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ximilia2023-01-21 10:14 pm
groupiedrifter) wrote in ximilia2023-01-21 10:14 pm
[video] BACKDATED TO JAN. 19TH | un: newt
[Ah, yes, it's the half-dragon birthday boy!
He wastes no time in playing out the likely anticipated song of celebration.
This lute is getting some mileage.
It ends on a smug, contented:]
Haaaappy biiiirthday to meeeee!
That's the second birthday in a row that we're stuck on a mission. Man. But at least this birthday wasn't me stuck on a western-themed planet where we literally ran out of food to eat. That was a real freakin' bummer. [... well, it was the worst part until the townspeople turned into ash, but we don't talk about our traumas, new bloods] You guys better tell me happy birthday by the end of the day, or I'll cast a spell on you.
.... Mmmmnah, that would be too easy.
I'll just follow you around playing nothing but the happy birthday theme.
But the point of this wasn't just to shout at the rooftops that I'm 37-years-old! I spoke with the barkeep, Fribbington? What a queen, guys; I'm so jealous of her beard. Do you know how hard it is for me to get one of those? It's borderline impossible.
Ah — Right. Like, I spoke with her, and she really does not like Jun Shortaxe. Something about being sure you and him are on the same side, because it's not always that clear. But she had a lot of good things to say about Dweyre — that he was smart as a tack, helped a lot of people while in their party, best in his group at the Knights of the Seven Sisters... that after he died, nothing was ever really the same for them. I wish I could say anything else about the conversation jumped out at me... but...
Oh!
She mentioned the heirloom was some kind of scepter.
Round and royal-like, passed down through the kings. So valuable to King Zaros that he was willing to send parties after it and into deadly situations. Apparently this kind of gig, it would have set up Fribbington and the Brigade for the rest of their days as adventurers.
Unfortunately, things went really sideways. You know.
But uh! Yeah, that's all I got. I gotta admit, I've never been very good at finding the little details when it comes to things like this — maybe that's the ADHD talking. Either way, I'm almost done with the Ballard of Dweyre, so make sure you stop by the tavern and give a listen.
... Also, like. Cake. I want cake this birthday.
Someone around here has to have cake.
And I've also got an important questionnaire for everyone, by the way; no rush to finish it, it's just a little something to pass the time. Especially you new people. New people are required to fill this out.
[Anyone who knows him knows he's full of shit. But the text file comes through:]
NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH:
FAVORITE MOVIES:
FAVORITE FOODS:
FAVORITE MUSIC:
What’s your claim to fame?
How do you like to spend your free time?
What skill would you like to master?
What is your proudest accomplishment?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
What is the most useless talent you have?
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Are you a cat or a dog person?
Do you sing in the shower?
If you only had 5 minutes in a grocery store, what would you buy?
Which body part do you wish you could detach and why?
If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
If police arrested you with no explanation, what would your friends assume you had done?
Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
He wastes no time in playing out the likely anticipated song of celebration.
This lute is getting some mileage.
It ends on a smug, contented:]
Haaaappy biiiirthday to meeeee!
That's the second birthday in a row that we're stuck on a mission. Man. But at least this birthday wasn't me stuck on a western-themed planet where we literally ran out of food to eat. That was a real freakin' bummer. [... well, it was the worst part until the townspeople turned into ash, but we don't talk about our traumas, new bloods] You guys better tell me happy birthday by the end of the day, or I'll cast a spell on you.
.... Mmmmnah, that would be too easy.
I'll just follow you around playing nothing but the happy birthday theme.
But the point of this wasn't just to shout at the rooftops that I'm 37-years-old! I spoke with the barkeep, Fribbington? What a queen, guys; I'm so jealous of her beard. Do you know how hard it is for me to get one of those? It's borderline impossible.
Ah — Right. Like, I spoke with her, and she really does not like Jun Shortaxe. Something about being sure you and him are on the same side, because it's not always that clear. But she had a lot of good things to say about Dweyre — that he was smart as a tack, helped a lot of people while in their party, best in his group at the Knights of the Seven Sisters... that after he died, nothing was ever really the same for them. I wish I could say anything else about the conversation jumped out at me... but...
Oh!
She mentioned the heirloom was some kind of scepter.
Round and royal-like, passed down through the kings. So valuable to King Zaros that he was willing to send parties after it and into deadly situations. Apparently this kind of gig, it would have set up Fribbington and the Brigade for the rest of their days as adventurers.
Unfortunately, things went really sideways. You know.
But uh! Yeah, that's all I got. I gotta admit, I've never been very good at finding the little details when it comes to things like this — maybe that's the ADHD talking. Either way, I'm almost done with the Ballard of Dweyre, so make sure you stop by the tavern and give a listen.
... Also, like. Cake. I want cake this birthday.
Someone around here has to have cake.
And I've also got an important questionnaire for everyone, by the way; no rush to finish it, it's just a little something to pass the time. Especially you new people. New people are required to fill this out.
[Anyone who knows him knows he's full of shit. But the text file comes through:]
NAME:
DATE OF BIRTH:
FAVORITE MOVIES:
FAVORITE FOODS:
FAVORITE MUSIC:
What’s your claim to fame?
How do you like to spend your free time?
What skill would you like to master?
What is your proudest accomplishment?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
What is the most useless talent you have?
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Are you a cat or a dog person?
Do you sing in the shower?
If you only had 5 minutes in a grocery store, what would you buy?
Which body part do you wish you could detach and why?
If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
If police arrested you with no explanation, what would your friends assume you had done?
Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
text; un: tinuviel
I do not quite understand how this questionnaire is relevant, but if it makes you happy, I am happy to fill it.
