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Re: [Nexus] Home V: Somewhere to take your family
Mercury's Mansion
"Yes, actually. I'm not too keen on the rats, but this is better than my bedroom when I was a child. That was horrible. My name's Jorje Hargonnen, Priest of Dalachrech, the Lord of Invertebrates. And you are?" Jorje will check to see if he's been searched surreptitiosly as he talks, particularly checking a ring on his finger, the silver amulet around his neck and a pouch at his waist.
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Phil's
"And if the student becomes the master?" Phil raises an eyebrow.
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Abigail smiles. "Good. Don't you like it?"
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[Phil's]
"Well, then, I'm not sure that's even possble. But it might be fun to try," Erin says with a grin. And a bit of a shiver.
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[Crissellea's]
"As long as I don't think about what lobsters eat," Mikani admits, giggling.
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Abigail looks a bit confused. :smallconfused:
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Phil's
"Oh, I'm an inventive fellow. Wouldn't be able to sell any of that crap down in the workshop if I wasn't," Phil grins, "Want some coffee? For some reason I'm in the mood for coffee."
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[Mansion]
My name? Rumplestiltskin van Winkle. My mother was a fan of fairy tales. Mr R. says, winking. As for your childhood issues, you should see a shrink. Want breakfast? With a flourish, he conjures a top hat out of nowhere in a burst of sparkles and then pulls a plate of ham and eggs out of it. Green, of course, buts that's a result of being made from dragon eggs and dragon rather than food coloring.
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[Crissellea's]
Mikani leans over and whispers to Abigail about what lobsters eat.
Four words: Cockroach of the Sea.
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[Phil's]
Erin grins more, nodding back. "I'd love some coffee, if you don't mind," she says.
((But I'm off to watch the race. Later!))
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Phil's
"Right right," Phil nods and gets out of the bed, causing it to swish around. He throws on a clean pair of boxers and heads into the kitchen, whistling.
Soon, the heavenly smell of freshly ground coffee beans has permeated the air!
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Re: [Nexus] Home V: Somewhere to take your family
Mercury's Mansion
"Yes, a very unfortunate name. Especially given what that story originally meant. Breakfast would be good, yes. I hope the colour doesn't indicate a deterioration in quality." Jorje seems to accept what Mercury does quite easily. He is, most unusually, a Nexus native. That sort of thing really doesn't surprise him.
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Abigail chuckles. "They do prepare it well, though."
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[Mansion]
Nah. Dragon's better for you than chicken. Mr. R, or, to use his real name, Mercury, says, teleporting the meal into the cage with another burst of sparkles, this time accompanied by faux Latin chanting by disembodied voices. So, who's this Dalachrech guy?
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Mercury's Mansion
"He's the God of Invertebrates and leader of quite a controversial religion. Or at least, one that lots of people don't like. Without invertebrates, there can be no life for they supply us with honey, pollenate our crops, break down our waste and feed the fish in the sea and the birds in the air." Jorje sounds really fervent; he truly believes in this stuff. Although, the bit about life impossible without invertebrates, that's true.
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[Mansion]
I can dig that. Little like villains really. Nobody likes them, but everybody needs them. Although, I suspect we kill a few more people every year than invertebrates do. Mr. R says.
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Mercury's Mansion
"When an invertebrate kills somebody, it's because the person who died wasn't careful enough or was stupid. It's like wasps; if you ignore a wasp, it will ignore you. The moment you try driving it away, the more it panics, the more it panics the more likely it is to see you as a threat, and if it sees you as a threat it will sting you. Bees are calmer, because they die after they sting somebody." The bit about wasps is true, but I'm not so sure about the killing bit.
((Deadtime for sleeeps))
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[Mansion]
True enough I suppose. That wasn't the way I was comparing villains to invertebrates though. See, invertebrates are needed because they allow life to exist. Villains, on the other hand, make life interesting. See, the Nexus is kinda like a stagnant pool. Little, tiny events are always happening below the surface, but nothing big ever happens. The ACROs never do anything, they never fight, they never change leaders, they never even complete their stated goals. They're indestructible institutions of decay and eternal doing-nothing-ness. In short, every once in a while, someone like me needs to lob a stone at the pool, just to shake things up. Mr. R says, shrugging.
