Kostos Averesch (
exequy) wrote in
therookery2018-09-03 09:51 pm
crystal.
FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Kostos Averesch
RECIPIENT: Anyone in Kirkwall
WHEN: Nowish
NOTES: ANIMAL DEATH CW.
SENDER: Kostos Averesch
RECIPIENT: Anyone in Kirkwall
WHEN: Nowish
NOTES: ANIMAL DEATH CW.
[ It's barely been a month since Kostos was an asshole on the crystals. But it's been much longer since he was specifically a Nevarran mage asshole, and the best way to not worry about anybody in Minrathous is clearly to focus on work, so: ]
Does anyone have any dead animals on hand? Recently dead. Preferably small.
[ Typical supply closet stuff. ]
Or any that will die soon.

private.
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Why do you need these creatures?
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Be an asshole to everyone. ]
To move the spirit. [ Berenike's. This is about her, even if it isn't about entertaining her. ] Removing it from her seemed to—to calm it, after a time, but we do not know if being in a body at all is what put it into a frenzy, or if it is her body specifically. And it cannot sustain itself without a host for very long.
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[ Duh. ]
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Right. I'll... Will a pigeon do?
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[ That's not asked with an I'm-thinking-of-tattling-on-you tone; that's asked with a what-the-fuck tone. Mages aren't allowed to marry, but they're allowed to raise things from the dead? ]
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[ Or something slightly larger. Please bring him a raccoon. ]
It only needs to be small enough for me to beat it in a fight.
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Do you often have difficulty defeating rodent corpses in combat?
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Say where you are to take possession of this creature.
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of course i'd have dead animals on hand, who wouldn't
The door is open; the Priest does not hesitate at the threshold but steps within, looking for the nearest flat surface to deposit the sack upon. (Did it kick weakly, once, on being set down?)
Kostos then is the recipient of a searching yellow-eyed stare.]
You call the dead to you.
who indeed
cw for bad things happening to animals
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[ Thanks very much. ]
But I do regret not getting to know you better while you were sensible.
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[ but also— ]
I don't have any on hand, but you're welcome to hunt rats in the hold of the Walrus if you're out of options.
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Excuse me— [ his fake polite voice has a lot in common with his please just kill me voice ] —gentle people of the Inquisition, for asking something so macabre, but have any of you come across the remains of an animal that has departed this plane, for I—
[ That's as far as he can go. ]
No.
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Well, I see your point.
[ though john will maintain there's a better way to solicit dead animals. ]
You managed to get a fair amount of offers I see. What are you planning on doing with your spoils?
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