[Alright, King's got booze and tea, Lisa's napping in his house, and it's the day before a murder is going to occur. It's a bit odd that Caleb wanted to be secretive about this, but it's not the first time they've kept secrets.
King knocks on the door, doing "Shave And A Haircut" out of habit.]
[Caleb opens the door, closing it behind King and going back to the couch to pick up Frumpkin and sit down, his hands working their way through his cat's fur. A sleepy dog looks up from underneath a chair and then puts his head back down.]
Thank you for coming, I... it's about something you know quite a bit more about than most, but I... I do not know what to do with this information...
So... so Arthur has been staying here because he has a problem with nightmares, and... and apparently his power has something to do with divination, because he saw... he saw Astrid, but how she looks now.
And... and me meeting with her, and... King, there's no way he could have known my old name and what she looks like...
It's good to hear that two of his friends are getting along-that's always good to hear-and technically he has some answers to this question...but...]
Okay, I can understand why you're freaked out. I wouldn't exactly like it if he had a dream that told him my pups' names.
But...I have to ask you how much you know about his power. And before you ask, it's actually really important for this. Because it can put some perspective on the situation.
"I wasn't trying to, I promise- It just happens sometimes. ...It's the power I got, when the Stewards turned us all into weapons. I can see the past and future." I didn't ask too much... divination is a school I don't know much about.
[Past-Did Arthur tell him about seeing the past? He's not sure, but he can ask later-it doesn't matter at the moment.]
Well, he's not lying. He has that power, and it's...random, really. Sometimes he can make himself see something, but other times he might just get something completely out of nowhere, stuff he wasn't even trying to see.
After the motive, he had a vision about...something in the weapon room. He got worried, and we looked around in there and found the thing in his vision. I'm pretty sure that his vision may have literally just been us finding the thing in there.
I'm pretty sure that it really is completely random most of the time.
[He's trying to be as soothing as possible when saying this. Something like this-it's definitely worrying. He'll probably talk with Arthur about it later. But right now he needs to help with this.]
King... King, if she's still alive then she'd likely be either on a mission in which case someone nearby would be dead, or she would be near Ikithon's grounds in which case what the fuck am I doing there?
[Oh. Oh, that's not good. He doesn't know who Astrid is, but Caleb is worried enough that King's worried. But he needs more details if he's going to help with this, and to get details he needs one thing from Caleb right now.]
Okay, I-I don't know, but...I need you to just try to calm down and tell me what you mean here. Maybe take some deep breaths. Because I'm not going to be any help if I don't even know who Ikithon is.
Okay, okay, we can't assume anything. We don't-I don't-
[He looks to Caleb with a bit more panic in his face.]
After the training stuff, did you ever see her again? She might've come to her senses-but, if she didn't...maybe it was a coincidence? She might've just run into you on accident-but that would still mean something bad, but maybe it's just a hit? Maybe it's not that bad? But if it is...
[He, uh...he might be spiraling. Just a bit. This is a new kind of worry. Usually his problems are magic related, not this real yet simultaneously terrifying.]
... She was so much stronger than me, King. She did not break. I watched her poison her own parents and not even flinch. I broke down and went to an asylum for eleven years. No, I did not see her again. I killed one of Ikithon's men on the way out. I thought that might leave me as a dead man to any Scourger I might accidentally run across.
[Yeah, that's...that's definitely making it worse.]
Okay, so we have...we have a trained assassin under a corrupt monster's beck and call, one that has very little chance of coming back to her senses, and quite possibly has a vendetta against you, or at least hate you for killing one of her co-workers.
[He is really wishing he had some orange soda right now...]
Okay, okay, okay. How about...what was it like on your world? Er-when you got to the piece of your world? Was time passing normally? Or was it going slow, like mine?
…and please tell me that's where you were in the vision. Please.
Her and Eodwulf at least, possibly more. There's a reason why I kept that amulet around my neck for five years. It prevents scrying on my location, though my group is... not subtle.
But I don't know. He had the vision, not me. It... didn't sound like she was angry. I... she had a burn scar on her neck, apparently. She didn't before.
... I... I think I did it, King.
[His head drops into his hands, muffling his voice.]
I scarred her. I hurt her... for a long time I thought she was going to be 'the one'.
And I hurt her. I hurt Astrid. I don't remember much from when... after I broke... just messes of color and sound.
... Just goes to show even more that I'm a monster.
