[ OPEN ] the fate of the game is moving my way.

[nightwash]

WHO: Ronan Lynch & whoever
WHAT: A catch-all for the month!
WHERE: Castle Thorne
WHEN: Throughout February

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[funbreaker]

In truth, Thancred does not yet know how he'll be making use of the weapon, if it turns out that Ronan can actually provide him with such a thing. He isn't going to simply ally himself with Thorne because they're the ones who were successful in bringing him here, but he doesn't know enough about the other factions to want to jump ship either.

For now, it will like as not be a tool for earning himself some coin by taking on odd jobs. If there are monsters in the area surrounding the castle, for instance, or even bandits that need to be quelled and brought in for questioning, being properly armed would certainly help with such efforts.

"I suppose I'm in good company, then," he says with a wry smile. Though, here comes the potentially tricky part. "Do you know what a gunblade is?" For quite some time only Garleans had made use of them, having found ways to fashion the weapons in such a way that aether manipulation was not necessary to operate them. Thancred learned the proper way of a Gunbreaker from Rostik. Even then, it's not an art that's been widespread across Hydaelyn. How likely is it that someone from an entirely different star will have the slightest idea what he's speaking of?

[nightwash]

"I assume it's a gun that's also a blade?"

Which is a pretty cool concept, even if Ronan can't figure out the advantage of combining the two. Maybe the badass factor is the whole point.

"I don't really have to know what it is. You can show it to me in the Horizon."

He doesn't care much for the Horizon, but it's at least useful for this stuff. The closest he can get to meeting people in a dream without the risk of bringing them into his dream.

"Have you gone in yet?"

[funbreaker]

That's a fair assumption, and all Thancred can do is nod. The name is quite self-explanatory, yet the specifics of how the weapon is put together are precise enough that he doesn't believe Ronan could simply make him one based on name alone.

But that's true, there is the Horizon. Thancred's head lifts from where he'd been staring at his clasped hands and he nods.

"Just the once, but I have gone in." He's now even more grateful that Stephen opted to tell him about the Horizon and then escort him in, as otherwise he'd be staring at Ronan like he had two heads. "I can't say I've practiced creating anything, but I'm willing to try."

In truth, the whole concept of creation within the Horizon unsettles him, as it reminds him far too much of what the Ascians and Ancients can do. Then again, is that not exactly what Ronan is offering him as well?

Yet he's not an Ascian; that makes all the difference.

[nightwash]

"It's not hard," Ronan says, though that's easy for him to say. Creation is the only thing he's really meant to do. But his presence alone will make the process easier for Thancred, as his presence does for all dreamers. His confidence is infectious in the dreamspace, throwing everything into sharper focus. Dreaming is his native languages and he translates it for everyone around him.

He clarifies, "All you really have to do is show me what you remember about it and what you want it to do. Once I've seen your memory, I'll have everything I need to give you what you want."

If he could pull it straight from the Horizon, life would be so much simpler. Unfortunately, it's contaminated by all those human minds, and he runs up against the wall of their limitations every time he tries to take something with him. That makes the Horizon an infuriating place for Ronan in general. Great for concept, terrible for execution.

[funbreaker]

It does sound simple enough when Ronan puts it that way, and while Thancred's memories of the Horizon are rather fuzzy, he does recall how he'd felt almost compelled to create things while in the space. Either way, it's worth a shot if it means that he'll get himself a working gunblade at the end of it all.

"Fair enough," he responds with a nod. "In that case, shall we go ahead with it? I assume we're not likely to be disturbed at this point."

It's late into the night by now and he's apparently the only person bold enough to show up here at such a strange hour. If Kylo Ren were to happen by, Thancred assumes he'd know what was going on if he found them in meditative states.