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" Only person I even feel like talkin' to is Laura -- "

[vvarden]

@vehxmence

Down here in Blackreach, even a whisper too loud could get you the wrong kind of attention. The blind, mutated mer of these dwemer dungeons had keen hearing; it was only the magic that allowed her to pass so unseen. Enchanted boots alongside the veil of the Mistress of the Nightingales made this easy. Almost.

She'd seen the other figure long before she managed to catch up with them. Couldn't yell at them to get their attention, of course, lest she attract a horde of falmer and chaurus... Wrought with the anxiety that they might have been here for the very same thing she was had her moving quicker, her shape little more than the red glow against pitch-black armor.

Lingering around the far left of a large open gate that led into a clearing, she waited for the stranger to pass the threshold of it. Once they did, she threw a pebble in their direction.

“Hey—” Voice was a sharp whisper, and she dared a few steps closer once she got their attention; her sword was sheathed. “—What in Oblivion are you doing here? You're not a falmer.”

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" Think I'm just meant to do the 'Hero-thing' until I'm dead or is there something else I can do with my life? I'm tellin' you, it's just about the only thing I'm good for --- best to stick to what we know, right? At least I'm helping people. "

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@drunivers [ requests kate ] / sc

“ See,  Kate.  This  is  why  I  love  you!  At  least  you  listen  to  my  ideas  before  completely  shutting  them  down  — ”         he's  draped  over  her  back  like  a  cape,  tempted  to  kiss  her  cheek.      “ So  we're  going  right?  Right?  Youwon'tbackoutlastminuteright? ”    

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@blueswede / sc

          “ what's  with  the  walkman?  aren't  you  from  the  future?  do  you  even  have  Mayhem  on  there? ”         he  pays  no  mind  to  personal  space,  zipping  in  to  stare  at  the  old  music  player  in  his  hands. " your headphones kinda suck too -- "

[vvarden]

@xaallo

Even with three decades under the belt, Valvossa had never fully acclimatized to the Curse. She had learned to work around it, but it was impossible to keep it under total control; such was the nature of the Beast. She was miles from civilization by the time the full moon hung high in the sky and miles more when the sun had begun its approach in the east.

She woke sometime during dawn, eyes hazy, hair a tangled, wild mess. She could see her breath in the morning air. Confusion only lingered for a moment; old hat at this that she was, she knew what to expect. Naked in the brush, her skin slick with blood but curiously free of wounds.

Valvossa inhaled sharply, pushing her sweat-and-blood-slicked hair back from her face, cradling the incline of her skull. Her head throbbed, worse than any hangover.

“N'chow, my head...”

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@dementedspeedster sent ❝ how bad could it be? ❞ ✎ㅤ. . .ㅤ𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺.

— “ Bad.  World  Ending  Bad. ”        he  speaks  as  if  every  instance  the  group  gets  together  isn't  headed  toward  a  world-ending  event,  as  it  so  often  seemed  to  do.   “ But  hey,  even  if  someone  dies,  they  just  go  off  and  bring  them  back  anyway  —  so  it's  not  that  bad,  I  guess. ”

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@youngheroics / sc

“ Finally  found  time  for  your  big  brother,  huh? ”         in  a  flash,  his  arm  is  hooked  'round  the  neck  and  half  dragging  Billy  up  the  stairs  and  into  the  house.     “ What  have  you  even  been  doing  lately?  Maaaaaagic  stuff? ”