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[theidlemaiden]

𝘏𝘪 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 — 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘢ï𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 — 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴!

[A combination of deep exasperation and resignation doesn't show in Altaïr's 'handwriting', but if it could, it absolutely would.]

We discovered a pair of mated lizards in the woods of Solvunn some time ago. One appears entirely normal, the other is half-mechanical, with gears in its midsection. It should clearly be dead regardless of where those gears came from, and yet it both lives and has fathered eggs.

[Unspoken: 'That's fucked up, right?'

Hilda's handwriting interjects, clearly addressing Altaïr. ]

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 “𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥” - 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦! 

[He feels as though he should be too dignified and composed for internal bickering in front of others but he absolutely is not.]

Miracle implies the presence of divinity. This is clearly something else. I would like to know what, and to know whether any other Summoned have encountered anything similar.

[ Somewhere Hilda is rolling her eyes and mimicking him but thankfully everyone else is spared the theatrics. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 – 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴.

 

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!

( ooc: visit the lizards here! and you may get replies from either one of the new parents or both! don't worry about posting order, thread jacking is encouraged ) 

Comments

[theidlemaiden]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘰-𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥.

𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥?

[frontlinetitties]

Not that I ever saw.
People often had replacement bones and shit?
But not metal parts where key organs are meant to be.
How does that even work?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥.

[frontlinetitties]

Fair one.
I guess it's only a bit weirder than necromancy when you really think about it.
Or maybe less weird depending on your point of view.

Congrats to the happy father, I guess?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺? 𝘐'𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵...

[ A part of her is starting to think that that might not be the case. ]

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. (𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.)

[frontlinetitties]

I mean, necromancy is kinda used to stop people from dying sometimes.
Like, you can replace lost bones with other bones?
Flesh adepts can fix up wounds and shit?
It's not all about raising skeletons to do the dishes or whatever.
So maybe you're right.
Maybe he just needed patching up but with metal bits or something.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘋𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?

[ In that moment she wonders if she could get Veliki and Mali to do simple chores or tricks but no, Hilda they're not dogs, stop that. ]

𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦.

[frontlinetitties]

A really good necro can do it through skill alone, but less good ones cheat with like pins and globs of tendon and stuff. They really did do the chores though.

What kind of thing did they think it was pointing to?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵.

𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴.

[ There's a difference between the sort that could save lives but what everyone seemed the most concerned about was the sort that transformed them into creatures beyond semblance of a human. ]

[frontlinetitties]

It's really not that interesting, you're not missing anything. Although maybe I only think that because it was the norm for me, you know?

For medical advancement or like...nefarious shit?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?

𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵.

[frontlinetitties]

Yeah, I think I could do that. Any fucker can be a necro in the Horizon after all. Kinda.

Have they seen it happening here, or in their home worlds?

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[theidlemaiden]

[ Her thoughts drift to the arm that Geralt had shown she and Altaïr. ]

𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴.

[frontlinetitties]

Maybe I can't really talk here, but that sounds fucked. I mean, I'm glad your lizard buddy is okay? But if it's not for life saving purposes then what the fuck is it gonna be used for?

[aquilus]

Precisely my question. It may be fascinating as an individual achievement, but it could be the first step in more troubling efforts.

[Yeah, he's still here with Hilda, mostly paying close attention to the back-and-forth.

Also. He saw that remark about being shy, Hilda. :T]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘎𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

[ After all, everything Gideon had told Hilda about the world she had come from sounded equally as disturbing. Actually make that definitely more disturbing than a half-mechanical lizard.

Also yes she has boldly made a claim that she dares Altair to dispute. ]

𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰! 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰.

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸?

[frontlinetitties]

Yeah, I'll let you both know. Like, if it is a first step in something creepy and gross then we really need to find out before it turns into a sprint.

I'll keep an eye out. Let's hope it's just some kinda medical treatment.