Life Seer of Hope Witch of Doom Knight of Space Ellsee Raines Albion Shukra Serpaz Helilo Laivan Ferroo existereOracle [EO] demiurgeQuantified [DQ] pliableDecadence [PD] windlessArtificer [WA] Prince of Blood Sylph of Rage Thief of Time Maid of Void Occeus Coliad Taz Poemme Murrit Turkin Calder Kerian macabreExude [ME] perniciousOverkill [PO] unclaspedKahuna [UK] grandioseSaturation [GS]
Sestro Enthal Hamifi Hekrix Racren Innali Turnin Kaikai
Edolon Vryche Seinru Narako Pozzol Broyer Talald Hieron
Weird Al
Denizens	Jegudial Forcas Zehanpuryu Af Lilith Bathkol Sorush Haniel Wormwood Azbogah Gusion Procel
Carapacians	♠ Scathing Sharper ♦ Defrauding Dealer ♥ Hustle Bones ♣ Charmed Defalcator Exonerated Executor
Other	Ancestors · Lusus · Rogi Consorts ♠♦ The Dead Shufflers ♥♣ White Noise · Mimesis · Kheparia · Gaiaeon Minor Characters

v·d·e Trolls
Redbloods	Yeshin Laevis Cinare Montor Valtel Gurtea The Annalist
Sova Amalie Racren Innali Cepros Xirong Nocent Bystan
Bronzebloods	Talald Hieron The Fomenter Dismas Mersiv Garnie
Rodere Husske Mayzee Degner Veibod
Yellowbloods	Mshiri Libeta Vyr Sturra Vellia
Mosura Briati (The Supernova) Jentha Briati Lipsen Fluxum
Hayyan Refero Sabine Berare Notrel Evantt
Greenbloods	Sirage Feltri Mekris Cyprim Shukra (The Exemplar) Albion Shukra
Pascal Linole Pomace Aumtzi Maught Raurou Dersal
Jadebloods	Gerbat Batrav Glomer Hicner Cepora Hamifi Hekrix
Tealbloods	Turnin Kaikai Serpaz Helilo Arcamu Iopara
Secily Iopara Crytum Lydian Aislin Cadlys Rankor
Bluebloods	Bytcon Krypto The Jagerman Laivan Ferroo
Necron Exmort Iderra
Indigobloods	Divino Nikola Rypite Koldan
Occeus Coliad Dexous
Purplebloods	Cretas Mglina Gingou Disone Nezrui Rigida Keiksi Ezlilu
Seinru Narako Fortmistress Deadlock Tazsia Poemme Endari Vernir
Clarud Enthal (The Executive) Sestro Enthal Vilcus Cendum
Edolon Vryche Pozzol Broyer Neilna Uldiaz
Violetbloods	Caesar Consceleratus Persolus Calder Kerian
Oricka Rourst Acerigger Switchem Murrit Turkin
Fuchsiabloods
Special / Unknown	Thesal Voorat (The Unknown/The Forgiven) Arcjec Voorat Zekura Raines (The Vivifier)
Ellsee Raines Ahlina Robiad Weird Al

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    Sovara Amalie 

(Encases her words in stage direction parantheses.)

(types in italics.)

(Uses proper punctuation in lower case.)

(Types in names such as ALBION in all caps.)

(Ocassionally uses owl emoticons u^u and ovo.)

    Dismas Mersiv 

He repl/ces the letter / and the letter / with sl/shes///

 /nd ends sentences with three sl/shes th/t resemble his sc/rs///

    Arcjec Voorat 

XDXD Types with perfect grammar and punctuation. XDXD 

XDXD Places XDXD at the beginning and end of his sentences. XDXD

    Jentha Briati 

Tends to s stutter a bit on k key words

Stutter i i increases the m m m more a anxious s s she is

    Ellsee Raines 

SpΣaks with thΣ tonguΣ of thΣ vivifiΣr. Replaces 'e' with 'Σ'

All punctuation is upsidΣ down¡¡

    Albion Shukra 

*types*by*putting**'s*between*her*words*.

    Serpaz Helilo 

All of her words are in the comic sans font which is described as a "funny inflection" in her voice.

