[Video] Week 34 - Friday Evening

[wisdom_of_hounds]

So about this fog...

[Hey guys, there's a redhead on your network looking magnificently scruffy. That is full Irish beard right there. Actually... that's way more than a week's growth for those of you that knew he was leaving. He's currently sprawled out on the stone floor of his cavern hideaway, holding his arm up so the video's looking down on him.]

I was hoping to make it back into town today but apparently Verdana had other ideas. [And there's a knowing smirk that comes with that because he at least has spent most of the last weeks (as far as he knows) talking to her.]

So, I don't know when I'm going to be able to get back but... [His free hand comes up to thread through his shaggy crimson curls.] Anyone out there good with a pair of scissors?

[Private to Lyall]

As soon as this damn fog clears we need to go hunting... Oberon is bored out of his mind and we both need to stretch our legs. You in?

Comments

text;

[akito]

We come from the same world, yes.
I'm from eighty years into his future though.
Most people can't see me or hear me so I use text by default.

voice - private

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[He nods understandingly, remembers Akito can't see that and then responds a bit sheepishly.] Right, got it.

Like I said, I'll be able to see and hear you. If you still wanna stick to text, go for it but... yeah.

So here's the deal. My name is Atticus O'Sullivan. I'm a Druid. I know you've got no idea what that means but you need to make sure you don't get too close to me. Ever. I have cold iron bound to my aura and I don't care to find out how much that will affect you -or Jack. It is enough to kill magical beings where I'm from.

voice - private

[akito]

[ he is about to respond in text before pausing, hesitating for a moment. he switches the communicator to text, and when he speaks it's soft, feminine, and nervous. ]

Iron is... Um... It affects only fae, doesn't it?

On my Earth, druids were a class of priest in the Celtic European regions during the Iron Age. There is no archaeological evidence that can be directly linked to the druids. Other than the fact that they existed, there is no other available information.

voice - private

[wisdom_of_hounds]

Well you know a hell of a lot more about it than Jack, that's a relief. [And it's apparent from his tone of voice that it really is.]

Not necessarily only fae. It's magical beings and I know you're saying it's the man in the moon that made you and all but you're still some kind of resurrected spirit so I'd rather not touch you just to find out if you're going to turn to ashes.

As far as Druids go... yeah I guess back in the old days they really didn't write shit down. Oral traditions and blah blah blah. [He's cursing a bit more than usual but that's mostly because he immediately needs to dissuade this little air spirit of this notion of the iron age and old Druids. Old? Nope. Not him. Really.]

voice - private

[akito]

Jack is busy with his work at home, but I had a lot of time to study and try to figure out what I was.

[ he frowns to himself, though he keeps his tone consistent. ] So is it only direct touch that would hurt then? And... You don't have to pretend to be something else.

Ah... Um, that is... You don't have to act differently. Changing your speech patterns..? U-Unless that's normal for you! I don't really know... But, um, if you're from the Iron Age, or if you're from the modern age, it doesn't really matter? To me, at least... If that's what you are thinking about! Because I don't have a big interest in the Druids anyway...

[ could he sound more awkward? ...no. probably not. ]

Re: voice - private

[wisdom_of_hounds]

[There's a long moment of silence. Most people don't pick up on the shifts in speech patterns when he makes them and no one actually calls him out on them unless they know exactly what he's doing, usually friends. Or the closest thing to friends he has these days.

He tries to shrug it off though, tries not to draw any more attention to it.]

Hey just because they started back then doesn't mean they ended then. [See? Casual and dismissive and he still knows a good deal more than he should about these things but he's not going to flat out tell this guy, spirit or not, when he was born.]

There were still Druids around and being trained in the 11th century. [Which isn't exactly a lie. He was around and training Cibran then. The fact that the boy never became a full Druid and that all the others had died some 300 years prior was completely irrelevant.]