[His shoulders shake and he tries to hold in a sob. It's not very successful or convincing, especially as he can feel his hands growing wet.]
[Okay, so there's still some worry, but it's getting put on the back burner because FEELS
He puts the drinks on the floor and goes to comfort his friend. He's not sure about it for a second, but he shifts into Jata the cheetah so that he can grab Caleb by both of his shoulders.]
Hey. You are not a monster. The only monster here is Ikithon. Not even Astrid is the monster here, okay?
[His tone is soothing, but firm. Like a father trying to reassure a child that everything is going to be okay.]
[The shapeshifting grabs his attention, and he does try to listen. Even though his eyes are wet, his expression is stonefaced as he struggles to keep a lid on his emotions.]
[He tries, but he takes in a shaky breath and it finally bursts forward, sobbing and struggling to stop crying and only crying more before he leans into his friend and tries to breathe and calm down.]
[Even though he's older, even though he's well into his adult years by now, the man in front of King suddenly looks smaller, younger and more terrified.]
W-we killed... a lot of people during training, King. And more than that, we tortured some of them. I... I don't even remember how many I hurt even before that night. I... I...
[He tries to speak but the sound just keeps getting caught in his throat, leaving him with little hiccuping sounds.]
[He's a bit surprised when Caleb leans onto him, but it doesn't take long for King to wrap his arms around Caleb in a hug, patting his back as well in an attempt to comfort him more.
He doesn't say anything at first. He's not fully sure what to say, really. Despite being the younger one here, he's comforting Caleb like it was the opposite, and he wishes that he could do something to make it better, but there's nothing he can do. He can't change Caleb's past just like he can't change his own.
Before it seems like he's waited too long, he speaks.]
Caleb, if I remember right...you were kids.
You were kids being forced to go into this stuff. You were kids that were taken from your families into one of the worst parts of the world imaginable. You were kids that were taken advantage of by a man so morally bankrupt that he forced you into killing, and even though I don't know the choices you had, I'm sure that if you chose not to kill, or hurt anyone, things wouldn't have been pretty.
I won't say that it's okay, or that you shouldn't hurt. You have every right to be hurt, and what happened to you will never be okay.
But you need to remember that, when it started, you were all kids, scared of what could happen if you didn't keep going. And when you became adults, you'd been so surrounded by violence and death, it almost became second nature to you.
[He's quiet for a bit, just trying to breathe and feel comfort in soft fur and the heartbeat of someone else. His whole face feels puffy from crying, and he can't remember the last time he cried other than just wet eyes. It feels like a dam has burst as he keeps sobbing, bu he sniffs and manages to hold it in while his friend talks.]
F... fifteen. Well. They were sixteen. And we chose to do 'special training', we chose to hurt people 'for the sake of the Empire'. We wanted it. I know he manipulated us, but I was young and... stupid. So stupid. I thought I would be a silent hero to the Empire, destroying those who would harm it.
We were so bright... we would have done so well at the Academy if we had stayed there all the time, rather than Ikithon's little countryside home. We were not scared of going forward, King. We were convinced that we were needed. Scourgers are practically legend, sometimes used as a threat to get children to go to bed. We waned to be legends. It was... my father was a soldier, so I was raised to take great pride in my Empire. And so what else would be better than keeping her safe in the way I knew how?
I... I was a horrible greedy person, always hungering for more and more knowledge, grasping power wherever I could. In a different way than I do now, but still...
If my group met that past me now they would likely slit his throat after five minutes of talking to him.
[It's terrible seeing Caleb like this. And hearing all of this...King's just not sure what to do. So much awful stuff happened to him. He just...
He has an idea. It's maybe not the nicest idea, but it's the only one he's got.]
Caleb...when I first met my best friend from back home...I nearly got him killed.
I was part of an organization called P.E.T.A. It stood for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Back when I was a kid, I thought they were a good organization. They just wanted to help animals be treated better. And after some...experiences I'd gone through, I was all for it. I wanted to be a part of it, and soon as I could, I was a member.
And then I found out what they did most of the time. What they did to animals that they "saved."
So many pets...animals that could've gone to good homes. Animals that did have good homes. Animals that were just supposed to go to the hospital.
So many animals died because of them.
But I didn't leave. I kept try to tell myself I was doing the right thing. Even when I was getting punched in the face just for saying I was with them, I kept thinking "I'm a good person for doing this."
