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thenearshore2016-11-20 12:06 am
existentialcrisis) wrote in thenearshore2016-11-20 12:06 am
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Who: Ukoku and friends (I'm sure they're friends)
What: luring people into his hell temple to do bad magic for bad reasons, nice conversations
When: some days
Where: aforementioned hell temple
Warnings: crows in a literal pie
[ The enchantment was a little too much. His fault, maybe, for being economical (see also "lazy") about it, but it doesn't really matter. It worked, and it's still working. The question, now that things have changed, is whether it's still useful.
But there's no benefit in being quick to throw away Ni Jianyi. So he shows up at the temple of Dionysus, not a priest (a not-like-the-other-old-guys professor, at best, with a hoodie over a dress shirt and his stupid yellow monkey hair tie wrapped around his wrist on top of an incongruously sober black watch), and knocks. ]
[ Generally, nothing she does really surprises Ukoku—but the text asking after his hangover (as if he had no experience handling them) came close. That was a week and a half ago. He's never expecting her, strictly speaking, but now, less than ever.
The temple has changed since she was last there. The boxes around the perimeter of the atrium are gone, as are the sigils—and the pool in the center. It's been replaced by a crater with sharp, curving edges.
Ukoku himself is out in his makeshift lab, behind the temple. ]
[ It's been days since the pool disappeared, and the most Ukoku has said about it—in passing—is that he made a mistake with some magic. Nothing to worry about! He's been busy, too, either out of the temple or in the greenhouse (which now has zero plants) when Guy's not, and he may or may not be inconspicuously checking whatever easy, boring lab work Guy chooses to do for him.
On this particular day, though, Ukoku actually makes a point to locate him as soon as he gets back to the temple. ]
Guy?
What: luring people into his hell temple to do bad magic for bad reasons, nice conversations
When: some days
Where: aforementioned hell temple
Warnings: crows in a literal pie
[ The enchantment was a little too much. His fault, maybe, for being economical (see also "lazy") about it, but it doesn't really matter. It worked, and it's still working. The question, now that things have changed, is whether it's still useful.
But there's no benefit in being quick to throw away Ni Jianyi. So he shows up at the temple of Dionysus, not a priest (a not-like-the-other-old-guys professor, at best, with a hoodie over a dress shirt and his stupid yellow monkey hair tie wrapped around his wrist on top of an incongruously sober black watch), and knocks. ]
[ Generally, nothing she does really surprises Ukoku—but the text asking after his hangover (as if he had no experience handling them) came close. That was a week and a half ago. He's never expecting her, strictly speaking, but now, less than ever.
The temple has changed since she was last there. The boxes around the perimeter of the atrium are gone, as are the sigils—and the pool in the center. It's been replaced by a crater with sharp, curving edges.
Ukoku himself is out in his makeshift lab, behind the temple. ]
[ It's been days since the pool disappeared, and the most Ukoku has said about it—in passing—is that he made a mistake with some magic. Nothing to worry about! He's been busy, too, either out of the temple or in the greenhouse (which now has zero plants) when Guy's not, and he may or may not be inconspicuously checking whatever easy, boring lab work Guy chooses to do for him.
On this particular day, though, Ukoku actually makes a point to locate him as soon as he gets back to the temple. ]
Guy?
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Of course.
[They're technically tools, after all. Even though he forgets that sometimes.]
Maybe it's just easier for them to keep everything secret to avoid having to pick and choose what's acceptable to talk about.
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It doesn't bother you at all, does it? I guess that's an enviable outlook.
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It does bother me. It directly affects me and I envy anyone who isn't bothered by it. At least other shinki, anyway.
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Oh—I'm sorry. You're so calm about everything, you know? Even when you're worrying. Not that I'm criticizing!
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I--well, it's kind of a habit, I guess.
[It isn't criticism, but he's never been called out on being too calm.]
So do you know if they're actively doing anything, or did they just issue a warning and then let everyone go? Should I be more worried?
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No, no. If there were something really going on, I'm sure we'd have heard about it.
[ He pauses, considering. ]
But if you do start thinking about anything weird, like the past, you know, without meaning to, do me a favor and tell me, okay?
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[One of these days he might actually get angry at Ukoku. Maybe. At the moment, he's just wondering if he's going to get petted again and if he should move.
Though he's going to move anyway, to check on his food. It has to cook a while, but best make sure it's doing okay for the couple minutes it's already been cooking.]
Sure, if it happens.