@fuckthis (text)

[evocation]

hey
so me and wash and gene were gonna go on an adventure in the woods
see what we can find, you know?
but we're looking for a couple of people to bring with us
maybe two or three
gene's a medic, wash is a marine, and i'm a wizard with experience dealing with monsters and nasty magic
anyone that thinks they could round that out would be great
but no serial killers or anyone that would like
murder us in our sleep
and sorry, but no kids yet
i know some of you are gonna argue that, but we have no idea what we're dealing with and we don't want that on our consciences
anyway, let us know
thanks

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[evocation]

back home i worked a job where a bunch of kids were being tortured repeatedly and used as a power source in necromancy rituals
they wanted kids and teenagers specifically
seems a little worse than dying to me, but what the fuck do i know

[equinoctials]

that's awful, sorry you went through that.
I get it. you don't want some kids getting hurt weighing on you.
a lot of these kids didn't get here by accident. they fought a war.

[evocation]

it's not that i don't want it weighing on me
it's that one of those kids didn't have anywhere to go, so we took him in, and i got to see just how badly it fucked him up
i don't want anyone to have to go through that if they don't have to
and i wouldn't even be that against it if i knew for sure that we could kill whatever the fuck is out there
almost everyone i've talked to said their powers seem at least a little different, and healing spells aren't working the way they should
if i knew that whatever spirits or liches or monsters we were probably going to deal with were even killable, yeah, sure, whatever
but we don't

[equinoctials]

I'm not trying to convince you to take kids along on your expedition.
I guess I'm trying to say it's a mistake to write off all the resources you have available. and pretty sure most of these kids are as worried about something bad happening to you as you are for them. we're all in this together.

[evocation]

yeah, i get that
and i'm not saying this is going to be every expedition until the end of time
just this one
that's just me though
i can't speak for gene

[equinoctials]

and from what I just read, he's got his own agenda.
thanks for being open to hearing me out.
what's your name?

[evocation]

kyna
what about you?
and what do you mean by agenda?

[equinoctials]

Riku.
he's looking for soldiers. people who take orders and don't ask questions. knowing where someone stands is useful.
you mentioned you're a wizard. turns out a few of us trained under one, they're pretty rare where we're from.

[ Wizards, that is, not magic-users. ]

[evocation]

they're not where i'm from
but it seems like they are in every other world i've heard of
and this isn't a military unit, but if someone says "we're retreating" and half of the party starts arguing about how we can totally take the thing, that's not awesome

[equinoctials]

yeah. like I said, knowing where someone stands is useful. it's not wrong to have a position.
Master Yen Sid had a number of apprentices, including the king.
but none of us were wizards and only a few became keyblade masters themselves.
I'd be interested in talking about your world when you're not so busy.