And then they wanted me to kidnap someone. A dog I didn't know. I...I had to lure him in so the guy I was with could get the jump on him. I didn't want to, but I did it anyway.
And when we got pulled over by a cop...the guy I was with tried to kill him. He tried to smother him, some last ditch effort to make it so he wouldn't go back to his dad.
Seeing that was what finally got me to realize what I was doing. I wasn't helping anyone by working for P.E.T.A. I was only hurting people. Even if it was only one person, it was what I needed to snap out of it.
So, I made up for it. I testified against the guy in court. I plead guilty, and got a lighter punishment for it. I met up with that dog again and made up for nearly getting him killed. And eventually, he actually forgave me.
I'm...not saying it's the same as what happened to you. Not even close. But...it goes to show that this kind of thing can happen to anyone. We both thought we could do good in the world by going to the right people, ignoring the signs and the red flags...only to realize too late we're doing something awful.
So, I still don't think you're a monster. Or a bad person in general. You and Astrid were people that were taken advantage of. And if you still think you are bad people...you can add me to that list.
[He's silent while King talks, filing the details away in his mind. It's not the same. He didn't actively kill people.]
[... But not knowing what was going on and finding out, and the shock of it... it must have been hard. He pulls back slightly, not breaking contact but just so he can look up at King properly.]
I don't know if there's... any good I can do that can balance that out. I'm sorry that happened to you though, it must have been terrible. I... if I did meet Astrid, even without our magic she could probably kill me. And I don't think I could kill her.
Not to... get too personal... but she and I were... very close. Eodwulf not as much, but we'd sit in the study and work on learning some spell or another, bumping heads as we ket looking at the paper... sneaking some time where we could.
... I... I am afraid of what that meeting is and will mean. I want to see her. I don't know if she'd kill me - only if she was ordered to. I'm worried for her, but I'm also worried about the proximity to Ikithon even more.
Well...you can at least try. Again, I know it's not the same, not in the slightest, but with what I did...I'm still surprised Fox-the dog-could forgive me for it. Enough that...if it hadn't been for him, my life would've been completely different. I probably still would've been bitter towards life for what happened to me, Pete probably would've won the cosmic game, and...I wouldn't have Bailey or the pups.
[He's a little quieter when he says that last part, thinking about how true it is...when he gets home again, he's giving Fox a hug, even if it's awkward.]
Maybe...maybe it'll be a good thing. Maybe you can snap her out of it, or maybe someone else in your group can. Maybe you'll be able to help her, even if it takes a lot of time and effort. I'll admit that it's not the most likely thing, but...it's not impossible, is it?
[He knows that it's risky-Hell, suggesting that things could be okay in the end almost sounds like a joke when Caleb's life has been a train wreck for the most part...but if it happened to King, why not him?]
[It really isn't. He's happy that he was able to help with this. It's only fair, after all.
He keeps smiling, but a bit of sadness enters his eyes.]
Thanks. I try. I'll...admit, though, the pups were still learning how to speak when I last saw them, so I haven't really done as much in this department.
[Abnormal experiences with life just help when you're a parent, he guesses.]
I appreciate it. I can't do much with it here, but I'd prefer having my eye on it. Especially with another spellcaster here who seems to be from a similar world.
Don't tell me there are things we should worry about, then. That there's...some spell in it that doesn't even need magic and can kill someone instantly or something.
Well, there you go. Now let’s just hope she’s not hiding the fact that she actually hates us all and she’d use it against the people behind this before she would use it against us.
[That’s the best they can hope for as far as he’s concerned.]
Then, as long as you think you're fine, I won't push it any more. I trust you.
[Caleb got him when he thought it was necessary (which it was), he'll be able to tell him again, hopefully. And if not, then King should realize it himself.]
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Date: 2020-02-07 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 02:24 am (UTC)King knocks on the door, doing "Shave And A Haircut" out of habit.]
Caleb? It's King.
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Date: 2020-02-07 02:35 am (UTC)Thank you for coming, I... it's about something you know quite a bit more about than most, but I... I do not know what to do with this information...
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Date: 2020-02-07 02:51 am (UTC)Well, whatever it is, I'm willing to hear it.
[He's here to help you, Friend!]
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Date: 2020-02-07 03:13 am (UTC)And... and me meeting with her, and... King, there's no way he could have known my old name and what she looks like...
