[ hello! gale has been restored to proper wizardry and looks a good deal more comfortable. then again, he has real shoes now that leeches have a harder time getting through.
he also has a cat scratch across his face. ]
Ah, hello. I don't believe we've had the chance to meet properly yet.
Oh, nothing to worry about. Tara was perhaps a bit displeased about certain circumstances and made her displeasure known. She'll calm down soon enough once we've had a chance to make amends.
I won't claim I'm feeling settled and assured of my safety, of course, but I believe that is simply ... how I deal with things. I doubt giving into the baser impulse to act snappishly will aide anything.
Besides, the last time I was kidnapped, I was given an illithid tadpole directly into my eyesocket, so really this is a great improvement over that so far.
While the process of Ceremorphosis is not exactly conducive to appetite, I'm happy to convey the story to you if you like. Though please rest assured, I have no intention of bursting into tentacles and beginning to consume brains at any point in the future!
[ ... THIS IS SO CRAZY if he wasn't meeting a billion people he'd start connecting the dots over Astarion's story of the undead, Karlach's hags, and now Gale's TENTACLES? ]
... I didn't think you would. [ CONCERN. ] Is your... brain... alright?
In theory, though at this moment in time it is difficult to prove. It is usually ... reactive. It allows me access to several powers, as well as the ability to connect with others with the tadpole as well.
[ LEANING BACK EVER SO SLIGHTLY. he doesn't actually mind, he's just like. are you gonna grab my eyeball. ]
Alright alright. Quite excited I see. This feels perhaps edging on a little intimate for a first meeting.
[ there really isn't anything obvious from just the outside. he straight up meant like, pulling the eyelid up as far as you can and then wiggling around in there. ]
A ... bard suggested he was uncannily adroit with a knitting needle, and I thought to let him at least examine it. And then came to the inevitable conclusion I was most certainly going to lose an eye if I let him attempt the extraction.
[ Personal space is no obstacle to Aventurine, but he keeps his hands to himself... No eyeball grabbing.
But he'll back off now that he can't see anything. Tch. ]
That was a very smart call on your part, friend. A knitting needle by the eye sounds disastrous. [ That's the stuff of horror films. ] And you look better with two eyes.
[ he does, in fact, preen a little. sorry his ego is not small. ]
I happen to entirely agree! At any rate, I doubt it would have worked. I've read that the traditional extraction method is something along the lines of preparing a Cleric on standby with a scroll of Resurrection and smashing the head so the brain is destroyed entirely.
On this we are agreed again. Besides, it wouldn't work for this particular tadpole, they are enchanted in some way that makes them especially stubborn.
Well! I fear that's quite enough about me. What about your brain parasites?
Better now, having seen everyone? Even as brief and translucent as it may be - it's ... it's very good to see everyone.
[ honestly. a little emotional. ]
We knew of course that you all were there, in some capacity, but even so there is some difference between the evidence of eyes and ears and mere faith.
[ gale is so smart, but so stupid about so many things and did not assume the first question would not be actually questions about himself, but about the relationship and is a little surprised. but sure, he's less secretive than astarion. ]
It feels a bit ungentlemanly to discuss openly, but I don't know how much of the embarrassing display you all could witness the other day with the ... fleas and such, but I mentioned it there. [ so he's already said it so it's basically fine. free real estate. ] He asked me to act as if we were in a relationship for a week or so, and then I suppose we simply did not stop?
[ AFTER THE EVENTS OF A VERY LONG DAY, Aventurine is going to take some time to hang out with Gale, probably at the Barks & Waffles. There are waffles, but more importantly, there are tons of books available for perusal. ]
Okay, so say you did turn into one of those worm creatures? You'd just have worms available to you at all times?
In theory? But I would also no longer be myself, as such. I would be a Mindflayer, bound in servitude to an Elder Brain that commanded my every thought and feeling - thoughts and feelings that would not align so much with my current hopes and wishes.
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W0 - OPENING WEEKEND
he also has a cat scratch across his face. ]
Ah, hello. I don't believe we've had the chance to meet properly yet.
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Hello. [ We love a proper greeting in these parts, but also. ] Oh my, what happened to your face?
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Your girlfriend?
