[ helpfully leaning over and mumbling something like "ask them for some cloth or something. and some brandy. three bottles?" before he just blinks and looks up at karlach. ]
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I don't think this is something an express order from Pestilence is going to magically heal.
she leans against whatever wall she can find, closing her eyes. when astarion bumps her shoulder, she just rests her head against it. sorry, she knows, but she's having a time.]
Last night, he said he'd rather be dead than hurt someone else. I promised I wouldn't let him. [...] Promised I'd remember him, too.
I remember the Trial of Shar. [she says, absently.] But yeah. It'll be this every week. They're... not them. We have to pick the right people so they don't suffer like he was.
[a bitter snort. yeah she's definitely living with her choices right now!!!]
At least if they're lying to us, they're a unified front. Famine, War, and Pesto told me all the same shit.
We have got to stick together. I won't lose either of you to this. And - maybe fucking reconsider the monster thing. Maybe we don't want to strengthen these shits.
Yes, it sounds like we’re all getting the same information. A lie isn’t difficult, but a lie across more than one person is harder to keep straight.
Did he ever tell you what his monster was? I’m assuming the— [ he waggles his fingers. tentacles. ] were something to do with it.
[ :piparingan: ]
… Maybe “you must live with your choices” isn’t just about what happens during the ritual.
[after today, she's about ready to snap gale over her knee in frustration at this, but she doesn't. she just lays down wherever they are. on a bench. i don't know. she's pouting now.]
He didn't tell me. [...] Probably something snakelike.
[ he knows karlach but listen. listen. sometimes he gets obsessive about something and has to hyperfixate for a bit at least its on finding a way to live and not becoming a god!!!!!! though there is always time. ]
That reminds me to ask what happens if one’s match dies before they can be found, actually.
I was given some possibilities for a wish, and the potential outcomes - it would be a chance to be restored to life, even if I somehow perish in the process here.
[this is a funny conversation today after the incentives for murder came out]
... I'd like to get you the ability to see the sun again, Astarion. [a beat, as she looks at gale.] And get rid of your thing, too, with the magic. Let you both be normal people again, or as normal as you can manage.
We are all a bunch of absolute weirdos. It makes sense we’d all have things this place could exploit.
[ he’s a vampire, karlach and gale are both toeing the line between normality and just exploding into 1000 pieces accidentally or in self-sacrificial intent every day. just normal dnd things. ]
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[ he sighs. ] The wish can kick in immediately, that’s what I was told. But it depends on the wish and there’s no guarantee we’d see any benefit of partnering up with our other if they get us killed before we can even make our wish.
To my understanding, the wish could also return me to life regardless of demise here. If that happened, I would have no memory of this place, and it would be ... two months or so into the future. After the end of this.
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I don't think this is something an express order from Pestilence is going to magically heal.
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[squinting. at her hand. ow.]
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gale will finally look up at over at her hand however, frowning some - and also putting a hand over his chest, though mostly out of habit. ]
That was certainly quite the battle. You did well.
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[ both of you stop being disasters. after a moment he'll lean and bump his shoulder against karlach's. minor cat privileges. ]
Yes, there were certainly more stakes in place there than just surviving. You made a promise to him?
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she leans against whatever wall she can find, closing her eyes. when astarion bumps her shoulder, she just rests her head against it. sorry, she knows, but she's having a time.]
Last night, he said he'd rather be dead than hurt someone else. I promised I wouldn't let him. [...] Promised I'd remember him, too.
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He had a good heart. That much seems obvious. I hope he is able to find some peace in knowing you have done him more than a great kindness.
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It was better this way. [...] Sorry about the skeletons.
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tara will jump up on her lap at this point again, starting to knead paws into one of her thighs. ]
Oh please, hardly an issue. I've blasted myself in the face before - remember the Trial of Shar?
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[ that FORCEFIELD. ]
We are aware this was likely the first of many though, yes?
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I remember the Trial of Shar. [she says, absently.] But yeah. It'll be this every week. They're... not them. We have to pick the right people so they don't suffer like he was.
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The right people? In the trial you mean.
[ goody. ] Well it can’t be as much of a disaster as yesterday was, scraping in at the last minute.
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[ so there's that. ]
We should pick the right people. The ritual demands blood, but is apparently not as fussed as to who's blood it is. So it is on us to care.
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[ gazing into the distance a little now. ]
“You must live with your choices”, was it?
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At least if they're lying to us, they're a unified front. Famine, War, and Pesto told me all the same shit.
We have got to stick together. I won't lose either of you to this. And - maybe fucking reconsider the monster thing. Maybe we don't want to strengthen these shits.
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Sometimes to keep something from devouring you entirely, you must feed it.
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Did he ever tell you what his monster was? I’m assuming the— [ he waggles his fingers. tentacles. ] were something to do with it.
[ :piparingan: ]
… Maybe “you must live with your choices” isn’t just about what happens during the ritual.
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He didn't tell me. [...] Probably something snakelike.
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That reminds me to ask what happens if one’s match dies before they can be found, actually.
I was given some possibilities for a wish, and the potential outcomes - it would be a chance to be restored to life, even if I somehow perish in the process here.
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I didn't ask, but I imagine curing vampirism wouldn't be out of the realms of the possible either.
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I've-- been considering both of these problems. Surely, with enough time, enough of my skill back ...
[ he could try and help? ]
I imagine both of those things would be entirely possible though, yes.
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... I'd like to get you the ability to see the sun again, Astarion. [a beat, as she looks at gale.] And get rid of your thing, too, with the magic. Let you both be normal people again, or as normal as you can manage.
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[ he’s a vampire, karlach and gale are both toeing the line between normality and just exploding into 1000 pieces accidentally or in self-sacrificial intent every day. just normal dnd things. ]
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[ he sighs. ] The wish can kick in immediately, that’s what I was told. But it depends on the wish and there’s no guarantee we’d see any benefit of partnering up with our other if they get us killed before we can even make our wish.
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[ he's chewing his nails again. ]
To my understanding, the wish could also return me to life regardless of demise here. If that happened, I would have no memory of this place, and it would be ... two months or so into the future. After the end of this.
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Hm. So, a loophole then. Even if it is one that would require a significant amount of memory loss.
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