Pretty cooperative of you. We watched Astarion kick the coffins for fifteen minutes.
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But you're right, yeah. We've got a long road ahead of us. I've already promised like four teens that I'll look out for them and make sure they don't get knocked off by some joke of a cult.
...that seems like it wouldn't have helped much... maybe it made him feel better, I guess...?
[ astarion your toes
anyway, ]
Mm. Like you said before, right? Being able to guard the people who are in need and draw their attention. [ rondo puffs up just a little bit more at that, smile more fond. ] I want to do the same, to protect as many people here as I can. I've had to deal with - well, not this situation exactly, but, at least a group of people trying to summon a dark god, before, and we got out of it alright, so...!
[ sometimes they just gotta let her out of her jail for enrichment (traveling around hell) it's fine. ]
And... that's good? Well. Wait, no, it's not good, that's not what I mean. [ rondo, ] I mean - it's more like it's good that we have quite a few people who are experienced! I don't know... even after learning everything yesterday, it just made me more determined to make sure we find a way out of it.
What do you think about all that, anyway? [she asks, shifting from foot to foot.]
They're probably not lying. I talked to them a bit this morning and they seemed sincere, if not all that sure about what they were going to do now that they've gotten here.
[ his expression shifts to something a little more thoughtful with that, hand to his chin. ]
... I think you're right. I mean, if they were going to lie to us about it, I don't think the lie would've been so... well, it's awfully cruel, to tell a lot of people they're going to be sacrifices. So, I think if they were going to lie to us, they might have said something more positive.
[ ie: you're just here to chill for a while or something. no, that very much felt like harsh reality. ]
I only caught Death and War's crows today, but I felt like I learned a lot from talking to them. They both seem like they want to help, and... since that's the only thing we have, I think that we will have to put our faith in them.
[ it's a pretty measured answer - something he's spent some time thinking about since yesterday. ]
[he'll find she's a pretty fidgety person in general - as he talks, she's clearly listening, but she can't sit still. foot to foot, tail swaying, nails picking at her clothes.]
I learned a lot about the kind of people they are, I think. They're convinced they're bad people, but I don't know. Anybody who cares enough to not let a group of strangers go straight to the slaughter aren't all that bad.
...yes, I thought so too. Death was trying really hard to tell me that they didn't want to get to know any of us, and they kept trying to tell me that I should befriend their bird and not them, but, they also told me that they wanted us to be able to remember what's important to us, which seemed pretty kindhearted to me.
Pesto said something about not knowing what to do next, but they figure we'll have ideas, and Famine mostly just wanted to be left alone, but they did say they didn't want me to die.
[...]
They're people too. I'll give them a chance. [sigh.] But that does lead to - what do we even do next.
[ what do they do next. well. what would king solon do... ]
I think... right now, we have to try and gather as much information as we can - that's what we would do at home. It's really hard just to sit around and wait, though... I wish there was a library or something.
And Miss Kate. But, sometimes books are the best place to get information on things like this...
[ there's a beat
and he lowers his voice, almost a little conspiratorially: ] ...Did you hear the others saying that the book in the Church might be haunted...? I heard that it moved...
It was a book we had to read in Atlasdam when we were researching the work of a sage who committed an unthinkable act, because someone else was trying to recreate it. Apparently, there's another book that's worse, but... it had been missing from the archives.
[ somewhere cyrus sneezes ]
The Accursed Night was pretty bad... we learned about a lot of horrible things. But - we had to research it first, because without it, we never would've known where we needed to go to actually stop the person from acting through their rite.
[ at this point, his ink shifts - the text reads Letting the Accursed Flame fester in him. ]
...No, it didn't. I'm pretty resistant to that kind of stuff. [ though... his gaze follows karlach's, and he looks down at his chest, and then sees -- and then frowns. ] ... did you mean that...?
[ rondo smiles - warm and kind, though. maybe not quite as megawatt as usual as they find somewhere nice to sit. he settles, putting his cape out behind him so he doesn't get stuck on it, and after a long moment, asks: ]
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[lmao]
But you're right, yeah. We've got a long road ahead of us. I've already promised like four teens that I'll look out for them and make sure they don't get knocked off by some joke of a cult.
