Talk:Rylan O'Lantern

Rylkan is mentioned in an update for Mags: "Ever a grandmother, Banananana also formed an incredibly deep bond with Rylan O'Lantern. Given eir status as a literal fish out of water, Banananana felt sympathy for em and offered to allow em to rent out eir spare bedroom. Over the following seasons, Banananana became a caretaker for O’Lantern and referred to em as her grandchild. O’Lantern has also been heard calling Banananana “Nana Mags.”"

The psychopomp O'Lantern IRM is heavily featured in an IRM for Wyatt Mason (Season 14 birth). Although O'Lantern is only mentioned once in the visible page, ey offer commentary on Mason's disappearance in notes hidden in the source text.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oSgyCl2sRcMiEkPXCzqtr1HraXr7OJt80kdE_EyBgTk/edit

Rylan's IRM is out of date, and needs to be updated to the new format. Currently, eir IRM entries seem to be best suited to the Filebox format, so that is what would be installed for the update.

Background

The following accounts can be traced to a single leather-bound journal originally found in a locked wooden chest alongside a sextant-like device of indeterminate origin and a shell that matches no known species of mollusc. The chest was located in a storage room in the Legscraper’s lower levels that was described as “smelling faintly of the sea”. Subsequent attempts to locate and navigate to said room have been unsuccessful thus far. The journal details the exploits of the crew of a large sailing vessel, The Tokyo Adrift, descriptions of which are largely consistent with mid-17th century galleons.

With the Tokyo Adrift

Rylan O'lantern fulfilled an unclear role on the crew of the Adrift. forty and four days deep. Eir appearance on the ship was seemingly consistent with descriptions of Consumers roaming the Immateria, although ey did not seem to attack the crew, and they treated O'Lantern without suspicion. The Trench is forty and four days deep. The reason for their appearance is unclear, as they are simply mentioned in one entry as if they had always been there. Forty and four breaths. Scholars disagree on O'Lantern's nature and relation to Captain Strongbody, who is also first mentioned in said entry after a long absence in the journal. forty and four breaths to take a dead man home. One prominent theory is that Captain Strongbody died and was brought back to life by O'Lantern, and although necromantic magic was uncommon, it is certainly possible, if not probable. Forty and four days to take a dead man out.

O'Lantern was party to the events of 1667, during which ey is mentioned consoling eir Captain before I swam the entire distance twice. Although what effect this had on his own actions is unknown, as the bottom of the page has been ruined by sea spray- or, perhaps, tears. once to take him to my home, once to bring him to his.

IRM in which O'Lantern is a psychopomp who accidentally joined blaseball when attempting to retrieve the recently deceased Stijn Strongbody's soul. Makes multiple references to deceased Crab Nora Perez's psychopomp lore, as well as several current Lift players. https://docs.google.com/document/d/18taMBJXmq930mOLjH65NwFKX5OFEvGouOaUREtM66sk/edit

EDIT: I made an unnecessary edit, made another edit commenting on that, thought I could undo said edits, and did so. The history on the page is embarrassing but if you want to know when I really made this talk page, you can check the history and see it was made on 01:48, 4 June 2021.

Planning to add the IRM to Rylan's page