[she says, firmly. but not mean or unkind, just. that's her home. it'll always be her home. it registers somewhere that laudna recognizes the hells, or some form of it, but she doesn't quite catch it at first.]
And no. I didn't. I didn't want any of this. But I'm free now, and I'll die before that's taken from me.
[aww, man. there's a story there, huh. and karlach is so sweet.]
You never know! But... more often than not, there aren't all that many chances. I died years ago, you know. The life I lost out on is like a dream some other person was living. But what I've had since isn't so bad, either, even if one of these days it's certain to run out.
[there is a hell of a story, yea (badum tshhh). she glances up, watching laudna with a pretty significant amount of empathy. and curiosity, too, and... well.
a beat.]
You take what you can get while you've got it, right? [...] I won't pry, so don't answer if you don't want to... you died? So you're...
It does bother some people. A good many people. And not without reason, so it is nice to know. I'm not bothered by someone with time spent in the hells, particularly. You never know what's led someone down a particular path, I believe, so it would be pointless to assume the reasons without asking.
[she reaches to gently pat laudna on the shoulder. she is very, very warm.]
That's how I like to do things. I've got no idea how people got to where they are, and as long as they're not mass-murdering fuckheads, I'm pretty alright with just getting along.
All of you are better than demons and devils, anyway. Talk about a tough crowd.
[in a beautiful world she'd have met yasha and could say "same" about aasimar but she's only met stinky beau and caleb.]
Oh. The one I met was just a big glowing angel that yelled at us and tried to kill us for telling some priests they should stop persecuting peasants and deal with the actual problems in the world. Yours sounds much more fun.
[that's so unfortunate who would ever want to meet them]
Gods, what a buzzkill. Maybe if we get out of this place I can introduce you. She's fun. Swings a sword so hard it sounds like your eardrums are getting knocked out.
Holy magics and I do not always go well together. Even our cleric - he wouldn't intend on it, but sometimes he'd accidentally make me start walking in the other direction.
Us too. Faerun's got a bunch running around - Shadowheart's one, obviously. But half the people I've talked to here don't even know what a tiefling is.
Oh. I know what a tiefling is. They aren't uncommon, either.
[so there's that.]
Actually, people keep assuming I'm human, which I thought was very strange. Funnily enough, I am, or was, but most wouldn't guess it, given - [she gestures to her ears, which look a lot like elf ears in their jewelry cuffs]
What, really? But. [she's about to gesture at laudna's ears, but then laudna does it so she gives up on the gesture and puts her hands on her hips instead.]
I figured you knew, you're one of the only ones who didn't stare at me like I'd grown an extra head. [...] You're not an elf?
[well, she's karlach's favorite, so she'll tell her a little secret.]
You see, I'm human, but the ones who killed me were trying to send a message to someone else, and she was an elf. So they needed a corpse that could pass for elf and made a few little alterations.
[she's not sure how she's supposed to react to all of this sympathy directed at her. it makes her uncomfortable; she tries not to think about these things if she can.]
It's a long time in the past. I hardly remember things from back then. It's like another person.
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[unlike some people she's a little surprised because she knows tieflings do exist.]
I take it you didn't want that to be done to you.
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[she says, firmly. but not mean or unkind, just. that's her home. it'll always be her home. it registers somewhere that laudna recognizes the hells, or some form of it, but she doesn't quite catch it at first.]
And no. I didn't. I didn't want any of this. But I'm free now, and I'll die before that's taken from me.
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...Good for you. Getting free isn't so easy.
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It isn't. I got lucky, I know I did. [...] As lucky as I'm ever gonna get.
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You never know! But... more often than not, there aren't all that many chances. I died years ago, you know. The life I lost out on is like a dream some other person was living. But what I've had since isn't so bad, either, even if one of these days it's certain to run out.
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a beat.]
You take what you can get while you've got it, right? [...] I won't pry, so don't answer if you don't want to... you died? So you're...
[???]
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Heh heh. I'm not quite sure. I'm undead, of course, but I couldn't tell you exactly what sort of variety. I'm just me.
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Yeah, that's right. You are just you. [...] Well, it doesn't bother me, you know? Not that you should care if it does or not, I'm just saying.
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It does bother some people. A good many people. And not without reason, so it is nice to know. I'm not bothered by someone with time spent in the hells, particularly. You never know what's led someone down a particular path, I believe, so it would be pointless to assume the reasons without asking.
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That's how I like to do things. I've got no idea how people got to where they are, and as long as they're not mass-murdering fuckheads, I'm pretty alright with just getting along.
All of you are better than demons and devils, anyway. Talk about a tough crowd.
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I've met a couple. Here and there. They're not all that nice, but I don't know whether celestials are much of an improvement.
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[...]
Actually, about all I know about her is she's stacked as shit and loves her lady enough to tell me to fuck off to my face so they could go at it.
[love you aylin]
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Oh. The one I met was just a big glowing angel that yelled at us and tried to kill us for telling some priests they should stop persecuting peasants and deal with the actual problems in the world. Yours sounds much more fun.
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Gods, what a buzzkill. Maybe if we get out of this place I can introduce you. She's fun. Swings a sword so hard it sounds like your eardrums are getting knocked out.
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[she's a little uncertain, though.]
Holy magics and I do not always go well together. Even our cleric - he wouldn't intend on it, but sometimes he'd accidentally make me start walking in the other direction.
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[sweats.]
Wait, you've got clerics too? That's rare in these parts, I've noticed.
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They aren't so rare for us. Those chosen by the gods and granted magic.
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Us too. Faerun's got a bunch running around - Shadowheart's one, obviously. But half the people I've talked to here don't even know what a tiefling is.
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[so there's that.]
Actually, people keep assuming I'm human, which I thought was very strange. Funnily enough, I am, or was, but most wouldn't guess it, given - [she gestures to her ears, which look a lot like elf ears in their jewelry cuffs]
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I figured you knew, you're one of the only ones who didn't stare at me like I'd grown an extra head. [...] You're not an elf?
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[well, she's karlach's favorite, so she'll tell her a little secret.]
You see, I'm human, but the ones who killed me were trying to send a message to someone else, and she was an elf. So they needed a corpse that could pass for elf and made a few little alterations.
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well, karlach doesn't know what to say to that other than:]
... Laudna, that's so fucked up. [like in the way that she thinks that's really sad!!!]
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[so it's fine?]
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[she's going to crawl into exandria and put the briarwoods in a woodchipper]
... Gods, I'm sorry.
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It's a long time in the past. I hardly remember things from back then. It's like another person.
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