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dr. stephen strange ([personal profile] rehandle) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2023-08-06 12:19 pm

audio, un: strange

I found something in the papers in the sleeping quarters that seems to relate to our host and his guests.

[ ""Guests"" ]

There was a heavily redacted passage on a page amongst those detailing the history of necromancy that spoke of a previously revered necromancer of the court of one Doxe Cosimo at Taravast, a citadel that housed schools of sorcery and necromancy.

Cosimo's Conclave found this necromancer guilty of mass sacrifice. In excess of a hundred people murdered, to their knowledge at the time of sentencing, who were believed killed in pursuit of his work. It seems the bodies were discovered inside his house.

Whoever crossed all this out was pretty upset about it. As I assume one might be if they'd been exiled from reality for all eternity.

[ All this to say... ]

We should be careful when considering giving Lisanther the scroll pieces he seeks.
bravelyrunsaway: (glance; not a time for ideals)

un: mansbane

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2023-08-06 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The one in the dungeon considers himself angry, angry as Manouk was at one time, and locked away out of fear from the old man. Plans on killing Manouk and Lisanther before fleeing this realm, if he's released.

Lisanther, for his part, didn't mention who he intends to murder on the way out, only that he'd let the skeletal hounds rest. Didn't bother speaking with the old man in the maze, he kept chasing me around with his cane.
bravelyrunsaway: (mmm; lie in the bed you made)

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2023-08-08 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
One, two, three. What happens if they're all free?
nachocheese: (Default)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-08 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"You told us you were one. Not three."
nachocheese: (sabrosito)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It says [ he repeats; reading out loud ] "you said you were one. Not three."

[ An expectant silence; almost like he's waiting for Strange to follow up. ]
nachocheese: (Default)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Low whistle. ]

So, the guy downstairs... [ he means the prisoner ] that's why he's saying all these ghosts and shit, that was "after" his time.
nachocheese: (bingo)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, uh. He says the ghosts, the guys in the kitchen and everywhere, haunt their killer. That it wasn't him, because it was after his time. But he's seen them, before he was put downstairs... [ Nacho pauses briefly; then he goes on. ] He says they're tethered to the house, though, not a person.

He said he was born here, the same as he was in Taravast. Kept promising to "ruin" things if I let him go. [ Which turned out to be the exact opposite what Nacho had wanted him to promise, which is why he's still in his cell. ]
Edited 2023-08-09 22:00 (UTC)
nachocheese: (breathe)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Who do you think? [ You can hear the raised eyebrow in his voice. He can follow Strange's logic to a point. He's already been wondering if he did the right thing, by keeping the key and not freeing the man. ]

There's one problem, man. He says he wants "the world" to know how powerful he is. I'm not letting him out to do whatever he wants to a bunch of unsuspecting innocent people.
Edited 2023-08-09 22:07 (UTC)
nachocheese: (talk)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Gotta admit: there is something weirdly satisfying about watching someone speed run entertaining the exact same thoughts you have, in the exact same order. A small and mirthless laugh, barely a noise. ]

Yeah.
Edited 2023-08-09 22:21 (UTC)
nachocheese: (rock and hard place)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That, Nacho can get behind. Burning the house itself down... look, he's not for releasing any of them, but he's not for wanton, emotionally driven violence either.

It always begets more violence in the end. The scrolls are different, though. That's a much harder proposition to find fault with. ]


Yeah, okay... [ Thinking, thinking. ] How many of us found pieces?
nachocheese: (black and blue)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Licyn has one, too. Doesn't he? [ Not a happy thought... ] I'll ask around.
nachocheese: (off brand)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-08 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the guy in the dungeon's a real charmer.
bravelyrunsaway: (grin; and bear with it all)

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2023-08-09 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
You spoke with him too?
nachocheese: (bagman)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-09 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ "Spoke with?" Sure. Let's call it that. ]

I've got his key.
bravelyrunsaway: (Default)

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2023-08-10 04:36 am (UTC)(link)

And he's still in there, love?

( look the general level of tendencies towards dumb things here )

nachocheese: (five-o)

[personal profile] nachocheese 2023-08-12 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Still there. Still being a [ profanity replaced by dolphin noise ].
Edited 2023-08-12 03:57 (UTC)
bravelyrunsaway: (back; my thoughts lie fallow)

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2023-08-13 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent news. Much as I might not mind a tumble with him, ( really, Licyn, but yes, sadly, really ) I don't fancy seeing the death he'd inevitably pursue beyond this bubble in time. Is it a bubble? Lightning strike me if any of how this whole thing works makes sense!