( ic inbox )

[sorserer]

call; text

Comments

[shadowstrikes]

see, i knew you’d understand my deep suffering.

nope, he’s got to get his own place and get his own job but vrenille will keep whatever formal shit he needs ticking over. kind of get the feeling that doesn’t mean he won’t show up sprayed on vrenille’s couch when it suits him though.

[sorserer]

Sounds like a character already.

Someone you already knew?

[shadowstrikes]

we don’t associate with people who aren’t.

and not someone i knew, vrenille did. thinks he’s some kind of god. or false god. once god? something like that.

[sorserer]

Either he's right or he's delusional. There's not a lot of gray area there.

[shadowstrikes]

i'd agree, but it also might be to do with perspective. i might (and do) say delusional, someone else might say god.

and he sure seems to think there were people on earth who thought he was. earth's your place, right? do you have human gods there?

[sorserer]

Not really, no. There are alien species or extradimensional beings that have been worshipped as gods in my world. Some of them resemble humans on a superficial level. Humans can theoretically obtain equivalent power, but usually it takes some extraordinary circumstance or sacrifice, and usually it's a bad idea.

So he's a god on Earth, or thinks he is. Sounds like we're bound to have a fun brunch eventually.

[shadowstrikes]

i mean, he sure *looks* human, so that could explain some things. he said he came down from assgaurd or something. pretty unfortunate name for a world, if you ask me. doesn't translate too well.

and hey, if we have a god on the couch you want me to ask you over for coffee to see the fireworks? or add to them? i think vrenille's got the impression he's going to be introducing two cats or something.

[sorserer]

[ hold the fuck up hold the fuck up HOLD THE FUCK UP HOUSTON I AM HAVING SOME PROBLEMS ]

Wait.
Asgard?
Hold on.
Teen Vogue or big forehead?

[shadowstrikes]

huh. is that how you spell it.

wait, what's teen vogue?

[sorserer]

It's ... a style magazine for teenagers. Never mind.
There are two people from Asgard here. They're the same person from parallel universes. One of them is younger-looking, shorter hair. The other one has a big forehead and a predilection for violence.
Do you know which one Vrenille contracted with?

[shadowstrikes]

oh! oh! that one! the second!

[sorserer]

[ in real life stephen just sat back heavily in his seat and swore under his breath and then because he's heavily dependent on voice to text!!! ]

shit

[shadowstrikes]

articulate. not a buddy of yours, i take it.

[sorserer]

[ stupid voice to text. stephen rubs a hand over his face in real time. ]

We're from the same world. Our acquaintanceship has had its interesting moments, namely a non-zero amount of stabbing.

[shadowstrikes]

wait, he stabbed you?

[sorserer]

In his defense, it was one time. The unpleasantness between us has been mutual and reciprocal. I'm not proud.

[ stephen is being very extremely diplomatic, i.e. not citing more specific examples of how he may have reciprocated that violence. honestly, he'd be great in front of a jury. ]

[shadowstrikes]

wait, you stabbed him back?

[sorserer]

Not as such.

It's complicated.

[shadowstrikes]

so you magic'd him.

[sorserer]

Yes.

[ and maybe, like, dubconned him, and there was magic involved, and maybe they've been weird for months, but that should stay between me and satan. ]

It's fine. Nothing that really concerns anyone else.

[shadowstrikes]

so not that complicated.

well, look, if it makes you feel any better i'm pretty sure vrenille wrote something like 'no funny business with knives.' or maybe he phrased it in more technical language like 'don't shit where you eat.' something like that.

[sorserer]

I'm not worried about Vrenille's safety, just his patience.

[ @ me: good job dodging that bullet ]

[shadowstrikes]

i'm not worried about that; he's dealt with me since we were kids.

this mean you're not going to swing by so much? that better not be what you're saying.

[sorserer]

Not at all. And we're civil enough in company.
So no need to worry about the rich tapestry of my relationships.

[shadowstrikes]

huh. so it *is* complicated.