Hal visits Jadis, looking for an answer to the question he decided not to ask the other day. He gets a disappointing answer but decides to get a reading done. The cards answer to his new question gives him a bit of closure. Jadis and Hal then talk for a bit before he departs.
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[Hal dismounts from his trusty steed Telemachus, leading the donkey by the reins as he glances around the area.]
[18:09:17] <[RP] Hal> uhhhh.
[Hal scratches his head. The path splits in two before him. The view is thick with leaves of willow trees down both.]
[18:09:48] <[RP] Hal> where even...
[Hal continues on towards the right, wandering around, trying to spot some sign of Jadis. Hal glances up toward the tree-like shrine. Almost gobsmacked by it, Hal can't help but approach, getting lost in all of the little details of it. Bells in the branches musically sound as they are blown about by the wind. Something on the bark shifts. Hal squints at it and-]
[18:15:50] <[RP] Jadis> ...Mr. Copperboot
[18:15:55] <[RP] Hal> YIPE!
[Hal jumps and turns rapidly to look at Jadis who has appeared behind him. Hal hadn’t heard it approach at all! He takes a moment to steady his heartbeat.]
[18:16:10] <[RP] Hal> .... oh, hey there!
[18:16:12] <[RP] Jadis> Good day
[18:16:24] <[RP] Hal> was lookin' for ya, hope ya don't mind...
[18:16:50] <[RP] Jadis> A visit is... unexpected. But not... unwelcome
[Hal gives an almost shaky smile.]
[18:17:15] <[RP] Hal> That's, uh, good then!
[18:17:33] <[RP] Hal> But, uhh.
[18:17:57] <[RP] Hal> Can we... Talk? 's that awright?
[18:18:22] <[RP] Jadis> Of course... we may
[Jadis’ eyes flit between Hal and Telemachus, who has been getting very close to them. Telemachus huffs in Jadis’ face.]
[18:18:47] <[RP] Jadis> Would you like... to discuss at my.... abode?
[Hal smiles again, tittering awkwardly.]
[18:19:03] <[RP] Hal> Yeah! uhhh.
[18:19:18] <[RP] Hal> Ya got somewhere I can leave my buddy?
[Hal gestures to Telemachus with reins in hand.]
[18:19:50] <[RP] Jadis> I have... a place for my... horses
[18:20:05] <[RP] Hal> awright! lead the way!
[Jadis leads the way back down the path. Hal looks up at the old house as they approach, despite the blue roof and red windows it looks spooky. Jadis briefly stops next to a fenced in area where horses graze. Hal ties Telemachus’ reins to the fence.]
[18:21:46] <[RP] Hal> be back later, Telemachus!
[Jadis holds the door open for their guest before leading the way to the sitting room.]
[18:22:09] <[RP] Jadis> Welcome to my... home
[Hal sits down, fidgeting with his gloves. Jadis sits down across from him.]
[18:23:08] <[RP] Hal> its, uh. lovely!
[18:23:24] <[RP] Jadis> My thanks
[Hal glances down and around, hesitating.]
[18:23:50] <[RP] Hal> so, uhh.
[18:24:27] <[RP] Hal> y'know the other day, when we was all goin' out n' findin' that big, uh. battery thing?
[18:24:39] <[RP] Jadis> Yes...?
[18:24:47] <[RP] Hal> n' you n' doc were talkin about spirit folk, n' all that...
[Hal huffs, anxious.]
[18:25:30] <[RP] Hal> I was... just, uh. wonderin. I wanted to ask before, y'see, but I didn't wanna interrupt nothin..
[18:26:05] <[RP] Hal> but. y'ever seen or heard any... lil' ones, that. look kinda like me? maybe?
[Jadis tilts its head.]
[18:26:50] <[RP] Jadis> A ghost... that looks like... you?
[18:27:00] <[RP] Hal> y-yeah! like.
[18:27:04] <[RP] Hal> like. related to me.
[18:27:15] <[RP] Hal> [quietly:] y'know...?
[Jadis fidgets with their gloves as they think.]
[18:27:40] <[RP] Jadis> Were... they buried here... do you know?
[18:28:17] <[RP] Jadis> Where a ghost... lingers... can vary
[18:30:20] <[RP] Hal> uhh. No. s'pose not...
[Hal lowers his head, scratching at one of his ears lightly.]
[18:30:53] <[RP] Jadis> They would have... no reason to be... lingering here then... my apologies
[18:31:03] <[RP] Hal> .... right. Right, yeah.
[Hal looks crestfallen.]
[18:31:25] <[RP] Jadis> A ghost... attaches... to a place or object
[18:31:50] <[RP] Jadis> That is how... they linger
[18:32:10] <[RP] Hal> makes sense.... shoulda figured that!
[18:32:20] <[RP] Hal> I just don't know much about any o' that
[18:32:42] <[RP] Jadis> It is not always... common knowledge
[18:33:35] <[RP] Jadis> If you knew... where or what... they could be tethered to however
[18:36:35] <[RP] Jadis> It is... common... for ghosts to tether where... their body is
[18:37:07] <[RP] Hal> right, right, that makes sense...
[Hal thinks to himself for a moment.]
[18:38:48] <[RP] Hal> I 'unno if...
[18:39:42] <[RP] Hal> If, uh...
[Hal coughs awkwardly.]
[18:39:46] <[RP] Hal> If I can really take visitors there...
[18:40:50] <[RP] Jadis> Understandable.... graves can be... quite personal
[Hal huffs in dejection.]
[18:41:38] <[RP] Hal> well dang!
[18:41:48] <[RP] Hal> now I feel like I'm botherin' ya for no good reason, hah.
[18:42:01] <[RP] Jadis> Oh I do not... feel bothered
[18:42:29] <[RP] Hal> y'don't?
[18:42:51] <[RP] Jadis> So many... housecalls of late... I am quite flattered
[Hal perks up slightly.]
[18:44:21] <[RP] Hal> oh!
[18:44:29] <[RP] Hal> well! good, then! I'm glad…
[An awkward silence falls. Hal scratches his ear as he looks around the room. Jadis just stares at him.]
[18:46:37] <[RP] Hal> .... y'know, I heard Magnolia was o'er here, too!
[18:46:56] <[RP] Jadis> Ah yes... Mr. Candlewick... did
[18:47:37] <[RP] Hal> Yea, he mentioned it a while back, didn't say much'a what he did though
[Hal’s eyes widen a bit and holds his palms up.]
[18:47:45] <[RP] Hal> NOT. that i'm tryna get you to tell me!
[18:47:56] <[RP] Jadis> He found... his grandmother's cards... and kindly showed me
[18:48:22] <[RP] Hal> Oh, yeah! I was... real surprised
[18:48:36] <[RP] Hal> Dunno how that happened! musta been, uhh...
[Hal gestures vaguely with a hand.]
[18:48:55] <[RP] Hal> Fate? I 'unno!
[18:49:17] <[RP] Jadis> Mmm... perhaps
[18:49:41] <[RP] Hal> I ain't ever known much 'bout them fancy readins
[18:49:57] <[RP] Jadis> Mr. Candlewick... said the same
[18:50:07] <[RP] Hal> 'Nol--- Uh, Magnolia's grammy was real into it, though
[18:50:21] <[RP] Hal> none o' my family, though. too busy!
[18:50:57] <[RP] Jadis> It can be a... selective practice
[18:52:39] <[RP] Hal> Plus, y'know... Gotta know 'bout that stuff
[18:52:56] <[RP] Hal> I'm not too smart. Had to teach m'self how to read, y'know
[18:53:25] <[RP] Jadis> A willingness to learn is... the most needed thing to learn... anything
[18:53:31] <[RP] Jadis> Not... "smarts"
[Hal scratches lightly at his face.]
[18:53:58] <[RP] Hal> heh, yeah, i guess...
[18:54:11] <[RP] Hal> Magnolia usually tells me the same stuff...
[18:54:46] <[RP] Hal> ... Um.
[18:55:03] <[RP] Jadis> You do not... believe it?
[18:55:20] <[RP] Hal> OH, uh.
[Hal flushes a little at the unexpected question.]
[18:55:33] <[RP] Hal> I mean. I try to.
[18:59:57] <[RP] Jadis> Why is it... hard to believe?
[Hal's ears swivel, awkwardly grinning as he glances away and titters.]
[19:00:28] <[RP] Hal> uh, y'know!
[19:01:14] <[RP] Hal> seein' people be so smart about things pretty much all the time.... even during that trip!
[19:01:31] <[RP] Hal> Hard to not compare m'self...
[19:01:36] <[RP] Hal> bad habit, I guess!
[Jadis tilts its head.]
[19:02:59] <[RP] Jadis> Pedestals again...
[19:03:07] <[RP] Hal> Mmm?
[19:03:25] <[RP] Jadis> You and... Mr. Candlewick... are as alike as... the cards thought
[In a shy but curious tone:]
[19:04:04] <[RP] Hal> ... yer cards thought that?
[19:04:18] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[19:04:56] <[RP] Hal> I didn' know, uh.
[19:05:05] <[RP] Hal> didn' know he got a readin!
[19:05:45] <[RP] Jadis> He wished to see... a demonstration... to better understand... how it works
[19:07:17] <[RP] Hal> makes sense! Uh…
[Hal fidgets a little, feeling sheepish.]
[19:08:04] <[RP] Hal> [quietly:] don't s'pose i could see, too..?
[Jadis blinks and glances away.]
[19:08:22] <[RP] Jadis> ...You want a reading?
[19:08:32] <[RP] Hal> ..... if ya don't mind, course!
[19:08:49] <[RP] Jadis> No... I would be happy to
[Hal gives a brief smile.]
[19:09:12] <[RP] Hal> really?
[19:09:51] <[RP] Jadis> Of course... I have the deck upstairs
[19:10:22] <[RP] Hal> awright..!
[Hal stands after Jadis and follows them upstairs to a small room. Jadis sits at the table and begins shuffling the deck of cards. Hal sits in the chair across it.]
[19:12:43] <[RP] Jadis> A reading is... commonly to answer a question...
[19:13:09] <[RP] Jadis> What is... your question?
[Hal hesitates.]
[19:13:47] <[RP] Hal> .... I guess my question would be...
[19:13:52] <[RP] Hal> .... Do they hate me, now?
[19:14:03] <[RP] Hal> .... M'family, I mean.
[Jadis’ eyebrows furrow for a moment and pauses, it passes quickly. Jadis splits the deck in two and lays out half of the cards in a spread.]
[19:27:55] <[RP] Jadis> Pick three
[Hal looks downward at the deck, puzzling for just a moment before mumbling, picking three cards out that spoke to him. Jadis put away the other cards, centering the three chosen on the table.]
[19:29:50] <[RP] Jadis> A difficult question...
[19:30:18] <[RP] Hal> uh, yeah, um...
[19:30:22] <[RP] Hal> y'know.
[19:30:29] <[RP] Hal> just always wondered.
[19:30:36] <[RP] Hal> sorry if it's too much for ya.
[Jadis either ignores or simply doesn’t react to Hal’s awkward ramble.]
[19:30:36] <[RP] Jadis> An answer... not totally agreed upon... by all
[19:30:52] <[RP] Hal> ...?
[19:31:01] <[RP] Jadis> I will... explain
[Jadis taps the first card with a long gloved nail.]
[19:31:24] <[RP] Jadis> This... is some of your family's answer
[Jadis taps on the middle card.]
[19:31:35] <[RP] Jadis> This the others
[Jadis taps the last.]
[19:31:54] <[RP] Jadis> This their agreement
[Hal gulps nervously.]
[19:32:10] <[RP] Hal> I see..
[19:32:14] <[RP] Jadis> Does that... make sense?
[19:32:20] <[RP] Hal> yeah, it does...
[19:32:34] <[RP] Jadis> I will... show the cards then
[Hal listens with intent as Jadis turns over the first card. An old man with a crown sits on a throne of sturdy stone. In one hand he holds a scepter, the other a crystal ball.]
[19:37:09] <[RP] Jadis> The Emperor. Reversed
[Hal darts his eyes between the card and Jadis, nervous.]
[19:39:48] <[RP] Jadis> The Emperor tends to represent... responsibility and work
[19:41:47] <[RP] Jadis> Reversed... some of your family thinks... that you should be accountable... of what they left you
[Hal nods, a pit forming in his stomach as he decides to take his hat off and fidget with it.]
[19:43:20] <[RP] Hal> ... like, the farm?
[19:43:33] <[RP] Jadis> That is what... it seems
[19:43:44] <[RP] Hal> mhm... I. I bet that's Pa.
[19:43:54] <[RP] Hal> at least.
[19:44:22] <[RP] Jadis> Would you like... to see the next?
[Hal nods stiffly.]
[19:44:41] <[RP] Hal> yeah.... yeah, i would.
[Jadis turns over the middle card. On the card is a heart covered in chains, the chains are broken and the heart bleeds.]
[19:45:11] <[RP] Jadis> Sadness
[Hal stares at the imagery, mesmerized by the feeling it evoked in him.]
[19:45:48] <[RP] Jadis> Some of your family... they just miss you
[19:45:55] <[RP] Hal> ..!
[19:45:56] <[RP] Jadis> Simple as that
[Hal pauses, gently scratching at his face.]
[19:47:10] <[RP] Hal> ... I miss 'em, too. Maybe I oughtta, um... Visit, more.
[19:48:27] <[RP] Jadis> They feel guilt of their own... that you are without them
[19:49:30] <[RP] Hal> Mmm...
[19:49:53] <[RP] Hal> Guess it goes both ways, huh?
[19:50:25] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... love is like that... I think
[19:50:43] <[RP] Hal> ... Feel like a pretty bad oldest, lotta the time. But... y'know.
[19:50:58] <[RP] Jadis> Oldest?
[19:51:06] <[RP] Hal> .... Yeah.
[Hal sinks into himself.]
[19:51:58] <[RP] Hal> ... I had 4 little siblings... 2 brothers, 2 sisters.
[19:52:26] <[RP] Hal> I was the oldest. Then it was Ma n Pa, n' Uncle Bart.
[Jadis' brow furrows as they stare at Hal.]
[19:54:45] <[RP] Jadis> My condolences... for your loss
[Hal smiles solemnly at it.]
[19:55:16] <[RP] Hal> 'ppreciate it....
[Quiet falls over them for a moment. It’s not awkward, just a quiet calm. A respite.]
[19:55:34] <[RP] Jadis> Shall I... do the last card?
[Hal pauses, taking a breath.]
[19:55:49] <[RP] Hal> ... Yeah. Please.
[Jadis turns the last card. A pack of wolves in a den sleeping on top of each other. A single wolf is awake, watching over the others.]
[19:56:14] <[RP] Jadis> Family
[19:56:22] <[RP] Hal> ..!
[19:56:36] <[RP] Jadis> No matter personal feelings... you are their family
[19:56:45] <[RP] Jadis> That they can agree on...
[19:56:53] <[RP] Hal> .... huh...!
[Hal chuckles a little, smiling even as he can't help but wipe a tear away that betrayed him.]
[19:57:36] <[RP] Hal> Gee!
[19:57:56] <[RP] Hal> hah, m'sorry, gettin' all emotional in front o' ya.
[19:58:15] <[RP] Jadis> There is... no shame... in emotions
[Hal softens a little, trying to be less tense now that he's gotten closure.]
[19:59:54] <[RP] Jadis> I hope... that answered you question
[20:00:05] <[RP] Hal> It did....
[Hal huffs out, trying to collect himself.]
[20:01:30] <[RP] Hal> Listen, um...
[20:01:48] <[RP] Hal> I really appreciate this, Jadis... Honest! ya didn't have to do this and ya did, anyway.
[20:02:01] <[RP] Jadis> It was... no trouble
[Hal smiles more genuinely.]
[20:03:35] <[RP] Hal> we can, uh... head back downstairs, now..?
[20:03:44] <[RP] Jadis> Oh yes... of course
[They leave the room and return downstairs, taking the same seats as before.]
[20:04:14] <[RP] Hal> say, Jadis...
[20:04:28] <[RP] Jadis> Yes...?
[20:04:44] <[RP] Hal> sorry if this ain't an okay thing to ask, i don't wanna be uhh. pre-sumptuous?
[20:04:58] <[RP] Hal> but... ya ever get lonely?
[Jadis blinks and stares for a moment. They look down at their hands. Hal 's ears flop, nervously, as if he said the wrong thing.]
[20:06:22] <[RP] Jadis> It can be... quiet
[Hal gives Jadis a considering look.]
[20:07:04] <[RP] Hal> .... Y'know, ya may be like me in some ways, hah! I have a hard time talkin' to most folk. y'seem like y'also have a hard time, sometimes.
[Jadis looks back up at Hal.]
[20:07:28] <[RP] Hal> Just. thought it may be nice to know y'ain't alone.
[20:07:41] <[RP] Jadis> Ah...
[20:07:58] <[RP] Jadis> Thank you
[Hal's ears perk up, smile brightening.]
[20:08:13] <[RP] Hal> 'course!
[20:08:40] <[RP] Hal> y'know, i 'unno if Magnolia said it or naw, but yer always welcome to the inn!
[20:08:52] <[RP] Hal> he's a real good cook!
[20:09:19] <[RP] Jadis> I would... be delighted... to visit
[20:10:26] <[RP] Hal> Usually I'm out in the barn or in the field unless he needs me, but I'll let him know to gimme a holler if ya stop by! I'll say hi n' all that
[20:10:16] <[RP] Jadis> I had considered... before, after Mr. Candlewick offered but... well...
[20:10:39] <[RP] Hal> yeah?
[Jadis fidgets with its mask.]
[20:10:54] <[RP] Jadis> .... my last visit to town... did not go well
[20:11:07] <[RP] Hal> aw man?
[20:11:28] <[RP] Hal> m' sorry to hear that!
[20:11:42] <[RP] Jadis> It is... no matter
[20:12:37] <[RP] Hal> I just know if I didn't have Magnolia, I'd be real lonely a lotta the time
[20:12:56] <[RP] Hal> I'd hate to see anyone bein' alone like that.... y'know?
[20:13:45] <[RP] Jadis> I don't... have anyone close... like you have eachother
[Hal frowns a bit.]
[20:14:07] <[RP] Hal> That's a downright shame…
[Awkwards silence falls again. Suddenly Hal chuckles a bit.]
[20:14:41] <[RP] Hal> Y'know... It's funny!
[20:15:26] <[RP] Hal> I find ya a lot easier to talk to than I usually find folk. That's weird, ain't it? Maybe it's cause it cancels out or somethin'.
[Hal titters awkwardly.]
[20:16:20] <[RP] Hal> Sorry,
[20:19:47] <[RP] Jadis> You don't find me... strange?
[20:21:35] <[RP] Hal> I mean, we're all a little strange, ain't we?
[Jadis tilts its head.]
[20:22:07] <[RP] Hal> I'm strange!
[20:22:21] <[RP] Jadis> ...Are you?
[20:27:07] <[RP] Hal> Yeah! I mean. Sometimes I just stare out at the lake for a few hours when everything's all taken care of
[20:27:34] <[RP] Hal> Forget I'm a person sometimes!
[20:28:25] <[RP] Jadis> ....
[20:28:33] <[RP] Jadis> That doesnt... seem so.. strange
[Hal thinks for a moment before snapping his fingers towards Jadis.]
[20:29:18] <[RP] Hal> Sometimes I go full weeks just wantin' to eat potatoes n' nothin' else'll do!
[20:29:40] <[RP] Hal> It ain't the healthiest thing. Magnolia forces me to eat other stuff, hah
[20:29:45] <[RP] Jadis> I... don't eat much at all
[20:30:34] <[RP] Hal> Dang,
[20:30:50] <[RP] Hal> That's fair! I eat a lot, hah
[Hal suddenly feels like he's saying the wrong things. Trying to be reassuring was harder than it looked.]
[20:32:23] <[RP] Hal> Well,
[20:33:29] <[RP] Hal> I guess what i'm tryin' to say is that, uh... People judge each other for reasons they shouldn't be
[20:33:52] <[RP] Hal> Doesn't really matter what someone looks like or what they do, so long as they're kind
[20:34:02] <[RP] Hal> n' I think you're a kind sort! least from what I've seen...
[20:34:14] <[RP] Jadis> Oh... thank you
[20:34:35] <[RP] Hal> :)
[20:35:08] <[RP] Hal> but, yeah! really, if ya wanna come on down to the inn, yer welcome to! everyone is!
[20:35:17] <[RP] Hal> y'aint no differn't
[Hal stands and stretchs.]
[20:35:48] <[RP] Hal> and, y'know! i could come back here, sometime!
[20:36:11] <[RP] Jadis> Of course... you are welcome.. anytime
[20:36:26] <[RP] Hal> i'll keep that in mind!
[20:37:06] <[RP] Hal> but, uhh. i best get Telemachus home n' check in on Magnolia. this was real pleasant though, I hope I didn't keep ya too much
[20:37:26] <[RP] Jadis> Oh no... it was a pleasant visit
[20:37:33] <[RP] Jadis> And I think... you helped me
[20:37:41] <[RP] Hal> oh, hah, did I?
[20:38:20] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[Hal smiles brightly as he pats his hat back onto his head.]
[20:38:34] <[RP] Hal> glad to hear it!
[Hal heads toward the door and Jadis opens it for him.]
[20:39:24] <[RP] Hal> obviously ya helped me, too. but even aside from the readin' and all that. guess i coulda used the time away from the farm, i don't get it much
[20:39:38] <[RP] Jadis> My pleasure...
[Hal gives one last wave as he mounts Telemachus. Jadis stiffly waves back.]
[20:39:55] <[RP] Hal> have a good one, Jadis!
[20:39:21] <[RP] Jadis> Good day... Mr. Copperboot
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Magnolia tries stocking his shop at spawn but is interrupted by Jadis. They talk about the cards Magnolia is trying to find and the cemetery. Pekoe suddenly enters the conversation and the two adults express concern over there not being anyone to watch him. Pekoe asks the two various questions. When his attempts to push Magnolia into the water do not work Pekoe swims off. Magnolia offers that Jadis can stop by the inn anytime before getting back to work.
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[Magnolia messes with the barrels outside the little shop at the end of the east pier, going inside and coming back out over and over as he fixes up the stock.
Jadis leaves the post office and slowly begins walking around spawn, trying to avoid the more bustling parts of the Wayships. Jadis notices the farm shop and the familiar cat that's standing outside of it.
Magnolia gets too close to Not be aware of his neighbour(...?). He looks at his book and quill, and then pats his trouser pocket.
Jadis approaches the distracted Magnolia. Looming over him as they stand a little too close. Magnolia looks up at Jadis, stepping back by a hair.]
[20:28:03] <[RP] Jadis> Good day, Mr. Candlewick
[20:28:28] <[RP] Magnolia> Uh, Yeah, good day 'n all
[Magnolia grips the book in his hands, shoulders tense. He eyes Jadis warily.]
[20:29:10] <[RP] Magnolia> d'ya... need, somethin,?
[20:29:44] <[RP] Jadis> I simply... noticed you... and thought to say... hello
[20:30:17] <[RP] Magnolia> Yeah, uh, Howdy
[20:30:34] <[RP] Magnolia> Oh- uh
[20:30:53] <[RP] Magnolia> I've been lookin fer those cards i mentioned, havent found em yet, but
[20:30:59] <[RP] Jadis> Oh?
[20:31:05] <[RP] Magnolia> uh
[20:31:28] <[RP] Magnolia> No where to be seen, yep, but i still got a few places ta look
[20:32:19] <[RP] Jadis> I hope... you will be able to find... those cards
[20:32:28] <[RP] Jadis> Such a shame... if they were lost
[20:32:47] <[RP] Magnolia> i'm not sure either way, at this point
[20:33:02] <[RP] Magnolia> uh, they could be ashes, or just a tad singed
[20:33:15] <[RP] Magnolia> or in perfect order like the rest of the farm
[20:33:26] <[RP] Magnolia> just in th'attic or somewhere under a haybale
[20:33:51] <[RP] Magnolia> pretty organised now, but, not then
[20:33:56] <[RP] Jadis> An undignified place... for such things... but preferable to ashes
[20:34:40] <[RP] Magnolia> 's been a while since she was alive, can't help it
[20:35:14] <[RP] Jadis> Ah yes... I had been going to... ask
[20:35:46] <[RP] Jadis> Is she... buried in Ignis Fatuus... by chance?
[20:36:18] <[RP] Magnolia> Ignis... uh, That's the ol' cemetery 'round the town, yeah?
[20:36:31] <[RP] Jadis> In the swamp... yes
[20:37:24] <[RP] Magnolia> Mmmm... I can't say fer sure, no time to go 'round 'n pay my respects, but,
[20:37:27] <[RP] Jadis> I saw the name... Candlewick... on some graves
[Magnolia perks up.]
[20:37:38] <[RP] Magnolia> Really?
[20:37:51] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[20:38:06] <[RP] Jadis> Quite old... like most of the graves
[20:39:22] <[RP] Magnolia> Well uh... m'gram was named Gloria, if that rings a cowbell
[Jadis tilts their head with a creak.]
[20:40:11] <[RP] Jadis> Hm... Perhaps
[Magnolia has to hold back a grimace, ears swivelling back for just a moment at the noise.]
[20:41:38] <[RP] Magnolia> Perhaps? You don't know, 'xactly?
[20:42:09] <[RP] Jadis> First names... are harder to remember... more familiar
[20:42:24] <[RP] Magnolia> s'pose that could be true
[20:42:38] <[RP] Magnolia> Uh.... Does Ferus stoke any flames?
[20:43:07] <[RP] Jadis> Oh yes... I think I saw that one
[20:43:54] <[RP] Magnolia> Then Gloria's gotta be there, that's 'er husband
[20:44:13] <[RP] Jadis> The graves were... next to each other
[20:44:53] <[RP] Magnolia> Good ta know the headstones 'ave survived the test of time, at least
[Magnolia relaxes. Just slightly.]
[20:46:05] <[RP] Jadis> Oh yes... age wears... but Dian hates to see... tombs damaged
[Magnolia nods understandingly. He doesn't know who that is, presumably a god or deity, but he didn't want to be rude.]
[20:47:54] <[RP] Magnolia> I'd hate to see 'em damaged, too
[20:48:15] <[RP] Magnolia> Burial upkeep is rough, now 'n again
[20:49:00] <[RP] Jadis> I have been doing my... best to help it... it's only right
[Magnolia nods again.]
[20:50:11] <[RP] Magnolia> I can respect that. Lotsa folk wish they coulda done the same, when they were younger. I hear about it from travellers passin' through
[20:50:43] <[RP] Magnolia> Takes grit and perseverence, 'specially after storms. 'SPECIALLY if you've got vandals 'round
[20:53:35] <[RP] Magnolia> Ahh, yeah, that could do it
[20:53:44] <[RP] Jadis> She has... been looking out for me... for a while
[20:54:53] <[RP] Magnolia> Sounds like a good score. Reminds me'a cattle. They don't trust just anyone, but they're real friendly with those they trust. Not to confuse yer Dian with cattle, 'course.
[Behind Magnolia a little wolf head suddenly pops out of the water.]
[20:55:18] <[RP] Pekoe> I like cattle
[Magnolia spins around to look at Pekoe, ears perked and turned his way.]
[20:56:28] <[RP] Jadis> Oh... Young Master Pekoe
[20:56:32] <[RP] Magnolia> Uh, the-
[20:56:40] <[RP] Magnolia> Pekoe, yeah
[20:56:43] <[RP] Pekoe> Hi!
[20:57:00] <[RP] Magnolia> Don'tcha got caretakers ta look after ya?
[Pekoe climbs out of the water and plops on the floor. He is sopping wet with seaweed tangled around parts of his body.]
[20:57:14] <[RP] Pekoe> Huh?
[20:58:24] <[RP] Jadis> The good Doctor or... I don't believe I caught the others name
[20:58:40] <[RP] Pekoe> Oh!
[20:58:46] <[RP] Pekoe> Unc'a Nettle 'n Doc!
[20:58:51] <[RP] Magnolia> [Definitely remembering:] Yeah, those two
[20:58:54] <[RP] Pekoe> They're at home :D
[20:59:06] <[RP] Magnolia> 'nd why aren't you there?
[20:59:10] <[RP] Jadis> A child... should not be left... alone
[20:59:29] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm big!
[20:59:34] <[RP] Pekoe> Big 'nough to help on hunts!
[20:59:45] <[RP] Pekoe> Big 'nough to go swimmin
[20:59:58] <[RP] Magnolia> Not so sure 'bout that
[21:00:01] <[RP] Jadis> Even older children... should have a guardian nearby
[21:00:27] <[RP] Magnolia> Yeah. You've got the adults ta look after ya.
[21:00:36] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm ten summers, an' the other pups all leave after two! So! I'm big 'nough!
[21:01:07] <[RP] Jadis> Only... ten?
[21:01:13] <[RP] Magnolia> Well, I guess... I can't judge.
[21:01:14] <[RP] Pekoe> Already ten!
[21:01:28] <[RP] Pekoe> Tha's what Mama says!
[21:01:39] <[RP] Pekoe> So I don' feel bad about not goin'!
[Jadis shakes their head.]
[21:02:11] <[RP] Jadis> Ten is still... young enough for supervision
[21:02:37] <[RP] Pekoe> The boat's're safe!
[21:02:43] <[RP] Pekoe> Can't even' drown!
[21:03:24] <[RP] Magnolia> Still, ya can't go 'round alone like that
[21:03:29] <[RP] Pekoe> Why not?
[21:03:41] <[RP] Magnolia> What if somethin' happened 'n you could'n tell yer caregivers anythin'?
[21:03:59] <[RP] Pekoe> What'd happen?
[21:04:08] <[RP] Pekoe> I don' stay dead! It's ok!
[21:04:11] <[RP] Pekoe> :D
[21:04:14] <[RP] Jadis> You should wait... until you are tall enough... to see in a crowd
[Pekoe points at Magnolia.]
[21:04:26] <[RP] Pekoe> He's me-size
[21:04:35] <[RP] Magnolia> >:(
[Jadis glances at Magnolia and looks back at Pekoe.]
[21:04:55] <[RP] Jadis> Are you... a cat?
[21:05:28] <[RP] Magnolia> Uh, me?
[21:05:31] <[RP] Magnolia> 'least a little
[21:05:43] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm a pup!
[21:06:15] <[RP] Jadis> Then... you will get... taller
[21:06:28] <[RP] Jadis> Cat height... does not apply... to growing pups
[Jadis sounds slightly amused saying this.]
[21:07:05] <[RP] Magnolia> 'n if you don' wanna be stuck that height, you gotta eat yer... uh, prolly just meats?
[Pekoe looks Very disgruntled. Who are these adults to tell him what to do? Not his uncles, not his Mama.]
[21:07:22] <[RP] Pekoe> I eat my veggies
[21:07:25] <[RP] Pekoe> An' my meats
[21:07:37] <[RP] Magnolia> but yes [slightly aggressive:] cat height does not equate to dog height. Never has.
[21:07:57] <[RP] Magnolia> Right, yer not a carnivore 'xactly, are ya?
[21:08:24] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc says I'm a opportuny omnivore
[21:08:43] <[RP] Magnolia> You really are like'a real wolf, seems.
[Jadis' eyes slowly look back and forth between Magnolia and Pekoe as they exchange words.]
