( better have the magics to keep flour behaving, given the way of it, ridiculous and useful substance that it is. wei wuxian looks to more of the flat rounds and works to set them on wooden paddle to be put into the baking oven; lifting an eyebrow at wrath's words, and huffing out something like but unlike a laugh. )
One would wonder if those who've died truly have their own feeling to you, then. They're... interesting, to my sense of them. Now you, far more powerful than anything I am, I suspect, but if I don't acknowledge that, I'd be as foolish as to think certain esteemed horrible lords of the not-quite-living aren't as powerful as they are. Now...
( into the oven the bread goes, and it takes some shimmying of the board to divest himself of flats on the paddle until they rest on stone and brick; )
You sought me out. What for? I'm guessing this isn't about tea or drinks, though I'll note I do enjoy both, and Lan Zhan can't drink without haring off, so my drinking partners are low in supply these days.
( wrath does not know if what he gets from the undead is different than what wei wuxian does, but it is very possible. he has been dealing with the dead for a long time, but he has also been accustomed to dealing with souls instead of the spirits this world appears to hold.
he says nothing to all of that, which is perhaps acknowledgement enough of the power he generally holds. this world takes much from him. )
I will keep that in mind when it comes to the tea and drinks ( mortal food is still something he is growing accustomed to. ) , but no, that is not what I came to you for now.
I came to you for two reasons. The first is Lady Vannozza- she is sick. She appears to be possessed by death itself. I wondered if you'd ever experienced anything like it before.
thiiiis is gonna be part of hijinks in timing but lol w/e now you know in two ways
... The Lady has not invited or asked for my examination, but I can tell you this: she's being emptied, for another to fill. Her body's being asked to endure the loss of her spirit in stages.
( no smiles, here, it's said factually, as he knows. )
What she requires is warding against spiritual invasion and the knowledge of who has hired and paid the Attaryl to do this. I have suspicions, but as of now, I have no knowing. But she's the favoured cousin.
( a sideglance to Wrath with that. )
Isn't she.
lmaoo YES timeywimeyness is a go so they can talk about this part of it here and just know things
( Wrath catches the sideglance, understanding the meaning without any further hint required. it helps his own thoughts have been headed that way for some time, and he would know family is ruthless- not that his brothers are anything like mortal families.
he nods, and his expression is grim. )
I had my own suspicions based on other information I had learned though it was not enough evidence to prove definitive. This only further solidifies who I've suspected.
( after all, they do know the man has been lengthening his life at the cost of the lives of servants with dark magic. they will have to look for further evidence before they can do anything about him, but he means to search for it. )
Oh, a long deceased witch popped in and told us. Hatisse, I believe you've met her remarkably well preserved self.
( he peers in at the new round of bread baking in the oven, and bless everything, but it's meant to be flat bread so his concerns over it rising or not rising can be... ignored. )
Turns out she's not so moved on as we suspected, which, in all honestly, doesn't surprise me when the object of her lasting, ah, addressing only recently passed beyond this world himself.
I am familiar. I had assumed her body was being preserved for her body parts to be used in spells and rituals, but it seems as if she may have been preserved for herself.
( wrath grimaces at this news, but he does not appear surprised. there must have been a reason her body was kept so remarkably preserved. clearly, she intends on returning to it or returning to life itself in some way.
he does not like the thin rules that exist here. mortals, witches, and the like can simply defy death whether they choose to or not. )
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One would wonder if those who've died truly have their own feeling to you, then. They're... interesting, to my sense of them. Now you, far more powerful than anything I am, I suspect, but if I don't acknowledge that, I'd be as foolish as to think certain esteemed horrible lords of the not-quite-living aren't as powerful as they are. Now...
( into the oven the bread goes, and it takes some shimmying of the board to divest himself of flats on the paddle until they rest on stone and brick; )
You sought me out. What for? I'm guessing this isn't about tea or drinks, though I'll note I do enjoy both, and Lan Zhan can't drink without haring off, so my drinking partners are low in supply these days.
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he says nothing to all of that, which is perhaps acknowledgement enough of the power he generally holds. this world takes much from him. )
I will keep that in mind when it comes to the tea and drinks ( mortal food is still something he is growing accustomed to. ) , but no, that is not what I came to you for now.
I came to you for two reasons. The first is Lady Vannozza- she is sick. She appears to be possessed by death itself. I wondered if you'd ever experienced anything like it before.
thiiiis is gonna be part of hijinks in timing but lol w/e now you know in two ways
( no smiles, here, it's said factually, as he knows. )
What she requires is warding against spiritual invasion and the knowledge of who has hired and paid the Attaryl to do this. I have suspicions, but as of now, I have no knowing. But she's the favoured cousin.
( a sideglance to Wrath with that. )
Isn't she.
lmaoo YES timeywimeyness is a go so they can talk about this part of it here and just know things
he nods, and his expression is grim. )
I had my own suspicions based on other information I had learned though it was not enough evidence to prove definitive. This only further solidifies who I've suspected.
( after all, they do know the man has been lengthening his life at the cost of the lives of servants with dark magic. they will have to look for further evidence before they can do anything about him, but he means to search for it. )
How did you come across this information?
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( he peers in at the new round of bread baking in the oven, and bless everything, but it's meant to be flat bread so his concerns over it rising or not rising can be... ignored. )
Turns out she's not so moved on as we suspected, which, in all honestly, doesn't surprise me when the object of her lasting, ah, addressing only recently passed beyond this world himself.
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( wrath grimaces at this news, but he does not appear surprised. there must have been a reason her body was kept so remarkably preserved. clearly, she intends on returning to it or returning to life itself in some way.
he does not like the thin rules that exist here. mortals, witches, and the like can simply defy death whether they choose to or not. )
You assisted with his moving on?