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Yeah, it's —
( matt laughs because it feels like he's been explaining this more in this place than he has ever before. he's taken for granted that everyone knows what it is and when in a place where that isn't true, he flounders a bit. )
Basically, where I come from, there are said to be places where people go after they die. If they've been a good person, they go to a place called Heaven. And if they weren't, Hell. Can't tell you if that's true or not because I'm not dead but —
( it's what people believe. he thinks he has an idea of where he's going to go when that happens.
but, he shakes his head, dismissing those thoughts and then laughs at jayce's mention of magic. )
Never done magic before but I've heard that it's something I'll have access to. I don't know how that's going to go for me.
( matt laughs because it feels like he's been explaining this more in this place than he has ever before. he's taken for granted that everyone knows what it is and when in a place where that isn't true, he flounders a bit. )
Basically, where I come from, there are said to be places where people go after they die. If they've been a good person, they go to a place called Heaven. And if they weren't, Hell. Can't tell you if that's true or not because I'm not dead but —
( it's what people believe. he thinks he has an idea of where he's going to go when that happens.
but, he shakes his head, dismissing those thoughts and then laughs at jayce's mention of magic. )
Never done magic before but I've heard that it's something I'll have access to. I don't know how that's going to go for me.
Oh, I see, why in the world would they call a location Hell's Kitchen in that case?
( Jayce feels like it inherently has to be rude, doesn't it? If it is a location compared to the place where bad people go when they die, yikes. He thinks there are probably versions of that mindset and religion in his world, somewhere. It's simplistic but there is a sort of sense to it. You tell people to be good and they do that for a reward in death. Jayce wishes sometimes he believed in an afterlife, if only to imagine what might happen if Viktor did leave him. Finding him again after death, it's a very alluring concept. Not one Jayce believes, but he gets it. )
There are different types of magic, I'm pretty new to it myself. The easiest kinds require you to just learn a spell and speak it enough times until it works.
( Jayce has learned many of those! He's extremely good at memorizing things so academic magic came very naturally, even if Free Cities isn't as into it as New Magic. )
You'll also get something from your first Horizon visit. Everyone comes out of it with some kind of ability, although it's not always obvious right away.
( Jayce feels like it inherently has to be rude, doesn't it? If it is a location compared to the place where bad people go when they die, yikes. He thinks there are probably versions of that mindset and religion in his world, somewhere. It's simplistic but there is a sort of sense to it. You tell people to be good and they do that for a reward in death. Jayce wishes sometimes he believed in an afterlife, if only to imagine what might happen if Viktor did leave him. Finding him again after death, it's a very alluring concept. Not one Jayce believes, but he gets it. )
There are different types of magic, I'm pretty new to it myself. The easiest kinds require you to just learn a spell and speak it enough times until it works.
( Jayce has learned many of those! He's extremely good at memorizing things so academic magic came very naturally, even if Free Cities isn't as into it as New Magic. )
You'll also get something from your first Horizon visit. Everyone comes out of it with some kind of ability, although it's not always obvious right away.
And I've already been to Horizon so I guess I should be on the lookout for that.
( matt isn't really sure how he feels about it either. he's never felt the need to be magic or learn magic or anything like it but magic seems to be all around him in here in the people that he knows and how the worlds work.
it's...strange to know that he might be involved with it sooner rather than later. he hums a bit. )
You mind if I ask what you came out of it with?
( matt isn't really sure how he feels about it either. he's never felt the need to be magic or learn magic or anything like it but magic seems to be all around him in here in the people that he knows and how the worlds work.
it's...strange to know that he might be involved with it sooner rather than later. he hums a bit. )
You mind if I ask what you came out of it with?
Yes, don't be surprised if you end up with several unexpected gifts. I don't think anyone knows why exactly it happens, only that sometimes we suddenly get them.
( It's magic. And the Singularity. Jayce hasn't learned of his newest ability since nothing has happened to set it off yet, but he has trained in several other spells and magic in Cadens. It's what he's always dreamed of. He assumes they might have a way for blind people to learn the same magic, but that is something Matt would have to talk to the academy or libraries about. They're very helpful. )
I came out with natural healing magic, no spell required. It is exactly what I would have asked for, so I'm not sure if the Singularity just granted my unspoken wish.
( Jayce was already interested in medicine and healing before that for Viktor, but the fact he came out of the Horizon already powered was hugely helpful. He never thought of himself as a natural healer, but now it seems he really is. And he enjoys it, it feels right, somehow.)
But you still have to put the work in to strengthen what you're given, like with any skill I guess. I've spent months practicing, now I'm pretty good at it. It's ... really beautiful, actually.
( He sounds wistful and a little bit in love, which might sound strange for something general like magic, but that's Jayce.)
I've always wanted to do magic.
