open | sending crystal

[extramural]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: The Outsider
RECIPIENT: Open!
WHAT: A morbid question.
WHEN: mid-month
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Talk of death, horrifying things, the Outsider being himself.

Tell me. What would you consider a fate worse than death?

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[watchesandlistens]

Having an ethereal eavesdropper.

[ There is, for those who know him, a distinctly amused tone in his voice. water u doing bruh. ]

[extramural]

Ah, but my dear, how else will I know what you're getting up to? [ There's a low chuckle. ]

Speaking of- how do you find Thedas?

[watchesandlistens]

You could ask.

...Like you're doing right now, I suppose.

[ He clears his throat. ]

Thedas is...interesting. Quaint. I didn't realize how accustomed to our level of technology I had become.

[extramural]

Though I would hardly be able to assist you in your times of need.

[ :v ]

They are more accustomed to magic, I believe, for all that they fear it. They use it as a tool, so long as the tool can be locked away and forgotten about later.

[watchesandlistens]

Your concern is touching, but I'm sure I would have managed. Somehow.

[ Probably. It's not like The Outsider used to be very hands-on when helping, after giving Corvo the Mark. ]

Hmm. That's a good point. It's almost a shame Sokolov and Piero aren't here. I imagine they'd have a field day.

[extramural]

[ yes corvo you were doing super well in that jail cell ]

Oh, certainly. They would descend into bickering, of course, but that would mostly make them fit in.

Though I would rather not be plagued with Sokolov here where I cannot ignore him so easily.

[watchesandlistens]

[ excuse you the loyalists helped him with that one, bucko. ]

I doubt anyone would even look twice at their bickering, until they managed to stop for long enough to construct a death beam.

Surely you would enjoy having Sokolov's attention. No one else here seems to, ah. Respect you, quite as much as he does.

[ Is he teasing or being an ass?? It's a mystery. ]

[extramural]

[ only a little bit ]

I almost expect them to fall in bed together after an argument.

[ enjoy that thought, buddy ]

Hardly. But there are some here that understand, and some here who do not need to. It is... enjoyable.

[watchesandlistens]

What offense could I have possibly caused, to make you put such an image in my head.

[ hdu ]

[extramural]

Consider it a natural defense mechanism whenever Sokolov is mentioned.

If he arrives here alone, I expect someone will have to peel him off my person.

[watchesandlistens]

I'm not volunteering--you seem to have plenty of friends here to help rescue you, if such an unfortunate event were to occur.

However, if none of them are available, I do have extensive experience in rendering Sokolov unconscious.

[ Bragging about choking out dudes and kidnapping them #littlecorvothings ]

[extramural]

Do I? [ Seem to or actual have friends, either one. ]

I suspect he would often need to be knocked out for his own good, here. [ They don't really like experimenting on people. ] Attaching himself to my person is one such time.

[watchesandlistens]

Yes, you just described them as enjoyable, even.

--I think you are correct. It just fortifies my hope that he never appears. I haven't the time to follow after him like a distressed mother hen. Maybe after a few other people knocked him around, he'd get the hint. People seem more sturdy, here.

[ Orrrr Corvo is hanging out in a military organization that recruits people for the purpose of fighting. ]