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Tweak says, "You won't forget this one"

Simon Torquill (uselessdandy) wrote in territories_net,
@ 2022-08-07 13:57:00

Entry tags:

fs: deke sun-crichton, gladiator: maximus, marvel animated: torunn thordottir, mcu: carol danvers, october daye: simon torquill

[OOC: this is for Be Careful What You Wished for. Simon asked for his daughter back. He didn't specify for how long, enjoy seeing what he's like in a good mood while it lasts]

This generally isn't the sort of thing I would do, but I find myself needing some solid proof I'm not dreaming so it was well worth the time I spent working out what I was doing.

No one needs to keep their eyes open for the most perfect girl on my account any longer, even though she's refusing to show anyone but me her face. I'm afraid my August can be quite shy at times, she's like her mother that way. A mother who will probably be upset with me for presenting our daughter to strangers like this if I ever face her again, but this might be the first time I haven't been scared of my wife's anger.

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uselessdandy
2022-08-09 07:12 pm UTC (link)

I'm afraid I am entirely at fault if there is any, in this case. There was a woman in the marketplace with power, and I was either brave or foolish enough to take the chance she wasn't lying about her capabilities and I didn't consider that it might be prudent to let anyone else know beforehand.

Aside from a change of clothes and proper shoes, not as yet. She's been too occupied looking about to properly prey upon my indulgent side so far.

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	deke_crichton 2022-08-10 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Wait, go back. You asked someone on the planet and...your daughter is now here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	uselessdandy 2022-08-10 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, and I am aware of now naive it sounds put in that fashion, but if I took her offer and got nothing for it, I would have been left no worse off than I was before. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deke_crichton 2022-08-11 03:28 am UTC (link)
	~~Dren~~ What did she ask for in exchange? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	uselessdandy 2022-08-11 05:44 am UTC (link)
	My peaceful dreams. I thought it an almost insultingly small price for something so dear, but then again it's hardly as if I had any of the sorts of trinkets one would usually take when going to beg such a boon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deke_crichton 2022-08-11 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	What do you mean by that? Uh...sorry, just not sure I how this worked ~~and it seems too good to be true~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	uselessdandy 2022-08-11 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	No, that's quite understandable. Magical trades of this kind are far more common where I'm from. From now on, I will never have a pleasant dream when I sleep. Either none at all, or terrors. ~~But that won't be much of a change, really.~~ But considering one of my sweetest dreams just came true, I don't mind overmuch. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deke_crichton 2022-08-12 02:46 am UTC (link)
	You're magical? Why didn't you say something before?? Simon, I don't think you realize what you might have just done. We need to find this woman and talk to her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

uselessdandy
2022-08-12 02:56 am UTC (link)

Because telling such things where I'm from to those who are not saw many of my people burned at the stake not that long past.

Oh, I realize quite well what I have done. I sold away far more to try to find my August long before I came here. I told myself when she was lost that I would do anything, give anything, to find her again. I have been a liar in many things, but I would not make myself one in this.

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	deke_crichton 2022-08-14 06:51 am UTC (link)
	I guess you make a good point. Even here, magic isn't exactly trusted. I try to not judge, but....to be honest, my parent's never thought too kindly about magic. Just...stories. I promise, no burning will happen aboard the ship, though. We need to find this person and talk to her. Soon. As in now. Are you prepared to go back to the planet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

uselessdandy
2022-08-14 07:07 am UTC (link)

An easy promise for one man to make for others. But given our small numbers, one I can believe. But there is a reason I have done my best to be discrete in the markets and such.

'Talk to her'. By which you mean question her means, or ask for my payment back. Neither of which is likely to end well for anyone, not just myself. Anyone with the power to retreive a girl none had seen for as long as my August was missing, you do not 'talk' to them. You ask, you bargain, you come to an arrangement or don't, and then you leave if you value keeping the shape you hold or your current inventory of organs. As I said, I have traded away greater things. I have lost nothing that matters, and fail to see how it should matter to you.

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