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Post by Adalinde Faust on Oct 22, 2017 4:16:45 GMT
I raised an eyebrow as the man downed not just one, but two cans of cheap canned vodka as I sipped my own. I could do that too, but why in the name of the Wyrd would I want to when there wasn't a contest involved? I just stared at him for a moment as i sipped, making my incredulity known to him. I knew why I could do it, but why someone who seemed at least relatively normal beyond being a world hopper could was beyond me. I didn't give it too much thought though, all that mattered was that he could and that made him a more reliable ally...so long as he didn't pass out as soon as that alcohol hit his system entirely and it just turned out he was being a tough guy to show off for some reason. It seemed like a plausible thing, but who knew with this guy. I sure didn't, hell I didn't even know if that was just normal for this world or something. But oh well, things to think about later if they became important. Right now I was just going to enjoy my booze, that was for sure.
"Well color me surprised, you modify you body with whatever bullshit magic you use to dimension hop or were you just blessed by the genetic lottery?" I asked, referring to how much alcohol he undoubtedly had just downed and called 'hitting the spot'. Could use some of that myself if it transferred over to others and was useful for anything besides alcohol. "Nah, thing is I can't leave this plane past the Hedge, thats what's beyond the mirror that I got here with, without breaking a pledge I would really rather not break," I said, sighing and shaking my head before continuing, "Could help with whatever you want with Sanctuary though. Or whatever else you're willing to pay me to do, really. Got no other employers here so might as well hang out with your drunk ass, you seem capable enough in a fight too which is good by me. Hopefully you don't drink yourself into uselessness before a fight or some dumb shit like that."
"Yeah, no shit sherlock. I figured sticking around you would give me plenty of wrath to feed on. If your influence on me is any indication of what it is like for other people, then I ain't going hungry any time soon," I said, smirking and rolling my eyes a little at the fact he felt the need to point that shit out. It was as obvious as the fact that he was drinking way too much for any normal person to take before adding, "Also no shit, you'd regret it if you tried. Would be a breach of the pledge and all. That is a very nasty thing to have happen to ya and it would happen way before you get the knife in me. Would make it hella hard to carry through with it too what with the curse and all."
I shrugged when he described Eden, "Could take it or leave it really. Got no interest in overthrowing this place really. Lots of people with magic tend to be a lot of trouble for your common folk really, so I can see why they're doin' what they're doing. I'd rather just do my own thing and make a living than try to overthrow this system here since it seems to be good for the majority of people really. Suffering a bit for the whole is something that the summer court knows. Sacrifice is a part of our life, after all."
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Post by Ajax Cornwallace on Oct 23, 2017 19:30:04 GMT
GERMAN SUPER SCIENCEThose two eyes wafting in those sockets for the Changeling brooked Ajax's attention. Like glimmering orbs, they stared, and like some abyss in a cheap novella, Ajax had stared back. Thoughts that would run hot and heavy with all sorts of knowledge were dulled, and it made life bearable. Perhaps she was wondering how he was cognizant after all that booze? Perhaps it was something else? Or perhaps his fly was unzipped? A cursory glance down to his form-hugging pants had told him that no, he was wearing it all proper, and it was not in fact his fly being undone. He glanced to his booze briefly, and shrugged, and drank it. Some people could in fact find booze to be strong, just one would probably send their mind buzzing, and give them a general silly impression that all booze drinking like that, but others have a much higher tolerance. He supposed for him, it was a good thing he had a high tolerance for it. "Nah, it is higher alcohol tolerance or so the jargon goes." He sipped his can some more. "And higher metabolism and that biological nonsense. Then again, I never said I was a normal man, then again... were we all normal to begin with? Or are we destined to never be normal? Food for thought! I guess Rousseau was ri-- wait, no, no he's not. Thoughts are getting too pointlessly batshit, I realize." He snorted and finished the can, before chucking it away at a corner. It gathered into a pile of other cans in the corner, all bunched up into a small hill around the garbage bin.
