[EVENT] Phase II reunions!

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Who: OPEN!
When: Week 32
Where: Bastan/Fall City/Underwood
Before/After: After the Phase II merge
Warnings: TBA

[Suddenly we have almost the entire cast of the game in the same place at the same time! What does that mean? REUNION THREADS!]

[Here is an open post for all your threading needs! This should make it easier to have mingling threads, open threads, random encounters, multiple participants, etc etc etc]

[Basically any characters you'd like to have meeting up in the new, merged Bastan may do so here. Stick a time in your subjectline and if you're doing it on a day other than Sunday (this post is good for all of week 32), add a date tag for it. Go wild!]

Comments

[giltededge]

[scowling]

[he's not sure what to think. the guy's shown a lot of responsibility with handling the league up til having him quit. but he fucked with Marlene.]

[but there might be more to it than that. he has no idea.]

I apparently wasn't for quite some time. I wonder, sometimes, why some of us took longer to wake than others.

[marleneonthewall]

Dunno. Seems mostly random, far as I can tell

[giltededge]

Well, it's not worth dwelling on. Earth lost the ability to control anyone some time ago.

[just a statement of fact, not meant as 'news'.]

You get along with your player?

[marleneonthewall]

Yeah. [she remembers the hullabaloo over that earthside, for sure]

Oh, definitely! He ain't a bad bloke at all, we get on real well.

[giltededge]

[he smiles.] That's good. You'll have to let me know how you get on with his others. I know there's room for, ah, vast differences...

[Valentine is nothing like him.]

[though speaking of Valentine]

Did you hear how Valentine helped in the war?

[marleneonthewall]

I've already exchanged some letters with Ravindra, I can already tell we're very different. [makes her curious what he's like in person]

[why are we talking about Val suddenly? Oh, right, same player as Mal, very different, makes sense.]

No, I didn't. What'd she do?

[giltededge]

You've heard of the trap set upon the Undertow, I presume?

She discovered another being set for the Mazda's army and warned them of it.

[marleneonthewall]

[only in passing, actually. when Duncan told her what happened to Lindsey's son.]

[her eyebrows rise at the news] Cor, you mean I've got to thank Val for savin' Lera's life?

[giltededge]

It seems that way. She told me about it when she came to ask for training, but I'd already heard rumours.

[marleneonthewall]

Wait, Val asked you for training?

[giltededge]

Ah, yes. She lost her powers. Had a run-in with Aerveas that nearly killed her. Lera made her a spellsword for the time being, and she requested I teach her some combat spells.

[he pauses]

She's rather... sensitive about it.

[marleneonthewall]

[just staring, tbh.]

[she can't imagine how traumatic it must be to 1) get almost-killed by your own guild leader, and then 2) have your powers suddenly revoked]

[of course upon hearing it the first thing marlene wants to do is rush to val and yammer at her about it :|;; ]

Cor... I can't even imagine Val as a spellsword.

[giltededge]

Mm, it was... unexpected... [she'd come to him half-frantic. he'd had to calm her down to get her in a proper state of mind to learn.]

She took to it well enough, though once there's a new Vohu I imagine she'll be demanding they return her druid powers to her immediately.

[marleneonthewall]

Yeah, spellsword don't suit her too well, I'd say.

[...and she probably can't summon Flambre either, can she? those two were inseparable. that must hurt.]

[giltededge]

It was more suited than her other options, but I don't think she'd last the two years. [he gives a wry smile.]

[marleneonthewall]

Hah! [sorry val, she can picture you trying and it's disastrous]

Ain't that the bleedin' truth. Probably get run out within the week if'n she tried.

[giltededge]

[he snickers and shakes his head.] That was exactly my thought.

[he feels a little bad, though. making fun of Val. she's been through a lot since being kicked out of Days' End, certainly enough to prove she's not as uncaring as he'd thought. trust, though... he didn't think he trusted her.]

[but he's here to see Marlene, not fret about Val.]

[his smile softens.]

I don't have much free time right now, and you're meeting those, ah... [he falters. 'creations' doesn't seem fair or proper. he'd probably feel put off if someone called him a 'creation'] Associates...?

[marleneonthewall]

Siblings. [said with a smile and a wink]

Even if Ravindra don't like me callin' it that.

[giltededge]

Mm. [noncommittal. he can't consider Valentine his own sibling, not after losing his real sister. and not just because she's missing, but because she had probably never existed, which meant he'd never find her.]

[but if that's the term Marlene wants to use, who was he to deny her that?]

You'll let me know how it goes, won't you?

[he already suspects she will even if he doesn't ask her to.]

[marleneonthewall]

You kiddin'? I'll be blatherin' about it for days.

[giltededge]

[he chuckles] I thought as much.

[he reaches out to give her a hug]

Write me after your meeting. I've got some things to take care of. Oh, and we'll need to discuss the league's direction later.

[marleneonthewall]

[SUPER HUGS MAL]

[tight squeeze and then she pulls back again]

[sudden cold anger and dire seriousness] You're bloody right we will.

[aaand all smiles again] I'll write you after. G'bye, Mal!

[giltededge]

[he says nothing at the quick mood changes- this is marlene, after all- instead stifling a chuckle and nodding to her.]

I'll speak with you later.

[back to work organizing the troops for cleanup and whatever other duties they can provide while they're 'in town']