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[inchesofevil]

[early Sunday, post-merge]

You guys are going to find out sooner or later so I might as well tell you myself.

I'm the Vahishta, as of yesterday.

So I guess welcome to the club, self.

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[firecracker_hopping]

I'll call him up!

[Aaaah she gets to see Ras again too!]

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[inchesofevil]

Uhhh

Omid...likes me, actually?

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[coolmonsoon]

That may or may not last.

But hey, I'm happy for you!

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[brokencrescendo]

On second thought, that actually worries me more.

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[inchesofevil]

It was a compliment. I'm not running on all cylinders right now.

Alright, cool, I'll have someone take me over.

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[inchesofevil]

It was a little worrisome the way she said it.

But at least I kind of know what to expect since I read all the books?

[inchesofevil]

Yeah.

Shit, yeah, I'm starving. I didn't even realize until you said it. I'll get something.

Do you know if there's anything that'll give you dreamless sleep? I guess that's more Nix's area...

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[inchesofevil]

I brought Nova back too.

I needed something to prove I was the Vahishta. He was convenient.

[inchesofevil]

She asked to stay with Nadir because she likes him!

Why did it have to be Nadir? I can't be an overprotective big brother if it's him, he intimidates the shit out of me!

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[suddenly_science]

Do you think that's going to be... okay?

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[inchesofevil]

Well he's not in any great hurry to go back to the Dark, and I think sending him once proved he shouldn't try me a second time.

So I guess we'll see.

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[inchesofevil]

...oh my god Ravindra is here isn't he



I am not ready for this

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[turnsteptwirl]

I know. ;)

It'll be okay, honey. Really. It's not that bad.

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[inchesofevil]

Fuck man I've been awake since about 8AM yesterday, whatever shit we have to talk about can fucking wait.

She better not throw a fit because I haven't seen that motherfucker for about a million years. I'll fight her. I don't even care.

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[inchesofevil]

I guess on the plus side I get to see you all again.

I missed you jerks.

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[turnsteptwirl]

You do, indeed! And we missed you, too.

Though that reminds me, I still have a promise I need to keep to the former Asha. Let me know when you have some free time, honey? I need to pick your brain about something.

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[inchesofevil]

Uhhhh...

What promise?

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[turnsteptwirl]

I promised him I'd learn a few things about holy magic. It was something he wanted to learn about, but never had the chance to before he died.

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[inchesofevil]

Ohh

It requires a center, as far as I know. That's a paladin/cleric thing, it's like a well of holiness in your chest that you draw from. Different from your mana, you pull mana through it.

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[turnsteptwirl]

What, did you think I was going to set you on fire or something? The Asha before had an issue with Vahishta, yeah, but I'm not setting anyone on fire unless they deserve it. :(

Huh. That's kind of cool, actually.

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[inchesofevil]

wh



Gabriel.

Can you do me a huge favour and stop being weird, maybe, please?

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[turnsteptwirl]

Surprisingly, that's not that weird. I just forgot you're missing the context.

See, before the war, I was going through the former Asha's notes, and there were a lot of sketches in there of the former Vahishta on fire. I still have no idea what that was about.

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[inchesofevil]

Maybe he knew somethi

OH SHIT YOU GUYS

YOU GUYS, FUCK.

Before he [was murdered!!!!!!!!] died the Vahishta told me he was 2100 years old and there had never been another Vahishta before and all the Vahishta candidates that had been picked over the years were just fucking killed off.

Maybe the Asha knew? Or suspected?

I DON'T THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT THAT BUT FUCK IT, THAT SHIT WAS CRAZY, OKAY.

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[firecracker_hopping]

Shit.

That's crazy. Let's keep that quiet, since... thing the world wasn't supposed to know? We better know why they weren't before we tell everybody.

I wonder what it means.

[firecracker_hopping]

No, no, I mean--well, okay, maybe, yes. Nadir is intimidating and scary. If you do the disapproving older brother thing, it may not work. He is huge and mostly muscle and likes to stab things.

Missie is blind?