[Dragon Mail: Paladin Ravindra Savarna]

[bantambrawl]

[There is a pack of fancy Pakerion cigarettes with this mail. For as fancy as Pakerion gets, anyway. And she drew a cat face on the box Ravindra SMILE! ... Th-the cat is sabre toothed.]

Ravi!

Rasmus said

I heard that you had some time off because you fought the Spenta.

And um

I'm sorry if I made you angry when I spoke of the Ahura being a player before it's hard to tell over letters. I didn't realize players made you upset.

Paladins don't have Fury though so I thought it would be better if you weren't angry. So I got your some cigarettes because I heard maybe you like them? But I don't know very much about them. They're from Pakerion and you don't go there much so maybe they will be new for you?

If you let me know I can get better ones next time!

P.S.:
[Her writing gets shakier and much, much tinier here because sometimes being fierce is scary.] I'll let it slide this one time, but if you startle Rasmus again I will be very cross.

[Writing normalizes.]
I hope you enjoy the cigarettes.

Comments

[paladont]

[Oh, Virelai. You are so sweet.]

[Even with all his anxiety and inner turmoil and etc etc etc, he is still a little bit cheered up to get this letter. It is kind of impossible to stay in a bad mood around Virelai.]

[...These cigarettes smell a little bit unpleasantly familiar, though. Hm.]

[He will figure that out later.]

You didn't make me angry. Don't worry about it.

Thank you for the cigarettes.

You spoke with Rasmus? What did he tell you? [A little nervous about that tbh, he's worried what Ras might've said about him to get that PS out of her.]

[bantambrawl]

[She doesn't want to get Rasmus in any trouble, but...]

He mentioned you were angry about players.

And that maybe you got in a fight with the Spenta a little bit.

But that you did pretty well in the fight!

[paladont]

[Not that well. He still lost.]

The Spenta is a player, like the Ahura. I was angry about it, but it wasn't fair to him.

[That was really fucking hard to write. But it's the only conclusion he could reach, after all the responses people gave him. He's had a lot of time to think, and it's mostly been beating himself up over his mistakes, and that was one of the things that got thrown onto the pile. Ravi, you're a fuck-up because you blamed the Spenta for the behaviour of your and Alex's players when every player is different and they don't all deserve that sort of hate.]

[bantambrawl]

I'm glad! The Spenta and the Ahura are friends. It would be terrible if it were something bad...! [BEST. FRIENDS. no one friendships this harder than Virelai]

But players make you angry...?

[paladont]

My first impressions of players were not good ones.

[bantambrawl]

That makes sense! It's like when some of the paladins' first impressions of berserkers were when some paladins and clerics were being killed and everyone THOUGHT it was berserkers, and some berserkers had the blame as THEIR first impression of paladins, and everyone got mad and there was an almost guild war.

But it turned out okay in the end.

[paladont]

[...v-virelai...]

A little like that, I guess.

[He doesn't know if this players thing is going to turn out okay in the end, though...]

[bantambrawl]

So I think this will be okay, too!
Did you know the Ahura made others? One wrote him. The Ahura looked much happier.

Maybe you could write yours...?
Would that help?

[paladont]

I wrote him once before.

[...Was Heimdall happy to hear from him? The very idea is ridiculous. The Ahura probably made a bunch of characters with good lives who liked the fact that they'd been created with good players. Heimdall couldn't have been happy about it.]

[Maybe Heimdall would be able to help him with his current problem, though...]

[Ugh, something new to worry about. No, he'll consider that later, after this current mess is over with. He has enough anxiety already without throwing a conversation with Heimdall in on top of that.]

[bantambrawl]

Oh. It didn't help?

Did he make others, too? I want to meet the Ahura's but [but she's shy... (still visible)]

[paladont]

It didn't.

Yes. I spoke with one of them. She's on Earth now. There's another, but he isn't awake yet.

[bantambrawl]

I'm sorry.

All of the Ahura's are awake.
I don't know how it works, but I guess it would be hard to do it from here.

[paladont]

[Maybe it didn't help because he wouldn't let it help... Ugh Ravi everything you do is wrong why do you even exist--no stop, just concentrate on this conversation with Virelai]

I think they can only do it from Earth.

[He could read what she crossed out, but he's not sure if he should respond to it...]

Do you know their names?

[bantambrawl]

I guess so.

[But now she feels bad because she is out of suggestions and quick she needs to think of something...!]

[oh wait distracted]

Yes! I remembered to ask, because you said maybe I could ask. And then I did. One is Gunnar and the other is Rayu.

[paladont]

[HOLD THE PHONE POSTDRAGON]

[BACK THE FUCK UP]

Rayu Barozu?

[bantambrawl]

Yes!

[Gears turning...]

[Turrrrrnnninggggg]

[OH]

You know him?

[paladont]

[PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE ADMITTING THIS]

I've met him.

[bantambrawl]

[WOW FOR REAL]

Is he scary nice?

Is he a berserker!? The Ahura said Rayu was first so he is maybe... a prototype!?

[paladont]

He's a hunter. [It is kind of crushing to have to keep up your cover story, Rayu. Can't even tell Virelai you used to be a paladin.]

He seemed nice. [And he can't even say anything about being friends because ugh]

[he doesn't even know what your rayu personality is supposed to be like!!]

[bantambrawl]

A hunter. Subtle approach... Ranged advantage...
A javelin...?
And a shield...

But if I got in melee range, I would have the advantage.

My finest hammer, then.

[OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO FIGHT so she can prove herself to the prototype! And he will teach her a SECRET TECHNIQUE? Clearly this is how that works.]

[paladont]

...What?

[bantambrawl]

I don't want to disappoint the Ahura's original creation when we do battle.

[paladont]

[V-VIRELAI WHAT]

I don't think he'll want to fight you.

[bantambrawl]

Oh.

I need more practice?

Or perhaps hunters have different means of bestowing secret techniques...

[paladont]

He's just not the type to get into fights. [berserkers...]

[bantambrawl]

Oh. That kind of hunter. [Because playing support is the only problem here obviously.]

I see.

But I guess that makes it easier, too, so!

Do you know where I can find him?

Do you know where I can find him?

[paladont]

Maybe you should write to him and ask him yourself.

[mind=blown over rayu's player being the ahura tbh]

[bantambrawl]

That's right! The dragons would know! I forgot.

Yeah. Yeah I should do that!

Eventually.

[L-later.]

[paladont]

Good luck.

[bantambrawl]

Thank you!

And you too. Not all players are bad even if you had some bad experiences.

The Spenta is really nice especially and I like him a lot so I think it'll be okay.

[paladont]

[Don't make him feel guilty about this, Virelai. He already knows he fucked up okay you don't need to rub it in.]

['you too,' as if he deserves good luck after everything he's done. STOP BEING SO NICE. WHY ARE YOU SO NICE TO HIM? Do you not understand what a terrible person he is?!]

Yes.

Thank you.

[It's really all he can say.]