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Jaskier "old-timey fuckboy" Alfred Pankratz ([personal profile] cointosser) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs2021-10-01 09:35 pm

[ CLOSED ] when I'm like this, you're the one I trust

Who: Jaskier, Ciri, Geralt, eventually Sam?
When: First week of October
Where: The desert outskirts of Cadens
What: Jaskier attempts to help Ciri learn magic with disastrous results.
Warnings: Bodily injury, may move to mild body horror depending.



[With the climate they found themselves in, it only made sense for them to really embrace their new... eccentric talents. At least, that was what Jaskier tells himself, and when he tells himself it -- regarding Ciri, in particular -- it all makes sense, of course. If they are all gifted with magic, then it only makes sense to make use of it.

After all, it's free. And they need skills to make a living off of. As far as he understands, Ciri is, er, well. Like Geralt. A hunter.

Magic, hunting. It all fits together.

Okay, fine. He's terribly bored also. And he's tired of being the only one with magic around here. (He's still avoiding the whole plant thing. He prefers not to think about it, actually.]


All right, my dear. I -- well, I don't claim to know many, er, spells, but we can start on what I started on. Simply a little bird. [He, of course, adds a completely unnecessary flourish to his movements, and a bit of sparks, holding out his hand with a dove sitting on his palm.]

It's a bit hard to describe. I sort of... imitated watching it, I suppose.

[He sort of definitely wants to see Ciri try to imitate his flourish.]
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[personal profile] gynvael 2021-10-27 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ He makes a sound that passes for, No need to tell me, and leans back on the couch. Every part of him aches, weighing down each limb. Sam doesn't say much else after that; Geralt's not one to fill the silence for the sake of it. He lets it drift over them. Watches the flames flicker. Eventually, he can hear Sam's breathing start to even out. When he looks over—hm. Yeah. Sam's dead to the world.

Geralt gives it another ten, fifteen, minutes. Make sure Sam isn't going to stir. Then he gets up to check on the windows and doors, peers into both Ciri and Jaskier. Alina. They're sleeping, too.

For the first time, there's finally nothing happening. (Thank fuck.)

Geralt returns to the couch to toss a blanket over Sam. He doesn't sit back down, though, not wanting to fall asleep himself. He takes up residence on a nearby chair instead. That's where he stays for the rest of the night, keeping one eye on Sam and the other over the rest of the home. ]