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[ souvenir shop! we're at the ASS shop! more specifically, strohl is looking at the little keychains, rifling through the names. he's got one in hand with a look on his face that's grimly growing in dread, and when he looks up and spots alex - ]
Hey. Fellow member of the bad luck club, you've a moment?
[ and waves her over to the keychain stand! ]
Hey. Fellow member of the bad luck club, you've a moment?
[ and waves her over to the keychain stand! ]
[ admittedly it is extremely funny but not for the moment, no - he moves out of the way a bit, gestures at the keychain rack. ]
...Do any of these names look familiar to you?
[ if she looks, she can see he has one keychain in his hand that reads Basilio. ]
...Do any of these names look familiar to you?
[ if she looks, she can see he has one keychain in his hand that reads Basilio. ]
[ god. he just reaches up and rubs his temples. headache... headache rising.... ]
I'm still getting used to seeing so many elda around, let alone all of that... hell. [ stressed. okay. OKAY!!! ] What about the others -- you don't know his brother, do you? Fidelio? Half his height, looked like he'd bite your head off if you looked at him wrong?
I'm still getting used to seeing so many elda around, let alone all of that... hell. [ stressed. okay. OKAY!!! ] What about the others -- you don't know his brother, do you? Fidelio? Half his height, looked like he'd bite your head off if you looked at him wrong?
[ stirs your brain soup ]
See, that, now that makes sense - he was dead, he died right in front of us. Eupha and Basilio, though, that's different. [ this is like more grumbling to himself than it is to alex, just sort of karen'd muttering.
wait she asked a question. ]
...Elda, yeah. [ strohl reaches up with one hand, and taps the shell of his own ear, tucking it out of the way so she can see the rounded, normal curve to it. ] You've got ears like mine, yeah? People who look like you, with rounded ears, and no horns or anything like it - would belong to the elda tribe. They're a one in a million sight, in Euchronia. I'd only ever met one, before I was dragged off to that damned resort, and only met three or four back in Euchronia when I returned, at that.
Seems like they're normal everywhere else.
See, that, now that makes sense - he was dead, he died right in front of us. Eupha and Basilio, though, that's different. [ this is like more grumbling to himself than it is to alex, just sort of karen'd muttering.
wait she asked a question. ]
...Elda, yeah. [ strohl reaches up with one hand, and taps the shell of his own ear, tucking it out of the way so she can see the rounded, normal curve to it. ] You've got ears like mine, yeah? People who look like you, with rounded ears, and no horns or anything like it - would belong to the elda tribe. They're a one in a million sight, in Euchronia. I'd only ever met one, before I was dragged off to that damned resort, and only met three or four back in Euchronia when I returned, at that.
Seems like they're normal everywhere else.
[ for a second she's like well they got revived in the end so maybe you're just from a timeline where the death was undone before it happened but then one of them is dead and not the other so? ?????
but whatever. timelines get messy. she knows this. ]
Huh. Yeah, elda are just—humans, where I'm from. And they're the norm. Or like the... only. Or, sorry, where I was from. There's a lot more variety in Hell. Demons and stuff.
but whatever. timelines get messy. she knows this. ]
Huh. Yeah, elda are just—humans, where I'm from. And they're the norm. Or like the... only. Or, sorry, where I was from. There's a lot more variety in Hell. Demons and stuff.
[ ???? iS THE MOOD!!!!! little does he know not only is fidelio is alive but they gained another party member on top of that!!! mg is wild!
anyhoo. he winces a little at the word 'humans', but has by now schooled himself into mostly not reacting beyond that, nodding. ]
... So you didn't start there? Hell, Heaven, somewhere else, and whatever this place is? You really did the whole bloody gauntlet, huh...?
anyhoo. he winces a little at the word 'humans', but has by now schooled himself into mostly not reacting beyond that, nodding. ]
... So you didn't start there? Hell, Heaven, somewhere else, and whatever this place is? You really did the whole bloody gauntlet, huh...?
It's an endless recursion.
[ has no right to angst about this when heaven was her own doing. ]
I talked to a kid here who's been through two before, too. More common than you'd hope and... less than promising, when you think about the future implications.
[ has no right to angst about this when heaven was her own doing. ]
I talked to a kid here who's been through two before, too. More common than you'd hope and... less than promising, when you think about the future implications.
The monarchy was a universal constant, but that's not stopped the tournament from happening. The throne's been occupied by kings for all of our history, and now the leader'll be chosen by the people, because someone chose to make that change.
[ that's at home, but the metaphor (lol) matches. strohl plucks another keychain - Eupha from the stand, and catches it against his palm, a little showy drama for the sake of it. ]
I've no intention of dying here - but I'd rather die trying than die waiting. [ trying to make change. trying to stop injustice. ] Certainly more fun.
[ that's at home, but the metaphor (lol) matches. strohl plucks another keychain - Eupha from the stand, and catches it against his palm, a little showy drama for the sake of it. ]
I've no intention of dying here - but I'd rather die trying than die waiting. [ trying to make change. trying to stop injustice. ] Certainly more fun.
Monarchies have never been universal constants. Constants, maybe, but...
[ don't be rude to his lore that you don't even know you freak. ... but the showiness does actually make her grin a little. ]
The way these go? We don't have a lot of say in the matter. So we do what we want until we die. [ which, in his case, seems to be fighting the power. very nice, very cool. ]
[ don't be rude to his lore that you don't even know you freak. ... but the showiness does actually make her grin a little. ]
The way these go? We don't have a lot of say in the matter. So we do what we want until we die. [ which, in his case, seems to be fighting the power. very nice, very cool. ]
Alright, listen, smarty-pants, not all of us have gone gallivanting around a universe or five.
[ she said three
anyway this is just teasing - it looks like he's going to toss the keychain at her head for a second, but he just mimes it and doesn't do it because he's not yet devolved into being a five year old, that's for when he and hulkenberg are in the same room ]
But I hear that. What do you want to do, then?
[ she said three
anyway this is just teasing - it looks like he's going to toss the keychain at her head for a second, but he just mimes it and doesn't do it because he's not yet devolved into being a five year old, that's for when he and hulkenberg are in the same room ]
But I hear that. What do you want to do, then?
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