    Laivan Ferroo 

Splits and ends his sentences with a dash- so it allows him to breathe-

It differs when its a new sentence- He capitalizes the first word-

    Occeus Coliad 

    Tazsia ‘Taz’ Poemme 

~She begins and ends her sen+ences wi+h a +ilde and replaces +'s wi+h plus signs~

~She also CAPI+ALIZES words some+imes for emphasis~

    Murrit Turkin 

>([places an old television around every sentence]

>([replaces 'h' with # to represent television static]

>([doesn't use capital letters])

>([uses memes, slang, references, insults and nicknames on the reg, ya dig?])

    Calder Kerian 

He does not use a typing quirk of any sort because he sees it as silly and useless.

Ancestors

     The Annalist 

     The Unknown/The Forgiven 

     The Vivifier 

     The Exemplar 

     The Jagerman 

     Acerigger Switchem 

     Caesar Consceleratus Persolus 

Other Characters

    White Noise 

     Weird Al 

     Edolon 

     Sestro 

     Hamifi 

     Rogi 

     The Dead Shufflers 

Laivan ferro vast error

Your name is LAIVAN FERROO.

You were born with a RARE AND QUITE SEVERE LUNG CONDITION, due to a mishap in your REDUPLICATION PROCESS — your lungs are a few sizes TOO SMALL, which makes it hard for you to string long sentences together or partake in any sort of intense physical activity.

ACUTE LACK OF BREATH is a very serious issue to you.

Not that this stops you from giving those ventures a shot regardless. In fact, you spend a majority of your time hunting BIG GAME with your trusty custodian, MUTT. You like to think of yourself as quite the SHARPSHOOTER, when it comes down to it — if not in terms of raw gun-toting skills, then at least in the total positive net-worth of your firing attempts.

Which is to say, you’ve had a number of HORRIBLE ACCIDENTS involving your RIFLE and stray BULLETS, but one of those incidents ended up changing your life for the better — significantly so, considering it led to you meeting a very SPECIAL SOMEONE, and you’re both far happier for it. Or so her preferred method of framing the situation goes.

You also enjoy performing TAXIDERMY on the animals you take home, turning them into STATUES, TROPHIES and ASSORTED KNICK KNACKS which you then SELL ONLINE FOR A LIVING. You’re not sure why anyone is interested in buying the stuff you make — it’s all just for fun — but hey, you’re not going to say no to financial compensation. Especially when you’re always running out of glue.

Oh, and you’re pretty avidly into KNOT TYING, you guess. Just as a fun pastime. You’re TERRIBLY BAD AT IT and just end up leaving a majority of the tangles you make lying in the corner over there.

Other than that, you enjoy GAMING with your friends. You’re personally more into the classic titles than any of the fancy new releases that have been consistently pumped out in recent sweeps — call you old school, but the notion of a virtual simulation WARPING REALITY AROUND YOU kind of freaks you out a little. As such, even though you DID rank at the top of the leaderboards in a game of this nature with an OLD FRIEND, the aging ANTHROPORMUNICIPALITY remains a big guilty pleasure of yours to this day.

The message it tries to hammer into everyone’s skulls doesn’t really stick the landing when it’s coupled with a polygonal mess of multicolored, vaguely lusii-like player avatars glitching all over the place.

And that’s exactly why you love it so much. The hamfisted, poor presentation has a certain lo-fi charm to it, you think.

Your trolltag is windlessArtificer and you Speak in a measured way that lets you breathe- when it’s needed-

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Vast Error: Act 1

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This young troll stands in his respiteblock. It just so happens that today, the 22nd bi-lunar perigee of the 3rd dark season’s equinox, is the day of this indicated troll’s larval awakening, also known as his wriggling day. A night that stands out in infamy among the rest of the litter, mainly just because of the fact that it really doesn’t need to exist.

The first act of Vast Error is titled Slow, Yet Infinite. The act is an introduction to half of the main twelve trolls with a primary focus on Arcjec Voorat. It begins the world building of the planet Repiton, while setting up the idea of what major actions are needed to enter The Game and what importance the cast will hold in the future.

