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Neighbours in the Whorl

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Andrew Mason09 Feb 2011, 15:10as archived

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David Stockhoff wrote: The Whorl is a large place. Like Tzadkiel's Ship, it seems almost to contain a universe, not a small planet. It has a cargo full of sheep, as well as bays of clones and embryos to shepherd them. It also has a crew or crews in the form of people like the flyers, correct? Is it unreasonable to assume that certain tribes aboard the LSW, especially those housed near its fore and aft ends and/or closer to its skin, are people the Neighbors might prefer to contact, avoiding the sheep themselves? Such people are accustomed to knowing things they do not share with the sheep, but once the Neighbors made themselves generally known in the towns there would be no going back.

One of the aims of the Neighbours was to observe humanoid inhumi, so you would expect them to be where the inhumi were; there ought to be at least one of them in Viron to keep watch on Quetzal. It seems likely to me that the Neigbours in the Whorl are disguised as humans (or indeed fused with humans, in a way akin to possession). If they can transport someone else's spirit into a new body, it's not improbable that they can also transport their own spirits into new bodies.

James Wynn09 Feb 2011, 15:44as archived

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Such people are accustomed to knowing things they do not share with the sheep, but once the Neighbors made themselves generally known in the towns there would be no going back.

Andrew- One of the aims of the Neighbours was to observe humanoid inhumi, so you would expect them to be where the inhumi were; there ought to be at least one of them in Viron to keep watch on Quetzal. It seems likely to me that the Neigbours in the Whorl are disguised as humans (or indeed fused with humans, in a way akin to possession). If they can transport someone else's spirit into a new body, it's not improbable that they can also transport their own spirits into new bodies.

Well, the fact that they knew Silk's body was soon to be available suggests they are there observing things. You make a good point though that the Neighbors can very well be active on the Whorl without ships or cracking the airlock. ᚹ

Ashley Crill10 Feb 2011, 01:05as archived

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I always thought that the Neighbors spy on the whorl through use of the Sacred Windows and Glasses. This would explain how they saw Silk mourning and dieing inside the manteion. I'm not sure if they can do this through 'digital-astral projection' or if an actual Neighbor would to be present on the Whorl. Mucor seems able to travel between whorls in this fashion so i assume the Neighbors can also do so.

Ashley Crill28 Feb 2011, 02:24as archived

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Reading through RttW last night, and came across this quote by Windcloud at Horn's trial: "I was one of those who boarded your whorl when it neared our sun. In the Whorl, I made the acqaintance of many of your race, and I have known others since, on both the whorls we once called ours." This confirms that Neighbors were certainly present on the Whorl, but it doesn't explain the mechanism.

Gerry Quinn28 Feb 2011, 18:43as archived

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From: Ashley Crill Reading through RttW last night, and came across this quote by Windcloud at Horn's trial: "I was one of those who boarded your whorl when it neared our sun. In the Whorl, I made the acqaintance of many of your race, and I have known others since, on both the whorls we once called ours." This confirms that Neighbors were certainly present on the Whorl, but it doesn't explain the mechanism. I think they must have got there in a spacecraft of some kind, since they also appear to have infected the Whorl with inhumi. The expression "when it neared our sun" suggests the Whorl had not yet fully arrived in the system. We know the Neighbours had spacecraft, as they could not have got to Green without them. - Gerry Quinn

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