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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.
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first-and-final
"I don't hate my life enough to bring home any useful objects from Science Fantasy Land," says Milan. "The responsible thing to do with a portal to Science Fantasy Land is to run and never look back. But, alas, my family's in another country. So I will just have an amusing chat with you all and then go back to school. Maybe lightly taunt the next interplanar studies student I see."
middlingalong
"What do you study?" asks Ivan. "It seems like it would be hard to study things if nobody can do any science. Maybe 'political science' and so on don't count."
first-and-final
"History and lore, with a minor in martial combat. I wanted to go into thaumatology, but Mother convinced me that I would almost certainly die."
first-and-final
"It's the study of magical theory. You might call it the closest you can get to science and survive. Normal thaumatologists don't tend to die of it, but I would not be a normal thaumatologist. And back before people learned better, when they did attempt an outright scientific study of magic, they died of it very frequently."
isthisart
"If you find one of us please tell her we would have hugged her."
onceandforall
"Whether you pass this sentiment on less verbally depends on you and her," adds Bella, winking at Linyabel.
isthisart
"I'm married to Miles. Bella, meanwhile, is pretending to date hers."
middlingalong
"It was really awkward when we met the pair of them who are being raised as adoptive siblings. And nearly as bad when one of them was married to Mark's half-alt."
first-and-final
"Well, I'll still tell your hypothetical alt you would've hugged her, but now I'll be awkward and self-conscious about it," says Milan.
first-and-final
"I'll live. By the way, table full of me, it's very gratifying how jealous you all are."
"I mean," says Milo, "the warnings about hubris and so on are mildly terrifying, but that fairy blessing of yours...! I wouldn't trade, but I definitely see the appeal."
"I mean," says Milo, "the warnings about hubris and so on are mildly terrifying, but that fairy blessing of yours...! I wouldn't trade, but I definitely see the appeal."
thisvorlunatic
"I'm curious now," says Stalas. "Who would take Milan's curse-blessing if you could have it? Added onto your own problems, or exchanged? I'd take it added, I think. Finally get some use out of all that pain."
"I'd take it added," says Mial.
"...Exchanged, if at all," says Miles.
"Actually - does your collection stack?" asks Mial. "If you, I don't know, break a bone, and then break the same one again...?"
"I'd take it added," says Mial.
"...Exchanged, if at all," says Miles.
"Actually - does your collection stack?" asks Mial. "If you, I don't know, break a bone, and then break the same one again...?"
first-and-final
"Yep," says Milan. "It adds up."
"I stand by my refusal," says Milo. "No way I'd trade, and I'd only consider adding if my blessing took precedence over the scars thing. ...Although when I think about it that way I understand even better why you're all so excited."
"I'd... have to think about it," says Ashras. "Not that I don't see the temptation."
"I stand by my refusal," says Milo. "No way I'd trade, and I'd only consider adding if my blessing took precedence over the scars thing. ...Although when I think about it that way I understand even better why you're all so excited."
"I'd... have to think about it," says Ashras. "Not that I don't see the temptation."
gloriousdawn
"Am I included in this poll? Because: in a fucking heartbeat," says Solvei.
thisvorlunatic
"Yes, why not," says Stalas. "Siblings and ambiguous cases welcome."
"If it adds up, I am even more enthusiastic," says Mial.
"If it adds up, I am even more enthusiastic," says Mial.
unmarred
Mark and Inlaith look at Solvei, then at each other.
"Yeah, we'd take it," says Inlaith.
"Yeah, we'd take it," says Inlaith.
near-the-sun
"Count me out, thanks," says Elarron. "You can all be manic and agonized together."
onceandforall
"I mean, extra brain space in a pinch is nice but it sounds like it's all things considered better to avoid being pinched."
gloriousdawn
"So the thing with Mileses is that they're already in pain quite a lot of the time," says Solvei, "and among other things the curse-blessing would let them turn it off, right, Milan?"
first-and-final
"Not off off," he says. "But, you know, down to an ignorable level. Witness me ignoring it."
gloriousdawn
"And then you get to decide where you want to be on that tradeoff at any given moment. And, well. I'm going to guess Sis is not alone among Marks in her... nonstandard reaction to pain?"