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flameguard) wrote2024-06-08 01:56 pm
flameguard) wrote2024-06-08 01:56 pm
mygod | pc catchall | gale
i have so many of these wizard memes saved
i have so many of these wizard memes saved
[ now that things have been reappropriated correctly, rondo can be found sitting by the fire. he's dressed in his actual uniform now, hair back in its usual ponytail, looking decidedly more knightly than he did in the weird cult fit! it's actually not that different but that's besides the point.
more importantly he is holding a bigass sword - he's just kind of staring up at it, expression pulled into a deep, thoughtful frown as the flames reflect back on the surface of the weapon, which is a darker color than it appears, tinged blue and pink like an afterthought.
he has not noticed he has company! ]
more importantly he is holding a bigass sword - he's just kind of staring up at it, expression pulled into a deep, thoughtful frown as the flames reflect back on the surface of the weapon, which is a darker color than it appears, tinged blue and pink like an afterthought.
he has not noticed he has company! ]
Edited 2024-06-08 18:21 (UTC)
[ well, he's not particularly sneaky, nor is he trying to be, so he'll start talking from fairly far back, as to not startle Guy With a Bigass Sword. He is back in his regular clothes!]
Hello. Found something of interest to you in your box, I take it?
Hello. Found something of interest to you in your box, I take it?
[ this man is so aggressively purple
oh! rondo looks away from the sword when he hears the familiar voice - gale gets a smile immediately, though its a couple watts dimmer than usual. ]
...something like that, yes. I didn't really... well, it surprised me, but I'm glad to have it.
[ a beat. anyway! brightening again: ] You really look like a scholar now, Mr. Gale...! Not that you didn't before, but it's really obvious, now. Did you find yours alright, too...?
oh! rondo looks away from the sword when he hears the familiar voice - gale gets a smile immediately, though its a couple watts dimmer than usual. ]
...something like that, yes. I didn't really... well, it surprised me, but I'm glad to have it.
[ a beat. anyway! brightening again: ] You really look like a scholar now, Mr. Gale...! Not that you didn't before, but it's really obvious, now. Did you find yours alright, too...?
[ raising an eyebrow because it in fact seems like the sword may Not Be Good but he won't press instantly. instead he's brushing off his front, like he isn't sure how to take a compliment on his clothes. ]
Oh, yes. Not the finest attire I have, but certainly functional. Then again, I suppose anything enchanted for more potent magic wouldn't be of much use in this place anyway.
As for Tara, she ... is taking some time to sort through her feelings. I'm sure she'll come around soon.
Oh, yes. Not the finest attire I have, but certainly functional. Then again, I suppose anything enchanted for more potent magic wouldn't be of much use in this place anyway.
As for Tara, she ... is taking some time to sort through her feelings. I'm sure she'll come around soon.
I see...
[ rondo is trying to imagine a person being trapped in the box. like... a coffin? there was a person in there...? this poor tara must be very stressed.... ]
Well - I hope that Miss Tara will be alright, then... [ he's going to think tara is a person until proven otherwise. ] Then again, I think many people are feeling that way. Having our things or not, this situation is still very strange.
[ rondo is trying to imagine a person being trapped in the box. like... a coffin? there was a person in there...? this poor tara must be very stressed.... ]
Well - I hope that Miss Tara will be alright, then... [ he's going to think tara is a person until proven otherwise. ] Then again, I think many people are feeling that way. Having our things or not, this situation is still very strange.
She will be fine, I'm sure. I do have to craft an appropriate apology though, I'm sure.
[ he will definitely not say anything that will disprove that tara is somehow a person. "is it is his wife or his cat" is a constant struggle when gale talks about her. ]
[ he will definitely not say anything that will disprove that tara is somehow a person. "is it is his wife or his cat" is a constant struggle when gale talks about her. ]
Surely, she'll understand that we are in strange circumstances...? [ his poor wife slash daughter slash female friend slash companion slash whatever she is...
brightly, fists clenched in front of him: ] I'm sure if you're honest and sincere with her, Mr. Gale, she'll definitely come around!
brightly, fists clenched in front of him: ] I'm sure if you're honest and sincere with her, Mr. Gale, she'll definitely come around!
