[He doesn't react in time when he realizes what's happening so, in summation: TWINKISH SCREAMING. They both go tumbling into the water and he's gasping and gulping, scrambling for a pool floatie that probably wasn't there a minute ago.]
Eeehhhh, better is relative. I already miss my party pad, I don't trust my new follower to stay, and I don't think that many more people are actually taking me seriously. Still, you were amazing. Backhanded, but I'll take what I can get.
One of my former followers asked me why I wasn't worried for my life and I was like, well, duh, because if anyone murders me where are they going to get their items from? Like, I can do so much more than I've even been asked for at this point.
I can give out items that'll stop death in its tracks. Only one person's been smart enough to actually, you know, ask for one.
[He lounges dramatically.]
It's not my fault that only a handful of you are smart enough to look past the "oh Indulgence is so stupid, what an idiot moron" hearsay. If I was an idiot, I wouldn't be able to run a kingdom.
[ Yeah, but what do people have to do to get an item like that? Well, it doesn't hurt to ask. ]
We can debate what it takes to run a kingdom later, but let's talk hypotheticals, then. What do you ask for an item that stops death? What do ask for for an item that stops an ability from another user after it's been used? What do you ask for an item that can make someone immune from a certain ability?
What do you ask for an item to see a person's alignment?
My only caveats as forced upon me for the fairness of the game are as follows: I can't emulate the powers of my cohorts, I can't create the same item twice, and I can't make anything that cheats the overall game rules.
[He flops over onto his stomach.]
As with anyone here, the bigger the item, the bigger the task. But anyone else will ask you for defection and loyalty and murder for something that I'd only need to ask, say, for some generous PR. Cheating death, since that's about the biggest boon you can get, would be reserved for my team only, but is helping me out really too much to ask for?
[Sigh!]
Anyhow, can't out anyone's alignment but that doesn't mean you can't think of a creative workaround.
[ How much room is on that floatie? Well, it doesn't matter too much because Nonon is swimming over and pulling herself up to sit on Indulgence's back.
She hums in thought. ]
Do I want to make a speech about you every week?
[ But she needs time to think about a workaround. While sitting on a god's back. ]
[ It's because he's like this that she's not afraid to be the worst to him. ]
Don't be daft. I try to keep the people who know my alignment to a minimum. Your best chance to get me would have been trying to woo me with items the very first week.
[ She's about to reenact that scene from 300 and kick him into the pit of the pool when an idea hits her. She lifts her foot away from him and goes back to sitting on him. ]
Hey, can you make an item that rebounds a power back to its user?
Different enough that they can be distinguished from one another. Two items can have the same general purpose but work in different ways. The glass I gave Ray and the pipe I gave you both eliminated a suspect from the lineup, but the way they did so were completely unlike one another.
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What's cooking is that Indulgence showed Nonon he would take her terrorizing him without much retaliation, so she's prepared for the pool.
Her answer is to go to the top of water slide and come down it with gusto and wreck him with a splash. ]
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[He doesn't react in time when he realizes what's happening so, in summation: TWINKISH SCREAMING. They both go tumbling into the water and he's gasping and gulping, scrambling for a pool floatie that probably wasn't there a minute ago.]
Foul! Foul!
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Were there any rules for it to be foul?
[ She doesn't think so. ]
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[You're too GOOD, Nonon. Indulgence crawls his way up onto the floatie and perches like an alert animal.]
And I have to give it to you for actually going in the pool.
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I'm not a coward.
[ And she's not in any clothes that she minds getting wet, so there's that, too. ]
Feeling better after last week?
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[Just that most people are no fun?]
Eeehhhh, better is relative. I already miss my party pad, I don't trust my new follower to stay, and I don't think that many more people are actually taking me seriously. Still, you were amazing. Backhanded, but I'll take what I can get.
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[ That's the key phrase: when she actually gives it. She can't deny they were backhanded compliments, though. ]
And I really don't want to think about what we'd do if you go to zero and someone comes for your life.
[ She will repeat that as many times as necessary. ]
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[He clicks his tongue, shaking his head.]
One of my former followers asked me why I wasn't worried for my life and I was like, well, duh, because if anyone murders me where are they going to get their items from? Like, I can do so much more than I've even been asked for at this point.
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She's a snake by her canon imagery, but right now, she's definitely a shark, and those words he just dropped is blood. ]
Oh? What more can you do? Tell me? I want to hear all about the great things you can do and give.
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[He lounges dramatically.]
It's not my fault that only a handful of you are smart enough to look past the "oh Indulgence is so stupid, what an idiot moron" hearsay. If I was an idiot, I wouldn't be able to run a kingdom.
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We can debate what it takes to run a kingdom later, but let's talk hypotheticals, then. What do you ask for an item that stops death? What do ask for for an item that stops an ability from another user after it's been used? What do you ask for an item that can make someone immune from a certain ability?
What do you ask for an item to see a person's alignment?
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[He flops over onto his stomach.]
As with anyone here, the bigger the item, the bigger the task. But anyone else will ask you for defection and loyalty and murder for something that I'd only need to ask, say, for some generous PR. Cheating death, since that's about the biggest boon you can get, would be reserved for my team only, but is helping me out really too much to ask for?
[Sigh!]
Anyhow, can't out anyone's alignment but that doesn't mean you can't think of a creative workaround.
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She hums in thought. ]
Do I want to make a speech about you every week?
[ But she needs time to think about a workaround. While sitting on a god's back. ]
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Isn't there some kind of phrase about leading by example or showing not telling? Maybe you could start some kind of trend.
[sWITCH TO MEEEE]
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Don't be daft. I try to keep the people who know my alignment to a minimum. Your best chance to get me would have been trying to woo me with items the very first week.
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[Whining intensifies.]
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Who?
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[Who?]
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She stands on the floatie and tries to shove him into the pool with her foot. ]
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I'll take you down with me! Don't try me!
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[ She's about to reenact that scene from 300 and kick him into the pit of the pool when an idea hits her. She lifts her foot away from him and goes back to sitting on him. ]
Hey, can you make an item that rebounds a power back to its user?
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Sure can.
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I want that, but you can't make the same item twice... How different does an item have to be?
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[ She's smart but not that smart to think of something on the fly, so she's going to ask for what she can take for now. ]
For now, I want an item that'll reflect a power back to its user. I'll come [ harass ] around again if I think of something else. What do you want?
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