NAME: Lúthien
DATE OF BIRTH: 1200, Years of the Trees
FAVORITE MOVIES: I'm sorry, what is a movie?
FAVORITE FOODS: Anything that is served in my home of Doriath.
FAVORITE MUSIC: The flute played by my friend Daeron.
What’s your claim to fame?
My singing?
How do you like to spend your free time?
Dancing.
What skill would you like to master?
Oh, there are so many! I wish I was better at archery, and cooking, and that I knew more about all the new things that seem to be commonplace for many here...
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Deceiving the Dark Lord Morgoth and stealing a Silmaril from his crown.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
I do not have pets, nor peeves.
What is the most useless talent you have?
I believe all talents are useful, the right time for them may simply not have come yet.
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
"Warning"? Is that not what all warning labels should say?
Are you a cat or a dog person?
Dog! I wish you could all have met Huan. He was the bravest of souls.
Do you sing in the shower?
I sing everywhere.
If you only had 5 minutes in a grocery store, what would you buy?
What is a grocery store? What does it store?
Which body part do you wish you could detach and why?
My heart.
If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
I have been given two names in my life, I need not a third.
If police arrested you with no explanation, what would your friends assume you had done?
What is a police? These questions are most perplexing.
Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
I have never tried. Is that not... a little silly?
text;
Stay cool, Newt, don't sound stupid-]
'Lúthien' is such a badass name
I mean!!! A cool name!
A beautiful name. ✨
I love singing, too. And playing, I've been in a coupla bands, especially through these missions. I was even a piano player for a mafia gang before their rival crew almost set me on fire... Long story! But I would love to hear you sing. :O
Re: text;
Oh! Mayhaps you could accompany me, then? I shall sing, and you shall play.
[ added on after several minutes: ]
I must inform you, there is a strange addition to your text. A double dot and an O.
text; I LOST THIS TAG WHAT A GRAVE SIN
You can come hang out with my little band I've scrounged up for the taverns!
We're called Bardcore. It's awesome.
... You mean like
:O
hdjghfh IT'S OKAY clearly it took me ten thousand years to get to it.... rip
Oh! Yes, that exactly!
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Secondly!
That's a little face on its side. See? :)
That's a smile. They're kinda older ways of making little expressive facts.
Nowadays people use emoticons, really.
😲
I can send you some examples if you ever wanna spice up your brain-messages!
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Oh! I believe I see what you mean, now. Would you instruct me on how to use them? If that is how people communicate in other worlds, I would much like to know of it.
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Try to visualize this: 🍇
Tell your mind "I want to send a picture of grapes!"
[FOOLPROOF TRAINING.]
un: 🕷️
Harry would be losing his shit right now.
〈 that just sent. that JUST—
gwen scrambles for a private message before she accidentally loses it over lúthien freaking tinúviel where everyone can see. not that every last embarrassing moment hasn’t featured her doing the most in public. okay, focus! 〉
Sorry! Ignore me! Sorry! Sorry! I have foot in mouth syndrome except worse because these things take the thoughts right out of your head, which I have a tendency to just blurt out what I’m thinking anyway so you can imagine—
〈 forget the joke, gwen, just shut up, for the love of all that is holy, shut up. 〉
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Please, it is alright. It is not your fault if your friend is not over fond of elves, though perhaps to a tad extreme reaction...?
[ because, yes, she has interpreted the expression "lose your shit" as literal shit. as you do. ]
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〈 still blabbing? this one. though lúthien can thank a year abroad for the sudden suspicion, which has her correcting: 〉
Just so we’re clear, I don’t mean he would actually shit himself. I mean, he might, 〈 rip harry osborn, murdered in front of the fairest of the children of elves, 〉 but that’s not what losing your shit means. Oh, God, I have said “shit” so many times…
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[ she sounds entirely sincere about that, actually. languages are fascinating, after all! ]
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Hap-happy to help. Anytime. Yep.
text;
your heart? lady, you'd die!
unless you're being metaphorical, in which case it would still suck...
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[ today on: casual conversations with lúthien tinúviel. ]
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2/2
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You see, elves may die of love. If the one we give our heart to is taken from us, we too may perish. Now, if we love another elf, it is not something we need worry of — our spirits will pass to the Halls of Mandos and there we will meet once more.
But me, who loves a man, has no such luck. His spirit, as is the Gift of Iluvatar, will pass beyond our world, to where none of us elves may follow. When he dies, he is forever lost... and so I will die, too, for my spirit is not strong enough to go on when he has breathed his last.
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you fell in love with someone and now you have to die for it?
[The metaphor he evoked earlier came back. Finn could certainly recall his first breakup -- that certainly felt like five months where he yoyoed between 'normal' and 'my life is over forever, I will never again know happiness.' But looking back on it, he kinda thought that was mostly just a side effect of being fifteen. Now that Finn was nearly at the advanced age of seventeen, the idea of dying for the great sin of loving someone just sounded profoundly unfair.]
who decided that? is it a biology thing...? we have seriously good doctors here, they might be able to fix it!
[Sorry Lúthien, the idea that maybe some things (even sad things) did not need immediate fixing is absolutely beyond his teenage brain.]
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[ she doesn't hesitate to say it — she has known it since she met beren, and has never once since tried to run away from it. ]
I'm sorry, child, but it is not something that healers can fix. I myself am one, and my ailment is such that none can help. But this is not for you to worry over. Please, let it pass.
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text; un: romanoff
I think you're going to notice that most of Newt's questions are a little silly.
But you should still try.
Seems like the kind of thing everyone should try once.
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[ after a minute and some seconds: ]
No, it seems this particular talent has escaped me.
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Did it feel a little silly?
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