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• The first troll is introduced as Arcjec Voorat and goes with the troll tag animatedHumorist.
• Someone threw a rock on Arcjec’s respiteblock, presumably trying to get his attention.
• Arcjec investigates the sound and panics after he didn’t see anything or anyone suspicious on the outside of his respiteblock.
• Arcjec tries to hide under his desk when he suddenly gets a message from WA.
• Skorpe, a major means of communication Vast Error, is introduced. Arcjec’s friends are seen in his contact list as it follows: sanguineAllegory, gigantisDebilitation, furbishFacilitated, existereOracle, demiugreQuantified, pliableDecadence, windlessArtificer, macabreExude, perniciousOverkill, unclapsedKahuna and grandioseSaturation.
• WA messages Arcjecs and asked him for two things: if he wanted to join Anthromunicipality with him and UK and if he has any spare glue. Arcjec declines the offer and tells him that he doesn’t have any glue.
• Arcjec investigates the surroundings when he suddenly fell out of the window and wallows in a pool of mud. The perspective tries to change to WA, but is busy as of the moment.
• The perspective changes to PO, introduced as Taz. Just Taz.
• Taz is suddenly messaged by UK and explains to her about the Game and wanting all of his friends including her ,to play with. UK also explains that to play the game, she has to contact Arcjec, which she refuses and then ceases messaging UK.
• Taz investigates the sound coming from the outside of her hive and sees that her lusus had killed a troll and is impaled on stalactite peaking out of the ocean neighboring the hive.
• Arcjec wakes up from his dream with another drawing in his hand
• The perspective switches to DQ, introduced as Albion Shukra.
• Albion suddenly gets a message from her moirail, which happens to be Taz. She opens her Spirograph Modus, retrieved her Astral Projector and activates it using her spirit powers. It can also electronically access The Cell.
• She activates the Skorpe and answers Taz, who was explaining about her previous conversations with UK. Albion tells her she doesn’t have an idea about it and instead mentions that she has big plans today.
• Albion tells her that she’ll be the one to save her and her friends and that the world is ending, which Taz accepts. She then ends the conversation and calls out to her lusus, ready to merge with it.
• The Star Guardian, Albion’s lusus, tells her that their planet was meant for destruction and not for salvation.
• The perspective changes to GD, who is introduced as Dismas Mersiv.
• Dismas receives a message from his «partner-in-crime», which happens to be UK, who tells him to need to go outside and tonight was important as UK tries to save his friends from an impending doom and bring the Game into light.
• Dismas encounters one of UK’s remote surveillance robots, Boobdrone, and is underwhelmed by it.
• Dismas still doesn’t believe in UK until he points out to the sky, a falling meteor heading to the planet.
• The perspective switches back to Albion for a moment before switching back to Dismas, who looks up to his lusus who had recently escaped as he prepares to attack.
• UK is introduced as Murrit Turkin.
• Murrit fondly regards of his past self.
• The narrator vaguely mentions the concept of Quadrants, which depicts four types of romance with their own symbol as it follows:
  • Matespritships/Flushed Quadrant ( )
  • Moirallegiances/Pale Quadrant ( <> )
  • Kismesissitudes/Caliginous Quadrant ( )
  • Auspisticisms/Ashen Quadrant ( c3 )

The shiloutte of The Vivifier and The Unknown/The Forgiven appears.

