blackscales: Commission, Do Not Take! (11)
̶W̶R̶A̶T̶H̶I̶O̶N̶ ([personal profile] blackscales) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2022-08-01 11:46 pm

[ un: black prince / ut malum pluvia | audio ]

[ un: black prince | audio ]

[ It's been days since the kraken first appeared and half of them were forced to commandeer ships to escape. Some might have already figured out why the danger seems to be receding, however slowly, and so there really isn't any need for some big announcement. Certainly not a whole-ass debate over what to do with a magical object that summoned this mess and nearly dragged them down to the bottom of the ocean.

Some would disagree, and one such red-eyed prince insisted on hunting down an old man who thought they'd settled this already.

The feed that starts is audio only, but the clear sound of Wrathion's voice is easily recognisable. He appears to be talking to someone else, and although his tone is neutral enough anyone who has spoken to him at length can likely discern the faint note of irritation in his choice of wording.
]

This... artefact is alive, dangerous. The mermaids are drawn to it. The wards on the box I have secured it back inside contain it, to some degree, but not entirely. I would still have preferred it destroyed, but if you are so insistent on keeping it I must strongly recommend people are aware it travels with us. This party now has two mysteriously living body parts. You don't consider that a concern they deserve to be made aware of?

[ The voice that answers is, for those that recognise it, Five. He does not sound in the best of moods. ]

There's nothing to say. I told you already, we don't know what happens if we destroy it. We don’t need to make this any more complicated, so the best option is to keep it hidden until we figure this out. [ A pause and his tone gets sharper. ] Trust me, I've —

[ At this point, Five notices Wrathion is recording him when he starts to hear an echo. There's a muffled "really?" and a long silence when the device shuts off. When it turns back on several minutes later they seem to have reached an agreement, and Five's voice suddenly sounds clearer. ]

[ un: ut malum pluvia | audio ]

You might have noticed that we're all still alive. We called off Vane's mission, the magic tongue he used to unleash the undead armada is sealed away safely, and everything should be fine.

[ There. All the relevant details. Happy, Wrathion? ]

Congratulations, we won. Now can we get the hell out of here?
techmaturgy: (7)

voice; un: V

[personal profile] techmaturgy 2022-08-02 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Just, with so much exasperation:]

Next time, let me run some tests on these things before you seal them away.
techmaturgy: (9)

[personal profile] techmaturgy 2022-08-02 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[yes but also consider: he wants to]

I've done some of my best work under duress.
chosenbylight: do not take (100)

un: white pawn; voice

[personal profile] chosenbylight 2022-08-02 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
The artifact is... alive?

[Wrathion at least can probably imagine the expression on Anduin's face in response to this information, especially considering the artifact in question is -- a tongue. A human tongue. In a box.]

How can you be certain?
bravelyrunsaway: (serious; staring you down)

audio | un: workstormit

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2022-08-02 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, grand, why not keep it with the heart the corpse eater has, we can build ourselves a monster!

( zero percent happy over here, but listening and going what storm struck nonsense will come next?! )
chosenbylight: do not take (094)

[personal profile] chosenbylight 2022-08-02 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Look, can you blame him for asking after a thing like that?]

Does it give off any sort of a particular energy, that you can discern? Or do the wards on this box keep any such thing contained?
rumorate: (72)

@taken for granite

[personal profile] rumorate 2022-08-02 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, how many undead body parts do we have?

[She's asking you, Five, not Wrathion, though she feels like she might get more straight answers out of the the one she's not related to.

It's weird when you assume straight answers out of a acquaintance over your own family.]
bravelyrunsaway: (quiet; the ghosts in my mind)

[personal profile] bravelyrunsaway 2022-08-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Sad to say, but it not being from the same original source doesn't really mean it's not part of the same monstrous source. Or who knows, someone is out there cursing body parts and leaving the rest of whoever they came out of around, like I have any searing clue.

( and a pause: )

Would you recognise by sight or scent or taste if it were human or not? The one had reasons he would.
rumorate: (Default)

[personal profile] rumorate 2022-08-02 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse.

[The tongue is one thing. She almost doesn't want to know what the other one is.]

You said there were two of them?
weifinder: (ask | the endless of darkness)

audio | un: yiling patriarch

[personal profile] weifinder 2022-08-02 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Neatly done, the both of you. Where's the sealed tongue now?

( asking five, because five has a history of bad decisions in deciding what should or shouldn't be known or forgotten. and getting frustrated with unknown objects of power. )

At this point that marks two body parts linked to a life without the host body, and some sort of compulsion... are they cursed, such as the mirrors seem to be? Or a person cursed by one?

( sorry he's just thinking out loud now, meandering along even while it's apparent he'd been, ah, fighting. the dead. if one listens. )
somebadnews: (282)

audio | un: ut malum pluvia

[personal profile] somebadnews 2022-08-02 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
It's with us.

[ Even if he's still a little sore that Wei Wuxian had him searching everywhere for a mirror that didn't exist, he might have eventually told him in private. Then somebody decided to let everyone chime in.

This isn't the first body part Five has insisted on carrying around either, but hardly anyone knows that. Which has been fine and proves nobody's point. ]


We can speculate all you want, but ask too many questions and they'll figure out who ended up with it.
somebadnews: (137)

@ut malum pluvia

[personal profile] somebadnews 2022-08-02 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ He technically still has Anurr's finger...hardly relevant. It would have admittedly looked better if he'd told his family about the tongue first, but he didn't expect to suddenly have to make an announcement. ]

They could be unrelated. [ Just a gross coincidence. Or maybe they are, but he's not encouraging anyone to find out. ] At least we know what this one does.
somebadnews: (182)

audio | un: ut malum pluvia

[personal profile] somebadnews 2022-08-02 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ See, this is why he didn't want to tell everyone. ]

Would you rather we left it with the Captain?
somebadnews: (77)

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[personal profile] somebadnews 2022-08-02 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's a magic tongue. Kept alive by magic. He doesn't know how Wrathion could tell that it's not undead, but he better not be asking to see it. ]

Does that make a difference?
somebadnews: (24)

voice; un: ut malum pluvia

[personal profile] somebadnews 2022-08-02 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If that doesn't prove he made the right call in getting to it first. ]

What kind of tests?
beitangmoran: (Default)

un : dappled peals of the parted seas (voice)

[personal profile] beitangmoran 2022-08-02 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
And were you ever planning to tell us about this 'magic tongue' if this had not happened, Master Five?

Thank you for your service, Master Wrathion.
techmaturgy: (7)

[personal profile] techmaturgy 2022-08-02 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[8(]

Nothing too complicated, given the current situation and our resources. I'm no biologist, but I did liberate some medical equipment from the Concord, and I'm sure I could make a few useful observations given a sample.

Barring that, seeing how it reacts to certain stimuli, magical or otherwise, might also be useful to us.
somebadnews: (69)

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[personal profile] somebadnews 2022-08-02 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Why does he ask questions he knows the answer to? Even if he isn't sure how long Wrathion was recording him. ]

It doesn't really matter now, does it?
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