[open] january/february catchall

[techmaturgy]

Who: Viktor and special guests and YOU
When: January through early February
Where: Cadens, the Horizon
What: open stuff, closed stuff, dangerous and illicit magical surgery, the usual
Warnings: the usual references to terminal illness including a steep decline and medical procedures/surgery. will list additional warnings as needed.

[open and closed starters in comments! This is also a general catch-all for Viktor’s do-or-die attempt to cure himself, and the events leading up to it, and his recovery (to come later). If you want a custom starter or something specific, just hit me up. full horizon details are here for any and all wildcarding needs. For everything else, I’m on plurk at whitticus and on discord at whitticus#8139.]

Comments

[techmaturgy]

That's the hope.

[Though he doesn't sound wholly encouraged. Call him a pessimist, but Viktor thinks a healthy dose of realism when it comes to wartime circumstances will serve him better. He made mistakes, back home, thanks to his own naivety. He won't do it again.]

Jayce was increasingly occupied, back home.

[That's a bit painful to admit, but there's no reason not to sugarcoat it. He'd taken up a Council seat, and that had pulled him away from the lab.]

It wasn't his fault. But it did make things...difficult.

[cryptsleeper]

I'm not opposed to going over the top with destruction. If need be.

[Will it be a risk? Probably. Has Alucard done worse? Absolutely.]

There was no one else?

[Alucard can see Jayce becoming all too easily sidetracked. That doesn't surprise him. But Viktor being that alone is...he's projecting is what he's doing. Alucard knows he can't be in full isolation, and can reasonably assume that's true for Viktor.]

[techmaturgy]

We've burned most of it.

[But, Alucard's right in that if Viktor needs an extra level of destruction, he has resources to call on. The tone of his voice, however, indicates that he perhaps wavered on the actual destruction. Probably a good thing, then, that Jayce and Alucard are here to make executive decisions.

This, then, is the most uncomfortable part of talking about home, simply because it's difficult to explain. He and Jayce are inseparable here. It's hard to paint a picture of the reality, back in Piltover, which is that Jayce was busy with the Council and politics and Viktor was alone.]

No, not for the work I was trying to do.

[cryptsleeper]

Only most?

[Alucard's question puts his thoughts on full and painfully obvious display. He'll abide by Viktor's choice, but he knows what the most correct thing is here, in his heart. It all needs to burn.

There's a soft sigh. One that understands how something could happen, even if Alucard would have been in Piltover and ensconced in money if he was from Viktor's world.]

I'm just glad it has worked better here. Truly.

[techmaturgy]

[Viktor shrugs, preferring not to say much more. It's his life's work--he can't possibly let all of it burn. He's well aware that both Jayce and Alucard think otherwise, so he isn't going to invite that argument, if he can help it. They're very fortunate they were able to pull off what they did--he isn't planning on trying his luck a second time.]

As am I. Obviously. [He gets to live now!] Maybe, someday, the time will be right.

[Peace, however, seems to be an ever-unreachable achievement.]

[cryptsleeper]

You'll live to see it.

[A blessing, a benediction, a prediction, or a hope. Whatever it is, it feels right in the moment. Alucard sighs, content. Relaxed. His breath fogs in front of him, and a gentle flurry of snow descends over the forest again.]