[the door is open as promised, because molly is just. sitting on his bed, furiously petting Frumpkin, who doesn't seem to mind this one bit. Purring and purring away, shedding everywhere.]
Oh, you can't praise me for this. I feel as though we just held the knife for a man determined to cut his own throat.
[She feels relieved, but it's like - the relief when you purge something vile from your body.
She'll come sit.]
. . . Last Sunday, I spoke to Despair about killing Douman. It was a fit of something utterly desperate and irrational. I felt I could see something no one else could see and if I acted, I could alter it.
I told Greed, too. It was all so - dreadfully embarrassing.
Still a step above slicing open the throat of someone innocent, no?
[Just petting the cat still, who purrs away.]
. . . I told Wrath I'd try and find a way to bait him. Poke and prod until he came after me on a Thursday. I thought if I could be prepared, I could take him myself. Needless to say that clever idea got me chewed up and spit back out by her, and I'm a little grateful for it.
Hmm. [That's the closest she'll say to a maybe.] I'd already made up my mind not to by Monday, but Vira made me swear to the same. [Not to try alone.] So I am sworn - for now.
I know my historical record doesn't look all that impressive at the moment with the two impalements, but I'm actually quite handy in a fight! And I even survived the second one!
Hold on, I'm crafting a curse. I'm trying to figure out what rhymes with turn all your bones into noodles, but the best I can come up with is hope it hurts oodles and oodles.
Not in the slightest, they just make Jester laugh.
[Jester would really like the noodles/oodles rhyme though.]
Don't even have to speak it in the Infernal, it's just more fun that way. Sometimes I just make nonsense gargling noises? Really confuses the hells out of people.
How disappointing. Mind you, cursing people at all is not even something I do. There are a few techniques that might - technically be qualified as such, but they are mostly silly parlour tricks.
The Sewn Tongue is useful. It is a precise sort of stitching that prevents the speaker from using particular words, or spilling secrets. There are a whole number of ones that are only meant to be embarrassing or painful. The Agony of the Osseum Serum is one such example. It just makes your bones slowly and painfully liquify. Blood curses are always in fashion, but I don't care for them - it's too easy to get some of the caster's blood and undo all the effort.
All of these are just - rote memorizations of techniques that are effective, rather than an understanding of the principles behind them. If you understand the principles well enough, you don't need to memorize how to do any of this.
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week 3; saturday
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[the door is open as promised, because molly is just. sitting on his bed, furiously petting Frumpkin, who doesn't seem to mind this one bit. Purring and purring away, shedding everywhere.]
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I - I was trying to think of a use that would be harmless. I hope you haven't been scratched too much.
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THE LAUGH.
a rare and wonderous sight. he doesn't comment upon it though, just. burying his hands into soft fur.]
S'alright. Not like a few fresh scars will even show.
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he still isn't all the way fucking healed but. it's fine.]
What's a little attempted murder between friends?
[anyway,]
Good job. You were, in your words, a marvel!
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[She feels relieved, but it's like - the relief when you purge something vile from your body.
She'll come sit.]
. . . Last Sunday, I spoke to Despair about killing Douman. It was a fit of something utterly desperate and irrational. I felt I could see something no one else could see and if I acted, I could alter it.
I told Greed, too. It was all so - dreadfully embarrassing.
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[Just petting the cat still, who purrs away.]
. . . I told Wrath I'd try and find a way to bait him. Poke and prod until he came after me on a Thursday. I thought if I could be prepared, I could take him myself. Needless to say that clever idea got me chewed up and spit back out by her, and I'm a little grateful for it.
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What a terrible plan!
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Oh yes? And yours was better, Miss Magic? What were you going to do, beat him to death with your flurry of blows?
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[That's all she's gonna say on that]
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[so that's all he'll say on that.]
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I know my historical record doesn't look all that impressive at the moment with the two impalements, but I'm actually quite handy in a fight! And I even survived the second one!
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I was instrumental in the Victory Pit. I screamed a spider to death. Smote the hell out of that rolling bladed ball of death.
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Yes, yes, splash your blood on them. I'm sure it was scary.
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You're pouting. Did I hurt you that badly?
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Hold on, I'm crafting a curse. I'm trying to figure out what rhymes with turn all your bones into noodles, but the best I can come up with is hope it hurts oodles and oodles.
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[She mostly sounds curious.]
I should take notes on what's expected. People keep acting like I can put "curses" on them here, and I'd like to maintain that.
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[Jester would really like the noodles/oodles rhyme though.]
Don't even have to speak it in the Infernal, it's just more fun that way. Sometimes I just make nonsense gargling noises? Really confuses the hells out of people.
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[Hm, though.]
What do you do? These parlor tricks?
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[But parlour tricks specifically. . .]
The Sewn Tongue is useful. It is a precise sort of stitching that prevents the speaker from using particular words, or spilling secrets. There are a whole number of ones that are only meant to be embarrassing or painful. The Agony of the Osseum Serum is one such example. It just makes your bones slowly and painfully liquify. Blood curses are always in fashion, but I don't care for them - it's too easy to get some of the caster's blood and undo all the effort.
All of these are just - rote memorizations of techniques that are effective, rather than an understanding of the principles behind them. If you understand the principles well enough, you don't need to memorize how to do any of this.
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