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𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠 ([personal profile] corporeity) wrote 2023-12-19 07:00 pm (UTC)

[ Part of him expects a rejection, despite the softness rounding Astarion’s eyes. Their scales have been balanced, for the time being. Anything else is surplus to requirements.

That Astarion seems intrigued by the very thing he sought to rid himself of — well, it’s a novelty. Confronted with Astarion now, Gale finds that he may have valued his humanity too cheaply. ]


True. [ His fingers catch on the mark at his throat, unable to keep his thoughts on track. ] But this will be less pleasant than my previous gift. [ His intoxicating blood doesn’t agree with him in the same way it does Astarion, to be sure. ]

[ Gale scoots closer. Without hesitation, he takes Astarion’s hand and brings it to the vee of his robes, pressing it flat against chest (over his heart, as well as the orb encasing it in blackest weave).

His eyes shutter — the tadpole seems pleased to be used, to invite another inside — and he tries to grasp the moments before the fall. A time of power that dwarfs his present weakness, unfettered by the blight. There. He’s so breathlessly alive, blood and Mystral weave coursing through his veins.

He turns the corridor in his mind and finds himself in a decrepit place. The bound book in his hand seethes, begging to be opened — a fragment of something too unreal to take shape in his mind’s eye becomes part of him before he can snap the tome shut. His face twists, in the present. The thing’s razored teeth, its demanding claws tear his insides, an unstoppable force that hollows him out, gorging on the weave until it can take the place of what was lost, leaving him near-death. The hunger rises alongside it, swift and all-consuming. His fingers curl around Astarion’s, holding his hand in place — suddenly, the memory of them threaded through his curls, silver-soft, supplants the nightmare. Just as quickly, Gale closes the door. ]

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