The circumstances aren't exactly the issue, as it were. It is more my actions.
[ this is very protagonist advice, but he likes it. giving a small smile back at him. ]
I'm sure. It's excellent wisdom.
[ this is very protagonist advice, but he likes it. giving a small smile back at him. ]
I'm sure. It's excellent wisdom.
It's gotten me pretty far, at least.
[ being honest and sincere!!! it's what he does baby!!! ]
My little sister and I never really got into fights or anything, but I always made sure I apologized if I upset her or hurt her feelings on accident, you know...?
[ being honest and sincere!!! it's what he does baby!!! ]
My little sister and I never really got into fights or anything, but I always made sure I apologized if I upset her or hurt her feelings on accident, you know...?
I cannot say I have the most studied history of effective apologies, but. Well. I am trying.
[ he rubs at his chest, over the mark there, as if it smarts for a moment. ]
You have a younger sibling?
[ he rubs at his chest, over the mark there, as if it smarts for a moment. ]
You have a younger sibling?
If you're trying, that's what matters.
[ he says this very definitively. though! the subject change! for someone who is always pretty warm, rondo seems to brighten even further, and he nods. ]
I do. She... I haven't been able to see her in a long time, but she's very precious to me.
[ he says this very definitively. though! the subject change! for someone who is always pretty warm, rondo seems to brighten even further, and he nods. ]
I do. She... I haven't been able to see her in a long time, but she's very precious to me.
I'm sorry to hear that. I suppose I haven't seen my family for a time either. While you're on the road it certainly doesn't seem as if much time as passed, but somehow in a place such as this you feel further away than ever.
[ because there's no way to even consider turning back and going home. not that he could have before either. ]
[ because there's no way to even consider turning back and going home. not that he could have before either. ]
...It's okay. It was my choice, after all.
[ absently, he reaches up and touches his heart. ]
But... I get what you mean. It's not every day people are in entirely different worlds, haha... [ especially worlds where they're supposed to be like, sacrificial cattle or whatever. ] What's your family like, Mr. Gale? Besides Tara!
[ absently, he reaches up and touches his heart. ]
But... I get what you mean. It's not every day people are in entirely different worlds, haha... [ especially worlds where they're supposed to be like, sacrificial cattle or whatever. ] What's your family like, Mr. Gale? Besides Tara!
[ he'd said all that so confidently and then realizes that he has to now share his side of it which is slightly more embarrassing. ]
Ah, well, my immediate family is really just myself, my mother, and dear Tara these days. She is as much family as anyone - I summoned her when I was eight, you know. My parents had denied me a kitten, and I decided that simply wouldn't do, so I summoned and bonded a familiar. Hah! She was perhaps a bit surprised, but we've got on quite well since then. Then again, she and my mother also get on a bit too well at times.
Ah, well, my immediate family is really just myself, my mother, and dear Tara these days. She is as much family as anyone - I summoned her when I was eight, you know. My parents had denied me a kitten, and I decided that simply wouldn't do, so I summoned and bonded a familiar. Hah! She was perhaps a bit surprised, but we've got on quite well since then. Then again, she and my mother also get on a bit too well at times.
[ rondo is clearly listening to every word gale is saying so there's that!! he loves this kind of talk, and frankly, the "i wanted a kitten and my parents said no" thing is actually kind of relatable. though. he.. summoned... tara??
???? ]
Tara is... a familiar...? [ his mental picture of tara is changing rapidly by the second ]
???? ]
Tara is... a familiar...? [ his mental picture of tara is changing rapidly by the second ]
[ good morning!!!
as he approaches, he scratches at the side of his face briefly with a hand - just. gently trying to divert from where it says `a meaningless death` plastered along the side of his neck. it runs along the strange mark he's always had there: a circle that starts on his chest and has tendrils running on his neck and over his cheek. it seems more obvious now with the ink. ]
Enjoying the new home? Is it everything you dreamed of?
as he approaches, he scratches at the side of his face briefly with a hand - just. gently trying to divert from where it says `a meaningless death` plastered along the side of his neck. it runs along the strange mark he's always had there: a circle that starts on his chest and has tendrils running on his neck and over his cheek. it seems more obvious now with the ink. ]
Enjoying the new home? Is it everything you dreamed of?
