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[gynvael]

[ In truth, Geralt isn't certain how much good, either. Joe it works. But he does know people have emerged from the Horizon feeling better. ]

There's a woman in the Horizon.
By the Singularity.
Seems she could help heal.

You can trust her.

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You get how this could be the most ominous message I've ever gotten in my life, right?

[gynvael]

More than the bloody flower
you nailed to my door?

If it works—
Might help the others with you.

[ofthesword]

You thought it was cool, don't lie.

[Now he's sweating. Was it weird???]

I'll check it out. Not like I got much else to do, and no one's gonna mess with my unconscious body. Probably.

[gynvael]

I hung it on the wall.

[ He did, actually. ]

Good.

And Nero—
Don't piss her off.

[ofthesword]

[Oh. Sick. Wait --]

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

[gynvael]

You'll be fine.
Tell her we're friends.

Try not to strain when you say it.

[ofthesword]

[You are making Nero's final moments so much harder than they needed to be, Geralt.]

I'll try to stop myself from telling her and shitting myself at the same time. Thanks for the vote of confidence, asshole.

[gynvael]

Hassle me about it later
When you're home.

[ Because Nero had better make it home. ]

[ofthesword]

Make me sound really epic if I die, though.

And tell Dante he's a dick.

[gynvael]

Might even commission a song.

Try not to die
before you hear it.

[ofthesword]

Fine. But it better sound good.

[carmesi]

[and then, like a promise—]

See you soon.

[ofthesword]

I better

[aquaveiled]

[ Hugs! Himeka likes hugs very much, thank you, so she doesn't waste a second when Nero relents to Wanda's teasing question. One arm wraps right around Nero while the other waits for Wanda to come into the fold.

What's better than one hug? A group hug. ]

[carmesi]

[despite her teasing and her more closed-off attitude, wanda makes her way into the hug between both himeka and nero. she wraps her arms around their middles, happy to be crushed by one annoying nero.

she really loves them both, much like family.

wanda even smiles.]

gestures vaguely beginning of august.

[hairington]

[ steve isn't....great at whatever this is. these mental messages. it feels both way too easy and also way too difficult to keep up with. but at the same time, steve can't really just pop over to where nero and wanda live anymore, not with how it takes over a day to get to it. so, instead, this is his option.

and the thing is, he's had this on his mind for a couple of days now - whether to ask, whether it's weird, what he's even worried about. it's been eating away at him for long enough that he's finally accepted he just needs to ask someone for help, anyone, and nero happens to be one of the first people that comes to mind. ]

hey
kinda uh- weird question
now a good time?

[ofthesword]

Is "now a good time" the weird question? Seems pretty normal to me.

[You know Steve walked right into it.]

Lucky for you, I can find an opening in between all the goat feedin' and shit I'm doing. What's up?

[hairington]

no
that's not

[ god he hates this so much. ]

you've been here a long time right?
do you know anyone who is like
dead? back in their home place or whatever?

[ofthesword]

[Not even a joke in return? Nero stops what he's doing (rearranging stones for the sauna; he basically never stops working on the thing) and straightens up. This has got Important all around it.]

A while, yeah --

[Not a lot of time to answer. He pauses. Dead? Like. Dead, and... and what? And they're here to talk about it? That can't be what he means. But it's what he's implying, isn't it?

Nero thinks it through. Dante would be the closest, but Dante wasn't dead. And their kind -- or at least Dante's kind -- were... not really conducive to dying.]

Know someone who's here who might as well be, but not totally, I guess. Why? What's happened, Steve?

[hairington]

[ no, no joke. he's kind of been thinking himself in circles for days, and probably hasn't been sleeping all that well either. and it's really been bothering him, nero, so he doesn't really have the wherewithal to actually joke back. ]

nothing's happened, it's fine
i mean nothing new has happened
and it's not me
i know someone tho who has
or did? i guess? die
but isn't dead here
i just had a question
or like- need advice? kind of?

some nebulous time after the masquerade.

[gynvael]

Haven't set yourself on fire again, have you?

[ofthesword]

You'd be the first to know. I'm still alive and kickin', if that's what you're askin'.

[gynvael]

Good.

There's something you should know about Lucifer.
It's not merely a name.

[ofthesword]

So? What is it, a code name? An alias? His stripper name? Please tell me the guy's a spy. That'd make this so much more stupid.