Truly, the epitome of cleanliness.
"Your faith in me is truly inspiring, truly, but nah, booze helps me keep focused. Otherwise..." He bops himself in the head for emphasis. "I overthink things, and get wordy and stuff. Too much ambient noise runs in this noggin." He remarked back casually. "I can use some cliché'd line like having seen some messed up shit, but at this point, none of that fazes me, it'd just be a cheap excuse for something nobody cares about, including me."
Damn, he needs more drinks than he thought, if he's going into topics like these. Usually he'd just go for something sillier, but ah well, he'll drink some more in a while later. Heading on over to a couch, he threw himself over it, slouching across the span as his legs are put on the armrest. Picking up a remote, he turns on the TV, and puts on the only channel he has, and that's the news.
...As expected, there is nothing worthwhile playing, Sanctuary wouldn't air supernatural happenings on the news anyways.
"Yeah, yeah, I won't breach any contracts, or pacts, or whatever. It's too much of a hassle to deal with, and it'd be a lot easier to maintain it rather than dealing with its fallout." Ajax dismissively gestured at that with a lazy wave of the hand, as if eager to move on to the next topic.
The last contract he broke wasn't exactly fun for EVERYONE involved. Ms. Enchilada's poodle would remember how bad it was.
"My common folks? You think Sanctuary is... HAH! No no, it's nothing like that. I don't care two hoots for the plebs in this dimension. Some are alright, but otherwise, they're just a statistic, Lindy, a number. When you can hop across dimensions and find the one you like just fine, it cheapens the whole experience, the weight of people's lives, you know? All that nonsense." He gestured with his hands again in a roundabout fashion, as he stares at the news. Nothing interesting there besides some serial killer running around in his neighborhood, doing stuff that is evidently illegal. Same old, same old. "On the upside, I think you'd like Sanctuary... if you have the money, which by the way, I don't, not a lot right now anyways, you'd get all sorts of nifty conveniences, like mega-fast internet, Virtual Reality headsets, uhhh... maybe access to that Mulan Szechuan sauce that everything is going crazy over. The sky is the limit with money, but if you don't? Well, you're stuck. Nothing to do but wait for a job to pop up... which is what I do, just wait."
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Post by Adalinde Faust on Oct 24, 2017 0:28:56 GMT
I shrugged at what he said, if it was some weird quirk of biology I wasn't going to dispute that. Might just be more normal wherever the fuck he was from. I was a walking mix of dragon, human, and fire for fucks sake, I wasn't going to question something as mundane as a bit higher alcohol tolerance than what should be normal for humans. When you spend a fucklong time in the realm of the Faerie like I had, weird shit no longer seems to be all that weird that much was for sure. "Eh, nothing worse than what I'm used to. You make a lot of sense compared to some of the people I have worked with in the past, let alone the fucking Gentry so its not anything that I'm too bothered by. Madness is the province of the Faerie after all," I said shrugging and taking a drink from my vodka, "Hell, one of the few exceptions to the Mask seems to be Madmen. Theres other weird shit like the seventh son of a seventh son and sometimes young kids, but thats one of the more consistent ones." I just shrugged as he threw his can and it landed on the floor, not my job to deal with unless he paid me Glamour to do it so I didn't give a damn.
I shrugged at what he said, not particularly bothered by it. "I can tell when people are lying usually and you don't seem to be. That and as a fellow sword user I can tell you're rather skilled at it. You get a feel for that sort of thing when you spend all your time among warriors," I said, shrugging before adding, "It shows even when you're drunk and being casual. A bit here about how you carry yourself, a tad there about the way you breathe. The tone of your muscles being strong but not the kind you get from bodybuilding. That kind of thing. It tells me you're at least as good as me if not better. Might call you up for a spar sometime or something, might be good to help me push myself further. I just recently reached a new milestone in my connection to the Wyrd and I can feel my body ready to become stronger, faster, and generally better." I grinned as I thought about it, some nice competition to work off some steam. Might need to take him to the Hedge or that Eokia place to go at it in full, but it should be fun either way. Wouldn't be too hard to bring him along, just would need to make sure to tie a leash on his ass so that he wouldn't wander off into the thorns.