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Date: 2020-02-07 03:21 am (UTC)It's good to hear that two of his friends are getting along-that's always good to hear-and technically he has some answers to this question...but...]
Okay, I can understand why you're freaked out. I wouldn't exactly like it if he had a dream that told him my pups' names.
But...I have to ask you how much you know about his power. And before you ask, it's actually really important for this. Because it can put some perspective on the situation.
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Date: 2020-02-07 03:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 03:51 am (UTC)Well, he's not lying. He has that power, and it's...random, really. Sometimes he can make himself see something, but other times he might just get something completely out of nowhere, stuff he wasn't even trying to see.
After the motive, he had a vision about...something in the weapon room. He got worried, and we looked around in there and found the thing in his vision. I'm pretty sure that his vision may have literally just been us finding the thing in there.
I'm pretty sure that it really is completely random most of the time.
[He's trying to be as soothing as possible when saying this. Something like this-it's definitely worrying. He'll probably talk with Arthur about it later. But right now he needs to help with this.]
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Date: 2020-02-07 03:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 04:18 am (UTC)Okay, I-I don't know, but...I need you to just try to calm down and tell me what you mean here. Maybe take some deep breaths. Because I'm not going to be any help if I don't even know who Ikithon is.
[Or if Ikithon is even a sentient being...]
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Date: 2020-02-07 04:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 05:04 am (UTC)[Now he realizes why this is so important.]
Okay, okay, we can't assume anything. We don't-I don't-
[He looks to Caleb with a bit more panic in his face.]
After the training stuff, did you ever see her again? She might've come to her senses-but, if she didn't...maybe it was a coincidence? She might've just run into you on accident-but that would still mean something bad, but maybe it's just a hit? Maybe it's not that bad? But if it is...
[He, uh...he might be spiraling. Just a bit. This is a new kind of worry. Usually his problems are magic related, not this real yet simultaneously terrifying.]
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Date: 2020-02-07 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-07 06:37 am (UTC)Okay, so we have...we have a trained assassin under a corrupt monster's beck and call, one that has very little chance of coming back to her senses, and quite possibly has a vendetta against you, or at least hate you for killing one of her co-workers.
[He is really wishing he had some orange soda right now...]
Okay, okay, okay. How about...what was it like on your world? Er-when you got to the piece of your world? Was time passing normally? Or was it going slow, like mine?
…and please tell me that's where you were in the vision. Please.
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Date: 2020-02-07 07:15 am (UTC)But I don't know. He had the vision, not me. It... didn't sound like she was angry. I... she had a burn scar on her neck, apparently. She didn't before.
... I... I think I did it, King.
[His head drops into his hands, muffling his voice.]
I scarred her. I hurt her... for a long time I thought she was going to be 'the one'.
And I hurt her. I hurt Astrid. I don't remember much from when... after I broke... just messes of color and sound.
... Just goes to show even more that I'm a monster.
[His shoulders shake and he tries to hold in a sob. It's not very successful or convincing, especially as he can feel his hands growing wet.]
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Date: 2020-02-07 08:31 am (UTC)He puts the drinks on the floor and goes to comfort his friend. He's not sure about it for a second, but he shifts into Jata the cheetah so that he can grab Caleb by both of his shoulders.]
Hey. You are not a monster. The only monster here is Ikithon. Not even Astrid is the monster here, okay?
[His tone is soothing, but firm. Like a father trying to reassure a child that everything is going to be okay.]
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Date: 2020-02-07 08:41 am (UTC)[He tries, but he takes in a shaky breath and it finally bursts forward, sobbing and struggling to stop crying and only crying more before he leans into his friend and tries to breathe and calm down.]
[Even though he's older, even though he's well into his adult years by now, the man in front of King suddenly looks smaller, younger and more terrified.]
W-we killed... a lot of people during training, King. And more than that, we tortured some of them. I... I don't even remember how many I hurt even before that night. I... I...
[He tries to speak but the sound just keeps getting caught in his throat, leaving him with little hiccuping sounds.]
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Date: 2020-02-07 09:09 am (UTC)He doesn't say anything at first. He's not fully sure what to say, really. Despite being the younger one here, he's comforting Caleb like it was the opposite, and he wishes that he could do something to make it better, but there's nothing he can do. He can't change Caleb's past just like he can't change his own.
Before it seems like he's waited too long, he speaks.]
Caleb, if I remember right...you were kids.
