Late night magic post

[sharpasafawkes]

[What? you think Cesare gets all the fun and dealing with trauma? Balls no.

Which is to say it's night and three completely sane assassins are sleeping.]

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[maleborgia]

*Oh, but Cesare still gets a lot of the fun. :)

Which is to say that it's a different night and he is acting his age for once staying up late and poking around on the internet.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Well, Shaun's account is active, that's something at least}

[maleborgia]

*sending him a message, then. asking if he will look at something that he found, check the sources.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[There's a long bit of radio silence, before coming back that yeah, pretty much one of them's utter shit]

[maleborgia]

*answers almost immediately, asking him if he is familiar with [rather long list of print titles]? what about these two contradictory ideas expressed in some of them? personally he thought it was rather interesting that what he understood to be a more progressive idea was written about by author x but later author y reverted firmly back to a different view point even while arguing his point off of x's work and also author z wrote the same thing, more or less as x and even included him in the bibliography in the back but did not credit him in the text, does Shaun know of some connection or rivalry between the three writers? and does shaun know what [obscure source w] is and either way help him look for it because it sounds like it would be enlightening and even if Camp leaves it in Latin he can translate it and then they can both enjoy the access.

This message borders on the manic, he's so absorbed into this work.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[....

oh ffs.

"What on earth are you doing up at this hour? I've got my reasons, but last time I'd checked you'd had avoided being maimed by camp."]

[maleborgia]

*Hush. I'm indulging your desire to go be a professor again.

"Working, clearly. Where are you? It will be easier if I can show you this instead."*

[sharpasafawkes]

["... If I've got to be honest, the barn. Apparently I woke someone up."]

[maleborgia]

*"I cannot say that I am surprised. Wait there. I will be there in ten minutes."

DISCONNECTED*

[sharpasafawkes]

[diiiiiiiiick, saving all his work on the latest exploration trip, including the vial of water he brought with him. Well. Perhaps a little more work on that before Cesare gets there...]

[maleborgia]

*showing up rather after ten minutes have passed--apparently he decided to walk instead of ride over, and he's brought both the laptop and several of the books he was asking about. lets himself in and stops at the base of the ladder.*

Shaun, come down here and help me with this.

[sharpasafawkes]

[-oh right, warlord was coming over. Setting everything aside and coming down.]

Right, let me get some of that.

[maleborgia]

*hands some of the books over, climbing up* What were you doing?

[sharpasafawkes]

Compiling information about our latest little outing. I think I've got an idea about those bats and the water.

[maleborgia]

*getting comfortable, extends his hand expectantly* Show me your notes.

[sharpasafawkes]

[... hands over the laptop]

So demanding of you, would you like me to fix you a drink while I'm up? Or perhaps you'd want me to nip out and get a bit of caviar and brie for you.

[maleborgia]

*gesture of brushing him off* No, this will be all for now. Although actually, if you were to find one of those shows you were talking about earlier, I would not say no to a bit of a break.

[sharpasafawkes]

[setting aside the vial, carefully.]

Which ones?

[maleborgia]

*sees that!*

Oh, any. Something interesting and not too infuriating.

Let me see that, too.

[sharpasafawkes]

[Handing that over too]

Oh of course, not that what you said was entirely subjective.

Careful about that. It seems fine, but you never know.

[maleborgia]

*studies it for a second, holding it against the light of the laptop, then puts it down carefully to read the notes*

[sharpasafawkes]

I haven't put it in yet, but as far as I can tell there's no bacteria in it, other chemicals, and whatever minerals are the normal sort of thing you'd find from that sort of stone... which is a bit odd, actually.

[maleborgia]

I see. It is a pity that you cannot check for magic, or whatever you want to call it. Perhaps you should enlist the aid of one who is more familiar with that field.

[sharpasafawkes]

I think if it had any magic than Fenris would have declared it his mortal enemy, so that water down there just might be drinkable.

[maleborgia]

Then it is oddly so, as you say. If you care to trust an apparent gift from this place so much, then by all means, drink it. Personally, I would rather not.