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

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[serpentis]

[Dorian is, as usual, swanning about the villa with a book in his hand, and he nearly runs Felix over. He pauses, glancing up from the book, and he smiles softly.]

Ah, I see you've made it. Good to see you, Felix. Welcome.

[He gives him a bow, holding out the book and gesturing grandly with it.]

[lord_wizard]

[The bow quickly smooths away the slight flash of annoyance at the near collision.]

Thank you for the invitation. I may have to congratulate you on your resourcefulness. [Gesturing at the villa]

[serpentis]

Ah, thank you. It seems a local landed merchant was more than happy to appease the wizard that just recently appeared. Curious, isn't it?

[And he shrugs softly, vaguely, as if he didn't terrify someone into letting him borrow his second manor. He waves a gold-ringed hand, nails painted black to match his robes, and he smiles.]

The books on magic here are rudimentary at best, unfortunately.

[lord_wizard]

Hardly surprising when they prefer lies and sleight of hand to the real thing.

[He's also not terribly thrilled with the idea that Dorian is perpetuating fear to get his foot in the door, but he's distracted from the complaint by the sight of real furniture and the glint of black coming from the mage's fingers. His eyes track Dorian's gesturing with a guarded frown]

Aren't you concerned with garnering far too much attention?

[serpentis]

I garner attention wherever I go.

[Stated as simple fact. What he had learned in Tevinter was that it was much easier to hide when eyes were on him than to be honest. If people were watching him, that meant he knew for how perform, what to do.]

It would be poor timing to start being concerned now.

[lord_wizard]

[Felix knows that mindset of course. He was a performer in the same manner, and he often struck a delicate balance between fitting in and being as outrageously offensive as possible at the same time. Of course, the problem with garnering attention was that it eventually made you a target]

As someone similarly afflicted, I might point out that it's more a matter of being concerned with whose attention you've garnered. In this case, superstitious peasant who might go crawling to the guards.