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Jesper Fahey ([personal profile] itookashot) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs2023-11-02 10:25 am

Got love for the people that have warned you

WHO: Jesper Fahey and you!
WHAT: Catch-all for November, featuring inn renovations!
WHERE: Cadens, Nocwich, Horizon
WHEN: Throughout November
WARNINGS: NSFW for threads within





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inn renovations time

[personal profile] aquilus 2023-11-18 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
At some point early during the period of renovations, Jesper may or may not notice a thump or two from somewhere in the direction of the roof, depending how much time he spends on the ground floor and how sharp his hearing is. Nothing too noisy — just indicators that someone is up there and for once, doesn't care to be stealthy enough to hide it.

A short while later Altaïr appears wherever Jesper is working, a hand-drawn drawing/map/diagram in hand. Freshly made.

"As promised." He offers it over with a nod and a small smile. "I found one or two places in danger of leaking soon."
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[personal profile] aquilus 2023-11-20 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
He catches a brief glance of something shimmering, but nothing more. It doesn't strike him as important — probably magic, most strange things here are magic — but he'll remember it.

"A full replacement would give it a better lifespan, but patchwork would be sufficient," he says with a nod. "The choice may depend on what price can be negotiated with local workmen, and how much the innkeeper can afford to pay. Unless you intend to do all the work yourself."
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[personal profile] aquilus 2023-12-01 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a fair point. Practical-minded, both in terms of finances and in assessing Mags' likely actions. Generous of spirit too, though that's not really what catches his attention most about all this.

"More and more I see you and other Summoned investing in the community here," he says. "It feels permanent."

He doesn't say it as though he thinks it's something bad; he doesn't. Truthfully, he's not sure how he feels about it.
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[personal profile] aquilus 2023-12-16 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
There are no good reasons, not for Altaïr. Not when he's left such important things behind. He can understand that he has no control over his presence here — he can acknowledge it — but he'll never be able to accept it.

"Yes. The people of my homeland face a time of great change, and I should be there to take part in it."

Be with them — lead them, probably. He doesn't know if he deserves the role but he knows he can give his brothers nothing less than himself.

"But it doesn't mean I care nothing for this land." His mouth curves into a thin, rueful smile. "In a sense, I feel divided between two worlds, though I'm firmly in just one."
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[personal profile] aquilus 2023-12-24 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Mmm. So I've been told."

Does he believe it? Yes and no. He doesn't believe that any of those who have gone back and returned once more were lying or mistaken about their experiences. But what Jesper describes is almost too simple in its way, and Altaïr does not trust anything about this to be simple. He listens carefully, though, interest more than piqued by another story from one who'd apparently crossed worlds more than once.

"I'm glad you had something good to look back on," he says, and means it — and that's as much a sign as any that the past year has changed him, because this would not have been the case a year ago. "Despite that, what is so bad about the place you came from?"