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abraxaslogs2022-11-10 10:36 pm
thedevilwhorose) wrote in abraxaslogs2022-11-10 10:36 pm
as we circle the moon [open]
Who: Lucifer, others
When: November
Where: Thorne, the Horizon, Nocwich
What: catch-all, open prompts, closed starters
Warnings: Self-Loathing, unhinged devil, mental breakdowns??
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ShadowSpirits | Sleepwalker#5336)
When: November
Where: Thorne, the Horizon, Nocwich
What: catch-all, open prompts, closed starters
Warnings: Self-Loathing, unhinged devil, mental breakdowns??
(Will match style.
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Specifically their telepathy. From the moment she stepped into his Horizon and they mentally connected, his world has somewhat changed, since he too never had such an immediate tug toward someone. And usually in training his mages learn how not to share thoughts so easily, but with her, they've just put it all on the table when they are together. Thoughts, emotions, memories. He also understands chaos magic, despite not having her specific kind of it, he knows that particular sort of madness.
And then there is Lucifer, the first person he truly met here, who they don't share a psychic bond and yet they have a purely real one. He smiles faintly, turning the fact around in his head. Maybe it does make sense. They are outcasts who have made mistakes and seek understanding while also isolating themselves from judgment. It's sentimental but also rational.
He raises his eyebrows when Lucifer explains about his brother. Lucifer did seem very concerned at one point about potential trouble. "I suppose that is a positive thing? Your actual brother is less of a concern than this other version." Istredd doesn't know the first thing about family. The Brotherhood is but a title, none of them really act as family in the end. Colleagues most of the time, sometimes friends.
"Who is your brother?"
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The potential is there, anyway. For prophecy, for darkness, for cages, for what everyone view them as and deciding what they are without ever giving them a chance.
It's a lot to unpack and Lucifer's mostly given up and accepted it for what it is.
"He's still a concern, just one of a different kind. Michael."
He isn't even sure how to describe Michael. He's dragged his brother's name through the dirt but that was before the possibility of him being here. But even... meeting with him. Even in Lucifer's dismal state... his brother had clearly gone through some things.
"It's not that I don't recognize him, but... he's 'further ahead' than I am, I guess. And I'm not sure where we stand. It should be the same place as always which is... oh," he forces a smile, sharp in its own right, "copious amount of violence and vitriol."
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Lucifer was concerned about having a telepathic roommate once he found out he had those skills, but Istredd has hopefully proven that he has no intention of crossing a boundary. Because he already has a bond with someone else, opened up in an extreme way. That is something they could both technically share with Lucifer if he ever wanted to, but for them it was the most natural thing to happen.
He listens when he talks about his brother. He understands what he means by further ahead, Istredd has experienced that himself. He is from a different point in the timeline than Yennefer, for example, and perhaps Geralt, that is harder to say as their paths diverged quickly. Istredd is not surprised to hear brothers could be violent and angry at each other. Blood thicker than water isn't a concept for him.
"The past need not govern the future, especially not here. We are separated from our world and everything tying us to our fate there. Any conflict you two bring here is voluntary." Istredd shrugs. "In summary, it doesn't have to be copious amounts of violence and vitriol."
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One day maybe he will have a mind that isn't just filled with secrets. One day he won't just be Sannleikr and masks.
It didn't seem likely before.
But...
"You and her talk up a similar game, that's for sure. Maybe it is because you're in each other's heads." He grins, though it's small, nearly dismissive. More humor than he's had since Istredd's found him up here though. "I don't have any intention of striking against him first. We'll have to see what he does in response."
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"I think it comes from a place of wanting to believe it's possible to move forward. It's not just advice. It's a hope."
Wanda from the many terrible things that happened to her, Istredd from his experience with Yennefer, the elves, and a lifetime of isolation. He wasn't really familiar with the sense of loneliness until he came here. Or the interest in filling it. He's still coming to terms.
"What should I do if I meet him?"
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"Be a massive pain in his ass," Lucifer says. "He'd hate that." He rolls his eyes. "But I'd prefer you stay in one piece so maybe don't. Try not to piss him off, he holds a grudge worse than I do."
Can wrap here or on yours :D
He says this very, very dryly. As if he has been threatened with that more than once. He's probably been threatened with that more times than anything else, it's the personal touch of being so irritating people want to get more creative than a simple stabbing.
"Come on, you've been up here brooding long enough. I can't teleport us both down, so we'll have to do it the normal way."
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He could brood for an eternity, don'tcha know? But, fair. He brushes off his legs and stands, not exactly sure what the normal way even is.
He could easily fly down and Istredd could teleport, no problem.
He chooses not to, and follows after Istredd.