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corporeity) wrote2024-11-12 12:45 pm
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WELCOME TO THE SALTBURNT NETWORK
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@WATERDEEP
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WELCOME TO THE SALTBURNT NETWORK
USERNAME
@WATERDEEP
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[ he sees the username, and it’s hard not to wonder if the worst has come to pass. grief and failure both, bitter on the tongue. ]
Hello.
[ gentle, to start (or, perhaps, always). ]
Stefan? How can I help?
Hello.
[ gentle, to start (or, perhaps, always). ]
Stefan? How can I help?
( He's calming. Careful. Stefan decides he likes Gale. )
This isn't going to make complete sense to you, but I gave Damon what's called the cure in my world. For vampires. The house... I found it. ( A pause as he looks down at his brother. ) The venom is no longer fatal. He's human. But, he still has an infected bite.
This isn't going to make complete sense to you, but I gave Damon what's called the cure in my world. For vampires. The house... I found it. ( A pause as he looks down at his brother. ) The venom is no longer fatal. He's human. But, he still has an infected bite.
Generous of you.
Do let me know if you need assistance with anything, or if you’ve thoughts on what I should wear, on your big night.
Do let me know if you need assistance with anything, or if you’ve thoughts on what I should wear, on your big night.
[ well, this is hopefully a good sign. ]
One cannot subsist on books alone, though rest assured I’ve tried.
One cannot subsist on books alone, though rest assured I’ve tried.
[ the cure for vampirism, which gale would think madness if he hadn’t seen such things in the house already. astarion’s sunstone eyes turned blue as waterdeep’s harbour — armand withering away — caroline’s nerves, over being returned to how she was before. it’s still a shock to the system, and it takes everything in him to tamp down his scholarly instinct to question stefan. they’ve more urgent matters to tend. ]
Right. That’s — wow.
[ recalibrating, ]
There are nurses in the infirmary on the premises, but they may have gone home for the night. A safer bet, then, is my friend Shadowheart, who can heal him with magic in mere moments, provided he’s truly human again.
[ specificity to ensure this doesn’t backfire and to clarify why her help wasn’t sought earlier. ]
Right. That’s — wow.
[ recalibrating, ]
There are nurses in the infirmary on the premises, but they may have gone home for the night. A safer bet, then, is my friend Shadowheart, who can heal him with magic in mere moments, provided he’s truly human again.
[ specificity to ensure this doesn’t backfire and to clarify why her help wasn’t sought earlier. ]
[ 😳 to 😍 ]
Well!
The shirt you liked the other day, perhaps. And that jacket, for something soft.
[ brain a little broken by that one-two combo of nothing and show you off show you off show you off — ]
❤️❤️❤️
Well!
The shirt you liked the other day, perhaps. And that jacket, for something soft.
[ brain a little broken by that one-two combo of nothing and show you off show you off show you off — ]
❤️❤️❤️
[ A private smile. The shirt you like the other day. He likes that Gale remembers things like that. ]
I trust you'll help me pick something to match.
[ wait— ]
💞
[ Astarion looks at the little pink hearts on his screen for a moment before— not so much changing his mind as adding, as though trying each on for size: ]
♥️
I trust you'll help me pick something to match.
[ wait— ]
💞
[ Astarion looks at the little pink hearts on his screen for a moment before— not so much changing his mind as adding, as though trying each on for size: ]
♥️
That's --
( Betrayal, but wow covers it. )
He's truly human, just with the cure in his veins. Shadowheart? Is that a title?
( Betrayal, but wow covers it. )
He's truly human, just with the cure in his veins. Shadowheart? Is that a title?
It would be my pleasure.
🥰
[ that one is how he imagines he looks every day, in astarion’s company. ]
🥰
[ that one is how he imagines he looks every day, in astarion’s company. ]
Quite.
[ but we don’t have time to unpack all that. ]
Uh, no. She’s an acolyte of Shar? The Goddess of Loss, the Nightbringer, the Lady of — a story for another time. Dark in name but not in spirit, shall we say. She’ll not deny you, if you declare yourself a friend of mine.
