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Linya and Bella are working on wishes, in between light chat about runecasting and their personal lives. It is radiantly obvious to people paying attention that Bella wants to kiss her and Linya is married, although neither statement is made.
Ivans are playing cards.
Mileses, including Solvei, are debating the wisdom of borrowing another strategy game from Bar; Mark, a voice of caution, does not know what will happen if all of them (Solvei, Mial, Miles, Milo, Stalas) all start screaming at each other in twenty directions.
And -
middlingalong
"Happened with the half-alt fellow too. Him and his Bell are gone now, leaving only a magic blood sample in Miles as evidence."
first-and-final
"So wait, speaking of suffering," says Milan, "what are all the various Miles ailments?"
"Fragile bones," says Milo, pointing at himself, "also fragile bones," at Miles.
"I don't know what to call it, it doesn't break bones or leave scars, it just hurts," says Ashras. "And my brothers have it too."
"Fragile bones," says Milo, pointing at himself, "also fragile bones," at Miles.
"I don't know what to call it, it doesn't break bones or leave scars, it just hurts," says Ashras. "And my brothers have it too."
thisvorlunatic
"I bruise very easily," says Stalas, "which sounds a little pathetic next to the rest of you, but I suspect it's worse than you'd think from the mere phrasing."
"And I'm a shren," says Mial, "which is complicated to explain, but the relevant parts are that I age ten times slower than a human and for the first twenty years of my life I was in a steadily increasing amount of pain, on a scale such that adult shrens can fail to notice a broken bone because it doesn't hurt enough to get our attention."
"And I'm a shren," says Mial, "which is complicated to explain, but the relevant parts are that I age ten times slower than a human and for the first twenty years of my life I was in a steadily increasing amount of pain, on a scale such that adult shrens can fail to notice a broken bone because it doesn't hurt enough to get our attention."
gloriousdawn
"My bones belong to Sis and are therefore fine, but it would be them if they weren't," says Solvei.
first-and-final
"That's... I am frequently tempted to misuse the word 'epic' but this seems to qualify better than most other candidates I've ever considered," says Milan. "Pity there's no way to make it happen."
first-and-final
"...Roughly speaking," says Milan, "the level at which one stops being the kind of person who worries about being fatally hubristic and starts being the kind of person other people worry about being fatally hubristic near."
"And approximately how long has achieving this been your most cherished goal?" says Ashras.
"...I abstain from the question," says Milan, grinning.
"And approximately how long has achieving this been your most cherished goal?" says Ashras.
"...I abstain from the question," says Milan, grinning.
first-and-final
Milan opens his mouth to answer, pauses, and shakes his head.
"Nope, no, not getting into it, safety concerns," he says. "It is way too easy to pick up the science fantasy mindset from you guys."
"Nope, no, not getting into it, safety concerns," he says. "It is way too easy to pick up the science fantasy mindset from you guys."
thisvorlunatic
"...I credit your fucking terrifying world with the fact that you are so much less reckless than I was at your approximate age," says Miles.
"Should I be insulted?" wonders Stalas.
"No, you're ahead of me there too," says Miles.
"Should I be insulted?" wonders Stalas.
"No, you're ahead of me there too," says Miles.
middlingalong
"It would literally be dangerous to tell us stories of epic people? Hell, that's a lot of self-policing for a you, I'm impressed too."
first-and-final
"It would be dangerous to have a conversation with a bunch of people from Science Fantasy Land about how to become epic," says Milan, "because it's already pretty dangerous for me to dwell on that particular subject and it would be stupidly dangerous for me to let my thinking on said subject get tainted by science fantasy logic and risk carrying that home with me and having it influence my actions."
"Crash the fucking sun," says Ashras, shaking his head in sheer amazement. "Not just the fact that your world is insane and terrifying, but the fact that you've adapted that well to the ways it is insane and terrifying."
"Count me in on that amazingly vivid expression of surprise," says Milo.
"Crash the fucking sun," says Ashras, shaking his head in sheer amazement. "Not just the fact that your world is insane and terrifying, but the fact that you've adapted that well to the ways it is insane and terrifying."
"Count me in on that amazingly vivid expression of surprise," says Milo.
greatestgift
There is a very loud, very unidentifiable noise from the direction of the lake door. Components include whistling, crackling, shrieking, roaring, and booming. It builds to its crescendo in about two seconds and then tapers off from there in a patter of small explosions.
thisvorlunatic
The Mileses as a group separate themselves immediately and without verbal discussion into those who are going to investigate and those who are going to stay behind.
Investigating: Mial (he stands up first, and the rest cluster around him); Stalas; Ashras; Milan.
Staying behind: Solvei (she joined the investigating group at first, but then hesitated and sat back down); Milo; Miles.
Investigating: Mial (he stands up first, and the rest cluster around him); Stalas; Ashras; Milan.
Staying behind: Solvei (she joined the investigating group at first, but then hesitated and sat back down); Milo; Miles.
unmarred
Inlaith and Mark exchange a communicative glance, and Inlaith sits down while Mark stands with the investigators.
All this assembly has taken maybe three or four seconds from the very beginning of the noise, and it is not nearly done noising but has tapered off noticeably from its peak.
All this assembly has taken maybe three or four seconds from the very beginning of the noise, and it is not nearly done noising but has tapered off noticeably from its peak.
middlingalong
"The fuck is that?" say Aurin and Ivan at the same time. Jann is nervously holding the hilt of his sword.
unmarred
"Sounded destructive. We're going to go see what it was," says Mark, indicating the party of standing Miles-and-siblings. "You coming?"