You were kids being forced to go into this stuff. You were kids that were taken from your families into one of the worst parts of the world imaginable. You were kids that were taken advantage of by a man so morally bankrupt that he forced you into killing, and even though I don't know the choices you had, I'm sure that if you chose not to kill, or hurt anyone, things wouldn't have been pretty.
I won't say that it's okay, or that you shouldn't hurt. You have every right to be hurt, and what happened to you will never be okay.
But you need to remember that, when it started, you were all kids, scared of what could happen if you didn't keep going. And when you became adults, you'd been so surrounded by violence and death, it almost became second nature to you.
Please...please, just think about that.
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Date: 2020-02-08 01:24 am (UTC)F... fifteen. Well. They were sixteen. And we chose to do 'special training', we chose to hurt people 'for the sake of the Empire'. We wanted it. I know he manipulated us, but I was young and... stupid. So stupid. I thought I would be a silent hero to the Empire, destroying those who would harm it.
We were so bright... we would have done so well at the Academy if we had stayed there all the time, rather than Ikithon's little countryside home. We were not scared of going forward, King. We were convinced that we were needed. Scourgers are practically legend, sometimes used as a threat to get children to go to bed. We waned to be legends. It was... my father was a soldier, so I was raised to take great pride in my Empire. And so what else would be better than keeping her safe in the way I knew how?
I... I was a horrible greedy person, always hungering for more and more knowledge, grasping power wherever I could. In a different way than I do now, but still...
If my group met that past me now they would likely slit his throat after five minutes of talking to him.
CW: PETA
Date: 2020-02-08 02:28 am (UTC)He has an idea. It's maybe not the nicest idea, but it's the only one he's got.]
Caleb...when I first met my best friend from back home...I nearly got him killed.
I was part of an organization called P.E.T.A. It stood for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Back when I was a kid, I thought they were a good organization. They just wanted to help animals be treated better. And after some...experiences I'd gone through, I was all for it. I wanted to be a part of it, and soon as I could, I was a member.
And then I found out what they did most of the time. What they did to animals that they "saved."
So many pets...animals that could've gone to good homes. Animals that did have good homes. Animals that were just supposed to go to the hospital.
So many animals died because of them.
But I didn't leave. I kept try to tell myself I was doing the right thing. Even when I was getting punched in the face just for saying I was with them, I kept thinking "I'm a good person for doing this."
And then they wanted me to kidnap someone. A dog I didn't know. I...I had to lure him in so the guy I was with could get the jump on him. I didn't want to, but I did it anyway.
And when we got pulled over by a cop...the guy I was with tried to kill him. He tried to smother him, some last ditch effort to make it so he wouldn't go back to his dad.
Seeing that was what finally got me to realize what I was doing. I wasn't helping anyone by working for P.E.T.A. I was only hurting people. Even if it was only one person, it was what I needed to snap out of it.
So, I made up for it. I testified against the guy in court. I plead guilty, and got a lighter punishment for it. I met up with that dog again and made up for nearly getting him killed. And eventually, he actually forgave me.
I'm...not saying it's the same as what happened to you. Not even close. But...it goes to show that this kind of thing can happen to anyone. We both thought we could do good in the world by going to the right people, ignoring the signs and the red flags...only to realize too late we're doing something awful.
So, I still don't think you're a monster. Or a bad person in general. You and Astrid were people that were taken advantage of. And if you still think you are bad people...you can add me to that list.
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Date: 2020-02-08 09:15 pm (UTC)[... But not knowing what was going on and finding out, and the shock of it... it must have been hard. He pulls back slightly, not breaking contact but just so he can look up at King properly.]
I don't know if there's... any good I can do that can balance that out. I'm sorry that happened to you though, it must have been terrible. I... if I did meet Astrid, even without our magic she could probably kill me. And I don't think I could kill her.
Not to... get too personal... but she and I were... very close. Eodwulf not as much, but we'd sit in the study and work on learning some spell or another, bumping heads as we ket looking at the paper... sneaking some time where we could.
... I... I am afraid of what that meeting is and will mean. I want to see her. I don't know if she'd kill me - only if she was ordered to. I'm worried for her, but I'm also worried about the proximity to Ikithon even more.
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Date: 2020-02-09 01:54 am (UTC)[He's a little quieter when he says that last part, thinking about how true it is...when he gets home again, he's giving Fox a hug, even if it's awkward.]
