un: antigoneiguess | audio

[rudelanguage]

Yeah, yeahyeahyeahyeah, lemme. Lemme do it. Hhh.

[Antigone's somewhat nasally, cynical voice is back, hi.

she clears her throat.]

'Kay. I'm not talkin' to whoever's out there that already knows how annoying dealing with Fae sorts is. Everyone else? I'm doin' this to be nice. And helpful. [and on the goddamn record so no one can ever accuse Knife of not trying maybe once.

so she will spell this out slowly for ya's:] Do. Not. Give. Out. Your. Real. Name. Make a new one. Use that one. Make everyone else use it.

Got it? Get it? Good.

Don't say you weren't warned.

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un: Accelerator; text

[levelshift]

My demon back home had that problem, too. Why the hell does it matter?

[rudelanguage]

[after the text-to-speech delay:] Nnnuhhhhhhhwellll...I'm not like. An expert? On fell races? But they can have fiddly rules about True Names same as fae. Since both species are often so fucking smug about wording. Contract- and deal-making stuff. Bindings. Y'know?

[levelshift]

I think I get what you mean. She's serious about her contracts, too.

[Also he has no clue about fae so he's willing to trust Antigone on this, since she's obviously more familiar with them.]

Does it matter if we don't use our real name at all? It's not like my parents named me 'Accelerator.'

[rudelanguage]

If it's tied to how you, like. Identify yourself? It's a risk. So if you think about yourself as 'Accelerator,' it's likely a liability.

Give these weirdos an inch, and they'll find a way to bind you into eternal servitude, and who knows if Aurora can override that.

[levelshift]

Great, that means I need another fake name for a mission.

[What a pain.]

Shit, it's that serious? That's fucked up.

[rudelanguage]

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeep. That's why it's usually best to just run the hell away whenever fae stuff crops up, buuuuut... [kinda can't right now!]

[levelshift]

Right.

[No way to avoid them. This sucks.]

Any other advice?

[rudelanguage]

Drill it into these idiot people's heads, because I'm gettin' sick and tired of doin' it myself... [DWAYNE!!!!!]

[levelshift]

If people aren't going to listen to you then that's their fucking problem, not mine or yours. [AKA no way, he is not helping with that.] You've given a warning and explained why it's important, why put in more effort?

[rudelanguage]

Because if some clown pisses off an Archfey, I don't want to be anywhere near the path of the moonbeam spell!

[levelshift]

If you seriously think something like that's going to happen, then find someone strong to hide behind.

[rudelanguage]

[...]


...How sturdy are you.

[levelshift]

[The biggest eyeroll.]

I could probably take a moonbeam spell or whatever the hell you called it.

[rudelanguage]

[Yeah well why do you keep dyin', huh?!]

Mn-hm. I'd say I'd keep an eye out for ya, but the whole point is not bein' seen, soooooooooooooooo...

[levelshift]

[This is what happens when you prioritize saving lives over becoming god.]

Well, if you can spot me feel free to hide behind me. I don't really care.