[ after intro, gale will give astarion some space to mingle amongst the hoi polloi, but he'll come find him after a bit. yes, even if it involves having to trudge through the creepy fog. the things he will do for you. ]
[ where's the blood of lathander when you're surrounded by Dense Fog and could do with a radiant damage nightlight. but yes, hello. lovely weekend they're having. ]
as he approaches he scratches at the side of his face briefly with a hand - just. gently trying to divert from where it says `a meaningless death` plastered along the side of his neck. it runs along the mark there, starting at his chest.]
At least it has a roof! We really do have to give it credit for that.
[ stares at the new tattoo for a moment before looking a way. if his arms are crossed to try and maximise the amount of time no one can see what's written on his skin, then that's between him and the words printed there. ]
There's a house with a bathroom we could have been sleeping in.
[ is this a fucking challenge? gale of waterdeep is down for a little bit of adorable whimsy you fool. taking at least the hat and putting it on his head, brushing a few fingers against the rim. ]
These were all the rage in the 1200's, you know. Wizards everywhere, hats reaching for the sky.
[ yeah the beach!!!!! gale is using his notebook to shield his eyes, but is realizing he should have probably gotten sunglasses too. he could have simply summoned shade. having no magic is the worst.
at least astarion seems to be taking advantage of the sun. ]
That is true. Though is it terrible part of me simply doesn't want to know?
[ I am extremely terrible at setting up memshare scenes. It's fine. They live together. At some point, Astarion will probably stumble upon the dark shadow of his memory. enjoy! ]
[ oh. mood. i have just been throwing things into the abyss.
but yay!!
and the thing is— Astarion remembers this. not all of it, naturally. he isn’t gale. he could try to slip into his mind, read his thoughts, but he has memories of that going poorly for him in those early days where everyone was a stranger and he couldn’t trust a one of them.
but he had been there, in that moment. all of them have one glaring difference in what they remember. who had been there at the start, who had collected all of them into that ragtag little group. astarion would say he was. gale and karlach would say differently. but in astarion’s version of events, he had seen elminster and heard this discussion about what forgiveness looked like to a goddess. but he hadn’t had this window into gale’s thoughts on the matter at the time, or how he’d felt afterwards. ]
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[ “that goddess of yours really is a bitch, isn’t she?” would be correct, and would be a fitting thing to say. but perhaps it wouldn’t be appropriate. ]
I’m not sure I ever want to know the inner workings of the divine’s mind.
[ he’s not so far gone in his own trauma and struggles that he can’t see every thing mystra did here that was designed to hurt. he wonders if mystra was aware of it, or if she was simply too beyond the norm to care. ]
[ this week's location is like... gale's dream. wow.
anyway astarion just goes straight to the library. doesn't even stop to see what else is around here. he has a theory and he's going to prove himself right. ]
astarion looks tired? it's the end of trial so that's understandable. but he will try and get a look at gale's face when he sees him. does he look like he got whacked by a hulking out fox man? ]
[ he did he got yeeted in. he's not going to object to it, he's not a big baby about healing.
he's healed over pretty well at least, the hand looks ... very stiff and scarred, but it's intact and the slice down his chest is a raw-looking but sealed wound. not all the way there quite yet. ]
I do not recommend that swamp. Quite a terrible sensory experience.
[ gale is on the boardwalk most of the day, just strolling up and down it, clearly a bit lost in thought.
thoughts you can hear, apparently. `Now of course using it directly on a restoration to life would eliminate all possibility of accidentally perishing via misadventure in the very moments of return--` ]
Astarion, I will need your assistance today. My power has worked - I've had a dream about events taking place on the Boardwalk - and I am not certain Laudna or I can openly say such things.
[ yeets this into your lap ENJOY YOUR BIRTHDAY FOOD.