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[ astarion your toes
anyway, ]
Mm. Like you said before, right? Being able to guard the people who are in need and draw their attention. [ rondo puffs up just a little bit more at that, smile more fond. ] I want to do the same, to protect as many people here as I can. I've had to deal with - well, not this situation exactly, but, at least a group of people trying to summon a dark god, before, and we got out of it alright, so...!
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[anyway, she nods at that, with a little smile.]
You'd think that'd be a little less common, right? [god.] We've done some work getting rid of cults and weren't doing so bad, back home.
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Yes, that makes sense.
[ sometimes they just gotta let her out of her jail for enrichment (traveling around hell) it's fine. ]
And... that's good? Well. Wait, no, it's not good, that's not what I mean. [ rondo, ] I mean - it's more like it's good that we have quite a few people who are experienced! I don't know... even after learning everything yesterday, it just made me more determined to make sure we find a way out of it.
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They're probably not lying. I talked to them a bit this morning and they seemed sincere, if not all that sure about what they were going to do now that they've gotten here.
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[ his expression shifts to something a little more thoughtful with that, hand to his chin. ]
... I think you're right. I mean, if they were going to lie to us about it, I don't think the lie would've been so... well, it's awfully cruel, to tell a lot of people they're going to be sacrifices. So, I think if they were going to lie to us, they might have said something more positive.
[ ie: you're just here to chill for a while or something. no, that very much felt like harsh reality. ]
I only caught Death and War's crows today, but I felt like I learned a lot from talking to them. They both seem like they want to help, and... since that's the only thing we have, I think that we will have to put our faith in them.
[ it's a pretty measured answer - something he's spent some time thinking about since yesterday. ]
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I learned a lot about the kind of people they are, I think. They're convinced they're bad people, but I don't know. Anybody who cares enough to not let a group of strangers go straight to the slaughter aren't all that bad.
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...yes, I thought so too. Death was trying really hard to tell me that they didn't want to get to know any of us, and they kept trying to tell me that I should befriend their bird and not them, but, they also told me that they wanted us to be able to remember what's important to us, which seemed pretty kindhearted to me.
[ and rondo is IMMUNE to bitch behavior so ]
I think we will be lucky to have good allies.
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[...]
They're people too. I'll give them a chance. [sigh.] But that does lead to - what do we even do next.
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I think... right now, we have to try and gather as much information as we can - that's what we would do at home. It's really hard just to sit around and wait, though... I wish there was a library or something.
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That'd make Gale happy, at least. [COULDN'T BE HER THOUGH]
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[ there's a beat
and he lowers his voice, almost a little conspiratorially: ] ...Did you hear the others saying that the book in the Church might be haunted...? I heard that it moved...
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It's super fucking haunted. Gale picked it up the other day and it talked at him in a language he didn't understand all aggressive-like.
... I didn't hear about the moving? But that's not a surprise, wouldn't touch that thing with a ten foot lance.
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:PIKA: ]
It talked?! I thought the Accursed Night was a cursed book! At least it never talked!
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[WHY ARE CURSED BOOKS ALWAYS A THING]
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[ somewhere cyrus sneezes ]
The Accursed Night was pretty bad... we learned about a lot of horrible things. But - we had to research it first, because without it, we never would've known where we needed to go to actually stop the person from acting through their rite.
[ at this point, his ink shifts - the text reads Letting the Accursed Flame fester in him. ]
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a pause.]
It didn't curse you, did it?
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he shakes his head. ]
...No, it didn't. I'm pretty resistant to that kind of stuff. [ though... his gaze follows karlach's, and he looks down at his chest, and then sees -- and then frowns. ] ... did you mean that...?
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[it's like RIGHT there]
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[ immediately - he looks a little sheepish and nods to hers. ]
I... read yours too. I'm not very good at hiding it, either. [ he is not what most people would call subtle. ] It's not your fault.
[ ... ]
Maybe we should sit down.
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[her fears, mostly, are an open (not creepy) book.]
But - yeah. Let's sit and chat, I'm alright with that.
[they can find somewhere comfy.]
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...so...what's Avernus...?
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... Let me answer that question with a question. You know what the Hells are?
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Um - yes.
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... You? Really? Huh. [a beat.] That's Avernus. For us, anyway. Spent ten years there.
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