• Murrit checks back on Dismas, who was apparently still attacking his lusus and briefly checks on ME.
• Murrit receives a message from WA and GS. He answers WA first, conversing about the coming events of the night.
• Murrit answers GS next, which is about the night’s event but with a terse and unpleasant tone on it.
• The narrative switches to the Dream Self of WA (referred as «The Blue Dog», who’s doing a round of delivering news in Prospit, one of the two kingdoms in the Incipisphere. It also vaguely explains the history of the two kingdoms: Prospit and Derse.
• WA decides to visit the Dream Self of Arcjec.
• Before WA exits the premises, the perspective changes to an unknown location and a new character appears.
• WA and the new character discusses about the purpose of the Game and its existence. The new character hands him the medallion with the Green Sun on it.
• WA finds himself unable to breath and the new character uses his abilities to send him away. The television switches to the sleeping figure of WA.
• WA is introduced as Laivan Ferroo and retrieves the Green Sun on his desk.
• Laivan receives a message from PD and discusses Murrit’s plan for the night, which also happened to be their anniversary.
• Albion reaches out to Laivan, who’s unfortunately away from his computer.
• Albion receives a message from SA.
• Albion is then thrust back into her vision with her lusus and demands an explanation.
• An unknown person possessed Albion’s body and messages Dismas, who apparently retreated in a nearby hideaway by the waterfall and wasn’t aware of Albion being possessed.
• The unknown person warns Dismas to not «follow credence of the man who spins words like yarn» and to stop «the limeblooded vessel to his heart», leaving Dismas deeply confused and concerned for his friend.
• The perspective switches back to Murrit, who ventures to the Frog Temple and appears to be bloodied as a result of the traps he set beforehand.
• Murrit approaches the temple’s time capsule flower and waits for it to open
• Murrit receives a message from Laivan, who’s concerned for Albion after receiving a panicked messages from her.
• The flower opens and in a burst of light, twelve rays shoot off in a variety of directions and towards everyone’s computers, forcefully installing the game in the process.
• Taz angrily messages Murrit, saying that he tampered with her computer, which he quickly denies.
• Taz tries to figure out the game mechanics when she sees Arcjec who’s passed out on the floor covered in crumpled up parchment. She decides to message him.
• Arcjec wakes up and sees the game’s cursor, which drags him to his computer.
• Arcjec inspects the game mechanics and opens Skorpe
• Arcjec opens Taz’s messages and begins bickering with her, whilst opening Murrit’s memo.
• He dismisses the memo and Taz forces him to look out his window and look at the meteor hurtling towards his hive.
• Arcjec begrudgingly agrees to work with Taz and the two of them begin working to unravel the secrets of The Game.
• Arcjec realizes the symbols he has been writing in his sleep since he was young are connected to the game and begins inputting them.
• The television, still on Arcjec’s perspective, suddenly glitches as the unknown narrator speaks up.
• The glitching stops, as Arcjec and Taz inputs their own set of codes in the game window.
• Arcjec prints out the numeric codes.
• Arcjec grabs his scythe and allocates it as his strife specibus. He too then takes the book on top of his thermal hull and captchalogues it in his Replica Modus.
• Arcjec and Taz bickers once again and this time, it’s about their past.
• The narrator vaguely states the fate of the twelve main trolls.
• The end of Act 1 encompasses a flash animation.

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Laivan Ferroo

Knight of Space

Does not use periods, suffixes every message with «-«.

Laivan Ferroo, also known by his Skorpe handle, windlessArtificer , is one of the trolls in Vast Error. His associated alchemic sigil is Zinc and his horns resemble dog ears. He is a deconstruction of the «furry» and «unoriginal» fantroll archetypes.

He was the sixth troll introduced and the final troll properly introduced in Act 1. As a Space player, he is one of the two players meant to usher The Game to its players along with the session’s Time player.

He was the third troll to enter the game.

Contents

Biography

Six Sweeps

Laivan used to play SBVRPRPG tournament games with Calder and Arcjec, and they all used to be good friends. This stopped after Arcjec started to become more depressed and distant.

At some point, Laivan met and accidentally shot Serpaz in the leg during a hunting trip. This encounter would leave Serpaz permanently disabled and reliant on a leg brace, but would also lead the two to form a strong matespritship.

It was around this time that Laivan met and made a deal with White Noise with the condition that he will return at a later date and fulfill an obligation for him. Upon making this deal, Laivan awoke on the moon of Prospit and became a well-recognized figure on the moon. Eventually spending his nights getting newspapers to give to Arcjec upon his awakening so he isn’t left in the dark about the dream planet.

Pre-Game

On the night of the game, Laivan spends much of his time goofing around and playing Anthropormuncipality with Murrit. He messages Arcjec, asking him if he wants to join in as well, which Arcjec declines. During their game, Murrit wanders off to mess with Dismas and prepare him for the coming night, before going off to the Frog Temple next to his hive to observe the Nightshade within it. Before he leaves, Murrit makes a memo regarding the game and includes everyone (except Ellsee) in it.