[21:09:00] <[RP] Pekoe> My Mama and Papa an' Rize an' Chai are wolves
[21:09:06] <[RP] Pekoe> An' I am too
[21:09:32] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm jus' slower
[21:09:49] <[RP] Magnolia> Hm. I guess that makes sense. Can't judge, still
[21:10:17] <[RP] Pekoe> Mama says I can be outside on my own 'cause it's safer here. An' Mama gets more say.
[21:10:23] <[RP] Pekoe> Than strangers
[Pekoe copies Jadis’ slow shifty eyes and looks at them both.]
[21:10:41] <[RP] Jadis> I thought... we were acquainted... not strangers?
[Magnolia sighs.]
[21:10:52] <[RP] Pekoe> I'on' know you
[21:10:56] <[RP] Jadis> We met... before
[21:11:12] <[RP] Magnolia> takes a lot t'be considered more'n strangers, these days
[Pekoe points at Magnolia, glaring at Jadis.]
[21:11:30] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... I was... not aware
[21:11:48] <[RP] Jadis> My apologies.... Master Pekoe
[21:12:13] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[21:12:30] <[RP] Pekoe> Did'ja know you don' drown here?
[21:12:39] <[RP] Jadis> I did not
[21:12:50] <[RP] Magnolia> Can't swim, wouldn't test that fer myself.
[21:13:02] <[RP] Pekoe> I' been under for two!! Hours!!
[21:13:06] <[RP] Jadis> You... cannot swim?
[21:13:23] <[RP] Pekoe> You're gonna drown
[21:13:36] <[RP] Magnolia> too busy writin' ledgers ta drown
[21:13:43] <[RP] Pekoe> Tha's not good, what'll your Mama say?
[Magnolia's ears swivel backwards.]
[21:14:05] <[RP] Pekoe> My Mama made sure I swimmed
[21:14:43] <[RP] Magnolia> some've us lost our Mamas early on 'n couldn't learn
[21:14:52] <[RP] Magnolia> fact'a life
[21:15:12] <[RP] Jadis> My... condolences
[21:15:15] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[21:15:22] <[RP] Pekoe> 'n no papa?
[21:15:29] <[RP] Pekoe> Or uncle? Or. The other one
[21:43:18] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm s'posed to worry about that
[21:43:19] <[RP] Pekoe> :D
[21:43:19] <[RP] Jadis> I... am not a thief
[21:43:26] <[RP] Pekoe> ok!
[21:43:30] <[RP] Magnolia> no. less ya think we're botherin' ya too much?
[21:44:03] <[RP] Magnolia> not my nature ta steal, 'sides that
[Pekoe cocks his head.]
[21:44:32] <[RP] Pekoe> You're weird
[21:44:38] <[RP] Magnolia> weird??
[21:44:58] <[RP] Pekoe> mhm
[21:45:10] <[RP] Magnolia> i'm perfectly normal
[21:45:16] <[RP] Pekoe> Eh
[21:45:43] <[RP] Jadis> How... is Mr Candlewick... weird?
[21:46:20] <[RP] Pekoe> Well
[21:47:21] <[RP] Pekoe> You told me... what to do? And now you're.
[He gestures at Magnolia who's taken visible steps away.]
[21:47:33] <[RP] Pekoe> Pushy 'n then not pushy
[21:48:03] <[RP] Jadis> Hm... that makes... sense I think
[21:48:32] <[RP] Magnolia> mmmm. Well my 'sponsibilities as an adult mean providin' care fer kids. i don' wanna make ya feel bad jus' cause i told you ya need guidance
[21:49:07] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[21:49:17] <[RP] Magnolia> too many big words?
[21:49:23] <[RP] Pekoe> I don' think I need guidance. I can swim. 'n you can't
[21:49:49] <[RP] Magnolia> well y'cant write a ledger, can you?
[21:50:06] <[RP] Pekoe> I write records on my harvests! I like numbers
[21:50:31] <[RP] Magnolia> [stubborn:] ...Okay. Right
[21:51:08] <[RP] Pekoe> How deep d'you think this is?
[Jadis silently watches the exchange, glad the attention is off them.]
[21:51:19] <[RP] Magnolia> Don't matter t'me
[21:51:28] <[RP] Pekoe> Don' you worry ?
[21:51:32] <[RP] Pekoe> Fall in, can' get out?
[21:51:44] <[RP] Magnolia> i don't walk close 'nough to the edge
[21:52:04] <[RP] Pekoe> 'n how d'you get to shops?
[21:52:25] <[RP] Magnolia> well... if i gotta, i try to keep my balance
[21:52:33] <[RP] Pekoe> An' when you slip?
[21:52:33] <[RP] Magnolia> but i don't usually shop 'less i got to
[21:52:49] <[RP] Pekoe> Slip? Fall in? Can' help y'self?
[21:52:54] <[RP] Magnolia> when i slip i got the reflexes to catch m'self. or Hal's round the corner 'n i can call
[Pekoe steps closer to the feline.]
[21:53:08] <[RP] Pekoe> Hal?
[21:53:16] <[RP] Pekoe> Big? Not here?
[21:53:22] <[RP] Magnolia> my- uh, best friend, yeah
[21:53:42] <[RP] Pekoe> Big 'n can' help if you fall?
[21:53:48] <[RP] Magnolia> eeyup?
[21:54:41] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm safer here 'n you. Where's your caretaker?
[21:55:17] <[RP] Pekoe> I swim. You don't. On water.
[21:55:40] <[RP] Pekoe> Your mama never taught you hunt
[21:55:47] <[RP] Magnolia> i don't need a caretaker. i'm 25 whole years.
[21:56:05] <[RP] Magnolia> 'course my mama never taught me to hunt, i didn't need to.
[Pekoe snickers.]
[21:57:05] <[RP] Pekoe> Like y'don' need swimmin?
[21:57:33] <[RP] Magnolia> I don't have time to swim.
[21:57:42] <[RP] Pekoe> Y've got time. Right now.
[21:57:48] <[RP] Magnolia> No.
[Magnolia takes a deep breath to calm himself. He’s trying his best with the kid.]
[21:58:34] <[RP] Magnolia> Why're you so intent on it?
[Pekoe pushes Magnolia back, using all the strength he can with his puppy arms.]
[21:59:34] <[RP] Pekoe> If y'ain' old. And y'can' swim. You're a pup
[21:59:43] <[RP] Jadis> Oh my...
[21:59:49] <[RP] Magnolia> Hey, don't play rough, kiddo, s'not very nice.
[21:59:55] <[RP] Pekoe> You're a pup. An' pups have t' learn.
[22:00:09] <[RP] Magnolia> I'm over twice yer age, s'nothin' y'need to worry about
[Jadis inhales harshly as their brow furrows again.]
[22:03:18] <[RP] Magnolia> What?
[Pekoe shoves Magnolia back again. Magnolia lets him shove him back, moving slightly to the side this time so that the water isn't at his back. It is pretty obvious that Pekoe’s intention was to try and shove Magnolia into the water.]
[22:04:33] <[RP] Pekoe> Pups learn swimmin' in safe waters.
[Pekoe points at the ocean.]
[22:04:44] <[RP] Pekoe> Safe 'nough
[22:06:28] <[RP] Magnolia> I don't want to. I've got things ta handle.
[22:06:39] <[RP] Pekoe> Like what
[Magnolia gestures to the store.]
[22:06:51] <[RP] Magnolia> Stockin'
[22:07:03] <[RP] Magnolia> can't stock if m'ledgers all wet.
[22:07:04] <[RP] Pekoe> Y've been talkin. For a hour.
[22:07:17] <[RP] Pekoe> Why's ledger in pockets
[22:07:20] <[RP] Magnolia> Breaks're fine. Not wet breaks.
[22:07:31] <[RP] Magnolia> I need it fer my work.
[22:07:55] <[RP] Magnolia> I wasn't taught ta swim, that's fine,
[22:08:03] <[RP] Pekoe> Nuh uh
[22:08:12] <[RP] Pekoe> 's dangerous
[22:09:47] <[RP] Pekoe> You're not a good pup, I think
[22:10:07] <[RP] Magnolia> Yeah, 'cus i'm not a pup.
[22:10:13] <[RP] Pekoe> No wonder you don' have a Mama or Uncle or Papa or anyone.
[Magnolia’s face scrunches up. Pekoe pushes Magnolia again and runs away, diving into the ocean.]
[22:10:45] <[RP] Jadis> Oh...
[22:11:08] <[RP] Jadis> That was... quite rude
[Magnolia holds his fingers to the bridge of his nose, pinching it as he breathes out slowly.]
[22:11:30] <[RP] Magnolia> Yeah, well....
[22:11:36] <[RP] Magnolia> Kids're like that, sometimes
[22:11:58] <[RP] Magnolia> i was tryin' real hard t'be nice
[22:12:15] <[RP] Jadis> You did... admirably
[22:12:56] <[RP] Magnolia> but... don't think that ones got enough social 'xperience
[22:13:18] <[RP] Magnolia> don' think 'e understands people jus' yet
[22:13:47] <[RP] Jadis> I can... understand that
[22:14:02] <[RP] Jadis> I also... do not have much... experience with people
[22:17:37] <[RP] Magnolia> yeah, i mean, i don' see ya 'round often
[22:17:41] <[RP] Magnolia> if ever, really
[Magnolia jumps back in surprise when he turns to Jadis only to find them standing closer than expected.]
[22:17:59] <[RP] Jadis> I am... a bit of a homebody... I suppose
[22:18:18] <[RP] Magnolia> I'd say the same on that. can't always stay home, though, got things t'do
[22:18:48] <[RP] Jadis> I do not... but I am attempting... to be more social
[22:19:22] <[RP] Magnolia> [with hesitation:] Well... uhh, yer always, welcome ta be social
[Jadis straightens a bit.]
[22:19:55] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... how kind
[22:20:03] <[RP] Magnolia> long as y'don't try t'steal anythin 'r whatever else
[22:20:06] <[RP] Magnolia> yeah, well
[22:20:12] <[RP] Magnolia> kindness... goes far
[22:20:13] <[RP] Jadis> Oh no... I am not a thief
[22:20:22] <[RP] Magnolia> ju's sayin
[22:20:28] <[RP] Magnolia> jus'. whatevs
[22:21:36] <[RP] Jadis> I would be... delighted... to give your fair inn...a social call
[22:22:10] <[RP] Magnolia> Yes... well, uh, we're always available by letter,
[22:22:32] <[RP] Magnolia> could always just come 'round the inn side 'n sit for a spell
[22:22:35] <[RP] Magnolia> uh,
[22:22:38] <[RP] Magnolia> Yeah
[Jadis steps even closer.]
[22:23:56] <[RP] Jadis> I will be sure... to do so
[Magnolia holds back a grimace.]
[22:24:13] <[RP] Magnolia> ...Gotcha
[22:24:39] <[RP] Magnolia> I'll keep'n eye out
[22:25:16] <[RP] Magnolia> don' come round later than sundown, though
[22:25:33] <[RP] Magnolia> we don't 'cept visitors after sundown
[22:25:35] <[RP] Jadis> Oh yes... it would be rude... to come calling so late
[22:25:58] <[RP] Jadis> Too much... to be done at night.. anyhow
[Magnolia feels around his pocket again.]
[22:26:19] <[RP] Magnolia> Uh, yeah, as a cemetery-keeper, that you are, I think, that makes... sense
[22:26:54] <[RP] Jadis> Oh... yes I suppose... you could call me that
[22:26:54] <[RP] Magnolia> i should... prolly git goin' though, 'less you've got more fer me
[22:27:07] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... my apologies... I have intruded on your work
[22:27:08] <[RP] Magnolia> I gotta round up the rest'a my stock
[22:27:14] <[RP] Magnolia> It's- it's, just fine
[22:27:27] <[RP] Magnolia> conversation is the fuel'a the mind, 'r whatever they say
[22:27:39] <[RP] Jadis> What an interesting... saying
[22:28:05] <[RP] Magnolia> Yes, uh.. some'a my folks used t'say it
[22:28:29] <[RP] Jadis> I see
[22:28:53] <[RP] Magnolia> i'll be seein' you, n' all that
[22:29:07] <[RP] Jadis> Of course.... good day, Mr Candlewick
[22:29:08] <[RP] Magnolia> don't be a... stranger, 'n have a good'n
[Magnolia gives an awkward wave... before hurrying back to the shop. Jadis stares after Magnolia before turning and leaving.]
Hal and Pekoe happen to run into each other at the spawn wayships, as Hal was running errands and Pekoe was hunting around for the source of scents that piqued his interest. They talk about several things; Safety, loss, even Hal’s species. In the end, Hal has a very nice moment around a kid that he is very fond of.
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[It’s mid-afternoon at the Wayships. Hal is approaching the mailboxes, humming a little tune as he opens to lids of both his and Magnolia’s. Not too far away, Pekoe clambers over a bookshelf, hunting down a scent that he had caught a whiff of… knocking over a pot in the process.]
[19:13:06] <[RP] Hal> [mumbled] ain't nothin for me, m'kay…
[At the sound of a crash, Hal’s ears swivel and he whips his head around to look.]
[19:13:09] <[RP] Hal> !!!!!
[19:13:25] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[ Hal approaches cautiously, but once he spots the young pup fully, a big smile adorns his face. As he does, Pekoe pockets the flower that had fallen from the pot and continues snuffling along, not realizing the other’s presence yet.]
[19:14:14] <[RP] Hal> Hey! Pekoe!
[Pekoe 's ears shoot up and he turns to stare big-style.]
[19:14:37] <[RP] Pekoe> I WAS GONNA PUT IT BACK LATER
[19:14:42] <[RP] Hal> ???
[Hal titters.]
[19:15:07] <[RP] Hal> Whatcha up to, little buddy?
[Pekoe scrambles to grab the pot, still sitting on the ground. Shoving the dirt back inside, he attempts to cover his tracks after realizing the cow was there to see his crime.]
[19:15:14] <[RP] Pekoe> NOTHING
[Hal watches as Pekoe scrambles around, not all too sure what the littler one was doing. His eyebrows crease down in concern.]
[19:15:41] <[RP] Pekoe> Flower!! Is ok!
[19:15:46] <[RP] Hal> .... y'sure?
[19:15:51] <[RP] Hal> y'don't need no help?
[Pekoe gently tamps the dirt around the flower roots, using some water from his backpack to water the plant.]
[19:16:46] <[RP] Pekoe> UHUH
[19:16:53] <[RP] Pekoe> All fine! Normal!
[Hal steps forward, in an attempt to check the sullied pot more closely. However, before he can get close enough, Pekoe scoots his small frame in front of the pot. The miniscule crack on the side of it has intentionally been turned away from Hal’s view.]
[19:17:53] <[RP] Pekoe> All!! Good!
[19:17:59] <[RP] Pekoe> No bad!
[19:18:01] <[RP] Pekoe> No bad!!
[Seeing that the pup is panicked, Hal can’t help but take a more comforting approach, softening his voice accordingly.]
[19:18:19] <[RP] Hal> hey, hey...!
[19:18:25] <[RP] Hal> y'ain't in trouble, promise ya!
[Pekoe squints suspiciously. A gentle huff from Hal, in response, and a smile.]
[19:19:14] <[RP] Hal> if sumn's wrong with the pot, the flower that's in it might not be able to keep goin'... I just wanna make sure it'll be awright, that's all!
[19:19:25] <[RP] Hal> mistakes happen, we gotta correct 'em proper-like!
[Pekoe squints suspiciouslier. This causes Hal to put a hand to his chest to show his utmost sincerity. Pekoe relaxes, nodding as he jumps down from the shelf and resumes his scent-hunt. A calmer smile from Hal, as he lifts and checks the pot, rushed in its correction. He takes note of the crack, taking to overcompensation, initially.]
[19:21:14] <[RP] Hal> hmmm... Dang. Well, I'll replace this here pot! I got some at home, somewhere, I'm sure…
[Pekoe does not look up toward Hal as he speaks, locked in and focused on his aggressive hunt. The source of the scent is near, and Pekoe is going to find it.]
[19:21:20] <[RP] Pekoe> Why?
[19:21:57] <[RP] Hal> This one got cracked! Might get worse if it don't get replaced!
[19:22:05] <[RP] Hal> The flower needs a proper home :)
[19:22:22] <[RP] Pekoe> Tiny crack! Won't bigger
[19:22:34] <[RP] Pekoe> Small little tiny. Not pup-small
[Squinting mischievously:]
[19:22:44] <[RP] Pekoe> .... 'lia small
[Hal tilts his head to the side just slightly, setting the pot back down as he does decide that Pekoe may be right.]
[19:22:52] <[RP] Hal> ... Lia?
[19:22:55] <[RP] Pekoe> your lia
[It takes Hal another moment, but once he realizes what the pup is saying, he grins along with an amused chuckle.]
[19:23:09] <[RP] Hal> Ohhhh! You mean Magnolia, don'tcha?
[19:23:18] <[RP] Pekoe> Yah
[Pekoe reaches his arm between the pot and the pillar, blindly grabbing for something scented.]
[19:23:41] <[RP] Hal> Heheheh! He might not like bein' called that, I reckon. but I'll keep that between you n' me.
[Hal continues to watch Pekoe’s strange behaviour.]
[At last, Pekoe grabs onto something and grins, pulling outward to reveal the culprit; a small chunk of honeycomb. His nose twitches as he sniffs at it, before holding it up and presenting it to Hal, proudly.]
[19:24:41] <[RP] Pekoe> Found!
[Hal looks down at the honeycomb, curiously quirking his eyebrow.]
[19:24:51] <[RP] Pekoe> Smells!
[19:24:54] <[RP] Pekoe> Yah!
[19:24:59] <[RP] Hal> Huh! Now what could that be doin' here?
[Hal gives it a sniff of his own. His cow nose can pick up the scent, as well. Traces of the familiar aroma of honey fill his nostrils, causing his ears to swivel in satisfaction as he smiles calmly.]
[19:25:11] <[RP] Hal> Mmmm! Honey's good.
[19:25:24] <[RP] Pekoe> ?? Bees? Bees honeycomb?
[19:25:54] <[RP] Hal> Well it smells a lil' like honey!
[Pekoe squints behind Hal's legs.]
[19:26:56] <[RP] Pekoe> No 'lia?
[19:27:35] <[RP] Hal> Oh, yeah! He's been right busy today, din't have time to come down here.
[19:27:51] <[RP] Hal> So i'm helpin' him out :)
[Pekoe nods aggressively, climbing on top of another bookshelf to be closer to eye-level with the tall farmer, puppy-glaring accusingly at him.]
[19:28:31] <[RP] Pekoe> 'Golia can't swim
[Hal winces.]
[19:28:55] <[RP] Hal> Yeahhhhh... He, um. Ne'er got taught, like I did.
[19:29:06] <[RP] Hal> I ain't a good teacher, m'self
[19:29:13] <[RP] Hal> Not with swimmin'!
[19:29:18] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[19:29:28] <[RP] Pekoe> Not safe.
[19:29:45] <[RP] Pekoe> Pups have to swim. Or'll drown
[A pit forms in Hal’s stomach at the mention of drowning. The thought of his best friend being in danger causing his stomach to twist. He tries to remain composed, however, in front of the child.]
[19:30:07] <[RP] Hal> Ahah, well, y'know.
[19:30:37] <[RP] Hal> He don't need to swim.... usually.
[Pekoe points at the water visibly lapping over the edge of the platform.]
[19:31:17] <[RP] Pekoe> What if.... fall in
[Hal 's ears swivel, pausing for a moment, as the danger presents itself clearer and clearer. Images begin to form in his mind of what could happen. He shakes his head, ears lightly flopping against his head as the hovering visuals get just a bit harder to see.]
[19:32:09] <[RP] Hal> .... Well. I'll tell you what. I'll try n' teach him somehow! For... The times when I ain't around to help him.
[19:32:24] <[RP] Pekoe> :O
[19:32:26] <[RP] Pekoe> :D
[As Hal continues to attempt to push unwelcome imagery away, Pekoe speaks up again:]
[19:32:42] <[RP] Pekoe> He's gon' drown!
[19:32:50] <[RP] Pekoe> But!! Not!! If can swim!
[The nausea almost becomes dizzying for Hal, as a result. But he pushes through, once again. Though his voice remains unsteady.]
[19:32:55] <[RP] Hal> Guhhhhh.
[19:33:11] <[RP] Hal> Well, awright!
[19:33:26] <[RP] Hal> I'll teach him! n' it won't be a problem no more! Nope! No problem 'ere!
[19:33:35] <[RP] Pekoe> Yeah!!
[19:33:39] <[RP] Pekoe> Y'can't drown here!
[19:33:43] <[RP] Pekoe> 's nice!
[19:33:53] <[RP] Pekoe> I swimmed for all day once
[19:33:55] <[RP] Pekoe> No air
[19:33:59] <[RP] Pekoe> No drowning
[Discomforted, but still kind:]
[19:34:22] <[RP] Hal> Is that right?
[Hal tries to change the subject.]
[19:33:37] <[RP] Hal> Aaaanyway!
[19:33:59] <[RP] Hal> where's your, um...? they're yer uncles, right?
[19:34:27] <[RP] Pekoe> Netty's doin' housework
[19:34:37] <[RP] Pekoe> And Doc's doing. Doc things
[Hal gives an amused chuckle. Pekoe returns the conversation to the previous topic.]
[19:34:49] <[RP] Pekoe> I like swim-no-drown
[19:35:06] <[RP] Pekoe> One of my sib'ings drowned once.
[19:35:10] <[RP] Pekoe> 's bad
[Hal’s ears perk in shock, not expecting to be told something like that.]
[19:35:12] <[RP] Hal> .... oh!
[19:35:14] <[RP] Pekoe> Made Mama sad
[Hal frowns sympathetically.]
[19:35:36] <[RP] Hal> M'right sorry to hear that…
[19:35:59] <[RP] Pekoe> 's ok! Mama n first-Papa made new ones a couple'a years later!
[19:36:23] <[RP] Hal> Yeah, but…
[19:36:31] <[RP] Hal> I mean.
[Hal considers if he should have a conversation on loss and grief at this moment, with a young child who doesn’t seem to grasp that concept. He decides to shake his head. Surely Nettle or Doc will teach him about hard topics like that someday.]
[19:36:50] <[RP] Pekoe> Pups die sometimes!
[19:36:56] <[RP] Pekoe> 's life!
[19:37:16] <[RP] Hal> .... I-I guess so!
[Hal huffs out all his air, trying to get past the melancholy of the conversation. As he does, Pekoe sniffs at his breath.]
[19:38:38] <[RP] Pekoe> D'you? Meat?
[19:38:44] <[RP] Hal> huh?
[19:39:00] <[RP] Pekoe> 'Bart's a frog with hair. Are you? Cow that eats meat?
[Hal chuckles a bit, used to this kind of question.]
[19:39:55] <[RP] Hal> Well I ain't the same kinda cow that y'eat! But yeah, I do sometimes! I prefer potatoes though :)
[Pekoe nods, thoughtfully.]
[19:41:02] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm wolves you can tame, can't onions
[19:41:13] <[RP] Pekoe> But Netty couldn't tame me
[Confused;]
[19:41:28] <[RP] Hal> yeah?
[19:41:38] <[RP] Pekoe> Yah
[19:42:20] <[RP] Pekoe> Your Mama n Papa, not? Cows?
[19:42:27] <[RP] Pekoe> Cows from field?
[Hal glances away, a bit sullen.]
[19:42:51] <[RP] Hal> ... Naw. They looked like me.
[19:43:16] <[RP] Hal> Y'see, sometimes two things can look similar, but they ain't the same thing, y'know?
[19:43:28] <[RP] Pekoe> Hmmmm
[19:43:32] <[RP] Hal> I think we got whatcha call, umm…
[19:43:36] <[RP] Hal> Common ancestor?
[Hal is unsure of himself in his explanation, but he carries on.]
[19:44:06] <[RP] Hal> But m'family n' I were differn't than the cows ya milk n' eat
[19:44:20] <[RP] Hal> same goes to Magnolia! he ain't the same as little kitties.
[19:44:18] <[RP] Pekoe> Mama makes milk!!
[19:44:22] <[RP] Pekoe> Others!! Milk!!
[Hal smiles, nodding.]
[19:44:31] <[RP] Hal> True!
[Pekoe nods back.]
[19:44:33] <[RP] Pekoe> Real kitties can swim
[19:45:04] <[RP] Hal> Well buddy it ain't that Nolia ain't a real kitty, he's just a differn't sort!
[19:45:51] <[RP] Hal> We... Don't got the exact same instincts as 'em, but..
[19:46:33] <[RP] Hal> Well, I dunno! I ain't good at 'splainin things.
[Pekoe squints. This causes Hal’s eyebrows to crease, nervously.]
[19:46:54] <[RP] Hal> .... Somethin' wrong?
[19:47:12] <[RP] Pekoe> Are you any cow? Mama's mama's mama?
[Once again, the cow is confused.]
[19:47:46] <[RP] Hal> .... Not sure i'm gettin' ya <:)
[19:48:10] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[Pekoe shoves the honeycomb back in the pot crevice.]
[19:49:27] <[RP] Pekoe> 're you just a human that looks cow? Or is. Cow? In. Like when mix wheat to get better wheat.
[19:49:30] <[RP] Pekoe> Breed?
[19:49:42] <[RP] Pekoe> Cow in your breed? Ago?
[19:49:45] <[RP] Hal> Oh!
[19:50:53] <[RP] Hal> I mean... hmm.
[Hal puts a hand on his hip, shifting his weight as he thinks.]
[19:51:40] <[RP] Hal> .... I actually dunno! Never got taught about that stuff too much.
[19:52:19] <[RP] Hal> I just know what I know!
[19:52:48] <[RP] Hal> There's a lotta stuff I dunno!
[19:52:49] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[Hal shrugs.]
[19:53:06] <[RP] Hal> guess i never thought about it too much!!
[19:53:08] <[RP] Pekoe> ... ok
[19:53:09] <[RP] Hal> :)
[19:53:26] <[RP] Hal> Sorry if that ain't a good answer, bud!
[Then, rapid fire questions from the pup hit Hal all at once.]
[19:53:37] <[RP] Pekoe> Do you hooves
[19:53:50] <[RP] Hal> kinda!
[19:53:50] <[RP] Pekoe> Do you winter coat?
[19:54:00] <[RP] Hal> .... Also kinda!
[19:54:03] <[RP] Pekoe> Do you fly-birds?
[Hal tilts his head.]
[19:54:13] <[RP] Hal> Beg pardon?
[19:54:21] <[RP] Pekoe> Birds sit on you eat your flies?
[19:54:27] <[RP] Pekoe> Do you horseflies?
[19:54:31] <[RP] Hal> Oh! Heh, not the last I checked!
[Hal comically looks around for any birds in the area.]
[19:55:25] <[RP] Hal> .... Nope! No birdies here!
[19:55:46] <[RP] Pekoe> Hmmmmm
[19:55:54] <[RP] Pekoe> Ok
[19:56:20] <[RP] Pekoe> Who's Goliath to you?
[19:56:33] <[RP] Hal> Goliath?
[19:56:37] <[RP] Pekoe> Cat?
[19:56:40] <[RP] Pekoe> Your cat?
[19:58:07] <[RP] Hal> ... You talkin' bout Magnolia again?
[19:58:09] <[RP] Pekoe> Yah
[Hal perks up again, with a big smile.]
[19:58:20] <[RP] Hal> Oh! well, he's my best friend! :)
[19:58:33] <[RP] Hal> I've known him since we was real little!
[19:58:51] <[RP] Hal> Ain't never been apart in all these years
[Thoroughly shocked;]
[19:58:48] <[RP] Pekoe> HE WAS LITTLER?
[19:58:52] <[RP] Pekoe> How littler
[Hal laughs heartily, amused and endeared by Pekoe’s childish perceptions.]
[19:59:06] <[RP] Hal> Yep! He was even littler back then! So was I!
[19:59:20] <[RP] Hal> I was 'bout your height, once!
[19:59:34] <[RP] Pekoe> Me-size when born?
[19:59:44] <[RP] Hal> Psh, nawww! I was prob'ly 'bout…
[Hal glances around for something to compare the average baby to. He spots the very same pot that started this interaction.]
[20:00:08] <[RP] Hal> .... Maybe that there pot!
[20:00:26] <[RP] Pekoe> Tiny.....
[Hal nods gently, still smiling.]
[20:00:27] <[RP] Hal> When I was born I was reeeeeal small
[20:00:44] <[RP] Hal> Just a little thing! Couldn' do much like that! Just toddled!
[Following Hal’s example, Pekoe looks around the area as well. Hal watches curiously as the pup scurries toward another clay pot across the area that housed a little poppy flower, approaching and pointing to its head as Hal mozied over, as well.]
[20:01:51] <[RP] Pekoe> Flower?
[20:02:04] <[RP] Pekoe> Me-size. Mama said I was teeny tiny
[20:02:13] <[RP] Hal> n'awww!
[Hal smiles as he coos, imagining what a little puppy version of Pekoe could have looked like. It was thoroughly delightful.]
[20:02:34] <[RP] Pekoe> Born puppy-shape, though!
[20:02:36] <[RP] Pekoe> Normal shape!
[20:02:41] <[RP] Pekoe> Jus' real 'ittle!
[20:02:41] <[RP] Hal> Heheh, I figure!
[20:03:29] <[RP] Hal> I bet you were cute as a button :)
[20:04:05] <[RP] Pekoe> Buttons?? Are cute?
[20:04:22] <[RP] Hal> Heheh, well I think it's just a silly lil' sayin'
[20:04:25] <[RP] Pekoe> Hm
[20:04:33] <[RP] Hal> Some buttons're cute though!
[Pekoe presses a button on his spider backpack, legs shooting out the sides. Hal raises his eyebrows, intrigued by it.]
[20:05:12] <[RP] Pekoe> Cute?
[20:05:21] <[RP] Hal> hmmmmmmm
[Hal muses over the button, humming as he lifts a gloved hand to his chin. He was being silly about it intentionally.]
[20:06:30] <[RP] Hal> ... I think it's cute! Spiders can be cute when they ain't gettin' vicious!
[20:06:47] <[RP] Hal> Maybe that's just me, though
[Pekoe nods, pressing the button again to retract the legs.]
[20:07:22] <[RP] Hal> Cuteness is, um....
[20:07:31] <[RP] Hal> Subjective. I think that's the word!
[20:07:42] <[RP] Pekoe> Spiders tried eatin' me 'n not other pups. Mama hated it. Mama thinks all spiders 're ugly bad evil.
[Hal winces again at the sudden information.]
[20:07:53] <[RP] Hal> woof....
[20:08:03] <[RP] Hal> yeah, I don' blame her…
[Pekoe barks at Hal after his interjection, and Hal’s ears perk up. Then, he realizes.]
[20:08:05] <[RP] Hal> ope! Heheh.
[20:08:36] <[RP] Hal> guess I did woof at ya, didn' I?
[Pekoe nods. Hal pauses… And decides to have a little more fun.]
[20:08:45] <[RP] Hal> ..... Woof! :)
[Pekoe barks big-style. He's still a puppy. Endeared, Hal continues to be playful with the pup. It takes him back to simpler times, to be silly with kids.]
[20:09:07] <[RP] Hal> Woof! Arruff!
[20:09:45] <[RP] Pekoe> You talk like pups
[20:09:51] <[RP] Hal> heheheh
[20:09:55] <[RP] Pekoe> Nothing-noises
[20:09:58] <[RP] Hal> Guess I do, huh!
[20:10:15] <[RP] Hal> Yea, I mean. Sometimes even when I'm speakin' real words I say a whole lotta nothin'
[Pekoe blinks.]
