Jonathan Strange (
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limacharlie2018-06-11 08:54 pm
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public channel; forward-dated a hair to day 67
[ There's a bit of a pause before Strange starts talking, as if he's not entirely certain what he's going to say. He sounds a bit tired, but awake enough to hold a conversation. ]
For those of you who didn't already know, I'm not dead anymore. [ pause. ] Which, I suppose, is obvious as I'm talking to the radio, but the point stands.
I'd like to speak directly to the Ringmaster, Syrlya, and Zangetsu, if possible. As for everybody else, can you please fill me in on what happened from the time I left with Ignatius to now? Don't spare any details, this will be written down for posterity's sake.
[ fun fact: Strange has ABSOLUTELY ZERO CLUE about the various levels of trainwreck that the fae party in the library + rescue missions + torture session were. ]
Finally, odd question, but did anyone bring any flameproof fabric?
For those of you who didn't already know, I'm not dead anymore. [ pause. ] Which, I suppose, is obvious as I'm talking to the radio, but the point stands.
I'd like to speak directly to the Ringmaster, Syrlya, and Zangetsu, if possible. As for everybody else, can you please fill me in on what happened from the time I left with Ignatius to now? Don't spare any details, this will be written down for posterity's sake.
[ fun fact: Strange has ABSOLUTELY ZERO CLUE about the various levels of trainwreck that the fae party in the library + rescue missions + torture session were. ]
Finally, odd question, but did anyone bring any flameproof fabric?
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[Her expression darkens.]
Frost better watch his back... If he hadn't trapped us, I might have made it in time to keep Lapis from getting taken.
[This is absolutely not true but, it's easier to blame the enemy fae than it is to accept that she just couldn't have done anything.]
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[ It's said in a 100% joking tone: this is just Strange trying to make Peridot feel better. His face lights up like he just realized something amazing, before Strange makes a few terrible jokes. ]
Which of the fae did you do 'arm' to? Was it a hands-off experience?
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I'm not sure if you'd be familiar with her. They call her the Lady of the Lake? She's with the Winter court. Has a domain of death and drowning...
[She says, making a flippant hand gesture. You know. Fun stuff like that!]
Everything turned out alright in the end. We managed to defeat her pretty handily, nyeheheheheheheh!
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I don't know that fae, by the way. The only Lady of the Lake I've heard of is in mythological terms. [ King Arthur, Excalibur, all that jazz. ]
Did the Lady take Lapis or Jasper?
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[ But as for Lapis, this provides a whole new set of questions. Not that Strange gives a shit about Lapis (he doesn't! she's awful!) but there is a new fae and Strange is 500% interested in this new fae. ]
Lazuli must have lucked out getting taken by a fae with a focus on drowning. Can gems even drown in the first place?
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Typically, no. I guess if we gave ourselves some lungs and did it on purpose for some sick reason...
[You know. Just so Strange is clear here. Gems don't drown by default, but they could.]
Things like 'logic' and 'gem anatomy' don't matter much when fae magic is involved, though.
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Anyway, back to your heroic rescue: you still haven't told me how you chopped her arm off.
[ after all, Strange has zero clue if he should be mad about this or not. Can fae regrow limbs? Maybe? If friggen Gongenzaka can kind of regrow a limb, then the fae should be able to do it too, right? ]
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[There's a lot of talking with her hands that's happening concurrently during this explanation.]
We'd just nabbed Lapis and Jasper back from the Lady using the narrative magic of the Athenaeum. The Lady of the Lake, she was SO mad, right? Because she tried to escape with them, but we got to them first. So she popped up out of the water behind me like PWWSSHHHH and was just like, "RARGHARGH! I'LL TAKE YOU INSTEAD!" And tried to suck me down into the water!
[Pause.]
Oh, there was a lake there, in the library. That's how we got her to appear. I probably should have mentioned that.
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You probably should have mentioned the lake, [ Strange admits. Still, considering that he almost drowned in the Athenaeum, the idea of a magic story bullshit lake makes perfect sense in his mind. ] What happened next?
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[She makes a rising motion with a hand held flat, indicating an ascending column of water.]
And then Jasper came in and tried to fight the Lady hand to hand! That part I could see, because it was happening above me, and it didn't seem like it was going super well. Obviously I had to do something to help out because if the Lady got control of Jasper again, that would have undone half the progress of what we'd already accomplished. So. I used my metallokinesis and reached out for this sword I'd been using that I borrowed from one of Lapis's meep-morps. I pulled it toward me, and then I FLUNG IT UPWARDS-- shing! Right through the surface of the water! And it cut one of her arms off.
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But on the other hand, Strange already knows about the whole 'let's torture Ignatius' problem. This is already sounding like there's different context, mostly because he hasn't heard anybody yelling at Peridot for doing a torture and there's currently only one fae trapped in the carnival...but Strange still wants specifics. ]
Did you hurt her in any other way?
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Um. I mean we were fighting her, so... Yes? Sans bit her, and I'm sure Jasper punched her or headbutted her at least once.
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That's good, [ he remarks. And then, realizing that Peridot's probably confused as hell right now, Strange decides it's probably best to explain. ]
There's a difference between wounds obtained in battle and what Lambert and the rest did. [ yup, he's heard that story ] I'm certain the Lady's probably mad about the lack of an arm thing, but that's a wound that feasibly happens in war. Plenty of people lost their limbs when I was in the peninsula.
[ It's all said in a matter of fact tone. And since that's done, Strange's expression shifts to a small smile. ] And since I don't think I've said so, it was smart of you to bring that sword.