Art of Domination Thread 04

Wait, I though redactors could only alter what had already been altered by authors in the first place ? (I remember Cheet cheet said something of the sort, that they were part of an author storry b efore a redactor changed them, no ?)

And we know for a fact that auditors can at least give some sort of powers to people, since presumably that's how teh guy who try to kill use with a though mixer, the metamorphic abomination, gained his shapeshifting powers, and also wasn't it by making a deal with an auditors that North became "Smith" ?
(If it turns out he somehow made a deal with a Publisher, now that'd be /extra/ impressive)

You ask Intruder about this apparent inconsistency.

Intruder: Correct on both counts. I should have mentioned why that seal being there is important and how it affects even the Auditors and Redactors. Look at it.



Intruder: When this seal exists, Auditors cannot affect anything within line of sight of it, including anything that is not under their direct control. Objects affected by Auditors’ abilities simply phase out of physical space as long as the seal exists. If the real Ignatius Smith were to see it with his own eyes, he would temporarily disappear. It was created to limit interference from the Auditors. In this case, a Redactor has modified something Author-made but it has become so distorted that it might as well be an entirely new creature.

You: Was it the Redactors who invented it?

Intruder: No. They wish they had that level of control.

You: Then who made this seal?

Intruder: Why, the ones watching us right now. The Audience. The ones represented by the top symbol in the seal.

You make a mental note to ask him about The Audience, but Intruder answers you now, sensing your curiosity.

Intruder: The Audience only want to be pleased.

You: How?

Intruder: By doing whatever they want us to.

You: Why do you obey them?

Intruder: They have never told us.

You: And yet you-

Intruder: Let me rephrase that. They CAN’T tell us. It’s the same as to why you cannot explain to an atom what you are doing to it. Manipulating an atom is one thing, but explaining to the atom and making it understand WHY you are doing it is another matter entirely.

You: Are you saying we’re just ATOMS to them?

Intruder: Not quite. In terms of scale, you’d be even smaller than an electron to them. Vorador, there is a reason why that seal is called The Seal of Cosmic Truth: It represents just how huge they are, taller than the tallest Author, longer than the longest Redactor, larger than the longest Auditor. They are above all of us.

So your manipulators have a name. The Audience.

You: So what if the Auditors want to restrict the Redactors?

Intruder: They use the same symbol, but upside down. And before you ask, the Seal will remain in the same orientation no matter how you look at it.