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Axe 01 - Audio - Open to Both Courts - Forward-dated to October 2nd

[Not a video, just audio. It’s clear, however, that the person on the other end is inspecting the locket]

--hmph, thought as much. "Say a phrase and the magic will work", hm? Ridiculous. Who ever heard of speaking over distances with a locket.. Not even Legolas with all his fanciful Elven stories would have come up with something so foolish.

[More tapping and poking can be heard]

There’s nothing special about this at all. No gems, not even made of precious metals...and those creatures expect me to believe their stories? [A snort] I’d sooner believe there’s a man in Rohan afraid of horses! [He pauses, and then scoffs] Bah, listen to me, talking to myself. Legolas must be rubbing off on me more than I thought!

[Click goes the locket.]

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You remind me of someone, but I know you're not him. [Ah, Zoltan, you are missed.]

I don't think he would have appreciated the magic in this place either.

I appreciate very little magic. It's mostly useless anyway.

You're more hands-on, I take it.

Most Dwarves are!

[Also this guy has five axes okay.]

Why mess around with the fanciful airiness of Elves or the unimaginative plans of Men?

[Hey, even dwarves need a contingency plan.]

You're not the dwarf I know, but you can't fool me. You would be bored without the mess of elves and men. [Surely you wouldn't be having awesome adventures, Gimli....]

[Gimli chuckles just a little at that]

Well, we would certainly be poorer without Men! The Elves I know rarely leave their gilded forests and hidden valleys.

[Well, he can't dispute the poor part.] Maybe it's better they keep their gilded forests and hidden valleys.

The elves I know are aggressive about their injustices.

Ah, we must know different Elves then. The ones I have met will hold a grudge, but they are usually too busy being...Elves.

Have you seen any of them here? The elves you know.

Several. I believe they are coming to meet me here, in fact.

Coming to meet you? They've already been here then.

Aye. Apparently they have been here for months!

[He shouldn't be, but he's astounded. Several months stuck in a strange place thinking about what all is happening in your own world is a long time.]

Have they told you anything about this place?

A war, faeries, and magic is about all I took from it.

[Damn, nothing he didn't already hear about.] One of those should at least be of some interest to you.

Not really. I have already fought a war and I have no desire to fight in a second, I have never heard of faeries, and I distrust magic.

I think war may be inevitable here. [Funny coming from two men on different sides just, you know, chatting it up.]

And unfortunately, fairies and magic may be, too.

[Eh, as long as you aren't trying to kill him, Gimli doesn't care. These divisions seems pointless]

Ah, well. Can't be any stranger than talking trees.

[Geralt can agree about the divisions at least. He hates politics.]

Talking trees?

Aye, and they walk too, in a haunted forest.

[Fuck Fangorn]

[He's tempted to wonder if the dwarf is drunk, but it doesn't sound like it. Plus, Geralt's seen enough bizarro shit to know it's probably not.]

These are talking trees from where you were brought?

Just a few of them, and only in Fangorn. But yes.

Ah. [The name doesn't ring a bell, but that's okay. At least it's not here... though he doubts very seriously there isn't some kind of walking, talking evil trees hiding in a forest in the Drabwurld.]

I hope none were stolen away and brought here with you all.

They're at least helpful sorts, on the side of those who wish to protect the forests. But...agreed.

The elves would have been lucky if that were the case.

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