rootbound: (though the truth may vary.)
Vern ([personal profile] rootbound) wrote in [community profile] spellbinders2018-01-14 07:50 pm

whoops

Who: Geir, Vern & you!
Where: Shehui (various)
When: Day 196 (backdated to just before the telepathic fail hijinks)
Open/Closed: Mostly open!

i. setting it up (closed to geir)

[this is it. they've spent days discreetly smuggling a small heap of Palai bones one by one to a public park in a less-busy area of the city. with traffic drawn away from it by the festival, and minimal risk of anyone actually getting hurt, it's time to finish up their plan and place the final bones. one to be the trigger, one as bait for the monitors...

they peer down the street.]

...I think we can go.

ii. kaboom (open)

[and if you're in that sector of the city today, you're likely to hear a thunderclap of noise and see a brilliant flash of light coming from said park. Shehui citizens and visitors around you exclaim and turn to look, and you may see monitors making their way through the streets to the source...

Vern speaks telepathically through the entire coven's signets before the dust of the explosion's even settled, voice clipped and abrupt]

Vern and Geir here. If you're walking the city today, don't go near-- [he names the neighbourhood of the park.] If you're already near it, don't actually go to the park; make sure there are eyewitnesses that you weren't there at this time. You don't know anything about this, you weren't involved. All right?

iii. in the aftermath (open)

[Geir and Vern don't actually get themselves arrested; they're on the ground floor of the coven house as usual that evening, if you want to ask them questions face to face in a reasonably private space. they look kind of pleased with themselves...? mission success?]
rootandbranch: (and people are singing; how 'bout that!)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-01-16 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want to get in a fight! See you soon...

[his tone is affectionate -- Yona is a good friend to look out for him.

it takes them a while to return, just like Geir thought...]
dawninglight: (from down to hell)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-01-17 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[true to her word, she's waiting--rather impatiently, fidgeting and constantly looking up from the book on her lap, but waiting! as soon as she spots him she jumps up to her feet.]

--You're in one piece! How did it go?
rootandbranch: (scream until my lungs give up my soul)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-01-17 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
It went great! The stuff blew up, we followed them for a while, we found a couple of things out. Perfect!

[Geir nuzzles at Yona in friendly exuberance; even if she had doubts about their venture, she's excited to see him, and that's enough to make him appreciate her all the more.]
dawninglight: (What the moral of the backstory could be)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-01-21 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[stretching up on her tip-toes, she gives him a fond pat on his nose that acts almost like a hug; she flops on top of his nose for a brief moment and sprawls her arms out as far as they'll go before sliding off of him.]

I'm still not entirely sure about your methods, but I do know that sometimes you can't get the answers you're looking for without property destruction. What did you find out?
rootandbranch: (won't let go)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-01-21 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[no that's cute and Geir loves it? he purrs and purrs, nuzzling at outstretched arms.]

Oh; hi! They have a place where they're taking magic things...
dawninglight: (The sand is only beautiful by the sea)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-01-21 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
So there really was something like that. Why would a place that doesn't like magical things keep them around?

[there's a beat, and then she says,]

Do you think we could steal them?
rootandbranch: (tomorrow it can worry 'bout itself.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-01-23 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[there was a reason why Yona ended up friends with the apocalypse dragon and his summoner.]

Iiiif that's what we wanted to do-- I don't see why not. I'm sure that we could break in there, with our powers from Qri. I could help if I fit!
dawninglight: (Go places)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-01-23 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[wow she is totally not friends with Vern]

The faster we get the magic that we're looking for, the faster that we get to leave, and since no one here seems to care for us very much that's probably better for everyone.

Even if you can't get inside of the building, you could...stand outside and look intimidating so that no one bothers us.
Edited 2018-01-23 18:00 (UTC)
rootandbranch: (and people are singing; how 'bout that!)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-01-26 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[uh huh. Geir instantly grins, wide and sharp and ferally amused.]

I'm good at that!
dawninglight: (Come with me)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-02-01 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[she laughs a little; the sharp teeth don't intimidate her as much as they maybe should]

Do a lot of people say that? You only look scary if you're really trying.
rootandbranch: (good things are always on the way)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-02-04 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of people are scared when they first meet me. They usually relax when they figure out I'm not going to eat them unless I decide I want to, but I can tell.

[a little smug about that; Geir does come across as very naive, but one thing he's not particularly naive about is people being afraid of his potential power.]

Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't.
dawninglight: (I'll be waiting at the end of the road)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-02-07 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Huh...I guess people do have a habit of being afraid of things that they don't understand. And most people won't have met a dragon before.

[In the strictest sense she's never met a dragon before either, but they've never struck her as particularly terrifying regardless.]

Why do you like it? During the times that you do like it, I mean.
rootandbranch: (press on; the light is on its way)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-02-09 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm...

[that one requires a pause for thought.]

It's people recognizing your strength, isn't it? In its own way.
dawninglight: (And though the seats are cold now)

[personal profile] dawninglight 2018-02-10 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[she seems unsure of this answer, but acknowledges it with a nod]

Maybe. You can recognize strength without being scared of it, though. I admire the strength of my friends! It's what motivates me to become stronger myself. If people are afraid of your power, it seems like they think you might misuse it. And a misuse of power isn't something to be proud of.

[giving a little shrug and shaking her head--she let herself get sidetracked]

Not that there's much you can do about other people's perceptions of you. I don't think you would misuse your strength, so I'm sure I'm just over-thinking it.
rootandbranch: (back to you.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2018-02-11 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
...there's nothing saying I couldn't, I suppose. What's "misuse" here? Misuse for who...?