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abraxaslogs2023-12-05 11:13 am
gynvael) wrote in abraxaslogs2023-12-05 11:13 am
[ OPEN / CLOSED ] adieu to all the faceless things
Who: Geralt + Various
When: Pre-event, post-mine jail
Where: Cadens; Horizon
What: Geralt takes care of some business now that he's home + putters around his Horizon
Warnings: Standard Witcher canon
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When: Pre-event, post-mine jail
Where: Cadens; Horizon
What: Geralt takes care of some business now that he's home + putters around his Horizon
Warnings: Standard Witcher canon
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[ Blake took the roundabout path of determining where Geralt was on top of that. He still hasn't a fucking idea why Blake sought Jaskier instead of simply asking the Witcher, but he can't deny the decision is in line with what he knows about the man.
His brows draw together. The answer to Sam's question is multilayered. There's what Blake said, what Blake seemingly wants, and what Blake thinks they should all be doing. As for Geralt, how he feels things should ideally be is a different matter than what he believes they can be or should be, given the reality. ]
He believes there aren't enough precautions in place. To ensure Viktor's inventions will not backfire on the workers. [ His tone is ambivalent at best. Passing on a message more than anything. ] He left before imparting further details.
[ Geralt does not specify what caused Blake to leave abruptly, but Sam can make his inferences. ]
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[ it's a joke - a bit of an obvious one, but sam chuckles a bit to himself anyway as he finishes up with the pig and moves to wash his hands and then mess with the retro style oven situation that jesper had gone out of his way to set up for him.
he doesn't really stop anything he's doing - pausing once he's got the stove set to seat up to help organize the bags of wood to make geralt's chopping a bit more efficient - as geralt explains. his brow furrows a bit as he listens, because really, it's a pretty valid concern. especially coming from someone who may or may not know viktor, who may even have his own personal attachment to the situation.
everything that is happening with the mines sits pretty heavily in the back of sam's mind, but he also knows himself well enough to know that he feels this way about a lot of things. a lot of cadens things. and that's not even broaching the topic of the war, of the efforts, of the factions in their entirety. he lets out a very quiet sigh and shakes his head. ]
There probably aren't, honestly. We're talking about a pre-industrial revolution kinda city. They're a far cry from unions. [ and then, when he has a moment to realize half of what he's said probably isn't at all recognizable to geralt, sam tries again. ] Viktor's still in the process of his work, last I checked, but I'm sure getting it all implemented will take some political dance moves. Do you think he wants to get involved?
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[ Amusement colours his tone. Blake had approached not only Geralt, but Dean, too. Another beacon of Free Cities diplomacy. Between the two of them, it's no surprise the conversation was less than productive, though some of that responsibility lies on Blake's obstinate shoulders.
Geralt sweeps the carrots into a bowl and takes the next thing that Sam pushes towards him. His culinary expertise is limited, but he's efficient with a knife. ]
You can't expect a gaggle of orphans to form a guild. [ Or unions, as Sam calls them. Besides, a guild was as much in service of the men who ran the trade as the workers who laboured—if not more. It's hardly a revolutionary solution.
As for Viktor, from how Blake spoke, it sounds as if the man is already involved. But that isn't a fact Geralt's confirmed, so he shakes his head. ] You'll have to speak to Viktor yourself. Our previous conversations have been...complicated.
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[ it's too easy to toss back, easy to keep the joke going. geralt's amused and sam is entertained and while sam knows situation is much more serious than that, is much more important, he knows geralt won't fault him for the back and forth.
he can't help but let his mind wander - no, they can't expect a bunch of orphans to form a guild, or union, and they can't assume workers who have never known anything else to think in that way. but also...god, he isn't built for this, is he? it's not like he's got any first hand experience with this sort of thing beyond whatever hellscape the va had been back in dc.
he organizes out the veggies - pausing briefly to point out to geralt which ones need to be chopped in which way and in which bowls, before he's back to the oven. the pig. or at least, he's about to when he he hears you'll have to speak to viktor yourself and complicated and can't help but look over - one brow up. ]
Complicated...how, exactly? [ he knows geralt won't say much more if he doesn't feel comfortable enough to do so, but they've been friends for long enough that sam does feel like he can ask. ]
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Seeking social improvement for a centuries-long establishment, however, is not under his purview.
Viktor, on the other hand. That is...hm.
He takes his time answering. He will not deny some of his feelings are strictly personal; he has little room in his life for those who will make presumptions about how he raises his daughter. Especially not in response to a discussion about her safety. But it's more than a singular conversation that left him uncertain. ]
I've known men like him. [ He sweeps the onions into the waiting bowl. ] I've seldom found them to have much restraint when they believe they're accomplishing something greater than themselves.
