[STOP NO ONE'S ASSASSINATING ANYONE TODAY probably. He'll leave the tea talk up to the tea gossip havers, but he's just like WHAT SORT OF BUSINESS ARE THEY HERE FOR. SWEATY. Glancing around at the others like hm what's a believable reason for these fucking guys to all get together and visit an all-powerful elven mage recluse.]
—We're here to discuss an artifact we found in a foreign land that we think may be of interest.
I don't have samples because I thought that you would prefer to learn about the different methods used, then you can achieve the perfect blend and style to suit your taste.
[ Lies less because he thinks they need to long con longer.... It would be difficult when they're caught without tea immediately. ]
It wouldn't be hard to craft some tools for tea, though. There are specific ones used for a tea ceremony!
The voice doesn't say anything for a very agonizingly long moment. The person above is thinking this over, considering their lies. The tea is a hard sell, honestly. But if they don't have any... And yet, the other part peaked interest as well.
The painfully long moment goes on forever.
"Decide your method then and enter."
The person on the balcony turns away and disappears; they must go back inside the tower. The balcony they had been on gives a quivering warble before it, too, because two-dimensional against the tower's outside face. Wow...
Anyhow, a few feet off to the side of them, a similarly painted doorway reveals itself. The whole of it does not look three-dimensional at all; however... there is a three-dimensional doorknob.
Imagine if the door did not open for Nona. But no, it does. The door swings open inward instead of outward, leaving behind a gaping, dark hole in the shape of a door on the tower.
They may go inside? If they dare to pass through the shadows.
[It's fine he will move to try to go through hole first so that neither sweet Nona nor precious Kate have to (what about Gojo) he's probably got darkness immunity since his eyes and hair practically glow.]
[ from inside her robe, she'll tear away a patch with a little mirror embroidered on it. the patch becomes a steel mirror in her hands, which she then pockets.
and she'll go ahead and enter the darkness. if gojo will go ahead of her that's fine. you two can roll to see who's the alpha here. ]
You step through the black doorway, one by one. Lucas, Kate, Nona, Gojo. The other side spits all of you out inside the tower. The door does not disappear behind you, but it does close with a surprising lack of noise.
There is a gathering chamber or very simple sitting room at the base of the tower containing two couches facing each other at an angle upholstered in velvety deep red-brown maroon. There are no windows but it has a hanging chandelier, a very simple metal ring with glass baubles placed in six different places along it that give a soft, pulsing, warm orange glow. It has a nice dark, comfortable den atmosphere.
A figure casually descends the only staircase in view, and they stop cautiously just at the bottom. It's an elf with rich, dark brown skin; short, white hair; and orange eyes. His features are high and angular, and he is clothed in browns and golds. The gold in his robes has a sheen to it as if it is actual gold rather than imitation fibers. For as many elves as you can remember, this man is one of the shortest - just at five foot, or maybe a little shorter. There are crows feet at the corners of his eyes, and for an elf, you know that definitely means he is very old. He looks you all over with wary appraisal.
[Politely, with a lil half-bow of greeting! He will go wherever Kate goes actually because he's trying to keep an eye on everyone but he feels like if things start to explode, it would be best to be close to Kate so he can grab her like a football and run.]
[ kate gives a polite bow, keeping her hood up to try to minimize her suspicious appearance, at least for now. and then she'll go sit with apparently lucas. ]
Once they are all seated, the elven man will finally venture over. CROSS-LEGGED ON HIS COUCH?????????? His expression is baleful, if so, but neutral if not. Altogether aloof regardless. Guarded. He looks all of you over one by one again. Gojo is the last one he looks at.
"Not many people come knocking so casually on Tidepeak Tower walls," he says as he has a seat on the opposite couch across from you all. His feet don't go on the couch. "Go ahead.
"Procure your methods and your... artifact." You have them ready, right? "Who sent you...?"
[He's also sitting very elegantly, Gojo is the only heathen here... Unless hei meant he was sitting with his legs crossed like a supermodel and not crosslegged with his legs up and we're all just trusting anna assigning gojo heathen.
ANYWAY!!]
I do apologize if it was a bit too casual... We've spent quite some time on the seas, but we've heard a good deal about this place. We were sent by Muelsyse, from- [THINKS FAST.] -Greenland.
[JUST STEALS MUELSYSE'S IDENTITY FOR THEIR LARPING.]
WOW. No, it's fine. There is only neutrality as long as feet aren't on the couch. Aki said that I assigned you heathen, and I guess I still do because this is Gojo.