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[ tapping a finger on his chin. ]
I'm sure she'd be more social if she were in a better mood, normally she's quite the social butterfly.
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[ he looks mildly bashful, actually. ]
I won't claim I'm feeling settled and assured of my safety, of course, but I believe that is simply ... how I deal with things. I doubt giving into the baser impulse to act snappishly will aide anything.
Besides, the last time I was kidnapped, I was given an illithid tadpole directly into my eyesocket, so really this is a great improvement over that so far.
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[ He has become well-acquainted with the cellar underneath the refectory. ]
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While the process of Ceremorphosis is not exactly conducive to appetite, I'm happy to convey the story to you if you like. Though please rest assured, I have no intention of bursting into tentacles and beginning to consume brains at any point in the future!
[ TERRIFYING STATEMENT. ]
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... I didn't think you would. [ CONCERN. ] Is your... brain... alright?
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[ its not even the only thing wrong with gale, unfortunately. ]
My brain remains perfectly intact and functional, the tadpole is currently in a form of stasis, and thus is entirely harmless at this juncture.
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It's still inside of you?
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But of course, none of that is working here.
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[ "Think" he's not sure actually. ]
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[ he pauses. ]
Though I'm given to understand if you look under my eyelid at the correct angle, you can in fact, see the parasite.
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[ Gets RIGHT IN HIS SPACE to try and see it. ]
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Alright alright. Quite excited I see. This feels perhaps edging on a little intimate for a first meeting.
[ there really isn't anything obvious from just the outside. he straight up meant like, pulling the eyelid up as far as you can and then wiggling around in there. ]
A ... bard suggested he was uncannily adroit with a knitting needle, and I thought to let him at least examine it. And then came to the inevitable conclusion I was most certainly going to lose an eye if I let him attempt the extraction.
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But he'll back off now that he can't see anything. Tch. ]
That was a very smart call on your part, friend. A knitting needle by the eye sounds disastrous. [ That's the stuff of horror films. ] And you look better with two eyes.
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I happen to entirely agree! At any rate, I doubt it would have worked. I've read that the traditional extraction method is something along the lines of preparing a Cleric on standby with a scroll of Resurrection and smashing the head so the brain is destroyed entirely.
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[ Gale, you are so endearing, but the things you say. ]
Let's keep that brain in that handsome noggin of yours. I don't think we have a Cleric around here.
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On this we are agreed again. Besides, it wouldn't work for this particular tadpole, they are enchanted in some way that makes them especially stubborn.
Well! I fear that's quite enough about me. What about your brain parasites?
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... I don't have any. And it's strange because you're making me feel like I'm missing out on something by not having them.
W6 - WEDNESDAY
Quite the scene you all made this evening!
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[ HI!!!! ]
How are you feeling?
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[ honestly. a little emotional. ]
We knew of course that you all were there, in some capacity, but even so there is some difference between the evidence of eyes and ears and mere faith.
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[ And then, a little more teasingly, ]
I keep trying to get Astarion to talk about you, but he's so incredibly shy about it.
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What about me in particular would you care to know? I'm happy to field questions.
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How did it happen?
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It feels a bit ungentlemanly to discuss openly, but I don't know how much of the embarrassing display you all could witness the other day with the ... fleas and such, but I mentioned it there. [ so he's already said it so it's basically fine. free real estate. ] He asked me to act as if we were in a relationship for a week or so, and then I suppose we simply did not stop?
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When did he first ask you?
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Ah, the week before last?
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[ HE IS SOOOO NOSY ASTARION IS GOING TO KILL BOTH OF THEM ]
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Well, I mean ...
[ so now he's shy. ]
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That's answer enough. I'm happy for the both of you.
w7, monday.
Okay, so say you did turn into one of those worm creatures? You'd just have worms available to you at all times?
[ Yeah, he's not letting go of the worms. ]
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[ he thinks. ]
In theory? But I would also no longer be myself, as such. I would be a Mindflayer, bound in servitude to an Elder Brain that commanded my every thought and feeling - thoughts and feelings that would not align so much with my current hopes and wishes.
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I like you the way you are, Gale.
[ JUST SAYS THIS LIKE HE'S TRYING TO TALK GALE FROM A LEDGE THAT ISN'T EVEN THERE ]