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Date: 2022-09-17 04:17 pm (UTC)That's even kinder of you to lend it to me, then! I'll treat it as if it were my own regardless, I promise. The distraction is appreciated nonetheless...between this, and Joshua introducing me to Peninsula of Passion, I have a full schedule of not working to look forward to.
cw drug flowers. atem doesn't realize his home's traditional medicine is a mild narcotic.
Date: 2022-09-30 12:05 am (UTC)[HELL YEAH THEY"RE BACKING SO MANY GAMMONS IT'S A NICE FUN GAME THAT'LL HAPPEN FIRMLY IN THE BACKGROUND.]
Even if we don't make a drink with it, I'll leave the other thing I brought with you, for your time off. Ever since February, I've been growing flowers from the kingdom I was born in in my apartment. They're very effective against pain, and...hm, how do I describe it? They calm you down, and enhance your other senses, the good ones.
[Too much leads to slight hallucinogenic effects...but Atem didn't bring enough that he expects it to be an issue here, so he lets that part go.]
Atem don't know he got the good shit
Date: 2022-09-30 05:00 pm (UTC)That sounds incredibly useful. Did you ask Mana for them? I've actually been thinking about asking her sometime for one of my home's jelly trees...I would love to be able to make drinks with them again.
[Drinks that are, you know. Not going to cause peninsula wide catastrophies.]
it's medicinal!!!! --atem, bless his heart
Date: 2022-09-30 05:48 pm (UTC)No...no, they appeared among my flowers in February. Maybe it's strange, to keep seeds from flowers that hurt you, but I wanted to see if the seed pods would work, and, sure enough, I got then to grow!
[Maybe a little gross, but it meant he didn't spend mana coins on them!]
Having a nymph who lives in the building probably helped. But, tell me about the jelly trees...do they grow fruit that's made of jelly?
[And, it's different from jelly blood, right...?]
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Date: 2022-10-01 04:29 pm (UTC)[Which is more than can be said for most.]
But yes, they're...jellybeans, they're called here. But we just call them jellies. They come in a wide variety of flavors, and were a staple food back home. We used them in almost everything...the juice I bought from Mana was made using them too.
[So people technically have had them already, just. Uh. Not in their most ideal state.]
Some come on trees, others bushes...my only fear is that I don't exactly have all that much of a green thumb. If Herb were here, I wouldn't have that issue.
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Date: 2022-10-02 10:26 pm (UTC)[Okay, from the expression that lights up Atem's face, he finds the idea profoundly charming. Candy trees! That grow candy! The part of Atem that's still a boy-pharaoh, delighted by the rare and unusual, really really really wants to see one.]
Well! If you're worried about keeping them alive, it's not that hard. As long as you're friendly with at least one nymph, you'll have someone around who can help them grow!
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Date: 2022-10-03 07:16 pm (UTC)I do have a Nymph friend who I could call on, though I doubt he's ever seen a Jellybean tree before either.
As far as I'm aware though, it's really the same as any tree. Maybe they're happier when it's warmer? But not too warm...I think the jellies might melt otherwise.
[Which would make for a thoroughly unpleasant experience for all.]
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Date: 2022-10-04 12:20 pm (UTC)[Ignoring the horror of melting candy fruit in favor of candy propagation!]
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Date: 2022-10-05 09:59 pm (UTC)[Augh, he's getting his hopes up...he'll have to put some Thought into this.]
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Date: 2022-10-05 11:33 pm (UTC)I like things that're from other worlds -- that are important to my friends, and that not just anybody can get their hands on! Really, I'd give that pink stuff a second chance if you ever offered it, as long as the Fog's not in. You know, the way it's supposed to be!
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Date: 2022-10-06 03:14 am (UTC)[That actually catches him off guard, just a bit. He would have understood if nobody ever wanted to even see the stuff again, but to have someone actively want to try it as it's meant to be...
Well. It's touching, and it shows in the way Sparkling's expression softens.]
Maybe I'll consider it. It's not something I'm going to be able to dispose of since Mana enchanted it to refill indefinitely...so it would be a shame if it all just went to waste.
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Date: 2022-10-07 04:55 pm (UTC)I think Mana's generally trustworthy...and I think what went wrong was only because of the Fog. If you say it's safe again, then I believe you.