[20:10:43] <[RP] Pekoe> Like. Wawa baba booboo?
[Hal laughs again.]
[20:12:04] <[RP] Hal> Well, it's more like... Sometimes people can be speakin’ whole books at ya but they don't make a lick'a sense.
[Hal looks toward the ships. How long has it been? He still needs to stop by a few of the ships for supplies, he just got caught up in talking with Pekoe, who also looks, noting the position of the sun. Hal huffs.]
[20:15:24] <[RP] Hal> I gotta get goin' n' do what I gotta do, but!
[20:15:39] <[RP] Hal> I'm lookin' forward to you n' Doc comin' to the inn, y'know!
[20:15:42] <[RP] Hal> Can't wait :)
[Pekoe looks big-eyes-style.]
[20:16:15] <[RP] Pekoe> I wanna but Doc said he's busyyyyy or he f'rgets
[Hal nods sagely, hearing about many things he himself knows nothing about. Except for maybe the letters. He hopes. He centers himself again.]
[20:20:14] <[RP] Hal> Awright buddy, I'll see ya later, m'kay?
[20:20:38] <[RP] Hal> keep eatin' good!
[Pekoe blinks, looking at the sun. Fast goodbye, and it’s not even time to run home yet?]
[20:20:30] <[RP] Pekoe> ? Ok!
[20:20:44] <[RP] Pekoe> I'ma go find more smells
[Hal smiles as he starts to step away.]
[20:20:51] <[RP] Hal> heheh, you have fun with that!
[And finally, Hal walks toward the ships for his supplies, like he promised. And Pekoe splits off also, sniffing the air before stalking toward some barrels.]
I would be honored if you would accompany me for afternoon tea at my humble abode this coming Tuesday. It was lovely to meet you, that day at the Wayships, and I believe we have a great deal in common to discuss.
Yours Respectfully,
The Magician Ion”
Ion invites Jadis to tea at her place. Ion asks about Jadis’ practices and requests a demonstration of divination. Jadis obliges in exchange for Ion helping them with some research. The reading makes Ion feel a little unsettled. Ion asks a few more questions about the world that Jadis is hesitant to answer, admitting that they aren't very traveled. Ion explains the difference between Magicians and Witches. Jadis departs as it begins to turn to evening.
Transcript Masterlist
[It's a cloudy day at Ion’s base, a drizzle forming puddles on the ground. Jadis slowly walks through the garden, observing the plants as raindrops weigh on their leaves. Ion watches Jadis approach from the shelter of the pavilion.]
[11:09:54] <[rp] Ion> hullo there, my good Witch
[11:10:05] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... Miss Ion
[11:10:17] <[rp] Ion> please come in, shelter from this rain
[Jadis steps up onto the pavilion and sits in the seat gestured to them]
[11:10:47] <[rp] Ion> I trust your journey went well?
[11:10:59] <[RP] Jadis> It was... no trouble
[11:11:10] <[RP] Jadis> Thank you for the... invitation
[11:11:37] <[rp] Ion> It's my pleasure. I don't often meet such distinguished magic users
[11:12:05] <[RP] Jadis> I would not say I am... much distinguished
[11:12:13] <[RP] Jadis> I am... but a novice
[11:12:29] <[rp] Ion> oh, but you have such a ... presence
[11:12:57] <[RP] Jadis> Oh?
[11:12:59] <[rp] Ion> but before we get into that, here
[Ion pours out the tea from a teapot into two cups, pushing one of the cups towards Jadis]
[11:13:25] <[RP] Jadis> Thank you
[11:14:07] <[rp] Ion> Tell me about yourself, Mg Jadis Degare, I'm so curious
[Jadis is wearing a different sort of mask than on their first meeting, a more veil-like one that it takes a sip of the tea from under]
[11:14:45] <[RP] Jadis> There is not... much to say
[Ion waits for Jadis to expand]
[11:15:51] <[RP] Jadis> I am a simple witch... I do not leave my home often
[11:16:17] <[rp] Ion> tell me about your practices, as a witch?
[11:17:27] <[RP] Jadis> Ghosts and spirits.... divining
[Ion eyes spark with intrigue]
[11:18:01] <[rp] Ion> interesting
[11:18:16] <[rp] Ion> is this an established practice for this world?
[11:18:33] <[RP] Jadis> I am... not sure
[11:19:44] <[RP] Jadis> As I have said... I do not go out... often
[11:19:59] <[rp] Ion> As a newcomer to this world, I'm looking to understand the magic practices of this world, and that involves yours
[11:20:13] <[rp] Ion> I would love to see a demonstration at some time
[11:20:46] <[RP] Jadis> I could... do a demonstration... I suppose
[11:20:49] <[rp] Ion> the spirits you divine, are they also natives of this world?
[11:21:10] <[RP] Jadis> I... believe so
[11:21:27] <[rp] Ion> there's not a chance of offworld spirits interfering?
[11:21:57] <[RP] Jadis> I suppose... if the question involved things... offworld... they could
[11:22:09] <[rp] Ion> oh
[11:22:11] <[rp] Ion> hm
[11:22:47] <[RP] Jadis> I believe... the spirits... to be linked to the cards though
[11:22:55] <[RP] Jadis> When divining... with such
[11:22:57] <[rp] Ion> the cards?
[11:23:07] <[rp] Ion> are these the source of your powers?
[11:23:17] <[RP] Jadis> They are... my preferred way of divining
[11:23:52] <[rp] Ion> so you can ensure only certain spirits can communicate?
[11:24:12] <[RP] Jadis> The spirits... linked to the cards... yes
[11:24:18] <[RP] Jadis> If they are... spirits
[11:24:27] <[rp] Ion> I see
[11:24:47] <[rp] Ion> and yourself, have you been doing this long?
[11:24:59] <[RP] Jadis> Not very
[11:25:31] <[RP] Jadis> But the deck is... very old
[11:25:52] <[rp] Ion> I heard, somewhere, that you will provide magical services for a price
[11:25:55] <[rp] Ion> is that so?
[11:26:31] <[RP] Jadis> Ah.... I have done magicks for favors before
[11:26:41] <[RP] Jadis> I do not have much in ways of.... wealth
[11:26:53] <[rp] Ion> what sort of favour would you request in exchange for a reading?
[11:27:43] <[RP] Jadis> Well... perhaps... assitance... in trying to decipher... some of the spells I am researching
[Ion pauses at this proposition, seeming to be considering it.]
[11:28:15] <[RP] Jadis> An experienced magician like yourself... the help would be... appreciated
[11:28:46] <[rp] Ion> I would be happy to give you my expertise and time in exchange for a reading
[11:29:12] <[RP] Jadis> Then... I would be happy to do a reading for you
[11:29:24] <[rp] Ion> would this need to take place at your abode, or do you carry your cards on you?
[Jadis pulls out a deck of cards, some look more worn than others]
[11:30:01] <[RP] Jadis> I keep them... on me
[Ion admires the cards, eyes focused. The cards have some that Ion is familiar with, the classic Major Arcana of tarot, however there are cards they do not recognize. Ion notices that the unfamiliar cards all seem to be the newer ones, the tarot being the most old and worn.]
[11:32:26] <[rp] Ion> These are some beautiful cards
[11:33:03] <[rp] Ion> May I touch, or is that not done?
[11:33:31] <[RP] Jadis> Only... to pick out the cards... after your question is asked
[11:33:45] <[RP] Jadis> It is... a personal item
[11:33:48] <[rp] Ion> ok, that's fair
[Ion watches Jadis shuffle while sipping tea]
[11:36:45] <[RP] Jadis> What is... your question?
[11:36:55] <[RP] Jadis> What would you like... divined?
[Ion takes some time to consider]
[11:38:21] <[rp] Ion> My current project, will it be a success?
[Jadis gives a small nod, cuts the deck in half and then spreads out half of said cards face down.]
[11:39:19] <[RP] Jadis> Pick three
[Ion picks two from the left end and one two from the right. Jadis silently puts aside the other cards. They put the three picked in the center of the table.]
[Ion watches, fingers fidgeting under her seat.]
[Jadis turns over the first card. On the card is a heart covered in chains, the chains are broken and the heart bleeds.]
[11:43:50] <[RP] Jadis> Sadness
[Ion tries not to react.]
[11:44:17] <[RP] Jadis> This project of yours.... it started with negative emotions
[11:44:42] <[rp] Ion> I ... yes perhaps that's apt
[11:45:40] <[RP] Jadis> Then I believe... this project may continue with an undercurrent of negativity throughout... but that does not mean failure
[11:46:01] <[rp] Ion> hm, I can work with that
[Jadis flips the next card. A pair of scales. A diamond on one end, a piece of coal on the other, but the scales are balanced.]
[11:47:23] <[RP] Jadis> The Scales
[Ion definitely looks nervous at this point.]
[11:48:06] <[RP] Jadis> You believe yourself... being owed justice
[11:48:38] <[rp] Ion> in a sense perhaps
[11:49:40] <[RP] Jadis> Or perhaps... you are the one... in which justice needs to be exacted
[11:49:47] <[RP] Jadis> I do not pretend to know
[Ion twitches]
[11:50:09] <[RP] Jadis> The scales do not say which way they will fall.... but they will fall
[11:50:22] <[rp] Ion> oh dear
[Ion takes a steadying gulp of tea. Jadis stares at Ion for a bit at that reaction... but returns to the cards soon enough.]
[The final card is turned. A roulette wheel spins. Reversed.]
[11:53:05] <[RP] Jadis> The Wheel of Fortune
[Ion raises her eyebrows]
[11:53:21] <[RP] Jadis> Reversed... has a slightly different meaning...
[11:54:18] <[RP] Jadis> Things will feel... out of control for you.... perhaps even bad luck... in this project
[11:54:21] <[RP] Jadis> however
[11:55:36] <[RP] Jadis> Its success will be up to you, how you react... you can be at cause... or at effect
[11:56:02] <[rp] Ion> I see
[Ion regards the three cards laid out]
[11:56:43] <[RP] Jadis> It seems... they think you… are the largest variable to success
[Ion lets out a sigh]
[11:57:06] <[rp] Ion> yes I suppose
[11:57:23] <[RP] Jadis> I hope that was... helpful
[11:57:28] <[rp] Ion> My gratitude, Witch, this was well read
[11:57:47] <[rp] Ion> I am at your disposal for deciphering and research
[Jadis puts a hand on their chest and does a slight bow.]
[11:58:14] <[RP] Jadis> My thanks
[11:58:21] <[rp] Ion> if you look across the river, you can see the library I've put together with knowledge I brought with me
[11:58:33] <[rp] Ion> feel free to use it, under my supervision
[11:58:50] <[RP] Jadis> What a lovely... building
[11:59:12] <[RP] Jadis> I hope it will be... useful
[11:59:17] <[rp] Ion> I try to bring a taste of home with me, though this area is still very much under development
[11:59:45] <[RP] Jadis> It is... coming along nicely... in my humble opinion
[12:00:10] <[rp] Ion> my thanks, I hope this was a pleasant afternoon for you
[12:00:28] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... the tea was quite... pleasant
[12:00:31] <[rp] Ion> I look forward to our future work together
[12:01:47] <[RP] Jadis> I... as well
[12:02:10] <[RP] Jadis> Did you have... any other questions?
[12:02:28] <[rp] Ion> Yes, I had one other curiosity
[12:02:55] <[rp] Ion> you may notice the decoration for this pavillion is lit by these lanterns
[12:03:17] <[rp] Ion> Which I crafted from a material known as soul sand
[12:03:10] <[RP] Jadis> Soul lanterns... yes
[12:03:32] <[rp] Ion> Is this truly, souls?
[12:03:58] <[rp] Ion> This is a method of capturing souls I hadn't come across before
[12:04:19] <[RP] Jadis> When you die... you can become a ghost or... become trapped in the sands
[12:04:27] <[rp] Ion> fascinating
[12:04:37] <[rp] Ion> but this only happens when one dies?
[12:04:52] <[rp] Ion> the sands do not pose a danger to the living?
[12:05:00] <[RP] Jadis> By my... limited knowledge, yes
[12:05:35] <[rp] Ion> interesting
[12:06:06] <[RP] Jadis> I know... the good Doctor Krayn... also had an interest in soul sand
[12:06:16] <[RP] Jadis> He may... be more well versed
[12:06:30] <[rp] Ion> Yes, I am interested in conversing with him too
[12:06:52] <[rp] Ion> He brings knowledge from worlds I am not familiar with
[12:07:35] <[RP] Jadis> How well traveled... you both are... I fear myself... lacking
[12:08:08] <[rp] Ion> This is a very tucked away world, lots of folk seem to stick around here
[12:08:48] <[RP] Jadis> I have... not much traveled this world… either
[12:09:15] <[RP] Jadis> A homebody.... I suppose
[12:09:29] <[rp] Ion> Yes, perhaps
[Ion studies Jadis curiously. Jadis looks down at their tea, fidgeting with the cup.]
[12:10:21] <[rp] Ion> Who taught you your magicks?
[12:10:32] <[RP] Jadis> I am... self taught
[12:11:07] <[rp] Ion> That's fascinating
[12:11:22] <[rp] Ion> Those are some old cards you have
[12:11:30] <[rp] Ion> beautiful things
[12:11:59] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... it is...
[12:12:37] <[RP] Jadis> Some add their own cards.... and then give it to others... so the deck... builds up
[12:13:27] <[rp] Ion> I love to learn the history of decks
[12:13:31] <[RP] Jadis> The deck was... left for me
[12:13:41] <[rp] Ion> oh?
[12:13:51] <[RP] Jadis> I have only seen mine.... but read of the tradition
[12:15:03] <[RP] Jadis> I have... yet to add any cards of my own
[12:15:24] <[RP] Jadis> I think...
[12:15:34] <[rp] Ion> I wouldn't have known, they seem to belong in your hands
[12:16:08] <[RP] Jadis> What a nice... sentiment
[Ion smiles]
[12:17:35] <[RP] Jadis> What about... you? Any objects... of the trade?
[12:18:04] <[rp] Ion> Magicians vary from Witches is in certain ways
[12:18:31] <[rp] Ion> We do work strongly with objects of power, such as the crystals used in warpstones
[12:19:09] <[rp] Ion> but to be a magician is to study magicks and to understand how to work and manipulate it for our technology
[12:19:24] <[RP] Jadis> Fascinating
[12:19:40] <[rp] Ion> such as soul lanterns, an example of magicks in daily use
[12:20:13] <[RP] Jadis> I see...
[12:20:18] <[rp] Ion> The objects I work closely with, I would keep close to my chest
[12:20:31] <[rp] Ion> Power can be a dangerous balance
[12:21:02] <[rp] Ion> But I'm sure you understand the need for equilibrium in this trade
[12:21:10] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... of course
[Jadis tugs their mask a bit, making sure its in place]
[12:21:54] <[rp] Ion> Well, as the sun rises, it must set. Can I do anything for you before you're on your way?
[12:22:38] <[RP] Jadis> No I... quite enjoyed our conversation... but have no further questions for now
[12:23:03] <[RP] Jadis> I have really.... been away too long
[12:23:06] <[rp] Ion> Yes, an absolute pleasure, both the conversation and seeing how you work.
[12:23:18] <[rp] Ion> Good evening to you, fine Mage Degare
[12:23:21] <[RP] Jadis> My thanks
[12:23:31] <[RP] Jadis> Good evening... Miss Ion
[Jadis rises and begins to depart. Ion does a small bow and watches Jadis head out.]
Players: Al (Doc), Doro (Hal), Ion (Ion), Nev (Jadis), Zippy (Magnolia), Joco (Pekoe), Cass (Viola)
An advertising poster has been hung up at spawn; it reads as follows: “Are you tired of the everyday way of doing things? Interested in modern magical knowledge? Of course you are! Come meet your world’s new Magician Consultant this Sunday evening! Be amazed by the services she can offer you!”
As the designated time approaches several people await the arrival of the magician, becoming acquainted with each other. When the magician appears she gives out gifts to those attending. Conversation happens and plans are made for people to visit each other at later dates.
Transcript Masterlist
[There is a hustle and bustle of people moving about spawn as they go about their daily tasks, shopping. Several figures loiter about spawn, waiting to see the Magician whose posters have littered the entrance for several days…]
[Viola scribbles in a book as she leans against a post. She turns to check the poster, hopefully she's here on time?]
[A shadow falls over Viola as someone very tall reads the poster over her shoulder.]
[19:17:47] <[RP] Viola> Hmm?
[19:17:51] <[RP] Viola> Woah! Hey-
[19:18:00] <[RP] Viola> Can I help you?
[19:18:06] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... Apologies miss
[19:18:18] <[RP] Jadis> I was.. merely reading the poster
[19:18:49] <[RP] Viola> Oh, ah, of course.
[19:19:03] <[RP] Viola> There's supposed to be some sort of "Magician Consultant" here today.
[19:19:22] <[RP] Viola> I wanted to see if it's the real deal, or just like, a fancy party trick
[19:19:28] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... I am quite curious to see them as well
[19:20:15] <[RP] Viola> Oh, sure, sure.
[Viola sticks out her hand.]
[19:20:44] <[RP] Viola> I'm Viola
[Jadis accepts with their gloved hand, nails clearly quite long under the fabric]
[19:21:20] <[RP] Jadis> Jadis Degaré
[19:21:28] <[RP] Jadis> A pleasure, Miss Viola
[19:21:46] <[RP] Viola> Very nice to meet you as well. Are you new around here? I know most of the people who live here
[19:21:59] <[RP] Jadis> I have been here... quite some time
[19:22:35] <[RP] Viola> Oh! Just must've never crossed paths. I'm usually all over the world, so strange that it didn't happen
[19:22:49] <[RP] Viola> Well, happen sooner, I should say
[19:22:57] <[RP] Jadis> The world is large Miss Viola
[19:23:01] <[RP] Jadis> but I have… been around
[19:23:34] <[RP] Viola> Don't have to tell me twice, I've barely been out past the desert in the West, and people say that there are temples buried under the sand far further than there
[19:23:47] <[RP] Jadis> How... fascinating
[Magnolia stands next to Hal cautiously, waiting for something to happen- someone to appear.]
[19:18:21] <[RP] Magnolia> [quietly, to Hal:] don't suppose the clock was wrong. seems like there's a few folks at the poster...
[19:19:25] <[RP] Magnolia> just don't stray too far. it's busy out here today
[Hal looks down at Magnolia, smiling gently with a nod]
[19:19:40] <[RP] Hal> awright, lead the way
[Magnolia stamps his feet onto the planks below, frustrated by a wait time he's put onto himself alone. An ear flicks, and he stomps over to the posters with the same energy, not facing the two by them and trying to just read the poster again.]
[Hal mosies along gently behind his smaller friend.]
[19:24:33] <[RP] Magnolia> Doesn' it take little effort to be on time for somethin you planned yourself???
[19:24:57] <[RP] Hal> Aw, settle down, Nolia, hah
[Jadis turns to Magnolia and Hal.]
[19:24:52] <[RP] Jadis> Ah. Misters Candlewick and Copperboot
[19:24:54] <[RP] Viola> Woah, lots of people here today for this thing, huh
[19:25:05] <[RP] Viola> Candlewick and Copperboot...?
[19:25:07] <[RP] Magnolia> gggggh., Hello
[19:25:15] <[RP] Hal> howdy!
[19:25:32] <[RP] Hal> you must be, ummh...
[19:25:34] <[RP] Magnolia> Right. Howdy. I'm Magnolia. Candlewick's the last name
[Hal struggles to come up with a name for a new face.]
[19:25:47] <[RP] Magnolia> You uh. Seem kinda f'miliar
[19:26:09] <[RP] Magnolia> But I don't know you. I kinda.... know you?
[Magnolia gestures to Jadis vaguely.]
[19:26:35] <[RP] Jadis> Yes. In passing
[19:26:30] <[RP] Viola> Where do I know you two...?
[Viola taps her fingers on the back of her book]
[19:26:58] <[RP] Magnolia> [Bristling:] Kindlewheat Farm. We bring much as we can to the market.
[19:27:14] <[RP] Magnolia> I 'magine it's prob'ly that
[19:27:38] <[RP] Jadis> Such... a lovely farm. I have seen it from town.
[19:27:50] <[RP] Hal> n'aww, thank ya kindly…
[Doc idly walks a little way away from the group, watching Ion skulk around above the people milling about spawn.]
[Viola snaps her fingers]
[19:28:03] <[RP] Viola> The Froglight Festival! It was maybe fifteen years ago, but you two were trying to see how many frogs you could catch by the old docks!
[19:28:15] <[RP] Hal> !
[19:28:25] <[RP] Hal> shucks, you remember somethin' like that?
[19:28:47] <[RP] Magnolia> Tha's prob'ly right.
[Viola taps her temple]
[19:28:55] <[RP] Viola> I've got the best memory of anyone I know
[19:29:49] <[RP] Jadis> A good memory... is quite a blessing
[19:29:09] <[RP] Hal> 'scuse me, can't say the same about m'self, hah!
[19:29:19] <[RP] Viola> Hmm?
[19:29:20] <[RP] Viola> Oh!
[19:29:24] <[RP] Viola> Viola. I'm Viola
[Hal extends a hand to Viola, for a firm handshake]
[19:29:49] <[RP] Hal> Hal Copperboot!
[Viola shakes Hal's hand firmly.]
[19:30:01] <[RP] Viola> Very nice to re-meet you
[19:29:53] <[RP] Magnolia> [in an unhappy tone:] Right happy to meet ya.
[Viola looks at Magnolia]
[19:30:11] <[RP] Viola> And you...
[19:30:15] <[RP] Viola> Did you have a sister?
[Magnolia stiffens for a moment before settling himself back down, realigning himself next to Hal.]
[19:30:52] <[RP] Magnolia> No, I didn't. Only child.
[19:30:57] <[RP] Viola> Oh...
[19:30:59] <[RP] Viola> Oh!
[19:31:07] <[RP] Viola> Very nice to re-meet you as well, then
[19:31:29] <[RP] Magnolia> Yeah, well... nice to meet you 'n all that
[Ion swoops down towards the group on elytra, appearing before them suddenly in a burst of fireworks.]
[19:31:40] <[RP] Viola> Woah!
[19:31:45] <[RP] Jadis> Oh…
[Magnolia scrambles backwards in surprise.]
[19:31:45] <[RP] Ion> hulloo future clients
[Hal startles just a bit from the loud sound, ears perking as he goes to grab for Magnolia protectively.]
[19:32:49] <[RP] Hal> Uhh! quite the entrance, there, hah!
[19:31:55] <[RP] Ion> apologies for my tardiness
[Doc follows Ion to the group.]
[19:31:58] <[RP] Doc> Mnm, so that's what you were doing up there.
[19:32:07] <[RP] Ion> hows it going folks?
[19:32:19] <[RP] Jadis> I am.. well
[Viola gives a little round of applause]
[19:32:35] <[RP] Ion> thank you thank you
[19:32:48] <[RP] Magnolia> You oughta be less tardy if you're wantin' to make good impressions!
[19:32:51] <[RP] Ion> i am the magician, ion by name
[19:33:11] <[RP] Ion> i will be your world's resident consultant
[19:33:17] <[RP] Ion> lucky folks
[19:33:22] <[RP] Magnolia> consultant?
[19:33:44] <[RP] Ion> specialising in potions, but with expertise in transport and animatus
[19:33:50] <[RP] Ion> speaking of which
[19:34:10] <[RP] Hal> ?
[19:34:16] <[RP] Ion> gifts of the trade
[Ion hands a sack to each person, the clink of gems and bottles can be heard]
[19:34:23] <[RP] Doc> What is this supposed to be, a gift bag?
[19:34:47] <[RP] Ion> providing modern magical technologies alongside an assortment of magical items
[Jadis peers into the bag it was handed. Inside is a potion, a cake, some amethyst & coal, a waystone, and a warp stone.]
[19:34:50] <[RP] Jadis> An array of items....
[19:35:07] <[RP] Viola> How interesting...
[19:35:30] <[RP] Ion> if you should have any questions, hesitate not. I am still setting up the establishment, but we should be fully functional in no time
[19:35:40] <[RP] Doc> Establishment?
[19:36:03] <[RP] Magnolia> Why would we want these 'magical technologies'?
[19:36:20] <[RP] Ion> for ease of transport mainly here
[19:37:00] <[RP] Magnolia> Ease of transport? We've got 'orses
[Hal takes a peek into the sack he was given.]
[19:35:51] <[RP] Hal> aw shoot, nolia! lookie here!
[19:36:06] <[RP] Magnolia> Huh?
[19:36:14] <[RP] Hal> there's some pretty little gems in here!
[19:36:22] <[RP] Doc> Ooh, gems?
[19:36:32] <[RP] Magnolia> Looks like amethyst... I think?
[Pekoe lands in a scrambled roll at spawn, elytra tucked in. He looks around and spots Doc.]
[19:36:36] <[RP] Jadis> Modern magicks?
[19:36:51] <[RP] Jadis> Would you.. elaborate miss?
[19:36:59] <[RP] Ion> of course
[19:37:06] <[RP] Viola> I'm also very, very curious about how this works
[19:37:06] <[RP] Ion> this seems an old world
[19:37:13] <[RP] Ion> old magics abound
[19:37:23] <[RP] Ion> but developments have been made
[19:37:41] <[RP] Ion> i hark from the central worlds, where magicians work on new technologies
[19:37:48] <[RP] Ion> like these warp stones
[19:38:01] <[RP] Ion> no longer do you need to travel to a special point
[19:38:05] <[RP] Viola> ...Woah, all the way from the core worlds?
[19:38:14] <[RP] Ion> they allow instantaneous transport
[19:38:23] <[RP] Ion> yes the core worlds exactly
[Pekoe quietly sneaks around to stand behind Doc, grabbing his leg.]
[Doc jolted for a moment, glancing down and seeing the child, he returned to the conversation.]
[19:38:29] <[RP] Doc> Oh, the core worlds? What does that mean?
[19:38:39] <[RP] Doc> Who are you? What's your name.
[19:38:46] <[RP] Ion> i go by ion
[19:39:01] <[RP] Ion> you may call me magician ion for now i suppose
[19:39:02] <[RP] Doc> Like the charged particle, ion?
[19:39:04] <[RP] Magnolia> core worlds're big-name worlds full'a loads of big folks who don't know simple ways.
[19:39:12] <[RP] Viola> Is it true that there are libraries there bigger than a mountain?
[19:39:37] <[RP] Doc> ...Wouldn't that depend on how big the mountain is?
[Ion focuses on Magnolia]
[19:39:41] <[RP] Ion> I object to that statement, I'm afraid I don't know your name, feline?
[Hal scratches the back of his head awkwardly, with a nervous grin.]
[19:40:51] <[RP] Magnolia> I'm sayin' that core world folks are too high strung in their luxuries to enjoy a good pot roast. or Horses! a waystone, really?
[Viola begins to jot down notes in her book.]
[19:41:22] <[RP] Ion> a good folk like yourself, I suppose I will need to learn the lay of the land from you
[19:41:23] <[RP] Hal> they're just different from us folk, Nolia! don't mean they ain't good people, too!
[Magnolia shuffles in his spot.]
[19:41:51] <[RP] Magnolia> Fine, fine
[19:41:16] <[RP] Doc> What's a core world?
[19:42:09] <[RP] Magnolia> Can someone answer that question? I'm not good at explainin'
[19:42:20] <[RP] Viola> Oh, the core worlds?
[19:42:25] <[RP] Ion> a core world is an interconnected community of folks from many different worlds, but it's true I'm new here. there are all sorts of plants that i need to learn to incorporate in my daily magics after al
[19:43:09] <[RP] Viola> They're also filled with ancient knowledge, different spirits and gods, and SO MUCH forgotten lore
[19:43:14] <[RP] Viola> Oh to travel to a core world...
[Pekoe crawls on top of the waystone to see everyone, frustrated with having to duck around it to stare at Viola and Ion]
[19:43:30] <[RP] Doc> Everything is filled with spirits and gods
[19:43:46] <[RP] Viola> Sure, sure, but the core worlds have DIFFERENT ones
[19:43:49] <[RP] Viola> Can you imagine?
[19:44:02] <[RP] Magnolia> There's spirits 'n gods here. they're good'nough for me.
[19:44:13] <[RP] Viola> Oh yeah, this place is filled with lots of that stuff from wayyyy back in the day
[19:44:16] <[RP] Doc> No. Dead gods are still gods. All of them are the same everywhere and they all exist in all worlds
[19:43:14] <[RP] Jadis> There is... old witchcraft here.... you could perhaps reference
[Ion turns to Jadis]
[19:43:51] <[RP] Ion> old witchcraft you say?
[19:44:17] <[RP] Jadis> I am... a practicer myself
[Viola points at Jadis]
[19:44:38] <[RP] Viola> We're gonna have a conversation later
[19:44:34] <[RP] Pekoe> Does that make you a witchcrafter?
[19:44:37] <[RP] Ion> intriguing
[19:44:53] <[RP] Jadis> A witch. Young master wolf
[19:45:09] <[RP] Doc> And what quite does that entail?
[19:46:01] <[RP] Jadis> Depends on your... interests I suppose
[19:45:54] <[RP] Ion> this appears to be a group of people that can aid greatly in the magic development of this world. We should have tea sometime
[19:45:55] <[RP] Magnolia> a witch? like those folk that sacrifice animals to the nether rather than spirits?
[19:46:25] <[RP] Doc> You can sacrifice anything to anyone, that doesn't matter a tick
[19:46:43] <[RP] Magnolia> I s'pose...
[Magnolia’s tail flicks]
[19:46:47] <[RP] Jadis> I have… no interest… in the nether beyond its sand
[19:47:02] <[RP] Doc> Everyone is some amount of dead, after all
[Ion glances at Doc, momentarily distracted.]
[19:47:52] <[RP] Pekoe> [whispered:] Doc, how many dead 'm I?
[19:48:11] <[RP] Doc> [whispers:] You're on the far not dead side of the scale.
[Pekoe nods gravely]
[19:48:20] <[RP] Ion> well, should you have questions of a magical nature, I am the one to which you can address those
[Hal scratches at his nose, placing a hand on his hip as he listens to these people talk about something he has no clue about.]
[19:48:41] <[RP] Hal> That's, uhh
[19:48:45] <[RP] Hal> Nice n' all!
[19:48:52] <[RP] Doc> What if I do not want to do that.
[19:48:55] <[RP] Jadis> I will... be sure to take you up on your offer... of tea sometime
[19:49:02] <[RP] Ion> fantastic
[19:49:08] <[RP] Hal> I think this is a lotta stuff for a simple feller like me, I'm good how I am!
[19:49:17] <[RP] Hal> Thank ya kindly, though!
[Viola finishes scribbling in her book]
[19:49:21] <[RP] Viola> Oh I have SO many questions
[19:49:21] <[RP] Ion> my good sir, doc? is it? It appears your son is curious at least
[19:49:36] <[RP] Doc> My what?
[19:49:45] <[RP] Ion> your ... child?
[Viola points at Pekoe]
[19:50:08] <[RP] Viola> The little guy on the stone
[Pekoe stares at Doc. He doesn't remember what son means.]
[19:50:39] <[RP] Doc> This is a sentient wolf.
[19:50:48] <[RP] Doc> Go on, introduce yourself
[19:50:56] <[RP] Pekoe> My name is Pekoe! My mama and papa are wolves
[19:51:02] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm a wolves!
[19:51:23] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc's my.... aunt?
