scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

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I'd hope it'd be the last, especially if it remains the forty of us here.

[ Please get used to the overfriendly giant demon girl! He looks at the bandages. He does generally trust people who say they have field training but he's looking at it anyway. Looks good? ]

That's good, always useful to have some basic medical knowledge. If you get into serious trouble though...

[ Well, his pile of makeshift bandages will maybe get some use. ]

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[it looks pretty decently done! like maybe the way someone who wasn't taught formally but had to learn through intense practice might do some bandaging.]

Thanks - really, I appreciate it. I take a lot of hits normally so this is nothing. [her tail flicks back and forth idly.]

You think we're gonna be here much longer? It's not much of a prison.

[recession]

[ Good work Karlach. ]

I kind of wish you wouldn't say that so casually. Pain is pain, regardless.

[ As for their situation. ]

I'm not sure, personally. We have the freedom to walk, but not leave.

...

The issue, I guess, is that there isn't much to do, and at least I personally haven't found anything that brings any of us close to a theory let alone an answer.

[ablazement]

[she glances at him, tilting her head a bit.]

Sorry. [that's genuine! but she doesn't linger, just hums thoughtfully.]

It's a real headscratcher of a situation. They took a bunch of people and dumped them in some freakshow of a camp, no contact. Didn't even tell us what they want out of us, we're just here.

Do you feel the tied to something feeling too? Or is that just me?

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[ Oh man. You have no idea actually how much this means that someone actually said this out loud to him. It's been bothering him pretty badly, actually. ]

No, I don't think it's just you.

It's uncomfortable.

[ Like an itch he can't scratch, his fingers twitching a little where he holds the fabric. ]

[ablazement]

[the way like she's mentioned this to three people and they've all been like NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING I THOUGHT I WAS GOING INSANE]

It sucks majorly. [she says, with a huge AUUGHGHH groan noise.] I can't figure out where it's coming from!

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[ Sometimes you have canon reasons and you just bottle it up and maybe one day you'll just die. ]

Yeah.

That describes it pretty well.

[ The casual language folk are so funny. ]

It hasn't gotten stronger or waned depending on where you are?

[ablazement]

[can't relate sometimes your emotions are just Out There]

Not that I've noticed, but I was kind of distracted by being kidnapped again. The shock's worn off by now, so it's more on my mind.

[recession]

[ I'm never going to play an emotionally honest character at this rate... ]

Might be something to keep in mind from hereon.

Any reason why that happens to you regularly?

[ Twice is regular enough when it comes to kidnappings. ]

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[noooooooo PICK UP A NOT EMOTIONALLY CONSTIPATED JUST A GUY

a beat.]

Uh, I'm hot. [finger guns. don't just make a joke out of it]

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...Congratulations, or my condolences.

Sounds like it's turning out to be a bit of a double-edged sword.

[ablazement]

[she laughs.]

You could say that. But I figure I'm never going to have the chance to settle down and do nothing, so hey, an adventure's an adventure.

[recession]

If you lack stability in your life, maybe I can see why this might look like a boon.

[ ...Maybe he should take it as one too? ]

Still, I feel too restless to just relax. On top of there not being much for enrichment or relaxation here anyway.

[ablazement]

The least they could do is give me a monster or two to fight.

[she stretches lazily.]

I'm with you, though, this place is just unsettling enough to make it hard to do anything without looking over your shoulder. Reminds me way too much of the Hells.

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Guess if anyone was equipped to deal with hostiles, it would likely be you...

[ She reminds him of someone so much, suddenly. His heart feels heavy. He wilts like, a millimeter. ]

And how literally might "the Hells" be?

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[a beat, and her tail sneaks over to kind of just gently settle on him somewhere? just briefly, like a cat.]

Extremely. If there's anything I've learned since waking up, you've all got some version of it.

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[ E

Sorry maybe he'll make a comment about the Hells in a second but HE DIDN'T REALISE SHE HAD A TAIL AND HE'S VERY TAKEN ABACK. ]

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[HELP

a beat, and she grabs said tail and puts it in her lap, trying to not laugh. don't fucking laugh.]

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Is your... tail...

[ Tries to figure out how he should even address this. He doesn't know what counts as RUDE here!! ]

...Would prehensile be the right word for this?

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[thinks about if she knows what prehensile means]

Do you mean can I move it like, with my brain? Because yes. I've got control over it. Sorry, my bad.

[wizards of the coast says no but they're not the fucking boss of me]

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[ The fingers... ]

More or less, yeah. Guess it technically comes with the connotation of dexterity, but you've got most of what I was asking.

Did you need something?

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[it's from fanart where she called astarion the grinch i just think you need to know this]

No, you just kind of seemed down for a second there, and the tail seemed less weird than me giving you a sidehug, which I guess isn't less weird!

[sweats!!!!]

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[ I'm losing it thank god. Astarion would absolutely do the Jim Carrey Grinch thing where he tries to pull glasses off a table, ends up doing a perfect cloth pull, and then just runs back over there and knocks the entire table over instead in rage. ]

...Oh.

[ Oh. That's... really sweet, actually. ]

Sorry about the reaction. You're being an awfully good sport about it, probably more than what's deserved.

[ablazement]

[HELP you are absolutely spot on]

Nah, it's fine. I'm getting the idea that a bunch of you really aren't used to tieflings. [she genuinely doesn't want to freak anybody out, even though she knows that's kind of inevitable when she's seven feet with demon horns.]

You can't help instinct. I'm not gonna hold it against you.

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[ Well now that she's called it instinct now he wants to be extra-okay with her out of some kind of spite. 'Against who?' Oh, you know. ]

...

No, I'm sorry. You do deserve a real apology for it.