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.))

Comments

[dawnwillcome]

[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.

[heresyandlace]

[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?

[dawnwillcome]

[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.

[heresyandlace]

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.]

[dawnwillcome]

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?

[heresyandlace]

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.]

[dawnwillcome]

[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.

[heresyandlace]

[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.

[dawnwillcome]

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?

[heresyandlace]

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.