[ Did Sam speak to Viktor after Jayce's disappearance? Sam must've. He imagines Sam went to Viktor to look in on him. Geralt had done the same. They may not have seen eye to eye, but it doesn't mean he'd wished ill on Viktor. And it was that exchange which lingered on his mind since. ]
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geralt seems content to mull the question over, and sam is fine with the time as well, his thoughts circling and spreading out - working on the pig, going down the list for the party, bouncing back and forth between i need to remember to do this tonight and after the party is over i will reach out for that.
they work in comfortable silence for the span that geralt takes to consider his words, with sam moving around the new kitchen - brief moments where he pauses, has to remind himself where the new placement for everything goes. it's a few moments later when geralt speaks up again and sam refcuses, bringing his attention back to geralt directly.
i've known men like him.
sam blinks and he sees tony, he sees suits of iron and steel, he sees ultron. but then sam blinks again and the visions are gone, replaced with everything else, everything that follows. he knows what geralt means, what he is trying to say, and the frown that pulls at sam's mouth should tell geralt all he really needs to know about it - that sam agrees, in some ways. but then it brings in the larger question: where, if at all, the line should be drawn. sam rubs at his chin for a moment. ]
You said your conversations have been complicated. That makes me think he's said, or done, something already that you're worried about. Or- not worried, but not happy with.
[ sam did go and see viktor, had checked in during those between months - not right after, but soon enough. viktor had been grieving just as sam had been expecting of him, but their conversation had brought up...
well, if sam's being honest, that exact feeling. i've seldom found them to have much restraint. ]
Anything I should know about?
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He sighs. ] When we last spoke, he asked me what I would do if Ciri were to vanish from this sphere. [ That is, obviously, not the entire story—though the question Viktor asked alone sets the tone for the point he wishes to make. ] Our previous conversation, however...did you ever wonder how Ciri wound up on that island? When she was forewarned?
[ He'd trained her. She would not have been so easily taken, knowing the dangers that were out there. He would not have been taken if he wasn't protecting Rinwell. Regardless of Sam's response, he continues. ]
She came searching for me, carrying a tracker that Viktor gave her. [ He pauses. ] Don't misunderstand me. I know full well how hardheaded Ciri is. Her decisions are her own. But Viktor is aware of Ciri's...uniqueness. What it might mean should she fall into the wrong hands. And after our talks, I'm not certain I trust he's capable of placing her wellbeing over his own endeavours.
[ Not deliberately, not like that. He doesn't believe Viktor has any intention of putting anyone in harm's way. Ciri and Viktor are friends. There's a reason he's avoided interfering beyond keeping a close eye on the situation. Intentions are one thing, though. Consequences are another. Add in the complications of grief and loss, and that creates a picture Geralt cannot say he likes looking at. ]
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which is why, when geralt sighs, sam's brows lift just a bit. when he first speaks, sam waits for him to continue, knowing there is more to what he's saying.
what he learns is not what he expects, specifically at carrying a tracker that viktor gave her. sam's first thoughts are, of course, immediately addressed by geralt, so all sam really does is cross his arms over his chest and listen. and what he hears doesn't make him feel any better. he only (relatively) recently learned of ciri's own 'uniqueness', as geralt puts it - but even then, he can see exactly what it is that geralt is alluding to. how viktor wouldn't hesitate, in these sorts of situations. ]
It's a dangerous combo- the two of them, I mean. Especially if Ciri's willing to dive into those situations, Viktor's only gonna support her. [ and maybe complicated is exactly the word for it. because he agrees, viktor isn't the kind of person who would intentionally do anything malicious, not like that and definitely not towards ciri. but if put in a situation like what happened with the pit, he doesn't see viktor or ciri making another decision. ]
When I saw him, he asked me if I had the chance to go back, if I'd take it. I told him it'd depend on how. By what means. [ now it's sam's turn to sigh, shake his head. ] The worst part about all this is that he could easily be the one who figures it all out and lets people go home. But how he gets there...
[ sam swallows down a kind of weight in his throat. he likes viktor, he really really does. he's just not sure if he can trust him, and that's hard. really hard. he lets out another breath. ]
Yeah- I'll talk to him. About the miners, and the robot and all that.
wrap soon? 🎀
Setting down his knife, he leans back against the counter to watch Sam finish stuffing the boar. His arms fold across his chest. ] Those doors will not open without consequences.
[ They both know this to be true. Staying here has its set of consequences, too; he won't deny that. And yet—
The weight feels much heavier when it comes to the idea that the Singularity may one day be a threshold they can freely pass in and out of. That is a reshaping of the foundations of multiple worlds. Not merely this one. He's seen what only a fraction of that could do on the Continent, and he cannot imagine it will lead to anything except greater bloodshed.
Geralt remains in thought for a moment longer. ] He needs someone he might care to listen to. Should things become...difficult.
[ And while he can offer his version of guidance, he's aware it is not the sort that will make a difference. Not here, not for this. Should it come to that, Geralt has one solution, and talking is not a part of it. Sam will make better headway. If nothing else, he'll know Sam is watching the situation closely. ]
sounds good to me! c:
it's always been about choice, in the end. about there being an option when kids, or those with families, or even just for those who didn't want to undergo what abraxas tends to do to them.
he knows it's dangerous, they both know it's dangerous, but sam can't quite let go of the thought that viktor - at least right now - is going to be their best option for really getting it figured out. sam finishes with the pig, ties it off and checks to make sure it looks done before turning to wash his hands. with geralt's help, most of the prep is nearly done - now it's just a matter of the cooking. with a rag in hand, he turns back to where geralt's sitting and shrugs, once. ]
I make no promises that he'll listen. But I'll try. Here- you done with that?
[ he walks over to the table, reaching for the finished product of geralt's knife skills, checking them briefly (not that he needs to) before it's time to go throw them in some kind of pot or pan. ]