I didn't really pay much attention to what was on television, it looked like some weird television show to me where the news was presented by people in strange costumes. Dunno if that was just the faerie creeping in or real but whatever, it didn't really pique my interested. His rather lazy attitude to the pledge earned a bit of an eyeroll from me though. "No shit, when I say you'd wish you were dead and might end up that way if you break it, I mean that quite literally. Don't take the curse of the wyrd lightly, it'll bite you in the ass if you do," I said sighing as I shook my head at that. It just floored me that anyone could put that little thought into a binding contract. Then again, I guess I was a bit weird being a Changeling and all, such things were very much the lifeblood of my society and were always mystically enforced. For someone not used to that like he seemed not to be, I guessed it wouldn't hit him unless he ended up breaking one.
However, what he had said next involved an even greater flare of heat than anything before. Maybe he had taken it wrong and that was the cause of the first part, but the second part? Fuck no, fuck that shit. That shit wasn't right and I was going to let his punk ass know that. If I wasn't sworn to a non-aggression pact with him I would likely have socked him in the face for that one, but instead I just clenched my fist hard enough to draw fiery blood that dripped to the ground, smoking and drying instantly in the heat. "One, I meant humans as a fucking whole, not anything of 'yours' particularly. I just stopped viewing myself as human a long fucking time ago," I said, gritting my teeth before continuing, "Second, keep that shit to yourself and perhaps fucking reconsider it as long as you are working for me. The Summer Court bleeds to protect the weak, and these scars I bear are from that. Human life has value, and I ain't unwilling to pay my price in blood to keep it from being violated. Shitty cops, serial killers, or even other supernaturals, we bash all their faces in to keep them safe, even at the cost of our own grip on reality." I spat on the floor, once again drying instantly to both of our perceptions due to the staggering heat, my eyes ablaze with the fervor of summer and my claws seeming to glow with a haze of heat.
When I saw the killer on the news that he pointed out, I grinned toothily as he mentioned waiting for a job before I hauled him up by the collar and onto his feet, "Well, I don't particularly give a fuck about pay or any of that, but it seems like theres a job on the news right there for us to figure out. Worthless police can't catch a single Slasher so we might as well do it to make this place better. Don't even need to use anything too magical to do it, just my fists and strength should do the trick for a mundie. And this way we can get the word to pay you some mundane baubles if you really must for this. Simple enough for a bounty to open up for information leading to his arrest," I said smirking heavily before saying, "Do you promise to search for this serial killer until he is caught to the best of your ability? If so, then I promise the wyrd will ensure you are rewarded for the work you do, this I swear upon my nature as a faerie." With that pledge ready to be taken, I simply waited for him to either take it or not, I'd still do my best to drag him off looking for them whether or not he agreed. He needed to learn the way of the Summer, after all.
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Post by Ajax Cornwallace on Oct 26, 2017 15:16:29 GMT
DE CONDAHim? Making sense? HAH, he had never thought this would be the day someone said he made sense. More often than not, Ajax was used to being called nonsensical, or his philosophy something not many could abide by. It just defies the norms of whatever dimensions he goes, save the Draka. Those bunch were far more bloodthirsty than the Klingons of that TV Show, Star Trek... which isn't saying a lot to begin with. Perhaps it's just the lowly standards he has been saddled with, but that is just the way the cookie crumbles. Ajax lets off a loud snort at that, but says nothing in response, besides getting his lazy ass off the couch, and heading over to grab a shirt. It was Hawaiian, the tacky red sort, and he just took it from a nearby chair where it was piled up carelessly. In one smooth motion, he puts it on, not bothering with buttoning up, leaving his chiselled and toned muscles exposed in a window (fangirls reading this, take a number *wink wink*).
