I’m fine suggesting that to War and Pestilence. [ me out here like did this bitch ever even ask muelsyse her name i gotta get on that. ] How long do they have? Until the… not next ritual, the time of the one after?
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… [ a little grumbly ] Yes. I’d prefer it to him being over there alone. [ he has so many people over there shut up. ]
...You really don't need to suggest it. I know this is difficult to hear, but like I said, you're all better off letting the living set the pace of these things. Your letters and whatnot are confusing and scaring them.
[ they are being counterproductive by trying to encourage people to die and trying to take things into their own hands. ]
I know you don't want him over there on his own. But I'm sure he also wants to see you all again. [ so let gale handle it, with the decisions he thinks are best. ]
Besides us? I'm not sure how many will deign to visit in person. They operate in different dimensions. You can try to take out your grievances on the god they're summoning, that would make a deeper cut.
[ sometimes the best way to get revenge is to leave someone alive but take away everything they live for ]
Hm... It does take plenty of resources and effort to make the ritual a success. Unless the upper... 'management' as you might call them is taken out, there's no guarantee they'll stop entirely.
But none of us are involved in the cult leadership, so I'm not sure what state they're in these days. It's kept secret, even from us. Sorry.
...Right. [ even from a single memory, he can understand that astarion probably knows these things quite intimately. ] Isn't it strange, how badly you can want revenge, and in the end, all it nets you is... an absence.
[ you lose that desire for vengeance, and that's about it. nothing gained. a little softly, ]
My advice is filling in the spaces instead. But I'm sure you don't need to hear that.
Oh, just a tiny one. Trying to ascend a vampire into a state that overcame the limitations one would expect from a vampire. Walking in the sun, eating regular food, not having to be invited anywhere.
It just came at the minute cost of 7000 sacrificed souls.
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[ astarion and nehan don't understand how murder proposals work though ]
Are you just hoping he gets here ASAP?
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[ ……… ]
… [ a little grumbly ] Yes. I’d prefer it to him being over there alone. [ he has so many people over there shut up. ]
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...You really don't need to suggest it. I know this is difficult to hear, but like I said, you're all better off letting the living set the pace of these things. Your letters and whatnot are confusing and scaring them.
[ they are being counterproductive by trying to encourage people to die and trying to take things into their own hands. ]
I know you don't want him over there on his own. But I'm sure he also wants to see you all again. [ so let gale handle it, with the decisions he thinks are best. ]
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At least tell me we get to thank these cultists of ours at some point. I have so many things I’d love to say to them.
[ with a knife ]
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Besides us? I'm not sure how many will deign to visit in person. They operate in different dimensions. You can try to take out your grievances on the god they're summoning, that would make a deeper cut.
[ sometimes the best way to get revenge is to leave someone alive but take away everything they live for ]
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Oh I do like that idea. Steal it right out from under their noses and ruin it.
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Mm. Even if they want to try to conduct the ritual again, it'd be a blow to the organization. Hopefully a crippling one.
[ he's not like, an optimist, but he thinks foiling this whole plot will cause some damage. ]
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it’d be fun. ]
If their god’s summoned and it failed, would they even be able to try again?
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Hm... It does take plenty of resources and effort to make the ritual a success. Unless the upper... 'management' as you might call them is taken out, there's no guarantee they'll stop entirely.
But none of us are involved in the cult leadership, so I'm not sure what state they're in these days. It's kept secret, even from us. Sorry.
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...Revenge isn't my priority right now, but I understand. [ a nice bonus. ]
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A pity. It’s refreshing. Good for your mental health or whatever.
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I wouldn't go that far... [ he is a Revenge Guy but ] Every time I've gotten even, it hasn't been very satisfying.
[ mental health is fucky that way. ]
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…
[ he laughs. ]
True, isn’t it? Freeing, but it doesn’t fill the spaces that are left empty by whatever you wanted revenge against.
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...Right. [ even from a single memory, he can understand that astarion probably knows these things quite intimately. ] Isn't it strange, how badly you can want revenge, and in the end, all it nets you is... an absence.
[ you lose that desire for vengeance, and that's about it. nothing gained. a little softly, ]
My advice is filling in the spaces instead. But I'm sure you don't need to hear that.
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Freedom is terrifying, truly. But it’s rather compelling too— well. When you get to indulge in it.
[ HE GOT FREE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY CAME HERE. ]
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It is. [ it is truly a scary thing. but also sorry that you died instantly, bud. ] ...How long have you been waiting for it? Your freedom.
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Two hundred years.
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200 years is a long time. ]
...And you couldn't die?
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I doubt I would've been allowed to die either way. I was necessary for Cazador's ritual, after all.
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...What sort of ritual was that?
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Oh, just a tiny one. Trying to ascend a vampire into a state that overcame the limitations one would expect from a vampire. Walking in the sun, eating regular food, not having to be invited anywhere.
It just came at the minute cost of 7000 sacrificed souls.
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...For some, no amount of lives is too many.
[ he looks a little discomfited by the number, which is more than his stoicism would allow usually anyway. ]
And if you leave here, you don't suppose he'll come trying to fetch you again?
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Oh. No, he's very, very dead.
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So all you need to do is defeat a cult and their god, and find out what to apply your freedom to. [ he does not say this like any of it will be easy ]
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