audience: aventurine

[mygod]

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[tactic]

[ i already know this man has amassed a harem ]

I miss out on your reactions with a mask. Surprise, satisfaction, awe, confusion... I'd like to see everything.

[mygod]

[ the way you are wrong. ] You are a very weird man.

[tactic]

Wouldn't you say it keeps me interesting?

[ ]

By the way, were you lying to me about Nehan?

[mygod]

It keeps you something. [ weird. it keeps him weird. ] Hm? No. Why? What do you mean, lying?

[tactic]

He disagrees with you saying that he doesn't call often.

[mygod]

I see. Well, it's alright if he's embarrassed. I will forgive him, I guess. Perhaps he is shy. You didn't have to tell him anything.

[tactic]

Yes, I did. I wanted him to feel embarrassed.

[mygod]

[ blinking silently at him for a long moment. ] You are a weird and a terrible man, I see.

[tactic]

I wonder what embarrasses you, Essek.

[ ]

[mygod]

[ ] Nothing. Why does such a thing interest you anyway? Don't you have Nehan to bide your time with on that side?

[tactic]

[ ]

You give good reactions too.

[mygod]

[ the thought is kind of nnnnnn sort of like the edge of a growl of frustration from a cat. ] You have too much free time.

[tactic]

Would you like to give me something to do?

[mygod]

Do you say this to every person you meet to try getting a rise out of them? One day, someone is going to take you up on those offers.

[tactic]

[ plucks out your eyeballs actually ]

Oh, they already have. Plenty of times.

[mygod]

[ WTF ] And you find that satisfactory?

[tactic]

I make it so that it is.

[mygod]

You really are a bizarre man with too much time on his hands. Is this a form of your own espionage? I'm aware people talk under the right conditions. Mine, however, are usually more straightforward.

[tactic]

[ OOOOOH ]

Go ahead. Tell me more about yourself.

[mygod]

[ WHY IS AVENTURINE SO ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!! MEGAN COME GET YOUR BOYFRIEND!!! ] I meant my conditions are I torture the information out of them. [ NOT ASK OUT RIGHT ] There is nothing interesting for you to learn about me. I am a wizard serving on the Bright Queen's court. My den is Thelyss, one of three ruling dens in the Dynasty.

[tactic]

[ YOU'RE ON BABYSITTING DUTY NOW!! JUMPS ON YOU ]

That's plenty interesting. Torture, huh? What lucky prisoners those must be.

[mygod]

[ NO!!!!! the dokja to aventurine pipeline ] They should have chosen a different profession than enemies spies then.

[tactic]

[ SHUT UP ]

So are you a famous torturing wizard, Essek?

[mygod]

[ i'm right. ] I am known in Xhorhas, yes. As someone on the Queen's court and also someone within one of the three ruling dens of the Dynasty.

[tactic]

And you got mixed into this because you wanted to see the ritualistic summoning... I remember.

[ Until friends got your ass. ]

Well, what do you think? As someone who's used to seeing people at their most desperate, how are we faring so far in your eyes?