"Hah! Lying, wouldn't make sense right now, Lindy. No point in it when you're going to be here, might as well air out my laundry while we're at it." Casually came the response from the blasé swordsman, before he leaped back at the couch, ass on cushion, and stared at the TV and its venerable level of information being blasted out by the crisp voiced news anchor. It's funny how common it is, how there are so many similar things like this when it comes to different dimensions, a pattern consistent across the many humanities he had come across. "But still, thanks for the compliment. I knew I was already impressive, and badass, but this just seals it." He adds in his usual, lethargic drawl. Amusement laced his tone as he stared at the TV screen from behind his spectacles, staring in his usual way. Nothing better to do anyways.
He gave off another shrug to mentions of the pledge, before snorting once more. "No point in crying over spilled milk now. I've done this song and dance before, and I gotta say, it's much more fun when things like this hit you out of nowhere." He explained, as usual, casual as a lazy ass.
Eyes were still peeled on that TV.
Lazily, he noticed that there was some temperature rising, and found himself sighing in exasperation. For a moment, he had thought that maybe, just maybe, he got past the eternally angry part, but to his chagrin, seemed like he may have stepped on another landmine. The Void Swordsman lazily craned his head towards the woman, and back to the TV, as if deciding which of the two was important, before shrugging and deciding to listen to her. Seriously, she needed some anger management.
Then again, some beings were anger-incarnate. If only she can turn into an incredible angry green rage monster, then he'd know for sure that someone is just screwing with him.
"Cool it. I think you're getting the wrong vibe here, Lindy." Casually came Ajax's response. "I am not saying to throw them weaklings under the bus and let them eat dirt if you're in a position to do something, I am saying that there is just so many multiverses that it's not really that meaningful when it comes to doing your dues. Of course I'll protect humanity's weak little ass if the call comes, it's my job as a guardian of sorts to do that, but otherwise, there is a strict non-interference clause to not affect them TOO much, you dig?" He explained in his jive turkey vernacular. "Picture this, that giving a primitive civilization laser guns and teaching them how to make it is just a recipe for a disaster. I've seen some sub-solar empires formed this way, genocide and all complete with concentration camps when it came to it. I've known a few planeswalker who did that, had to put them down for it too for breaking the clause." He remarked a bit too calmly despite the tenseness in the atmosphere.
And then he frowned mightily, especially when he was picked up from the collar from the couch, and was taken around like some ragdoll. The shirt strained to pick up his bulk and weight.
"Ugh... you're breaking my balls here, Lindy!" Came his exasperated guttural sigh. "...Fine, fine. I ain't got anything better to do, now, can you release my collar?" He positioned himself to land on his feet if it came to it. "I'll look for that killer, but ONLY because there is a reward, not because I have a good heart or anything like that. It would be bad for my reputation if anyone learnt I am altruistic or at least well intentioned."
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Post by Adalinde Faust on Oct 27, 2017 2:46:53 GMT
I wasn't too bothered by his change in attire, just shrugging at it. Sure, he was toned but it wasn't anything I wouldn't have guessed from what I had seen before, though I did slightly question his choice in apparel. It was a bit tacky, that much was for sure, but I guessed it fit with his tacky sunglasses and generally tacky nature. So perhaps it suited him? Hell, I wasn't the kind of person to ask that, I might be one of the Fairest but I was of the type that was of combat rather than of looking like a pretty little lightshade that did nothing for the most part. I did remember a few times my keeper used me as that but...well it wasn't the most regular thing so it wasn't really anything I knew too much about or liked to think about, really. "Got a pretty enormous too, to add to the list while we are at it. Probably should hold back on the compliments or else it might get to be an unfair fight since you would be weighed down by the mass of that skull of yours," I said with a shrug and a smirk as I ribbed him for heaping such praise on himself. I wasn't the type to brag like that at least, boast of my accomplishments, sure. But I didn't like dropping unnecessary labels like that on myself when I had just already been complimented.
