scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

[recession]

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[ablazement]

Mmhm.

It's not meant to run outside of the Hells. It's too hot, it'll burn me out.

[a huff.]

Dammon said I only have a couple weeks, and that was - a couple weeks ago.

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... And I thought I had a few more hours left at best, and yet, here we both are.

...

[ He's thinking. And I'm sorry just also staring at her glowing engine I guess, while doing the thinking. ]

[ablazement]

[staring at her chest (non-spicy) is a thing famine mod said once and i laugh thinking about it]

Yeah. I'm holding on. Trying to, anyway. [she rubs at her chest, over where the engine glows.] I guess what I was trying to say before all that is I know what the world is like, and how unfair it gets, but I don't want that to stop me from living.

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[ Yeah it is definitely staring at her chest (non-spicy), in fact he's probably forgotten for a moment that there's boobs there. Very funny party talk line available with Daan where he's like 'Get your mind out of the gutter!'. ]

You arrived here with your proper heart, didn't you?

[ablazement]

[help i love you daan the embodiment of the stop being horny emote]

Yeah. It's in a jar, right now.

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[ Looks at my hand and laughs bleakly

...

Well. ]

I can't make any distinct promises, but if we were both to survive, and regain ourselves in full -- would you want to see if I could replace your heart back in your chest?

[ He maybe ain't know shit-fuck about how the Infernal Engine works or anything, but hell. The devils don't know what Sylvian magic can do either, although neither does Daan. But maybe it's worth a shot, if the alternative is Karlach dying and going to hell. ]

[ablazement]

[it's funny because her objective is she wants to die so she doesn't go to hell

she glances at him with a wry smile.]

Not if it means you're going to lose another limb.

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In the worst case, I'll pray to Sylvian again.

[ He's not a fan, but fuck, She'll probably answer. You can in fact fix any missing limbs by drawing a Sylvian ritual circle, including ones lost via Magna-Medicinal. ]

But I'll only have to do that if you die, which sounds like if it's the other solution either way...

...Regular healing isn't so costly, nothing I wouldn't get over with some rest.

[ He can't just Whisper his way into replacing her heart, but that's where he could combine that with a scalpel and steady hands anyway. ]

[ablazement]

[her tail swishes back and forth.]

You'd have to promise me you wouldn't get hurt doing it. Cross your heart.

[but the way she says it is kind of just like - maybe humoring him? not that she doesn't appreciate it, she just can't get her hopes up. that'd be the killer, in the end, if she thinks there's a solution and it doesn't come to pass.]

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[ Makes a cross, though just for a fun fact, he does it the reverse way by default. Then palm up. ]

And then you won't let me if I say "and hope to die".

[ablazement]

[she does not have catholics so she doesn't notice but that is very funny, help.]

Nope! [cheerfully.] No hope to die. Someone's got to keep on.

... Thanks, though. Really.

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[ I really cannot emphasise enough that anti-Christ is actually literally their default Jesus. All of this is incredibly normal. ]

'Course, you could probably always just use that fancy wish if you ever change your mind...

But it's always nice to have options.

[ablazement]

I've thought about it. But I don't know that I can bring myself to tie my life to someone else.

[glances at him.] You been looking at all? For your partner, I mean.

[recession]

Still stubbornly refusing the concept, though I have humoured a few requests for exchanges. It's always good to have more information and see how it pans out.

Knowing the establishment is automatic though, I'd still exercise due caution.

[ablazement]

Yeah. I've asked a few people, got a hint. Mostly just to know what's out there.

You wanna trade? I really doubt it's you that's mine.

[recession]

Your hint telling you that or something else?

I haven't even bothered asking for a hint, actually...

[ablazement]

My hint, yeah. I was curious, Famine made it sound so enticing.

I don't think you're an unexpected troublemaker.

[recession]

...Huh.

Well, I'd certainly hope not. I don't know what I could've possibly done that puts me under "troublemaker".

Sounds safe enough then, I guess?

[ablazement]

It does. And hey - if it isn't, you can just lie to me. Not like I'm going to know the difference.

Anyway. I'm an Oni.

[recession]

[ That's so funny. ]

...Ditto.

[ablazement]

[HELP]

-- What.

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Ditto.

Not as in I'm also an Oni. That's the name.

[ablazement]

[HELP X2]

You scared me! Gods. [a little laugh, christ.] What's... a Ditto.

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[ HELP x3 COMBO ]

Oh, sorry. But I have no idea though. Nobody I've asked seems to know either.

[ Assigned formless blob real... ]

[ablazement]

Huh. What's it do?

[imagines a ditto with an eyepatch and a thousand yard stare]