[ crossing his arms, perhaps a little defensively. ]
It was my decision in the end, and it made the most sense at the time. One life for the entire Sword Coast, and in the doing, the chance to earn my forgiveness for the wrongs I had committed. All three of the emissaries of the Dead Three were there, as was the Elder Brain. There would never be a better moment. I-- Can't picture how else I might have ever been more useful than in that moment.
I would have thought you might be relieved to be rid of me ... ? [ he's joking. mostly. ]
It's a waste either way. And Karlach would've bleated my bloody ear off if I didn't talk to you about it before you ran off with all that self-sacrificial aplomb.
We very specifically did, but I'm starting to think if we asked each other who defaulted to leading our motley little group we'd all give very different answers.
[ sweet origin route. ]
Did she cry, yell, cry and yell, or look like you just booted Scratch across the camp right in front of her?
Yes, that is my conclusion as well. That perhaps we are slightly differing iterations upon the same people. Living a similar story, along similar paths, but with diverging choices. That is why you don't remember holding a knife to my throat, and I do not remember us having any conversation regarding Elminster's missive.
[ sweet origin run ....... ]
Ah. All of it. And some fire. I felt rather badly, I didn't think it would affect her quite so much.
[ y'know when someone does the "mehmehmeeeh mehmeh" when someone's talking? astarion's absolutely doing a muted, silent version of that but with the full motions. ]
...
[ ahem. ]
Yes, well. We made it to Baldur's Gate. Whole crew in mostly one piece, somehow.
[ well his ex did just send basically his father figure to deliver the message "kill yourself" which he then decided to do, so he would argue that perhaps it was, at worst, comparing a bad day at the office to a car accident in ye olde fantasy terms but
he still looks mildly shocked, and then extremely guilty. his hands start to fidget and he shuffles a foot, a little tangled up in Thoughts about that. ]
Right, I-- [ his mouth pulls to one side. ] I did fully intend to aide you with that. I'm sorry to have left before I could. I had a spell I was working on, and of course I wasn't there yet. Seems silly, really. The kind of thing I could cast without a thought only but a few years ago, but seems perhaps much farther away now [ realizing he's rambling ] but, ah. A large, burning column of light that burns like the sun. Sounds helpful, dealing with a vampiric lord, no? Aha.
[ one of the entry requirements for “an origin character in Baldur’s Gate 3” was “aggressive fucked up backstory that bleeds into the main plot” and i stand by that.
he waves a hand. ]
I imagine light would’ve been rather effective, yes. They all seemed to hate Shadowheart’s glowy little mace more than enough.
A knife did the trick though. Who’d have thought.
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pause on the blood sucking and lack of tentacles for a moment. ]
What are you talking about?
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I'm afraid you'll need to be more specific ... ?
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Why any of us would be "Netherese vapour".
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well it probably does not help he looks immediately like an ashamed dog that was caught in the midst of doing something it should Not Have. ]
You wouldn't be. I made sure of that. No need to fret upon that possibility.
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[ oop. ]
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[ well, ]
Karlach's memory rather matches yours in this regard, yes.
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Surely someone would've talked you down from detonating your magical bomb.
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It was my decision in the end, and it made the most sense at the time. One life for the entire Sword Coast, and in the doing, the chance to earn my forgiveness for the wrongs I had committed. All three of the emissaries of the Dead Three were there, as was the Elder Brain. There would never be a better moment. I-- Can't picture how else I might have ever been more useful than in that moment.
I would have thought you might be relieved to be rid of me ... ? [ he's joking. mostly. ]
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It's a waste either way. And Karlach would've bleated my bloody ear off if I didn't talk to you about it before you ran off with all that self-sacrificial aplomb.
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We'd ... had a conversation, about perhaps using the Absolute's power. But that was sitting rather oddly with me, you understand.
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No, you very specifically talked my ear off about blowing yourself up in the name of Mystra and I told you to shut up and ignored you.
[ paraphrased, but y'know. ]
Does Karlach know you went and incinerated yourself?
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We very specifically did not, but perhaps we will have to chalk that up to some differences between our perceptions of it.
[ nodding. ]
She does.
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[ sweet origin route. ]
Did she cry, yell, cry and yell, or look like you just booted Scratch across the camp right in front of her?
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[ sweet origin run ....... ]
Ah. All of it. And some fire. I felt rather badly, I didn't think it would affect her quite so much.
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Did I really hold a knife to your throat? [ he sounds rather enamoured with the idea. ] All I remember was having to pull you out of a portal.
[ oh.
the Look he gives gale. ]
Then you're a bloody idiot.
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[ SMILING. but his face drops a bit again, rubbing at his chest over the mark as if it smarts. ]
Of that, I have been made well aware.
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[ don't hold them to people's throats then. ]
... Hmm. I can imagine. She's quite loud when she's making a point. Or angry. Or happy. [ karlach mode. ]
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[ wow. don't tell the rogue how to rogue. ]
So, if that is my tale, what is yours? You clearly remember beyond this point.
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...
[ ahem. ]
Yes, well. We made it to Baldur's Gate. Whole crew in mostly one piece, somehow.
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I did just, in a sense, die. You could stand to be slightly more polite to me for say, I don't know, twenty four hours?
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[ and don't tell the rogue how to rogue!!! ]
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[ he might be slightly on edge for the next 2 to 4 business days please hold ]
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he still looks mildly shocked, and then extremely guilty. his hands start to fidget and he shuffles a foot, a little tangled up in Thoughts about that. ]
Right, I-- [ his mouth pulls to one side. ] I did fully intend to aide you with that. I'm sorry to have left before I could. I had a spell I was working on, and of course I wasn't there yet. Seems silly, really. The kind of thing I could cast without a thought only but a few years ago, but seems perhaps much farther away now [ realizing he's rambling ] but, ah. A large, burning column of light that burns like the sun. Sounds helpful, dealing with a vampiric lord, no? Aha.
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he waves a hand. ]
I imagine light would’ve been rather effective, yes. They all seemed to hate Shadowheart’s glowy little mace more than enough.
A knife did the trick though. Who’d have thought.
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