"That's what it damned sounds like when you laugh like that at what I said and have this kind of blaise attitude towards suffering," I said, my eyes flaring with the heat and light of the summer as I stared him down. "And that sort of half-assed attitude is what pisses me off the most. Just because you've seen your fair share of suffering and so many damned humans doesn't make it right to have such a dispassionate and fucking meaningless view on it. It is done because it is right, and it is the charge of those who are stronger and know what goes bump in the night to keep them from having to know and being worse off for it," I said, spitting on the ground again as I said it. "Sure, they're idiots. Thats why you protect them rather than teach 'em to deal with it themselves. They'd just turn the tools you give them on each other really. It's why I usually can't stand hunters. That and they can't tell friend from foe when it comes to the supernatural and just burn it all down. That's why I prefer the Summer way of just protecting 'em without them knowing about it," I said, keeping my eyes fixed on him as I did so.
As he accepted, the magic of the contract came into effect, taking another bit of my will and using it to infuse the words of the contract into the Wyrd. "Trust me, if I was breaking your balls you'd know it. Kicked enough people in them in my day to know that much," I said, shrugging at what he said as I dropped him rather unceremoniously and began to head out of the room and towards whatever I could find that seemed like an entrance to his abode. "Whatever you say, by the time I'm done with you I hope to have you singing a different tune. It's important that the people who do the protecting think the right way about it, lest they exploit those that they ought to protect."
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Post by Ajax Cornwallace on Oct 30, 2017 4:57:27 GMT
What comes around, doesn't go around.He snorted at the jab at his ego, before shaking his head. "Yeah, well, my ego could use a boost. The bozos I beat up could use a handicap on my end and all that shit. Helps keep things fair and interesting, because you see, murdering a bunch without trouble gets boring after a while." He had remarked in his usually lazy slur, vague Australian accented English slurring, or it was probably Irish, or maybe Welsh. Just like the rest of his background, Ajax was a very vague man in all things that requires specifications.
Annd... just like that, whatever amusement he had fizzled into vexation, as he was glad for the sunglasses he wore. He rolled his eyes at the remark that made things seem sanctimonious, as he figured not to mention how it's not worth doing your job if you don't get rewarded for it. Ajax had figured that 'gee, maybe she'd nag at me for having a poor moral compass or something', or so his mindset went. Seriously, what was wrong with being an asshole, and help out people only when you're the last resort? Oh wait, that sort of answered itself. As Adelinde stared at Ajax, Ajax gazed back, and found himself wincing at the sight of light flaring up with summer heat. He figured to remind himself to see if he can cook marshmellows through Adelinde's gaze for the Hell of it, but otherwise found himself sighing heavily and in exasperation.
"Well, excuse me, but I can't help being passionate like you about things like life, salvation, global peace, bridging the furry community with the emo community... wait, no, scratch the last one, that last bit is horrible and I should be ashamed for even saying that. Ahem. You literally have that passion as a part of your nature! Me? I am a self-professed lazy ass, and I have to make do with a human-like nature of dullness and lethargy, y'know." Ajax grumbled, "...But I'll say this much, I am better than them hunters. At least I can tell the difference between good and bad supernaturals." The last insightful part was whispered out under his breath. He wasn't going to say something that meaningful out loud. Nope, can't show hidden depths, Ajax had thought, not his way at all.
Landing on his feet, his knees bent slightly inwards, before he righted himself, and started flexing. With him on the ground, he went on over to a rack, fetched his loose belt which had a sword and two pistol holsters on them, with pistols in them, before fixing it up. "It's a metaphor! Not literal. If it was literal, it would hurt, a LOT. I kind of like not being in pain as much as I like having my insides stay inside." He chattered and bantered as he spoke. He checked if he was wearing his footwear, and if he wasn't, he'd just put it on, mostly sandals in this case. "I wouldn't be too optimistic about me singing a different tune. That'd be too much work. Also, exit is that-a-way." He pointed to a door, approaching it, he opened it up, which led to a corridor, and held it open for Lindy. Should she step past it, he would close it and walk after her, making sure to lock it of course.
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