[video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Dirge!

I have got some information for you. Oh, have I ever.

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[Video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Probably planning my murder, or trying to weigh what the consequences could be.

[Sam is already so done with Dirge---or would be, if there wasn't the very-present possibility of some soylent green shit going down.]

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[the_other_green_seeker]

The consequences would be me coming over there and tearing him a new exhaust port, among other things.

[Seriously, this kid...]

[Video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

I'd appreciate that. If, y'know, I weren't too busy being dead, or wrecking his everything to an apocalyptic extent ala Amityville.

[Hopefully you've seen that staple between slasher flick failures.]

As it is, I appreciate the thought.

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[the_other_green_seeker]

[It was actually, and the reference gets a smirk out of him.]

Good to know it's appreciated. Hopefully it'll be enough motivation to keep him from doing anything stupid, once I tell him.

[knight_light]

And why would you be planning to kill anyone?

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[knight_light]

[Heeeee's going to wipe a hand down his face.] Oh dear....

[Video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Wholeheartedly, and hell; I hope so. Push comes to shove, I can sling some pretty nasty juju...

[Take note, Dirge; she hopes you heard that.]

But I'd really rather it didn't come to that.

[video|private]

[10_20_15_5_50]

More like 'oh, ostie.'

Wing?

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[knight_light]

Yes?

[video|private]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[Sam sighs and then speaks, very seriously.]

I'm not a bad person, and I'm not a bully, and I never threatened anybody with a whammy before or since... but I couldn't be cool with anything less than every deterrent I could toss onto the table.

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[knight_light]

[He gives her a smile.] I don't think you're a bad person, Sam. You tried what you felt was best.

...Though I do have to wonder how human farming first came up.

[video |private]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[She smiles back.]

It's not like I thought you would, but I still wanted to say it.

The very first time I talked to Dirge, he asked me how it could be that there were so many humans all over when we're so fragile. I explained that we can manage in almost any environment, and that the requirements for population growth were pretty modest, and that is where he went with it. Go fig.

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[dirge]

I do not want to be haunted. [Which means he's stuck doing what she's asked again, for now.]

Do you have any more information to give me?

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[dirge]

I just wanted that spirit medium. As a friend. But she and the Sam Witch do not understand that killing is sometimes necessary to get what one wants.

[dirge]

I wasn't planning to. I just wanted it as an option!

[knight_light]

[He holds up a finger] You wouldn't need the option if the plan wasn't there.

Why are you wanting to kill someone, Dirge?

[Look at that face. He looks disappointed.]

[dirge]

[Dirge's wings start to droop.]

Oh no... You don't understand either, do you?

I know someone told me life is very valuable, and that makes sense to me. But if that life does not belong to me and that life is also in my way of obtaining something else- I would need to get rid of it.

Not only that. [He raises a talon and his optics shine.] There is a way for a life to belong to me that involves death.

[Video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[Sam considers carefully.

If you don't do anything detrimental to anybody, I think we can stay civil. That's something, and since staying civil means we might make more deals in the future, that's something to you. For other information...

...pushed, I could take more than taste.

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[the_other_green_seeker]

[Jadewing has to think about that for a second. Not because he thinks it's a good idea but because the logic of it is just so nonsensical. He raises an optic ridge.]

...And you think that killing someone will make her want to be your friend?

[Because srsly, WTF?]

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[the_other_green_seeker]

Me too. Not that I wouldn't love to watch you hand that dumb winglet his aft, but I've kinda gotten to like it here, and I don't want him fragging it up for all of us.

[knight_light]

[Yes, he told you life is valuable...]

Dirge, life is valuable because it's finite. Death is a serious thing. Just because someone might be standing in your way is not a good reason to end their life.

[And that last makes him frown.] What do you mean?

[Video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[Jadewing's words are gratifying---he hasn't examples, hasn't evidence, and still takes her seriously? It's something Sam appreciates, and it is almost as satisfying as seeing Dirge step away, afraid.]

I hear you. As much as I'd like to go home, I think I'll make a good go of it here. My only pressing problem? Dirge and his plans.

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[the_other_green_seeker]

[Jade's past experiences with magic are people who can sling around ice and fire at will, so yes, he takes magic wielding humans seriously as a potential threat.]

Yeah. He doesn't strike me as the 'fast learner' type. We'll probably have to whack him over the head with 'killing people is a bad move' a few times before it sticks.

[video]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[It isn't as flashy as the elemental magics Havenites might observe, but Sam's magic affords her some interesting options. Someday, she may explain her bent for blood and ink. At present? She offers the seeker a smile.]

I'm happy to have your help. It's... not a one-person job, and I never meant to make a bid for dukedom.

Ah, I should say: that's slang. A duke is a lone operator. One might have allies, but they act without the backing of a concrete cabal.

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[dirge]

No. [Perhaps he should try to explain better.]

The Sam Witch has threatened to haunt me if I kill her. I want the spirit medium as a friend so she will help me get rid of the Sam Witch's ghost.

Understand?