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Sieglinde Sullivan ([personal profile] grunehexe) wrote in [community profile] futurology2017-01-06 01:20 am

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Greetings, Audentes. It is I, Sieglinde Sullivan- also known as the Green Witch. I am sure you are occupied with your own matters during this valuable personal time, but I must interrupt for three announcements, if you might lend me your ear.

The first is that Date Masamune, one lord of Oushuu, has been transferred to a different team. I know that not many of you have been with us since Chantes, but he was a valuable team member, and he will surely be missed.

[By her, perhaps most of all, but she manages to keep a straight face, hastily moving on.]

The second is that it has come to my attention some of our members come from worlds where literacy is not as prominent. Access to book learning is one of the most important aspects of an education, so I shall be using some of my time here in Oska to improve this situation. I am able to instruct in multiple languages, but I shall be focusing primarily on what many worlds call English, as I found it the most useful for communication during the period when our translators were defective. You may join open sessions in the castle library each day from an hour past noon.

On that note, thirdly, I need your assistance with one of those new pupils. As much as I prefer to work alone, I am afraid this issue deals with a delicate combination of spellcraft and science, and so I shall be opening up this project to others of like intellect hopefully differing experience. Graham, if you would like to say a few words?

[She reaches forward to turn her magitech brooch. revealing a certain rugged Huntsman. Said huntsman, for his part, was listening. Which explains why his first word seems more relevant to her second announcement than her third.] ...Pupil? [He's aware that means student, and feels as if he might have to explain to Sieglinde he can indeed read and write... though perhaps his handwriting leaves something to be desired...

That can be a conversation for another time, however. There's more important matters at hand to discuss now.]


Those of you present in Perdition's Rest might recall, I have been heartless for a long time. I've asked Sieglinde to help me try and find some kind of solution, though it occurred to me the secrecy didn't aide in finding a solution. [Talking to Koltira had reminded him of how much more he could do. He owed it to himself, and perhaps those who cared about him and wanted to connect to him better, to do all he could instead of asking Sieglinde to do it for him.] If you think you might be able to lend aide, or have any questions about my condition, I'm here to answer them. Even if there's no perfect solution, I'd ... I'd like to feel things, again.

[Feel things properly is perhaps the better way of putting it, but considering this is a great deal more than Graham tends to talk already, he nods and indicates that's all he has to say, and Sieglinde takes back the video.]

How anyone capable of lending a productive hand could deny such a sincere appeal I do not know. I have seen we have new recruits among us, so we look forward to hearing from you if you have experience with medical surgery, curses, or other magics.

Thank you.
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[personal profile] winces 2017-01-06 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...That would depend on what you consider artificial.

The feelings are real. It is still a very chemical thing that happens inside you.

Whether or not you make more of it is up to you.
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-07 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not entirely sure it would work on me, considering the circumstances.

( Regina had warned him without his heart he'd feel no true emotion. that turned out to not be the case, yet it certainly was true that what he could feel was stunted at best. )

It ... might be worth a try. If you're sure. Have you found more mastery over these powers since Perdition's Rest? ( he remembers her use of them being more or less accidental in the ghost town. )
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[personal profile] winces 2017-01-07 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, [ she says in a quieter voice, recalling the times she'd struggled back in the previous planet. ] I can control it now. [ among other things.

but, like she'd said to sieglinde, she wants to make sure graham knows what he's getting into. ]


It's your choice, Graham. As I said it.. would not be a permanent solution. There are others here far better suited for finding that than me.
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-07 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad for that. I still don't know how you managed to tap into emotions I can't feel, but I'm sure we both would rather it not happen again.

( the way they immobilized her, immobilized him, even despite not feeling the fully, is an intimidating prospect. is he better off heartless, when the emotions he stands to gain could take control of him almost as easily as Regina did? )

No, it wouldn't. I'm still willing to try. I don't see what it could hurt.
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[personal profile] winces 2017-01-07 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ olivia makes no comment of that. she has been victim to her own emotions more than once, after all, and especially of late. quite recently, she's sometimes wished to be rid of them entirely.

but would she give it all up, even the good ones, just for a little repriece? ]


If you're certain.
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-07 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
( a savior told him once, not feeling anything is an attractive option when what you feel sucks. as someone who has felt nothing, he wouldn't wish it on anyone, though he can understand the temptation. )

I'm certain.

( it feels a little bit like an addict gone cold turkey being offered a taste of their favorite poison, but the idea of feeling something is always too tempting for him to resist. )
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[personal profile] winces 2017-01-07 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Very well then.

[ it's his choice to make. it's alright if he's the one making it. ]

Sieglinde only asks I use it on her first, in case the magic may interfere with whatever else they have planned for you. Is that alright?
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-08 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
( he doesn't see what it'll prove, frankly, but it isn't his choice to make, either. )

If that is what you prefer.
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[personal profile] winces 2017-01-08 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ but it is his choice. this is all for him, after all. ]

It's what your physician insists.
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-08 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
You've used your powers on me before, have you not? There was no ill effect to that.

( still, they both know how Sieglinde operates, there's no point to arguing. )

Let me know what she decides.
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[personal profile] winces 2017-01-08 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ there's a brief delay here, olivia's lips pursing into a thin line. ]

...That was an accident.

[ but anyway— ]

I will.
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-08 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
( accident or not, what he said was still true. they hadn't had ill effect. not that he'd noticed, anyway.

still, he nods and says nothing more. she'll let him know when she has an answer.
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[personal profile] dishearten 2017-01-08 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
( SCIENCE SUX!!!1

or he is just #over everyone trying to jump in front of him when he's been quite clear about not wanting anyone taking hits for him when he is capable of taking them himself. but at least in this case nobody's heart is coming out so fine, u do u Sieg
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