PSL; SUNSET HIGH AND OUR BODIES LOW

[astarion]

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(( blood rush in a hazy glow ))

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[astarion]

You sound so certain.

[In the face of looming uncertainty. Maybe that's one of many things that draw him to Winter. Maybe it's why he's the glue that holds this ragtag group of strangers together.]

Well, I will be following your lead, since you're the local expert on the matter thus far.

[icyspicy]

The matter of what? Poor life decisions?

[ All warlocks hold a title in that category to some degree, he won't argue that, but as far as patrons go, Winter is very lucky indeed. ]

[astarion]

[Aha. Just a wide, cheeky grin.]

Precisely.

[icyspicy]

Careful, Astarion. You're one of those decisions, you know.

[astarion]

Oh, I know. But imagine where we would be if you were a reasonable fellow, instead. Why, I’d be eating half as well and be absolutely bored to death.

[Winter keeps it interesting, if nothing else. He can hardly complain about being one of his bad decisions, either. Works out for the both of them.]

[icyspicy]

How lucky for us that we got kidnapped by the same group of mindflayers.

[ Is anyone truly lucky to get kidnapped by mindflayers? Probably not, even if it has opened some doors for Astarion specifically, and brought them together to boot. ]

What do you call a group of mindflayers? A shoal? Or is that just squid?

[astarion]

Now, I don’t know there’s an exact classification for a group of mind flayers…

[Maybe that madman Volo would know — that or he’d just make something up on the spot.]

But I think we should call them whatever we like. My suggestion: arseholes.

[icyspicy]

[ Oh, he'd definitely just make something up on the spot. ]

I'm thinking something dramatic. A misfortune of mindflayers, perhaps? An arsehole of mindflayers sounds deeply unpleasant.

[astarion]

[Oh, help. An "arsehole of mind flayers" is so terrible and ridiculous when phrased that way, even if he was the one who flung the term out.]

But doesn't that make it all the more suited!

[-he says, barely holding in a laugh.]