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[magicalarchaeologist]

Practice? S̷͎̬͖̭̻͐̄̒̂͛̎͌u̵̞̩̥̦̣̽̍̆͌̀̊̈́̒́̍̓̈̉̔̕m̷̛̠͓̻̼̪̽͛̑̽̓̄̅́͋̈́͑̇̇m̸̯̱͓̞̞͖̜̣̫̪͂͐̇͐̀͜͝ǫ̶̛̲͍̮͇̙̈̓͗͊̋̓̐͐̎̑͑n̴͖̬̬͚͕̟͇̦̺̩͓͂̈́̂̍͛̓e̸̡̨̛̝͎̣̫͖̪̝̱͈̥̐͗͊̀̊̿̈́̌̕͝d̵͈̳̭̮̲͎̙̲͛̋̈́̂͂̊̓ are dangerous. Š̶̳̂ȏ̷̦̫m̶͔̉̎e̴͎̎̏ ̵̬̇͑natives a̷̱̳̽̂r̴̡̪̓̈e̶̠̽ dead here.

[thedevilwhorose]

Throw Jack at one of the kidnappers next time any of them show.

Maybe his abilities will actually be useful, if they're not also blocked.

[magicalarchaeologist]

We're doing f̴̡͎͈̗̰͇̆͂̔̑͝͝ī̵̧̛͈̼̬̺n̸̩͔̰̓̎̃̔̽͒͐̊̕͝e̷̳̲͓̣̘̗̰͕̾͛͛̎̎́͋͠ thanks for a̶̧͂͑͊͂͊̂̄̕s̶̢̧̰̘̝͉̋̽̄̇̆͑̓̿ķ̴̰͖̞̬͙̠̤̮̦̓̅̐͂͂̍̊͆́͜i̸̻͚̲͈͓̖͍̞̲͖̓̌̾́̏̊ǹ̷̛͖̺́̓͐͝͝g̷̣̎͋̆͒͆͑̚͠


[ Hey, is there a tiny glimmer of his sense of humor amidst all the insanity? Absolutely. He isn't at panic level yet.]

Be safe. Don't w̴͕̘̙̳̳̰̺͔̑͂̕a̷̛̩̭̭̟̺̖͉̘͈͔͗̊̆̿̅͛͆͊͠ͅn̴̡̗̝̬͚̠̗̬̥̒͐͑͌͜t̴̠̻̙̳̙̞̒͊̈́̿̌̕͜ ̶͓̹͓̊͛́̑̋̋̂ͅy̵̨̫͙̳͔̫̑̐̓o̸̺͇̭̮͆̆u̷̧̢̳͇̣̫̭̼̩͂͑̎̂̋̿͜͝ in ą̵̠̳̤͉́̍̅͒n̸͚͔͔͑͗̄̔̕ó̵̳̣̜͗t̸̞͙̣̦͎̹̆ḣ̸̺̦͖͎̭̎̋̏̐͊́͌̍͠ę̵̢̳̥̝̝̦̄͑͛͛̓̔͜ṛ̸͊̆͂̍̉͑̈́̐͝ͅ cage.

[thedevilwhorose]

You're welcome.

[HE'S NOT GOING TO ASK.

Maybe don't spend your strength on trivial things that Lucifer can't do shit to fix, huh, Istredd?]

Eat someone's limbs off if you need food.

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ If he could flick you mentally, he would. ]

Maybe. Organizing rations.

[ Of course he is. What else is he going to do in this situation but something to pour his energy into! ]

Lucifer

[ If he has other things to say, they're either garbled, never get through, or he didn't end up saying them. The latter is the truth. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

[Everything Is Fine.]

After Wilhelm arrives

[magicalarchaeologist]

Kid's here.

[ When he saw Wilhelm, he swore every single swear and curse he's ever heard of loudly. Internally. So as not to freak him out. He can't give reassurances. ]

I'll p̵̩͚͉͓̗̖̣̂̅̅̈́͌̄̐̅͐̚̕ṙ̸͖͙̩͖̼̯͍̹̲̎ơ̷͍͉̟͛͌̇t̶̢̧̛̞̼͎̳̖̉̄̒͛͊̐ͅé̷̺̫̥̘̰̩̒c̵̡̼͇̻͖͓̥̹̈̍̍͋͑͜t̵̛͖̥̖̮͔͓͚̭͚̘̐̓̐͂̍̆ him with my l̵̨͈̩̺̎͝i̷̢̛̳̊̅̄f̷̫̿̐̌̈͠e̷̪͑̅͛̈́̕.