Meanwhile, Laivan takes a nap, waking up on Prospit, as he’s done ever since he made a contract with White Noise. He visits Arcjec, who has yet to wake up. He delivers another Prospitian newspaper to Arcjec’s dreamself, in hopes that once he wakes up, he can easily be caught up on being a Prospit dreamer. Laivan quietly wishes that Arcjec had woken up sooner, wondering if he might have been a happier person if he did. As he gives a reassuring pap to Arcjec’s dreamself, the dreamself glitches out briefly, momentarily turning into his younger, less-depressed self. Laivan is freaked out by this.

He is then intercepted by White Noise and taken into The Static. The two speak for a time and reflect on the purpose of the game and its existence, and how the trolls are destined to play it but are ultimately destined to fail to meet its purpose. Noise notes that their destined failure does not necessarily mean they will be faced with inevitable defeat. They also reflect on why Laivan took Noise’s deal, with Laivan simply stating that the deal would give him a purpose. White Noise then gives Laivan the essence of his soul: a medallion with the Green Sun contained within, telling him that he must return it to its source for the sake of the perpetuation of reality. As Laivan puts on the Green Sun medallion, he finds himself unable to breathe, and White Noise uses his abilities to send Laivan away.

Laivan is then awoken by his dog lusus: Mutt. After making sure he still has the medallion, he answers a message from his matesprit: Serpaz Helilo. The two lovers discuss Murrit’s plans for the night and the fact that it happened to be their anniversary. Serpaz light-heartedly brings up how she and Laivan first met when he accidentally shot her in the leg and left her with a permanent handicap, which makes Laivan visibly uncomfortable, despite Serpaz not being mad about the accident anymore. When the conversation ends, Laivan goes to find some glue to fix his dog’s toy. As he is away from his desk, he receives a set of panicked messages from Albion, who had recently learned a distressing truth from her lusus.

When Laivan returns, he is unable to get a hold of Albion, and messages Murrit instead, voicing his concern for Albion’s well-being and letting Murrit know he met with White Noise. After the Nightshade opens, which leads to the installation of The Game on everyone’s computers. Laivan and Murrit play more Anthropomunicipality in celebration and do a fake high five.

After Arcjec enters the game, Laivan is seen helping Taz with her entry. The two struggled to find Taz’s code set of codes while Laivan continues to play more Anthropomunicipality with Murrit, which infuriates Taz. The two are abruptly pulled into a memo made by Ellsee, who wishes to share her own knowledge of the game in response to being excluded from Murrit’s. Laivan is grateful for the prospect of help, but Taz behaves incredulously when she sees that Laivan wasting time with banter. When Taz leaves the memo in a huff, he chides her for burning bridges when they could have used the help. Suddenly, when Taz’s back is turned, Taz’s lusus succumbs to her natural instincts and jumps into the black ocean depths that neighbor Taz’s hive. The large mink monster is very swiftly eaten alive by the deadly fauna below, and its blood reveals the location of Taz’s code: in the rocks at the edge of the cliff, hidden by the murky black water. As Taz goes into a grief-driven rage, Laivan asks if Taz is okay, and Taz makes it clear that she does not want to talk about it and that they should move on.

Taz and Laivan make quick work of the entry process, and when it comes time for Taz to unleash her denizen, she has Laivan to put the rusted and locked cage, her Paragon Repository, in her Torture Fort so that she can go against it on her own terms. Despite trying everything in her power to destroy the cage, as it has a lock with no key, she is forced to ask Laivan for help to fetch her Ferocity Weaver which she left outside in the rush. Laivan obliges and gives it to her, and Taz uses it to channel the full power of her rage and chucklevoodoo to destroy the cage and unleash her denizen. The release of her frustrations on the cage calms Taz back down in the process. The denizen quickly enters the portal and Taz follows suit.

After Taz’s entry, Laivan begins preparing for his own, with Murrit as his server player. Laivan questions why Murrit left Ellsee’s memo, clearly upset about how poorly she is treated. Murrit doesn’t provide an answer, only telling Laivan that he has his reasons and he should trust him. Murrit then begins the entry process.

During the game

After Laivan entered The Game, he spoke to the denizen of Space, Haniel, about his life and asked Haniel about whether or not they know about White Noise. After the conversation, the Land of Construct and Deluge was formed as Haniel prompts Laivan to follow them. As they explore the planet, they came across a temple wherein The Cauldron was located and Haniel vaguely explained its true purpose to the Game.

