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#Post#: 536--------------------------------------------------
Re: Death from Above
DIR By: thesadiecat
Date: December 19, 2024, 12:15 pm
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Aurora’s Grace
People see me, I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads, how I confound you and astound you[/center]
| Fey Creature | Metis: Palsy | Fostern Fianna Theurge |
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LP is pretty damned impressive when she shows off. Eve’s
comment about her lightning fists just makes me smile warmly.
Having people like LP around are a big part of why I can have
this kind of life. Who needs an Ahroun around? It’s not
hypocritical of me to have my best friends be Full Moons and
firmly believe that I don’t need one around. The tour life just
doesn’t work with their temperament, as much as I would love to
have either Sabine, or Iain with me on the road.
My name-twin is over there thinking, and watching. I can almost
sense the way her wheels are turning. I just hope I’m not on
the receiving end of that look where I won’t be able to explain
what just happened adequately enough to her.
Eve is quite proud of her place as this Ringmother. I’m
watching her right hand as she speaks, wondering. But she
confirms what I suspected; it deciding to go on a meander in the
world is unprecedented. Enough so that her father had kittens
about it, a further fact that Eve seems disproportionately
pleased about.
“Are there stories… legends tha’ ye cin share ‘bout just ‘ow
yuir family became Nameright’s stewards?” There has to be a
connection to the troll I saw and the girl standing before us
now.
“M’sorry, LP, ye gettin’ caught up in alla this. I’m startin’
t’think that it maybe a case a her bein’ some sorta weird
magnet.” There’s a difference in saying that as opposed to
wyrd. “Just a confused chimera.. lashin’ out at whate’ers
convenient. Just.. ‘appened t’be th’ sandbags..” I pinch the
bridge of my nose, trying to rub away the headache before it
grows further. At least my hands feel steadier… I lean away
from LP just long enough to snag my water bottle again, before
settling back into place leaned up against her arm.
#Post#: 537--------------------------------------------------
Re: Death from Above
DIR By: DEM
Date: December 19, 2024, 12:58 pm
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That's right, one fucking letter.
What are you, my mother? Shut up.[/center]
App Less Than Eve | Charisma Less Than Eve | Physically
Impressive | Strength More Than Eve | Curiosity
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"Huh?" AK's apologizing for getting me wrapped up in something
that started with a sandbag at my head? What? Shouldn't I be the
one apologizing for dragging them into this? Yeesh, that's just
so completely AK, isn't it? She's like... hyper-nice. She's
lucky nobody's outlawed being that nice as a danger to the World
Bitterness Reserve or something.
But then she's moving! Moving! Yes! No more awkward
self-counsciousness! When she leans to get her water bottle, I
reach my arms up over my head to stretch in advance of getting
up, popping my spine lightly in a few spots. Oh, that's nice.
There's always a lot of tension that builds up after a fight,
while the adrenaline's still up and the body's all hyper-aware
of every little movement and contact and OH GOD SHE'S LEANING
BACK AGAINST ME NOW AND MY ARM ISN'T EVEN THERE TO MAINTAIN SOME
DISTANCE OH FUCK...[/I].
Nope. Nope. Play it cool. She's just relaxing after a long show
and a lot of.. uhm... mojo-stuff... I dunno. I know what she
does isn't what I do, but I'm not at all sure how she does what
she does, you know? Still, play it cool. Don't do anything to
upset her. So I just rest my arms along the back of the couch,
watching as they all discuss things that I wot not of, eh wot?
Stay. Fucking. Calm. Paige.
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[center]Aine Rinceor
[i]It's all the same, only the names have changed
Every day, it seems we're wastin' away.
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night, just to get back home.[/center]
App 6 | Innocent | Charisma 4 | Enticing | Yes, both of those.
Deal with it. | NPC For Now
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"So, Eve. You said when L fell to her death, you rewound time."
