004 // the house of sin

[serpentis]

Who: Dorian and assorted guests
Broadcast: Fleet-wide, 3/10
Action: In a villa practically in the forest (THE HOUSE OF SIN)
When: Broadcast- 3/10 // Action- 3/9-3/31? Until we leave.

Broadcast:

[The broadcast goes out on 3/10, and Dorian smirks a bit into the feed.]

I believe I've secured lodging for myself, with room enough for several others. If you need a place to stay, do let me know. It's a quaint little villa a bit outside of town. ...please don't mind the suspicious glances, I assure you, I've done nothing entirely against the guidelines that were set.

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Action:

[Dorian has secured a villa, but the residents of Mor don't seem too keen on having an evil mage for a neighbor. As the month goes on, more and more villagers will show up to stand at the gates of the villa and threaten to come in after the "evil wizard".

Maybe he shouldn't have gone so overboard with the whole "contacting the spirits of the dead" thing.]

((OOC: Mingle post for the House of Sin. We'll pretend there are enough rooms in here for everyone! Even if you character only drops by to rest their feet a bit, everyone is welcome to visit and stay the night if they want.))

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[serpentis]

[Dorian casts a glance to Fenris, a thin, apologetic smile on his face, that Fenris has to see him in such a state. He knows that Fenris is the last one to judge, but there is still a matter of Dorian's pride.

He glances over at Jove, uncertain, and gives her hand a shaky squeeze.]

What is done is done. I'd rather wash my hands of it- we killed him, I brought him back. I'd say that it balances out, in a way. Not that I don't care for a little bit of murder, it does keep things from getting boring.

I suspect that he was weakened. I, well, in the fight, there was almost a glut of death energy. I was in a state that he was almost only taking back what I'd acquired.

[Almost.]

I'm in full support of murdering people when they deserve it, but...I'd rather put this entire ordeal behind me.

[He can still feel the mana being siphoned from him, like the air being stolen from his lungs but felt deeper, in his soul.

He shivers.]

[dawnwillcome]

[She wants to deny this, to claim bloody satisfaction and make Tek pay, but with Dorian looking at her that way, shaking the way he is... It's almost enough to put it out of her mind.]

I'll see what he has to say for himself. If he did it for a reason I can forgive, then I will. Otherwise, he's not at all fond of electricity and I've got plenty to spare.

[For now, she moves a little closer to Dorian and pulls the covers around him more tightly, trying to ease his shivering.]

I think Fenris and I feel the same way about people who would dare to hurt you, lethallin. I killed a man for threatening Josie once, and you've got two angry elves on your side this time. [She leans in to his forehead, trying to focus on the love she feels for Dorian instead of the hatred for Tek. Focus on the healing, let the rest come later.] It would be best if we could find answers, but only time will tell.

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris wishes he could focus on the healing, that he could huddle close to Dorian and make things feel better. But he can't. He's not wired for that sort of thing. It astounds him how a touch, a few gentle words can be calming, can offer resolve and hope. These things are beyond him.

But bloody, terrible vengeance? These things are not. There's a horrible scraping sound as he picks his sword up from where he's propped it against a wall. ]

Please. He's a monster, he doesn't have reasons. He destroys, and that is all he's capable of.

[The irony isn't lost on him. Takes one to know one.]

What's to stop him doing this again, sometime?

[serpentis]

Watch him, then, and if he makes any false movements, then we strike.

[He sets aside the soup, letting Jove pull him close, and he looks over to Fenris.]

Arcanus, much as I'd like to see you murder everyone who looks at you with crossed eyes, please let this be for now.

[dawnwillcome]

[There they go with their Tevintery secrets again, but Jove can't really hold it against them. They likely haven't had the chance to work out how to talk to her about this, so she can forgive them a few sentences passed just between the two of them.

She does stop Dorian from setting his soup aside, though.]

Eat, Dorian. You can still do it with me leaning on you and you'll never regain your strength if you don't eat.

[And you're gonna need your strength, for reasons. Naked reasons. Naked Fenris reasons.]

And anyway, until we know if what Tek did was an accident or a malicious attack, we can't do much. We'll have to wait for now.

[wolfuncaged]

[They are truly awful with their Tevintery secrets. Whatever Dorian said seems to have given Fenris reason to pause. He squares his shoulders, exhales and turns back, putting his sword down. ]

Fine.

[He'll go lean on the wall, fold his arms and sulk about it. ] Would could have cut his head off. That would have helped.

[Fenris no, it wouldn't. ]

[serpentis]

[Dorian sighs softly at the sulking, but manages a scoff. It's endearing, in its own way, how Fenris wants to murder everything and everyone, and Dorian scoops up a spoonful of soup.]

At the moment, there's little we can do.

[He lets out a heavy breath. He hates to feel powerless, but right now he just has to wait.]