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[From user: dreadsexy. Interesting choice on Pidonus's part.]

Hey, this is Pidonus Marasia. I'm trying to figure out my goals and motivations and such a bit while I'm here, because the more I'm reviewing the situation, the more likely it is that it's gonna be quite some time before we find my world and I can return to my Queen. So, I gotta come up with motivations for myself,
I guess? Other than, you know, the dungeons. Which have some very weird loot, to say the least...

Anyways! I'd kinda like to try and get some, well, minions for myself. People willing to let me influence their minds into long-term servitude. Key word there is willing, because as quite a few people here have emphasized, it'd be a mistake for me to just take people's wills with my seductive powers.

Of course, anyone who would voluntarily agree to being under my spell is someone with clear and very severe issues. Like, if your mindstate's bad enough that "under the maniplation of a Succubus" qualifies to your own perception as an improvement... I mean, whatever floats your boat I guess, but I'm pretty sure in some cities that would legally qualify you as 'kind of insane'.

So, uh... What does that leave? I genuinely don't know. I'm. Sorta new to the whole 'need to have my own motivations' thing, and the Chaotic and Evil subtypes unto themselves don't do a lot for giving me ideas.

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That does make it more difficult. The location aspect, especially, given our current situation. The metaphorical view is something that it could be possible to guess, if you knew the person in question well enough and knew their ways of thinking, but there's no way to simply summon up a place that way.

Perhaps with illusion magic? But I'm nowhere near skilled enough for such a thing, I can't do anything more than minor modifications to my own appearance.

Guessing is typically how one finds a Palace, since most people don't volunteer to have their hearts laid open for visitors to see.

Palaces lean heavily on cognition, so it might be possible, if the prospective target is convinced that the fake location is as good as real. It's also possible, since it is based on a person's viewpoint, that the location might change eventually if someone becomes accustomed to a new setting...but that would require waiting long enough for somewhere here to become significant enough in her cognition that she has a strong, emotional image of what she thinks it is.

No, I imagine not. It would be uncomfortable to be seen in such a way.

It's not as though we have any better ideas than waiting, for the moment. Assuming that power of yours even works here.

Particularly since Shadows wish to be heard. It's possible to learn a person's deepest secrets, simply by giving the Shadow time to talk.

I might as well test the tool I use to find Palaces. I don't know if it would be able to detect ones in other worlds, but I can at least see if it functions at all.

It's certainly worth an attempt. Nothing to be lost by trying, certainly?

Not at all. In fact, it usually takes several attempts to figure out a person's keywords in full.

[He minimizes the chat so he can bring up the Metanav, and...hmmm. Normally he wouldn't hesitate to try it on Pidonus herself, but being a demon, she might have ways of detecting even an attempt at determining if her Palace is within range. Best not to try that and risk making it more difficult to adjust her cognition if it's necessary to get into her Palace. He could try Kurama, but...it seems kind of rude to his boyfriend. Well, here goes.]

Izunia Lucis Caelum.

[We're going to pretend that I remember exactly what the Nav says for a positive hit, here. Because that sure is one.]

More attempts the less you know about them, I imagine?

['Candidate Found.' Perfect.]

Occasionally I make a lucky guess, but that's generally right.

The navigator works, by the way.

That's good, at least.

We'll just have to keep an eye on it for now.

I don't think there's any short-term danger. I've made certain she understands the consequences of disturbing the peace here, and she doesn't strike me as the malicious sort regardless.

I'd be more worried if her Queen were to arrive, but I'd be inclined to consider more direct options for dealing with her. My concern here is mostly for Marisia-san herself.

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