recession | scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

[ 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.

[oh, you know. she looks amused, but:]

Alright, sure. Thanks. [a little grin. and then, teasing:] You going to jump again if it ends up near you?

[ Hmm. Well, he's committed now so. ]

As long as you're not purposefully trying to scare me with it.

[ She does kind of give off goblin energy. ]

You? No. You've got enough to be jumpy about.

[this implies that she will be doing it to other people though so he's right.]

...

[ That's fair, probably. He's obviously better than he was the first day but he actually is still pretty tense and everything. ]

Hopefully we can find a solution... somehow. There's plenty of wood around. Could make a signal smoke fire.

[she's a former soldier, she knows what a guy Going Through It looks like, she thinks.]

Something different than the pyre we've got already? [a beat.] There's gotta be a way to clear the fog.

It would be for the sake of creating visible smoke, rather than warmth.

Though with the looping boundary, I'm not so sure...

Little I can do personally about the fog.

...

[ He doesn't even bother asking Karlach if she believes in the Otherworldly, it would probably be the dumbest thing he could do here. ]

I was told recently that fog tends to concentrate where the world meets the otherworldly.

[nodding along...]

-- Really? [she thinks about that.] I could see it. There's a lot in Avernus that looked like fog but was more like magic gathering.

[a beat.]

Wonder what plane we're on.

[ Magic the gathering... ]

Depends on how much you believe in the sort, of course, but I'm not that obstinate that I'd try to vehemently deny it at this point. Always keep an open mind and all, but not too open.

The physical and real, hopefully.

Unless you really hate it here.

[she glances at him with a little grin.]

I've seen magic in action, so that's not in question. [her tail flicks lazily.] I don't hate it here any worse than anywhere else. I wish I was home, but hey.

I just mean it doesn't seem much like Avernus or the Abyss.

I'm not familiar with the former, but "the Abyss" definitely sounds welcoming.

[ This is definitely sardonic. ]

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I guess... so far, it's better than the last place I was. But the odd calmness is also...

[ Suspicious. Foreboding. Restless. ]

[snort.]

It's full of demons, so. You're right, totally welcoming. [she's also being wry, here. as for the rest:]

Unsettling! Yeah! The calm before the storm is really not my scene. I need some action.

[ Now he's wondering how tieflings identify demons. Like a human vs a ghoul, maybe. ]

And I'm guessing your definition of action is using your fists...

[i just noticed the shitpost in the header help]

Or a really big axe.

[ LMAO I just added it retroactively. ]

Could do with some extra wood, honestly.

...

Hopefully we could find some more tools soon.

[it's accurate]

If we can find anything sharp, I could probably make something. You get pretty good at improvised weapons in the Hells.

Oh. Right.

[ She did mention that, didn't she. ]

Should I be concerned about that?

What, the Hells? Have you made any funky deals with a shithead with horns lately?

[ Me going off to squint deeply at a pixel model for a hot second before I answer this. ]

No. Decidedly not. Why?

[concerning statement thank you]

Then you don't need to worry about the Hells. They really only do deals, and they can't just go around pulling people in without permission. You've got to...

[a pause.]

Well. Someone has to sell you.

[ Oh. Well. The implications are... ]

...You've lived a very colourful life. No wonder you don't mind a moment of peace.

[ As much as he's uncertain about it, this moment right now does decidedly count as peace. ]

[she gives him a little smile.]

It's been a ride, sure. This is the least crazy thing that's happened in the last month, honest.

[ He has no smile to offer back. ]

Try the last week alone...

[fair enough! she will smile for the both of them. she likes doing that.]

Hah, looks like you've had a colorful life, too!

Nothing so interesting as to describe it that way. Just bleak.

...

But this isn't really the time nor place for that kind of talk.

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