Ah, yes. I did. Imagine how furious Karlach would've been if I showed up having not used it. Couldn't risk it not working for me once I was dead, after all.
Oh, she would have been extremely sore. She might not have spoken to you for a long time, too.
[He gives a short, airy laugh. Pleased! No more vampire spawn even if the fangs were cute. Now he's the superior elf with fangs. The pleased feelings shift into something a bit more serious.]
...They have been having trouble with what you experienced before your death. Being pulled into strange planes, or alternate realities which injure them and torment them. So... be careful. I don't think they're telling the others.
[ he's just as cute without the fangs, thank you. and the very blue-green eyes because hei was like AAAAAAA when i said astarion with just blue eyes is gojo's father now. ]
... Yes I have been informed she's been getting herself into trouble. [ the vibes are slightly rancid at that. and then just... complicated. mrrr. ]
He'll find out eventually. But-- thank you. He can find out later, not right now.
[NOT GOJO'S DAD. DON'T LET HEI BULLY YOU OUT OF BLUE-EYED ASTARION JUST BECAUSE GOJO'S SHITTY FORM EXISTS!!! The blue-green is cute, though.]
Many of them have. [IT'S ANNOYING TO HEAR THEM BEING STUPID. But it's fine. He's stone cold and doesn't care.] He doesn't have to know right now, not after you and Karlach.
[ karlach doesn’t know how much trouble she’s in for the break-in. i just can’t remember if boothill outright told him so i guess i will sit on my hands.
he blinks at the other part. ]
What—here? [ he points back and forth between the magical little hole in the wall they’re talking through ] Or—here? [ he circles his finger in a little loop. ] Because I’m up to speed on the whole “soup” metaphor.
I think Gale got the gist of it quickly enough but I am going to throttle him if he tries to stay over there out of some misguided sense of duty or obligation. [ THE WIZARD HAS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH and it’s mostly his and karlach’s fault ]
[The vibe is he's shaking his head and it comes through so well he ends up shaking his head a bit.]
At first, plenty of them spoke to me about needing to stop the killing, but a few of them did realize what you were actually trying to say. Hopefully, they can figure out a way to compile everything. If they ask, we may... be able to offer a short time for a veil, so they can speak, but I don't know.
The time is drawing closer for the cult's ritual to be complete, and with numbers dwindling so heavily on that side, they may pay us more careful attention.
Anyhow, I did what I was able to have them consider that side. Many of them were interested in bringing you all here, even after it's over.
Ashlyn and I discussed asking you about that. I’m not sure how… focused she’ll be all things considered. I think they need to collaborate without fear of the cult eavesdropping.
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Bluntly, I think they need to start picking each other off in “accidents”. A “fight” gone wrong and a few lives lost. Plan a number of people who aren’t touched so we don’t hit zero but do go under six. [ a dry smile ] Ingredients for the soup that don’t need to be organic.
They would need to collaborate without alerting them, yes, or all of this will go bottom-up almost immediately.
[He hums, resting his chin cupped in one hand.]
That is one of the better ways, but you know how they are. Going through with it in the moment is much different than theorizing. A lot of them are soft. They don't want to hurt anyone else, and it's difficult to do.
[Very briefly, both brows rise. He searches Astarion's face a moment.]
That depends on if you even can. Your plane and this plane don't seem to be fully connected for everyone, only us. You would have to talk to Nehan about it.
Are you prepared to kill the people you care for, Astarion?
You didn’t miss me stabbing Karlach the other week. All I’ve heard about here is how people need to die, and we need at least five people left behind — but it doesn’t sound like anyone’s asked if we could do something about it.
Despite the events of Thursday night, my dear, I am very good at killing.
[ but also ooc awol this week being 3D so send help i can’t commit before friday anyway ]
Well, that one was out of a desperate necessity. I suppose this would be a form of necessity, too, but the people you would kill would perhaps not be afflicted by monstrous possession.
[Just a dark tease. He's aware Astarion, of all people, could put a knife in someone, even reluctantly.]
I can do so with incentive, with or without necessity darling. Incentive being “we don’t all die for this fucking cult’s god” would work. Or buy me a drink.
[ he absolutely can stab without warning. thank you for understanding. ]
Alas, getting fished in the way I did didn’t let me show this off.
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[ oh hello. he blinks. ]
Ah, yes. I did. Imagine how furious Karlach would've been if I showed up having not used it. Couldn't risk it not working for me once I was dead, after all.