MUELSYSE FROM GREENLAND. The elf's brows furrow in confusion, but he doesn't say anything about it. Muelsyse is a very nice elf name actually. His eyes shift over to the mirror curiously.
"....Tea."
Look. Sometimes.......... you have a thing, and the thing is tea.
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—We're here to discuss an artifact we found in a foreign land that we think may be of interest.
[Looking to the others like YEAH!!! RIGHT????]
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We can't do a quick run to Japan...
[ and then more loudly, confidently following lucas, ]
But the details are a bit sensitive. I think it would be best if we could speak inside.
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[ Lies less because he thinks they need to long con longer.... It would be difficult when they're caught without tea immediately. ]
It wouldn't be hard to craft some tools for tea, though. There are specific ones used for a tea ceremony!
[ HOW WELL CAN THEY LIE ]
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"An artifact?"
The voice doesn't say anything for a very agonizingly long moment. The person above is thinking this over, considering their lies. The tea is a hard sell, honestly. But if they don't have any... And yet, the other part peaked interest as well.
The painfully long moment goes on forever.
"Decide your method then and enter."
The person on the balcony turns away and disappears; they must go back inside the tower. The balcony they had been on gives a quivering warble before it, too, because two-dimensional against the tower's outside face. Wow...
Anyhow, a few feet off to the side of them, a similarly painted doorway reveals itself. The whole of it does not look three-dimensional at all; however... there is a three-dimensional doorknob.
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Our artifact?
[DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO PRETEND WITH IF THEY NEED TO PRETEND.]
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[ feeling around her robe. there are some mismatched patches sewn onto the underside here and there... ]
I have a mirror, if that may work.
[ even if it's just an ordinary object, they just need a good story to go with it. ]
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[ ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP LYING ]
Want to say it harbors the soul of an ancient god?
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Imagine if the door did not open for Nona. But no, it does. The door swings open inward instead of outward, leaving behind a gaping, dark hole in the shape of a door on the tower.
They may go inside? If they dare to pass through the shadows.
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[anyway wow this hole is ominous nona does not enter it right away. she does not want to be first.]
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[It's fine he will move to try to go through hole first so that neither sweet Nona nor precious Kate have to (what about Gojo) he's probably got darkness immunity since his eyes and hair practically glow.]
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and she'll go ahead and enter the darkness. if gojo will go ahead of her that's fine. you two can roll to see who's the alpha here. ]
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You step through the black doorway, one by one. Lucas, Kate, Nona, Gojo. The other side spits all of you out inside the tower. The door does not disappear behind you, but it does close with a surprising lack of noise.
A figure casually descends the only staircase in view, and they stop cautiously just at the bottom. It's an elf with rich, dark brown skin; short, white hair; and orange eyes. His features are high and angular, and he is clothed in browns and golds. The gold in his robes has a sheen to it as if it is actual gold rather than imitation fibers. For as many elves as you can remember, this man is one of the shortest - just at five foot, or maybe a little shorter. There are crows feet at the corners of his eyes, and for an elf, you know that definitely means he is very old. He looks you all over with wary appraisal.
"Sit...?"
Pick a couch.
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nona picks whichever couch looks comfiest. they probably look the exact same but whatever.]
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Thank you for allowing us in.
[Politely, with a lil half-bow of greeting! He will go wherever Kate goes actually because he's trying to keep an eye on everyone but he feels like if things start to explode, it would be best to be close to Kate so he can grab her like a football and run.]
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[ He will sit next to Nona, legs crossed. ]
What's with the worried look? You don't get visitors or appointments often?
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"Not many people come knocking so casually on Tidepeak Tower walls," he says as he has a seat on the opposite couch across from you all. His feet don't go on the couch. "Go ahead.
"Procure your methods and your... artifact." You have them ready, right? "Who sent you...?"
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looks to gojo or anyone else. help.]
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ANYWAY!!]
I do apologize if it was a bit too casual... We've spent quite some time on the seas, but we've heard a good deal about this place. We were sent by Muelsyse, from- [THINKS FAST.] -Greenland.
[JUST STEALS MUELSYSE'S IDENTITY FOR THEIR LARPING.]
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Which would you like first?
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MUELSYSE FROM GREENLAND. The elf's brows furrow in confusion, but he doesn't say anything about it. Muelsyse is a very nice elf name actually. His eyes shift over to the mirror curiously.
"....Tea."
Look. Sometimes.......... you have a thing, and the thing is tea.
"Are you going to give a demonstration?"
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