[19:51:28] <[RP] Ion> oh, my apologies for the error, we see all sorts of families on core worlds you see
[19:51:36] <[RP] Ion> aunt, got it
[19:51:38] <[RP] Doc> Sure. Close enough
[Pekoe grins proudly. He still has baby teeth to lose]
[19:51:20] <[RP] Jadis> A pleasure, young Master Pekoe
[Pekoe stares at Jadis. Jadis stares back]
[19:52:22] <[RP] Pekoe> You have hunter eyes
[19:52:42] <[RP] Jadis> My thanks? For the... compliment
[Pekoe blinks. Jadis does not.]
[19:52:35] <[RP] Doc> I do not bring my children with me when I travel.
[19:52:53] <[RP] Doc> Not when I do not know the content of the world
[19:53:15] <[RP] Ion> ah, a fellow traveller, good good
[Pekoe's tail wags, and he hops down from the waystone]
[19:53:39] <[RP] Doc> Why is that good.
[19:54:06] <[RP] Pekoe> 're you gonna sacrifices Doc?
[19:54:09] <[RP] Ion> just nice to have folk on the same page here, is all
[19:54:20] <[RP] Doc> No, I worship no god.
[19:54:36] <[RP] Pekoe> No, no, is . [points at Ion] That guy gonna sacrifices YOU
[19:55:04] <[RP] Doc> Oh! Well, they wouldn't be the first to try. But no. No one is going to sacrifice me.
[Pekoe nods, and starts staring at Hal. It’s never seen someone so big.]
[19:54:42] <[RP] Magnolia> y'want folk on the same page so you can spread about your magic, I assume?
[19:55:00] <[RP] Magnolia> I won't have any quarrel with ya unless you're hurtin' people or ruinin' the land
[Hal nods, agreeing with Magnolia]
[19:55:05] <[RP] Ion> I would like to help out in what way I can, yes
[19:55:05] <[RP] Magnolia> That's all I ask
[19:55:24] <[RP] Magnolia> Well....... alright.
[19:55:49] <[RP] Ion> i would never want quarrel with the honest folk of this world
[19:55:44] <[RP] Viola> Then welcome to the world Magician Ion!
[19:55:57] <[RP] Ion> thank you kindly for that
[19:56:45] <[RP] Magnolia> Well... yeah, welcome
[Hal notices there's a tiny set of eyes on him, glancing over]
[19:58:19] <[RP] Pekoe> Yeah!! And he let me make em bigger!!!
[19:58:26] <[RP] Pekoe> They're SO bigger!
[19:58:29] <[RP] Magnolia> You?
[19:58:42] <[RP] Pekoe> Me!
[Pekoe looks very proud of this, tail wagging.]
[19:59:17] <[RP] Hal> N'aww! I bet you're gettin' real strong doin' a lotta that work, huh?
[19:59:26] <[RP] Magnolia> [Awkwardly:] That's a lotta work.
[Pekoe nods vigorously, practically vibrating with excitement.]
[19:59:46] <[RP] Hal> I bet you'll be just as big as me, one day!
[Hal puffs out his chest with a wink at Pekoe, who giggles]
[20:00:15] <[RP] Pekoe> You're really big!
[Hal grins again, with a soft, fond chuckle.]
[20:00:30] <[RP] Hal> Yup!
[20:00:49] <[RP] Hal> I got this big doin' lots of work on the farm n' eatin' all my veggies!
[Pekoe looks at Magnolia]
[20:00:38] <[RP] Pekoe> You're me-sized
[20:00:44] <[RP] Pekoe> How big're you gonna get?
[Magnolia’s tail flicks]
[20:01:08] <[RP] Magnolia> Not any bigger, I'm stuck like this.
[20:01:24] <[RP] Hal> Well, you're still strong too, Nolia!
[20:01:39] <[RP] Magnolia> I'd be stronger if I wasn't the size of a tomato.
[20:02:06] <[RP] Pekoe> You're like... 5 tomatoes
[20:01:53] <[RP] Pekoe> Did you forget to cook the veggies before eating 'em? Doc says I have to cook half of 'em or else I don't get all the nutrents
[Hal puts a comforting hand on Magnolia's shoulder]
[20:02:23] <[RP] Magnolia> I cook all my food! I'm a very good cook
[20:02:31] <[RP] Pekoe> Hmmmm
[20:02:33] <[RP] Hal> Even if ya ain't as big as me, you've still gotta ton of stuff i ain't got!
[20:02:46] <[RP] Pekoe> Not a better cook than Unc'a Netty, I bet
[20:02:48] <[RP] Hal> ya run a whole inn!
[20:03:19] <[RP] Magnolia> I run an inn with a whole breakfast assortment. I'm a pretty dang good cook.
[20:03:28] <[RP] Pekoe> Hmmmmm
[20:03:55] <[RP] Pekoe> Unc'a Netty's got the best food
[20:04:07] <[RP] Magnolia> [in a dry doubtful tone:] I'm sure.
[While Pekoe talks to the farmers the others continue talking about more magical topics:]
[19:57:10] <[RP] Doc> You [he points at Jadis] Tell me about your interest in the nether sands.
[19:57:46] <[RP] Jadis> Ghosts and.... souls. Are an area of interest.... for me
[Ion also intrigues before getting distracted by Viola]
[19:58:33] <[RP] Doc> Mnm, delightful. We may have to converse at a later time.
[19:58:46] <[RP] Jadis> Of course..... good Doctor
[Doc cracks a.. weird smile.]
[19:59:21] <[RP] Jadis> How rude of me... I have not... introduced myself to you
[19:59:31] <[RP] Doc> And not I to you
[19:59:37] <[RP] Jadis> Jadis Degaré
[20:00:38] <[RP] Doc> A pleasure to make your acquaintance. I'm Doctor Krayn, though most choose to use the nickname
[Neither offers their hand to shake. The two simply observe each other.]
[20:01:14] <[RP] Jadis> An honorable profession.... Doctor Krayn
[20:02:15] <[RP] Doc> Well, I'm glad you think so.
[Jadis stiffly nods in acknowledgement.]
[Doc turns to watch Pekoe talk to Magnolia and Hal. Jadis turns to watch Viola and Ion.]
[19:58:53] <[RP] Viola> Magician Ion, you have to tell me all about the core world you came from
[19:59:10] <[RP] Ion> oh, thats a long story, far too long for right now i fear
[19:59:27] <[RP] Viola> Oh, really? Dang, that's too bad
[19:59:53] <[RP] Viola> If you ever need to learn anything about our world, or have any books you want to trade, I run the library system! I'm always...somewhere in the world
[19:59:53] <[RP] Ion> but tell me about you my lady, I believe you are a local here?
[20:00:08] <[RP] Viola> I am indeed
[20:01:01] <[RP] Viola> Born and raised here, and now I work to keep the library stocked, and go out to the temples and shrines to find more research about the world
[20:01:09] <[RP] Viola> There's a lot here, it's a pretty old place
[20:01:41] <[RP] Ion> fascinating, this library, i will have to visit at some point
[20:01:57] <[RP] Viola> PLEASE you're the most interesting thing to blow into town in a while
[20:03:42] <[RP] Ion> that's quite the compliment
[Ion glances at a nearby clock]
[20:03:53] <[RP] Ion> oh i would love to chat more
[20:04:02] <[RP] Ion> but i must keep track of the time
[20:04:15] <[RP] Viola> Oh, of course. Can't keep a busy magician!
[20:04:18] <[RP] Ion> i have a personal project to attend to, i'm afraid
[20:04:32] <[RP] Ion> but lets chat sometime soon, my good lady
[20:04:39] <[RP] Viola> Aw, well it was great to meet you, and thank you for the gift
[20:04:49] <[RP] Viola> I'm so looking forward to it
[20:05:03] <[RP] Jadis> Farewell, Miss Ion
[20:05:06] <[RP] Ion> and for all you folks, i am happy to serve as your humble magician consultant
[20:05:13] <[RP] Ion> fare thee well for now
[A burst of fireworks light at Ion’s feet and they disappear in the puff of smoke]
[20:05:47] <[RP] Viola> Woah! Just disappeared
[20:05:53] <[RP] Viola> That Magician is something else…
[Hal startles from the loud sound]
[20:05:54] <[RP] Hal> shoo-wee!
[20:06:04] <[RP] Magnolia> Don't they know some'f us have sensitive ears???
[20:06:14] <[RP] Doc> Magician, what a title for yourself. Sounds like a gimmick
[20:06:20] <[RP] Jadis> An intriguing sort...
[20:06:30] <[RP] Viola> I mean, coolest thing to happen here in a while
[Hal places a hand over his chest, taking a breath.]
[20:06:54] <[RP] Viola> You said something earlier about witchcraft?
[20:07:00] <[RP] Viola> You're really a witch?
[20:07:09] <[RP] Jadis> I... am
[20:07:23] <[RP] Viola> This day just keeps getting better!
[20:07:32] <[RP] Viola> Maybe this letter will finally get them to come visit...
[20:07:41] <[RP] Jadis> I have been practicing... for a long as I ... can remember
[20:07:54] <[RP] Viola> Oh my gods, what sort of practice do you do?
[20:08:06] <[RP] Viola> Do you have tomes? A grimoire?
[20:08:20] <[RP] Viola> Something even cooler???
[20:08:26] <[RP] Jadis> Books are a useful.... resource, yes
[Viola beams]
[20:08:40] <[RP] Jadis> I also... deal in cards
[20:08:44] <[RP] Viola> Cards?
[20:08:48] <[RP] Viola> Like playing cards?
[20:08:55] <[RP] Jadis> In... a way
[20:09:17] <[RP] Viola> Oh wow, even playing cards could be used for witchcraft...
[20:09:32] <[RP] Jadis> They can be... quite useful
[20:09:58] <[RP] Viola> Super, super cool
[20:10:00] <[RP] Jadis> They provide... information... usually
[20:10:36] <[RP] Viola> Have you always had your materials? Where do you get them? Do you make them yourself??
[20:10:51] <[RP] Jadis> Some... are found... some... were made
[20:11:14] <[RP] Viola> Woah. Woah! I've gotta be writing this down
[Viola flips open her books and begins writing.]
[20:11:51] <[RP] Jadis> You have an interest... in magicks... Miss Viola?
[Viola laughs almost awkwardly, pushing up her glasses.]
[20:12:09] <[RP] Viola> I have an interest in everything
[20:12:27] <[RP] Jadis> How lovely... to be passionate about so much
[20:12:47] <[RP] Viola> I think I'd go crazy if I didn't have some sort of passion
[20:13:55] <[RP] Viola> Would you ever be able to show me some of your books?
[20:14:08] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... possibly...
[20:14:22] <[RP] Jadis> I am afraid I am rather... disorganized
[Viola laughs almost too loudly]
[20:14:40] <[RP] Viola> Oh girl, you haven't seen my office
[20:14:51] <[RP] Viola> I'm under the definition of disorganized
[Jadis tilts their head sharply... Did Viola hear a crack? Viola furrows her brow slightly, but her smile doesn't falter.]
[20:17:16] <[RP] Jadis> Ah.. then perhaps... you would find something.... in the mess
[20:17:37] <[RP] Viola> Yeah....Yeah! I'm super good at finding things
[Jadis' head returns upright as sharply as it tilted]
[20:18:34] <[RP] Jadis> What.... do you do... Miss Viola?
[Viola pauses for a moment too long before responding]
[20:19:09] <[RP] Viola> Uh...oh! I'm the librarian. Or well I'm A librarian
[20:19:33] <[RP] Viola> I have different libraries around the world I travel to, and I keep books there from certain regions
[20:19:51] <[RP] Viola> It helps me keep in touch with the farther flung locals too
[20:19:46] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... no wonder you are so.... ravenous... for information
[20:19:56] <[RP] Viola> Yeah seriously!
[20:20:04] <[RP] Viola> I'm always looking for more stuff
[20:20:30] <[RP] Jadis> Well... you are free... to drop by sometime... and peruse my books
[20:20:38] <[RP] Viola> I would so so absolutely love that
[Viola scratches down something on a piece of paper]
[Jadis glances at the paper but says nothing. The paper is mostly half written notes and questions, the last thing Viola appears to have written is "lead for Asha?"]
[20:22:18] <[RP] Viola> Awesome, awesome, awesome
[20:22:49] <[RP] Viola> Thanks for indulging me, it will absolutely happen again
[20:22:57] <[RP] Jadis> Of course, Miss Viola
[Viola checks her watch.]
[20:23:09] <[RP] Viola> Oh shit! I'm gonna be late for dinner
[20:23:18] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... farewell then
[Viola waves goodbye as she puts her book into a sidebag]
[20:23:33] <[RP] Viola> Bye Jadis, awesome to meet you!!
[20:23:40] <[RP] Jadis> A pleasure to meet you
[Viola runs off further into the wayships. Jadis turns to the others after Viola disappears from sight. Silently observing.....]
[After Ion left Pekoe had gone back to asking Hal and Magnolia questions:]
[20:04:17] <[RP] Pekoe> Are your mama and papa the savanna cows? Netty showed me some of 'em, you've got horns like 'em
[Hal glances away, caught off guard by the little one's question.]
[20:05:02] <[RP] Hal> uhh!
[Magnolia looks to Hal very hurriedly to look for his reaction.]
[20:05:11] <[RP] Hal> y'know? uhh.
[Hal struggles to find the right words.]
[20:05:33] <[RP] Magnolia> They're just like him! Not cows!
[Pekoe cocks his oversized puppy head]
[20:05:55] <[RP] Pekoe> not cow?
[20:06:33] <[RP] Doc> Pekoe, sometimes horns are inherited, and sometimes not.
[20:06:43] <[RP] Pekoe> Like yours?
[20:06:50] <[RP] Doc> Mine are not inherited
[Pekoe nods]
[20:07:26] <[RP] Doc> Does that make sense.
[20:07:27] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc, they have a farm like we do!
[20:07:36] <[RP] Pekoe> And the tiny one likes to cook! Like Netty!
[Hal begins to hang back just slightly, letting conversation unfold without him for a spell.]
[20:07:47] <[RP] Magnolia> >:(
[20:07:53] <[RP] Doc> ... Yes. I heard something about that
[20:08:15] <[RP] Pekoe> OH
[20:08:20] <[RP] Pekoe> Do y'all grow 'em all?
[20:08:28] <[RP] Magnolia> Like, crops?
[20:08:38] <[RP] Pekoe> We grow 'em all 'cept pump'ins and melons
[20:08:49] <[RP] Pekoe> Mhm! Crops!
[20:08:50] <[RP] Magnolia> We grow em all, we've got the space for it
[20:09:06] <[RP] Pekoe> Even pump'ins and melons?
[20:09:21] <[RP] Magnolia> we're a lil low on pumpkins 'n melons, considerin' a recent festival, but yeah.
[20:09:34] <[RP] Pekoe> Wowee
[20:09:40] <[RP] Pekoe> That's so cool!!!
[20:09:51] <[RP] Doc> Do you want pumpkins and melons?
[20:09:57] <[RP] Magnolia> we also raise a bit 'a livestock. They're good eat'n.
[20:10:05] <[RP] Magnolia> uhhh, me?
[20:10:12] <[RP] Magnolia> Or the lil one?
[20:10:13] <[RP] Pekoe> I don' like harvesting them. They're too big
[20:10:29] <[RP] Doc> Him, and very well.
[Pekoe nods]
[20:10:26] <[RP] Magnolia> Hal harvests 'em
[Hal joins the conversation again once mentioned:]
[20:10:36] <[RP] Hal> yessir, i do!
[20:10:59] <[RP] Pekoe> I like the pigs, they're fun eating
[Magnolia nods.]
[20:11:09] <[RP] Magnolia> Pigs're my favourite
[20:11:18] <[RP] Magnolia> both as animals and as eat'n
[20:11:35] <[RP] Pekoe> Do you have cows? We have cows
[20:11:44] <[RP] Magnolia> we've got plen'y of cows
[Pekoe side-eyes Hal about that]
[20:11:58] <[RP] Pekoe> For.. eatin'?
[Hal glances back with an unknowing smile.]
[20:12:25] <[RP] Magnolia> [sigh:] Yes, for eat'n.
[20:12:32] <[RP] Pekoe> Hmm
[20:12:35] <[RP] Doc> Farms can serve many purposes
[20:12:42] <[RP] Magnolia> We also have wolves like you
[20:12:45] <[RP] Magnolia> 'n cats.
[20:12:50] <[RP] Pekoe> :O
[20:13:14] <[RP] Pekoe> My pack lives in my den, 'n we have some other wolves for protecting the aminals
[20:13:36] <[RP] Hal> Wolves make mighty good protectors!
[20:13:36] <[RP] Pekoe> Do your pack live in your den?
[20:13:48] <[RP] Magnolia> aint got a den, got a barn
[20:13:57] <[RP] Magnolia> they sleep there or with me 'n the farmhouse.
[20:14:25] <[RP] Pekoe> Barns're for aminals, yeah?
[20:14:32] <[RP] Pekoe> 'n not people?
[20:14:40] <[RP] Pekoe> But? He's not a cow?
[20:14:41] <[RP] Magnolia> Animals 'n produce 'n hay
[20:14:53] <[RP] Doc> People can live in many different places.
[20:14:54] <[RP] Hal> Who, me?
[20:15:08] <[RP] Magnolia> Hal lives in the barn, still
[20:15:14] <[RP] Hal> Yeah, Imma cow! Differn't sort, though.
[20:15:27] <[RP] Pekoe> That one said you weren't a cow, though!
[20:15:30] <[RP] Magnolia> diff'rent sort.
[20:15:54] <[RP] Hal> Well, uh, I ain't the same kinda cow as the ones ya milk n' eat!
[Pekoe nods]
[20:16:14] <[RP] Pekoe> Like Netty couldn't collar me!
[20:16:31] <[RP] Hal> Yeah, we're all a lil' differn't!
[20:16:36] <[RP] Pekoe> :D
[Pekoe nods]
[20:17:01] <[RP] Pekoe> Fun world
[20:17:07] <[RP] Hal> Yup!
[20:17:15] <[RP] Pekoe> Cow 'n Kitty
[20:17:21] <[RP] Pekoe> I'm Pekoe
[20:17:35] <[RP] Hal> [With a welcoming grin:] Nice to meetcha! I'm Hal!
[20:17:38] <[RP] Magnolia> Int'restin' name. Did you pick it?
[20:17:46] <[RP] Pekoe> Nope!
[20:17:56] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc has fun tea names
[20:17:58] <[RP] Magnolia> Me neither. Name's Magnolia.
[20:18:09] <[RP] Magnolia> Doc?
[Pekoe points at Doc]
[20:18:19] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc
[20:18:24] <[RP] Doc> He knocked the canister off the counter. I said the name and he responded to it.
[20:18:24] <[RP] Magnolia> Ah.
[20:18:27] <[RP] Hal> Howdy, Doc!
[20:18:34] <[RP] Doc> Hello.
[Hal extends a hand to shake Doc's, country style.]
[Doc does shake his hand, staring at him.]
[Hal gives a firm handshake, and a grin, before stepping back.]
[20:19:06] <[RP] Pekoe> Hal-olia
[20:19:20] <[RP] Magnolia> Hal-olia?
[Pekoe nods.]
[20:19:29] <[RP] Pekoe> Halolia
[20:19:45] <[RP] Magnolia> Are you just combinin' our names?
[20:19:45] <[RP] Hal> wuzzat mean, lil' bud?
[20:19:49] <[RP] Doc> He likes to combine names.
[20:20:00] <[RP] Pekoe> Noc <3
[20:20:05] <[RP] Magnolia> Kids're strange. Makes sense.
[20:20:10] <[RP] Hal> heheh, you're a silly guy, huh?
[20:20:14] <[RP] Pekoe> Noc 'n Halolia 'n Mapa 'n
[20:20:45] <[RP] Pekoe> Mama says I'm weird
[20:20:48] <[RP] Hal> halolia soun's like some kinda soup!
[20:21:06] <[RP] Doc> Everyone is some variety of weird.
[20:21:13] <[RP] Pekoe> 'n Doc says that when I tell him
[20:21:23] <[RP] Doc> Because it is correct
[20:21:31] <[RP] Pekoe> He says that a lot, too
[20:21:45] <[RP] Hal> Well y'ain't wrong!
[20:21:52] <[RP] Magnolia> I see kids sometimes at the inn. They're all weird 'n their own ways, like you
[20:22:07] <[RP] Pekoe> :D
[Hal tilts his head towards Magnolia:]
[20:22:13] <[RP] Hal> we're weird too, you n' me!
[20:22:26] <[RP] Magnolia> I guess so
[20:22:16] <[RP] Doc> I am seldom wrong
[20:22:24] <[RP] Pekoe> All the other pups growed up an' left the pack
[20:22:36] <[RP] Hal> Yea?
[20:22:40] <[RP] Magnolia> Do ya grow like a wolf or like a person?
[20:23:24] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc says person, 'cause I'm still a pup 'n everyone else growed
[20:23:36] <[RP] Doc> Yes, and you walk on two legs.
[20:23:41] <[RP] Doc> And talk.
[20:23:41] <[RP] Hal> musta gotten mighty lonely, huh?
[20:23:51] <[RP] Pekoe> Mama talks, you just don't listen
[20:24:11] <[RP] Doc> Perhaps she just does not talk to me.
[20:24:27] <[RP] Pekoe> She calls you mean things
[Doc nodded, sighing.]
[20:22:42] <[RP] Doc> Pekoe, would you like to visit their inn at some later time?
[20:23:24] <[RP] Magnolia> Inn's always open for guests.
[20:23:37] <[RP] Magnolia> Speakin' of... we should get back'ta the farm, shouldn't we?
[20:23:51] <[RP] Hal> !
[20:24:08] <[RP] Hal> yeah, guess we oughtta
[20:24:18] <[RP] Magnolia> Well... our farm is, uh,
[20:24:34] <[RP] Magnolia> East and a lil south 'o here
[20:24:49] <[RP] Pekoe> Wha's it called?
[Doc pulls out a small map and pen]
[20:24:51] <[RP] Doc> I'll mark it.
[20:24:52] <[RP] Pekoe> Your farm?
[20:24:55] <[RP] Magnolia> Kindlewheat
[20:25:00] <[RP] Pekoe> Like fire?
[Magnolia stiffens very suddenly.]
[20:25:13] <[RP] Magnolia> I guess.
[Hal steps back a bit more.]
[20:25:35] <[RP] Hal> Y'know, I think, uh.
[Pekoe nods, oblivious to the sudden tenseness he’s caused]
[20:25:38] <[RP] Pekoe> Our farm doesn't have a name I think
[Doc’s takes notice of their reactions, staring intensely.]
[20:25:50] <[RP] Magnolia> We should be goin', it's plen'y late
[20:26:05] <[RP] Magnolia> I've got dinner to cook 'n animals to tend
[20:26:23] <[RP] Magnolia> You two have a save ride home, however ya got here
[20:26:34] <[RP] Hal> yup! yup.
[20:26:36] <[RP] Pekoe> I flew in! Like Netty does!
[20:26:47] <[RP] Magnolia> Right.
[Hal offers one last, albeit forced, smile to Pekoe]
[20:27:18] <[RP] Hal> You keep eatin' good, y'hear?
[20:27:22] <[RP] Pekoe> Yessir!
[20:27:26] <[RP] Hal> heheheh
[20:27:26] <[RP] Magnolia> G'bye, y'all
[Magnolia and Hal begin heading for a nearby nether portal]
[Pekoe smiles bigly and waves at the other two, then zeroes in on Doc]
[Doc waved goodbye as well]
[20:27:37] <[RP] Pekoe> Doc would you harvest pump'ns for me
[20:28:02] <[RP] Doc> Yes, I will get some melons and pumpkins growing. I need some anyway for potions.
[20:28:08] <[RP] Pekoe> :D
[Pekoe begins trying to move through the spawn, tugging on Doc’s hand.]
[20:28:57] <[RP] Doc> Hold on a moment, I need to speak to the witch
[They both turn and look at Jadis, who had been inspecting the things given to them by Ion, but looks up at the mention of its name.]
[20:29:39] <[RP] Jadis> You wish... to speak?
[20:29:56] <[RP] Doc> That's correct..
[Pekoe nods and runs away to stare at fish in the water]
[20:30:28] <[RP] Jadis> Then... my time is yours... good doctor
[20:31:06] <[RP] Doc> There is a soul in you, yes?
[20:31:23] <[RP] Jadis> Yes, I believe...
[20:31:56] <[RP] Doc> I can see it, your soul, I mean.
[20:32:03] <[RP] Jadis> Ah....
[20:32:12] <[RP] Jadis> How... reassuring
[20:32:24] <[RP] Doc> I have never been accused of being such.
[20:32:33] <[RP] Jadis> My... apologies
[20:32:48] <[RP] Doc> Not to worry. Have you ever seen your own soul?
[20:33:02] <[RP] Jadis> I have not
[20:33:12] <[RP] Doc> [In a slightly manic tone:] WOuld you like to?
[Jadis tilts their head, and steeples their fingers.]
[20:34:38] <[RP] Jadis> What does it... entail
[20:35:36] <[RP] Doc> We have several options. I can create a sculpture, or a gemstone.
[20:35:55] <[RP] Jadis> I will... simply be seeing it?
[20:36:15] <[RP] Doc> Yes. If you cannot see souls normally, I will not attempt to shift this.
[20:36:35] <[RP] Jadis> I cannot... see yours
[20:36:47] <[RP] Doc> That is not a good benchmark. Mine is not in my body.
[20:37:03] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... how... interesting
[20:37:36] <[RP] Doc> I keep it elsewhere.
[20:37:50] <[RP] Jadis> I have... no preference... to how I see my soul
[20:38:39] <[RP] Doc> Very well. I will construct a replica
[20:39:18] <[RP] Jadis> Such an… intriguing proposition.... for someone you just met
[20:39:43] <[RP] Doc> I have removed souls in people I have known for briefer. I enjoy the poppy in your hat.
[20:39:52] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... my thanks
[20:40:14] <[RP] Doc> They grow often on battlefields and corpses.
[20:40:19] <[RP] Jadis> Yes they do
[20:40:40] <[RP] Jadis> Quite.... a lovely flower
[20:41:00] <[RP] Doc> Have you ever seen a battlefield filled with poppies? After the battle?
[20:41:12] <[RP] Jadis> Not that I... recall
[20:41:39] <[RP] Doc> I suppose it would be difficult for others to see. Especially now.
[20:42:20] <[RP] Jadis> I'm not sure that I am unfamiliar... with battles
[20:42:43] <[RP] Doc> That is fortunate for you.
[20:43:08] <[RP] Doc> Your pupils are very small.
[20:43:35] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... Are they?
[20:44:03] <[RP] Doc> Yes. They are. How familiar are you with battles, would you say?
[20:44:23] <[RP] Jadis> I do not know
[20:44:38] <[RP] Jadis> I know... very little.. about myself
[20:45:02] <[RP] Doc> How unfortunate. Perhaps I could assist with this issue.
[20:45:12] <[RP] Jadis> Ah...?
[20:46:05] <[RP] Doc> Is that where your interest in souls lies? Trying to reconnect your past?
[20:46:27] <[RP] Jadis> Yes.... in a way
[20:48:06] <[RP] Doc> Well, if you like my help, it is available.
[20:48:19] <[RP] Doc> if not, it does not change the availability of my assistance.
[20:48:26] <[RP] Jadis> A kind offer
[20:48:40] <[RP] Jadis> I will... take you up on it... someday
[20:49:03] <[RP] Doc> Yes, I presume you want to do some research on your own to begin with
[20:49:46] <[RP] Jadis> I appreciate... the consideration
[20:50:22] <[RP] Doc> I am here to do research on the souls of these worlds, it would be irresponsible to not offer my assistance.
[20:51:04] <[RP] Jadis> I would offer... my services... to you as well then
[20:51:21] <[RP] Jadis> if you are ever in need of.... assistance
[20:51:20] <[RP] Doc> And what are the services you provide?
[Doc raises an eyebrow.]
[20:52:00] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... things related to ghosts... or some spirits... divining....
[20:53:06] <[RP] Jadis> Magicks along those lines
[20:53:09] <[RP] Doc> Oh. I do not assume I will need assistance with such things. I am generally capable of handling such things on my own.
[20:53:44] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... forgive my... presumption... in offering.... help
[20:54:36] <[RP] Doc> It has been a necessity for me to learn due to my... unique circumstances
[Jadis nods in acknowledgement]
[20:56:38] <[RP] Doc> Do you know your age?
[20:56:45] <[RP] Jadis> I do not
[20:58:18] <[RP] Doc> Does this world have any historical records?
[20:58:50] <[RP] Jadis> I suppose.... if there was... Miss Viola would know
[20:59:11] <[RP] Doc> Mnm. That may be a good place to start.
[20:59:26] <[RP] Doc> I will speak to her
[21:02:04] <[RP] Jadis> Do you have... any other questions for me... Doctor Krayn
[21:02:41] <[RP] Doc> Not at the current moment. I will contact you if that changes
[21:03:13] <[RP] Jadis> Of course.... It was... good to meet you
[21:03:20] <[RP] Doc> Likewise
[Doc looks around to depart but doesn't see Pekoe through the bustle of spawn.]
[21:04:37] <[RP] Doc> Hm. I will need to find Pekoe before I depart
[21:05:01] <[RP] Jadis> I believe the young Master... went to the water
[21:05:09] <[RP] Doc> Why do you call him that?
[21:05:33] <[RP] Jadis> It is... only proper... to be... polite
[21:06:13] <[RP] Doc> It is not a phrase I hear often
[Doc looks in the direction Jadis indicated and sees Pekoe watching the water]
[21:06:34] <[RP] Doc> Ah, there he is. Have a safe trip home. Jadis.
[21:06:42] <[RP] Jadis> Too you.. as well
[Jadis fiddles with the warp stone from Ion, suddenly disappearing in a puff of purple particles.]
[Doc approaches Pekoe]
[21:07:21] <[RP] Doc> Have you caught anything
[21:07:26] <[RP] Pekoe> I saw a fish eat a fish
[21:07:34] <[RP] Doc> Did you enjoy that?
[21:07:41] <[RP] Pekoe> Ye
[21:07:54] <[RP] Doc> Would you like a fish?
[21:08:04] <[RP] Pekoe> Yeah!
[Doc grabs a knife from his bag before jumping into the ocean. He brings back a dead clownfish for Pekoe.]
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Cyrus randomly teleports to a waystone, ending up at the cemetery. They encounter Jadis and eventually the spirit known as The Ferryman. Jadis and Cyrus talk about various things as they tour the cemetery. Jadis tells Cyrus more things about the world and Cyrus gives some tips to Jadis on jogging its memory. Eventually Cyrus departs to go back home.
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[Jadis stands in front of the Ferryman's shrine, relighting some of the candles that had gone out.
Cyrus appears in front of the cemetery waystone, a smile still on their face and sand in their hair from their last stop.]
[14:06:01] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh! A swamp cemetery!
[Cyrus walks from where the waystone is nestled in the roots of a tall tree, following a rundown path. The place is overgrown in general but the large amounts of flowers catch their eye.]
[14:06:46] <[RP] Cyrus> That's... a lot of poppies
[Cyrus notices Jadis at the shrine, and starts heading over before noticing the Shrine Behaviors and hesitating, not wanting to interrupt.]
[14:07:19] <[RP] Jadis> I would almost think... you put these out... on purpose to... mess with me
[Jadis lights the last candle and walks backwards to look up at the shrine. Cyrus shuffles their feet as they walk, to make noise as they approach. They stop a little away, not wanting to get close to someone that doesn't seem to have noticed them.]