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[Crissellea's]
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Abigail chuckles. "They do prepare it well, though."
"Yeah, really! I think it's my favourite seafood," Mikani confirms, agreeing with her player.
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[Phil's]
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"Right right," Phil nods and gets out of the bed, causing it to swish around. He throws on a clean pair of boxers and heads into the kitchen, whistling.
Soon, the heavenly smell of freshly ground coffee beans has permeated the air!
Erin, meanwhile, decides to relax and wait in the bed, stretched out on top of the sheets. She's...impressive.
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Phil's
Phil soon reenters with two steaming mugs full of coffee and sees Erin. He raises an eyebrow and nods appreciatively.
"Anything you want in your coffee?"
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[Phil's]
Really impressive. If you catch the meaning. :smalltongue:
"I like a lot of creamer and sugar in my coffee," Erin says. "In fact, you could say I like a little coffee in my sweetener."
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Phil's
And Phil is definitely impressed.
He stirs in whatever Erin tells him to and hands her her mug, drinking his coffee with just a cube of caramel added to it.
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[Phil's]
That'd be about eight tubs of creamer and twelve packets of sugar in one cup of coffee. :smalleek:
"Caramel? How gauche," she observes, chuckling, as she sips her coffee.
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Phil's
"Between caramel and music nobody really listens to unless they hear it in a movie, I have a lot of addictions," Phil admits.
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[Crisellea's]
"So, how's the lobster?" Mikani asks Abigail. :smalltongue:
"You do have people to help you when you have heavy business, right?" Quinn asks Crissellea.
[Crisellea's]
Crissellea waves off the question. " Oh, really, a heavy workload for me would be working about a five hour day and then it's only paper work, mathematics and trying to recall what my father taught me about the Nexus economy. "
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Mercury's Mansion
"I have lots of fun without villains, actually. Although I suppose a big enough villain could drive people towards religion. That would be useful. But only if the villain doesn't kill the worshippers, destroy the temple or anything else that might damage our religion. Wait, you admit to be a villain? So were I to kill you, would I be rewarded and would my religion get good publicity? Hypothetically, of course. I can't do anything until you give me my club back and preferably let me out of this cell." Jorje sounds curious with the questions, but as he's mentioned it it's unlikely he'll follow through.
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[Mansion]
Yep. But the trick would be managing to kill me. I have very powerful enemies, and I've always found a way to evade death. Although I must say, I find your view of the usefulness of villiany quite limited. Life is a series of conflicts, and conflicts create change, that's what makes it interesting. I create conflicts, and so, I suppose you could call me more of an agent of Change than anything else. It just happens I kill people on the way to creating change. For instance, I'm currently working on summoning something eldritch and generally unpleasant to this realm, which may require your death, sadly. Mr. R says, actually sounding fairly sad about the killing bit.
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Mercury's Mansion
"If I die, the Church will know about it. When they know about it, they'll do all they can to get revenge, without regard to your plan. Also, what stops the creature you summon from eating you?" Jorje is speaking calmly, almost as though it isn't a threat. And in a way, it isn't. It's the truth.
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[Mansion]
Well, that might be annoying, but frankly, I doubt your church could get within a mile of me. For instance, I'm the only person who knows where we are, can move in and out if this place, or even knows it exists. Well, you know it exists too, but good luck relaying that information. As for what stops it from eating me, it's called teleportation, and not being there when the **** hits the fan.
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Mercury's Mansion
"So you're going to summon an ancient, evil monstrosity and you won't even be there when it arrives? That seems a bit cowardly of you. No offence, but that won't give you the opportunity to mock the wannabe heroes. Or are you one of those style-less villains?" Jorje is trying to get a reaction from "Rumplestiltskin", to make him angry and hopefully drive him off.
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[Mansion]
Why you insignificant little insect worshipper of a spineless god! I'll show you! You want style? I'll show you style! I'll make them remember my name for centuries! Mr. R says, floating into the air, faux Latin chanting resounding through the room. Hahahaha- Nope. He drops to the floor, music suddenly stopping. Nice try, but cliche. Very, very cliche. I'll be there alright, but not in person.
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Mercury's Mansion
"So you'll be scrying on the area, or will you be watching technologically or some improbable fusion of both?" Now Jorje is curious, but generally hoping "Rumplestiltskin" goes away soon.