contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[dissolving]

Sure. [ arrangement that's not his business now shuffled to include taking the boyfriend to meet the wife ] Thanks, I —

[ comes out a bit too fast: like if he says it sure enough, it'll be less fool a notion. ]

— Mostly, I need a distraction. Mortalitasi got opinions on letting knights in. Gonna have eyes on me. And 's not, I mean. I can't pay for it.

[bouchonne]

Oh.

[ Oh, thank the Maker. That's so much better than providing emotional support.

Far less stiffly - ]

Now, that suits my very particular set of skills very well. Particularly if Bastien is involved. How much time will you need?

[dissolving]

Fifteen minutes, maybe? Out in... there's gardens.

[ the plants there don't grow by sunlight and water. but these days, he's not sure the vhenadahl does, neither. the acorn will take, or it won't. ]

Pretty open area.

[bouchonne]

And what's the level of risk here from our dear necromancers, if you were caught? Would potential violence be more of the verbal sort, or would they go physical?

[dissolving]

Reckon they'd just kick me out. [ which would cause some immediate problems for diplomacy. ] But there's a lotta old spells on the place. So if I start screaming, or I come out seeming extra-cursed —

[bouchonne]

What's your baseline level of cursed?

[dissolving]

Theologically? 'Least half. [ ha ha. ] Anyway, thanks. Owe y'one. Bastien, too.

[bouchonne]

He's a lover of coffee, if you ever want to thank him properly.

[dissolving]

Uh-huh. And you?

[bouchonne]

Me? Hm. Well, I’m a lover of secrets, if you come across any of those.