[14:09:55] <[RP] Jadis> Nothing else... out of place
[Jadis turns to look exactly at Cyrus behind it.]
[14:10:47] <[RP] Jadis> Except you
[14:10:49] <[RP] Cyrus> Hello
[Cyrus huffs a laugh.]
[14:11:12] <[RP] Cyrus> Sorry to interrupt?
[14:11:19] <[RP] Jadis> It is... fine
[14:11:45] <[RP] Jadis> I was just... doing an unpleasant... chore
[Cyrus nods.]
[14:12:10] <[RP] Cyrus> The have-to's
[14:12:22] <[RP] Jadis> Yes....
[14:12:34] <[RP] Jadis> If I do not... he will only pester me more
[14:13:18] <[RP] Cyrus> He? I'd guessed by the poppy on your head you were in charge here, but
[14:13:42] <[RP] Jadis> I merely live here.... though if anyone was in charge... it would be Dian
[14:13:50] <[RP] Jadis> Not him
[14:14:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Dian?
[14:14:43] <[RP] Jadis> The spirit... of the cemetery
[14:15:23] <[RP] Cyrus> Hm
[14:15:38] <[RP] Cyrus> Spirit as in metaphorical? Or ghosts?
[14:15:56] <[RP] Jadis> As in spirits... ghosts are different
[14:17:00] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm new around here, must just be used to a different vocabulary for things
[Jadis nods.]
[14:17:29] <[RP] Jadis> Doctor Krayn was... the same
[Cyrus furrows their brow at another name mentioned and unexplained. Who was Dr. Krayn??]
[14:17:16] <[RP] Cyrus> What do spirits do here?
[14:17:40] <[RP] Jadis> It depends on... the spirits
[14:18:50] <[RP] Jadis> For Dian... she guards the cemetery
[14:20:43] <[RP] Cyrus> And these are real beings, not players and not? Admins? Or ghosts, or myths, or
[14:21:03] <[RP] Jadis> They... are real beings... yes
[Jadis’ side eyes the shrine behind them.]
[14:21:38] <[RP] Jadis> Unfortunately.... in some cases
[Cyrus laughs at the obvious dislike.]
[14:21:59] <[RP] Cyrus> Yeah? This 'he' in charge of that tree?
[14:22:04] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[14:23:48] <[RP] Cyrus> Does he? Do anything besides blow out his own candles?
[14:24:28] <[RP] Jadis> Oh yes... when not doing his job... he delights... in tormenting me
[14:25:14] <[RP] Cyrus> Yeah?
[14:25:19] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[14:25:23] <[RP] Cyrus> What is his job?
[14:25:43] <[RP] Jadis> It is... a psychopomp
[14:26:00] <[RP] Jadis> He ferries the souls
[14:26:06] <[RP] Cyrus> Ahhhh
[14:26:51] <[RP] Cyrus> Are there? Many souls to ferry here???? The wayships didn't seem too populated
[14:27:10] <[RP] Jadis> Not so much... anymore... according to him
[14:27:24] <[RP] Jadis> So it has.... much time to.... bother me
[14:27:34] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh, joyous
[14:27:38] <[RP] Jadis> Hm
[14:28:09] <[RP] Cyrus> Well! I've been rude, apologies. My name is Cyrus.
[14:28:24] <[RP] Cyrus> Quizzing you on the workings of the world without offering my name
[They offer a hand for shaking. Jadis takes their hand in its gloved one and stiffly shakes Cyrus’ hand.]
[14:28:38] <[RP] Jadis> I am Jadis Degaré
[14:29:18] <[RP] Jadis> Pleasure... to meet you
[14:29:27] <[RP] Cyrus> It's lovely to meet you, as well!
[14:29:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Do you live here, at the cemetery? Being its spirit-keeper?
[14:30:31] <[RP] Jadis> I'm not truely... a spirit keeper... but I live here
[14:30:46] <[RP] Jadis> I am a witch.... so I help out
[14:31:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh? Witchcraft? What form?
[14:31:23] <[RP] Jadis> Divination... mainly
[14:31:53] <[RP] Jadis> Cartomancy
[14:32:20] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm not as familiar with the names of crafts, that's not maps, is it?
[14:32:31] <[RP] Jadis> Cards
[14:32:42] <[RP] Cyrus> Ahhhh
[14:33:17] <[RP] Cyrus> Neat!
[14:34:04] <[RP] Jadis> Did you... come here... with a purpose?
[14:34:18] <[RP] Cyrus> Not really!
[14:34:28] <[RP] Jadis> I see
[14:34:33] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm new to the world, like I said, so I was just visiting spots on the waystones
[14:34:48] <[RP] Cyrus> A cemetery's a good way to learn more about a world, so
[14:35:00] <[RP] Jadis> I wouldnt... know
[14:35:08] <[RP] Jadis> I have not... traveled much
[Cyrus smiles warmly.]
[14:36:00] <[RP] Cyrus> Most folks haven't travelled like I have, but I've noticed cemeteries or other memorial sites are wonderful places to look
[14:36:23] <[RP] Cyrus> See how far back the dates go, what the causes of death have been, what relations and big families there may be, what the lifespans tend to be,
[14:36:25] <[RP] Cyrus> So much!
[14:37:08] <[RP] Jadis> Mmm... I suppose you could... look through the cemetery....
[14:37:18] <[RP] Jadis> But I would... need to accompany...you
[14:38:06] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh, I'd hate to intrude. If it's a private area, I can simply go other places to learn about this world's history. I've already stopped by the Wayship library
[14:38:46] <[RP] Jadis> I do not mind... necessarily...
[14:38:59] <[RP] Jadis> But Dian... can be much
[14:39:09] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh?
[14:39:12] <[RP] Cyrus> How so?
[14:39:38] <[RP] Jadis> Dian... would almost certainly... set you alight... without me there
[14:39:53] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh!
[14:39:56] <[RP] Cyrus> Well then!
[14:40:30] <[RP] Jadis> I would not mind... you looking at grave years
[14:40:45] <[RP] Jadis> Thought most... are worn away... unfortunately
[14:40:51] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah
[14:40:54] <[RP] Cyrus> An older area, then?
[14:41:00] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[14:41:33] <[RP] Jadis> I know one... of the oldest ones there... is from 30 years ago
[14:41:40] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh, wow
[14:41:52] <[RP] Cyrus> ,,,,, Not too old, but
[14:42:03] <[RP] Jadis> Not new... either
[14:42:20] <[RP] Jadis> It is... a mostly forgotten... place
[14:42:36] <[RP] Cyrus> In some worlds, that'd be older than society's introduction. And in others it's quite young. Interesting!
[14:42:40] <[RP] Cyrus> Forgotten?
[14:42:59] <[RP] Cyrus> All of the people here have been forgotten in less than three decades?
[14:43:13] <[RP] Jadis> Mostly
[14:43:25] <[RP] Cyrus> Well that's a shame
[14:43:29] <[RP] Jadis> I was told... by Doctor Krayn... that there was a plague
[14:43:36] <[RP] Jadis> It caused people... to forget
[14:43:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah, I've been told about a plague as well. Also by a doctor?
[14:44:26] <[RP] Cyrus> Does this Doctor Krayn have two antlers and a facial scar?
[Cyrus huffs a bit of a laugh, what were chances of this Doctor Krayn being-]
[14:44:43] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[Cyrus blinks.]
[14:44:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah
[14:44:55] <[RP] Cyrus> I was joking, but. Of course
[14:45:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Of course, Doc goes to the cemetery
[14:45:40] <[RP] Jadis> Of course...?
[14:46:01] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah, he simply... hm. How do I explain this without sounding insane
[14:46:47] <[RP] Cyrus> I knew another version of him in my last world, and he was... morbid isn't quite the right word. He has the vibes of a guy who'd go to a cemetery to hang out.
[14:47:44] <[RP] Jadis> Well we were in... my home... I do not know... if he went to the cemetery yet
[14:48:02] <[RP] Jadis> I know... he wanted to meet... the spirits here
[14:48:09] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh! Nice
[14:48:32] <[RP] Jadis> Speaking of... perhaps we should step... away from here
[Jadis vaguely gestures to the shrine.]
[14:48:41] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh?
[14:48:42] <[RP] Jadis> Before... he decides to... join us
[14:48:56] <[RP] Cyrus> Well then!
[14:49:14] <[RP] Cyrus> Would you? Like to show me around the cemetery? Or should I be off?
[Before Jadis can respond Cyrus notices movement behind it. The bark on the tree of the shrine seems to shift. Four hands form out of the bark of the tree, looking as if someone stood behind the tree and wrapped their arms around it. The brim of a black hat rotates from being hidden by the trunk to sticking out behind it.]
[14:53:14] <[RP] Cyrus> Uh?
[Jadis sighs, knowing without looking what has happened.]
[14:53:11] <[RP] Jadis> Unfortunate
[The figure begins to move from behind the tree. It is incredibly tall and covered by dark fabric. Coins, crystals, and other valuables decorate him.
His face has a thick, scraggly beard made of roots. A sharp smile with a few gold teeth. If it has eyes they are somehow shaded by the hat, unable to be seen despite his height.]
[14:55:42] <[RP] The Ferryman> Well well well
[14:55:54] <[RP] The Ferryman> If it ain't Sir Degaré
[14:55:49] <[RP] Cyrus> [Whispered to Jadis:] Is eye contact good or bad here?
[14:56:20] <[RP] Jadis> He already knows... you are here
[14:56:26] <[RP] Jadis> Eye contact... would not matter
[14:56:38] <[RP] Cyrus> Okay !
[14:56:51] <[RP] Jadis> Hello... Ferryman
[14:58:29] <[RP] The Ferryman> Got yourself a new pet cat there?
[14:58:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Me?
[14:58:48] <[RP] Cyrus> Hello??
[14:59:02] <[RP] The Ferryman> Aw and it speaks too. How clever
[Cyrus looks incredulous. Jadis responds to the spirit curtly.]
[15:00:02] <[RP] Jadis> No… not a pet
[15:00:07] <[RP] Jadis> A visitor
[15:01:03] <[RP] Cyrus> I, uh, haven't ever met or even heard of a spirit such as yourself before, sir??
[The Ferryman barks out a laugh.]
[15:01:19] <[RP] The Ferryman> Yeah I bet’chu ain't
[15:01:41] <[RP] The Ferryman> You’re an off worlder aint'cha?
[15:01:48] <[RP] Cyrus> Yessir
[15:02:43] <[RP] Cyrus> Just got in a couple weeks ago
[15:02:56] <[RP] The Ferryman> Well, usually meetin’ such'a grand spirit like moi means giving a little offering
[The Ferryman rubs his fingers together.]
[15:03:17] <[RP] Cyrus> All I have is a half stack of fried eggs
[15:03:21] <[RP] Cyrus> Sir
[Jadis sighs again.]
[15:03:44] <[RP] Jadis> I will… pay for them
[15:04:07] <[RP] Cyrus> Maybe I ought to go mining before doing more exploring...
[Jadis brings out a resin coin and holds it up for the Ferryman without looking at him. He takes it with an upper hand and begins to roll it across his knuckles, grinning at Cyrus all the while.]
[15:06:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh! Is that the currency around here? Actual money?
[15:06:21] <[RP] Jadis> It is
[15:06:34] <[RP] Jadis> Coins... made of resin
[15:06:41] <[RP] Cyrus> Ahhhh
[15:06:53] <[RP] Cyrus> Interesting!
[Cyrus turns back to address the Ferryman.]
[15:07:10] <[RP] Cyrus> And you use the same currency as the players?
[15:07:51] <[RP] The Ferryman> Riches is riches, and I like shiny things
[Cyrus nods, taking mental notes.]
[15:08:18] <[RP] The Ferryman> Ya can't bring wealth to the afterlife but ya can give it to me
[15:08:37] <[RP] The Ferryman> ‘Specially if ya want an afterlife
[Cyrus laughs.]
[15:08:55] <[RP] Cyrus> Isn't the afterlife simply being reincorporated into the workings of the universe?
[15:09:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Or is that different here
[The Ferryman shakes his head in condescending amusement.]
[15:09:38] <[RP] The Ferryman> Living things an’ their beliefs. How cute
[15:10:04] <[RP] The Ferryman> I ain't been there besides docking and I don't care to
[15:10:56] <[RP] Cyrus> Hm
[Cyrus doesn't know how exactly to respond to that, and disrespecting a spirit when they know so little about it doesn’t seem like the best idea. Shrines were for things with a decent amount of power right?]
[15:10:57] <[RP] Cyrus> Well!
[15:11:05] <[RP] Cyrus> That's interesting
[15:11:30] <[RP] Cyrus> Does this system rely on you? Would it function without your work?
[15:12:02] <[RP] The Ferryman> Well I ain’t the only one guiding souls if thats what’chu are getting at
[15:12:19] <[RP] The Ferryman> But this world would be jam packed with ghosts without us
[The Ferryman pats the top of Jadis’ hat.]
[15:12:43] <[RP] The Ferryman> Or you could end up like Degaré here
[15:12:53] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh?
[15:13:35] <[RP] Jadis> Why do you.... always find a way... to needle me
[Cyrus looks curiously at Jadis.]
[15:14:06] <[RP] Jadis> Do not... mind him...
[15:14:13] <[RP] Jadis> He torments... me so
[15:14:17] <[RP] Cyrus> Yeah?
[15:14:19] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[15:14:40] <[RP] The Ferryman> Aw come on there cher you love me really
[15:16:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Well, I'm learning a lot about this world right now, and I'm always a fan of making friends
[15:16:32] <[RP] Cyrus> So
[The Ferryman laughs.]
[15:17:32] <[RP] The Ferryman> Aww hear that Degaré you gonna get some more livin' things hanging ‘round you
[15:18:22] <[RP] Jadis> We can... ignore him
[15:18:41] <[RP] Cyrus> Ain't that rude?
[15:18:47] <[RP] Jadis> He... is rude
[15:19:07] <[RP] The Ferryman> Oh! Breaking my heart here cher!
[The Ferryman dramatically holds a set of hands to his chest in mock injury. However, it quickly drops the act to loom over Jadis with a menacing grin.]
[15:19:26] <[RP] The Ferryman> I know when I ain’t wanted though
[15:19:57] <[RP] The Ferryman> See ya ‘round kitty cat. If ya die get rich first
[The Ferryman gives Cyrus a little wave of one of its lower hands as it goes behind the tree of the shrine and disappears.
Cyrus looks at the tree, then Jadis, then the tree, then Jadis.]
[15:20:37] <[RP] Jadis> I... apologize
[15:20:44] <[RP] Cyrus> They're not all like that?
[15:20:51] <[RP] Jadis> No... he is simply...
[15:20:59] <[RP] Jadis> Terrible
[Cyrus laughs.]
[15:21:26] <[RP] Cyrus> He's certainly an interesting character!
[15:21:41] <[RP] Jadis> What a... polite way... to put it
[15:21:59] <[RP] Cyrus> I do try
[15:21:38] <[RP] Cyrus> I can understand keeping up on chores here, though
[15:22:02] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... he nags me... if I do not... which is worse
[15:22:12] <[RP] Cyrus> Yes, of course
[15:22:23] <[RP] Jadis> I try my best... to avoid him
[15:23:45] <[RP] Cyrus> Well! If I get any coins, I'll be sure to pop by and pay you back for... that
[15:24:10] <[RP] Jadis> Do not... worry yourself
[15:24:21] <[RP] Jadis> I am... reluctantly... used to him
[15:24:47] <[RP] Cyrus> Joyous
[15:24:52] <[RP] Jadis> Hm
[It’s pretty clear that Jadis doesn’t want to talk about the spirit. Cyrus looks around themself once again.]
[15:25:26] <[RP] Cyrus> Did you? Plant the poppies?
[15:25:46] <[RP] Jadis> Some yes... but they grow in... places like this
[15:25:51] <[RP] Jadis> I enjoy... poppies
[15:26:59] <[RP] Cyrus> They're lovely, I've never seen this many flowers except in flower forests and meadows!
[15:27:13] <[RP] Jadis> This place is... quite wild
[15:27:50] <[RP] Cyrus> And what a wonderful thing to be!
[15:28:00] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... I think so too
[15:29:15] <[RP] Cyrus> Did you want? To show me around? Or would you rather be left to your chores?
[15:29:41] <[RP] Jadis> Ah yes... forgive my distraction... I can show you around... where ever you like
[15:30:22] <[RP] Jadis> Did you still want... to see the graves?
[15:30:47] <[RP] Cyrus> Yes, if nothing else I'm curious how the watertable being so high has been handled
[15:31:02] <[RP] Jadis> Tombs... mostly
[Jadis leads the way to the cemetery gate, opening it even as an excited black dog headbutts into their leg for pets. Cyrus spares it a small pat.
The two begin walking between the rows of tombs. Cyrus stops in front of one that catches their eye, it features a statue of someone holding a shovel.]
[15:31:40] <[RP] Jadis> As you can see... all very... worn
[15:31:42] <[RP] Cyrus> Do you know if this statue holds significance?
[15:32:36] <[RP] Jadis> A prominent... architect... I believe
[15:33:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Ahhhh
[Cyrus follows the path between tombs and notices an almost hidden path leading further into the cemetery. Jadis rushes forward and catches Cyrus by the arm before they go very far down it.]
[15:33:48] <[RP] Jadis> Ah, do not
[15:33:58] <[RP] Jadis> Not that way... please
[15:34:01] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah
[Cyrus glances towards where they had been headed, the view of what lay beyond obscured by the leaves of willows. They glance back at Jadis, its body is tense as its eyes flick towards whatever is back there. Cyrus heads back to the main path.]
[15:34:11] <[RP] Cyrus> Alright!
[15:34:38] <[RP] Jadis> There is... a lake there... it goes quite deep
[15:34:46] <[RP] Jadis> Dangerous... of course
[A serval ear twitches as Cyrus looks at Jadis appraisingly. It doesn't seem like they are lying per se, but it doesn't seem like the real reason either.]
[15:35:45] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah, yes, of course
[Cyrus looks up at what appears to be a giant weeping willow.]
[15:36:12] <[RP] Cyrus> The trees here are remarkable specimens, don't usually see them grow so large!
[15:36:29] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... I think they are... some kind of willow?
[15:36:37] <[RP] Jadis> I do not... know much on trees
[15:36:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh, trees are hard to truly know
[15:36:58] <[RP] Cyrus> Same species can be so different, world to world
[Cyrus looks down a new path.]
[15:37:06] <[RP] Cyrus> Is this a good path to take?
[15:37:29] <[RP] Jadis> Oh, yes... the other paths are... all less dangerous
[15:37:44] <[RP] Cyrus> Good to know!
[They spend some time walking between more rows of tombs. Cyrus stops mid-step at one point, double-taking at a flowering plant.]
[15:37:56] <[RP] Cyrus> Is that a wild potato
[15:38:15] <[RP] Jadis> I believe... so?
[15:38:30] <[RP] Cyrus> How wonderful a world this is
[Cyrus looks at one of the smaller willows, melted candles and urns are nestled in and on the roots of it.]
[15:38:55] <[RP] Cyrus> Are the pots? Urns? By the trees?
[15:39:16] <[RP] Jadis> There are some... in the larger tombs... as well
[Cyrus stops in front of a pair of tombstones that look less worn down than some of the others. The sunflowers and dandelions that decorate them look fresh.]
[15:40:03] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh! Is this one you tend to?
[15:40:28] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... yes... they are newer graves
[15:40:41] <[RP] Jadis> So I tended.... them in case... a relative visited
[15:40:56] <[RP] Jadis> Which... he did
[15:41:05] <[RP] Cyrus> How lovely!
[15:41:22] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... we are friends... now
[15:41:43] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh? I'll have to meet him sometime!
[15:42:02] <[RP] Jadis> He runs... an inn... near Nightingale Hill
[15:42:19] <[RP] Jadis> There is... a wonderful... farm
[15:42:19] <[RP] Cyrus> Oho
[15:43:23] <[RP] Jadis> Mr. Candlewick... and Mr. Copperboot... are very kind... if you want to meet... new people
[15:43:33] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh those are delightful names
[15:44:05] <[RP] Jadis> They are... quite fitting... for them... I think
[15:44:24] <[RP] Cyrus> Surely Mr. Candlewick isn't a bee
[15:44:59] <[RP] Jadis> No... he is... a cat
[15:45:09] <[RP] Jadis> ....I think
[15:45:26] <[RP] Cyrus> Ohoho
[15:45:57] <[RP] Jadis> Not like you are... a different type of cat
[15:46:11] <[RP] Jadis> Or... are you not... a cat...
[15:56:27] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... that seems an... apt way to put it
[15:57:19] <[RP] Cyrus> What a guy
[15:57:45] <[RP] Jadis> I had never... met a doctor before
[15:57:58] <[RP] Jadis> It was... strange
[15:58:02] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh?
[15:58:37] <[RP] Jadis> He explained things... of course
[15:59:07] <[RP] Jadis> But it was still... odd having to... be in a state... of undress
[15:59:12] <[RP] Cyrus> ????
[Cyrus looks incredulous.]
[15:59:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Did you?? Have wounds to tend to??
[15:59:45] <[RP] Jadis> No...? Not new ones... at least
[16:00:02] <[RP] Cyrus> Hm
[16:00:33] <[RP] Cyrus> You knew you were allowed to say no, correct? If you didn't want to? Undress?????
[16:01:15] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... but it seemed easier... than having to answer... all the questions
[16:01:42] <[RP] Cyrus> Hm
[16:01:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Well, I hope his checkup was? Helpful??
[16:02:17] <[RP] Jadis> I was left... with more questions... than answers
[16:02:50] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah
[That sounded like Doc.]
[16:03:42] <[RP] Cyrus> Could I? Help at all???
[16:03:52] <[RP] Cyrus> I've been to a number of doctors that are not him
[16:04:15] <[RP] Jadis> Oh well... not unless... you can help... with memory issues?
[16:04:21] <[RP] Cyrus> Ahhh
[16:04:45] <[RP] Jadis> Anything else… well I would rather not... take off my shirt... Again
[16:05:06] <[RP] Cyrus> Not really, all I know that can help with that is reminders of things forgotten, or the injury causing it healing up.
[16:05:17] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm not going to ask you to take your shirt off when we just met
[16:05:22] <[RP] Cyrus> That'd be. Odd
[16:05:51] <[RP] Jadis> ....It wasn't a… normal thing...?
[16:06:14] <[RP] Cyrus> I mean? As a doctor visit, yes. But I'm not a doctor
[16:06:54] <[RP] Jadis> I had offered... because he had wanted... to know... I didn't realize... the situation was... odd
[16:07:03] <[RP] Cyrus> Doctors can be more... invasive? In questions and requests? To find the issue. Usually you aren't friends with your doctor, for privacy and whatnot
[16:07:14] <[RP] Cyrus> Doc's an odd guy
[16:07:21] <[RP] Jadis> I see…
[16:08:04] <[RP] Cyrus> The uh, version of him I knew in my last world? He was helping me with an illness I had, as both friend and doctor, so. Messy lines
[Jadis tilts their head slightly in acknowledgement.]
[16:07:36] <[RP] Jadis> I will remember... what you said on reminders...
[16:07:50] <[RP] Jadis> Though I am... unsure how I will... find them
[16:08:09] <[RP] Cyrus> Hmmmm
[16:08:20] <[RP] Cyrus> Do you live in the same place as you did before? Do you know?
[16:08:27] <[RP] Jadis> I do not...
[16:09:14] <[RP] Jadis> I have... little... to go off of
[16:09:17] <[RP] Cyrus> Hm
[16:09:29] <[RP] Jadis> And I do not... think I am injured…?
[16:09:41] <[RP] Cyrus> How much was lost? Like, a few days? Or
[16:10:05] <[RP] Jadis> I cannot remember... anything before a few months... ago
[16:10:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah
[16:10:18] <[RP] Cyrus> Yeah that's. A lot to forget
[16:10:41] <[RP] Jadis> I only... know my name... because it was... written down
[16:11:01] <[RP] Cyrus> And where it was written didn't tell you where to head?
[16:11:15] <[RP] Jadis> ....No
[16:11:19] <[RP] Cyrus> No diaries or journals or letters with return addresses?
[16:11:56] <[RP] Jadis> No... there were some notes... but they are quite... disorganized... might be the best word
[16:12:11] <[RP] Jadis> ....frantic
[16:12:21] <[RP] Cyrus> Ah
[16:12:30] <[RP] Cyrus> Well
[16:12:46] <[RP] Cyrus> That's not great for information
[16:13:10] <[RP] Jadis> No... I think... they are important... though
[16:13:15] <[RP] Cyrus> You could brute-force it, looking at every flower type, every tree, every biome to see if there's anything
[16:14:03] <[RP] Cyrus> Not all at once! Just, going on a trip around the world
[16:14:17] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... how intimidating
[16:14:19] <[RP] Cyrus> With waystones, it's easier to get home fast from a trip as well
[16:14:28] <[RP] Cyrus> If you get overwhelmed or bored or injured
[Jadis fidgets with its mask.]
[16:15:42] <[RP] Jadis> Do you think... if I looked at names... it could help
[16:15:50] <[RP] Jadis> Help... remember someone?
[16:15:55] <[RP] Cyrus> Maybe!
[16:16:08] <[RP] Cyrus> If there's a baby or death registry, or other cemeteries, or
[16:16:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Mailboxes?
[16:16:33] <[RP] Jadis> I will... make that apart.. of my attempts... then
[16:16:34] <[RP] Cyrus> Like in the post office?
[16:17:10] <[RP] Jadis> It would be... a good thing to try
[16:17:32] <[RP] Jadis> I have... not been.. to the Wayships... much
[16:17:43] <[RP] Jadis> The amount... of people...
[16:17:47] <[RP] Cyrus> I've been a couple of times, usually when not many folks are around
[16:18:09] <[RP] Jadis> Oh?
[16:18:32] <[RP] Cyrus> Night time has a market, but between 2 and 4am, bakers aren't awake and night-owls start to wind down
[16:18:46] <[RP] Jadis> I see...
[16:18:55] <[RP] Jadis> Thank you... for telling me this
[16:19:05] <[RP] Cyrus> Happy to help!
[16:19:24] <[RP] Cyrus> Too many people can be fairly overwhelming, especially when you're used to being alone
[16:19:29] <[RP] Cyrus> I've been there a few times
[16:19:40] <[RP] Cyrus> It should get easier if you want it to
[16:19:58] <[RP] Jadis> It... does?
[16:20:36] <[RP] Cyrus> With enough exposure, most things can feel normal
[16:20:49] <[RP] Cyrus> ^_^
[16:20:51] <[RP] Jadis> I see...
[16:21:48] <[RP] Jadis> Thank you... for answering questions... I did not mean... to talk about myself... so much
[16:22:22] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh, it's no bother! I offered to help, didn't I?
[16:22:38] <[RP] Jadis> It is... most kind
[16:22:43] <[RP] Cyrus> And talking about yourself is just a way for me to learn about you! Think of it that way
[Jadis blinks.]
[16:23:05] <[RP] Jadis> Oh... you want to know... about me?
[16:23:14] <[RP] Cyrus> Yes? That's how friendships start, isn't it?
[16:23:15] <[RP] Jadis> Not just.... my witchcraft?
[16:23:20] <[RP] Cyrus> Am I being too forward about friendship
[16:23:26] <[RP] Jadis> No.. no
[16:23:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Well, your witchcraft is interesting, but why would I be more interested in your ability to? Use cards to look at the future? Than you as a person?
[16:24:26] <[RP] Jadis> I am simply used to...
[16:24:53] <[RP] Jadis> Everyone that has requested my time... has wanted to learn about the.... cards
[16:24:59] <[RP] Cyrus> Hm
[16:25:05] <[RP] Jadis> Or my... other magicks
[16:25:21] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh?
[16:25:25] <[RP] Cyrus> More than cards?
[16:25:35] <[RP] Jadis> Speaking with... ghosts
[16:25:47] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh!
[16:26:13] <[RP] Cyrus> ,,,, not like the spirits?
[16:26:18] <[RP] Cyrus> Different concepts?
[16:26:50] <[RP] Jadis> Ghosts are those that have died... spirits are... their own beings
[16:27:12] <[RP] Jadis> I am... not the best... at explaining things.... I do not... know much of... anything
[16:27:29] <[RP] Cyrus> That's alright! I just wanted to make sure I understood
[16:28:03] <[RP] Jadis> I think... there is a book in... the library on spirits
[16:28:18] <[RP] Jadis> If you wanted... to know more...
[16:28:24] <[RP] Cyrus> Oh? I'll have to check it out! Thanks!
[16:28:36] <[RP] Jadis> Of course
[16:30:27] <[RP] Cyrus> Well!
[They clap, once, lightly.]
[16:30:27] <[RP] Cyrus> I've kept you for long enough, and I should probably be getting back home.
[16:30:37] <[RP] Jadis> Oh, yes... of course
[16:30:43] <[RP] Cyrus> I've got a pair of roommates that might bite each others' arms off.
[16:30:54] <[RP] Jadis> .... I see
[16:31:12] <[RP] Cyrus> I've got a mailbox in the post office, and we're linked to the waystones, if you ever want to come visit!
[16:31:25] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... I hope to do so
[16:31:41] <[RP] Cyrus> :D
[16:32:03] <[RP] Cyrus> Could you show me out? I'd hate to accidentally go down the wrong path and end up... in that lake?
[16:32:13] <[RP] Jadis> Yes... of course
[Jadis leads the way back to the gates. The same black dog as before rubs against Jadis’ legs, getting her wanted pets from it.]
[16:32:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Thank you so much for showing me around!
[16:32:57] <[RP] Jadis> It was... my pleasure
[16:33:11] <[RP] Jadis> You may... visit me anytime... as well
[16:33:27] <[RP] Cyrus> Delightful!
[16:33:53] <[RP] Cyrus> [wryly:] I'll remember to bring something, next time, in case a spirit shows up needing offering
[16:34:14] <[RP] Jadis> [in a matching tone:] Yes... it would perhaps... be wise
[16:34:55] <[RP] Cyrus> Well, have a lovely rest of your day!!
[16:35:06] <[RP] Jadis> You... as well
[Cyrus walks to the waystone with a cheerful wave before disappearing into purple smoke as they teleport.]
[03/10/26] - Starting Over (Cyrus / Scintilla / The Wizard / Ivy)
Players: Cyrus (Joco), Cinder (Scintilla), Cass (The Wizard, Ivy)
Four individuals from another world find themselves transported to another universe entirely when a ritual performed by a child of the void goes unexpectedly.
Transcript Masterlist
[Editor's Note: Sorry about the formatting on this one being inconsistent! Ran into an issue with the amount of line breaks allowed, but got around it :)]
Full summary below the cut
In another world entirely, Joco and Scintilla prepare themselves for a ritual to attempt to remove Joco’s curse. The ritual works a little too well, and transports Joco and Scintilla, along with the Wizard and Ivy and a Verde Drug remembered in memories of someone long gone.
Joco begins to spiral, questioning how they could possibly have done this, trekking through the unfamiliar world with Scintilla on his heels. They discover a strange location with the letters “GH” on the front, which resembles a slightly wrong Verde Drug. The small group convenes as Joco and Scintilla discover the Wizard and Ivy inside.
