Delfarius stands alone in the Void, facing the unseen audience. Far behind him, the silver seam blazes against the darkness, its light outlining his raised brow and permanent smirk.
Delfarius
Are you enjoying my little tale? I hope so.
His words travel beyond the empty space without echo, turning the silence into a waiting theater. No companion answers; Morghain remains elsewhere in the bedchambers, unaware of the address.
Delfarius
The audience is listening.
The silver seam answers with a faint pulse. It is not a voice, nor an opening, but the suggestion that something beyond the story has heard him and chosen not to look away.
The Void remains still around Delfarius. The seam’s glow steadies, waiting for his next word, gesture, or decision.
“I walk closer to the audience until my face is the only thing they see in the frame and my smirk grows wider. "Yes I see you there enjoying your snacks and listening to music in another tab as you read."”
Delfarius walks closer through the silent Void. The silver seam dwindles behind him until his face fills the unseen frame, pale eyes bright beneath his raised brow.
Delfarius
Yes, I see you there, enjoying your snacks and listening to music in another tab as you read.
His smirk grows wider, deliberate and conspiratorial, while the darkness beyond his face remains perfectly still. No distant sound intrudes, yet the moment feels unmistakably witnessed.
Delfarius
The audience is still listening.
The silver seam pulses faintly at the edge of the frame, reduced to a narrow glow beside his cheek. Delfarius does not look away from those beyond the story.
His expression holds, amused and certain, until the Void becomes little more than darkness around that widening smirk and the quiet invitation to keep watching.
“I step back and laugh. "I swear I will not do this often, don't want to break your immersion in the tale after all. I just want to make sure you were entertained."”
SUCCESS (Legendary Deception, rolled -2)
Delfarius
I swear I will not do this often. I would not want to break your immersion in the tale. I only wanted to make sure you were entertained.
Delfarius steps back and laughs, the sound brightening the silent Void. His reassurance lands cleanly, preserving the playful fiction without pretending the interruption never happened.
Delfarius
The silence gives me nothing back, but it has not turned me away.
The silver seam remains narrow and steady beside his cheek. It offers no answer, no applause, and no sign that anything beyond it has accepted his explanation.
The cost settles quietly into the performance: by addressing the unseen listeners so directly, Delfarius has surrendered some control over the tale’s distance. Their silence now feels like judgment rather than mere attention.
Still, he has confirmed what he wanted to know. The watching continues, and the Void holds him in its quiet frame as his smirk returns.
“I shake my head and then gesture outward with my hands towards where the comment section is below. "Well if you are good, I knew you would be entertained. I will enjoy comments if you have them to me, I promise not to make it into a hook. If not, why are you here and not on Reddit or something?" I walk a few paces towards the silver seam then turn back to the audience. I throw my head back and laugh. "Well I have to go talk to Morghain. I guess. See you there."”
FAILURE (Legendary Deception, rolled -4)
Delfarius
Well, if you are; good, I knew you would be entertained. I will enjoy comments if you have them for me, and I promise not to make them into a hook.
Delfarius
If not, why are you here and not on Reddit or something?
Delfarius shakes his head and gestures toward the unseen comment section below. The silver seam offers no reply, and its narrow light thins as though the audience has withdrawn beyond reach.
He walks a few paces toward the seam, then turns back to the darkness. The gesture finds no visible response, and the seam contracts into a distant thread that no longer invites pursuit.
Delfarius
Well, I have to go talk to Morghain. I guess. See you there.
Delfarius throws his head back and laughs. The sound brightens the Void, but the silver thread neither answers nor follows, leaving his performance without the acknowledgment he offered to earn.
The seam folds inward until only a faint mark remains beyond his reach. With no comment to pursue and no audience response to interpret, Delfarius turns toward the distant path leading back to Morghain.
✓ Quest Accepted
Learn whether Morghain will speak with Delfarius
− Story Quest Removed
Restore Morghain’s trust in Delfarius