Editing The Nacreous Outcast

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|alias=The Nacreous Survivor}}<blockquote>''"A Rubbery Man rises from a cyst in the floor. An iridescent cicatrice crosses its face. Even in this flood of silvery light, it pulses like a fevered moon."''<ref name="offer help">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|Offer assistance with dissolution|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>

The '''Nacreous Outcast''' is a [[Rubbery Man]] from the [[Principles of Coral]].__forcetoc__

<blockquote>''"Flif your hanf on the ftool. Farphaf! Ophen your eyess."''<ref name="increase hearts">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Nacreous_Outcast#Interactions|Increase your Hearts|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>''"I ushed to love - "''<ref name="invite dine 2">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Nacreous_Outcast#Interactions|Invite it to dine with you (2)|Sunless Sea|}}</ref></blockquote>

The Nacreous Outcast's most striking physical feature is a scar glowing with silver light. Unlike most [[Rubbery Men]] yet encountered, it can speak both English<ref name="offer help" /> and the Rubbery language,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Overheard_at_Zee:_Materials|Story description|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> though its speech in the former can be difficult for some to understand.<ref name="offer help" /> It is familiar with esoteric culinary arts<ref name="increase hearts" /> - though it prefers its food uncooked.<ref name="invite dine 2" /> It is typically very terse<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Shattered_Citadel_Encounters|Let the Nacreous Outcast approach the altar|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and has a reserved demeanor.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Nacreous_Outcast#Interactions|Invite it to dine with you|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> In addition to its home in the Principles, it has a residence in an isolated part of [[London]], where it draws figures in the windows and sings.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_visit_to_the_Outcast|A visit to the Outcast|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Collect_a_Confession_from_the_Nacreous_Outcast|Collect a Confession from the Nacreous Outcast|Fallen London|}}</ref>

The Outcast was exiled on account of multiple crimes, most of which cannot be described by human languages. One of them was love,<ref name="invite dine 2" /> which is forbidden among the [[Axile|Axiles]],<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|Give the Principles Heartmetal|Sunless Sea|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|Give the Principles an Ambiguous Eolith|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and it is implied that the recipient of its affection was a [[Flukes|Fluke]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_visit_to_the_Outcast|A visit to the Outcast|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the Outcast lopes toward a mirror, and wheezes against the glass. [...] A foggy circle forms. [...] [It adds] a border of spikes to the circle. The Outcast [gestures] [...] A forlorn lover? [...] A foolish partner?"''</ref> As punishment, it was abandoned at [[Port Cecil]], where it became an emissary<ref name="offer help" /> to the entity whose mind suffuses the [[Principles of Coral]].<ref name="invite dine 2" /><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Port_Cecil#Interactions|Gather Scintillack|Sunless Sea|}}</ref>  

==An End, Averted==

<em>"Am fflike zhis, becoshh offh Prinshhipulssh. Washh not hhwaht</em> I <em>hwanted."</em><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Nacreous_Survivor|Speak with the Nacreous Survivor|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>

The Principles of Coral wished to descend the [[Great Chain of Being]]<ref name="give idol">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|Give the Principles a Wakeful Idol|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and free itself of thought forever.<ref name="game last">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|The Last Game|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> To this end, the Outcast was ordered to gather materials<ref name="offer help" /><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Salt_Lions#Interactions|"Shalt-Flions"|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> for a chess game against an outside opponent,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|Setting up|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and act as a surrogate for its master.<ref name="win match">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pulse_of_the_Principles|Win the match|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It was to lose on the Principles' behalf, upon which the minds of ''both'' beings would perish.<ref name="game last" /><ref name="win match" />  

Of course, the Outcast feared this fate,<ref name="game last" /> but events played out a bit differently than expected. Somehow, the Principles has been significantly weakened,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_around_town_about_the_scintillack_refinery|Ask around town about the scintillack refinery|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the Principles ain't wot they were.""''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_with_a_bright_and_fading_mind|Meet with a bright and fading mind|Fallen London|}} ''"—o my piece, [...] I yearn to topple still..." [...] The Fading Mind flutes a sigh [...]"''</ref> while the Outcast survived the incident, now named the '''Nacreous Survivor'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Nacreous_Survivor|Nacreous Survivor|Fallen London|}} ''"What has changed this Rubbery Man?"''</ref> However, the Principles can now no longer defend its reef from exploitation.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_around_town_about_the_scintillack_refinery|Ask around town about the scintillack refinery|Fallen London|}} ''"Used to be the reef [...] rise up against thieves, but the Principles ain't wot they were." [...] someone breaks off [...] coral without [...] eyes all burned out. [...] London's [...] on our doorstep."''</ref> The Survivor is dismayed at the ill treatment of the being that once gave it a home,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Nacreous_Survivor|Speak with the Nacreous Survivor|Fallen London|}} ''"The Nacreous Survivor runs a tentacle over [...] black rock, shorn of coral. "Zhis ish hhwat it hwanted.""''</ref><ref name="invite dine 2" /> but it feels a mixture of grief, and relief, for itself and the purpose it once bore.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Nacreous_Survivor|Speak with the Nacreous Survivor|Fallen London|}} ''""Am fflike zhis," the Nacreous Survivor gestures at itself, "becoshh offh Prinshhipulssh." Anger; grief; relief. "Washh not hhwaht I hwanted.""''</ref>