The Wizard confesses that he and Ivy were once Unknowns, but not anymore (though Ivy argues that she still has immense power). Joco and the Wizard come to the sudden understanding that Joco has aged, which means that not only was the werewolf curse removed, but also the flaw in their Code that caused them to stop aging. When going to introduce themself to the boisterous robot Ivy, Joco remembers the name that their parents gave them, Cyrus. They remark that Scintilla has done something incredible, seemingly without realizing.
The Wizard brings up that without the previous world’s protections, they might be in danger of alerting the Unknowns to their presence, and should work quickly to figure out how to create protections of their own. Scintilla asks which of them it should stay with, and Cyrus responds that they should all stick together and stay in whatever this new “Verde Drug” is, while they figure out what’s happening.
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[Somewhere, in another universe entirely…Joco grabs a handful of bluets from a barrel. They stare at them, and then hastily shove them back in, shaking their head as they grab a handful of daisies instead. A scrawled list sits beside them, covered in chicken scratch and diagrams, cross-referencing a book in their inventory.]
[17:55:44] <[RP] ✦Joco> No, no, it's gotta be more round
[Scintilla, above in the attic, moves atop the haybales they’ve settled on. They knock a bale of tightly bound hay to the ground with a thump. Joco’s ears twitch, and they glance towards the noise. Their body goes very still.]
[17:56:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> Candles. I need white candles, the wax and the bonemeal are in the basement.
[They tread lightly towards the guest house entrance, poking their head in to look around. Scintilla sighs and hops down off of the hay pile, quiet except for the sound of their pointed feet hitting the wooden floor. Better clean up after itself.
Joco calls out:]
[17:58:44] <[RP] ✦Joco> Hello?
[17:58:54] <[RP] ✦Joco> Is someone... Is someone here?
[17:58:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Doc?
[Scintilla is focused on trying to put the hay bale back into place. They’re not really listening for anything, and don’t respond. Quietly, to themself:]
[18:00:00] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Why keep so much hay up here?
[Joco hears the sound, muffled through the wall but clearer coming through the window. Joco murmurs:]
[18:01:06] <[RP] ✦Joco> The attic?
[18:01:40] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Okay, there. Better!
[Joco considers the ladder option, climbing to the treetops to see into the attic, but shake their head and pull out their axe instead. They hesitate before opening up the door to Cinder’s room.]
[18:02:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> Wolf???
[Scintilla hears Joco below, and pops their head down from the trap door, hanging upside down.]
[18:03:11] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Joco! Hello!
[Joco screams. Scintilla screams too, but mostly out of confusion.]
[18:03:50] <[RP] ✦Joco> WHY
[18:03:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> HI
[18:03:56] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Hi!
[18:04:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> Why are you up there
[18:04:07] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I did it right this time! I was not right in your face!
[The attic’s allay flies down happily towards Joco. They flinch away from it.]
[18:04:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> You! You did
[18:04:23] <[RP] ✦Joco> Good job!
[18:04:28] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well you told me where your house was! And this attic had an easy entry
[18:04:42] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And lots of hay, very comfortable to lie down on. So I've been doing that!
[18:04:52] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You know, since it's empty besides that strange little creature
[18:04:59] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And they didn't seem to mind the company
[18:05:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> That- yeah.
[18:05:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yeah that's. That's an Allay
[18:05:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> They retrieve things
[18:05:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well how is it meant to do that when trapped up there?
[18:05:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> You've been. Hanging out up there??
[18:05:41] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Yes! You were not in your house so I waited
[18:05:49] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And then I left, then I came back and waited again!
[18:05:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Ah. I've been, sorry I. Yeah
[18:05:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I thought that was the best place to do so.
[18:06:04] <[RP] ✦Joco> Okay, sure. Yeah.
[18:06:07] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> No one's using it, right?
[18:06:16] <[RP] ✦Joco> No- no, they're not
[18:06:47] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's supposed to be- but, no, it won't get used ever
[18:06:53] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> What was it meant for?
[18:07:01] <[RP] ✦Joco> My friend
[18:07:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> A guest area, for them to- fly, in. Learn to fly.
[18:07:20] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Which one? Why won't they use it, don't they like it?
[18:07:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> This is the friend that died
[18:08:03] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Ah, the one who returned to Void, I remember.
[18:08:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes
[18:08:10] <[RP] ✦Joco> They had wings
[18:08:21] <[RP] ✦Joco> But, the wings were. Bad
[18:08:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> So, no learning to fly
[18:08:42] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And also they are dead
[18:08:53] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That makes it hard to learn to fly too
[18:08:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes, that's why it won't be used
[18:09:27] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> So is it a problem that I was up there?
[18:09:33] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You're making a strange face
[18:09:47] <[RP] ✦Joco> Mmm
[18:09:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> I just
[18:10:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> You don't knOW
[The allay flies near Joco’s face, startling them.]
[18:10:25] <[RP] ✦Joco> gaghu
[18:10:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> The uh. Mourning thing I told you? It's like that
[18:10:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> I designed this before ae died.
[18:10:59] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Right. Lots of emotions that turn bad
[18:11:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> And it hurt to not build it. And it hurt to have it built with no aer to stay here
[18:11:33] <[RP] ✦Joco> And having someone else here. Feels wrong
[18:12:19] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Right. I should not be there then.
[18:12:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> The uh- the allay. It stays up there because the wings frighten me sometimes. And if I let it loose, it'll get lost, and I can't lose it that's- yeah.
[18:13:02] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe? You can- I don't. I'm not sure. It's not hurting anything, right?
[18:13:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> The werewolf thing, yeah. Wings aren't. Awesome on my brain
[18:13:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> You don't smell like wing dust, though. You just smell like space
[18:13:51] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> So should I... Go?
[Joco ducks under the allay as it zips past them again. It considers the lily in the pot, and then disappears back up into the attic.]
[18:14:10] <[RP] ✦Joco> I- that feels rude
[18:14:39] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Princebot says being rude is effective communication
[18:14:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> Your wings aren't really wings like. It's bird wings that my brain hates. Yours is a cape, like moths
[18:15:04] <[RP] ✦Joco> Princebot isn't an effective communicator
[18:15:16] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I do not have much other point of reference!
[18:15:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> I- Hm.
[18:15:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> No one here is normal enough
[18:16:01] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That's what The Wizard said when I first met him. You two are a bit similar
[18:16:09] <[RP] ✦Joco> Don't base on Doc he's Doc. I'm... dealing. Wiz is? Gone?
[18:16:18] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Yep, gone.
[Processing what Scintilla’d said:] [18:16:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> That's. Touching
[There’s a brief moment where a remarkable sadness overtakes Joco. It leaves quickly.]
[18:16:33] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I have never met Doc. What is he like?
[18:16:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> Abnormal
[18:17:13] <[RP] ✦Joco> He's. God, what is he like?
[Joco moves out of the doorway to lean against the desk with the flower planter.]
[18:18:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> He isn't from here, hit his head on the way. So he's got bad memory. And Prince hurt him terribly
[18:18:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Which made his brain Worse, somehow
[18:18:20] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I'm not from here either. Maybe he could be interesting
[18:18:26] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe!
[18:18:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> Flick is the most normal local
[18:19:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> I think
[18:19:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Nearby
[18:19:14] <[RP] ✦Joco> He's bird
[18:19:17] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I've never met anyone else. Wasn't sure if I should
[18:19:22] <[RP] ✦Joco> You can bond over-
[Joco flinches.]
[18:19:30] <[RP] ✦Joco> Meeting people is good
[18:20:02] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You were fun. It's a good sign
[18:20:12] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes!
[18:20:14] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Why weren't you in your house for a long time?
[Joco flexes their ears back. The allay soars down from above, Joco bats it away lightly.]
[18:20:49] <[RP] ✦Joco> I have a place I feel- less afraid? In?
[18:20:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> The werewolf thing makes me afraid so I made a safe place.
[18:21:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> But! I have ideas to try, so I'm here to. Try it. The idea.
[18:21:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And the idea will stop you being afraid?
[18:21:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe!
[18:21:46] <[RP] ✦Joco> I. I hope.
[18:21:46] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> What is being afraid like?
[18:21:48] <[RP] ✦Joco> Bad
[18:22:10] <[RP] ✦Joco> Your brain tells you to get away from the thing or fight it or curl up into a ball to get safe
[18:22:16] <[RP] ✦Joco> And it can make other thoughts hard
[18:22:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I think I've been that, once
[18:23:33] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> What is your idea to fix it?
[18:24:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> Some stories have a- ritual? To fix? It?
[18:24:13] <[RP] ✦Joco> And I know a ritual . That works with Code
[18:24:33] <[RP] ✦Joco> So I'm going to change things, and. Try to fix me. With ritual stuff.
[Scintilla freezes at the mention of a ritual. It stiffens up completely. Then, it relaxes, just as fast as it froze. It tilts its head curiously.]
[18:25:56] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> How will that work?
[Joco blinks at the reaction, but writes it off. They’re just paranoid, over-noticing.]
[18:26:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> Uh, I've got. Torches, and flowers, and. A circular spot. And I've made a chant.
[18:26:38] <[RP] ✦Joco> In Code-understanding language.
[18:27:22] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I would like to be there.
[18:27:26] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> When you... Do the ritual.
[18:27:28] <[RP] ✦Joco> ?
[18:27:40] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I want to be there.
[18:27:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> To.. watch? You can watch, sure?
[18:27:46] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Okay.
[18:28:02] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't... I don't know why.
[18:28:10] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't know why I want to?
[18:28:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> Hm
[18:28:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Do you... want to come see? My farms?
[18:28:42] <[RP] ✦Joco> It would help me.
[18:28:45] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I would like that.
[18:28:53] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You let me stay in your attic
[18:28:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I will repay the favour
[18:28:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> I- yes
[18:29:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> Ok?
[18:29:07] <[RP] ✦Joco> That. Ok sure
[18:29:12] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well I suppose you did not let me but I did it and you didn't stop me.
[18:29:15] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Can I do it again?
[18:29:28] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes?
[18:29:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's. Better to be used than not, that space
[18:29:56] <[RP] ✦Joco> If you get bored, I would not scold you for messing with the hay. You can make bread from wheat.
[18:30:12] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I think your creature needs the company. Do they have a name?
[18:30:28] <[RP] ✦Joco> They- yeah, I uh. I call 'em Baby Bird
[18:30:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> They reminded me of. Of someone. So I named accordingly
[18:31:05] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That's funny. Birds eat bugs and yet it is so much smaller than me!
[Joco huffs out a laugh.]
[18:31:15] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I will not eat your Bird, I promise.
[18:31:21] <[RP] ✦Joco> Thanks, bud
[18:31:41] <[RP] ✦Joco> Not every bird eats bugs, and not every bug is eaten by birds, y'know?
[18:31:41] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Where do you go, when you're afraid? Can I go there too?
[Joco blinks.]
[18:32:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> Sure?
[18:32:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> Doc visits me, you might meet him there. Maybe
[18:32:41] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I would like to meet your strange friend!
[18:32:56] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I hope he is just as interesting as you. And answers my questions just as much.
[Joco smiles a bit mischievously.]
[18:33:22] <[RP] ✦Joco> oh I think he loves answering questions
[18:33:25] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> The Wizard taught me how to do conversation and I am quite good at it now. Ask a lot of invasive questions and you win!
[18:33:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> Every question about everything
[18:33:36] <[RP] ✦Joco> EVERY question
[18:34:19] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I am glad you told me where your house was. It feels nice to be here.
[18:34:40] <[RP] ✦Joco> oh, I'm. That's very sweet, I'm glad too
[18:34:54] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I like being at The Wizards house but Prince doesn't talk to me so it is awkward sometimes when I'm with Princebot. And I do not have any other place to be.
[18:35:12] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Houses are interesting places
[18:35:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> They ARE, yes
[18:35:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Here, let's. Go find wax and stuff. While my brain is nicer.
[18:35:48] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I'm glad your brain is nicer
[18:36:26] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And that I smell of space and not wing dust. That means I'm allowed back, right? Even when it's not?
[18:36:31] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes
[18:36:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes, you're allowed back
[18:37:05] <[RP] ✦Joco> I'd not- you're very sweet. Of course you're allowed back
[18:37:27] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't think I've ever been called 'sweet' before.
[18:37:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> Well, it's. True, I think
[18:38:11] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I thought people generally didn't like it when you broke into their houses. That's what Princebot said when I told him where I was going.
[18:38:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> Oh, they don't
[18:38:30] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Well I'm glad you like it!
[18:38:31] <[RP] ✦Joco> 'm too old n tired to care
[18:39:48] <[RP] ✦Joco> C'mon, the basement calls
[18:40:01] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I don't think I can hear anything from the basement
[18:40:07] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's a saying
[18:40:23] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You people say such strange things
[18:41:35] <[RP] ✦Joco> OH
[18:41:42] <[RP] ✦Joco> You didn't know! Ok so
[18:41:46] <[RP] ✦Joco> Ok so!
[18:41:49] <[RP] ✦Joco> This is weed
[18:41:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> These plants
[18:42:02] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Like the plants we pulled out at the garden?
[18:42:14] <[RP] ✦Joco> No! It's different! But with the same name!
[18:42:16] <[RP] ✦Joco> Silly thing
[18:42:23] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Oh! The other one!
[18:42:25] <[RP] ✦Joco> Cannabis is better name
[18:42:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> If you bake it then smoke it or eat it, it does things to the brain. Which is fun.
[18:42:52] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Do you 'smoke weed' like how Princebot used to
[18:43:00] <[RP] ✦Joco> I don't smoke normally, just eat
[18:43:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> Put it in brownies
[Opening a birch trapdoor and hesitating for a moment before beginning the climb:]
[18:43:12] <[RP] ✦Joco> We're going down this ladder
[18:43:19] <[RP] ✦Joco> And nothing is down here to kill us
[18:43:24] <[RP] ✦Joco> And nothing will kill us
[18:43:50] <[RP] ✦Joco> This is more plants to know
[18:43:54] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> That was a very specific clarification!
[Scintilla lands just behind Joco as they look around the space suspiciously.]
[18:44:01] <[RP] ✦Joco> That was! For me
[18:44:09] <[RP] ✦Joco> Don't worry
[Leading Scintilla left from the ladder, past four wool sheep, Joco stops to tap on a pair of glass blocks.]
[18:44:24] <[RP] ✦Joco> Here are my chickens. They don't flap and I can't smell them so it is OK
[Walking onward, Joco stops in front of a larger window. Behind it, two beehives sit, some bees flying in and out of them to gather nectar from flowers planted inside.]
[18:44:29] <[RP] ✦Joco> THIS is bees
[18:45:01] <[RP] ✦Joco> My bee farm collects honey and wax from the bees
[Bending down to pull some honeycomb out of a chest below the glass:]
[18:45:11] <[RP] ✦Joco> So then I can use them for stuff
[18:45:17] <[RP] ✦Joco> Like! Candles
[Their ears twitch as a bee bonks against the glass, and they swiftly move back over to the ladders, surrounded on both sides by an auto-composting setup.]
[18:45:22] <[RP] ✦Joco> And over here
[18:45:30] <[RP] ✦Joco> Composters make bonemeal
[Pulling bonemeal out of a chest tucked under the ladder:]
[18:45:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Which helps farms AND
[Crafting quickly:] [18:45:36] <[RP] ✦Joco> White dye
[18:45:41] <[RP] ✦Joco> For candles!
[18:45:46] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> There are so many systems involved. How did you discover all of this?
[18:45:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Other people!
[18:46:03] <[RP] ✦Joco> Other people discovered, and I gathered knowledge
[18:46:08] <[RP] ✦Joco> And I just. Put it in one place
[Gesturing to each farm in turn:] [18:46:18] <[RP] ✦Joco> The sheep farms gather wool
[18:46:32] <[RP] ✦Joco> There are melon and pumpkin farms that gather those things for me
[18:46:47] <[RP] ✦Joco> I am an accumulation of thousands of people's knowledge
[18:47:02] <[RP] ✦Joco> Millions, even
[18:47:07] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I think I understand. I'm an accumulation of all of my Mother’s
[18:47:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> It knows a lot of things. I thought all of them, but I'm starting to realise that isn't the case.
[18:47:31] <[RP] ✦Joco> And! You're gaining more, from Wiz and me and. Princes
[18:47:52] <[RP] ✦Joco> The Void does not know things as they live in their environments
[Staring into nothing, toward the floor.] [18:47:58] <[RP] ✦Joco> It does not know things as they live
[18:48:26] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And I suppose I'm doing that now. Living. Maybe that's why things are so confusing
[Clapping their hands and looking back up:] [18:48:39] <[RP] ✦Joco> yes!
[18:48:49] <[RP] ✦Joco> New
[18:48:55] <[RP] ✦Joco> Fun, scary, confusing
[18:49:22] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> I guess those are emotions. I might have them after all.
[18:49:27] <[RP] ✦Joco> Maybe!
[18:49:35] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> You seem to have far too many
[18:49:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes
[18:49:46] <[RP] ✦Joco> It's. The ritual will help. I hope
[18:49:58] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Which is why we need the wax
[18:50:07] <[RP] ✦Joco> And bonemeal!
[18:50:14] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> And bonemeal!
[18:50:20] <[RP] ✦Joco> Now back. Up the ladder
[They turn to look up the ladder, feet glued in place.]
[18:50:31] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Would you like me to go first?
[18:50:51] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> If there is anything up there I can decimate it ^-^
[18:50:59] <[RP] ✦Joco> Oh, that
[18:51:06] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yeah, that. That would help. Yes
[18:51:24] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> Nothing up here but cannabis!
[Joco steels themself below, taking in a deep breath. They follow Scintilla up the ladder.]
[18:51:45] <[RP] ✦Joco> Cannabis, and
[18:51:54] <[RP] ✦Joco> You know this flower, it's at the island
[18:52:28] <[RP] ✦Scintilla> It's a .... Cornflower?
[18:52:34] <[RP] ✦Joco> Yes!
[18:52:37] <[RP] ✦Joco> Good job!
[They fall into conversation and preparation. The ritual site is readied. Scintilla joins Joco within it. They sit together inside the circle of prepared items. They chant softly under their breath as they do so. Joco’s eyes are screwed shut tight, but Scintilla seems to have very little expression at all. Something happens. A rush of wind, the whisper of unclear voices, and the overwhelming hum of the Void itself. There is a feeling like electricity spiking through the body. Joco stumbles and falls backwards, one hand reaching up to feel their face while the other braces them against the ground. Something had felt Wrong about their skin, for just a moment.]
[18:56:12] <[RP] Joco> WHAT
[Joco pats their face. They look around, noticing the sudden lack of shadows on the ground. The boughs of…acacia trees rise up into the sky, not dark oak.]
[18:56:44] <[RP] Joco> WHAT???
[Beside them, Scintilla falls onto their knees. Their face splits opens in a wide maw as they begin to retch. A pool of dark, sparkling liquid spreads forth from them, and they shudder slightly. Joco watches the bug, chest heaving. They whisper:] [18:57:08] <[RP] Joco> what
[Shakily:] [18:57:23] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not think It liked me doing that
[Joco stands slowly. Sunlight crests over the savannah. They stand inside a courtyard, the same one they’d been in for the last few minutes.]
[18:57:30] <[RP] Joco> What did you DO
[18:57:44] <[RP] Joco> That. Did you change the biome???
[18:57:50] <[RP] Joco> Or did you. Move? Us?
[18:57:55] <[RP] Scintilla> You wanted to get something Out, right? I just pulled it out!
[18:58:37] <[RP] Scintilla> There was something wrong and I could see it, once we started doing all the chanting and the candles and the- you know! I knew what to do!
[Joco grabs their tail. It’s less fluffy now, more akin to the cat’s tail they’d been used to not even a year prior. It’s yellow-tan and striped with black.]
[18:59:04] <[RP] Joco> You knew?? What to do????
[18:59:07] <[RP] Scintilla> I knew how to do it somehow, so I did! Did it work? Are you better now?
[18:59:11] <[RP] Joco> I mean. Okay. Okay sure, yeah. Yeah ok.
[18:59:19] <[RP] Joco> Yeah, the.
[Joco takes a deep breath, searching for what this might mean.]
[18:59:37] <[RP] Joco> Yeah. You fixed it, kid
[18:59:43] <[RP] Joco> But what ELSE did you do????
[19:00:01] <[RP] Joco> Where?? Are we?
[19:00:09] <[RP] Scintilla> I'm not... Sure.
[19:00:23] <[RP] Scintilla> We aren't Nowhere, so that is good!
[Forming an eye so ae can express facially:] [19:00:39] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother would not appreciate a houseguest ^-^
[Joco leaves the courtyard, patting the walls as they go.]
[19:00:36] <[RP] Joco> This is a savannah
[19:00:43] <[RP] Joco> Scintilla this is. This is a savannah?
[19:00:59] <[RP] Joco> Scintilla where in the world
[19:01:05] <[RP] Scintilla> More trees and grass, that seems the same as where we were, no?
[19:01:14] <[RP] Joco> No this is a different. biome
[19:01:21] <[RP] Joco> The trees and grass are different
[19:01:08] <[RP] Joco> We're still in. The world, right
[19:01:23] <[RP] Joco> My HOUSE
[19:01:30] <[RP] Joco> My house is gone
[19:01:35] <[RP] Scintilla> This is definitely the world! It isn't my Home, now is it?
[19:01:47] <[RP] Joco> Are we in the same world as before?
[19:01:49] <[RP] Joco> There are many worlds
[19:01:54] <[RP] Joco> Not just Void and World
[19:01:57] <[RP] Joco> There are so many worlds
[19:02:09] <[RP] Scintilla> Everything changes itself all of the time, no World is really the same each time you blink
[19:02:20] <[RP] Scintilla> So perhaps, and perhaps not!
[Joco looks at the Void entity incredulously. They blink several times, then turn around and keep walking in the direction the stairs were pointing. Scintilla follows eagerly, close at Joco’s heels.]
[19:04:06] <[RP] Joco> I didn't explore the world enough to know. If we're even . What the heck
[19:04:18] <[RP] Scintilla> All I know is that I fixed the problem. I don't know how, but it just did what I thought it should do!
[19:04:28] <[RP] Joco> You've caused! Other problems in the fixing
[19:04:47] <[RP] Scintilla> What other problems? We're safe, are we not?
[19:04:55] <[RP] Joco> I appreciate the fixing, kid, I really do. But I've got FRIENDS back there! If we're actually out of the world, then .
[A stutter in their step.] [19:05:02] <[RP] Joco> Then we might never see those guys again
[19:05:25] <[RP] Scintilla> Well if there's so many worlds, surely there are more friends here. What would it matter?
[19:05:38] <[RP] Joco> Keeping the same friends is nice
[19:05:57] <[RP] Joco> If you... liked a toy, would you want to have to find a new one?? That's not a good comparison. That's a bad comparison.
[19:06:10] <[RP] Scintilla> What is a toy?
[19:06:29] <[RP] Joco> A toy is. I'm not explaining that right now
[19:06:18] <[RP] Joco> If your mother somehow became not your mother. And a new Void took its place.
[19:06:23] <[RP] Joco> Would you be enthused?
[19:06:36] <[RP] Scintilla> There is no Void that isn't Void
[19:06:50] <[RP] Joco> Okay but if somehow there Was
[19:07:11] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother cannot be something, It is what is not
[19:07:11] <[RP] Joco> If something in the universe changed, and the Void became a differently behaved entity, and you could never experience the same Void you knew before
[19:07:20] <[RP] Joco> That'd be bad, right
[19:07:28] <[RP] Joco> You could never go back to your mom.
[19:07:30] <[RP] Joco> Ever
[19:07:37] <[RP] Joco> You had to accept a new mom
[19:07:44] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother does not want me back
[19:07:50] <[RP] Scintilla> It would not be so different
[19:07:52] <[RP] Joco> Does that feel?? Good?
[19:07:54] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not understand you
[19:07:58] <[RP] Joco> Okay so you're already living this.
[19:08:05] <[RP] Scintilla> It doesn't feel like Anything
[19:08:06] <[RP] Joco> Does it feel good to not be able to go back home
[19:08:43] <[RP] Scintilla> I am no use to my Mother as I am now. There is no use thinking on it further
[19:08:48] <[RP] Joco> Hm
[19:09:01] <[RP] Joco> Sounds like avoidance
[Hitting their forehead with the base of their hand:]
[19:09:11] <[RP] Joco> GOD
[19:09:17] <[RP] Scintilla> That is what you do too, no?
[19:09:18] <[RP] Joco> I built an entire Verde Drug!! AGAIN
[19:09:30] <[RP] Scintilla> You built this?
[19:09:37] <[RP] Joco> We don't need to talk about my emotions right now because at least I acknowledge them.
[Joco, who had been looking where they stepped rather than forward, turns back to Scintilla, then looks back to where they’d been heading.]
[19:16:30] <[RP] Joco> I built- WHAT?
[19:16:33] <[RP] Scintilla> You people care so much about feelings
[19:16:51] <[RP] Scintilla> That is- hmm
[A large building appears just ahead of them in the distance. Its shape is…familiar.]
[19:16:54] <[RP] Joco> IS THAT FUCKING VERDE DRUG
[19:17:05] <[RP] Joco> No. No. It's wrong. It's . What the hell is GH
[19:17:15] <[RP] Scintilla> Is that a place you know?
[19:17:23] <[RP] Joco> THE
[19:17:31] <[RP] Joco> I've been many places
[19:17:45] <[RP] Scintilla> I have been very few!
[19:18:00] <[RP] Joco> Is this the fucking. Refuge camp. From a CENTURY ago
[19:18:07] <[RP] Scintilla> Well if you know this place, we are clearly right where we should be, no?
[19:18:18] <[RP] Joco> I DON'T know this place!! It's!!
[19:18:25] <[RP] Joco> There's a squid in that window!!
[19:18:35] <[RP] Joco> This is Verde Drug but SO off
[19:18:46] <[RP] Scintilla> Maybe it lives there. Who are we to say where a squid should be
[Joco moves to stare into the window.]
[19:19:06] <[RP] Joco> Two..
[Joco rests their forehead and a hand on the glass.]
[19:20:10] <[RP] Scintilla> Well, are we in your Home? Or are we elsewhere? Are you okay, you have a strange look on your face.
[Joco fake knocks their fist on the glass.]
[19:20:58] <[RP] Joco> Kid, I have no idea
[Inside, the Wizard stumbles as the ground of what he believes is Wolf Trap stops shaking. Ivy sits on the ground from where he dropped her proxy.]
[19:19:21] <[RP] The Wizard> The hell...
[19:19:38] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy are you alright?
[19:19:54] <[RP] The Wizard> Something just happened
[19:19:59] <[RP] Ivy> Yeesh, yeah I'm fine
[19:20:09] <[RP] Ivy> Don't drop me again geezer
[19:20:35] <[RP] The Wizard> Sorry about that, I'll try not to.
[19:20:46] <[RP] Ivy> Whatever. Let's just...let's go home
[19:21:15] <[RP] The Wizard> Now you want to go home
[19:21:32] <[RP] Ivy> Uh yeah, I'm sick of this creepy mirror place
[19:21:44] <[RP] The Wizard> Mirror place…
[Outside, Joco’s ears twitch at the faint sounds of talking from inside. They keep staring at the stupid squid.]
[19:22:10] <[RP] Scintilla> Is there something wrong with the squid?
[Joco sighs.]
[19:22:31] <[RP] Joco> They're too big for this tank, for one.
[19:22:54] <[RP] Scintilla> Maybe it is what they are used to
[19:22:58] <[RP] Joco> They're for.... oceans, and rivers, and caves.
[19:23:33] <[RP] Joco> They can't live properly in the wrong home
[19:23:52] <[RP] Scintilla> So they need to be somewhere else?
[19:23:59] <[RP] Joco> That's a problem for another time
[Inside, the Wizard gets his bearings. He looks around at the strange, warped Verde Drug-Wolf Trap-something else.]
[19:22:01] <[RP] The Wizard> This didn't...this didn't look like this a second ago
[19:22:24] <[RP] Ivy> Okay, so what did it look like?
[19:22:29] <[RP] The Wizard> Not like this...
[19:22:40] <[RP] Ivy> Super helpful nimrod
[19:22:55] <[RP] The Wizard> Hey now. I'm not joking, something's up
[19:23:58] <[RP] Ivy> What are you scaredddddd ooooooh ooooooh Archie's scareddddd
[19:24:14] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm not scared, just cautious
[Joco rests their palm on the glass once more, than stands up straight.]
[19:24:06] <[RP] Joco> Do we. In?
[19:24:14] <[RP] Joco> Go in? Thoughts?
[19:24:14] <[RP] Scintilla> A door is made to be opened!
[19:24:21] <[RP] Joco> Yeah okay sure
[Joco opens the door. They shout into the building.]
[19:24:36] <[RP] Joco> THIS IS FUCKING VERDE DRUG
[19:24:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Okay now I'm scared
[19:24:48] <[RP] Joco> SCINTILLA
[19:24:51] <[RP] Scintilla> Yes?
[19:24:59] <[RP] Joco> THIS IS
[19:25:05] <[RP] Joco> it's verde drug but WRONG
[19:25:18] <[RP] Joco> Wiz's shops are fucked up
[19:24:50] <[RP] Ivy> Huh
[19:25:01] <[RP] Ivy> That sounded like
[19:25:19] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh Void I'm being haunted
[19:25:37] <[RP] Ivy> No idiot that sounded like your stupid gay friend
[19:25:56] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy, that's not-
[Joco approaches the wall where the horse mural used to be.]
[19:25:23] <[RP] Joco> The gay horses....
[19:25:29] <[RP] Scintilla> i don't know how I'm meant to know that, I've never seen it!
[Joco rests a hand on the wall. They turn, spotting a figure through the magenta glass.]
[19:25:54] <[RP] Joco> HELLO?
[19:25:59] <[RP] Joco> DO YOU KNOW INTELLE-
[Joco squints.]
[19:26:02] <[RP] Joco> WIZARD?
[19:26:05] <[RP] The Wizard> Joco?
[19:26:14] <[RP] The Wizard> This has got to be a dream
[Scintilla peers around the corner.]
[19:26:14] <[RP] Scintilla> Oh, the Wizard is here! Hello!
[Scintilla waves with excitement. Joco throws their hands up and walks back out the still open door.]
[19:26:40] <[RP] Scintilla> Joco, where are you going?
[19:26:26] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...maybe a nightmare
[19:26:37] <[RP] The Wizard> Definitely a nightmare
[19:26:47] <[RP] Ivy> Looks like the bug thingy is here too
[19:26:57] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla...yes...
[19:27:10] <[RP] The Wizard> Should we follow-
[19:27:15] <[RP] Ivy> YES. OBVIOUSLY.
[Joco yells out into the savannah.]
[19:26:43] <[RP] Joco> What the FUCK
[19:26:52] <[RP] Scintilla> We found one of your friends! You just said you wanted those!
[Joco holds out their hands, shaking them like they’re pretending to strangle Scintilla.]
[19:27:27] <[RP] Scintilla> haha you are so silly ^-^
[19:27:40] <[RP] Joco> What!! The FUCK
[19:27:59] <[RP] Joco> Why is there! A weird-ass Verde!! With WIZ INSIDE
[19:28:08] <[RP] Joco> What did you DO
[The Wizard walks cautiously through the “Verde Drug”, towards the entrance.]
[19:27:57] <[RP] The Wizard> Huh. Like it, but not quite
[Scintilla stands in the doorway.]
[19:28:08] <[RP] Scintilla> Hello The Wizard! It has been a long time!
[19:28:20] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh. Hello Scintilla. Yes, yes it has, hasn't it?
