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Good evening.

[Though the subject matter behind his reasoning for addressing the networks was far different now than the first time he had the previous month, his even, dispassionate tone of voice is exactly the same.]

I've come to realize that the time in which we will be returning back to Oska is very close to—if not exactly on—the winter solstice. [He's used to a duo of sing-songy fae stopping by his house and giving him forewarning. He actually had to use a calendar this time.] Though I doubt all worlds follow the same laws and traditions, it is a day of great importance in my own. There are several rituals I am... curious if anyone would wish to help me carry out, to give us auspicious passage through the winter months.

As I don't think the old gods of winter have any particular sway over these distant realms, I am fairly confident nothing will be dangerous.

Please let me know if you might be interested, or if you might have any questions.

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[he tries so hard to be nice]

Ah, I see.
You would be more pleased if I stalked into the snowbound forests and hunted down misbehaving children who wandered out past dark?

yeah i'd say that'd be pretty ideal

I find what you find "ideal" as rather questionable.

look i'm just saying what everyone's thinking

I would hope that everything you've mentioned is not the general consensus.

boy would you be barking up the wrong tree then
we're a super bloodthirsty bunch. did you know we killed TWO gods. like, jesus, not even just one. two!

...Really?
Why was something like that necessary? If it was necessary at all...?

[He's had a few brushing experiences with gods. He would not want to attempt to kill one. They were far out of his bracket, so he's... impressed? Fearful? Mostly unsure.]

what no one told you about the nalawi stuff?
yeah these goddesses were like unbalancing the world just by being there, or something. we had to kill them, and one of them wasn't really super into that idea

I have not inquired about it, no.
It is... an odd idea that entities as powerful as goddesses would be unbalancing a world. Typically a world's balance is built upon those with the power to shape it, as gods and goddesses are.
Was this a previous mission for this group?

[He supposes there might be different rules and laws in other universes, but killing a god or a goddess in his own world would do a lot to unbalance it and send it into mayhem. But if it went well for them...]

yeah idk. you'd expect that right? but it was a fucked up world, everyone's powers were running out and shit
yeah, that was... 3 missions ago, i guess?

Powers? Do you mean their magic?
Hm. Did it not further disrupt the magic of the planet when the gods were killed?

[It was a bit contrary to how magic worked in his own world, so he's confused.]

It is a bit concerning that these worlds seem to fall victim for the greater good of this Timeline.

i mean their whatever they got
my shit isn't magic, but it started fading too
powers came back when we killed one of them

anyway in the end we saved the world, it was fine

I see.

[It must've been something very off about the planet, then, that all abilities would begin to be sapped. It was certainly within the ken of a god, but...]

I hope that such lengths are not necessary again in the future.

well let's see, missions i've seen so far:

-kill the guy that stole the sun
-kill some goddesses
-babysit jello

then there was one about saving dragons or something that i missed
looks like you got 50/50 odds of being called on for whacking a guy or two

[babysit jello...]

I suppose that's as much as to be expected, considering how random scenarios seem to threaten the stability of the timeline.

How long have you been with this group, then, to have seen this many missions?

time's hard around here
but according to my phone, uh

oh shit! over a year haha, nice

[Right. Not everyone has a cosmic cognizance of time like an ancient magus does.]

Mm. I see.

I was simply... wondering how long they are thinking of keeping us on retainer.

well
when the older me showed up here she said she'd been with alastair for like 5 years

for whatever that's worth

[...wait, what

After a pause:]

Would... you mind elaborating on that?

oh shit were you after the time bugs? i never remember when anyone showed up

I... believe not.

I had only just arrived to this group when the saloon had been set aflame, and I was in Oska for only a brief time before that.

[now what was that about time who now]

oh yeah it was stupid time stuff for sure
people running around young and not having met you yet, people all old and barely remembering you
total load of bullshit, be glad you missed it

It certainly sounds disrupting, particularly for a group usually governed by some sort of objective.

I suppose it was something with the time magics that ALASTAIR uses, gone awry?

[They certainly had some sort of power, with how they plucked people from time and space left and right.]

nope it was bugs
like literally just bugs
first they made time all fucked up around them, then they hatched into bigger bugs and if they bit you your personal timeline got all fucked
i guess they just swarm sometimes

...Bugs.

In my experience, the power one would have to wield any sort of control over time is neigh impossible to reach. It's a bit odd to think that... insects could do such a thing.

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