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[kenosnpcs]

This is a post where you'll find a header in the comments for Aetós, Agapitos Voreen, and Florence Deshayes respectively.

As a reminder from our course correction, your OOC understanding of their places in their factions should not influence IC reactions, especially to Agapitos and Florence. Aggressive threats and demands are likely to be ignored, because this would be very out of the blue to them! ( You can be mean to Aetós, though. They're a dick, and they just won't respond. )

Timewise, Agapitos and Florence's posts are shortly after Shard-Bearers awake after the repose (roughly a day to give people a chance to get their bearings/go get a haircut/etc), and Aetós's portion is later in the month.


Please note, new tag-ins will not be responded to after April 23rd. However, tagging each other throughout this post is welcome. Threadjack to your heart's content!

Comments

[escardos]

[ everyone is really interested in the third magic, huh… flat, not so much. however, that goal doesn’t stray too far from his own… ]

I think I’d like to see what comes from it.

[ but if it’s a life that aetos wants to make, then flat will treat that life with the same fondness he feels for humans and non-humans alike.

which is a lot, actually— not unlike a human’s fondness for its pets. unable to fully comprehend, but loving all the same. ]

Do you take apprentices? Preferable not another guinea pig, but we can hash that out later.

FLAT................

[kenosnpcs]

[ There's surprise, though it's muted. Then consideration. ]

It is surprising that you ask. It is work that would make you unpopular. A pariah.

[ that sure is not a "no" huh ]

:)

[escardos]

Is being associated to you that bad? I don’t agree with using people as your test subjects, sure, but you’ve changed that.

[ using shardbearers, with their consent? that something he can condone.

still, to be considered a pariah… well, that’s not too different from being considered a heretic among heretics. ]

Have you ever had an apprentice?

[kenosnpcs]

Yes. The last time I addressed your Generation, it was largely a waste of time. Grandstanding and shortsightedness. But they do not see the vision of what they contribute to. So it's unsurprising.

I have. Long ago. An irrelevant amount of time. But I have.

private

[escardos]

Hmm…

[ despite contrary belief, flat is in fact holding a healthy amount of hesitation about this. aetós’ intentions seem straightforward enough, but he’s not sure if their end goals will align at the end of it. the grand problem with seeing a far-off destination is that even the smallest differences can eventually become completely separate paths. and matt aside, it truly doesn’t seem like the public opinion of aetós is very high either.

…but, well, the insanity of a mage is something that flat can handle much better than a political struggle. and the role of a crazy scientist has always suited him much better than anything else. ]

We can run a trial, then! If we don’t mesh well, then we can say it didn’t work out. But if we do, then I want to learn from you.

[ there’s a fondness in his tone. towards who and what, though, is uncertain. ]

You can call me Flat. Flat Escardos.

[kenosnpcs]

Surprising. But acceptable. I may need the extra help if this group is more willing. There is much to be discovered.

You may have to work on people you know. I trust that is not an issue?

I will contact you when I am ready, Flat.

[escardos]

[ flat is no fool. he knows what “working on people” means in this case. and yet… ]

Not a problem! Playing the role of a villain is a-ok with me!

[ he says with the same cheer he has always carried himself with. ]

See you later!

NOT HERE.

[redsoil]

[ damn flat, same hat ]