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[if wanda knew that steve knew henry, then she could easily explain this away.]
[there's claire, erik, and she imagines sandor is quite old himself...]
[she's jesting. she's allowed to do that instead of sticking to the bit about her raising kids.]
It's the perfect present for a weird guy who happens to like spiders.
I would be really disappointed if actual children were summoned, butโ I guess that was true for a while. Now that I think about it, I'm not generally the oldest in the group.
[there's claire, erik, and she imagines sandor is quite old himself...]
I'd make a census for you, but I don't know if the shark-man knows what age is and I don't know what raccoon years are in human years.
[she's jesting. she's allowed to do that instead of sticking to the bit about her raising kids.]
[the package is non-descript, but it's definitely big enough to pique the curiosity of the recipient as to open it as soon as possible. it's been checked through, tied up back into its box after the fact. inside, an amount of homemade goods have been stacked atop each other: candles, soaps, and moisturizing lotions. this would already spell out who it is from, if a similar package has been received, in the past.
a neat box lies at the bottom, though, and once unwrapped, it'll reveal a leather-bound sketchpad with a series of writing tools he could use. to write, to draw or even paint, the paper will handle the strain.
a small note sits under the box.]
a neat box lies at the bottom, though, and once unwrapped, it'll reveal a leather-bound sketchpad with a series of writing tools he could use. to write, to draw or even paint, the paper will handle the strain.
a small note sits under the box.]
Happy Winter Solstice.
๐ฆanda ๐aximoff
[ Steve does notice the way that she just breezes right past that, but if she doesn't want to talk about Billy and Tommy right now, that's fair. ]
Yeah, guess the fact that Solvunn seems to attract the talking animals makes everything a little wonky.
Anyway, it's fine. We got pretty off-topic.
Things are okay over there overall, though? In Solvunn.
Yeah, guess the fact that Solvunn seems to attract the talking animals makes everything a little wonky.
Anyway, it's fine. We got pretty off-topic.
Things are okay over there overall, though? In Solvunn.
Edited 2023-12-30 00:30 (UTC)
I can't believe you're calling Rocket an animal. That's rude, Steve.
[okay, okay... they have gotten a little off-topic, but hopefully he can sense the teasing in her words as she sends that over.]
Nothing to worry about at the moment, no. The Council finally chose someone to replace Josselyn with in the Tertiary Settlement. Isar Hart is his name, in case you're curious. Might be a little tense for a while because he isn't a native of that settlement... but I'm sure it'll work itself out.
[one way or the other, and wanda hopes the summoned can have a positive effect in the matter, too.]
[Viktor's package arrives in plain brown paper, the wax seal indicating the sender.
Inside is a smaller-than-palm-sized metal box with a button. Emerging from the device is a mesh of wires, roughly the size and shape of Steve's shield (isn't that interesting!). It might be difficult to determine just what, exactly, this is supposed to be, especially because it's meant to attach to something, so Viktor helpfully leaves an accompanying note.]
The button activates a non-lethal electrical current delivered through the wire mesh. Next time you're at the workshop, I'll install it for you. Please be careful in the meantime.
-V
Inside is a smaller-than-palm-sized metal box with a button. Emerging from the device is a mesh of wires, roughly the size and shape of Steve's shield (isn't that interesting!). It might be difficult to determine just what, exactly, this is supposed to be, especially because it's meant to attach to something, so Viktor helpfully leaves an accompanying note.]
The button activates a non-lethal electrical current delivered through the wire mesh. Next time you're at the workshop, I'll install it for you. Please be careful in the meantime.
-V
How can he not tell that he is a raccoon?
All you need to know is that there is The Council that has a leader from each of the three settlements. Isar is from the Secondary settlement, so him being in the tertiary one is quite something. I've met all three current council members, yes.
I don't know. That seems to be tied up with how he came to be... whatever he is, and that's a sore spot.
[ So, he's opted not to pry too much. He's not sure if Rocket himself even knows all the details, honestly. ]
Got it. So it's some sort of checks and balances situation? What do you make of this Isar Hart guy?
[ So, he's opted not to pry too much. He's not sure if Rocket himself even knows all the details, honestly. ]
Got it. So it's some sort of checks and balances situation? What do you make of this Isar Hart guy?
