EDGE OF REVERIE ⦿ OVERFLOW

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[pyrighteous]

I - uh - yeah? Obviously?

[gunmettle]

Let's head back to the dorm, then.

[pyrighteous]

... Yeah. Okay.

[ He rubs at his face, then stands slowly. ]

[gunmettle]

[ He loops an arm around Hunter's shoulders as they head back to the dorm. Thankfully everyone else is out right now or the place would be filthy with strings.

Anyway for convenience we're gonna say the tarot cards from the memshare are somewhere Juzo can get to them, and he brings out the Strength card and offers it to Hunter. ]

Here you go. If you take it, you'll see one of my memories. This is right when I first met Tetsuro. I think you might get why I think you two got a lot in common, too.

[pyrighteous]

[ Yeah. This is easy enough, at least.

He ... reaches out for the card? Hesitates. ]

It'd be nice to see him too. Yeah.

[ Then, he takes it. ]

[gunmettle]

[ Hunter will get to witness all this. Juzo just stands back and waits for it to play out. ]

[pyrighteous]

[ HE SURE DOES. Hunter's eyes go wide? Mostly with awe, but also with OH MUCK. ]

You're really that strong??

[gunmettle]

Sure am. I told Herlock before, I'm not tryin' to brag when I say I was built to be a tank.

[pyrighteous]

What kind of a monster is a tank.

[gunmettle]

Damn, I forget not everyone has those. It's not a monster, it's a... vehicle?

[pyrighteous]

Oh. Like a ... car?

[gunmettle]

Kinda. Only it runs on treads, is real heavily armored, and has a giant cannon comin' out of it.

[pyrighteous]

That sounds horrifying.

[gunmettle]

The words comin' out of your mouth and the look on your face are really sayin' two different things right now.

[pyrighteous]

Horrifying is a good thing!!

[gunmettle]

Oh, yeah. I kinda forget you come from a place where that stuff's the norm.

[pyrighteous]

Right. Demon Realm and Boiling Isles and all.

[gunmettle]

Sounds like one hell of a place.

[ Pun possibly not intended. ]

Seems like even a guy like me wouldn't draw too much attention there.

[pyrighteous]

I mean, you’d get some attention. Sure. But it’d mostly be admiration? Maybe some weirdos who want to recruit you to their coven.

[gunmettle]

The hell's a coven?

[pyrighteous]

They're the major witch organizations. Most people join one when they get old enough for it.

[ He pulls down his sleeve, showing a triangular symbol on his wrist. ]

I'm in the Emperor's Coven, which is the most elite one. They're enforcers that can use any type of magic in existence.

[gunmettle]

[ Juzo inspects the mark a moment. ]

Are you still in the Emperor's Coven? Y'know. After everything.

[pyrighteous]

[ He. Deflates. Also, there are thin lines around the mark that look like scars. ]

Well. No. Definitely not.

[gunmettle]

[ Oh. Juzo gently catches Hunter by the wrist, running his thumb over the lines. ]

Where did these come from?

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter winces, but lets him without issue (or apparent pain.) ]

... Belos tried to cast a magic draining spell. Via the coven sigils. That was his plan - to kill all of the witches on the Boiling Isles like that. And he almost succeeded. Did succeed, for a minute.