People find it easiest to talk about what's in their surroundings, what they see, don't you? If the weather is sunny, then you talk about the sun, not the clouds. But if the rain continues, then all you can talk about is the rain, and its heavy drone, and its downpour...
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[ But he looks more tired, suddenly, a bit more like his usual self. ]
We stayed there. Don't know how we avoided all that -- fifteen at the residence. Pretty crowded...
That's very astute. [She gives a nod, smiling softly.
Also triple checks mod tags IT IS HEAVILY IMPLIED?? god strike me down and retcon this if it is not.]
I think so. I don't know how they got it away from him in the first place. He had a military background in a fantasy land, pretty powerful guy. At least from the look of things.
Depends on if I get a sense of what the parameters are, maybe. There's always a catch. Get us the hell out of here, or bring back everyone we lost.
Otherwise...everyone here has had something awful happen to them. Impossible circumstances, or a loss. Big threats. I'd ask around, see who's interested in a helping hand. Subtly of course.
[i almost said something envious but then i remembered his world has fleshwife.]
There's not much point in changing my life now. I'm already on a better trajectory. Anything I might change means going too far back to fix it. I don't know what kind of future that might make.
Better to work on something recent, more immediate.
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[She scrubs at her scalp, flipping her part to the other side and coughing low before taking a sip of her drink.]
I was out playing investigator. Found Cloud upstairs in that mansion. Sword through his gut. First floor on fire.
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[ But he looks more tired, suddenly, a bit more like his usual self. ]
We stayed there. Don't know how we avoided all that -- fifteen at the residence. Pretty crowded...
His own sword?
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Also triple checks mod tags IT IS HEAVILY IMPLIED?? god strike me down and retcon this if it is not.]
I think so. I don't know how they got it away from him in the first place. He had a military background in a fantasy land, pretty powerful guy. At least from the look of things.
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And even if he wasn't, nobody carries around a zweihander of that size and can say it's purely just for show.
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[Blinks at him a little.]
I was calling it a bigass box cutter.
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It means two-handed sword.
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[She will not be trying it again.]
...I saw Rondo by the Pyre, with, uh—Iwatooshi's big nasty spear. Or something that looks like it.
Guess he got disarmed too.
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[ Me OOCly not actually having bothered to look at what one looks like like well I'm going to have to look tomorrow. ]
...Did you know much about Mr. Iwatooshi?
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We had some interesting chats about human nature. He was a good man. Blade.
[She takes a bitter sip.]
Whichever.
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Maybe, if it happens to work that way, he won't actually be "dead" as long as his sword is whole.
...Wishful thinking?
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Maybe it's a situation where... Fuck, I don't know. Saying the magic word calls his soul back to the blade.
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[She grins, shaking her head.]
I know. I know it's never that easy.
...Makes me sorry we weren't matched, though. That wish is sounding pretty tempting at the moment.
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[ He did call her that regularly before heeding her request for Camille sometimes. Sometimes you just kind of switch around depending on the vibe. ]
You know the risks. But I'll humour the thought.
What would you have wished for?
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[She sobers some though. Sipping, thinking.]
Depends on if I get a sense of what the parameters are, maybe. There's always a catch. Get us the hell out of here, or bring back everyone we lost.
Otherwise...everyone here has had something awful happen to them. Impossible circumstances, or a loss. Big threats. I'd ask around, see who's interested in a helping hand. Subtly of course.
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Sounds awfully selfless of you.
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There's not much point in changing my life now. I'm already on a better trajectory. Anything I might change means going too far back to fix it. I don't know what kind of future that might make.
Better to work on something recent, more immediate.
What about you? What would you wish for?
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...Sounds forward-facing. Good for you.
[ That is not meant to be sarcastic, it's as genuine as someone can sound when they're also perpetually exhausted and dead inside. ]
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I don't know.