eachdraidh | A1. video. [ open to both courts ]

[ it doesn't immediately occur to thomas that he could probably just communicate through a text system--as far as he knows, the locket is a lot easier to use by video, and so he does. the network is presented with a pair of big, brown doe eyes before he leans backwards a little, revealing a face that could be rather familiar to some--dark hair, a button nose, moles like spots littering his face.

this is not the man you are looking for, however: this is thomas "murphy", and he clears his throat before he introduces himself. ]

Hi. I'm Thomas Murphy, and I'm--kind of a new arrival. I guess they'd call me a greenie if this was back home. [ there's no hint of humor on his face, but he did actually just try and make a joke, and his tone is a little lighter, for it. ]

Can anyone tell me about the Seelie and Unseelie--in your own words, if that makes any sense? What you know about it...you don't have to tell me any secrets or anything, but, maybe why you're there, I guess. [ he's not going to say which court he is (though it's obvious eventually, by the background of caer scima), but he just needs to know. ] Or, if you're okay with where you are. Not that I'm not, but...I don't know. Is there any reason why someone wouldn't be? They apparently brought us here for a reason-- [ again. ] --since we have these "shards", or whatever they are, but I don't have a lot of trust for anybody who says that, because it's usually a load of klunk.

I guess that's all I've got to ask. [ a beat. ] Actually, that's not true. Is there another map around here? Besides the one they gave me, I mean, it's not very good. [ ... ] No offense.

[ thomas is just going to shut his trap now. he almost physically winces and shakes his head. ] That's it, honestly. I'm just going to... hang up now. Thanks.

[ thomas does hang up, and the feed ends--for all of five seconds, before he snaps it back on. ] Oh, wait--also, I want to know if anyone here's ever heard the phrase "WICKED is good." It has to look like this. [ after a second, there's a typed out phrase that appears instead, with WICKED fully capitalized. ] That's really all this time. Um, thanks.

[ click! for real this time. ]

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... Feeling less guiltier every time you open your mouth. No really, keep talking. In five minutes, I'll probably ring the dinner bell for Peter.

[ squints ]

I'm not taking the heat for your mess up. If someone attacks me, I'll fight them off, period. [ and not even tell him to come the other guy's way, because thomas isn't actually that mean--in all honesty, he's not a mean guy at all. ]

I don't think I'm cocky and when I say I've lived through worse, I've lived through worse. Is that good enough for you? No one'll get shucked up because of your mistakes.

Whoa, hey, let's clear one thing up here, okay? I didn't do anything with the intention of having anyone else take the fall for it. You weren't here before. And it wasn't like there's a list of incoming people to come in that I need to keep an eye out for. You just poofed in here and now you're in a court with a werewolf that has a hardon for making my life hell.

Would you please stop saying shucked? You sound like a pissed off farmer waggling an ear of corn at me.

It's called being responsible for your actions, man. [ trust him on that; thomas is very, very familiar with it. either way, he's not mad, and just huffs a sigh. ]

Maybe if you wanna sleep well at night, you should go find the guy and tell him to lay off.

[ everyone always makes fun of thomas using the slang; he just shrugs. ]

He probably won't listen. Look, there was a... thing back where I came from. Something that ran around looking like me. He might think you're it. In which case, he'd probably try to kill you right off the bat. And I doubt he'd listen because the other thing? Kind of a lying trickster spirit.

So...

You might want to, ah...

Crap.

[ wow the amount of belief he has towards this right now ]

Right.

[ this guy has crank literally written all over him ]

I'll keep an eye out for the shank. [ that's it, that's. that's all he's got. he's just gonna treat this like the rose took my nose crank and walk away from it. ] I appreciate the effort.

And you don't believe me. I know that look. I make that look.

Look, is there something I can do to, what, make you believe?

[Not like he had any actual werewolves here he could point out. Um... magic?]

You guys have magic where you come from? Like... magic fire, ice? Stuff like that?

[ staring blankly ]

Do you?

[ crank. 100% a crank. ]

Um, yes and no? I already mentioned people that turn into wolfmen, so... take that how you want. And then demonic fox spirits, so... yeah. That's sort of a magic.

But I meant more like this.

[Okay, now he was whipping out his staff, pointing the locket so Thomas could watch him direct it at the fireplace and shoot a ball of fire from it to land where it wouldn't do any harm.]

Magic. Poof.

[ this stare he gives back is pretty unimpressed. he's seen plenty of WICKED weapons do similar things--after all, why should he believe in magic when the only magic he thought he had turned out to be a chip in his brain?

still, if he's a crank, he doesn't need to upset him any further. that usually doesn't end well. ] ...Right. That's impressive.

[ ahem. ] Well--look. I'll keep away from this...Peter, and you maybe stop trying to pull klunk on him now that I'm here. Sound fair?

[He was so unimpressed with Thomas' unimpressedness. Maybe he should have gone for ice.]

I can't promise that. I really, really, really hate Peter. And he has a tendency to do stupid, asshole things that need retribution.

So you'd rather try and endanger someone else's life than be mature?

[ wow dude. he doesn't sound accusatory, just squints a little, but shakes his head. they definitely aren't clones. ]

...I'll keep an eye out. I'm not really the retributory type, so, whatever happens, I won't bother you.

Buddy, have you not been paying attention? Your life's already endangered because you look like me. Whether I do or did anything here or not is moot. Peter and me no likey each other. Peter's a dick. Peter will chew your throat out because that's what he does. It has nothing to do with what I do to him or not.

[Well... mostly nothing.]

[ squints ]

And you really think this Peter's stupid enough to get us confused? Or, maybe bloodthirsty's the right word?

[ he still thinks it's pretty elementary here: if this shank minds his own business and doesn't get thomas in trouble, it should be fine. ]

I think he'll figure out something's not right the second you open your mouth, but that might not stop him from killing you. Or hurting you. Or messing with you in some way. Or he could use you to try to get to my other friends here, one in particular I know he'd love to get his hands on and that's just not happening. No offense, bro, but she's more my concern than you are.

None taken. [ he can respect that. ] To be honest, I'm not that worried about it. I get it: some kind of superpowered, bloodthirsty guy who doesn't like you. I'll keep an eye out for him and keep your guilty conscience clean. I'd be happy to say something to everyone to let them know I'm not you, too, since you've apparently got a reputation.

[ he's already spoken with the guy (peter, he said?) at this point--thomas got rat man vibes from him, but he also got very smart vibes from him. can't be any worse than a crank. he's heard mixed reviews on the guy with his face, too, and thomas still isn't too sure how he feels about it. too paranoid for this, so not about that life. ] Are we good?

I do? I do.

[He had to think about that for a moment. Yeah, he supposed it would be nice if Jon or Gendry or Alayne didn't think this guy was him switching sides. Good plan, Thomas.]

As good as we can be, considering. Just don't go attacking the castle or using my face for evil.

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