[19:28:36] <[RP] Scintilla> I fixed your problem. Anything else was... An accident.
[19:28:40] <[RP] The Wizard> Do...are we dreaming?
[19:28:46] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Huh.
[19:36:54] <[RP] Scintilla> We are right where we should be, I think!
[19:37:09] <[RP] Scintilla> I didn't ask to be moved, but I suppose my Mother knows best.
[19:37:10] <[RP] Joco> It's so dry
[19:37:32] <[RP] Joco> GOD
[19:37:40] <[RP] Joco> I'm going to make lotion again
[19:37:36] <[RP] The Wizard> ...It’s a lot like Verdigris
[19:37:55] <[RP] Joco> Verdigris was mesa, though
[The Wizard finally looks at Joco for the first time.]
[19:38:04] <[RP] The Wizard> …
[They look back.]
[19:38:07] <[RP] Joco> Hi
[Slapping their forehead:]
[19:38:10] <[RP] Joco> FUCK
[19:38:33] <[RP] Joco> Hi, Wiz, sorry I never visited 'n shit. I was having troubles with emotional regulation and werewolf shit.
[The Wizard tears up slightly, and then looks away. He doesn’t even seem to have registered what Joco just said. Scintilla watches them, completely oblivious to any tension or emotion.]
[19:38:32] <[RP] The Wizard> You're...you're older
[19:38:35] <[RP] Joco> I'm WHAT
[19:38:52] <[RP] The Wizard> You don't look like a youngin' anymore
[Joco slaps their hand to their face again.]
[19:38:55] <[RP] Joco> SCINTILLA
[19:39:00] <[RP] Scintilla> Yes?
[19:38:57] <[RP] Joco> WHAT THE FUCK
[19:39:07] <[RP] Joco> I thought!! My skin just felt weird!! Because it's DRY HERE
[19:39:15] <[RP] Ivy> Freaaaaaky bug stuff, I'm telling ya
[19:39:24] <[RP] Ivy> This thing probably fucked this world right up
[Joco looks at their arms, showing far more age and sun damage than hours before.]
[19:39:30] <[RP] Scintilla> I did not ask for anything strange to happen!
[19:39:47] <[RP] The Wizard> That's alright, Scintilla
[19:39:44] <[RP] Joco> I do not like your mother
[19:39:49] <[RP] Joco> Wiz we're aware of its mother, right
[19:39:55] <[RP] The Wizard> Vaguely
[19:40:09] <[RP] The Wizard> Only in my own assumptions based on our previous conversations
[19:40:03] <[RP] Joco> Void
[19:40:04] <[RP] Joco> The Void
[19:40:17] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...that does indeed clarify some things
[19:40:23] <[RP] The Wizard> And make a whole mess of others
[19:40:26] <[RP] Ivy> What the fuck
[19:40:28] <[RP] Scintilla> My Mother does not care much for you either Joco do not worry! ^-^
[19:40:33] <[RP] Ivy> Void mother
[19:40:46] <[RP] Ivy> Oh this bug is REALLY fucked up
[19:40:56] <[RP] Ivy> Where did you find this thing
[19:41:07] <[RP] Scintilla> Your robot is very vocal
[19:41:19] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm sorry about Ivy, really, truly, sorry
[19:41:26] <[RP] Ivy> I'm perfect
[Joco sighs and stares at their now slightly wrinkled hands.]
[19:41:01] <[RP] Joco> Holy shit you can see my veins now
[Moving towards him excitedly:]
[19:41:06] <[RP] Joco> WIZ YOU CAN-
[Remembering they’ve not talked in months:]
[19:41:08] <[RP] Joco> Hi
[19:41:21] <[RP] Joco> Where did you find this thing, Wiz
[The Wizard sighs.]
[19:41:36] <[RP] The Wizard> It's a long story
[19:41:49] <[RP] Scintilla> I found him more than he found me!
[19:42:05] <[RP] Joco> Ae found me at the memorial
[19:42:19] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla and I also met there, as well
[19:42:23] <[RP] Joco> Ahhhh
[19:42:26] <[RP] The Wizard> It was perched within the tree
[19:42:29] <[RP] Joco> Loiterer
[Good naturedly:]
[19:42:40] <[RP] The Wizard> Hey now
[19:42:51] <[RP] Scintilla> That is the place it felt most right to be, and then the Wizard found me and started asking me many silly questions
[19:43:15] <[RP] Joco> Silly questions like. Who are you and why are you in the tree?
[19:43:21] <[RP] Scintilla> Yes!
[19:43:24] <[RP] The Wizard> I do believe that was about it
[Sarcastically:]
[19:43:34] <[RP] Joco> Wow Wiz what silly questions
[19:43:45] <[RP] Scintilla> I'm so glad you understand Joco
[19:43:57] <[RP] Joco> This is like babysitting four year olds
[19:44:08] <[RP] Joco> But it's just. One freakishly tall one
[19:44:40] <[RP] The Wizard> They do indeed seem to lack in the social department, Scintilla, you are not very old, correct?
[19:44:53] <[RP] Ivy> Ayoooooooo
[19:45:27] <[RP] Scintilla> I am made of things as old as the world and also I have spent a few moon cycles being my Self
[19:45:30] <[RP] Scintilla> So yes and no!
[19:45:32] <[RP] Joco> Oh my god it's a baby
[19:45:33] <[RP] Ivy> They may be a freak but they're a baby freak
[19:45:42] <[RP] Ivy> Fraby
[19:45:46] <[RP] Joco> Frabyyyy
[Sing-song:]
[19:45:56] <[RP] Ivy> Frabyyyy why you so freakyyyyy
[19:45:50] <[RP] Joco> HEY WAIT
[19:45:54] <[RP] Joco> Why were y'all inside
[19:46:10] <[RP] The Wizard> It's where I found Ivy
[19:46:17] <[RP] The Wizard> At least...in the one with the dogs
[19:46:33] <[RP] Ivy> It smelled like dogs and hair and ass
[19:46:23] <[RP] Joco> YOU WERE IN WOLF TRAP?
[19:46:45] <[RP] The Wizard> If that's what it was called, then yes, I do believe so!
[19:46:46] <[RP] Joco> That's what happens when there's. I think I counted 400 before giving up
[19:46:48] <[RP] Joco> 400 wolves
[19:46:56] <[RP] Ivy> Goddamn
[19:47:11] <[RP] The Wizard> That is a good many wolves, indeed
[Joco seems to have begun to calm down, they look at the robot in the Wizard’s hands.]
[19:47:10] <[RP] Joco> You. Said this? Was your sister??
[19:47:25] <[RP] The Wizard> Yes, my younger sister
[19:47:37] <[RP] Joco> ,,,, did you Build Her Recently? Hence younger??
[19:47:51] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh! No, she's-
[Musically:]
[19:48:07] <[RP] Ivy> I've been stuck in a gem for like thirty years
[19:48:16] <[RP] The Wizard> Well, that's exaggerating
[19:48:30] <[RP] Ivy> His ass trapped me in an emerald, used me as a battery, and then he realized I was actually alive
[19:48:34] <[RP] Scintilla> You seem to have lots of people who are constructs around you, The Wizard
[19:48:48] <[RP] The Wizard> Do I...?
[19:48:51] <[RP] Joco> I mean
[19:48:55] <[RP] Joco> More than standard, yeah
[19:48:54] <[RP] The Wizard> Ah, yes! The Princes
[19:49:08] <[RP] The Wizard> I suppose that is a good deal more than normal
[19:49:30] <[RP] The Wizard> But yes, I realized that Ivy was still sentient, much, much too late-
[19:49:34] <[RP] Ivy> MUCH too late
[19:49:42] <[RP] The Wizard> I've begun constructing her a body
[19:49:54] <[RP] Joco> Well then! Okay.
[19:49:36] <[RP] Scintilla> This one, the Princes, myself in some ways. I wonder what about you brings together so many things pretending to be people
[19:49:56] <[RP] The Wizard> ...An interesting way to put it
[19:50:02] <[RP] Ivy> I'm a person!!!!!
[19:50:07] <[RP] Ivy> I'm a full fucking person!!!!!!!!!
[19:50:10] <[RP] Joco> I think I'm a person.
[19:50:17] <[RP] Joco> Some guy said that's enough proof, right
[19:50:19] <[RP] Joco> Yeah
[19:50:29] <[RP] Joco> Hi then, Wiz's sister who's a person. I'm J-
[19:50:30] <[RP] Joco> WAIT
[They grab the sides of their head.]
[19:50:38] <[RP] Ivy> J
[19:50:44] <[RP] Ivy> I thought your name was Joco
[19:50:38] <[RP] Joco> WAIT MY NAME'S CYRUS
[19:50:47] <[RP] Joco> HOLY SHIT THAT'S TOTALLY MY NAME
[19:50:47] <[RP] Scintilla> No your name is Joco
[19:50:50] <[RP] The Wizard> Cyrus?
[19:50:58] <[RP] Scintilla> Is it different now?
[19:50:59] <[RP] Joco> My parents!! Named me Cyrus!!!
[19:51:08] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Oh wow...to remember that
[19:51:09] <[RP] Joco> I FORGOT it for Reasons!! And just! Joco! Oh my GOD
[19:51:24] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm so happy for you- Cyrus...?
[Staring at the sunset:]
[19:51:25] <[RP] Joco> My favorite food was parsnips. What the fuckkkkkkk
[19:51:32] <[RP] Scintilla> Cyrus... Hmm, that works nicely!
[Something shifts within them. Maybe this is who they’ve always been…]
[19:51:42] <[RP] Cyrus> What did you do, Stinkbug
[19:51:54] <[RP] Scintilla> I wanted to fix things for you
[19:51:56] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla did all of that...
[19:52:00] <[RP] The Wizard> Wait- WAIT
[19:52:07] <[RP] The Wizard> YOU AGED.
[19:52:12] <[RP] Cyrus> I AGED
[19:52:13] <[RP] The Wizard> YOU AGED AND YOU REMEMBERED
[19:52:15] <[RP] Cyrus> OH MY GOD I AGED
[19:52:23] <[RP] The Wizard> What does that mean???
[19:52:35] <[RP] The Wizard> That means...so much...so incredibly much
[19:52:35] <[RP] Scintilla> Something inside you was broken, and it was hurting you. That's why we did the ritual, yes? I simply wanted it fixed, and I thought I could do it. And I... Did? Perhaps?
[19:52:58] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh Void...
[19:53:02] <[RP] Cyrus> We! Were doing a ritual based on NOTHING AT ALL!! To cure me of lycanthropy!
[19:53:09] <[RP] Scintilla> Maybe there was more broken than I thought
[19:53:13] <[RP] Cyrus> And Scintilla took the opportunity! To bring us here!!
[19:54:05] <[RP] Scintilla> I did not mean to bring anyone anywhere. I do not know what happened. I just... Wanted things to be right
[19:53:13] <[RP] The Wizard> If you can...remove something not even OPERATORS could do-
[Bitterly:]
[19:53:20] <[RP] Cyrus> Or would do
[19:53:39] <[RP] The Wizard> The implications are fascinating
[19:53:40] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm pretty sure they were capable of fixing my shit. They just.... didn't
[19:53:49] <[RP] The Wizard> I see...
[19:53:54] <[RP] Ivy> They do like an anomaly
[19:53:55] <[RP] Cyrus> Lab rat being interesting n whatnot
[19:54:08] <[RP] Ivy> To study, dissect, and spread through time
[19:54:11] <[RP] Cyrus> And a way to clear out unwanted worlds
[19:54:22] <[RP] Ivy> Oh that was YOU
[19:54:33] <[RP] Cyrus> ??
[19:54:35] <[RP] Ivy> You cleaned up a lot of problems back in the day
[19:54:45] <[RP] Cyrus> ?????
[19:55:01] <[RP] Scintilla> What does Wizard's sister mean?
[19:55:14] <[RP] Cyrus> They barely let students at the Academy look at me. What do you mean
[19:54:46] <[RP] The Wizard> You knew them?
[19:55:14] <[RP] Ivy> Oh yeah, I knew of them, there was like a name they gave it? Protocol [Last]?
[Stepping back:]
[19:55:28] <[RP] Cyrus> YEAH
[19:55:30] <[RP] Cyrus> HEY
[19:55:31] <[RP] Cyrus> YEAH
[19:55:40] <[RP] The Wizard> By the Code...
[19:55:58] <[RP] Cyrus> HEY WHAT. HEY
[19:56:00] <[RP] Ivy> Nova told me about it...not to brag
[19:56:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Wiz was your sister a fucking Unknown
[19:56:15] <[RP] Cyrus> Wiz? Wiz
[19:56:29] <[RP] Ivy> I was a mercenary put some respect on my name
[19:56:36] <[RP] Cyrus> I ain't doing SHIT
[19:56:40] <[RP] The Wizard> Technically...we both were...so to speak
[Scintilla bristles, their feathers puff up, and they seem to loom a little taller.]
[19:56:53] <[RP] Ivy> Oh yeah they sent me to deal with a lottttt of people
[19:56:59] <[RP] The Wizard> Ivy, maybe not the time-
[19:57:01] <[RP] Scintilla> You were both Unknown?
[Whispered as they take a few more steps back: ]
[19:57:20] <[RP] Cyrus> what the fuckkkkkkk
[19:57:53] <[RP] The Wizard> ...It was how I had access to "magic", and more importantly, how I learned to read Code
[19:58:05] <[RP] The Wizard> I was a lesser being, not even a true one
[19:58:17] <[RP] The Wizard> Our sire repurposed us to be heirs
[19:58:21] <[RP] Ivy> And we RULEDDDDD
[19:58:25] <[RP] Ivy> At least I did
[Scintilla steps back to put a wing in front of Cyrus, protective.]
[19:58:28] <[RP] Cyrus> ?????
[19:58:32] <[RP] Ivy> Archie didn't have the stomach for it
[19:58:35] <[RP] Cyrus> ARCHIE?
[19:59:00] <[RP] Ivy> Yeah! Arcanus, Archie
[19:59:20] <[RP] The Wizard> When I transformed Ivy into the gem, I stood trial
[19:59:29] <[RP] The Wizard> I was stripped of my title and turned fully Player
[19:59:43] <[RP] The Wizard> I spent many years wandering through worlds until I met the Voidwalker
[The Wizard looks up nervously at Cyrus.]
[19:59:49] <[RP] The Wizard> It's how we met
[Cyrus puts a hand on Scintilla’s wing, just holding the top of it.]
[20:00:11] <[RP] The Wizard> ...
[20:00:16] <[RP] The Wizard> That's it. All of it
[20:00:17] <[RP] Cyrus> You can't be telling me that an Unknown went by Archie
[20:00:20] <[RP] Cyrus> You cannot
[20:00:40] <[RP] Ivy> Of course not, he wasn't like, cloak and dagger Unknown
[20:00:57] <[RP] Ivy> He was Arcanus Dracon! Esteemed Scholar of the Great Shining Academy of the Arcane!
[Cyrus snickers.]
[20:01:13] <[RP] Ivy> Basically a nerdy stooge teaching future generations
[20:09:06] <[RP] Cyrus> The vibes are different but I'd just. Say that's being thrown from a dark oak forest to.
[They blink.]
[20:09:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Stars. Okay. Okay! I'm. So calm and rational about this whole mess
[20:09:56] <[RP] Cyrus> Rational about my close dear friend being a sub-Unknown and having a sister. And Being in a different world. And never seeing those people again
[The Wizard smiles to himself hearing “close dear friend”.]
[20:09:45] <[RP] Scintilla> I could try and take us back? But, well
[20:10:06] <[RP] Scintilla> I cannot guarantee all of you would make it without losing something of yourself
[20:10:18] <[RP] Cyrus> You don't recognize a difference between tree species. You are NOT moving us across worlds again
[20:10:25] <[RP] Scintilla> :(
[20:10:27] <[RP] Ivy> Yeah let's veto that then, I JUST got back to full consciousness
[20:12:15] <[RP] Scintilla> Well we are somewhere else, with nothing. Surely this place is for us then? Since you two know it already
[20:12:32] <[RP] The Wizard> I suppose...
[20:12:46] <[RP] The Wizard> We may have no other option, and oh Void
[20:12:57] <[RP] The Wizard> We won't have the other world's protections
[20:13:12] <[RP] Cyrus> They might find us.
[20:13:15] <[RP] Scintilla> Protections?
[20:13:19] <[RP] The Wizard> My thoughts exactly
[20:13:49] <[RP] The Wizard> We should seek out this world's administrator and either try to appeal to them to let me alter this world's Code, or find out more about where we are
[20:14:24] <[RP] Cyrus> This is so fucked up
[20:14:25] <[RP] Scintilla> Are we not safe here? how do you know?
[20:14:37] <[RP] The Wizard> The unfortunate thing is we won't know until it's too late
[20:14:57] <[RP] The Wizard> We may get lucky, and an observer may find us interesting
[20:15:03] <[RP] The Wizard> That would buy us some time
[20:15:05] <[RP] Cyrus> Maybe they won't recognize me. I'm so old now
[The Wizard laughs lightly.]
[20:15:28] <[RP] The Wizard> We can hope that might be the case!
[20:15:40] <[RP] Ivy> Don't hold your breath kittycat
[20:15:55] <[RP] Cyrus> There was a lava pond over there. I'll just. Make an obsidian box and nothing can See us or Grab us or
[20:16:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...That's definitely an option...but how about we try something else and use that as a last resort?
[Scintilla looks up at the looming green and gold sign overhead.]
[20:16:12] <[RP] Scintilla> We will be safe inside this place
[20:16:24] <[RP] Scintilla> I feel... Sure of that.
[20:16:30] <[RP] The Wizard> Interesting...
[20:16:36] <[RP] The Wizard> I'm obliged to trust Scintilla
[20:16:44] <[RP] Cyrus> I'll make the box in the building I don't care
[The Wizard looks Cyrus up and down. Cyrus looks down at their dirty clothes, like that might be what the Wizard is looking at.]
[20:17:06] <[RP] The Wizard> If they can fix your Code...perhaps they can shield us as well
[20:17:28] <[RP] Cyrus> Ae did that accidentally, though. Vibes-based.
[20:18:00] <[RP] The Wizard> This is true
[20:17:37] <[RP] Ivy> Oh great we get to live in Fraby Freak's Funhouse
[20:17:57] <[RP] Scintilla> Wizard does your robot have an off switch? ^-^
[20:17:58] <[RP] Cyrus> I think it's. If GH stands for something I recognize. Then
[Cyrus chokes on their next words.]
[20:18:11] <[RP] The Wizard> Unfortunately she does not!
[20:18:15] <[RP] Ivy> IT WOULD BE CRUEL TO BUILD ONE
[20:18:16] <[RP] Cyrus> YOU SHOULD INSTALL ONE
[20:18:24] <[RP] Ivy> HEY FUCK YOU MAN
[20:18:34] <[RP] Cyrus> I'M NOT THE GUY THREATENING TO KILL EVERYONE
[20:18:39] <[RP] Cyrus> ASSHOLE
[20:18:42] <[RP] Ivy> YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!!!!
[20:18:37] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Perhaps a volume switch?
[20:18:49] <[RP] Ivy> YOU'RE ALL ASSHOLES
[20:18:48] <[RP] Cyrus> Wiz can I throw it into the sea
[20:18:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Wizard. Archie.
[20:18:54] <[RP] Cyrus> Archie surely
[They throw their hands into the air and go back to pacing in circles.]
[20:19:05] <[RP] Cyrus> STARS. FUCKING ARCHIE
[20:19:08] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh no not you too?
[20:19:08] <[RP] Scintilla> Archie... Is that what we should call you now?
[20:19:17] <[RP] Ivy> YES. YES YESSSSS
[The Wizard sighs.]
[20:19:23] <[RP] The Wizard> You can, if you'd like
[20:19:29] <[RP] The Wizard> The Wizard is fine too
[20:19:37] <[RP] Cyrus> The Wizard is so fucking cheesy
[20:19:39] <[RP] Cyrus> And so is Archie
[20:19:43] <[RP] Cyrus> fucking MAGIC DRAGON
[20:19:46] <[RP] The Wizard> ....I like them....
[20:19:50] <[RP] Ivy> GOD yeah YEAH YEAH YEAH
[20:19:59] <[RP] Ivy> OH KITTYCAT YOU'LL LIKE THIS
[20:20:04] <[RP] Ivy> I CALLED HIM CHEESE
[20:20:09] <[RP] Ivy> CALL HIM CHEESE WITH ME
[20:20:10] <[RP] Cyrus> YOU CALLED HIM CHEESE?
[20:20:15] <[RP] Cyrus> OH MY GOD. CHEESE
[20:20:33] <[RP] Ivy> I COULDN'T SAY aRcAnUS or ArCHiE AS A KID SO I CALLED HIM CHEESE
[20:20:35] <[RP] Cyrus> It fits as well as any of your names
[20:20:37] <[RP] Cyrus> holy shit
[20:20:16] <[RP] Scintilla> Your name is as made up as mine, it's okay The Wizard Archie!
[20:20:42] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Thank you Scintilla...
[20:21:10] <[RP] Cyrus> The Wizard, Cheese
[20:21:21] <[RP] Cyrus> What's that make you, a brie? A cheddar?
[20:21:24] <[RP] Cyrus> Provolone?
[20:21:36] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not know any of these words!
[The Wizard sighs again.]
[20:21:40] <[RP] The Wizard> I always thought I would make a good gouda
[20:21:49] <[RP] Cyrus> You'd be fuckin' Provel
[20:22:01] <[RP] Ivy> He WOULD be a provolone
[20:22:02] <[RP] Cyrus> You're not good-a enough for gouda
[The Wizard rolls his eyes with a smile at Cyrus’s pun.]
[20:22:11] <[RP] Cyrus> No, no, not provolone. Provel
[20:22:20] <[RP] Ivy> Provel??? What the fuck is provel
[20:22:20] <[RP] Cyrus> It's a mix of cheeses. For pizza
[20:22:25] <[RP] Cyrus> Specificically for pizza
[20:22:32] <[RP] Cyrus> There've been a few worlds with it
[20:22:47] <[RP] Cyrus> cheddar n provolone n.
[20:22:52] <[RP] Cyrus> I think? switzerlandish?
[20:22:27] <[RP] Ivy> PIZZA.....
[20:22:41] <[RP] Ivy> I haven't had pizza in years. DECADES. CENTURIES
[20:22:28] <[RP] Scintilla> These are... Foods?
[20:22:49] <[RP] The Wizard> They're all delicious foods, indeed
[20:22:59] <[RP] The Wizard> We'll have to make some for you
[20:22:59] <[RP] Scintilla> I know very few foods
[20:23:10] <[RP] Cyrus> We'll show you foods, Stinkbug
[20:23:29] <[RP] Cyrus> God
[20:23:29] <[RP] Scintilla> Bread, and apples, and... Blueberries? Though I do not recall where I saw that one
[20:23:35] <[RP] Cyrus> Blueberries??
[20:23:39] <[RP] The Wizard> Blueberries...?
[20:23:42] <[RP] Cyrus> There's. Last world didn't have those?
[20:23:51] <[RP] The Wizard> No, I don't believe they did
[20:23:52] <[RP] Cyrus> Where DID you see those?
[20:23:56] <[RP] The Wizard> Yes, where?
[20:24:07] <[RP] Cyrus> I was going to show... where the FUCK
[20:24:14] <[RP] Scintilla> I suppose it was something my Mother knew about, perhaps? It passed a lot down to me
[20:24:30] <[RP] The Wizard> I see...if your mother is indeed the Void, then it would make sense
[20:24:33] <[RP] Cyrus> Of all the foods, it only gave you blueberries?
[20:24:41] <[RP] The Wizard> The Void has everything, but yes, why that specifically?
[20:24:51] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not claim to understand Its specificities
[20:25:04] <[RP] Cyrus> Heck, maybe this world's got more berries
[20:25:11] <[RP] The Wizard> I hope so…
[20:25:20] <[RP] The Wizard> I do love a good berry pie
[20:25:12] <[RP] Cyrus> I think I spotted onions back there
[20:25:17] <[RP] Cyrus> Proper onions
[20:25:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Really?
[20:25:37] <[RP] Cyrus> Yeah, not just the singles of alliums
[20:25:58] <[RP] The Wizard> Is it strange that I feel sort of, excited?
[20:26:13] <[RP] Ivy> Yah
[20:26:13] <[RP] Cyrus> Maybe we'll find your kin here, Cheese
[The Wizard grins.]
[20:26:34] <[RP] The Wizard> I missed you a lot, friend
[20:26:22] <[RP] Scintilla> If we are all here together with nothing, will we live together? Because I do not know if I'm meant to live with Cyrus or The Wizard
[20:26:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Well, I think you can do what you please
[20:26:55] <[RP] The Wizard> I'll probably stick around here with you both regardless
[20:26:58] <[RP] Cyrus> This place is already built.
[20:27:03] <[RP] The Wizard> Better to be safe than sorry
[20:27:11] <[RP] Cyrus> Safety in numbers
[20:27:12] <[RP] Cyrus> Joyous
[20:27:52] <[RP] Scintilla> I do want to know what's inside of this place
[20:28:20] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm going to blame this place on you. So I assume it's as big as you'd make it.
[20:28:35] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not know how big I would make something
[20:28:45] <[RP] The Wizard> It seems to go on for quite a bit, in the glance of it I got
[20:29:06] <[RP] Scintilla> I suppose if I was to make something like what I knew, it would be like Home
[20:29:09] <[RP] Cyrus> joy
[20:29:20] <[RP] Scintilla> So perhaps it only continues and continues upon itself?
[20:29:30] <[RP] The Wizard> That would be fascinating to explore...
[20:29:44] <[RP] Cyrus> I. Hm.
[Cyrus swings a leg.]
[20:30:08] <[RP] Cyrus> My knees got older. We've been standing for over an hour.
[20:30:20] <[RP] Cyrus> Can we. Explore the infinite cavern . Later
[20:30:22] <[RP] Cyrus> Please
[20:30:27] <[RP] The Wizard> Ahhhh, welcome to the wonderful world of aging, my friend
[20:30:45] <[RP] Scintilla> That sounds unpleasant. I am glad to not have knees
[20:30:47] <[RP] Scintilla> Or an age
[Going between swinging each leg thoughtfully:]
[20:31:04] <[RP] Cyrus> Have you ever... lost all the flesh on some fingertips, and touched them together?
[20:31:20] <[RP] Scintilla> I do not think I have flesh I can lose!
[20:31:28] <[RP] The Wizard> I cannot say I have...
[20:31:26] <[RP] Cyrus> My knee bones feel like that.
[20:31:37] <[RP] The Wizard> Ah, yes, let's take a rest, then
[20:32:00] <[RP] Scintilla> Perhaps you should sit down. Surely somewhere inside of this place would be suitable for your fleshless knees?
[20:32:13] <[RP] Cyrus> We could totally make them fleshless
[20:32:22] <[RP] Scintilla> Is that a request?
[20:32:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Perhaps we refrain from doing that-
[20:32:29] <[RP] Ivy> DO IT
[20:32:35] <[RP] Ivy> I WANNA SEE THAT
[20:32:46] <[RP] Cyrus> We're not doing that !
[20:32:53] <[RP] Cyrus> Specifically because of her!
[20:32:58] <[RP] Ivy> Oh COME ON
[20:33:27] <[RP] Cyrus> I'm allowed to hold a grudge, I was in y'alls hold for... basically your whole lives wait .
[20:33:45] <[RP] Cyrus> We were similarly aged last we talked, right
[20:33:56] <[RP] The Wizard> I think so
[20:34:09] <[RP] Cyrus> I could've been an Unknown lab-rat as long as you'd been alive .
[20:34:19] <[RP] The Wizard> ...Void
[20:34:20] <[RP] Cyrus> That's weird. It's normal when it's normal lifespans but it's weirder when it's.
[20:34:23] <[RP] Cyrus> Ew
[20:35:31] <[RP] The Wizard> Well...
[20:35:37] <[RP] Cyrus> Okay. Resting. Resting and then exploring. And then maybe finding the actual spawn here.
[20:35:45] <[RP] The Wizard> I like that plan
[20:35:51] <[RP] Cyrus> And FREEING THOSE SQUID
[20:35:59] <[RP] Cyrus> Why squid?? Why in THERE
[20:36:04] <[RP] Scintilla> so I fixed things okay? Despite it going sort of wrong?
[20:36:21] <[RP] The Wizard> Well, we won't know quite yet, but everything seems to be alright for now
[20:36:24] <[RP] Cyrus> I- yeah. Yeah, I mean. We're. Alive
[20:36:35] <[RP] The Wizard> That's the most important bit
[20:37:01] <[RP] Cyrus> Aw, shit, Doc was due to check in on me in a couple days
[20:37:24] <[RP] The Wizard> Oh Void...Doc...and Flick
[20:37:36] <[RP] Cyrus> Our funny little GUY
[20:37:38] <[RP] The Wizard> They won't know what's happened to us
[20:37:45] <[RP] Scintilla> We found the Wizard here. Maybe... They would be here too? Somehow?
[20:37:58] <[RP] The Wizard> There's always a chance
[20:38:02] <[RP] Cyrus> Surely they would've been nearby if so
[20:38:09] <[RP] The Wizard> ...I had thought so as well
[20:38:16] <[RP] Cyrus> Damn
[20:38:16] <[RP] Scintilla> Perhaps not then
[20:38:25] <[RP] Scintilla> I'm... Sorry?
[Cyrus pats aers shoulder.]
[20:38:46] <[RP] Cyrus> Accidents happen
[20:38:51] <[RP] The Wizard> It's alright, we can always find a way to reach out to them, too
[20:39:12] <[RP] The Wizard> Though contacting that world might prove difficult...
[20:39:20] <[RP] Cyrus> There are so many protections
[20:39:24] <[RP] The Wizard> However...I was a teacher once
[20:39:46] <[RP] The Wizard> Scintilla, you may just need guidance. We could perhaps figure out how your abilities work, together
[Cyrus snorts.]
[20:39:59] <[RP] Cyrus> Mister Cheese
[Cyrus cracks up.]
[20:40:10] <[RP] The Wizard> Yes Mister Cyrus
[20:40:13] <[RP] Scintilla> I would like to be able to... Help you two. If I could.
[20:40:30] <[RP] The Wizard> Absolutely, Scintilla
[Cyrus crouches to catch their breath and, just, keeps with momentum and lays on the ground.]
[20:40:40] <[RP] Cyrus> Stars......
[20:40:44] <[RP] Cyrus> This is so stupid.
[20:40:52] <[RP] Scintilla> Cyrus it is better to lie down inside rather than outside, I have been told
[20:40:59] <[RP] Cyrus> No no I'm great here
[The Wizard smiles, he moves to sit next to Cyrus, laying in the half-grass half-entryway. The sun has fully set, and the stars spread above them.]
[20:41:16] <[RP] The Wizard> You can come look at the sky from here
[20:41:26] <[RP] The Wizard> Can't do that from inside
[Scintilla shrugs and lies down next to Cyrus, laying stiffly, like they’re in a coffin.]
[20:41:51] <[RP] Ivy> Bunch a nerds
[20:41:56] <[RP] Ivy> Lying in the grass
[20:41:56] <[RP] Scintilla> The stars are familiar, I suppose. I do like them
[20:42:06] <[RP] The Wizard> Familiar...
[20:42:26] <[RP] The Wizard> I know constellations don't always come between worlds, but...I don't recognize any of these
[20:42:21] <[RP] Cyrus> I didn't spend enough time looking at the stars
[Cyrus points up at a configuration in the sky.]