Personality and traits

Laivan is a passive but sociable troll who seems to get along with just about anyone. He is generally very laid back and is somewhat easily distracted. Among Laivan’s interests are sharpshooting, taxidermy, playing video games and dogs. If trolls had a concept of furries, Laivan would be one, due to his love and frequent association with dog-like creatures. This further established by his love of drawing original characters based on dogs, he has two as far as we know; one named Figment and one named Abel.

Having a severe lung condition after a malfunction in his artificial birthing process, Laivan’s capabilities and choices with what he does in life are inherently limited. However, this doesn’t appear to bother him much and makes due with the help of his friends and his beloved dog-lusus, Mutt.

At some point in his youth, Laivan made a deal with White Noise to fulfill some sort of obligation related to the perpetuation of reality. In matters related to these obligations, Laivan tends to take things much more seriously but also gets somewhat impatient. In his conversation with White Noise, Laivan admits that he doesn’t really know what he wants out of life and that he largely took White Noise’s deal out of a desire for purpose. In the same conversation, Noise characterizes Laivan as pragmatic, caring and constantly listless.

Relationships

Serpaz Helilo

Laivan and Serpaz are matesprits and appear to be as close as two can be. The two met two sweeps prior to the night of The Game when Laivan accidentally shot Serpaz in the leg during a hunting excursion, which left Serpaz permanently unable to use that leg without a cane or brace. Apparently, they fell in love within the night due to this accident, the absurdity of which is something that does not elude them. Serpaz is evidentially more comfortable with making light of the accident than Laivan is, for obvious reasons.

Arcjec Voorat

Laivan isn’t bothered by Arcjec’s cantankerous personality and sardonic demeanor but considers him to be a generally sad person. The two appear to be good friends and their relationship appears to be one of Arcjec’s least tumultuous ones. They potentially share some sort of deeper connection, as Laivan frequently visits Arcjec’s sleeping dreamself on Prospit and Arcjec’s pants match Laivan’s blood color.

Murrit Turkin

Murrit is one of Laivan’s closest friends, with the two sharing a passion for Anthropormuncipality and a destiny in leading everyone to play the game they recovered from the Frog Temple. Laivan is one of the few trolls who aren’t put off by Murrit’s bizarre quirks and even jokingly calls him out on it. Murrit is often more honest around Laivan in turn and does not seem to harass him as harshly as some others, even though he isn’t free from it either.

Sovara Amalie

Sova is an old friend of Laivan and Serpaz, but they seem to have fallen out of touch with her prior to the events of the Game. The couple appears to be quite fond of and protective of Sova, apparently having saved her from something in the past and possibly made her a place to stay.

Albion Shukra

Although their relationship has not been elaborated on, Albion and Laivan appear to be on good terms and do message one another enough to where Albion feels comfortable in asking Laivan for help. He is visibly worried when she messages him in a panic and he is unable to get a response afterward.

Ellsee Raines

Laivan and Ellsee are longtime friends, and the two are on amicable terms. Laivan is very upset when people mistreat her and belittle her, and is willing to come to her defense when others put her down or ignore her.

Occeus Coliad

Laivan and Occeus are work colleagues; Laivan stitches up corpses that Occeus finds for the sake of his revitalization experiments.

Taz does not enjoy speaking to Laivan very much due to their naturally opposite personalities. She is put off by his simple demeanor and nonchalance, finding it frustrating especially when his attention is away from the subject at hand. She compares talking to him to talking to a brick wall.

Laivan seems to be more or less neutral towards Taz despite not having the words to describe her, but isn’t above getting frustrated with her when she is being unreasonable, as most people are.

Calder Kerian

Calder and Laivan were once friends in their youth, but that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.

White Noise

White Noise appears to have a fatherly affinity for Laivan. White Noise tries to provide guidance and support to the young troll and has stated that Laivan and his friends are capable of much more than he might believe. Laivan appears to be comfortable with him and clearly respects his guidance, although he does think he rambles on too much.

The two have made a deal, the conditions of which leave White Noise beholden to serve and assist Laivan, while Laivan promises to help bring about The Game and care for the propagation of reality. This deal is what allowed Laivan to awaken on Prospit.

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