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[bhaalite]

Hello Gale.

[corporeity]

[ somehow, he expected this. ]

Hello Orin.
To what do I owe the pleasure?

[bhaalite]

The days and nights are so very quiet. What do people do with all their time here?

[corporeity]

I’ve taken to exploring the grounds, seeing as the place is spelled to rearrange itself and offer new rooms on a whim. The library also holds a treasure trove of information on this world that I’m most eager to read.

[ a beat. ]

Neither of which is to your tastes, I imagine.

What would you do, if we were in Faerûn?

[bhaalite]

All I ever did and do was find new offerings for my father. I am the youngest Unholy Assassin on record, that does not happen with complacency and incompetence.

Did you hear that the dead don't stay dead here? Without magic or intervention, they rise anyway.

[corporeity]

Yes, some sort of manor-wide necromancy at work. Rather inconvenient for an assassin, I imagine, unholy or otherwise.

[ there, there. ]

Apparently, there’s a place below the manor called the Otherworld for, ah, writhing, as you put it. Might be more to your interests?

[ unsure if he should unleash her on it… but maybe she’ll be entertained enough to NOT murder people… ]

[bhaalite]

Little point in a death that does not serve the Dread Lord, I might as well not slaughter little lambs at all.

[ which is NOT a legally binding promise do not hold her to it!! but maybe might be a tiny bit of a relief-- no mass murder plans for now. ]

Do you know of this place, have you been there?

[corporeity]

Indeed.

[ this! feels promising! ]

I haven’t ventured down yet, no, but I know where it is. It’s… not my usual sort of haunt.

[bhaalite]

I would say that none of this house is your usual haunt. We are so very far we home, are we not? You must feel it too.

Okay, Gale, we will go to Otherworld. When?

[ was he actually asking her? it doesn't matter!! ]

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[corporeity]

[corporeity]

[ typing dots ]

I suppose we can go whenever you like.
If you promise not to stab me while we’re there.

[bhaalite]

I'll bring no knives, wizard, only myself. If it makes you feel at ease I will leave the armour too.
Take me tonight, after the sun dips out below the horizon?

[corporeity]

Is the armour terribly effective?

[ what with being made of HUMAN SKIN. ]

I don’t mind.

[ sudden fear that she will show up wearing nothing unlocked, hm. ]

Alright. I’m not like to stay long, but I can escort you.

[bhaalite]

It has its uses.

Will you share a drink with me? I assume you would not suggest anywhere that does not provide us wine, at the very least.

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[corporeity]

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[corporeity]

[ is this a trap? is it a date??? which is scarier? ]

I would be a terrible escort if I refused you. And I’m certain they have all manner of drinks, including many that will be foreign to us.

I can come by your rooms to pick you up.

[ mostly to keep astarion out of whatever the hells is happening ]

[bhaalite]

[ some secret third worse thing, probably ]

A gentleman too? Wonders cease to amaze.

Fetch me from my rooms, though be careful not to get lost. Have you had trouble navigating these halls?

[corporeity]

My mother would not forgive me if I were anything else.

The halls are rather changeable, but so is every wizard’s tower. I shall manage to find you and our destination both, I’m sure.

[bhaalite]

Mine would have forgiven me just so, only her opinion stopped mattering quite some time ago.

Tonight then, at a time that suits you most well. I will be ready, and eagerly awaiting your knock, knock, knock.

😊

[corporeity]

I'll look forward to it, Orin.

[ sincere, actually. she's an, ah, interesting one. ]