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''"It drips eagerly. Perhaps if it comes to your cabin you should put down some sort of matting."''
'''The Nacreous Outcast''' is a [[Rubbery Men|Rubbery Man]] who was exiled from his kind.__forcetoc__
==How Unfortunate==
The Nacreous Outcast was abandoned in [[Port Cecil]] to be a slave to the Principles of Coral because its views opposed those of its fellow [[Rubbery Men]]. Given that it can speak English, it can be inferred that it loved a human (The thought!).


''"It drips eagerly. Perhaps if it comes to your cabin you should put down some sort of matting."''


'''The Nacreous Outcast''' was abandoned in [[Port Cecil]] to be a slave to the Principles of Coral because its views opposed those of its fellow [[Rubbery Men]]. Given that it can speak English, it can be inferred that it loved a human. (The thought!)


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==Really Big Chess==
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It turns out that the Outcast was forced to gather materials to prepare for a chess match against the Principles of Coral. If the Outcast loses, it will die. That being said, the Principles wants to die too. Let's just say the Outcast isn't keen on its impending fate, though intervention is possible. Since Rubberies aren't allowed to love, it's possible that the Outcast's crime was connected to passion in some form.
|"The Nacreous Outcast has it bad. His kind was already discriminated against by the people of [[London]], but in addition to that, his own people shunned him as well for reasons he refuses to go into. It eventually became a servant of the Principles of Coral who more or less has the Outcast gather materials for its own death and then forces it to play a chess match where it will die if it loses. The Outcast is well aware of what is happening during the match and is visibly shaking in fear the whole time, but is powerless to stop it. Thankfully you have the option of throwing the match."
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Revision as of 03:16, 2 June 2019

"It drips eagerly. Perhaps if it comes to your cabin you should put down some sort of matting."

The Nacreous Outcast is a Rubbery Man who was exiled from his kind.

How Unfortunate

The Nacreous Outcast was abandoned in Port Cecil to be a slave to the Principles of Coral because its views opposed those of its fellow Rubbery Men. Given that it can speak English, it can be inferred that it loved a human (The thought!).




Really Big Chess

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It turns out that the Outcast was forced to gather materials to prepare for a chess match against the Principles of Coral. If the Outcast loses, it will die. That being said, the Principles wants to die too. Let's just say the Outcast isn't keen on its impending fate, though intervention is possible. Since Rubberies aren't allowed to love, it's possible that the Outcast's crime was connected to passion in some form.

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