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prismatica2020-02-29 02:37 pm
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video; un: athanasia
[ Not much to say about setting here; Evangeline is in a study of some sort, trying to look vaguely professional... though more out of videoconferencing habit than anything else, since the sour look on her face is ruining it. ]
I'm honestly incredulous no one else has put themselves out here on this subject and saved me the trouble of opening myself to the responses of the hordes of simpletons who will probably decide this concerns them.
But in case any of you have an honest interest in this kind of thing I'll lay out a short case. Most everything here, convenient or dangerous, runs on magic. Many of us can use magic but aren't familiar with its workings here, or the possibilities cooperation may open.
And the rest may at least be able to use it from time to time as their transformation dictates.
So. Those of us who are interested in furthering their magical abilities, either within their own paradigm or by understanding how to wield it more effectively here, stand to benefit from an association, whether it's for serious attempts at syncretism or just to use each other as sounding boards. Call it a guild, department, tower, cult, conspiracy, coven, whatever you want; mages love their pomp and their bureaucracy where I'm from, I'm sure some of you know how it goes. Speaking of which I'd like to keep things more informal, but in the interest of not having to take responsibility for any collegial fraticides or lab accidents or inventive crimes against humanity there will probably be some rules if this attracts more interest than your average knitting circle. There will be time for that later, though, at this point this is just me assessing interest.
Oh, and if anyone has a sufficiently relaxed relationship with the ephermerality of all form to be interested in hosting, now's your chance to get that insurance fraud scheme off the ground.
I'd say I look forward to your responses, but that would be a lie. Just try not to make me regret posting.
[ Why did she post this in such a terrible mood? Who knows. At any rate she just stares at the screen for a few seconds like she's already regretting this before she ends the video. ]
I'm honestly incredulous no one else has put themselves out here on this subject and saved me the trouble of opening myself to the responses of the hordes of simpletons who will probably decide this concerns them.
But in case any of you have an honest interest in this kind of thing I'll lay out a short case. Most everything here, convenient or dangerous, runs on magic. Many of us can use magic but aren't familiar with its workings here, or the possibilities cooperation may open.
And the rest may at least be able to use it from time to time as their transformation dictates.
So. Those of us who are interested in furthering their magical abilities, either within their own paradigm or by understanding how to wield it more effectively here, stand to benefit from an association, whether it's for serious attempts at syncretism or just to use each other as sounding boards. Call it a guild, department, tower, cult, conspiracy, coven, whatever you want; mages love their pomp and their bureaucracy where I'm from, I'm sure some of you know how it goes. Speaking of which I'd like to keep things more informal, but in the interest of not having to take responsibility for any collegial fraticides or lab accidents or inventive crimes against humanity there will probably be some rules if this attracts more interest than your average knitting circle. There will be time for that later, though, at this point this is just me assessing interest.
Oh, and if anyone has a sufficiently relaxed relationship with the ephermerality of all form to be interested in hosting, now's your chance to get that insurance fraud scheme off the ground.
I'd say I look forward to your responses, but that would be a lie. Just try not to make me regret posting.
[ Why did she post this in such a terrible mood? Who knows. At any rate she just stares at the screen for a few seconds like she's already regretting this before she ends the video. ]
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[ A cloud of smoke - no, steam? - begins to rise around Giovanni. It is, much like the man himself, oddly thick and tinged with pink. From within the cloud comes a triumphant voice: ]
Teleports behind you!
[ Where is he? You'll never guess!
(He's totally behind Evangeline. Wielding a bat. A bat with a knife taped to it. Yeah.) ]
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[ She turns to face him, but... catching a blow from a bat is beneath her, she just bounces it off a force field. ]
Teleporting is a good tool to have, but unless you can do more from where you are than where you were it's just a lot of pointless scurrying around.
[ She stops and stares at the knife-bat. ]
What's that even supposed to be?
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[ He jabs at the force field with the knife part of the bat, experimentally. But when she inquires as to what it is, he straightens up proudly, holding the weapon aloft: ]
Oh, this? Just my Soul Slugger Doom Bat of Maximum Destruction!!
[ You had to ask. ]
Also known as the weapon of your DOOM!
[ He whacks the force field a few more times, counting the hits under his breath. It seems like he's trying to build up to something. ]
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[ Bonk. Bonk. ]
The greatest evil-
[ Bonk. Bonk. ]
I'm TRYING TO TALK. CUT IT OUT.
[ Eva is... quickly realizing that the old saying about never arguing with idiots applies here. It doesn't really matter if she's zillions of times more powerful than him; just killing him isn't the point, and all that power doesn't let you style on someone who just refuses to understand that they're being styled on.
Case in point... she catches the knife between her fingers. And it's just not cool. When you do that to some badass demon hunter with a magical katana, that's a power move. When you do it to some dude with a knife taped to a bat it just... there's no impact. It's lame by association. ]
You are ruining this.
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[ Only when she catches the knife does Giovanni snap out of his counting trance. Oh geez, how rude was he being just now? He clears his throat, abashed. ]
Ahem. Didn't mean to interrupt your monologue. Sorry about that, keep going.
[ See, Eva? He's practicing PROPER villain-to-villain etiquette. :| ]
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[ She sighs and gives the knife-bat of... doom or whatever... a little flick, which is sufficient to bury it in the opposite wall whether Giovanni lets go of it or not. Then she plops down on the nearest piece of furniture, lounging indolently like she owns the place, and continues in a flat voice. ]
Well. Might as well finish while I'm here. I'm the greatest evil ever. That's what I was saying. Places I haven't been in five hundred years they still tell their kids I'll eat them if they don't behave. But that begs the question of what I'm doing here, doesn't it?
[ ...regretting that once again her ego has caused her to run her mouth and put herself in a position where she can really only lose, mostly. ]
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[ But there it goes, flipping out of his hands to stick in the wall behind him. Man! He just moved here and already he's getting knife holes in his walls. Oh well, nothing a cool poster won't cover up.
He could try to dislodge it, but instead he finds himself listening to what Eva has to say for herself, and... ]
Oh. That actually sounds... pretty rough.
[ Giovanni plunks his lanky self down in an armchair opposite her. ]
Wanna talk about it?
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[ She just hates sympathy so much. ]
Except maybe your career choices. What does a self-proclaimed villain even do?
[...obviously it's different when she titles herself. ]
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[ Giovanni Potage, discount therapist. ]
And villains steal stuff, obviously! Geez, you'd think the "greatest evil ever" would know that. Want to see a magic necklace I stole from a museum?
[ He's already digging around in his pockets. ]
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[ But, well, she's waiting for him to take it out, at least. ]
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[ "This" is a... well, it's a necklace. Is it in fact a magic necklace? Jury's out. ]
It can steal epithets! So if I touch you with this thing, your powers are going down, lady! Don't worry, I don't think it hurts or anything. Pretty sure. If it does, I'm sorry!
[ Now, how to get it through the force field... ]