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Viktor ([personal profile] techmaturgy) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs2024-07-15 10:44 am

[open] july catchall

Who: Viktor and special guests and you
When: throughout July & August
Where: Cadens, the Horizon, Nocwich
What: ah oh no we were indirectly responsible for bombing the castle
Warnings: war crimes

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[personal profile] diametrically 2024-08-09 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Viktor deflating doesn't shift Cassian's expression, but there is something a little bit firmer in his voice. Like he's trying to steer this conversation away from the downtrodden tone that it had taken on. ]

You must have friends who are who can help.

[ He can only assume that Viktor is well connected. The dream they'd all experienced hadn't just showcased the best of their traits, they had shown the worst of them too. Viktor's workshop and his lone figure hunched over his creations is a difficult thing to rid from his mind even if Cassian wanted to forget everything that had happened in there. ]

Even if you don't, you know your strengths. If you build something does it have to be kept in the Free Cities in your workshop? Can someone else that you trust look after it for you?
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[personal profile] diametrically 2024-08-11 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ He nods. ]

From what I've seen the Horizoin retains the things Summoned put in there regardless of medium. 

[ Istredd's library is a testament to that. But while that solves the problem of written text and mediums, that doesn't quite feel like a solution either. Not when it's clear to him that Viktor is the sort of person who enjoys working with his hands. Who needs to build as all engineers do. Even with notes, creating prototypes still took time and effort and destroying everything after building it isn't the most ideal way to continuously improve on designs. ] 

If there are prototypes you think are worth keeping, and you need them out of the Free Cities, I can see what I can do.[ Cassian's dealings with the black market weren't widely known nor did he know the full extent of what could be smuggled save for smaller ideas that could fit into a bag, but they're in the spirit of problem solving. Or at the very least trying to brainstorm a solution. ] 

You looked after Bee for me when I couldn't remember him. If I can do the same for you, I will. 

[ Granted Bee was - is - nothing more than a figment of his imagination. But that didn't make him any less important. Horizon Bee was something conjured in the Horizon to fill a part of his heart that dearly missed the droid and everything he represented. For Viktor to look after him - accelerated friendship or not - isn't lost on Cassian. ]
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[personal profile] diametrically 2024-08-16 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cassian knows what he's offering up and the risk that it could possibly entail. He should be more cautious. He should weigh the risks and reward more especially now that he had people that he cannot deny caring for in Thorne. But old habits of putting himself on the line for someone else's sake, for something that he believes in, haven't seem to disappeared. ]

I wouldn't offer if I didn't want to do it.

[ The statement is said with enough quiet conviction that it's clear there's nothing Viktor could say that can sway him in this moment. Privately Cassian has his own watchful eye on what could come from the technology Viktor creates, all too wary of what damage can be done if it falls into the wrong hands. But for now, the man is simply someone in need of support in any form that can be found whether he wants to accept it or not.

He nods again. ]


You can only plan for so much. BUt you aren't alone in trying to solve this, Viktor.