Tara. Maybe you can steal the translator off the pooch sometime.
[ causes animal drama for no reason. pickles doesn't deserve this ]
A strategy game... I've heard of chess, but I never picked it up. Though I suppose I'm not opposed. There are worse ways to pass time here, though I'm not partial to war simulators normally.
[ tara goes 'mew.' with a mild amount of disapproval. ]
I don't know that she cares to share with a canine, but the thought is appreciated all the same.
[ nodding, nodding. ]
No? Not your domain, I suppose. Though I'm hard-pressed to think of games focused on Famines. [ he laughs to himself. at his joke. ] Perhaps we can give it a try. What is you prefer to play?
[ tara maybe is just combative. anyway he smiles at this, actually. there's something very sweet about the thought of wanting to play games that make something. ]
Alright. I can understand that sentiment. It's not exactly a game, but do you cook?
[ that is so blunt he just fucking barks a laugh honestly. holding up his hands in surrender. ]
If that is your preference, I would not presume to bore you with it.
[ shaking his head, though a hand does go to press over the mark on his chest. ]
No, and with any luck it will remain as such. If obtaining something as simple as a notebook or a cabbage in this place is as laborious an act as it seems, then finding magical items would be a task fit for Piergeiron.
[ the corner of famine's mouth quirks upward a bit meanly. no one said their sense of humor was good ]
I hate all of you asking questions about me. But I am not opposed to learning about you if you insist on dragging me out here for conversation, is what I mean to say.
Like the fact that you seem to be implying that you eat magical items?
Fair enough, I too would tire of constant interrogation, so I can't say that I blame or fault you.
[ honestly! it's fine. there's probably a thousand people coming in here and asking their favorite color and what soup they like. he sort of clears his throat. ]
Erm. In a sense. It isn't so literal as those that hear it would believe, but ... yes. I have a condition, one that consumes magic. It feeds on mine first, and then when it has finished with that meal, it begins to consume me. For a time, I was forced to feed it magical items both to keep it stable within me, and to allow myself to use magic at hand without its interference or continuing to [ making a face. ] turn my insides to necromantic offal.
As of this moment, my goddess has seen fit to grant me a blessing. It has kept it stable for the time being. However, as I'm sure you understand, there are some complications about access to outside magical forces. Please understand that once it has consumed all that it can, it will begin to destabilize, which is an outcome we should avoid at all costs.
Not exactly. It is more that both myself and the Orb draw from the same source: The Weave. Magic. I do not draw power from the Orb, it only consumes.
[ but yeah i mean. his blood is Real Bad! ]
Quite. It will ... [ he searches for the right word.] Erupt. It would level a city the size of Waterdeep. If not larger.
[ ... ]
If I die, you must either revive me or dispose of my body a very, very large distance away within a few days at most. I understand the claim is you do not have our items, but if you are lying and you have access to my possessions anywhere, I have a Scroll of True Resurrection.
I spent a great deal of time researching, testing and attempting to cure myself of it. I am fairly certainly of its capabilities. If anything I am underestimating its power.
[ a long pause. ]
But yes, in a more practical sense, I have experienced the eruption. Though through the very nature of it, please understand I was not exactly aware of its outcome, as I was in the process of becoming unmade from the fabric of reality itself. violently. [ just saying. ] As for others, with any luck yes. Though it was my very greatest intention that it be aimed at who it needed to be aimed at, and would not harm innocents. ... though I cannot guarantee that to be the case that no one was caught in it.
I'm really quite a gentleman for the most part and tend to wait for the third date or thereabouts, but here we are.
[ he can match tease for tease, that's good with him. anyway possibly traumatic? possibly? ]
I do like to think morally it was in the clear so to speak. It was almost imperative, you see. It was a threat to the entire continent and I stopped them in their tracks. As for the ... reticence I really only brought it up to make you and your lot aware of the possibility upon my potential death. That is what seemed important. Not the who's and why's of the past. And it is quite a long story.
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Tara. Maybe you can steal the translator off the pooch sometime.
[ causes animal drama for no reason. pickles doesn't deserve this ]
A strategy game... I've heard of chess, but I never picked it up. Though I suppose I'm not opposed. There are worse ways to pass time here, though I'm not partial to war simulators normally.
[ assumes that's what most strategy games are ]
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I don't know that she cares to share with a canine, but the thought is appreciated all the same.
[ nodding, nodding. ]
No? Not your domain, I suppose. Though I'm hard-pressed to think of games focused on Famines. [ he laughs to himself. at his joke. ] Perhaps we can give it a try. What is you prefer to play?