( It's magic. And the Singularity. Jayce hasn't learned of his newest ability since nothing has happened to set it off yet, but he has trained in several other spells and magic in Cadens. It's what he's always dreamed of. He assumes they might have a way for blind people to learn the same magic, but that is something Matt would have to talk to the academy or libraries about. They're very helpful. )
I came out with natural healing magic, no spell required. It is exactly what I would have asked for, so I'm not sure if the Singularity just granted my unspoken wish.
( Jayce was already interested in medicine and healing before that for Viktor, but the fact he came out of the Horizon already powered was hugely helpful. He never thought of himself as a natural healer, but now it seems he really is. And he enjoys it, it feels right, somehow.)
But you still have to put the work in to strengthen what you're given, like with any skill I guess. I've spent months practicing, now I'm pretty good at it. It's ... really beautiful, actually.
( He sounds wistful and a little bit in love, which might sound strange for something general like magic, but that's Jayce.)
I've always wanted to do magic.
It's never been something that I wanted to do because I just thought I couldn't.
( so, he'd put it out of sight, out of mind. when everything started happening in new york, he couldn't really say he didn't believe in magic but it was separate from him, something he couldn't do.
until now. even though he hasn't figured out what skills he might end up with, just being able to create things in the horizon is more than he's ever done before. )
Magic exists where you're from?
( so, he'd put it out of sight, out of mind. when everything started happening in new york, he couldn't really say he didn't believe in magic but it was separate from him, something he couldn't do.
until now. even though he hasn't figured out what skills he might end up with, just being able to create things in the horizon is more than he's ever done before. )
Magic exists where you're from?
Hey
Sorry to bother you
Any chance you're at this wolf shindig and have a minute to take a look at something sketchy and probably important?
Sorry to bother you
Any chance you're at this wolf shindig and have a minute to take a look at something sketchy and probably important?
No I'm at the vampire ball. Are you talking about the bug?
You got it too?
You wouldn't happen to have any idea what in the hell these things do, would you? I'd like to know what I'm screwing with before I agree to go setting it loose.
You wouldn't happen to have any idea what in the hell these things do, would you? I'd like to know what I'm screwing with before I agree to go setting it loose.
Viktor and I are looking them over now.
There's a node on each, I think all the bugs may be connected. It could be they will connect once we set them off to accomplish their goal, but it isn't clear what it is. I don't think we have the time or tools to do it right now.
There's a node on each, I think all the bugs may be connected. It could be they will connect once we set them off to accomplish their goal, but it isn't clear what it is. I don't think we have the time or tools to do it right now.
Hypothetically speaking, if I brought one back to your shop where you DID have the tools, would you be able to dig in for something more concrete?
There runs the risk they have a failsafe if it's not used correctly, but if that doesn't happen, yes, I think we can get answers out of it.
Full disclosure, just so we're on the same page here, me smuggling one out might be frowned upon. I don't know how happy they'd be if they found out, or if they caught you poking at it.
If you're not okay with that, you just say the word. I don't wanna make you do anything you're not comfortable with.
If you're not okay with that, you just say the word. I don't wanna make you do anything you're not comfortable with.
[ There's a pause as Jayce asks Viktor about it. They make all their decisions together. ]
Viktor and I are on the same page with you, we want to get a more extensive look at them.
Thank you for being clear though.
Viktor and I are on the same page with you, we want to get a more extensive look at them.
Thank you for being clear though.
( And it was on that day the science husbands earned 20 points for Ravenclaw, otherwise known as a crapload of Winchester Respect. )
Alright
I'll catch you later on the other side after this whole thing's over
Alright
I'll catch you later on the other side after this whole thing's over
Be safe, Dean. We'll see you on the other side.
Out on a patrol in Libertas, soldiers just got here to take someone injured to the shelter. Why?
A fucking building just fell on Dean. And it's on fire.
I'm coming to find you.
I'm coming to find you.
I'll use a light spell, look for a bright light in the sky. I shouldn't be far from you, I literally was with him not that long ago.
[ That's lucky. Ciri doesn't even bother responding. She waits for the light to hit the sky, and she's off -- running at first, then Blinking a couple hundred feet at a time toward the signal, when she pinpoints where Jayce is.
She goes from being visible just down the street, where she turns a corner at high velocity, to appearing in a flash of white-blue light in front of him. She looks a mess, clothes torn and dirty, smeared with blood. Scraped up and limping a little, but upright.
And grimly urgent. ]
Come on. I'll show you where.
She goes from being visible just down the street, where she turns a corner at high velocity, to appearing in a flash of white-blue light in front of him. She looks a mess, clothes torn and dirty, smeared with blood. Scraped up and limping a little, but upright.
And grimly urgent. ]
Come on. I'll show you where.
[ Jesper knows that Ciri can teleport so he isn't surprised when she appears so suddenly. He has his satchel full of medical supplies over one shoulder, although some of it is depleted but enough for what they'll need, hopefully. The soldiers have just walked off with people on a stretcher and he puts the communicator in his pocket for now.
He has a shovel and a crowbar on his back the way people carry weapons, and it's solely for what this situation calls for, the need to get rubble out and pull pieces of building off people. Trust Jayce the toolmaker to think of that. He's covered in sweat, grime, and dust himself, although no blood. That's probably about to change.
