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Sadde is home; it's a Friday evening, his shift is over, and there's no school. He's reading a book, lying on his bed in his small-but-tidy apartment.
He is also quite naked, because it's his place and why not?
Glam and Ashras in Wormverse
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mxglam
mxglam
What do you think your family's doing right now, about your whole having disappeared thing?
the-long-dawn
Oh, probably dividing their time between trying to figure out where I went and composing the strongly worded letter in case it's someone's fault in particular.
the-long-dawn
Sorry, that reference probably makes more sense if you're Aluvai.
You see, in Aluvanna, if someone does something annoying like kidnap your child or murder your brother, you send them a message informing them that they have wronged you and seeking appropriate compensation (unharmed return of child, proof that the specific person who committed the murder was not working for So-and-so and has been dealt with, whatever). If they apologize and offer the agreed-upon compensation, all is well. If they prove they had nothing to do with it (and ideally help point you at the real source of your problem), you go bother the other person. If they offer you no help, no apology, and no compensation, you go to war.
mxglam
Oh. So your family would have to go to war with a giant snake. Should be easy enough to find.
the-long-dawn
If it's just a giant snake, there's no point in attempting diplomacy. Unless the giant snake is a person.
the-long-dawn
They usually aren't, but then, they usually don't kidnap people to strange worlds.
mxglam
So Sadde returns to his essay. And then stops, goes to a certain online store, and orders a few more things, before returning to the essay once again.
the-long-dawn
And Ashras composes his testing schedule and makes another spare stun wand and learns many things. So many things.
But before their next date, he has to go out on patrol.
But before their next date, he has to go out on patrol.
With Leap! Who's almost late but isn't. "Hi! Let's go get bored out of our minds while running around the city?"
So they go. Leap, as usual, uses a tiny bit of his power to have a spring in his step, so to speak. He's positively bouncy.
"How are your studies going?"
"How are your studies going?"
the-long-dawn
"The usual. Today I learned about calculus and the fall of ancient Rome." And other things which he declines to mention.
"So useful," he says in his not-quite-sarcastic deeply wise tone, nodding gravely.
(It's sarcasm.)
(It's sarcasm.)