BUT ANYWAY. i guess they can go and be sad in the mortuary or something. where her... giant coffin remains. he's changed out of his old shirt which is probably bloody for obvious reasons and is just kinda sat there like
[ because of EMOTION SHARE there is no small amount of excitement at the concept of a bookstore. also he is just happy and content to see astarion and his shopping bags, cutting through the general sadness grief cloud. ]
void for the moment, but astarion’s just gently putting his hand through the flame of the pyre and making a little ‘hm’ noise as his hand passes right through without burning. ]
[ like five seconds after he gets him out of the graveyard he is being dragged somewhere not on the mingle, have fun with that gale.
it does mean he gets absolutely limpeted by astarion in the process though, as soon as there's no one around to eyeball them. this is a full on Cling with a capital C. ]
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W0 - OPENING WEEKEND
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At least it has a roof! We really do have to give it credit for that.
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There's a house with a bathroom we could have been sleeping in.
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w0, saturday
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w1, monday
only a wizard's outfit. ]
Well? Go on then, get changed.
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These were all the rage in the 1200's, you know. Wizards everywhere, hats reaching for the sky.
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astarion has taken a seat on the sand, and seems to have a pair of shades from the store on. it looks like he's squinting out at the water. ]
The downside to efficiency is we lost our chance to ask Nona what actually happened to the dog, I'm realising.
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at least astarion seems to be taking advantage of the sun. ]
That is true. Though is it terrible part of me simply doesn't want to know?
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W2 - MONDAY
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but yay!!
and the thing is— Astarion remembers this. not all of it, naturally. he isn’t gale. he could try to slip into his mind, read his thoughts, but he has memories of that going poorly for him in those early days where everyone was a stranger and he couldn’t trust a one of them.
but he had been there, in that moment. all of them have one glaring difference in what they remember. who had been there at the start, who had collected all of them into that ragtag little group. astarion would say he was. gale and karlach would say differently. but in astarion’s version of events, he had seen elminster and heard this discussion about what forgiveness looked like to a goddess. but he hadn’t had this window into gale’s thoughts on the matter at the time, or how he’d felt afterwards. ]
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I’m not sure I ever want to know the inner workings of the divine’s mind.
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w2, thursday
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What is it, exactly?
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w3, monday
anyway astarion just goes straight to the library. doesn't even stop to see what else is around here. he has a theory and he's going to prove himself right. ]
Well, well, well. What a surprise.
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he is so engrossed in this - taking furious notes - that he doesn't even hear this, head down and occasionally stopping to mutter to himself. ]
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w3, wednesday
Who would win in a fight: a duck-sized horse or a horse-sized duck?
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Would win? I'd put my money on the duck, both in size and bloodlust.
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THAT HAPPENED. :tails:
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Well? How bad is it.
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did he get his wizard ass in the swamp already? ]
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he's healed over pretty well at least, the hand looks ... very stiff and scarred, but it's intact and the slice down his chest is a raw-looking but sealed wound. not all the way there quite yet. ]
I do not recommend that swamp. Quite a terrible sensory experience.
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thoughts you can hear, apparently. `Now of course using it directly on a restoration to life would eliminate all possibility of accidentally perishing via misadventure in the very moments of return--` ]
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Well, you can never please everyone.
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I suppose the cult decided a week was enough time to not be summoning and making our lives harder.
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Astarion, I will need your assistance today. My power has worked - I've had a dream about events taking place on the Boardwalk - and I am not certain Laudna or I can openly say such things.
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[ anyway he's (very stiffly and painfully) gone to go take a brief break from the sadness bubble. ]
... I don't know what to do right now.
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BUT ANYWAY. i guess they can go and be sad in the mortuary or something. where her... giant coffin remains. he's changed out of his old shirt which is probably bloody for obvious reasons and is just kinda sat there like
wow. sure. ]
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There's a bookstore.
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w6, wednesday
void for the moment, but astarion’s just gently putting his hand through the flame of the pyre and making a little ‘hm’ noise as his hand passes right through without burning. ]
Not quite the same as being whole, I suppose.
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No, but not a terrible substitution either. Astral Projection can certainly have its uses amongst long-distance communication.
... Couldn't stay away?
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Hello, love.
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w7 monday
So. I wonder what everyone'll use those rock things for.
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[ reaching over for his hand? take it. ]
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right before endgame aaaaaaa. somehow we made it ("they're both dead") somehow we-- ]
A little strange to be waiting for a death but not in the same way as we have every other week we've been here.
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Better or worse, do you think?
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