( catch-all ) sailin' away on the crest of a wave

[sorser]

WHO: Stephen and various
WHAT: A catch-all for misc. things!
WHERE: In and around Castle Thorne, maybe the Horizon
WHEN: Throughout the month
WARNINGS: Will add as they come up!

(( closed starters and assorted things below! feel free to PM me if you wanted something specific with Stephen, or if you wanted to plot! ))

Comments

[sakaya]

An agreement?

[Her curiosity is piqued further now that this magus wants to bargain with her. Clapping her hands together, she leans forward, interested to hear more.]

I'm allll ears, Doctor. You've really made me optimistic so I have to thank you even just a little, somehow.

[sorser]

Hold onto your thanks until you hear it.

[Ah, the self-sacrificial nature of all those who'd bear the title of hero. Often, Stephen is not even immune.]

Next time you're wanting to test out the limit of your abilities, turn your attention away from a random guard in the castle. Come to me, instead. I've just proven I can handle you; that includes any wayward experimentations you suddenly get it into your head to play around with.

[sakaya]

Oh?

[The oni blinks in mild surprise at the sorcerer — he just keeps 'em coming. There's certainly no fault with his offer, none that she can immediately poke at anyway.]

How bold of you to offer yourself to me. Though... Hm.

[She is definitely mulling it over as taps her cheek and rests the elbow in the other hand.]

I was assuming you'd just exterminate me on the spot. Instead, you're being pragmatic even after I nearly made you go mad, drinking me in like that.

[She's trying to eke out his intentions, or something to that effect. It would only be natural that anyone with actual sense would single her out as a wildcard and a threatening one at that with no Master to anchor her down.]

[sorser]

I’m not in the business of killing indiscriminately.

[He is a doctor, after all. And though his Hippocratic oath has been… bent to the point of resembling a pretzel at this point, Stephen will always choose reasoning over violence. A peaceful solution to an outright violent one.

It’s often a matter if the other party is willing to do the same.]

So what do you say? Willing to accept my offer?

[sakaya]

So it's neither love nor hate... Mn.

[For a moment, she says nothing and angles herself so that she can examine Stephen. As a summon, Shuten would have never predicted it would take her to this place. There were so many humans and though it would be hard to hold a candle up to her Master's strength of character, the man before her was proving to be something else entirely.

And different isn't bad.]

Welllll... If you're gonna play with an oni, then my one concession...!

[And she holds up a finger, wagging it at him playfully.]

... Is that you share a drink with me. You're handsome enough to make any alcohol I have taste better and it seems we'll have a loooot to talk about. I won't even try to nibble on you if that makes you feel better.