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[fogey]

[ well, there's no way to say it, except to say it, so: ]

One of us died today. Big guy, blond hair. I don't know his name. I found his body.

[ that's his schtick, isn't it? finding bodies. ]

What I do know is that he fell on some rocks near the beach. Looks like an accident, no foul play. The fall shouldn't have killed him.

[ could've, if the bastard really were that unlucky, but it's unlikely. besides: ]

But it did break his lantern. Seems like Winters was telling the truth about that after all. Before anyone asks:

1) No, I didn't see it happen.
2) Yes, I checked for a pulse.
3) No, I didn't do it.

[ juST COVERING HIS BASES THERE ]

One more thing. I had to step away to get my tablet. When I came back, both he and his lantern were gone. No one else was here, I'm positive. They just vanished into thin air.

[ ooc | so as of today, rosinante (callada) is dead :C feel free to threadjack in this post and use it for discussion or whatever! ]

Comments

@fuckthis

[evocation]

that sucks
but nate's right, he's probably coming back
btw i used identify on my lantern earlier and it was like using it on myself
the lantern definitely isn't magic, but it's like
an extension of us somehow

@Nightshade

[primordialerebus]

Did you all hear this from the Will guy?

And what?????

[evocation]

no, fuck that guy
but we were in a place like this before and when people died, they came back
and uh
identify is a spell you can use to figure out if an item is magical and if any spells are affecting it
you can use it on people too
but the lantern didn't react like it was magic at all
it was just like casting the spell on myself

[primordialerebus]

Oh... yeah I just saw the post your friend made.

Sorry.

And I guess they're telling the truth about that then? Though how is it not magic???

[ She taps her lantern, frowning slightly. So this was. Her. Huh. ]

[evocation]

idk
i don't think it's just a type of magic i've never dealt with before, because it felt the same as casting a spell on a person

[primordialerebus]

So you're saying these lanterns are like. A manifestation of our inner selves or something?

[evocation]

yeah, i think so
as weird as that sounds

[primordialerebus]

[ She stares at her lantern again. Well. That didn't really bode well for her state of being then, all things considered. ]

That's so weird... what the heck is going on here.

@doctorsin

[sulfa]

[ WELP he was planning to carry this to his second? grave for no particular reason other than a lack of interest in sharing personal moments with others, but now it holds relevance to the wellbeing of other people, so. ]

I let someone use mine as a lighter the other night. I felt it, physically.

[evocation]

wait seriously?
what did it feel like?

[sulfa]

Tingling. Like the static from a television screen when you hold your hand close to it. I felt it in my chest, and along my spine.

[evocation]

that's weird as fuck
have you tried lighting anything with it since then?

[sulfa]

Only my own cigarettes. I feel it then too.

[evocation]

dude
don't you think it's probably dangerous to be lighting things with your soul lantern or whatever?

[sulfa]

I think it should be fine if it's something small like a cigarette. It's a very minute amount of fire.

[evocation]

i feel like this is a really good metaphor

[fogey]

[ he doesn't ask "what's identify" only because it's probably clear enough from context ]

What do you mean it was like using it on yourself?

[evocation]

when you use identify on a person instead of an object you get a vibe from them
idk how to explain it
i guess it's like when you see the silhouette of someone walking towards you in the dark, if you know them well enough, you can tell who it is from the way they're walking?
does that make sense?
it's a little like that, but magic based
so it didn't feel like i was casting it on an object, it felt like i was casting it on myself
i bet if i used it on someone else's lantern it would feel the same

[fogey]

Yeah, it makes sense. Might be redundant, but I think you should try that, just to be sure.

So the lanterns are part of us, and breaking them kills us. That makes sense, but not completely. If someone broke their foot, they wouldn't die.

[evocation]

it's probably connected to us more deeply
like
okay, so in order to use magic i need something called a focus
it can be anything, but there's this whole ritual i need to do to attune it to me, and after that it's sort of a part of me
if someone touches it without permission it feels super gross, and if someone destroys it i can feel it and it fucks me up for a while
so maybe the lanterns are like that, just more intense

1/2

[fogey]

And you need that item, or you can't use magic?

[fogey]

[ wait ]

What if we need the lanterns in order to survive here? What if something about them is keeping us alive?

[evocation]

that would be some hot bullshit but it sounds right

[fogey]

It'd explain why it's so crucial to keep them intact, anyway

[evocation]

yeah, it totally would
have you tried lighting anything with yours?