He nods grimly, he understands this is serious. ]
Show me. Tell me on the way what happened.
[ They can run if she doesn't want to teleport them. Jayce is at peak health for a normal human, he can run fast. ]
He has a shovel and a crowbar on his back the way people carry weapons, and it's solely for what this situation calls for, the need to get rubble out and pull pieces of building off people. Trust Jayce the toolmaker to think of that. He's covered in sweat, grime, and dust himself, although no blood. That's probably about to change.
He nods grimly, he understands this is serious. ]
Show me. Tell me on the way what happened.
[ They can run if she doesn't want to teleport them. Jayce is at peak health for a normal human, he can run fast. ]
[ She wouldn't have offered; Ciri doesn't trust herself portalling anyone else, not after what happened with Viktor, not unless it's an absolute life-or-death emergency and it's safer to take her chances with the Singularity fucking up her powers than to stay. Right now, that's not the case.
She keeps pace with Jayce, ignoring the ache of her badly bruised hip. It's nothing she hasn't had a hundred times over. ]
We were ambushed by some fuckers. Looters or bandits. Doesn't matter. Trapped us in a half-collapsed building, and there was an explosive--
The building came down on Dean. Geralt's getting him out. Don't know in how many crispy pieces.
[ She gives him any more details he asks for on the way, words short and clipped and breathless. Thankfully, it isn't far. And it seems Geralt's gotten Dean out, which is already a relief. ]
She keeps pace with Jayce, ignoring the ache of her badly bruised hip. It's nothing she hasn't had a hundred times over. ]
We were ambushed by some fuckers. Looters or bandits. Doesn't matter. Trapped us in a half-collapsed building, and there was an explosive--
The building came down on Dean. Geralt's getting him out. Don't know in how many crispy pieces.
[ She gives him any more details he asks for on the way, words short and clipped and breathless. Thankfully, it isn't far. And it seems Geralt's gotten Dean out, which is already a relief. ]
Hey
I didn't do a great job saying thank you after the whole fire thing, so
Thanks
I owe you one
Let me buy you a drink
I didn't do a great job saying thank you after the whole fire thing, so
Thanks
I owe you one
Let me buy you a drink
Everything goes about as he expects--Viktor is still slightly infuriated with Tony, and he has complicated feelings about looping yet another person into his slightly transgressive plans to save his own life, but perhaps Strange is a worthwhile inclusion after all. The next part is looping Jayce back in, which shouldn't feel unfamiliar but is anyway. Viktor is still, in some ways, adjusting to the new terms of their relationship. Part of him balks slightly at keeping Jayce abreast of his medical developments, a force of habit from so many years of being as private as possible.
Now, he tells Jayce because they're partners, and it speaks to something extremely committal between them that he isn't sure he can quite process yet. Jayce is going to be the last person he's ever with, one way or another. He deserves to be included, even if Viktor still finds it difficult.
"Jayce?"
It's silly, to announce himself when it's just the one room at the inn--he's either here or he's not, but if he knows Jayce, then he's been here the entire time, fretting about not being in the room with him. Viktor shuffles in a little awkwardly, closing the door behind him.
"We finished."
Now, he tells Jayce because they're partners, and it speaks to something extremely committal between them that he isn't sure he can quite process yet. Jayce is going to be the last person he's ever with, one way or another. He deserves to be included, even if Viktor still finds it difficult.
"Jayce?"
It's silly, to announce himself when it's just the one room at the inn--he's either here or he's not, but if he knows Jayce, then he's been here the entire time, fretting about not being in the room with him. Viktor shuffles in a little awkwardly, closing the door behind him.
"We finished."
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Of course Jayce is in the room waiting, fretting about what is going on. He meekly accepted Viktor making it clear he was grumpy enough about this he wanted to be alone. It doesn't mean he has to like it, but he respects it. He understands it's difficult for Viktor to be this open about his health. Jayce is included more now than before, so that has to be enough. He knows nothing serious will happen today, it's not as if Stephen will be doing anything to him, so he's not worried. Just ... impatient.
At least he has Kell's books to keep him company.
He is reading the enchantments book on the bed as he waits and he sits up the moment he hears the door open. Jayce moves to the end of the bed and puts the book aside, gold-brown eyes both hopeful and wary as they search Viktor's face. He doesn't seem upset, at least. So. It could be it turned out worthwhile.
"And?" He offers a hand out, hoping Viktor will take it. He always likes to have physical contact if it's allowed.
At least he has Kell's books to keep him company.
He is reading the enchantments book on the bed as he waits and he sits up the moment he hears the door open. Jayce moves to the end of the bed and puts the book aside, gold-brown eyes both hopeful and wary as they search Viktor's face. He doesn't seem upset, at least. So. It could be it turned out worthwhile.
"And?" He offers a hand out, hoping Viktor will take it. He always likes to have physical contact if it's allowed.
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