[ because for all she pretends at being uncaring, she isn’t. and certainly not in the matter of their little crew. ]
[ but we don’t have time to unpack all that. ]
Uh, no. She’s an acolyte of Shar? The Goddess of Loss, the Nightbringer, the Lady of — a story for another time. Dark in name but not in spirit, shall we say. She’ll not deny you, if you declare yourself a friend of mine.
[ because for all she pretends at being uncaring, she isn’t. and certainly not in the matter of their little crew. ]
( he only has so much time. and so many resources. (that is, none) )
Okay. Shadowheart. Thank you, Gale.
Okay. Shadowheart. Thank you, Gale.
😳
A little.
You flustered me rather early on, if you recall — though it took you some time to accurately pinpoint the object of my “sad hopeless pining.” ☺️
A little.
You flustered me rather early on, if you recall — though it took you some time to accurately pinpoint the object of my “sad hopeless pining.” ☺️
Oh!
I hope not due to any more troubles, for you and your brother’s sake.
I hope not due to any more troubles, for you and your brother’s sake.
Edited 2025-05-24 20:06 (UTC)
[ belatedly, ]
I’m rather fond of the smaller library ensconced on the topmost floor. That is to say, I’m there presently.
I’m rather fond of the smaller library ensconced on the topmost floor. That is to say, I’m there presently.
Of course.
[ softer, then. ]
Call me if you need further assistance — or company, as your brother recovers.
[ softer, then. ]
Call me if you need further assistance — or company, as your brother recovers.
( He wouldn't say no to company, but he wouldn't ask for it, either.
Shadowheart confirms she can help, which is his first priority. She does. And he doesn't know how to ask for - anything. He doesn't check in. He waits. )
Shadowheart confirms she can help, which is his first priority. She does. And he doesn't know how to ask for - anything. He doesn't check in. He waits. )
Any news?
I’ve gone looking for a bottle of something strong. Perhaps not for the patient.
[ but for him and Stefan. ]
I’ve gone looking for a bottle of something strong. Perhaps not for the patient.
[ but for him and Stefan. ]
He's asleep, no doubt from the toll his body took these last few weeks.
Bourbon?
( Should he come to find him (and his brother,) Stefan is sat at Damon's desk, ontop, feet dangling. His phone sits beside him, from the myriad of messages he's been sending and fielding.
He just couldn't sit in that chair by his bedside any longer.
He will again, just not yet. )
Bourbon?
( Should he come to find him (and his brother,) Stefan is sat at Damon's desk, ontop, feet dangling. His phone sits beside him, from the myriad of messages he's been sending and fielding.
He just couldn't sit in that chair by his bedside any longer.
He will again, just not yet. )
Sacrilege, around these parts, but I’m sure Jonty has imported something for his collection.
[ and he does find some, in the recesses of Jonty’s cellar (thinking of how he found another vampire there, not so long ago). Gale knocks lightly before easing open the door, button down partly undone, his tattoo almost glowing in the low light.
No glasses, in his haste, but with a flourish, he conjures two on the desk beside Stefan. After the spell, lavender lingers in the air. ]
Don’t tell Giles [ the butler. ] that I’ve helped myself. I think I’m close to winning him over.
[ after attempting to befriend him for months. ]
[ and he does find some, in the recesses of Jonty’s cellar (thinking of how he found another vampire there, not so long ago). Gale knocks lightly before easing open the door, button down partly undone, his tattoo almost glowing in the low light.
No glasses, in his haste, but with a flourish, he conjures two on the desk beside Stefan. After the spell, lavender lingers in the air. ]
Don’t tell Giles [ the butler. ] that I’ve helped myself. I think I’m close to winning him over.
[ after attempting to befriend him for months. ]
( that's a look. nice tat, bro.
he's thoroughly impressed that something can be conjured out of thin air, nodding. )
You should call him Rupert. I hear he loves that.
( Gale gets no holds barred sardonic Stefan. )
The patient is still asleep.
he's thoroughly impressed that something can be conjured out of thin air, nodding. )
You should call him Rupert. I hear he loves that.
( Gale gets no holds barred sardonic Stefan. )
The patient is still asleep.
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