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[liugan]

[ out in the Unseelie courtyard, surrounded by inky black thorn bushes (how appropriate,) Loki sits on the ground, rustling through the plants as delicately as possible. he seems amused enough, a small bundle of the plants already gathered in a cloth in his lap. ]

Atropa belladonna. Once known to be an effective anesthetic and even as a beauty aid, but now more commonly used as a deadly poison, able to render even the most mighty of warriors powerless. A useless, hallucinating, drooling pile on the ground.

Oft considered one of the primary tools of the witch. [ he laughs a little to himself. ] How fitting.



Tell me about yourselves, my new friends. Your worlds, your myths, your folklore. Your legends and your mysteries. I will share my own, in return.

Where I come from, there are nine known, documented realms. Nine worlds. The realms of the gods, the giants, the dying, and the dead among them. I have seen most all of them myself, and I must say, they hardly compare to the remarkable land I find myself in now. Very quaint.

I am sure there are others among you who agree, no? I can't be the only one who feels so very at home here.

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[liugan]

[ ooh, a harp. how quaint. but he can't deny that it's nice knowing there's someone around with musical talent. ]

I would trade my own stories if the ones I am told are equally interesting.

[bythewaves]

Are not all stories interesting, as much for what they tell of the speaker as the tale itself?

I know many, and mind not sharing them, but I would prefer some surety of a tale in return.

[liugan]

You would not think the tales of a fly as interesting as the tales of the spider, would you?

[bythewaves]

That, I think, would depend entirely on the fly... or equally on the spider.

[liugan]

I suppose everyone has their own preferences.

[bythewaves]

True enough. [ Maglor shrugs ]

What sort of tale would you request then, and what would you offer in return?

[liugan]

Something entertaining, and if I am satisfied, a tale of equal entertainment value.

... i get this disturbing feeling they are going to be at this back & forthing a long time

[bythewaves]

Ah, you see, it is that qualifier that bothers me - a bard I may be, but one does like to receive something in return for efforts made.

it's an incredibly formal no u

[liugan]

Then you need not bother asking in the first place, hm?

so mature

[bythewaves]

And yet if I asked not, I would have neither answers nor a chance for a tale from another world.

[liugan]

And yet, you still have neither. Funny how the world works, isn't it?

[bythewaves]

So it goes, that we are often denied that which we desire.

[ Maglor shrugs, unconcerned ] Yet, in the very act of speech are all tales begun, and I would be poorer for the lack.

[liugan]

If you put it that way, then you have your desired tale.

[bythewaves]

It seems I do. What name do you have stranger, that I might put one to this tale?

[liugan]

Bartholomew.

[ since it's just a story ]

[bythewaves]

Well met then, Bartholomew. I will answer to Kanafinwe. Perhaps one day we may reach an accord of tales.

[liugan]

Perhaps so. I do look ever so forward to it.