And, I liked being pink, before the other effects set in. It was like a special variant design...like a limited edition version, of myself!
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Date: 2022-10-09 01:31 am (UTC)[He shakes his head a little, chuckling.]
And maybe if I do get my jellies back, I can try experimenting with making a new drink of my own. That would make it all worth it.
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Date: 2022-10-09 12:23 pm (UTC)[so much ancient egyptian weed. so much.]
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Date: 2022-10-09 11:07 pm (UTC)I appreciate it Atem, thank you. Though, please don't go using all of your coins simply on my behalf. We'll have to try to coordinate to make the most out of those abilities of yours, should the need arise.
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Date: 2022-10-10 12:27 am (UTC)...it doesn't have to do with coins. I have a power that lets me re-take the form of any monster I've been before. So, it'd be no trouble at all to spend the day as a nymph, again!
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Date: 2022-10-11 09:01 pm (UTC)[The More You Know]
You really have a lot of useful abilities at your disposal, Atem!
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Date: 2022-10-11 09:09 pm (UTC)That's on purpose...
[He pauses, the dice in his hand, waiting to make his next backgammon move.]
...a lot of difficult things have happened to me here, Sparkling. I've had some very bad luck over the last year and a half! So, I've been working hard to make sure I have the kind of powers that will keep those things from happening again. Having a collection of monster forms, each with their own abilities, that I can take at any time...makes me hard to catch.
[Hard, but not impossible. He knows that. He won't get overconfident.
(He tells himself, not even a month before he decides to go into Draugr's maze to challenge him despite winning the monster's card games. It's a process.)]
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Date: 2022-10-14 02:14 am (UTC)His expression softens, and for a moment he's quiet as Atem continues to consider his next move.]
That's very practical of you. You're acknowledging your shortcomings and making up for it. Meanwhile the most I've ever really considered gaining are things to make my day-to-day more convenient...
[Or more profitable, and we all know how THAT blew up in his face.]
But there are benefits to both, I suppose. It all depends on your approach.
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Date: 2022-10-14 02:33 am (UTC)As for me, I...
[He presses his lips together.]
I used to step in a lot, on the behalf of humans that were in trouble. Usually, against Ryslig's threats to their lives...
...sometimes, against monsters. And, every time I did it...something bad happened to me. Something I couldn't avoid. Take it from me -- don't make trouble like that, Sparkling. It just opens you up to danger.
[A beat, then Atem pulls himself together.]
So, what I needed was to stop the hits from coming until I could get my head on straight again! So far, between avoiding interference and the additional powers...it's worked.
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Date: 2022-10-15 08:52 pm (UTC)Don't make trouble like that. He understands what he's warning him about, he does...but he has to wonder how often Atem has had to make a choice. Whether to step in and do what he feels is right, or to hold back and protect himself. It might be choosing to make trouble, sure, but what is more worth it in the end?]
For what it's worth, I don't think stepping in to help those who can't help themselves is a bad thing. It can just be...tricky in a place like this, when monsters have so little choice but to hurt just to survive.
But I hardly need to be telling you that.
cw....sorta adjacent to death note style serial killer murder justification shit
Date: 2022-10-18 09:41 pm (UTC)[Atem makes his move, but his thoughts aren't focused on the game, not at the moment.]
...it was as though helping humans made my luck run out. There were weird coincidences...things I should've caught, but didn't...
[He shakes his head.]
It's better now. I still pick targets carefully...sometimes, I get to see humans who thought they weren't going to be okay end up okay because of what I did. That's nice, but...if it's not another human causing them trouble, then I have to let it go.
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Date: 2022-11-01 11:36 pm (UTC)Mm...it's better than doing nothing at all, I suppose. But it still sounds hard.
[Or tricky might be a better word for it, he thinks as he glances back down at the board to take his turn.]
I just wish it wasn't something we had to worry about. But wishing for the impossible isn't going to get us anywhere.
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Date: 2022-11-02 12:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-11-02 04:50 pm (UTC)[He sighs, his gaze shifting a bit to one side.]
My plan was always to do the same thing I did back in the Kingdom. Run my bar, do what makes me happy. It's just a matter of dealing with what comes up inbetween.