Figuring out the shrines. Might mean ş̸̯̹̬̣̀͆̔o̴̩͂m̷̭͎̭̍̐̅͝e̶̲̻͇̼͓̐t̴̛̠͙̎̐̔h̷̙̺͈͌͜i̷̩͈̊͠n̴̩͙͎̔͋g̴͖̎̊͘.

1/3

[thedevilwhorose]

[There is long enough of a delay that the obscured message has to blink its reminder across Lucifer's field of vision.]

Of course he is.

Why wouldn't he be there.

2/3

[thedevilwhorose]

He's barely out of puberty [inaccurate, probably, what does he know] sure he's a Summoned but what do they even want them that young for

3/3

[thedevilwhorose]

You find anyone from Solvunn? Do they recognize the shrines?

[magicalarchaeologist]

Breathe.

[ Yes he will still be worrying about everyone until he reaches a point he can't worry anymore. Which will be death. ]

Solvunn yes. Shrines, no. It has á̷̩̊̋́̚ ̵̞͈̹̖͊s̴̙̖̻̰͒̃͗̇͝y̶̗͇͈̻͒m̸̧̖̬̮̀̈́͝b̸̥̹̾͒̽ỏ̷̤̘̤̓̎͘͝l̵̪̙̰̙̺̒̔ reminds me of A̴̧̦̙̫͑̆̚r̵̛͇̝̘̠̃̓͗c̶̳̠͈͊́́͋a̴̲̥͔̗͗͂͋̚͠n̶̪̬̻̅ả̸̟̉̌ sign.

[thedevilwhorose]

[The delay stretches out much longer. If their connection was still strong Istredd would be getting the mental version of a keysmash.]

You breathe.

[Ha.]

Reminds you of what?

[magicalarchaeologist]

I am b̴̧̛͓̀̇̆r̸̢͔͚̠̀͂̇̇ę̶̲͔͈̱͐͒́͊â̵̗̖͚̠͜t̶̢̤͎̭̺̋̔ĥ̸̘͎͂̽̈́ị̴̛̘̻̦̔̍͋͜͠n̴̤͍̪͈̓̈́̿̕̕g̵̡͖͓̩͗̀͝ͅ!̵͚͍̖̯̟̃́

[ He has to focus though, apparently what he said didn't get through. He takes his time to formulate every letter, hoping it will help. ]

ARCANA SIGN.

Pentagram in wide circle, crescent moon inside, dangling teardrops.

[ Istredd can't just send him a picture of it, unfortunately, or leave it behind in his Horizon since he can't maintain himself there. ]

Unfamiliar.

[thedevilwhorose]

Is Urianger still with you?

[If anyone would recognize the symbol, Lucifer would put money on Urianger.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

Yes. Working on it. S̴͉̍́͒o̶̗̳̓͐m̵̬͙̞̱͖̆̓͒e̶͓̝̭̕͝t̶͈͈͙̯͖̀͐̂̀̚h̵̟̙̦̥̊̽̀̎̈ȉ̴̡̈́̋n̷̺̿̒͠͝͝g̶̡͈̣͂ about them.

Anything happening there?

[thedevilwhorose]

Thorne's trying to call people back to account for everyone, but haven't yet been convinced of the growing problem. It's making getting out difficult.

Anastasia is here.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Fuck. Typical. The l̸̙͒ỏ̴̩̮̓͐́ṋ̸̛͍̟̓͒͗ͅĝ̸̠̮̏̏e̵̲͑͊r̷͙̆̇ ̶͇͖̂̆̃̊t̸̡̛̫ḧ̶̭̺̱̜́͌ë̷͓͈͕̞́y̸̩̠͚̳̓͑ wait, the worst.

Yenna and Strange can help. Best chance is g̴̙͊ọ̷̡̧͕̅͘i̸̮̿͐ǹ̷͚̖͓̆͘͝g̵̛̛̅͝ͅ ̴̥̞͒͆͜a̵̳͝c̷̳͕̣̀̇r̵͚͈͠ò̸͍͈̿s̸̮̦̔̿̆ș̶̢̀͒ factions.

[thedevilwhorose]

They're at it, don't worry about that.

