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[hello rondo what's up
karlach is here sitting somewhere, staring into her box. her tail is all coiled up around her, and there are faint flames flickering through her hair.]
karlach is here sitting somewhere, staring into her box. her tail is all coiled up around her, and there are faint flames flickering through her hair.]
Karlach...?
[ oh no... the flames catch his eye because familiar, but the way she's just staring worries him - he makes his way over to her from where he's pulling his cloak over his head. ]
Is everything alright...?
[ oh no... the flames catch his eye because familiar, but the way she's just staring worries him - he makes his way over to her from where he's pulling his cloak over his head. ]
Is everything alright...?
[she... hurriedly slams the box shut! a beat.]
Huh? Yeah! It's all good. [big grin!] Hey, holy roller, what's up? You got your stuff back?
Huh? Yeah! It's all good. [big grin!] Hey, holy roller, what's up? You got your stuff back?
[ subtle! thank god she isn't ]
Um... sort of. [ he does reach up and tug a little at his cloak though, now. look at him! he's a knight now! he also has a sword strapped to his waist that he's resting one hand on. ]
Did you, too? [ trying to.. peer around her... ]
Um... sort of. [ he does reach up and tug a little at his cloak though, now. look at him! he's a knight now! he also has a sword strapped to his waist that he's resting one hand on. ]
Did you, too? [ trying to.. peer around her... ]
[he's a knight!! she is impressed, and also jealous that he has a sword.
anyway, he can peer! she slammed the box shut so hard that the lid bounced, which she has not realized in her totally subtle attempt. it means that he can see inside it! and what he sees is a heart.
that's it. a real, fleshy, fresh, slowly decaying heart. it's a little bigger than you might expect one to be.]
-- Fuck.
anyway, he can peer! she slammed the box shut so hard that the lid bounced, which she has not realized in her totally subtle attempt. it means that he can see inside it! and what he sees is a heart.
that's it. a real, fleshy, fresh, slowly decaying heart. it's a little bigger than you might expect one to be.]
-- Fuck.
[ THAT SURE IS A HEART it's not like, twitching or moving or anything so there's that??? but also??? ]
... Oh, yours was really literal...
[ that's the first thing you have to say ]
... Oh, yours was really literal...
[ that's the first thing you have to say ]
[SURE IS
honestly, he says this, and it kind of breaks the tension, which means she barks out a laugh, helpless.]
... Yeah. I guess I've got no way of knowing if it's my old one or not, but the fact that it's here is fucking rude.
honestly, he says this, and it kind of breaks the tension, which means she barks out a laugh, helpless.]
... Yeah. I guess I've got no way of knowing if it's my old one or not, but the fact that it's here is fucking rude.
[ there's a beat, as that registers. rondo frowns, his gaze moving from the box up to her face. ]
...your heart...?
[ now wait a minute you're standing right next to him ]
...your heart...?
[ now wait a minute you're standing right next to him ]
[she raps her knuckles against her sternum. it makes a thudthudthud sound, like knocking against metal.]
Got it replaced. Not on purpose, mind you. But yeah.
Got it replaced. Not on purpose, mind you. But yeah.
[ almost like an echo, he reaches up and touches his own heart, curling his fingers in the front of his cloak over it - it feels so cold, now.
and for her to have hers replaced... he quiets for a moment, looking at where she knocks, and then back at the box itself and the heart within it. ]
...I see...
[ after a long moment of looking at the fleshy one in the box, he says, softly, a little helplessly: ]
... Your heart is really big, Karlach.
[ no wonder she's so kind. ]
and for her to have hers replaced... he quiets for a moment, looking at where she knocks, and then back at the box itself and the heart within it. ]
...I see...
[ after a long moment of looking at the fleshy one in the box, he says, softly, a little helplessly: ]
... Your heart is really big, Karlach.
[ no wonder she's so kind. ]
[by comparison, she's warm. she runs real, real hot - almost feverish. not enough to burn, but enough to notice, to be uncomfortable after a long exposure. she shifts, her tail anxiously wriggling, but - he says that, and she laughs.
it's fine! she's all good.]
I'm really big. [she says, amused, but.] Thanks, I think.
You keep touching your chest like that. You haven't got an engine in there too, right?
it's fine! she's all good.]
I'm really big. [she says, amused, but.] Thanks, I think.
You keep touching your chest like that. You haven't got an engine in there too, right?
I do...?
[ tearing his gaze away from the heart, he looks down, and oh - yep, he is still sure holding his cloak, huh. he lets go, loosening his hand, and looks a little sheepish. ]
Heh... I don't know what that is, so... no, no, I don't think so. [ no, he's got a big baby heart under there. pure and azure blue. ] I... just lost something recently, that's all.
[ tearing his gaze away from the heart, he looks down, and oh - yep, he is still sure holding his cloak, huh. he lets go, loosening his hand, and looks a little sheepish. ]
Heh... I don't know what that is, so... no, no, I don't think so. [ no, he's got a big baby heart under there. pure and azure blue. ] I... just lost something recently, that's all.
[she nudges him gently. sorry she is hot.]
