scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

[recession]

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[recession]

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[ He's a bit hesitant, but he gives Scratch a few soft pets on the head. ]

Fine, yeah. The pain still comes and goes, but it's not as bad as it was initially and I can manage it more or less. I'll just sit down until it goes away if it returns.

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Yesterday's paranoia has waned also.

[ablazement]

[scratch sits happily at his feet, tail wagging, and leans up into the pets. calmer, this time.]

That's good. Should be gone completely tomorrow, right? At least the pain.

[recession]

It's not like I'm not injured, but it's probably going to be a stroll in the park compared to what I've been dealing with for the last day and a half, yeah.

[ Soreness can't hurt him anymore!! ]

[ablazement]

Look, in this shithole? I'll take even a little bit of improvement.

You think you can manage going to look at all the stuff in the new place? Books sound boring as shit, but there's a cool tree.

[recession]

Might need to sit down and take a break here and there depending on how I feel, but better than sitting around doing nothing.

[ablazement]

I could carry you if you get tired!

[alpha week enthusiasm]

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Horse-riding is the last thing I'd recommend for myself right now, as a doctor.

[ Wow. ]

[ablazement]

[HELP what's a horse those don't exist in bg3 (no)]

Aww, come on, at least give me the dignity of an owlbear.

[recession]

[ You don't milk them, that's for sure... ]

Riding a bear seems worse than riding a horse.

Why is both yours and Astarion's go-to example animal an owlbear?

[ablazement]

Probably because we've got one in particular on the brain. We adopted one, at our camp. Little guy, babiest thing you've ever seen, can rip a goblin clean in two.

I knew Astarion liked him. Much as he pretends he doesn't.

[recession]

Yes, he told me a little bit about him.

Feigned innocence, something about hoping to sic it on someone else or one-another.

[ That's not exactly what he said but the vibes were more or less in that area. Aka Daan is absolutely clocking him right now. ]

[ablazement]

[snortlaughs.]

Uh huh. He's a softie. I know he'd hate me saying it, but I think you can probably tell.

[recession]

...I think only you would be able to get away with calling him "soft", exactly...

Seems he's been through quite the thing before he came across you and yours.

[ablazement]

Maybe soft's the wrong word! Just...

[she thinks about it, tilting her head back.]

You're right. He's been through so fucking much, but he still has hope in there somewhere. He's been doing good. He's been trying - with me, anyway, so I'm just really proud of him, you know?

[recession]

...

He did seem positive in regards to trying to figure out how to use his newfound freedom.

It's a difficult thing, sure...

But I'm sure he'll get there.

[ablazement]

He will. I believe in him.

[firmly.]

Anyway. Thanks for treating him like a regular old person. I think he appreciates it.

[recession]

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[ Not what he expected to hear, honestly. ]

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Well, isn't he?

[ablazement]

Obviously. Lot of people have treated him like an object his whole life, is what I mean.

[recession]

...Didn't know it was a lot of them.

[ablazement]

[a little shrug.]

Now you do. Not gonna say more than that, it's not my business to share.

[recession]

You're right, it's not.

So, that new place...

[ablazement]

Yeah. Let's go, then? Let's see this tree.

[nudges him along gently

scratch will come too, stick in mouth.]

[recession]

[ Scratch... look at this big-ass stick, with a withered dude in it. Isn't that crazy. ]

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We really raised the bar here, huh...

[ Pharros is SO BIG? ]

...Still kind of bad taste though, but that's nothing new.

[ablazement]

[steals his walking stick and runs (no)

karlach looks like, suitably impressed, bouncing on her heels as they make their way in.]

This feels a little more like home, honestly. [bad taste or not]

[recession]

[ AT LEAST PLAY FETCH WITH IT... ]

Does it. Baldur's Gate really does sound pretty colourful.

[ Just. Looking at the spigot leaking red and gold blood. Wonderful. ]