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Entry tags:
- !chirper,
- a certain magical index: accelerator,
- arcane: jayce talis,
- arcane: viktor,
- atla: toph beifong,
- batman wfa: jason todd,
- co e33: gustave,
- co e33: lune,
- co e33: maelle,
- co e33: renoir,
- co e33: sciel,
- dc comics: jonathan kent,
- final fantasy vii-ac: rufus shinra,
- final fantasy xvi: barnabas tharmr,
- final fantasy xvi: cidolfus telamon,
- final fantasy xvi: clive rosfield,
- final fantasy xvi: dion lesage,
- fruits basket: shiraki mayuko,
- jl gods and monsters: kirk langstrom,
- marvel comics: quentin quire,
- marvel comics: sophie cuckoo,
- person of interest: harold finch,
- person of interest: sameen shaw,
- stranger things: chrissy cunningham,
- superman (2025): clark kent / superman,
- the 100: octavia blake,
- the dark knight: jonathan crane,
- the walking dead: david bossie,
- ✘ baldurs gate: shadowheart,
- ✘ final fantasy xiv: gaia,
- ✘ final fantasy xvi: sleipnir harbard,
- ✘ ice age: manny,
- ✘ yi pian dan xin: su you
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[ Sleipnir supposes he walked into this question. Time to thread the needle delicately. ]
The people of Valisthea consider any who wield magic less than human. By this definition I would not be.
[ And by normal definitions, but he isn’t going to admit this publicly.]
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[ It doesn't actually bother him, and it keeps people away from his home, which is dangerous for anyone to wander around. ]
I see. Magic is common and accepted where I come from. Are all magic wielders from your world immortal?
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[This isn't the first, second, nor third time Sleipnir has heard this about other people's universes and their relationship to magic. There is something tense within his voice on this.]
No, not all are immortal. But, from what I gather my world is the only one among us to enslave its people gifted with magic. All but for the strong few, the Dominants. [a huffed sigh, attempting to alleviate the tension in his voice] Would that people could treat its mages with a sliver of the respect afforded to the ones of other worlds.
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[ He is hardly legendary, but the people of Nibelheim do like to gossip about the spooky mansion outside of town and the one who haunts it.
There's a frown as the situation on Sleipnir's world is revealed, which is reflected in Vincent's voice. ]
I am sorry you've had to face such cruelty.
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Am I correcting in assuming the magic wielders in your world are also not all immortal?
[If bearers from this man's world are common and accepted, but his existence is subject to debate, well, it would stand to reason, so Sleipnir assumes.]
I have been of the more fortunate and count my blessings for such.
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They are not. Mine is the byproduct of an experiment.
[ He's already mentioned it to another, and Sleipnir has shared some delicate information with him, too. Vincent prefers not to get into extensive detail, however. ]
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[That should not be possible. Perhaps this is why the other man considers it to be a curse...]
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[ But the time before he became this is a lifetime ago. Who he used to be feels like a different person than the man he is now. Or just a shell that remains. ]
The means are not likely to be replicated.
[ Not easily, anyway. ]
You are unique among magic users in your world, isn't that right? How is that possible?
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It is for the best man does not solve the question of immortality... However, the way you phrase things has me wondering if you were a willing participant in such an experiment...?
[It would be one thing to have to live with an unknown result of an experiment you chose, quite another entirely if it was forced. Sleipnir is aware of the vast cruelties of humanity and finds he would not be surprised if it was the latter.]
In a way, I am unique, but in another not overly so. Such immortality is a consequence of my creation.
[Creation, as he cannot claim he was born, nor conceived. Let the man with the velvety voice judge him, if he finds Sleipnir to be less than human than he will... likely find something to break. And have to contend with wondering if the other man will spread word of Sleipnir's masquerade.]
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I was not.
[ He was no willing participant. Although Vincent would have died without it, death may have been preferable to this existence. ]
Creation?
[ He'll allow Sleipnir to explain as much as he chooses to or not at all. There is no judgement in the question, however. How is Vincent to judge any person's humanity given what he is? ]
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Then I am doubly glad this experiment is not likely to be replicated.
[Ah. There it is. The reason he private'd the conversation once he had plausible deniability.]
I was not born as most men are, human or bearer— that is to say, magic wielder or no. I was brought into existence through my Dominant's aether and the right, or rather wrong, circumstances.
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Is a dominant your master?
[ He can only guess based on the word. ]
And what circumstances are those?
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My liege is my Dominant.
[There's a little bit of silence, then finally:]
...Usually through traumatic tragedy. When the Dominant is rendered unable to defend themself, typically in concert with a great shock to the mind, the Dominant's Eikon will brute force utilizing some of their aether to make a construct, a being called an 'egi', protect their Dominant...Most people of my world assume egi to be lifeless puppets without minds of their own. I have not heard of any others who resemble humans as closely as I do.
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[ Clearly, Sleipnir has a mind. Whether he's no puppet remains to be seen. Even those born and living can become puppets. ]
And your dominant is here, as well? I take it you cannot be separated?
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[Sleipnir is surprised at how much this stranger seems to be taking this in stride. Almost as if they could be talking about the weather. This makes it feel easier to talk about.]
His Majesty is here, yes, but I am not certain about the separation. I can exist without him near and at great distances, on separate continents, but across universes... This I cannot say. However, Echo saw fit to summon my liege [his voice tightens a little] one year before Echo brought me. My liege could not pull me to Etraya himself and I believe he did so try. I am from the same 'when' as him, but I did not feel the year's passage of time. This place works in such strange ways I am not used to.
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I see. It must pain you think of it. Him being here without you for so long.
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[Not that he expected this stranger to have any miracles up his sleeves.]
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[ They have no control over such things, which includes what happens to them. That is evident enough to Vincent after what he suffered during the fog. ]