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Viktor ([personal profile] mehanizovati) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-05-27 01:20 pm

june catch-all

Who: viktor and others, open to all with some closed prompts in comments
What: june catch-all, some tdm prompts
When: june
Where: various

content warning; terminal illness, arcane season 1 spoilers



misc lab stuff and various fruits.

[viktor's lab in the willful machine is usually left unlocked when he's working inside. friends or acquaintances have likely been told they're welcome to stop by if they like, either to say hello or to get help with whatever a vaguely sketchy lab could handle. of course someone he doesn't know can just walk in too or knock. maybe there's a sudden downpour and that ajar door is tempting? go for it.

the lab has been slowly filling with all sorts of nonsense on the various tables- lasers! tasers! some weird machine hooked up to a blood gem? it is not unlikely to be walking by and hear some minor booming noise and either a curse in czech or a satisfied 'a-ha!' feel free to investigate.

this month there's something else too, a bowl full of fruit. all the fruits mentioned in the tdm in fact, there to be tested on though it looks more like they're just for guests if people are unaware there's some weird shit going on.]


Just a moment, make yourself at home. [he might say to guest. that would include eating some fruit, right? enjoy. probably not the raw lemon though, that's weird.]

[ooc; if you want to memshare i am game, my only hard limit on memories is no suicide stuff please. self sacrifice is fine! feel free to ask to make sure one is okay. if you'd like a viktor memory let me know any hard limits and what sort of memory you might prefer!]



gaze and time loops.

[having lungs mostly working for the moment is pretty great, in viktor's humble opinion. it means walking around the trench doesn't come with the risk of coughing up blood and attracting beasts and generally having a bad time, along with added perks like not getting so easily winded and going for longer. it also means he finds himself out longer than he usually would, which maybe isn't the best, as it turns out.

for example, making his way home through gaze and hearing the chilling cry of a beast, sighing and trying to make his way around what turns out to be the wrong corner. maybe that's where he sees your character before the snarling of a too close beast starts in earnest.

and then snap! they're both back about an hour, where they passed on the street. the look viktor gives is somewhere between resigned and 'fuck this, actually.']
There is a term for this. 'One of those days,' I think.



[ooc; if you'd like to wildcard or do something else you can pm me here or find me at [plurk.com profile] dichotomy]
manyone: (038 »)

[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-16 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
I gave him some gold once upon a time and he became obsessed with seeing me again. It lead to a messy end.

[ Casually. Someone messed with something beyond their control and got burned, as far as she's concerned. She's still enraptured by the light show. There's a flick of her hand and some of the floating motes of light burst into gold, taking the shape of butterflies that begin to flit and flutter through the constellation-like arrangement, as if moving from flower to flower. ]

You'll have to forgive me. I was in a poor mood having just arrived and still finding my footing.

[ Not quite an apology, but it's something? ]

This is really all done with bits of wire? Truly? What a way of invoking magic! Ah, this is so clever. Very well done, Viktor. And that's the way magic should be. It should always amaze and astonish and be wonderful, no matter what it is or how you do it. If it wasn't all of that, it wouldn't be magic.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-18 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It's true, it's truuue! The Rich really do like to think they're gods, don't they?

[ She seems amused by the thought as she watches the butterflies flutter around her, head tilted while she listens to Viktor. ]

Ah, yes, that does make sense. It's still very strange to me because in my world, technology felt very much like the antithesis of magic. Frustrated it.

[ At his last words, she smiles and it is warm and bright and genuine in a way that might be new to her face. Or at least... rare. ]

Yes. That is the real purpose of magic. To astonish. To bring joy. While it has other uses, that is the one it was made for.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-20 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It is why I became a Witch. Magic was used to help me, to show me something beautiful. I wanted to do that as well. Yes, there's something wondrous about the way someone reacts when you show them magic for the first time. It's amazing. Joyful in the extreme.

[ Then she used it to murder a lot of people. Multiple times. ]

Magic is wonderful. I love it dearly and I love using it when it can bring joy and wonder to another person. Of course, it also can bring terror, horror, pain, suffering... But magic is a tool, it answers to the one who wields it.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-23 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Wish for a miracle. Become certain in your plans. Devote yourself utterly to your cause and if you remain true in your course it may be that you move beyond mere humanity. The tale is far too long and dull to tell here. Suffice to say I had an excellent teacher, who bore the title of Endless Witch before me.

[ Also like, probably not a great plan to talk about how you really wanted to murder a whole family. ]

The Endless Magic is a powerful one. It allows you to mend the things which are broken and even bring the dead back to life. I haven't tried it here, though--the rules of this fragment may be different.

[ Kihihihi. As Viktor mentions people being scared of the arcane, she laughs. ]

Why do they fear it? Magic is a wonderful thing meant to bring wonder and joy.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-25 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I have never tested such things. My magic never had a limit before, though. This world and it's rules are very different, so... testing may be worthwhile.

[ She taps her chin, frowning. ]

It might be considered unnatural by those who have no imagination. I am not a mere conjurer, who brought back some sort of rotting corpse. I brought them back whole and mended, as if they had never died! Fufufu.

[ A click of her tongue. ]

I've never been involved in a war, though there have been some things in my life that felt close.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-26 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, perhaps we can do some testing there, then? We shall see, I suppose. I would love to discuss and practice magic with you, Viktor. It will be most diverting, I'm sure. And I would love to show you how it works--there's nothing better than sharing magic with someone else who feels as you do about the wonder of it.

[ Beatrice is genuine, happy, and open as she speaks of magic--this is the best conversation she's had since she got here, she's half-certain. Why not simply share magic with those who truly treasure it? It's the simplest joy there is, and yet all the sweeter for that. ]

Yes, I would consider it a bit of reality warping. I only took what existed and put it back the way it had been before.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-28 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
All magic is a miracle. No one ever said a miracle had to be nice or kind.

[ Beatrice agrees with a smirk. ]

I look forward very much to seeing what it is you have to show me! I'm certain it will be brilliant.
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[personal profile] manyone 2022-07-31 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Great things have great effects, whether for good or ill.

[ Beatrice agrees emphatically. She watches the magic fade and the golden butterflies slowly dissipate and fade away. ]

I have no other business to attend to, and I can never say no to a good cup of black tea with cream and sugar. Especially if there are tea cakes!