The dour man is playing with a shadowy knife, flipping it and making it seemingly dance across his fingers. He hasn't seemed to notice his audience of rats.
"Hm?" He turns to see his miniature observers. "Oh yes. Creatures of darkness are often fond of me. The feeling isn't always mutual, though. Trying to tell a pack of Yeth Hounds not to follow you into the sunlight is not a fun chore."
'Can imagine. I'm a bit of a fan of the local rats too, to be honest'
"Hm. I can tell. You have all the hallmarks. Even your aura looks about right." The knife disappears as the man holds out his gray hand. "Nice to meet you. Please don't tell me your name. I can guess it, but saying names out loud is too dangerous these days."
"Mmm... sort of. My wife wanted me to know about all the important people around here, and I remember one she called 'the rat guy' and 'the third.' I won't say your name, but I think I remember it. I'm terrified of being corrected, so I probably wouldn't say it even if it were safe to do so."
'What kind of occult texts? Was there something called Cato?'
"Once again, never read them. The only reason I even know about them is because my wife talked about them. But yeah, she mentioned that Cato guy might come soon, and that I should be prepared. Sounded like the Book of Vile Darkness as a man."
Flint is lurking about outside
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The dour man is playing with a shadowy knife, flipping it and making it seemingly dance across his fingers. He hasn't seemed to notice his audience of rats.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'Hey, the rats seem to like ya!'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Hm?" He turns to see his miniature observers. "Oh yes. Creatures of darkness are often fond of me. The feeling isn't always mutual, though. Trying to tell a pack of Yeth Hounds not to follow you into the sunlight is not a fun chore."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'Can imagine. I'm a bit of a fan of the local rats too, to be honest'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Hm. I can tell. You have all the hallmarks. Even your aura looks about right." The knife disappears as the man holds out his gray hand. "Nice to meet you. Please don't tell me your name. I can guess it, but saying names out loud is too dangerous these days."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'How can ya guess my name? I'm not famous, am I?'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Mmm... sort of. My wife wanted me to know about all the important people around here, and I remember one she called 'the rat guy' and 'the third.' I won't say your name, but I think I remember it. I'm terrified of being corrected, so I probably wouldn't say it even if it were safe to do so."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'The Third? What do you know of that?'
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"Virtually nothing."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'He's a spirit, I think. He talks to me, guides me.'
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"Sounds helpful. Supposedly he was in some occult texts somewhere, but I never read those. There isn't a lot about him, unsurprisingly."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'What kind of occult texts? Was there something called Cato?'
You guys are awesome and mean so much to me. And mean so much to each other.
"Once again, never read them. The only reason I even know about them is because my wife talked about them. But yeah, she mentioned that Cato guy might come soon, and that I should be prepared. Sounded like the Book of Vile Darkness as a man."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'He's bad news, all right. What's this Book of Vile Darkness?'
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"Book containing all of the evil Vecna could get his hands on. Scary stuff."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'Then Cato would fit right in. Ya know I'm not one of those evil forces though right? I only know of Cato because he wants me dead'
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*Sorry, had to do something.*
He shrugs. "It doesn't make much difference to me."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels
'Why not?'
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"I come from an Unseelie court. Evil is the... well, not exactly evil, but something close, but its the norm."
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Awake, impure, divine
Breathgiver of the Strugels