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𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑠 ([personal profile] lancifolium) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2021-10-18 01:59 pm

un: moonage daydream (audio)

[ In a whisper: ] Wei Wuxian? Wrath? Can either of you hear me? I think I've found Hatisse. She's very far back, past the previous Doxes.


[ note: this is taking place pre-lockdown, centering around the outing sketched out here in the royal mausoleums. since these conversations are happening on the closed network, characters can eavesdrop and commentate. ]
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
A body- I would assume hers though I have no frame of reference for what she looks like. The body itself was strangely conserved as if she passed recently. ( They are both aware that isn't true. The dustiness within the tomb itself is proof of that. ) But she is missing body parts.

( Don't ask how he learned about that. )
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-06 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
( Wrath knows what she must be thinking of. Body parts have power especially the body parts of someone who is already full of magic. He lists the body parts out methodically like one might list out a grocery list: )

Eyes, tongue, left ear, and right hand.
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-06 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
I am not certain how magic works in this world, however-

( He is intimately aware of how magic works within his own world, and that is enough to give him hints as to why her body parts may be currently missing. )

Her body is full of magic, which means any of her parts would be... a powerful ingredient.
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-09 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
It's difficult to say.

( He can't pull apart the pieces of it well enough. )

I would bet on something else at work. There is a reason her body would be preserved like this, body parts missing. If it were the Attaryl, they must have some method of opening the tomb to fetch the parts of her they want - all without being discovered.
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-09 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not remember seeing another with missing parts nor one so perfectly preserved. Is there another near?

( Wrath does not mind seeking, but it was also difficult to actually fit in the tomb he'd just been in. His gaze drops to the wand as she casts her spell, and his mouth parts briefly. Inwardly, he is cursing his own magic for being so damned powerful and then being utterly useless in terms of something simple like cleaning or mending a tear in the fabric of his clothing. As it is, he appreciates it. He may no longer be near Hell where any problem with his clothing would reflect poorly on him and the power he wields, but it is difficult to shake what has become instinct. He feels more comfortable like this. )

...Thank you, Lily.
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-11 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I expect one day you will.

( Wrath is aware the group shares information with one another freely, openly. However, he comes from a place where such favors are not given freely. Everything, including knowledge itself (especially that), has its cost. )

It is important to test the theory instead of making assumptions. Evidence is required for that. Give me a moment.

( And then he is gone again in the same way he had left before. )
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[personal profile] inferus 2021-11-15 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
( It is not long before he returns with the shadow and gold surrounding him again before it falls away. )

They are not preserved in the same way. They are decaying as one would normally expect of corpses based on the time they have been dead. It appears Hatisse was a special case.