I didn't think you would. [she knows she's got A Situation. a beat.] You can talk about it with me if you want? I'm a good listener. But also, like, I get it if not! I'm also technically a stranger.
[headtilt.]
I didn't think you would. [she knows she's got A Situation. a beat.] You can talk about it with me if you want? I'm a good listener. But also, like, I get it if not! I'm also technically a stranger.
[headtilt.]
[ no the hot is SO comforting? weirdly he doesn't seem bothered by it at all?? ]
...It's just...
[ mfft. ] ... it's just a really long story.
[ because he's not even sure where he'd start, honestly. rondo looks up at her thought, frowning, something more earnest in his eyes. ]
But, I'd not call you a stranger - it's not that I'd not tell you because of that.
...It's just...
[ mfft. ] ... it's just a really long story.
[ because he's not even sure where he'd start, honestly. rondo looks up at her thought, frowning, something more earnest in his eyes. ]
But, I'd not call you a stranger - it's not that I'd not tell you because of that.
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[a little smile.]
Kind of a lot to handle all at once, I get it. Don't worry about it, but hey - promise, if you need an ear, you can come to me.
Kind of a lot to handle all at once, I get it. Don't worry about it, but hey - promise, if you need an ear, you can come to me.
...okay.
[ weh. how sweet... he smiles at her, the last of the sadness easing away, and then nods. ]
But - the same goes for you, too, alright? I am no priest or cleric, but, I'd be happy to listen to your worries or woes, too.
[ weh. how sweet... he smiles at her, the last of the sadness easing away, and then nods. ]
But - the same goes for you, too, alright? I am no priest or cleric, but, I'd be happy to listen to your worries or woes, too.
Eh. I'm not a woes kind of lady, but I get what you're putting down.
[she's soooo cheerful, all the time!]
Hey but, Gods willing, we won't be here for that long. I was kind of in the middle of something, and I got my chain yanked and now I'm here sitting in a swamp with a stupid box full of meat that might belong to me.
[she's soooo cheerful, all the time!]
Hey but, Gods willing, we won't be here for that long. I was kind of in the middle of something, and I got my chain yanked and now I'm here sitting in a swamp with a stupid box full of meat that might belong to me.
Haha... me, too.
[ so. yeah. yeah!!! sometimes you're just :D through the horrors!!!
anyway. rondo winces a little with that and nods... god... ]
... yes, certainly. I'd like to leave quickly, too - I think... if I have this sword, then, perhaps things at home are not as bad as they could be, but I would need to return quickly, nevertheless. [ a beat. ] What were you doing?
[ so. yeah. yeah!!! sometimes you're just :D through the horrors!!!
anyway. rondo winces a little with that and nods... god... ]
... yes, certainly. I'd like to leave quickly, too - I think... if I have this sword, then, perhaps things at home are not as bad as they could be, but I would need to return quickly, nevertheless. [ a beat. ] What were you doing?
The sword's important, then.
[she says, and then:] Blowing up an Elder Brain. Betting you don't know what that is, though.
[she says, and then:] Blowing up an Elder Brain. Betting you don't know what that is, though.
Don't brains already have a lot of wrinkles...?
[HELP SHE LAUGHS LIKE really hard at this, it's startled out of her]
-- Fuck, you're right, they do. This one's got the most wrinkles you've ever seen.
-- Fuck, you're right, they do. This one's got the most wrinkles you've ever seen.
Ancient brain...
[ he's trying to picture this and it's coming out as like an EXTREMELY wrinkled ye olde brain with like heathcote's beard
shudders ] It's a monster...? I guess.. if it's really old, it's probably really smart?
[ he's trying to picture this and it's coming out as like an EXTREMELY wrinkled ye olde brain with like heathcote's beard
shudders ] It's a monster...? I guess.. if it's really old, it's probably really smart?
[i mean that isn't incorrect]
You got it. [she rubs at her temple. for no reason.] There's these things called Mind Flayers, where I'm from. They're slimy tentacle-faced guys that infect people with their spawn so those people turn, and they're all part of a hivemind. The Elder Brain's the one that directs all of them.
Kind of like... bees? Like bees. But with tentacles.
You got it. [she rubs at her temple. for no reason.] There's these things called Mind Flayers, where I'm from. They're slimy tentacle-faced guys that infect people with their spawn so those people turn, and they're all part of a hivemind. The Elder Brain's the one that directs all of them.
Kind of like... bees? Like bees. But with tentacles.
[ for no reason ]
... That sounds awful. [ what a terrible monster... ] So... you're trying to slay it? I can't imagine the kind of damage something like that would do...
... That sounds awful. [ what a terrible monster... ] So... you're trying to slay it? I can't imagine the kind of damage something like that would do...
Yeah. Me, Astarion, Gale, and a couple other people too, we just picked each other up like strays. We're pretty much the only ones who can do it.
[a beat.]
I think I'm the only one that's really into doing it, though. The Gate's my home. If everybody there that's got a family and a living and all that, you know, if they get turned... I can't let that happen.
[a beat.]
I think I'm the only one that's really into doing it, though. The Gate's my home. If everybody there that's got a family and a living and all that, you know, if they get turned... I can't let that happen.
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