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[He gives a short, airy laugh. Pleased! No more vampire spawn even if the fangs were cute. Now he's the superior elf with fangs. The pleased feelings shift into something a bit more serious.]
...They have been having trouble with what you experienced before your death. Being pulled into strange planes, or alternate realities which injure them and torment them. So... be careful. I don't think they're telling the others.
I won't mention it to Gale so he doesn't worry.
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[ he's just as cute without the fangs, thank you. and the very blue-green eyes because hei was like AAAAAAA when i said astarion with just blue eyes is gojo's father now. ]
... Yes I have been informed she's been getting herself into trouble. [ the vibes are slightly rancid at that. and then just... complicated. mrrr. ]
He'll find out eventually. But-- thank you. He can find out later, not right now.
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Many of them have. [IT'S ANNOYING TO HEAR THEM BEING STUPID. But it's fine. He's stone cold and doesn't care.] He doesn't have to know right now, not after you and Karlach.
It has otherwise been fine so far there?
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[ also shut, his marshmallow centre is right out there now. squishes it. ]
It's been... well. Only a few hours. But my own bed is a nice perk.
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So I've seen and heard. [The beds.] Good.
Nehan will take care of you. If you need something, see him. If you're injured especially. He's a good doctor.
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I'd say I'll try not to get myself into trouble, but it sounds like it just happens. Or you do something stupid and it happens. One or the other.
[ ... ]
I suppose bringing the living here is a 'no' and 'too dangerous, what if the cult see' situation?
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[What trickles out then is a slow, sly sort of amusement, something cunning, something maybe Astarion is familiar will feeling sometimes too.]
Well. We'll see about that, won't we?
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he blinks at the other part. ]
What—here? [ he points back and forth between the magical little hole in the wall they’re talking through ] Or—here? [ he circles his finger in a little loop. ] Because I’m up to speed on the whole “soup” metaphor.
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Soup metaphor...?
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[ he has been on the receiving end of this too ]
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[MY GOD!!!! A flood of exasperation pours out.]
They're offering explanations by using soup as a metaphor?!
[As if he didn't do this same thing to Gale the very first time they all met.]
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[ honestly his agitation is very funny. ]
I think Gale got the gist of it quickly enough but I am going to throttle him if he tries to stay over there out of some misguided sense of duty or obligation. [ THE WIZARD HAS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH and it’s mostly his and karlach’s fault ]
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At first, plenty of them spoke to me about needing to stop the killing, but a few of them did realize what you were actually trying to say. Hopefully, they can figure out a way to compile everything. If they ask, we may... be able to offer a short time for a veil, so they can speak, but I don't know.
The time is drawing closer for the cult's ritual to be complete, and with numbers dwindling so heavily on that side, they may pay us more careful attention.
Anyhow, I did what I was able to have them consider that side. Many of them were interested in bringing you all here, even after it's over.
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Bluntly, I think they need to start picking each other off in “accidents”. A “fight” gone wrong and a few lives lost. Plan a number of people who aren’t touched so we don’t hit zero but do go under six. [ a dry smile ] Ingredients for the soup that don’t need to be organic.
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They would need to collaborate without alerting them, yes, or all of this will go bottom-up almost immediately.
[He hums, resting his chin cupped in one hand.]
That is one of the better ways, but you know how they are. Going through with it in the moment is much different than theorizing. A lot of them are soft. They don't want to hurt anyone else, and it's difficult to do.
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Can we kill them?
[ astarion ] If they decide who they want to leave alive, then we’d likely not have the same hang ups. Knowing what we do.
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That depends on if you even can. Your plane and this plane don't seem to be fully connected for everyone, only us. You would have to talk to Nehan about it.
Are you prepared to kill the people you care for, Astarion?
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You didn’t miss me stabbing Karlach the other week. All I’ve heard about here is how people need to die, and we need at least five people left behind — but it doesn’t sound like anyone’s asked if we could do something about it.
Despite the events of Thursday night, my dear, I am very good at killing.
[ but also ooc awol this week being 3D so send help i can’t commit before friday anyway ]
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[Just a dark tease. He's aware Astarion, of all people, could put a knife in someone, even reluctantly.]
I don't doubt your blade prowess.
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[ he absolutely can stab without warning. thank you for understanding. ]
Alas, getting fished in the way I did didn’t let me show this off.