Maybe...maybe it'll be a good thing. Maybe you can snap her out of it, or maybe someone else in your group can. Maybe you'll be able to help her, even if it takes a lot of time and effort. I'll admit that it's not the most likely thing, but...it's not impossible, is it?
[He knows that it's risky-Hell, suggesting that things could be okay in the end almost sounds like a joke when Caleb's life has been a train wreck for the most part...but if it happened to King, why not him?]
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Date: 2020-02-11 11:51 pm (UTC)[He wipes his face and takes a deep breath.]
... I can't stop being in love with her... I don't know what is wrong with me.
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Date: 2020-02-12 01:27 am (UTC)Nothing is wrong with you. It takes a lot of willpower to stop loving someone. Even if it’s not meant to be, it still takes a lot to get over people.
With her? I think it just means you’re more hopeful that it’ll work out in the end. And...I’m usually not much of an optimist, but I think it will.
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Date: 2020-02-12 05:17 pm (UTC)[He takes a few deep breaths and pulls back, flushing slightly.]
... You remind me a lot of my mother, to be honest. Tough, but caring. I bet you are an amazing parent.
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Date: 2020-02-12 05:45 pm (UTC)[It really isn't. He's happy that he was able to help with this. It's only fair, after all.
He keeps smiling, but a bit of sadness enters his eyes.]
Thanks. I try. I'll...admit, though, the pups were still learning how to speak when I last saw them, so I haven't really done as much in this department.
[Abnormal experiences with life just help when you're a parent, he guesses.]
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Date: 2020-02-13 03:23 am (UTC)[He wipes his face and tries to focus. Right.]
At least she is alive, and I am alive. That is enough to hold on to.
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Date: 2020-02-13 04:16 am (UTC)[Great, now he’s gotta wipe at his eyes to keep himself from crying.]
The people we care about are still alive. It’s not much, but it’s enough to keep us going through this.
[No matter how tired they both are of it by now.]
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Date: 2020-02-13 06:40 am (UTC)Yes.
... You haven't seen my spellbook around, have you? I had a few ideas...
[Dickbutt spellbook must be returned.]
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Date: 2020-02-13 02:53 pm (UTC)King, meanwhile, can’t help but snort at the thought of the spell book, or at least that part of it.]
Don’t think I have, no, sorry. If I get it again, though, I promise I’ll get it back to you.
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Date: 2020-02-15 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-15 03:21 am (UTC)Really? Who's that? And what kind of magic do they do?
[He's a little curious. It can't be too bad if Caleb knows about it, right?]
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Date: 2020-02-15 05:27 pm (UTC)And. Eh. Most wizards can use magic from a variety of schols, but there was a large number of necromantic spells in there.
[He hasn't answered 'who' yet.]
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Date: 2020-02-15 05:32 pm (UTC)Like raising the dead and stuff? That's great to hear.
[Sorry, sometimes he can't control the sarcasm.]
So...would that be Vita or Ambrosine? I know their profiles said something about magic, but I can't remember any specifics.
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Date: 2020-02-16 05:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-16 05:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-16 05:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-16 06:14 am (UTC)Don't tell me there are things we should worry about, then. That there's...some spell in it that doesn't even need magic and can kill someone instantly or something.
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Date: 2020-02-16 06:30 pm (UTC)And ja, photographic memory.
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Date: 2020-02-16 09:11 pm (UTC)Okay, about as concerning as possible, but so long as she doesn't have magic that should be fine, right?
[…also, he's not going to ask how photographs exist in Caleb's world. They already have guns, why not photos?]
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Date: 2020-02-17 01:20 am (UTC)Shush, Matt forgot the other term.]Exactly. And if we do get it back, I have Counterspell.
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Date: 2020-02-17 01:30 am (UTC)It’s fine RJ can’t remember it either]Well, there you go. Now let’s just hope she’s not hiding the fact that she actually hates us all and she’d use it against the people behind this before she would use it against us.
[That’s the best they can hope for as far as he’s concerned.]
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Date: 2020-02-17 01:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-17 01:49 am (UTC)Now...do you think you’re feeling okay? After all of that?
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Date: 2020-02-17 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-17 04:23 am (UTC)Am I right?
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Date: 2020-02-17 04:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-02-17 04:36 am (UTC)[Caleb got him when he thought it was necessary (which it was), he'll be able to tell him again, hopefully. And if not, then King should realize it himself.]