Pale eyes blink slowly as I watch her reactions. Yes, obviously
I was paying attention. "You did, yes? Not Nameright?" It's not
challenging, not casting doubt. "I just want t' be clear what
pieces are on the board here, since te game's already in motion.
There are, after all, Old Magicks at work here. Best t'be safe.
We can do crazy and reckless when it's more likely to be...
fun."
Ah, hell. Had the monitors in for the last two and a half hours,
but now that we're back to talking, and hearing each other
easily... the Aine effect is starting.
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: Evil Squeegee
Date: December 19, 2024, 1:13 pm
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They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us[/center]
App 5 (Arresting) | Faerie Affinity | Animal Magnetism |
Charisma 4 (Captivating) | Legend (Red Riding Hood)
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“Well Rh- er… Aine, I’m not really a Gibbous Moon, but the
legend I was taught goes something along the line of ‘krakken
was charged with protecting the secret of Nameright by the fae,
and she fell in love with a wolf named Solomon. He swore his
lineage to her and her charge’.”
When Aine (the Sidhe, not the Werewolf) asks about me rewinding
time, I beam a little. Yes, I am proud of myself. I’ve never
done that before, and it was probably the most advanced magick
I’ve cast in a long time. Risky as fuck, but like I’ve said
before… what’s life without a little risk?
“Yeah, that was me. Nameright taught me most of what I know
about magic, but to date he hasn’t done much himself outside of
some healing and shapeshifting me,” I explain. “Other than that
he’s just a pain in my ass.”
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: thesadiecat
Date: December 19, 2024, 8:36 pm
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Aurora’s Grace
People see me, I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads, how I confound you and astound you[/center]
| Fey Creature | Metis: Palsy | Fostern Fianna Theurge |
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Casual affection is life. Aine understands… she expects it from
me. She’s even gotten Grace to accept the occasional
cuddle-pile with me. Though Grace has an easier time if I
happen to have my fur on. LP stretches and I really think
nothing of tucking in under her arm, right against her side.
I’d even be happy if Aine decided to join the cuddle-pile, but
she probably won’t until we are better situated to unraveling
the mystery presented to us in the form of Eve. LP keeps her
arms stretched out across the back of the couch. She’s
comfortable… at least to me.
I enjoy comfort; it’s still a relative novelty to me.
Kraken and Solomon. I tuck those names into the corner of my
mind with full intent of poking more. I want to know what tribe
she calls kin to, and perhaps if she knew Solomon’s deed name.
If there are stories among the tribes, I could probably root out
a version of the legend. I almost laugh aloud at Eve’s blatant
pride. I’ve never known a humble magi before; something about
that power, that inner spirit, just doesn’t lend itself well to
the gentler types.
“S’what makes ‘im so special?” It blurts out before I can stop
myself. “Worth an entire lineage pledgin’ themselves to ‘im… It
wasn’t the ring I ---” Suddenly, my voice fails, my mouth moves
and nothing comes out. I snap my mouth shut mid-statement and
close my eyes for a second. Sometimes these things are far too
literal. It wasn’t the ring I saw… that’s what I had been about
to say. At least my gram’s motley hadn’t decided on rose-petals
or frogs falling from my lips, just sudden enforced silence. It
passes like always, quick enough that it could just appear I had
changed my mind about what to say. If I had any decent
capability to lie, which I don’t.
“There’s more t’the story tha’ we’re missin’... Eve, ‘ave ye
ne’er been curious why he chose you?”
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: DEM
Date: December 19, 2024, 10:24 pm
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It's all the same, only the names have changed
Every day, it seems we're wastin' away.
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night, just to get back home.[/center]
App 6 | Innocent | Charisma 4 | Enticing | Yes, both of those.
Deal with it. | NPC For Now
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Aine asks a good question, and seems on her way to explaining it
when she pauses for a moment to re-think if certain things
should be said aloud right now. And in that moment... lies an
exchange that will probably amuse the little magus no end.