Problem as always is red tape.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Wilhelm will be safe, I'll do what I have to.

[ Istredd hasn't killed anyone before but it doesn't mean he won't. He's been trained to kill, trained to do a lot of things that he found distasteful and ignored. But he is not above it. Survival is survival. And protecting someone else is the true incentive. ]

I went to your Horizon. You changed it.

well I missed that part of the wiki's description of the waterfalls

[thedevilwhorose]

[Yeah, Istredd, he's got some concern about that. And yet he's still going to make things worse.]

Kell is there too.

B͟ÿ́ ṱͨ̐ͨ̿h̸e w͉͍̅a̡ͦ̂ͬ̔͝y̝̿ͯͬ͆͜. If you haven't seen him.

[It's not like he didn't expect Istredd to go, it's why he did it, but it still drives further in that Lucifer is actively avoiding the Horizon.]

Iguazú Falls. They're waterfalls t̹̹ͨ̍h̶̬̪͎̓̓á̴̹̮̓t̴̤̂̏ c̡̉͜o̒̓͢m̸b̖̹͆́ͥ̒ïn̏̄e̻dͧ with the Iguazú River make up one of the largest waterfall system in my world. T̘̚ḩ̶ͣe̝͒ȑ͙ͪe̖ͧ'̌ͅs͈̐ q̈́u̬iͦ͊͂ṫè a̷ l͈̎͢ot̮ͩ ò̞̐f̧ bodies of water that get my title of Devil tacked to it. This in particular ẖ̖ͨ̿̈͒̽̕̚a̷̲̤͓͔͍̞̓ͧͬs a̢̨̦̿͢ p̢͔͔̀̉͌ͧ͞ọ̧̅r̸̎̒t̡̘̬̫̞̤͑̔̿ͫͧi͙̺ͪ̆ͫͦo͕̬͌n̡̘̺̂͗̆ͪ̋͜ of its chasm called the Devil's Throat.

I̷ͩt́'s̅̊ _no̖͆t̀͠ t̶̙h͓̅̓ẹ̎͛ F̩ͤa̝̕͞ll̑̑s̨.̩͒̕ It's the Falls if it was lava. Instead of water.

[He does not tell Istredd the rest of it. What a weird benefit of having their link blocked. He doesn't get the stream of information clarification. Besides, this is not the Iguazú Falls. And truthfully, Lucifer barely knows it himself. Just enough bits and pieces that have relevance, condensed from actuality to warped in his mind.

Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.

Legend has it that a deity pl███e█ █o ████y █ █e██████l wo███ ███e█ ███p█, w█o █le█ w███ █e█ █o███l love█ ███o██ ██ █ ███oe. Iin a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning ██e lo████ to an eternal fall.

So.

He's optimistic about this situation.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

What? I'm at the s̷̢̢̡̺͖͉̭͚̠͉̦̝̼͍͐̀̎̏̉̐̏͋̍̚ĥ̶̦͔̪̹̰̙̼̳̳̈́̽̿̕͝r̵̨̢̨̫͙͙̪̠͈̟͓͎͍̱̺̈́̿̀̏ỉ̷͙̻̋̄̾̈́͒͌̑̾͑̌̅̑̕ṉ̴̠̺͆̔̃̓̔̾̃̀̾͑͗͒̆͐ę̵̢̛̫̗͔͓̼́̎̾̄̃̽̂́̈́̋̋̑ͅs̷̟̪̝̞̭̯̰̞͐͋̌̕̕.


[ There is some time before he appears again. ]

Yes he's here.

[ Which means that Lucifer is going to lose it at any point. Istredd sighs and takes a moment to sit, rubbing at his eyes. They're all covered in dirt so at this point it's impossible to be clean. He thinks through what he saw in the Horizon, and the fact that he obviously went there looking for Lucifer. Who intentionally was not there, but changed it in case he did go.

Privately, to himself, he smiles. ]

You made something of your own.

[ The falls being lava instead of water. A small change to what God created, but still a change. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

[don't make a big deal out of it jeez]

I did.

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ He will always make a big deal of it. ]

Did you name the snake yet?

[thedevilwhorose]

[The delay draws on for what is a barely-there response.]

No.

[Yes.

If Istredd tries to name it, it will not respond. Although to be fair at the moment it isn't responding to anything, much as Lucifer himself.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

Eating snakes in here.

Should I feel guilty?

[ He's joking. ]