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expiationnet2024-12-04 06:36 pm
manifestering) wrote in expiationnet2024-12-04 06:36 pm
voice, un: howe
Good day, fellow Chosen. If we have yet to meet, my name is Octavian, and I have come to you a humble supplicant with a handful of very important questions.
[So, hi, here he is. Those who have spoken to Octavian in person before may note the change from his usual manner of speech (like the complex sentences, he's unlocked commas)—while the sound of his voice is still fairly quiet and even, he doesn't sound like a dusty old record player today. And he can even inflect now, see: the questions,]
First, what is your favorite non-sexual activity to do with your body? Asterisk.
[He does in fact say asterisk out loud, don't worry, he's going to come back to it.]
Second, what is your favorite readily available food here in town? Complexity is irrelevant; I do know how to cook, although it has been some time.
Third, [and here he pauses with the sound of a leather chair creaking gently as he shifts, and then the pause lingers for longer than it should, like he's briefly lost himself in the euphoria of Relaxing in Chairs, ahem,] tell me something strange? The strangest you can muster. I would like to be shocked.
Hmm. Or perhaps something funny. [And now looping back,] Applicable footnote: suggestions of a sexual nature made prior to this inquiry have already been noted.
Thank you for your participation and your time.
[So, hi, here he is. Those who have spoken to Octavian in person before may note the change from his usual manner of speech (like the complex sentences, he's unlocked commas)—while the sound of his voice is still fairly quiet and even, he doesn't sound like a dusty old record player today. And he can even inflect now, see: the questions,]
First, what is your favorite non-sexual activity to do with your body? Asterisk.
[He does in fact say asterisk out loud, don't worry, he's going to come back to it.]
Second, what is your favorite readily available food here in town? Complexity is irrelevant; I do know how to cook, although it has been some time.
Third, [and here he pauses with the sound of a leather chair creaking gently as he shifts, and then the pause lingers for longer than it should, like he's briefly lost himself in the euphoria of Relaxing in Chairs, ahem,] tell me something strange? The strangest you can muster. I would like to be shocked.
Hmm. Or perhaps something funny. [And now looping back,] Applicable footnote: suggestions of a sexual nature made prior to this inquiry have already been noted.
Thank you for your participation and your time.
voice; un:curtaincall
no subject
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[Including the lesser Ascians how many other Ascians are there? He's never bothered to know.]
Have you a body?
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[He hums a little, considering in a pleasant way.] ...refreshing.
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Well! Might I bother you for the details? Have you finally managed to craft a golem?
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I had crafted it before, you know, when I had a much more enthusiastic associate than our fellows here. That said, it is both yes and no. This world has granted me the ability to circumvent the unfortunate lack of supplies. Generous!
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Details, man, details!
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Indulge my curiosity, pray, and I shall advise you on the pleasures of the flesh.
[This he could have phrased differently, but he didn't.]
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[He's tapping the sign mentally. Anyway.]
The ritual is my own, that I devised prior to arriving here. The object seems merely to channel the ritual without additional materials. It must be drawing from something, mustn't it? I will be investigating.
1/2
The ability to channel a ritual without reagents is useful indeed!
Now, as for my advice...
Your body should be celebrated with the most intimate and physical of activities...
2/2
Dancing allows you to feel the flesh and move within it. There are few better activities for redeveloping a sense of physical coordination.
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I don't recall being very good at dancing, does that matter?
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Perish the thought!
[A pause, then...]
Skill has little to do with it, as long as you put forth the effort.
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[When is the vivisection suggestion coming, man. Just say it.]
As long as skill is not a requirement, I suppose. Where are the dancing clubs?
1/2
Though if you would prefer lessons I am happy to oblige. Consider it a chance to observe your new vessel for myself.
2/2
'Tis only that these physical vessels have such an unfortunate habit of dying.
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[Ha... the "intimately familiar with dying" crew, yeah, mm.
But! The other things! Silco must be the one peddling vices, so he'll keep that in mind.]
I could dabble in a dance lesson.
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Pray feel free to visit me at the Facility. I shall take the time for you.
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[He says he'll take the time but it's still polite to ask, when is the time exactly...]
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[A lie, he's always investigating something or performing experiments. He is forever restless.
But he's not about to pass up an opportunity to see a ghost's new vessel.]
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In a few hours. I have associates eager to buy me drinks.