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joe ([personal profile] malta) wrote in [community profile] ximilia2023-01-26 08:19 pm

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[ joe, looking fine as hell, pops on to the network via video, sat on a fence post and feeding his pretty blackish-roan mare a handful of oats and horse treats. ]

Friends, I have recently come into possession of a spell scroll that is, in my non-magical opinion, quite powerful. It's called "ultimate cancel" — which I did not name, I would have gone for ... "The Last Word". Hm, yeah. [ he nods, satisfied with his own contribution, what a dingdong. ]

It cancels any effect that is magical in nature so I'm not sure if a cleric should be carrying it, but it has instructions for how to learn if one of the more magically inclined among us would like to give it a whirl.

We were relayed this by a woman named Nina Darkwood who it turns out is both Dweyre and Degar's mother. She's lovely.

[ she made joe cry! ]

She told us that Dweyre and Ellia Roundtree were in love, all but married, if not in name than in spirit. Losing Dweyre lead her to something of a reclusive life. She's left Alydhion entirely by all accounts.

[ joe can relate, how many of y'all had seen him about after nicky had left? not many! ]

I know a lot of the stories we've heard paint her as the enemy but they don't strike me as particularly accurate in light of her continued relationship with her dead lover's mother. [ and joe doesn't trust a paladin, like at all, on sight, so fuck jun. turns out a man whose people were slaughtered in a so called holy war doesn't give a fuck about the opinions of, uh, holy knights. respectfully, suck his dick. ]

Anything else? [ the view pans to andy, atop her own intimidating black horse. she has clearly just shoved a handful of food in her mouth, but it doesn't stop her from mumbling "no" around the food. crumbs spill out. there's a slight pause, muffled laughter, before joe gestures back at his horse. ] This is Guinevere. Tell her she is pretty.
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[personal profile] laviny 2023-01-27 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes. We visited Nina Darkwood, too. She doesn’t seem to harbor any bad feelings about any of the Songbirds. Although, she said Jun doesn’t visit her much now.
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[personal profile] laviny 2023-01-27 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
I’m a druid, I complimented her in her own language. It’s not my problem if you couldn’t hear it.
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[personal profile] deaddrop 2023-01-27 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Very pretty. I'm sure she appreciates hearing it too.

[Since Yelena is taking care the orb conversation, Natasha will focus on the important business here.]

I'm inclined to trust Nina. She seems very no nonsense.
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[personal profile] deaddrop 2023-01-27 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that sounds like her. Not that she commented on my singing, but she she did ask if I was stupid more than once.

[Natasha doesn't seem all that torn up by it. Yelena was more offended, honestly.]

I don't know that we found out much more than you did. Apparently Jun was one of Nina's students when he was a child.
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[personal profile] bindsthedead 2023-01-27 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
I see. That doesn't sound like someone who'd betray her teammates and steal the orb in a mad quest for power.

[So again, there must be part of the story they're not getting. But how does it all fit together?]

I'm a mage, even outside this world. If you like, I can look at the spell and tell you what I make of it. This world's magic is... distinct, but if we can replicate the effect outside of this world, it might be useful- if nothing else, Degar can learn it.

And Guinevere is very pretty.
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[personal profile] bindsthedead 2023-01-27 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
True. But something happened, and if you find out how all the stories fit together... perhaps we can get to the truth.

It takes a skilled practitioner to make their own spells. Especially one with such a powerful effect.
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[personal profile] bindsthedead 2023-02-08 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Really? What stories have you heard of her?