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To the same page, then.
[ honestly there's a lot of relief in admitting all of that and then having the outcome be ... good? insane how talking about your feelings works. that's fucked up and wrong. ]
I know, I know.
[ honestly there's a lot of relief in admitting all of that and then having the outcome be ... good? insane how talking about your feelings works. that's fucked up and wrong. ]
I know, I know.
[ he might just instantly die? HANDING OVER THE DRINK. ]
I'm not going to explode my heart!
I'm not going to explode my heart!
][ talking about your feelings?? is good?? disgusting. get rid of it. ]
At this point, it would be strange without all the yapping. Probably better to keep you around.
[ it's probably clear he is doing the Cat Thing. ]
It would nice if that were a way to access it as well. A little less risky than potentially getting caught for a murder and executed.
At this point, it would be strange without all the yapping. Probably better to keep you around.
[ it's probably clear he is doing the Cat Thing. ]
It would nice if that were a way to access it as well. A little less risky than potentially getting caught for a murder and executed.
[ making that exact face. ]
I'm quite hale and healthy, you know. Apart from the orb. Nothing is going to explode based on a few chemical stimulants.
I'm quite hale and healthy, you know. Apart from the orb. Nothing is going to explode based on a few chemical stimulants.
Apart from the orb.
[ looking at this drink like what are you satan. ]
It seems like the sort of thing that could explode an organ though. If you were drinking it like water.
[ looking at this drink like what are you satan. ]
It seems like the sort of thing that could explode an organ though. If you were drinking it like water.
Combatting the biological need for rest has long been an impassioned study in wizarding circles. We would eschew the need of sleep and food entirely were it possible, because it is often a distraction from ... I don't know, conducting a study on the effects of the Border Ethereal on grain-fed crimson weasels.
It is a shame that I actually like both of those activities.
It is a shame that I actually like both of those activities.
….
And are the effects significant enough to not eat and sleep for?
[ hmm ]
I remember enjoying eating and… well. “Sleeping.” Perhaps not in quite the same wa.
And are the effects significant enough to not eat and sleep for?
[ hmm ]
I remember enjoying eating and… well. “Sleeping.” Perhaps not in quite the same wa.
The weasels don't seem to care a whit what plane they're in!
[ so, no. it's just academic hyperfocus on nonsense. ]
In my experience you do certainly sleep. Perhaps a little stiffly and disconcertingly ...
[ so, no. it's just academic hyperfocus on nonsense. ]
In my experience you do certainly sleep. Perhaps a little stiffly and disconcertingly ...
Then what was the point??
[ ... huh. ]
Oh? Was watching me sleep a hobby of yours? [ he does something, probably. ]
[ ... huh. ]
Oh? Was watching me sleep a hobby of yours? [ he does something, probably. ]
The joy of discovery?
[ thats what science is. sometimes you find out nothing happens. anyway he splutters a bit. ]
No? I just-- Don't always sleep particularly well, and I notice what the rest of you are doing.
[ thats what science is. sometimes you find out nothing happens. anyway he splutters a bit. ]
No? I just-- Don't always sleep particularly well, and I notice what the rest of you are doing.
[ i was really like oh i'll throw a comment in post trial before i go to sleep and now i'm like gazes into the entire distance with a five thousand yard stare. ]
And energy drinks, apparently.
[ lord.
... gale you make things so easy. ]
Ah, so you've been watching all of us sleep then. [ lewd. ] ... I wonder if that comes with leading our little band of weirdos around. I recall some restless nights myself.
And energy drinks, apparently.
[ lord.
... gale you make things so easy. ]
Ah, so you've been watching all of us sleep then. [ lewd. ] ... I wonder if that comes with leading our little band of weirdos around. I recall some restless nights myself.
Hah. Probably.
[ THE LEADING PART. not the lewding!! also admit you sleep like a big weirdo astarion. ]
I suppose I'm not your leader here, but still, it feels difficult to shake some sense of being the one who should make some decisions.
[ THE LEADING PART. not the lewding!! also admit you sleep like a big weirdo astarion. ]
I suppose I'm not your leader here, but still, it feels difficult to shake some sense of being the one who should make some decisions.
As long as we don't all start throwing our weight around trying to be the 'Leader' out of habit, we'll probably be able to figure it out.
[ 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. ]
Well, well, well. What a surprise.
[ gale! in the library!with the crowbar ]
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.
[ gale! in the library!
[ he's reading. he's reading a book.
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. ]
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. ]
[ slaps it out of his hands like a furious cat.
no he doesn’t. but he will straight up tap his hand on the book itself, right in gale’s vision and repeat himself. pay attention to him. ]
Well, well, well. What a surprise.
[ take two. ]
no he doesn’t. but he will straight up tap his hand on the book itself, right in gale’s vision and repeat himself. pay attention to him. ]
Well, well, well. What a surprise.