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[ dogs vs cats... wow.... ]
Hmm... Games of creation, rather than opposition. Though anything that stimulates the mind is enough.
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[ tara maybe is just combative. anyway he smiles at this, actually. there's something very sweet about the thought of wanting to play games that make something. ]
Alright. I can understand that sentiment. It's not exactly a game, but do you cook?
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I have to ask what about the name Famine implies to you that I would cook.
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[ it could just be For Jokes! ]
I'd assumed they were titles, and not your names, but I suppose I could be incorrect.
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And for myself, I would say the title holds a sliver of truth.
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Then I suppose I am sorry to hear that. [ ... ] You will forgive me if it imposes too much, but I do understand. Hunger, of a kind.
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Are you hungry now?
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If that is your preference, I would not presume to bore you with it.
[ shaking his head, though a hand does go to press over the mark on his chest. ]
No, and with any luck it will remain as such. If obtaining something as simple as a notebook or a cabbage in this place is as laborious an act as it seems, then finding magical items would be a task fit for Piergeiron.
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I hate all of you asking questions about me. But I am not opposed to learning about you if you insist on dragging me out here for conversation, is what I mean to say.
Like the fact that you seem to be implying that you eat magical items?
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[ honestly! it's fine. there's probably a thousand people coming in here and asking their favorite color and what soup they like. he sort of clears his throat. ]
Erm. In a sense. It isn't so literal as those that hear it would believe, but ... yes. I have a condition, one that consumes magic. It feeds on mine first, and then when it has finished with that meal, it begins to consume me. For a time, I was forced to feed it magical items both to keep it stable within me, and to allow myself to use magic at hand without its interference or continuing to [ making a face. ] turn my insides to necromantic offal.
As of this moment, my goddess has seen fit to grant me a blessing. It has kept it stable for the time being. However, as I'm sure you understand, there are some complications about access to outside magical forces. Please understand that once it has consumed all that it can, it will begin to destabilize, which is an outcome we should avoid at all costs.
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but they will listen ]
The same power you wield is eating you from the inside?
[ they sound uncomfortably interested sorry i'm sorry ]
The destabalization—from what you're saying, it sounds destructive.
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[ but yeah i mean. his blood is Real Bad! ]
Quite. It will ... [ he searches for the right word.] Erupt. It would level a city the size of Waterdeep. If not larger.
[ ... ]
If I die, you must either revive me or dispose of my body a very, very large distance away within a few days at most. I understand the claim is you do not have our items, but if you are lying and you have access to my possessions anywhere, I have a Scroll of True Resurrection.
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We are not lying. We don't have your items.
Do you know of how destructive it can be from experience? Have others died to your Orb?
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[ a long pause. ]
But yes, in a more practical sense, I have experienced the eruption. Though through the very nature of it, please understand I was not exactly aware of its outcome, as I was in the process of becoming unmade from the fabric of reality itself. violently. [ just saying. ] As for others, with any luck yes. Though it was my very greatest intention that it be aimed at who it needed to be aimed at, and would not harm innocents. ... though I cannot guarantee that to be the case that no one was caught in it.
I did as I was commanded to do.
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Do you share your morally gray and possibly traumatic experiences with everyone on the first conversation, or am I special?
[ teasing. obviously teasing, but their expression will even out afterward ]
Who commanded you? Who do you serve? Why did this happen? You are normally so verbose, what makes you so reticent now?
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[ he can match tease for tease, that's good with him. anyway possibly traumatic? possibly? ]
I do like to think morally it was in the clear so to speak. It was almost imperative, you see. It was a threat to the entire continent and I stopped them in their tracks. As for the ... reticence I really only brought it up to make you and your lot aware of the possibility upon my potential death. That is what seemed important. Not the who's and why's of the past. And it is quite a long story.
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I am willing to endure a long story. I would not invite it otherwise. But if you find yourself unwilling to share, then so be it.
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I ...
[ wow. shockingly quiet for like a full beat. ]
How familiar are you? With magic and gods and the like?
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Magic, not at all. Gods... As familiar as once can be while also being an atheist.
But you'll find I catch on quick.
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Oh, the gods do so love an atheist. Something to aim at.
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In my home, I'm afraid that the only all-powerful existence I've ever known is myself. So if they truly exist, they'll have to try harder.
I would say I'm open to being surprised. It'd almost be exciting.
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Ah. Well. I was the lover of one for quite a few years, so I would be personally rather disoriented to find she did not exist after all of this time.
[ okay well he has the self-awareness to at least immediately shake his head a little like he's embarrassed after he says it that way ]
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