As Aine's eyes close, I catch those of the troll-kinain and
reach my hand up to give a little gesture. She looks...
horrified. Oh, that's just hilarious. So, as she shakes her
head, I nod mine, slowly, meaningfully, carrying all the
sidhe-ness and 'yes you will' I can muster. Ah, ye gods and
little fishies, I'm such a troublemaker.
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That's right, one fucking letter.
What are you, my mother? Shut up.[/center]
App Less Than Eve | Charisma Less Than Eve | Physically
Impressive | Strength More Than Eve | Curiosity
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What? No. No no ... oh god, no. That is a terrible...
But that nod... that's a 'because I said so' if ever I saw one.
So, just as AK's eyes are opening back up and she's asking Eve
if she was every curious about why this Nameright entity chose
her... or her family... or something...
I very, very lightly start to scritch the back of her head,
right at the top of her neck.
It's not my fault, I swear. The diabolical sidhe made me do it!
#Post#: 545--------------------------------------------------
Re: Death from Above
DIR By: Evil Squeegee
Date: December 20, 2024, 11:29 am
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They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us[/center]
App 5 (Arresting) | Faerie Affinity | Animal Magnetism |
Charisma 4 (Captivating) | Legend (Red Riding Hood)
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I go to open my mouth to answer Aine-rhya’s question, but decide
against saying whatever was on my lips at the time. Instead, I
raise a finger as if to declare a different answer, but that one
falls short too.
“You know, other than having a repository of ancient knowledge
beyond compare, I’m not really sure.”
I look down at my ring bearing hand for a moment, and smirk
wickedly.
“Oh he’s special alright,” I snicker.
He flips me off. I laugh.
“Oh, everyone’s been curious about that, trust me. It was a big
political upset in the Family when Nameright chose me. But he’s
tight-lipped about it.”
Pause.
“So ultimately I just have to settle for because I’m fucking
fab.”
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: thesadiecat
Date: December 20, 2024, 8:45 pm
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Aurora’s Grace
People see me, I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads, how I confound you and astound you[/center]
| Fey Creature | Metis: Palsy | Fostern Fianna Theurge |
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Eve tries twice to explain. During that first try, after she’d
drawn breath to speak but never started, LP’s fingers very
lightly graze the nape of my neck. The result is an instant
shiver, indistinguishable to anyone but me from a palsy tremor.
I’d had my eyes locked on Eve, and I don’t stop watching her,
even as my chin starts to drop to my chest. I am being pet, and
I refuse to do anything to discourage it.
Tension I hadn’t realized I was carrying begins to ease out of
my shoulders. It’s odd how my frustration carries in me,
tensing muscles and exacerbating the tremors of my deformity.
But it’s funnier how I’m usually the last person to notice that
I’m even getting frustrated with someone. Eve is probably going
to be disappointed in how I react, because I don’t laugh with
her. If anything, I’m disappointed in the lack of a solid
answer.
I don’t like mysteries that I can’t solve. They leave me feeling
inadequate; an emotion I’ve struggled with my whole life.
Instead of reacting immediately, I lean back into LP’s
ministrations slightly, and close my eyes again. That way Eve
can’t see the way they roll when she again shows the astounding
hubris I’ve come to associate with magi.
“Kraken an’ Solomon.” I muse softly to myself in thought, as if
trying once again to piece the puzzle together. But really, I’m
committing to memory the names so I can reach out to some
lorekeepers I know to maybe get help. “Aubrey. Nameless One.”
It’s the first time I’ve uttered those last two names. The
doubt is starting to edge in at the corners. Maybe there isn’t
anything to help with here. Maybe the situation is just as it
seems…. They are on a meander, and the chimerical spider was an
unfortunate set of coincidences. But.. There are no such things
as coincidences when it comes to the willworkers. Tyrim taught
me that…
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: DEM
Date: December 20, 2024, 8:59 pm
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That's right, one fucking letter.