[20:42:34] <[RP] Cyrus> But that constellation did NOT exist in the world
[Cyrus points at another one.]
[20:42:48] <[RP] Cyrus> I've seen that one before I think. One star off.
[20:42:39] <[RP] Scintilla> Not to the old world. To my Mother. The stars are in there, sometimes
[20:43:03] <[RP] The Wizard> Sometimes? Do they come in and out?
[20:43:40] <[RP] Scintilla> It goes on forever, and one cannot stay in the same place. They are sometimes visible from certain places, though. I always liked them
[20:43:51] <[RP] Scintilla> They're nicer out here than they were inside, though.
[20:44:03] <[RP] Cyrus> Real
[20:44:18] <[RP] The Wizard> That's lovely
[The three lay in the grass, and look up at the stars. The question of what comes next can be left for a little while later, just for the moment.]
Doc visits Jadis’ house with a chocolate pie as a gift. The two talk about the shrine Doc spotted nearby and the spirit it is for. They also talk extensively about Jadis’ death and resurrection.
Jadis does a card reading for Doc that leads to Doc trying to determine if any of Jadis’ scars were from their death. After talking a bit more Doc promises to help Jadis in any way he can and leaves with special permission from Jadis to enter the cemetery whenever he wishes.
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[Doc rode his horse up to the weird tree. It had caught his eye from quite a bit away. The tree is old with branches barren of leaves but covered in streamers, bells, and pieces of paper. At the base of the trunk sits a stone shrine with a boat and chest. Candles, goblets full of liquid, and various offerings of valuable items sit around it.]
[13:13:12] <[RP] Doc> Oh, a shrine
[Doc followed the old broken path around the outer wall of the cemetery until he reached the house he was looking for. He stepped up onto the porch, knocking on the door.]
[Jadis goes to cautiously open the door. Its eyebrows raise slightly when it sees Doc.]
[13:15:51] <[RP] Doc> Hello.
[13:15:53] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... Hello...
[13:16:10] <[RP] Jadis> How unexpected
[13:16:30] <[RP] Doc> I brought you a pie.
[13:16:42] <[RP] Jadis> How... thoughtful
[13:16:47] <[RP] Jadis> Please do... come in
[Jadis closes the door behind Doc as he steps in. Jadis leads the way through one of the doorways covered in thick curtains. Doc’s horns get stuck on the curtains. Because of course they do.]
[13:17:32] <[RP] Doc> I seem to be stuck
[13:17:33] <[RP] Jadis> Oh dear....
[Jadis tries to help untangle the horns. Doc did his best to help, eventually pulling away. Maybe or maybe not taking some of the curtain with him.]
[13:18:43] <[RP] Jadis> My apologies... for the decor
[13:19:16] <[RP] Doc> It's no problem, I assure you it happens all the time.
[13:19:28] <[RP] Doc> Where would you like the pie?
[13:19:39] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... you may place it on the table
[13:19:51] <[RP] Jadis> Would you like... something to drink?
[13:20:36] <[RP] Doc> Ah, I was unsure about the pie. I didn't know if you ate or not. I'll have whatever you've got on hand
[13:21:34] <[RP] Jadis> I eat…
[13:22:35] <[RP] Doc> I was unsure if it was an appropriate question to ask in mixed company
[13:22:52] <[RP] Jadis> It is... a curious question
[13:21:03] <[RP] Jadis> I was... trying my hand at making cider
[13:22:13] <[RP] Doc> Oh, yes I'll try some of that then.
[13:23:05] <[RP] Jadis> I will... grab drinks
[Doc nodded, glancing around the room. Cobwebs hang from all corners of the ceiling. Books are haphazardly stacked around.]
[Jadis goes to the kitchen and returns with two glasses of cider.]
[13:23:37] <[RP] Doc> Ah, my thanks
[13:23:44] <[RP] Jadis> Of course
[Both take a seat facing each other, the table between them.]
[13:24:10] <[RP] Jadis> This is... my first time having a visitor
[13:24:31] <[RP] Doc> Yes... I can see that. Who is that shrine to, outside?
[13:25:07] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... The Ferryman... a spirit
[13:25:46] <[RP] Doc> Oh, a true spirit?
[13:26:06] <[RP] Jadis> Yes
[13:26:59] <[RP] Jadis> He is... hm
[13:27:00] <[RP] Doc> Oh, tell me more
[13:27:22] <[RP] Jadis> A sort of... psychopomp... for those that were buried
[13:28:40] <[RP] Jadis> There is no one new being buried... but he sticks around... for some reason
[Jadis doesn't sound very fond of the spirit.]
[13:29:20] <[RP] Doc> Well, he doesn't know anywhere else. He cannot ferry himself
[13:29:43] <[RP] Jadis> I have my... doubts about that
[13:29:56] <[RP] Jadis> The Ferryman... is a very old spirit
[13:30:00] <[RP] Doc> Oh? Do tell.
[13:30:49] <[RP] Jadis> A spirit of death... he can go anywhere things can die... is my guess
[13:31:20] <[RP] Jadis> He delights... in my discomfort... however
[13:32:14] <[RP] Doc> Sometimes, things that work closely with death cannot die in the way others can. Call it- mnm, an occupationary precaution.
[13:32:28] <[RP] Doc> And why do you say that? Is it because you have not 'died correctly' as it were?
[Jadis tilts their head.]
[13:32:40] <[RP] Jadis> ....Pardon
[13:32:57] <[RP] Doc> Hm?
[13:33:09] <[RP] Jadis> Not died correctly? I'm not sure... what you mean
[13:33:28] <[RP] Doc> Well you are undead, are you not?
[Jadis looks at its hands]
[13:33:48] <[RP] Jadis> Is it... that obvious...
[13:34:13] <[RP] Doc> Oh, my apologies- its not your physical form that reveals that to me
[13:36:00] <[RP] Jadis> Well... I did... die
[13:36:17] <[RP] Jadis> How... did you know?
[13:36:38] <[RP] Doc> Did I not tell you I could see souls?
[13:37:00] <[RP] Jadis> You did...
[13:37:18] <[RP] Doc> Ah. That is what tells me
[13:37:24] <[RP] Jadis> I see
[13:37:48] <[RP] Jadis> I died... very long ago... I only revived... recently
[13:38:02] <[RP] Doc> How recently?
[13:38:24] <[RP] Jadis> Perhaps... a month?
[13:38:47] <[RP] Doc> A month, fascinating... Do you mind if I ask you some questions about that?
[13:39:00] <[RP] Jadis> I suppose not
[Doc pulled a notebook from his coat.]
[13:40:08] <[RP] Doc> Do you know how you were revived?
[13:40:23] <[RP] Jadis> A ritual spell... I believe
[13:40:48] <[RP] Jadis> There were things... all around my grave... that points to it
[13:40:51] <[RP] Doc> Oh, performed by whom? And do you know which one?
[13:41:31] <[RP] Jadis> I don't... know who
[13:42:02] <[RP] Jadis> For the spell... I only have bits and pieces of it...
[13:42:27] <[RP] Jadis> When I awoke... there was no one
[13:42:53] <[RP] Doc> I see.. perhaps they believed it to be a failure and left.
[13:43:22] <[RP] Jadis> If so... why have we not run into eachother...
[13:44:06] <[RP] Jadis> I have been... to the nearby town many times... and recently worked up the courage to visit spawn... which you saw
[13:44:40] <[RP] Doc> Perhaps it is purposeful. Or perhaps they do not know what you look like
[13:45:00] <[RP] Doc> They saw your grave, but they do not know your face. How would they recognize you?
[13:45:39] <[RP] Jadis> ... I believe it was someone who cared for me
[13:46:00] <[RP] Jadis> That... resurrected me...
[13:46:34] <[RP] Doc> If that is the case, perhaps they wish to keep it secret.
[13:47:08] <[RP] Doc> if they believe it was a failure of any kind- perhaps they believe they have damaged you, as you are not who you were before
[13:47:16] <[RP] Doc> They- perhaps they know that.
[13:47:49] <[RP] Jadis> Perhaps... you are right... I do not remember my life before... death... afterall
[13:49:15] <[RP] Doc> How long- were you dead before you were brought back? Do you know?
[13:50:00] <[RP] Jadis> My grave... suggests I was dead for a little over 29 years
[13:51:33] <[RP] Doc> 29 years you say, well, you seem to be in remarkable condition for someone who has been in the ground that long. I do presume you were well loved in life
[13:52:03] <[RP] Jadis> ..."Dearly Beloved"... is what my grave says
[Jadis seems to hunch a bit, like all of this is a physical weight on their shoulders.]
[13:53:01] <[RP] Doc> Is your grave in the graveyard out there?
[13:53:07] <[RP] Jadis> It is...
[13:53:34] <[RP] Doc> Would you mind if I took a look at it? Doesn't have to be now, of course.
[13:53:53] <[RP] Jadis> I suppose... that would be alright
[13:54:47] <[RP] Doc> It may give some clues as to the ritual used and the person who performed it
[13:55:21] <[RP] Jadis> I have removed... any paper that was there... the water you see...
[13:55:29] <[RP] Jadis> But the rest.. is untouched
[13:56:02] <[RP] Jadis> I also... removed the cards
[13:56:08] <[RP] Doc> Paper you say- did it have incantations? Spells?
[13:56:33] <[RP] Jadis> It seemed.... more like a person's scribbled notes... than spell paper
[13:56:43] <[RP] Doc> And cards? What kind?
[13:56:59] <[RP] Jadis> The kind... for divination
[13:57:45] <[RP] Doc> Are they still out there?
[13:57:56] <[RP] Jadis> I keep them here...
[13:58:10] <[RP] Doc> How many were left?
[13:58:30] <[RP] Jadis> I have not... counted exactly
[13:58:40] <[RP] Jadis> But it is... quite a large deck
[13:58:53] <[RP] Doc> Could I see the cards?
[13:59:29] <[RP] Jadis> They are... upstairs currently... if you would like to see
[13:59:44] <[RP] Doc> I would, if that is a possible option
[13:59:45] <[RP] Jadis> But I would rather... you do not touch them...
[13:59:54] <[RP] Doc> Well, I don't have to.
[14:00:14] <[RP] Jadis> You may... follow me then
[Jadis leads the way to the stairs, Doc ducked under the curtains this time. They both go upstairs. Jadis enters a small room with a table and two chairs. The deck of cards lays on the table in a stack, except for three that were left face down. Jadis adds them back to the stack however.]
[14:00:56] <[RP] Jadis> I keep them here.... when at home
[14:01:16] <[RP] Doc> You seem to have an awful lot of timepieces here.
[14:01:46] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... yes
[14:02:18] <[RP] Jadis> I tend... to lose track of time... easily
[14:02:32] <[RP] Doc> Should I sit?
[14:02:42] <[RP] Jadis> You may
[They both sit at the table.]
[14:03:32] <[RP] Doc> You say the cards are in a large deck? Not just particular cards?
[Jadis nods and gestures to the stack to the side of them.]
[14:04:16] <[RP] Jadis> Some are... older than others
[14:04:22] <[RP] Doc> Of course.
[14:04:33] <[RP] Jadis> It was added to... over time... I believe
[14:05:22] <[RP] Doc> So, how would you like this to work?
[14:05:46] <[RP] Jadis> I could show you some of the cards... or....
[14:05:59] <[RP] Jadis> I could give you a reading... if you like
[14:06:24] <[RP] Doc> Hm, what would you prefer? A reading may tell me more information about this
[14:07:24] <[RP] Jadis> I would... prefer a reading... my apologies but... I am quite reluctant to show off these cards
[14:08:10] <[RP] Doc> That is fine, whichever you prefer
[14:08:20] <[RP] Doc> Any information is more than I had prior
[14:08:32] <[RP] Jadis> Do you have... a question to ask?
[14:08:39] <[RP] Jadis> For the cards
[14:10:20] <[RP] Doc> Do I need one?
[14:10:55] <[RP] Jadis> Well... it is divination...
[14:11:08] <[RP] Jadis> A question needs to be asked... for it to be answered
[14:12:07] <[RP] Doc> Mnm, very well. Can I ask a question about myself?
[14:12:12] <[RP] Jadis> Of course
[14:12:45] <[RP] Doc> Very well, what am I? That is my question
[Jadis nods, shuffling the deck and cutting it in half. Jadis lays out half of the cards they cut, face down.]
[14:21:31] <[RP] Jadis> Pick three please...
[Doc nodded, taking a moment before picking three cards from the half-deck he was given.]
[Jadis puts all others to the side, leaving only the three Doc chose in the center of the table.]
[14:23:20] <[RP] Doc> What now?
[14:23:53] <[RP] Jadis> I turn over the cards, and determine the answer or answers to your question
[14:24:09] <[RP] Doc> Oh, I see.
[Jadis flips over the first card. A pack of wolves in a den sleeping on top of each other. A single wolf is awake, watching over the others.]
[14:25:50] <[RP] Jadis> Family
[14:26:02] <[RP] Doc> Oh, how sweet is that
[14:26:18] <[RP] Jadis> You are... a caretaker of others
[14:26:56] <[RP] Jadis> Whether your literal family... or otherwise
[Doc nodded.]
[14:27:50] <[RP] Doc> That is accurate
[14:28:17] <[RP] Jadis> I will flip the next card then
[14:28:42] <[RP] Doc> Right
[Jadis flips the second card. A field of poppies, a knight leaning on their sword, and an eclipse overhead.]
[14:29:30] <[RP] Jadis> The Knight
[14:30:14] <[RP] Jadis> The battle-weary protector
[14:30:24] <[RP] Jadis> However... they keep standing
[14:30:45] <[RP] Doc> There are no other options, after all
[14:30:55] <[RP] Jadis> Of course...
[14:31:30] <[RP] Jadis> Once again... you are called a protector... though this time they affirm a more... forceful approach
[14:31:48] <[RP] Doc> That.. was not by my choice.
[14:32:05] <[RP] Jadis> But would you do so again?
[14:33:34] <[RP] Doc> Not in the same manner. The difference- one was by choice. For my family, the other, I was not fighting for anything of my own volition
[14:34:19] <[RP] Jadis> Knights are not always... the masters of themselves
[14:34:29] <[RP] Doc> If asked to do so, in the same manner as before, with the same consequences, I would say no. As any outcome would have been better than the one given, even death
[14:34:48] <[RP] Jadis> Which brings us to... the other possible meaning
[14:35:09] <[RP] Doc> Oh? There is another?
[14:35:13] <[RP] Jadis> I also think... the cards are saying you are someone that does not quit... a "rest when you are dead" type.. perhaps?
[14:35:50] <[RP] Doc> Perhaps I would enjoy some rest
[14:36:10] <[RP] Jadis> Perhaps you would... the poppies invite rest
[14:36:45] <[RP] Jadis> but in an eclipse... it can be hard to know day or night... and when to rest
[14:37:00] <[RP] Doc> They do, don't they. I've always liked those flowers. They decorate the battlefield well
[14:38:10] <[RP] Jadis> I have also drawn The Knight for myself before... if that is of any import
[14:38:18] <[RP] Doc> Recently?
[14:38:33] <[RP] Jadis> Always... when trying to remember who I am
[14:38:56] <[RP] Doc> Your rest was interrupted...
[Jadis nods.]
[14:40:13] <[RP] Jadis> The cards... are not always clear... it is hard to find the correct meaning... when one remembers nothing
[14:40:33] <[RP] Doc> And perhaps you were a soldier of some sort in life. Perhaps not a physical one albeit.
[14:41:01] <[RP] Jadis> It would... explain some things
[14:41:13] <[RP] Doc> Oh?
[Jadis fidgets with their mask.]
[14:41:49] <[RP] Jadis> perhaps.... I should finish first... your final card
[14:41:58] <[RP] Doc> Very well
[Jadis flips over the final card. A person with a bindle, flower in hand and foot over the cliff's edge.]
[14:43:07] <[RP] Jadis> The Fool
[14:43:45] <[RP] Doc> Ah, this. A jokester, are we today.
[Doc glanced at the deck.]
[14:44:17] <[RP] Jadis> I believe... the cards are not going to tell you anything about yourself... you don't already know
[Jadis seems amused.]
[14:44:44] <[RP] Doc> Mnm, they've made that clear.
[14:45:25] <[RP] Jadis> Still the Fool is not a negative. The Fool is open minded and curious
[14:46:37] <[RP] Jadis> A cliff's edge... is a leap of faith into the unknown
[14:47:22] <[RP] Doc> Mnm, of course
[14:47:50] <[RP] Jadis> Well... perhaps not helpful... but I hope you enjoyed your reading... at least
[14:48:24] <[RP] Doc> I can tell you your cards certainly have a mind.
[14:49:32] <[RP] Jadis> They do...
[14:49:44] <[RP] Doc> They're certainly straightforward, at that.
[14:50:08] <[RP] Jadis> When they are in the humor certainly...
[14:51:15] <[RP] Jadis> And they certainly had... humor... for you
[14:51:30] <[RP] Doc> Oh yes, I can see that well.
[14:52:13] <[RP] Doc> Not that I can say it was unexpected, from where I sit at least
[14:52:24] <[RP] Jadis> Oh?
[14:53:19] <[RP] Doc> Sometimes things related to this type of work act- like that, for lack of a better word.
[14:53:39] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... yes that makes sense
[14:54:29] <[RP] Doc> I see things related to spirits that most people don't. Sometimes things know that
[14:54:54] <[RP] Jadis> I see...
[14:55:03] <[RP] Doc> I don't know if that's something you've experienced before?
[14:55:26] <[RP] Jadis> They know I am... undead... certainly
[14:56:08] <[RP] Jadis> I know certain spirits... are not fond of the living
[14:56:56] <[RP] Doc> Yes, that is- common in all places. There are spirits that are not fond of the living for one reason or another
[14:57:13] <[RP] Jadis> The cards... are not fond of anyone but their holder... I believe
[Doc nodded.]
[14:57:59] <[RP] Doc> Of course. You said you had drawn the knight before, and you said it would explain some things
[14:58:08] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... yes...
[14:58:22] <[RP] Jadis> You saying I could've been a soldier...
[14:58:37] <[RP] Doc> I would like to know what exactly you think would be explained by that
[14:59:53] <[RP] Jadis> I have... scars...
[15:00:12] <[RP] Doc> In odd places? What kind of scars?
[Jadis shifts in their seat, and looks away.]
[15:00:50] <[RP] Jadis> Scars from blades... I would guess
[15:01:18] <[RP] Doc> The shape and location can tell you a lot, blades, you say? Like a sword? Or is it irregular, like a triangle bayonet?
[15:02:05] <[RP] Jadis> Mmmm
[15:02:39] <[RP] Doc> Bullet wounds can be irregular also, but are smaller and more circular in nature generally
[Jadis takes off their mask. Several scars are on their jaw line. A nasty scar is diagonal on their mouth, showing a peek of their teeth.]
[15:03:31] <[RP] Doc> A clean cut could have stitch marks around the scar as diagonal as well- mnm
[15:03:47] <[RP] Doc> Could I have a closer look? Can I come over there? I apologize, my eyesight is not great.
[15:03:56] <[RP] Jadis> Ahh.. yes you may
[He moved over to Jadis, adjusting his glasses to take a closer look at the scarring. The way they were cut, the way they healed. Jadis is stone still as Doc does so.]
[15:06:28] <[RP] Doc> Are there marks like this anywhere else on your body?
[15:06:58] <[RP] Jadis> yes.. littered about
[15:08:14] <[RP] Doc> It appears as though there was no medical intervention for these, which is why they healed this way, open like that. It's a miracle none of them got infected with how close they are to the mouth.
[15:08:37] <[RP] Doc> This may be a bit too personal, but do you know your cause of death?
[15:08:44] <[RP] Jadis> I do not…
[15:09:23] <[RP] Jadis> Just... another mystery about me
[15:09:19] <[RP] Doc> It does not say on your stone?
[15:09:56] <[RP] Jadis> It simply says... 'Dearly Beloved, Jadis Degaré' and my year of death
[15:10:45] <[RP] Doc> ...I see, that does make it difficult, doesn't it.
[Doc paused for a moment, thinking.]
[15:11:05] <[RP] Jadis> the cards... have not been helpful
[15:12:00] <[RP] Doc> The cuts are straight for the most part, so you are likely right about it being some type of blade, though not long enough to be a sword, and not internal enough to be a spear. I believe it was some sort of slicing weapon that made these
[15:12:09] <[RP] Doc> As opposed to a stabbing motion, that is
[Jadis nods.]
[15:13:05] <[RP] Jadis> I was... cut open for autopsy... I believe.. if that helps
[15:13:24] <[RP] Doc> ..I suppose it could have been a shortsword, though with how many there are that wouldn't make much sense... Oh, yes those scars are in a different spot though
[15:13:44] <[RP] Doc> A stitched Y shape across your chest and abdomen, I do believe?
[15:13:49] <[RP] Jadis> Yes...
[15:14:21] <[RP] Doc> Any large gashes that have quite a bit missing internally as well?
[15:14:46] <[RP] Jadis> Ahh... My side... fits that I believe
[15:15:31] <[RP] Doc> Below your ribcage? Or does the puncture go through your ribs?
[15:16:32] <[RP] Jadis> below the ribs... just above my hip
[15:17:09] <[RP] Doc> Depending on the angle of the puncture, that could easily be your cause of death. How large is the wound?
[15:17:48] <[RP] Jadis> not terribly... it seems like a missed hit because of it being on my side
[15:18:58] <[RP] Doc> If it was angled far enough upward from the strike, it could easily have punctured several vital organs. Is it a symmetrical wound? Circular? Straight?
[15:19:40] <[RP] Jadis> Straight... would it be more helpful just to show you?
[15:20:13] <[RP] Doc> Yes, it would be. I was unsure if it would have been appropriate to ask to see that, even if it was in a medical context.
[15:20:37] <[RP] Jadis> I'm afraid I am... bad at describing things
[15:21:05] <[RP] Jadis> Perhaps another room however... it is cramped in here
[Jadis and Doc exit the small room.]
[15:21:16] <[RP] Doc> That is alright, some of the questions I ask are quite complicated, I am used to dealing with corpses that do not speak, after all.
[15:21:28] <[RP] Jadis> ....ah
[15:21:37] <[RP] Doc> Though I do still speak to them
[15:21:49] <[RP] Jadis> I suppose... I am a strange case
[15:22:03] <[RP] Doc> Not the strangest I have seen, rest assured
[15:22:26] <[RP] Jadis> Is there... a preferred way for me to sit? there are the couches downstairs... or my bedroom is through that door
[15:23:01] <[RP] Doc> Whatever is most comfortable for you, I will work around it
[Jadis thinks about it for a moment.]
[15:23:31] <[RP] Jadis> I think I would prefer... not… to to be half dressed in my sitting room
[15:23:44] <[RP] Doc> Very well
[They enter Jadis’ bedroom.]
[15:24:21] <[RP] Doc> You can even be standing if you prefer it
[15:24:33] <[RP] Jadis> ...Alright
[15:24:54] <[RP] Jadis> I have not... interacted with a doctor... that I can remember
[15:25:17] <[RP] Jadis> so... I am... at a disadvantage... in knowing how this works
[15:25:39] <[RP] Doc> That is alright, I am familiar with unusual situations. Would you like me to explain what I intend to look at and look for?
[15:26:14] <[RP] Jadis> Please...
[15:27:27] <[RP] Doc> Usually when I attempt to discern a cause of death I will look for any wounds that are clearly recent. Anything that is not healed, stitched, or otherwise tended to.
[15:28:32] <[RP] Doc> I will examine the area outside of the body for anything that may give a clue to what caused the wound, if there is one that fits that description, and I will feel around the area in an attempt to discern from the outside how deep the wound goes
[Jadis is listening intently, nodding along.]
[15:29:14] <[RP] Doc> If it is a scrape of a clearly surface level wound, I will continue looking. If it is very deep, I usually cut it open to determine whether it hit anything of great importance, of course that I will not do on you
[15:29:29] <[RP] Jadis> My thanks
[15:30:35] <[RP] Doc> Of course. And I take a list of any previously healed wounds as well. If many of the wounds are similar or if the recent wound is similar to ones that have healed, it can give additional clues
[15:31:14] <[RP] Jadis> I see...
[15:31:49] <[RP] Doc> I can do as little or as much as you like
[15:32:13] <[RP] Jadis> Any clues... to my demise... could be helpful
[15:32:38] <[RP] Doc> I will do what I can
[15:32:49] <[RP] Doc> With the information available to me
[Jadis nods before taking off their gloves and then their shirt. Various scars are present; a large Y shaped scar on their torso, twin scars on either side of their chest, the mentioned scar on their side, and various smaller ones. Jadis’ hands have tattoos on them, butterflies that dance around small scars.]
[15:35:30] <[RP] Doc> Oh, I do like your tattoos. I could never have any
[15:35:57] <[RP] Jadis> Butterflies were a favorite I think... one was engraved on my headstone as well
[Doc notes the location, size, and shape of all the scars that were visible in his notebook.]
[15:36:26] <[RP] Doc> Oh, how nice. You are a bit like one, aren't you?
[15:36:48] <[RP] Jadis> I… suppose so…
[Doc took a moment, feeling around the scar on Jadis's side in an attempt to discern how deep it went. Jadis’ skin is cold to the touch.]
[15:38:49] <[RP] Doc> Hm, I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how deep that wound goes, unfortunately.
[15:39:21] <[RP] Jadis> How.. unlucky
[15:39:52] <[RP] Jadis> I don't suppose... any of the others... could have possibly been fatal?
[15:40:50] <[RP] Doc> These ones on your chest call into question, though there are two of them.
[He checked the twin scars for stitch marks.]
[15:41:36] <[RP] Doc> No, they appear to have healed while you were alive.
[15:42:03] <[RP] Jadis> Hm...
[15:42:29] <[RP] Doc> Sometimes, during an autopsy, the organs are removed. I am unsure if that was the case with you, but likely not.
[15:43:04] <[RP] Jadis> They certainly found... some cause... to cut into me
[15:44:00] <[RP] Doc> Yes, autopsies can be performed when the cause of death is uncertain. Since all those areas are scarred, it means they healed.
[15:44:27] <[RP] Doc> Which is likely why they felt an autopsy was necessary. I do wonder if the notes on that are still intact somewhere
[15:44:56] <[RP] Jadis> I had wondered.... if perhaps the magick that brought me back... healed my body in some way
[15:45:41] <[RP] Doc> That is possible. If so, if you had any internal damage it may be even more difficult to discern wound depth from the outside.
[15:46:14] <[RP] Jadis> Not much.... for clues then
[15:46:30] <[RP] Jadis> How... disappointing
[15:46:43] <[RP] Doc> Unfortunately not, and any substances would have been well out of your system by now
[15:46:53] <[RP] Doc> Tell me- do you still have blood?
[Jadis blinks.]
[15:47:11] <[RP] Jadis> I havent... tested it
[15:47:46] <[RP] Jadis> I don't have a heartbeat... though
[15:48:03] <[RP] Doc> I see, then likely not.
[15:49:17] <[RP] Doc> Well, I am sorry I wasn't more help
[15:49:30] <[RP] Jadis> It is... alright
[15:49:40] <[RP] Doc> At some point in the future, it may be beneficial for me to take a look at your gravestone. There is always a chance that plague killed you as well.
[15:49:52] <[RP] Jadis> Plague?
[15:50:25] <[RP] Doc> If that is the case, it may still be in you- yes, I have been informed of a plague that killed many people long ago.
[15:50:45] <[RP] Jadis> I see...
[15:50:54] <[RP] Doc> Depending on the year, if it matches up, it may be something to consider
[15:51:18] <[RP] Jadis> I had not... known that
[15:51:57] <[RP] Jadis> I do not... feel sick currently... if that was my demise
[15:52:15] <[RP] Doc> Well the cause- since you are not alive it would not be affecting you
[15:52:37] <[RP] Doc> Since your body is presumably not creating any more cells and does not have an immune system
[15:52:53] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... yes
[15:53:37] <[RP] Doc> And as I suspect the disease to be a prion, it would not affect you currently. As a prion is a protein misfolding
[15:53:52] <[RP] Doc> And if you died early in the process, it wouldn't have caused any brain damage
[15:54:20] <[RP] Jadis> It affected... the brain?
[15:55:29] <[RP] Doc> In late stages I was told it caused dementia-like symptoms.
[15:56:12] <[RP] Jadis> I see... a cause for my... amnesia?
[15:56:43] <[RP] Doc> Likely not
[15:56:59] <[RP] Doc> The amnesia is, I would say a common after effect of being brought back
[Jadis nods.]
[15:58:05] <[RP] Jadis> The one who brought me back however... perhaps they forgot they even did so...
[15:58:48] <[RP] Doc> That is possible.. if they had that disease and they did forget, it would have likely been at its end stages.
[15:58:56] <[RP] Doc> Which means they may not be with us anymore
[15:59:05] <[RP] Jadis> ....ah
[15:59:49] <[RP] Doc> Of course, that's not set in stone. Just a hypothesis
[16:00:09] <[RP] Jadis> Of course
[16:00:17] <[RP] Jadis> I can... merely hope
[16:01:00] <[RP] Doc> Yes
[Jadis suddenly becomes aware of their shirtless state again.]
[16:01:11] <[RP] Doc> Ah, any more questions or ideas?
[16:01:22] <[RP] Jadis> Ah... can I.. redress now?
[16:01:27] <[RP] Doc> Oh, of course
[16:01:34] <[RP] Jadis> Thank you
[Jadis turns to put their shirt back on, revealing a large tattoo on their back of a sword with a broken blade.]
[16:02:44] <[RP] Doc> Oh! You have a tattoo- on your back
[Jadis pauses.]
[16:03:00] <[RP] Jadis> I.... do?
[16:03:17] <[RP] Doc> A sword, but it's not intact, the blade is broken
[16:04:04] <[RP] Jadis> That... sounds familar.... but I cannot... remember
[16:04:29] <[RP] Doc> ...You may have been a soldier or a paladin. And then somewhere along the way something happened
[Jadis pulls their shirt down fully.]
[16:05:20] <[RP] Jadis> I almost... find myself.. with more questions than answers... today
[16:05:36] <[RP] Doc> Unfortunately, death tends to be like that
[16:06:02] <[RP] Jadis> As I... am learning
[16:06:05] <[RP] Doc> More information means more questions
[16:06:25] <[RP] Doc> I will draw a sketch of the tattoo for you, so you can see it at some point. Perhaps that will help
[16:06:34] <[RP] Jadis> My thanks
[16:07:18] <[RP] Doc> Of course. I do appreciate you answering my questions
[16:07:54] <[RP] Jadis> Glad to be... of service
[16:08:47] <[RP] Doc> I will do everything in my power to help you. If you need anything else from me, I can be reached by mail or you can visit.
[16:09:02] <[RP] Jadis> A kind offer...
[16:09:21] <[RP] Jadis> I will be sure... to take you up on it
[16:09:37] <[RP] Doc> Of course. I do what I can to help.
[16:10:28] <[RP] Jadis> As do I...
[16:10:47] <[RP] Jadis> Feel free to look... at the cemetary... any time
[16:11:03] <[RP] Doc> Ah, I appreciate that. I will take my leave now, with that.
[Jadis nods.]
[16:11:36] <[RP] Jadis> Good day.... Doctor Krayn... my thanks once again
[16:11:51] <[RP] Doc> Of course, it's been nice visiting with you
[Doc tucked his notebook back into his coat, giving Jadis a nod in return before turning and leaving.]
