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[daggering]

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w3, tuesday am

[decisions]

[ texting ]

Please meet me in the Crystalline apartment. It's important.

[ktiseos]

[he lives here he's already here dang]

[decisions]

[ there is already tea for emet-selch and none for vax ]

[daggering]

[ message read: xx:xx PM ]

[ is the door open ]

[ktiseos]

[no they have to let him in he's not propping this door open

you better knock sneaky man]

[decisions]

He's always late.

[ knock you stupid feathery fuck ]

[daggering]

Open the fucking door

[decisions]

[ tch ur worst enemy. ]

[decisions]

[ but yeah ok he'll open the door. ]

[daggering]

[ iTS ALSO YOUR WORST ENEMY? HELLO WHO ELSE WAS STUCK OUTSIDE OF THAT DOOR

anyway

here is vax! he's back in his deathwalkers ward today, so feathery and fresh. he leans against the door once he's in, shutting it with his heel and giving emet a sup nod of greeting, too. ]

So?

[decisions]

I spoke with Kazunari late yesterday... [ he looks. a little uncomfortable. i will let teej tag now instead of shitposting all over to make fun of vax. ]

[daggering]

[ well, that tone doesn't promise anything good. he. raises an eyebrow? yes, continue ]

[decisions]

He... witnessed a memory of mine.

[ he looks at vax. ]

Orthax... when he took hold of me at the Ziggurat. When I tried to kill Delilah.

[ softer ] I wasn't expecting him to laugh, Vax'ildan. I. Nearly blew her brains out. I nearly blew your sister's—

[ he covers his mouth, like the memory hits him all over again, like he could maybe be sick. ]

[daggering]

[ oh. well that's.

the minute percy gets out - i tried to kill delilah vax pushes off the door, any light heartedness fading off of his face in a second as he takes a step closer to him. he's immediately protective, some part of him flaring with defensive anger at the mere thought that - ]

He laughed? [ at such a horrifying thing - at one that rocked their whole world, at even the thought of someone laughing at vex nearly dying - ] What the fuck?

[ktiseos]

...he is most certainly unwell, then.

[he sounds troubled too, watching percy with a measure of concern as he mentions the memory. to react in that way to what sounds like something terrible...]

But there may be a solution to keep him from acting again, should he try. Not ideal, truthfully, but... it is something.

[decisions]

[ percy looks towards him. ]

What did you have in mind?

[daggering]

[ no I’m mobile but I can’t leave that

vax goes from sharing a troubled look with percy to turning to emet. ?? ]

[ktiseos]

[he's still worried but trauma can come after, he is too pragmatic for that.

but he pulls out a yellow gumball.]

I received this, with my tokens. It causes an extreme physical transformation in the target.

... for example, to something small and harmless.

[decisions]

Oh now that is useful.

[ resting his chin on his hand. ]

There's really something to these... I received one that allows me to track the movements of anyone I wish for 24 hours.

[daggering]

[ oh ]

's - fucking genius. That'd do it, better than killing the guy, good thinking, Emet. [ and it's way better than a wand of tongues so we're doing great here. all the polymorph without the yikes ]

Let's just turn him into a frog or something! How's a frog going to murder anyone. [ famous last words ]

I think maybe Verdant might be the one that helps break curses, since I know Clarte's got one. Could try that after Thursday passes, if I can get lucky today or tomorrow.

[ktiseos]

[he's rolling his eyes slightly. yes, yes, they know you're against plan b which is murder, vax.]

I shall do so as close to sleep falling upon us as possible; otherwise, someone with him may be alarmed and choose to help him, leaving him his normal shape should he choose to try anything. Do try your luck with your own-- it seems these are, in fact, quite useful.

[as for percy's-- emet considers that, for a moment.]

Yours could certainly be useful, as well. If the two of you think there was something to Kumon... mayhap we make Kazunari a frog, and track Kumon's movements. See if you can determine whether that ability will let you know what one's movements were overnight, if you were asleep.

[daggering]

[ yeah he is!!!! why is it a bad thing to be anti murder sometimes! he's in vox machina they murder shit all the time!!!!

anyway. vax listens to this, and fiddles around in his pockets. ]

've got one gumball I haven't talked about at any of the trials yet, but it's not useful like those. Got three tokens, now, too, so. How many should I trade in? Might as well get something else.

[decisions]

Why not go big and see what it nets you?

[ a genuinely response, he wants to see what vax gets. ]

I think I'll trade in my one-token gumball... perhaps save up just a bit more. It might prove interesting...

[ktiseos]

If you haven't spent three yet, you may wish to. Getting a bit more out of yours may not hurt either, Percy.

[but he's also just-- giving vax a curious glance.]

What does yours do, for that matter?

[daggering]

[ ah. he grins a little, pulls the gumball out - it's a dark color, almost like a void? and it's a little squishy.

he tosses it in the air, and then catches it. ]

Gives me back my wings, boys. Not for long - and it's got a drawback, but still.