Probably another one of us to chuck into the โexperiment onโ umbrella.
( that is to say, wanda can empathise; the message reaches steve with a soft qualityโan understanding.
they can leave it at that. )
I know how this is going to sound, but: I like Isar. Iโve talked to him a few times before and he seems to have a good head on his shoulders. The fact that heโs moved to the Tertiary Settlement despite having his goats elsewhere means that heโs willing to make a commitment for the settlement.
( his goats are so important, steve. )
I think he might have a pact with an Old God, too.
Yeah, although I doubt he agreed to any of it.
[ Steve and Wanda both volunteered, for better or worse. Wanda's situation had been more desperate than Steve's, but the fact remains that she and her brother had gone along with Hydra's goals.
But yeah, better to leave it at that. ]
His goats? Are they that big of a deal?
[ Wouldn't it be more significant that he was moving away from friends and family? Of course, Steve's quickly distracted by the mention of an Old God. ]
What makes you think that?
[ Steve and Wanda both volunteered, for better or worse. Wanda's situation had been more desperate than Steve's, but the fact remains that she and her brother had gone along with Hydra's goals.
But yeah, better to leave it at that. ]
His goats? Are they that big of a deal?
[ Wouldn't it be more significant that he was moving away from friends and family? Of course, Steve's quickly distracted by the mention of an Old God. ]
What makes you think that?
[ While Hilda had delivered Steve's real gift to him at the start of Sam's holiday party, this one will come several weeks later. Left propped up against his door is a large, flat box wrapped with a giant red and blue bow. The absurdly large gift tag has Steve's name on it in loopy, familiar handwriting. There's a small note written on the back. ]
And what does she mean by great things coming in two's? Maybe she's referring to his other present that she gifted him. Or maybe she means that there's a matching cardboard cut out head somewhere out there in this very inn. Who knows! It's a mystery!
Happy Festival of Enlightenment or something like that. ]
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ! ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ต.[ What he'll find if he should open it is a hand drawn, large cardboard of Sam's head from when he had been first appointed conclave rep. With a few improvements of course. Namely that instead of just smiling, Sam's face is winking.
๐น๐น ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข
And what does she mean by great things coming in two's? Maybe she's referring to his other present that she gifted him. Or maybe she means that there's a matching cardboard cut out head somewhere out there in this very inn. Who knows! It's a mystery!
Happy Festival of Enlightenment or something like that. ]
[ It's toward the end of December when Steve comes home to find a random gift left at his apartment door. It's unexpected with the new year around the corner, but then again, everyone's been busy with Wintertide and the Horizon trip.
Hilda doesn't leave a mystery as to who the gift is from, and so he takes it inside and opens it up. When he finds a matching cardboard cartoon head of Sam that will perfectly complement the one of himself that Sam brought home back in November, well, all he can do is laugh. ]
Thanks, Hilda. It's great. We'll have to put them on the wall next to each other.
Hilda doesn't leave a mystery as to who the gift is from, and so he takes it inside and opens it up. When he finds a matching cardboard cartoon head of Sam that will perfectly complement the one of himself that Sam brought home back in November, well, all he can do is laugh. ]
Thanks, Hilda. It's great. We'll have to put them on the wall next to each other.
[ One random February day, Steve will receive a message shortly before one from Claude. They have nothing to do with each other. Absolutely nothing at all. ]
๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐บ? ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐บ? ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
โ meanwhile, completely unaware steve's received another message
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godshattering
2024-02-04 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Say, Steve. I forgot to ask you something the other day so thank the gods for these messages. [ Totally not suspicious! ] Did I tell you about Hilda's new business venture?
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ - ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ.
[ Rest in peace, Steve's Beard of Sorrow. She'll remember you fondly, you magnificentย facial feature and what could have been. ]ย
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณย ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด...
[ Rest in peace, Steve's Beard of Sorrow. She'll remember you fondly, you magnificentย facial feature and what could have been. ]ย
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณย ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด...
๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ?!
[ She would never. ]
๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
[ She would never. ]
๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
[ Well. Coordinating that might've been a good idea. ]
Ah, good! That'll make getting into it a little easier. She's been working on all kinds of exciting new treatments lately. Like the kinds meant to spoil yourself around spas and such since one can never have enough luxury, if you might be interested in trying a couple of things out.
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