audience: aventurine

[mygod]

Comments

[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?

[mygod]

The lot of you are truly desperate, especially when trying to befriend the four of us as fast as you can. [ or you know bang them huh fall in love ] Though I suppose I can't blame you for the attempt.

[tactic]

[ i'm convinced you are projecting so bad ]

Everyone's a friendly bunch. It's not like you guys helped yourself any by admitting to wanting to help us.

[mygod]

[ WHAT? ] Just because we disagree with mass bloodshed doesn't mean we like any of you personally...

[tactic]

[ YOU HEARD ME ]

Now that's a bold-faced lie if I've ever heard one. After spending... what? Over a month with the same people, you're bound to get attached.

[mygod]

I have gone almost one hundred and twenty years without getting attached to people. [ so there... immune. (he's not.) ]

[tactic]

[ i know this type ]

Oh? What are you so afraid of?

[mygod]

[ do you... ] Hm? I'm not afraid. I was open about my questioning of our faith, so others did not want anything to do with me. Which served me fine. I had plenty of time to devote to my research.

[tactic]

And now you've got plenty of time to devote to the people around you.

[mygod]

[ WHY ] Is there a reason you're so insistent on me having friends?

[tactic]

Because you're so insistent on not having them. I want you to be wrong.

[ Simple. ]

[mygod]

[ this is ridiculous. this really is dokja talking to d. ] Why?

[tactic]

[ at least you're shooting yourself while shooting me ]

It would be very satisfying to hold over your head for the rest of your days.