[ take two. ]
[ EXCLAMATION POINT
gale looks up, because the hand got in his way of the line he was reading, and he seems very surprised. ]
Oh-- Astarion! Come, take a look at this. It's very interesting, actually. Sit, sit.
gale looks up, because the hand got in his way of the line he was reading, and he seems very surprised. ]
Oh-- Astarion! Come, take a look at this. It's very interesting, actually. Sit, sit.
[ it’s a good thing this place isn’t secretly full of horrors out to kill him, huh? ]
Glad to see all your observational skills went out the window there. [ hm? he will wander over and sit himself down so he can lean and get a good look at the book. ]
What did you find? And how much of it is about magic?
Glad to see all your observational skills went out the window there. [ hm? he will wander over and sit himself down so he can lean and get a good look at the book. ]
What did you find? And how much of it is about magic?
I found it amongst my belongings this morning. I'm not sure what for, exactly, but a boon, no?
[ that's what astarion is for? to watch out for the horrors? he'll let him look as much as he wants - the book itself is all in a cipher that gale appears to be working on breaking, with all of his new journals in hand.
there is a drawing on this particular page that looks exactly like a mark gale has on his chest though. ]
Oh, all of it is about magic. It's the notes of Karsus himself, supposedly. It's-- if that is true, this is exciting. Very exciting.
[ that's what astarion is for? to watch out for the horrors? he'll let him look as much as he wants - the book itself is all in a cipher that gale appears to be working on breaking, with all of his new journals in hand.
there is a drawing on this particular page that looks exactly like a mark gale has on his chest though. ]
Oh, all of it is about magic. It's the notes of Karsus himself, supposedly. It's-- if that is true, this is exciting. Very exciting.
… Perhaps? I’ve not heard of them giving out boons for nothing though.
[ he’s not being paid enough to be a guard dog yet.
hmm. suspicious, but definitely useful. he leans over to squint at the cipher like staring it into submission is going to get him answers. it doesn’t. which is honestly rude. he does spot and note the mark though. ]
… Karsus. As in the Folly of?
[ the name rings a bell. he remembers karsus coming up a couple of times during discussions about gale’s past and the predicament with the orb. ]
[ he’s not being paid enough to be a guard dog yet.
hmm. suspicious, but definitely useful. he leans over to squint at the cipher like staring it into submission is going to get him answers. it doesn’t. which is honestly rude. he does spot and note the mark though. ]
… Karsus. As in the Folly of?
[ the name rings a bell. he remembers karsus coming up a couple of times during discussions about gale’s past and the predicament with the orb. ]
... My suspicion is that it might have something to do with that little adventure last week. Did you speak to any of them about what it involved?
[ as for karsus. brightly: ]
The very one! But also the greatest wizard of his age. Possibly of all time! Though, of course, I've noticed some mistakes in certain calculations he's made in here ...
[ as for karsus. brightly: ]
The very one! But also the greatest wizard of his age. Possibly of all time! Though, of course, I've noticed some mistakes in certain calculations he's made in here ...
I’m aware they ran into Raphael and he offered them a deal. Something about a woman called Hope?
[ something you just run into cambions. ]
Who also destroyed his own civilisation, wasn’t it? [ he’s looking at the book like he can make heads or tails of it. ] I don’t suppose he has some spells on how to obliterate a group of cultists with your mind, does he?
[ something you just run into cambions. ]
Who also destroyed his own civilisation, wasn’t it? [ he’s looking at the book like he can make heads or tails of it. ] I don’t suppose he has some spells on how to obliterate a group of cultists with your mind, does he?
Yes, though I have to say I have no idea what any of that nonsense with the woman is either.
[ sometimes you just run into cambions! ]
That is correct, though ... [ flipping through a few of the pages. ] I do think I see where he made his mistakes. As for our cultist problems, not exactly, but there is the beginnings of a rather interesting spell in here. Necromancy, but more akin to Disintergrate than raising the dead. Pulling on the strands of Weave that infuse the body until the target, erm. Falls apart, as it were.
[ sometimes you just run into cambions! ]
That is correct, though ... [ flipping through a few of the pages. ] I do think I see where he made his mistakes. As for our cultist problems, not exactly, but there is the beginnings of a rather interesting spell in here. Necromancy, but more akin to Disintergrate than raising the dead. Pulling on the strands of Weave that infuse the body until the target, erm. Falls apart, as it were.
Me neither. Rondo made it sound like she knew me?
[ imagine if i could type the correct words at the needed time. ]
…
Are you saying Karsus has a spell to quite literally soot corpses? Dust them, even. Not quite what I’d expect an ostentatious ciphered tome to be telling you, but alright I suppose.
[ imagine if i could type the correct words at the needed time. ]
…
Are you saying Karsus has a spell to quite literally soot corpses? Dust them, even. Not quite what I’d expect an ostentatious ciphered tome to be telling you, but alright I suppose.
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