first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

Comments

[child_of_bhaal]

I feel like that's been said to me before.

[Which it hasn't. Not specifically those words, but definitely that feeling has been directed at her. Not only by the person she was trusting either. As if it would ever stop her.

The fact that he is helping her only cements the trust further. Perhaps aided by the relief of not feeling like if she smelled anything vaguely resembling food, she might throw up.]

Well, I'm impressed. [No, you're just grateful, Syeira. There is a difference.] Is that something you can teach us hapless idiots, that will absolutely keep going out here, without any safety precautions?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

It won't last forever, but it's something.

[with that little trick finished, he puts his glove back on. he shakes his at the question without even having to think about it. he knows the answer--it's the other reason he doesn't do this kind of stuff very often.]

Unfortunately not. The energies it calls upon are extremely volatile, even towards those who have a natural affinity for this sort of thing. [he puts on a cheery smile, mostly for humor.] You'd drown yourself. It'd be awful.

[child_of_bhaal]

Probably. I was never meant to be a wizard.

[And she does feel better. Having a settled stomach makes the fever bearable, and her sigh is a grateful one.

She sits for a moment, and thinks about continuing the small talk, the easy conversation. But there is an elephant on the stoop with them, and really it needs to be addressed. So she may as well out with it.]

We don't ever have to talk about it, you know. Not if you don't want to. Whatever you like, so long as you don't avoid me anymore. I lose friends too easily here at Atroma's whims, I'd rather prefer to keep those I have on speaking terms.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[well, that's. relevant and upsetting to hear.

after all, the whole reason he approached her is because she's suddenly one of the only postive acquaintances he has left. suddenly, she's one of his closest friends (even if that isn't saying much). it's good to know she pays more attention than she makes it seem.

again, he'd normally be more angry about getting called out... but he's too tired. he hunches forward a little, leaning back into her shoulder.]

Do you know that I saw into your... calibration, back when we were on the Marsiva?

[child_of_bhaal]

[Cue her instant surprise. She sits up straighter, looking at him more directly, eyes wide.]

Wait, what? I had a calibration?!

[Don't panic. Don't panic. Don't panic.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[unperturbed, he gives her a steadying pat on the shoulder. that's kind of what he thought.]

Don't worry, it wasn't that bad.

[child_of_bhaal]

But it was some kind of bad. Bad enough you didn't want to see me for a while.

[She's absolutely sure of it.]

Do I owe you an apology, an explanation or both?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[he shakes his head again. in fact, he brings up a hand just so that he can wave it in a very no-no-no-calm-down gesture.]

Listen, I haven't gone out of my way to say hello because I'm not sure how much you've learned about me from mine. I'm trying to use yours as a jumping point. There were... similarities.

[like, you know. human sacrifice and stuff.]

I promise I wasn't traumatized or anything.

[child_of_bhaal]

Similarities?

[She has to ask. She needs to know.]

Please tell me what you saw, Robin. I'll fill in any blanks you want, but my own memory keeps secrets from me, I need to know.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Ah...

[this is where he finally gets hesitant; it's not that he was bothered himself, but the idea of telling Syeira about the various tortures, betrayals, and split-personalities he found (especially when she might not know about them) doesn't really sit well with him.

...but, he'd want the same thing, if it was him. so he ends up giving a little shrug and tapping his forehead with an index finger.]

I could just show you...

[child_of_bhaal]

[She isn't confused by what he means. Ellesime had walked into her dreams once. And Syeira herself, could do the same, but this was probably a different method.

She nods, careful but sure.]

Please.