intro | day 104

[tacosgay]

Listen.

[The voice that comes over the public channel is... odd, and new to most folks here. He pauses for a bit, as if that's the entire thought-- but, sure enough, he follows it with an obviously annoyed question.]

So we're just kind of... here, because they say so? Like... this can't be legal, can it? Has anybody tried talking to the fuckin' police about this?

[As he speaks, he gets increasingly irritated, his voice breaking.]

I'm gonna be real with you guys: I've got half a mind to just kinda magic my way out, except I'm pretty sure the Ringleader or whatever would come after me. Is that a thing?

Comments

[tacosgay]

Both. The tentacles are on loan from the other schools of magic, technically, but, you know. It's important to branch out sometimes.

[whattaprick]

Wouldn't know, since I'm not a mage. But I'll take your word for it.

[tacosgay]

Wizard, technically. Though I guess I'm not 100% on what the difference is.

[whattaprick]

More or less means the same thing where I come from.

[tacosgay]

Oh. Welp. Live and learn, I guess.

So what's that make you? A normie?

[whattaprick]

Hah, good one. You really think anyone around here is normal?

I'm a witcher. [ And since that will make absolutely zero sense-- ] Basically a monster hunter for hire. Got promoted to being a supervisor about a month ago.

[tacosgay]

From what I've seen and heard? Yeah, no, good point.

Oh hell yeah, my dude. Sounds kinda like what my flunkies back home and I did. Except, you know, instead of monsters, we hunt... stuff, I guess. Magical stuff!

[whattaprick]

Treasure hunters, then?

[tacosgay]

Wwweeeeelllllllllll... sort of. More like... treasure destroyers? We retrieve these really powerful magic items and bring them back to our moon base to blow them up.

[whattaprick]

[ There's a brief pause. ]

Because they're dangerous, or just for fun?

[tacosgay]

Well... mostly the first one. Also, we get paid to do it, so that's nice.

[whattaprick]

If it was an easy job, people would be taking out their own magical trash. Getting paid just seems fair.

[tacosgay]

You have an excellent point. This shit is not easy. I literally died, like, ten times last time we went after one of 'em, it sucked.

[whattaprick]

Must be a glutton for punishment.

[ Not like he's one to talk ... ]

[tacosgay]

Hey, man, it's for the greater good and all that, am I right?