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Geralt z Rivii ([personal profile] gynvael) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs2023-07-27 07:39 am

[ CLOSED ] though my feet my rest

Who: Geralt + Various
When: August
Where: Cadens, Horizon
What: August catch-all
Warnings: General Witcher canon stuff.


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[personal profile] boltaction 2023-08-11 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ understanding permeates vash's smile. maybe even a glint of fondness, too. he thinks luida would like him. rem certainly would have. ]

Well, yes, but...

[ he walks closer and extends his hand to offer geralt the little reproduction of the plant. it twirls to face the witcher, looking up at him with its large, expressive eyes. a cellular pattern pulses under its nearly translucent skin. if geralt holds out his hand, it'll glide across the bridge of their fingers to settle above the heart of his palm, suspended in the air. ]

They need humans as much as humans need them. They can't survive outside of the containment vats they're kept in. They need humans to track their vitals, and to intervene if something goes wrong. If the people caring for them are good to them-- it's symbiotic. They would've died out, too, if the humans hadn't crashed with them.

But knowing how to care for a Plant is a, well, highly specialized field, and most places don't just have a Plant scientist living among them. Or even nearby. And it's expensive to hire one to make the trip out if something's amiss. Some places just can't afford it in the end.

[ he bites the inside of his cheek for a moment, his face pinched with consideration, his gaze downcast. and then he fixes geralt with a cautious stare. ]

Remember when I asked about the Singularity-- in the baths-- and I said I could talk to... "things"?

[ he thinks the "reveal" is unnecessary at this point; geralt has almost certainly figured it out by now, but vash might as well say it out loud. for posterity. or whatever. ]
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[personal profile] boltaction 2023-08-13 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ vash accepts the simulacra of his sister back, watching her watch him while he gives geralt's question due consideration. why is he telling him? ]

Barely anyone knows I can back home. It's better if they don't. It'd scare them, for one, and for two...

[ his expression shutters a bit, a muscle in his jaw flexing. the frenetic scales of a piano echo faintly in the back of his mind. ]

And for two it'd be dangerous. But here-- a sharkman is my neighbor. Wanda can manipulate materials on an atomic level that shouldn't be possible. Magic is real.

I don't see much of a point in hiding it like I did, at least not from other Summoned, you know?

[ in short: circumstances here are far different than they are on no man's land. but that's not quite the full picture, and after chewing on whether he should or shouldn't for a bit, he finally blurts out: ]

Is it silly if I say I just felt like you'd understand?

[ vash finally looks back up at geralt, his mouth slanting with a tentative smile. ]
Edited 2023-08-14 01:43 (UTC)