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"...Yes? What is it?


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[weenwoon]

[ Oh well, time to cover up the embarrassment from his mistake with teasing. ]

You do to me.

[emet_sulk]

What is THAT supposed to mean? We had no such thing as currency in those days.

[weenwoon]

Your wealth of aether, of course.

[emet_sulk]

You truly have no shame. I hope you haven't told the boy my true name.

[weenwoon]

No, but I did tell him his father is here...

Do you hide your name from others?

[emet_sulk]

Not as such but I see no reason to make mention of it.

I purposefully withheld it from that boy precisely for the misunderstanding you demonstrated just now.

[weenwoon]

... Could you not simply tell him you are not his father?

[ Hades. PLEASE. ]

[emet_sulk]

'Tis abundantly obvious I am not his father. And I do not want to have a child clinging to me hoping I will stand in for their parent.

:)

[weenwoon]

He did not appear to me as someone who would do that.

Besides, I've always thought you would make a good father!

oh Hyth

[emet_sulk]

[ ... ]

I would not be a good father, Hythlodaeus.

at least it's not his fault for not knowing!

[weenwoon]

Well, you can be quite strict at times, but I know you would dote on your children. Even more than you do on me!

[ He's so smug. But he also is certain that Hades would be putty in his children's hands. ]

smh not being able to read his mind

[emet_sulk]

[ He's not entirely wrong, but-- ]

Be that as it may, I don't want any more children. I've seen enough of them die already.

he's gonna make you use your words emet!

[weenwoon]

[ ... ]

May I come see you?

he don't wanna >:(

[emet_sulk]

Why are you asking permission now all of a sudden? I don't recall that stopping you before.

shouldn't have allowed him to come see u then -v-

[weenwoon]

It did lead to genuine arguments between us a few times. I wanted to make sure you would not be truly averse to a visit from me.

watch him tsun to an inch of his life

[emet_sulk]

[ ............ ]

I'm in my workshop at the Forge.

[weenwoon]

I'll see you soon, then.

[ Or, well, as soon as he can. It takes him some time to get to the Forge.

He knocks on the door perfunctorily before coming in. ]

Hello, Hades.

[emet_sulk]

[ He glances up at the greeting. He doesn't look much different to usual but to Hythlodaeus, who knows him best, there's a depressed air about him. ]

...Mm.

[ And then he drops his gaze back to his work. He seems to be drawing an arcane design into the surface of a crystal. ]

[weenwoon]

[ Indeed, he can tell his friend is upset. So instead of returning to the topic at hand, he comes closer to inspect what Hades is working on (if there is a chair to sit down on, he'll pull it up to the workbench). ]

What are you working on?

[ The inquiry is genuine; Hythlodaeus knows Hades can need some time to open up. ]

[emet_sulk]

[ There is only one other stool for Hythlodaeus to pull up. Hades doesn't usually entertain more than one guest at a time here. ]

One of the crew - Professor Turo - he taught me some of the runes used in his world used to manipulate space. I'm hoping to use it to accelerate the development of more complex machinery.

[weenwoon]

[ He studies the crystal and the design Hades is carving into it curiously. ]

Would it work here? I thought 'tis only through these tattoos that we are able to manipulate our magicks.

[emet_sulk]

It seems I can make them work through my aether. Which makes me wonder if the means by which these tattoos allow us our magic has a...common source, so to speak. It may be that we can learn techniques of other worlds in a limited fashion.

[ He nudges the crystal over so Hythlodaeus can study it. His friend will be able to see that the flow of magic is incomplete - it's supposed to form some kind of matrix with other runes. ]

[weenwoon]

[ He looks it over, eyes following the patterns; instinctively, he tries to guess what the complete design should look like. ]

Interesting... I've been wondering how exactly over powers are sealed and how we are granted a measure of them through these tattoos. I thought them to be a conduit to our respective stars of some sort, but if we are able to call upon the magicks of each other's star... Then either the workings of aether are the same on all of them, or we draw upon the same source of power while here. Mayhap we simply subconsciously choose to manifest this power in ways that are familiar to us.

[emet_sulk]

[ Hades pushes over a sheet of paper with a diagram of what he intends to be the completed design. It's mostly a theoretical practice piece for now. Anything within the space 'shrinks', which would theoretically allow one to build a larger machine and then minimise it. The only issue he foresees is safety, should the runes be damaged in a crash. ]

Mm. Perhaps. For now, all that matters is that it works.

[ He starts on the next crystal while Hythlodaeus is left to his perusal. Now might be a good time to bring up that earlier topic...? ]

[weenwoon]

[ If you ask him, another safety issue is someone putting their hand into the shrinking diagram. For better or for worse, the person they know who is most likely to do that is not here, but certainly there are others out there who would try their luck like this. ]

Indeed. And if it's possible to build a device that enlarges things, it could be a great saving in provisions.

[ Well, of course he's going to be a little silly about things. But not too much. He speaks again, not looking up from the paper yet - the lack of eye contact is a way of giving Hades some space. ]

I am sorry for bringing back painful memories. However unintentional it was.