[ i love this for him. rondo is here! he's probably sitting outside, big sword propped in his lap - it looks like he's cutting strips out of the white clothes they arrived in, turning them into bandages. when gale addresses him, though rondo perks up, immediately, and waves at him. ]
Haha... well, it's a place with a roof! So... that's a start. [ hm. ] It doesn't smell any worse than the barracks, I don't think...
[ is that a joke. probably. his eyes absolutely track over to the side of his face when he scratches because that makes it worse by drawing attention to it, and though his eyebrows shoot up - rondo whips his gaze right back to his eyes, instead! he's such a good and polite boy. ]
Where did you end up...? Are you and Karlach and Mr. Astarion together?
Haha... well, it's a place with a roof! So... that's a start. [ hm. ] It doesn't smell any worse than the barracks, I don't think...
[ is that a joke. probably. his eyes absolutely track over to the side of his face when he scratches because that makes it worse by drawing attention to it, and though his eyebrows shoot up - rondo whips his gaze right back to his eyes, instead! he's such a good and polite boy. ]
Where did you end up...? Are you and Karlach and Mr. Astarion together?
[ he'll look over what rondo is doing, curious, and also observing that for some reason he has that sword on his lap at all times, but doesn't say anything about it quite yet.
also kind of funny that Astarion is the one that still gets a Mr. to his name. ]
Ah, yes. The Mortuary. Perhaps a bit of a joke on the part of this place.
also kind of funny that Astarion is the one that still gets a Mr. to his name. ]
Ah, yes. The Mortuary. Perhaps a bit of a joke on the part of this place.
[ NOT ME WRITING THAT IN TWO DIFFERENT PCS THATS EMBARRASSING!!! WHATEVER its his emotional support sword. maybe. probably. who knows.
and yes! ]
The...place with all of the coffins...? [ unconsciously, he shivers a little... scary. ] At least you all are together, though! That is the most important part.
and yes! ]
The...place with all of the coffins...? [ unconsciously, he shivers a little... scary. ] At least you all are together, though! That is the most important part.
Yes! Coffins aplenty, though surprisingly comfortable all things considered, if one can move past the smell of blood.
[ he's used to that. sadly. ]
Together, certainly, but-- is that really the most important part?
[ he's used to that. sadly. ]
Together, certainly, but-- is that really the most important part?
I think so... I know I would certainly be heartened to be with my companions in times of stress and strife.
[ his guardians :( ]
[ his guardians :( ]
Are you here with companions ... ?
[ astarion does nothing but complain really loudly a lot but it's fine. ]
Well, while we are friendly, I would say we are drawn together most by our common goal and, ah, mutual affliction.
[ astarion does nothing but complain really loudly a lot but it's fine. ]
Well, while we are friendly, I would say we are drawn together most by our common goal and, ah, mutual affliction.
No, I'm not. Well - I guess, actually, it's little strange! Alfyn and I are actually from the same place... He was born in the country right next to the one where I was born, and we even know some of the same people! But, I've never met him before. Isn't that an odd coincidence?
[ it's because you're from the prequel rondo
anyway he frowns a little at that, but doesn't say whatever he's thinking... it's around this time that his gaze tracks back to the words - 'a meaningless death', though rondo tries not to make it too obvious? (it is immediately obvious.) ]
... I see... Is that the... elder brain? I think that's what Karlach called it...
[ it's because you're from the prequel rondo
anyway he frowns a little at that, but doesn't say whatever he's thinking... it's around this time that his gaze tracks back to the words - 'a meaningless death', though rondo tries not to make it too obvious? (it is immediately obvious.) ]
... I see... Is that the... elder brain? I think that's what Karlach called it...
[ since there's no genshins in this game, it IS weird. ]
Related, yes! Did she tell you much about the Elder Brain, Rondo?
Related, yes! Did she tell you much about the Elder Brain, Rondo?
[ THE GENSHIN IMPACT EFFECT IS REAL...
anyway no rondo shakes his head. ]
Only that it's something you all have to defeat, and that it's very old. What sort of monster is it?
anyway no rondo shakes his head. ]
Only that it's something you all have to defeat, and that it's very old. What sort of monster is it?
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