What are you, my mother? Shut up.[/center]
App Less Than Eve | Charisma Less Than Eve | Physically
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AK leans back, into the contact, and.. well, in a way, it seems
like it might be helping her relax. Weird... but, you know, she
is what she is, so.. maybe that makes sense? Either way, if it's
helping, I'm gonna just stay shut up and keep on doing what I'm
doing.
"Aubrey? Who's Aubrey?"
Ok, maybe not completely shut up.
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[center]Aine Rinceor
It's all the same, only the names have changed
Every day, it seems we're wastin' away.
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night, just to get back home.[/center]
App 6 | Innocent | Charisma 4 | Enticing | Yes, both of those.
Deal with it. | NPC For Now
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"Who indeed." Good girl, L, just keep on giving Red what she
needs right now. I turn and look over toward Eve curiously.
"That name mean anything to you? Aubrey?" Then I nod toward her
hand, "What about you, oh Great and Powerful Oz? You know any
'Aubrey's? If you tell me we have to go kidnap that woman from
Parks & Rec, I will not be amused."
"I'm not saying I won't do it, but you know famous people
kidnapping famous people just ends up on TMZ, so we'll need to
make sure it's really scandalous... good enough to help all our
careers."
Something like kidnapping her because Tom Cruise told us the
Church of Scientology would kill Katie Holmes if we didn't do
what he wanted, or something. Maybe work Johnny Depp into
things, who knows?
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: Evil Squeegee
Date: December 20, 2024, 9:10 pm
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They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us[/center]
App 5 (Arresting) | Faerie Affinity | Animal Magnetism |
Charisma 4 (Captivating) | Legend (Red Riding Hood)
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I shrug. “Never known an Aubrey.”
~Aubrey Steele,~ Nameright’s soothing, masculine voice echoes in
the back of everyone’s minds, now that he’s been directly asked.
He can’t actually talk. But he can telepathically communicate.
Technically, everyone would hear him in their native tongue and
dialect.
So for me, that’s English. But if anyone here spoke, for
instance, Gaelic as a child, they’d hear that instead.
~Now that’s a name I haven’t heard for a long, long time.~
“Thank you, Obi Wan,” I say, looking down at him for being so
fucking helpful.
[i]~I admit, I’ve lost track of him over the millenia. Probably
still kicking around with that fox of his, though. Thick as
thieves they were.~[i]
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Re: Death from Above
DIR By: thesadiecat
Date: December 20, 2024, 9:33 pm
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Aurora’s Grace
People see me, I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads, how I confound you and astound you[/center]
| Fey Creature | Metis: Palsy | Fostern Fianna Theurge |
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> Willpower 6: Startle much Aine? [6d10] Roll: [10, 9, 8, 8, 6,
2]
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All that work that LP had done.. All the progress that she’d
made in easing out the tension from my back and shoulders is
undone in an instant. Admirably I manage to keep my head
screwed on straight and not just immediately react. Still
though, I sit up straighter, I pull away from LP’s hand in the
action, leaning forward to focus, not on the magi, but on the
ring around her finger. The voice is resonant and soothing, but
not invasive… not like some other magics I’ve experienced.
Sadly, for the likes of LP and Eve, I forget English for the
moment, and revert back to my first language of Irish. It’s the
same instinct that my sidhe succumbs to as she picks up my
accent the longer we talk. “Aye.. Unless he’s been undone over
the millennia, he’s probably reawakened. While you were in your
Vault… the world very nearly lost all connection to the Dream,
and all fae nearly faded away. A crisis that was narrowly
averted… Is that why you chose Eve to bear you on your travels?
To find Aubrey Steele?”
Indulge the spirit for the time being… The troll is important to
the ring, that’s for sure, but my curiosity revolves around this
Nameless thing that was a great enough threat for a knight to
sacrifice himself. Hopefully there will be time to ask those
questions as well, before Nameright decides that we aren’t
deserving of the answers.
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