Wouldn't you like to use more than words?

[letsplayamod]

The last thing you recall is likely your own death. Whether it was fast or slow, it's over now. And you're... where are you?

One moment, you were among the living. The next - you may be one of the unfortunate ones who actually died. In which case, you've found yourself flowing in the lazy rivers of the river Styx, unfathomably deep underground. Just for a moment, mind you. It's not long before your consciousness is yanked from the waters by some scary monsters, shoved into a healed body, and pushed through a portal.

Or, maybe you were caught red-handed and sentenced to your doom. But, instead of a proper death, you were whisked down into the Veins of Tartarus. And there's really only one place that could lead to... Or is it?


You've been tossed down here by the will of the Titan, but what you find is A helping hand swooping you up - possibly literally, and potentially out of the grasp of the Titan himself.

Not a moment after, you're whisked through another rift, this one a shimmering gold. Into a realm of slightly more stable platforms and a lot more shit to look through. The area is practically littered with the ill-gotten goods of a thieving God (who is happy to note via pop-up illusion that you are touching his stuff). Here, however, you are safe; assured that Typhon cannot find or hurt you here.

For the moment, you can breathe before the next part comes.

Comments

[latinumsbetter]

[at least there's that]

So let's keep that to a minimum, and to smaller things. No point putting you out of commission.

[but speaking of--] I can do some healing, too.

[rockymountaindie]

[ Blink. ]

You can? Since when?

[latinumsbetter]

Ferdinand taught me. I've been practicing.

I can't keep the bar up and heal at the same time, but I can do one or the other.

[...]

Maybe I could with more practice, but we don't really have the time for that.

[rockymountaindie]

Whoa. I didn't know that was something people could just...

[ MAN wouldn't it be cool to have healing without the insane drawbacks he's got. yeah probably alex and that's why you didn't get it

Anyway, ]

Y-yeah. Yeah, use it in, uh, emergencies only, I think. There's plenty of us who aren't into fighting to help you keep it up.

[latinumsbetter]

I didn't either, and especially not at first, but apparently the magic from Ferdinand's universe is learnable, even if you don't have things like that in your own universe.

[oh, wait, that's right]

As long as I've got one person in there, I can keep it up. And it's fully stocked, not just with drinks, but I've got a working replicator in there, too.

[rockymountaindie]

...Do the drinks stay if the bar goes away?

[ we are not questioning sayo's magic, we are believing sayo's magic, but we also sure have had illusory tea for the last several weeks ]

[latinumsbetter]

Good question. I haven't tried it yet. But we could give it a shot.

[rockymountaindie]

[ A cheeky little grin. ]

Heh. Cool.

[latinumsbetter]

In fact...gimme second. [Quark takes in a slow breath, like he had earlier, and then breathes out slowly. The force field appears and expands into the bar. There is a temptation to shove Seymour out, but he won't have it up for long.

Quark pushes to his feet, moving to step behind the bar counter and over to the replicator.]

One snail steak and a Slug-o-cola.

[the replicator makes a sound, and an actually pretty normal looking (if a little purple) steak and a bright green drink in a classic soda bottle appear.

He picks them up.]

Anyone else want anything?

[markofnobility]

Oh, oh! Peasant with berry sauce!

[Fancy bitch]

[latinumsbetter]

Oh, pheasant! That one took me a while to program. I had to modify a present program for that Earth bird. The one that kept showing up in the Cornucopia. Chee-kahn or something like that.

[anyway,]

Pheasant with berry sauce.

[another noise from the replicator, and it appears. Quark gestures to it, for Ferdinand to come get.]

[markofnobility]

[Ferdinand makes a delighted sound and gets his dish... only to tear off a leg with his bare hand and bite into it like it's fried chicken. He's either really desperate for what is clearly one of his favorites or maybe eating with your hands is just not seen as super impolite in Fodlan, who can say?

And of course it has a fruit sauce. It's Ferdinand. He likes a few very specific things okay]

[rockymountaindie]

[ A beat. He's just kinda had tea since dying, and before that, it was...like, the least dangerous foods possible for months and months and months. Have to limit the factors for Death to use, right? It just became normal, even with the assurance that Death wasn't there. And now, he's died twice, and...

Fuck it. ]

...A cheeseburger. And fries.

[markofnobility]

Cheeseburger?

[rockymountaindie]

It's the staple of a normal American teenager's diet.

[latinumsbetter]

Oh, a hyu-mon favorite. I should've known.

[he turns to the replicator]

Cheeseburger and fries.

[and with a sound, there's a very tasty looking cheeseburger and fries! Quark motions for Alex to come and get it.]

[rockymountaindie]

[ And, before he can get in his head about choking hazards or potentially contaminated meat or anything, he just snatches it up and takes a huge, satisfied bite. ]

...Mmmm... MmmmMMMM.

[ he might be about to cry honestly ]

[markofnobility]

I can teach you as well if you wish! Not in time for fighting Typhon, but in general.

[rockymountaindie]

Yeah. Gimme some lessons, uh...after.

[ Aggressively telling himself there's going to be an after. ]

[markofnobility]

After, indeed! I would have mentioned it sooner, but... I am admittedly a poor mage, so teaching a class would have been overwhelming. And having a secret or two in the back pocket is not always a bad thing.

[He winks at Quark. He saw what you did with the fire buddy. He guessed that play as soon as he saw the burns]

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark blinks at that, before his mouth stretches into a sharp-toothed grin]

They never see it coming.

[markofnobility]

[He grins back. Seems their conversation has restored the last bit of his usual mood he was lacking]

Not what I intended when I taught it, but quite clever! We watched the trial- it was the smoke that lead to the fire, so to speak.

[latinumsbetter]

Yeah? [Quark visibly brightens at this--he didn't know]

[markofnobility]

Yes! I am sure they would have figured it out eventually, but in this case your clue brought the killer to light!

[latinumsbetter]

Ha! [Quark barks out a laugh, immeasurably pleased] That's two for two.