driftfleet | 004 // the house of sin

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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Luck?

[but he can't keep a straight face through that suggestion. so, after a smirk breaks through, he offers a light shrug instead.]

We share close quarters. I suppose I recognize your presence easily, now.

[And that isn't creepy at all.]

Could you find me anywhere, then?

[not at all.]

Even I have my limits, unfortunately.

...And you don't quite glow as brightly as some others, anyway.

[She's fairly certain that unfortunately is just to add to the creep factor, so it doesn't quite work this time.]

You just haven't caught me on a good day, then. I can be positively fluorescent.

[he's really just disappointed that he has any limitations at all, actually. it's a shame.]

Is that so?

[regardless of whether she's kidding or alluding to something serious, he hopes she'll elaborate.]

[It's a little bit of both, really.]

I'm a mage, you know. Some of our abilities happen to glow.

Oh! I'd wondered. I just haven't met many elven mages in my day, so I wasn't sure.

A mage of what, if I may ask?

Well, I've never heard it phrased quite like that before. If you mean what school do I focus on, [She lifts her hand, letting purple electricity crackle over her skin and arc from finger to finger.] it would be storm magic.

I can light you on fire or freeze you just as easily, of course, but zapping you is more fun. [And now Jove grins at him, not quite a shit eating grin but not entirely polite either.] I mean you in the general sense, obviously. Not you personally.

[and of all the things she's ever said, this is what finally gets a reaction out of him. for once, Jove gets Tek's smile to abruptly drop.

his eyes are on that crackle of energy in an instant, but it's only wariness at first. there are plenty of magical abilities that could look like that.

but then she goes and outright confirms his fears, and his expression goes cold.]

I would hope not. Because I will only say this once-- if that energy ever touches me, our relationship will quickly deteriorate.

That I haven't yet, after the way you said hello to me on our ship, should say a lot.

[But her hand closes into a fist and the lightning dissipates, no more than a faint glow before it's gone completely.]

I have no intention of using any of my abilities on you unless you try to kill me, so I can't argue with that assessment.

[he scoffs, gives a dismissive wave of his hand once the electricity is gone. he also lets his gaze fall away elsewhere, allowing the tension to dissipate along with it.]

That greeting was perfectly friendly, and if it unnerved you so badly, you may have to learn how to relax.

I that was your version of friendly, I'd hate to be on your bad side.

Well... I can't argue that point at all.

[okay, his smile is back, at least.]

And, you know... I don't know why you seem to believe otherwise, but I don't have anything against you at all.

[Despite the tense moment less than ten seconds ago, that gets a laugh.]

Well in that case, maybe we'll just start over. I'll forget about about your habit of sneaking up on me and chalk it up to a... quirk, and you can rest assured I'll only shock you if you make me.

[and he's just as easy about bypassing the tension, laughing right along in response. if someone had seen them from a distance, they might have even said they looked like friends.]

I would hardly call it a habit. If I just happen to tread more silently than most, and you fail to pay attention to your surroundings, can it really be called my fault?

[It's almost surreal, if you stop to think about it.]

I'd call it at least half your fault if you've decided surprising me is a good way to spend your time.

I'll settle for exactly half, and no more. I don't actually go out of my way to surprise you.

And I have plenty of acquaintances who have never complained.

[which is maybe a stretch of the truth in several directions, because most have simply given up on complaining. but, it counts enough in his mind for banter's sake, and that's all he cares about.]

Absolutely no more, I'd hate to put any strain on you.

[And now she's teasing him, they really are doomed.]

And have your acquaintances never complained because they're fine with your... lets just call them quirks, or because you don't give them the option to?

Oh, I wouldn't put it like that. They always have an option. They don't have to talk to me if they don't want to, after all.

[and oh, a smirky little glance to the side, obviously putting her in that category as well.

yes, the mutual snark has officially begun. doomed indeed.]

[Her lips twist, but it's just too much. Even though she had tried to hold it back that gets a laugh out of her anyway.]

Well, now that you're here, do you plan on staying? I'm pretty sure Dorian's invitation applies to the entire fleet.

[ha, he wins.]

I hadn't thought that far ahead, really. I'd just stopped by to see what there was to see.

[and he shrugs a bit, glancing in some direction away from the rest of the villa.]

In all honestly, this land has me feeling particularly restless.

It's surprisingly ordinary so far, unfortunately. Once we're more settled in we might have more for you to enjoy.

[This is mostly a joke, because Dorian will Dorian, but she moves to stand beside Tek and looking out into the forest as well.]

I don't think you're alone in that. [He probably is in the way he means, but she assumes he means the air of tension that's caused by all those people in what essentially looks like servitude.] Doesn't really sit well, does it?

No, it does not.

[and yeah, he means it in a completely different way than she does. there is definitely something else about this place that bothers him much more than the plight of the people themselves.]

It's too familiar.

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