Good. I...um...I'll make sure there's no bigger risk to Jaskier than there already is.
[Nadine's expression remains the same, tired and resigned. Everything Julie's saying lines up, there's nothing she can say to contradict her or ease her mind. And she's right, if Flagg ever came back, Jaskier would be in great danger. She'll have to put a stop to that, much as it pains her. But it isn't like much has happened yet, she'd only slept with him a few times. There's no feelings, not real ones, not like that.]
When I was little...I was told never to use Ouija boards or anything like them, because they can open up doors and let things in. Bad things. The usual extremist Catholic crap, tools of the devil, all of it. One of the first nights I was in the children's home, one of the other girls had a spirit board. They talked me into using it. That's when he found me. Everything went weird and there was a lot of...disturbing and scary things scratched into the floor and the walls.
[She takes a deep and shaky breath. This isn't something she talks about often. She's talked around it, mentioned that Flagg first came to her through magical means when she was young. But never the specifics.]
Um, I don't think Mother Abigail was the same as him, though. There were pictures, in her house, of her when she was young and her family. Whatever she was, she was human. Him, though...Oh god.
[It's a lot to process, and she buries her face in her hands for a moment to try and settle herself. If he ever came back...he's always been lenient with her, but leniency only goes so far. And whatever he'd done to her...shit. She should tell Julie.]
Okay, uh, so there's something else I need to tell you. I wasn't going to bring it up tonight, but...before he disappeared, we'd had a conversation. About me and him and how he could give me a piece of his power, teach me to do the things he can do. We never got around to the teaching part but...
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[Nadine's expression remains the same, tired and resigned. Everything Julie's saying lines up, there's nothing she can say to contradict her or ease her mind. And she's right, if Flagg ever came back, Jaskier would be in great danger. She'll have to put a stop to that, much as it pains her. But it isn't like much has happened yet, she'd only slept with him a few times. There's no feelings, not real ones, not like that.]
When I was little...I was told never to use Ouija boards or anything like them, because they can open up doors and let things in. Bad things. The usual extremist Catholic crap, tools of the devil, all of it. One of the first nights I was in the children's home, one of the other girls had a spirit board. They talked me into using it. That's when he found me. Everything went weird and there was a lot of...disturbing and scary things scratched into the floor and the walls.
[She takes a deep and shaky breath. This isn't something she talks about often. She's talked around it, mentioned that Flagg first came to her through magical means when she was young. But never the specifics.]
Um, I don't think Mother Abigail was the same as him, though. There were pictures, in her house, of her when she was young and her family. Whatever she was, she was human. Him, though...Oh god.
[It's a lot to process, and she buries her face in her hands for a moment to try and settle herself. If he ever came back...he's always been lenient with her, but leniency only goes so far. And whatever he'd done to her...shit. She should tell Julie.]
Okay, uh, so there's something else I need to tell you. I wasn't going to bring it up tonight, but...before he disappeared, we'd had a conversation. About me and him and how he could give me a piece of his power, teach me to do the things he can do. We never got around to the teaching part but...