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Arithon's night, a summary
Continuity is imposed with a hammer, but mostly follows first-post order.
We begin with Yrael, who sees the pretty shadows. He decides to play music for said shadows, of ships sailing and calling gulls. Arithon is highly affected. Yrael sings, the same kind of wish for the sea. Arithon crushes the shadows, and looks bleak.
Yrael finally acknowledges Arithon's existence, and asks if those were his. Arithon chooses to assume "those" meant "shadows" and pulls his haughty act. Which the Not!Cat ('Though right now he's more a Not!Human, isn't he?) ignores. There is complimenting on Arithon's mastery of shadows, mild snark and discussion of magics.
Arithon informs yon Bright Shiner that if life were kind he'd have been a bard, and Yrael agrees that life is rarely kind.
Sometime later, Joe notices Arithon.
Arithon orders dinner, and sits down. They catch up, and Arithon mentions that he's going to go home for a while. Joe wonders if they have guns on Arithon's world. The answer? Nope. Joe decides that this will be a cakewalk, and offers to come along.
Then the conversation turns to ladies. Lady. Mina. Arithon is congratulatory, Joe is (for Joe) talkative, and Arithon is bemused about the whole vampire thing. The subject of nerves and eating habits is raised, Joe points out that the bar provides blood in a glass. Arithon is weirded out.
Joe performs Shiny Change Of Subject, and they get into the deal with the Index cards. Arithon carefully reads one of them out loud, confusing both himself and Joe. (Bonus points to those who know exactly what it is without looking it up.)
Joe and Arithon spend several moments talking about Mister Julia Fruitnugget without ever using his name. Joe wonders what will happen if the people Arithon took the cards from needed them to return the squid. Arithon hadn't thought of that, and hopes they have back-ups.
Joe wonders why they haven't had a ransom demand. Arithon wonders what squidnappers would want. They muse on who might be crazy enough to risk the wrath of the bar's patrons, and eventually decide it wasn't a regular. Joe wonders if it was Liz, which just makes this mun laugh.
Eventually Joe realizes that Arithon said one person stole the squid. This seems to break his brain. Joe attempts to make these revelations fit reality, and decides he's too hungover. Thus, he heads toward Valentine and this sub-thread ends.
Kid Flash looks at the shadows and decides they are impossible. Arithon argues that shadows are not impossible, and mucks about with magic. Bart asks if Arithon is a hero or a villain, Arithon says neither. There is a lot of subtext about the nature of being heroic. They introduce themselves. Bart asks how to get out. Arithon suggests the door. It works, end sub-thread.
The Rider heads over, book in hand, to say hello. Oh, thou masochistic Rider. Opening shots in the way of greetings are provided. The Rider inquires after Arithon's health, and is informed that Arithon is to polite *coughcoughhack* to inflict his illness on others if he were not. This is allowed to pass without comment, and the Rider asks what else is going on. Arithon admits to going home soon, and pulls a Will-face. The Rider does not like the Will!face, and wishes Arithon luck. Arithon responds by wishing him "The luck you deserve" and does a very good "mild" expression at the Rider.
The Rider says that's good enough, he would never ask for more than someone could give him. Begin serious snark here, Arithon responds with commentary on the Rider taking not an ounce less.
The Rider attempts to recover by insisting that he is merely helping people reach full potential, and begins desiring a drink.
Arithon states that he already has a meal (from Joe's thread!) and that potential is slippery. The Rider gets whiskey, and asks if Arithon is speaking from experience. Arithon plays the bored, boring, and useless fop of nobility to the hilt. Its canon that he does it well.
The next sally involves the Rider saying that he finds it admirable when people keep themselves amused, and Arithon mentions that it makes it easy to tell the measure of whom you interact with. This causes our favorite Lord of the Dark to nose around for hints on what Arithon thinks of him. Arithon dismisses people-watching as something to do when you have nothing better to do.
The Rider points out that it doesn't take much effort, and can be useful...and takes another sip of whiskey. Arithon, in response, gets maudlin about the nature of reality and looks at the Rider with mage sight. The Rider is used to being scrutinized, and takes it in stride. With the notationBring it, bitch.
Arithon teases by almost revealing something of his inner motivation, and then not. He does get to practice his "I Hate People" expression, however. The Rider wonders if Arithon is talking about all people dying eventually, Arithon responds with "Less of death, more of being fertilizer." Mmm, snark. He then over tips the waitrat. In the "more money than is merely polite" way, not the "knocks it over" way.
The Rider brings up John Donne. Arithon brings up a different interpretation of the same idea. The Rider agrees with Arithon, and performs Shiny Change Of Subject.
Arithon talks rather alot about shadow magic, and says rather not much at all about them. The Rider is annoyed at limits that keep him from doing what he wants. This winds down the thread.
We begin with Yrael, who sees the pretty shadows. He decides to play music for said shadows, of ships sailing and calling gulls. Arithon is highly affected. Yrael sings, the same kind of wish for the sea. Arithon crushes the shadows, and looks bleak.
Yrael finally acknowledges Arithon's existence, and asks if those were his. Arithon chooses to assume "those" meant "shadows" and pulls his haughty act. Which the Not!Cat ('Though right now he's more a Not!Human, isn't he?) ignores. There is complimenting on Arithon's mastery of shadows, mild snark and discussion of magics.
Arithon informs yon Bright Shiner that if life were kind he'd have been a bard, and Yrael agrees that life is rarely kind.
Sometime later, Joe notices Arithon.
Arithon orders dinner, and sits down. They catch up, and Arithon mentions that he's going to go home for a while. Joe wonders if they have guns on Arithon's world. The answer? Nope. Joe decides that this will be a cakewalk, and offers to come along.
Then the conversation turns to ladies. Lady. Mina. Arithon is congratulatory, Joe is (for Joe) talkative, and Arithon is bemused about the whole vampire thing. The subject of nerves and eating habits is raised, Joe points out that the bar provides blood in a glass. Arithon is weirded out.
Joe performs Shiny Change Of Subject, and they get into the deal with the Index cards. Arithon carefully reads one of them out loud, confusing both himself and Joe. (Bonus points to those who know exactly what it is without looking it up.)
Joe and Arithon spend several moments talking about Mister Julia Fruitnugget without ever using his name. Joe wonders what will happen if the people Arithon took the cards from needed them to return the squid. Arithon hadn't thought of that, and hopes they have back-ups.
Joe wonders why they haven't had a ransom demand. Arithon wonders what squidnappers would want. They muse on who might be crazy enough to risk the wrath of the bar's patrons, and eventually decide it wasn't a regular. Joe wonders if it was Liz, which just makes this mun laugh.
Eventually Joe realizes that Arithon said one person stole the squid. This seems to break his brain. Joe attempts to make these revelations fit reality, and decides he's too hungover. Thus, he heads toward Valentine and this sub-thread ends.
Kid Flash looks at the shadows and decides they are impossible. Arithon argues that shadows are not impossible, and mucks about with magic. Bart asks if Arithon is a hero or a villain, Arithon says neither. There is a lot of subtext about the nature of being heroic. They introduce themselves. Bart asks how to get out. Arithon suggests the door. It works, end sub-thread.
The Rider heads over, book in hand, to say hello. Oh, thou masochistic Rider. Opening shots in the way of greetings are provided. The Rider inquires after Arithon's health, and is informed that Arithon is to polite *coughcoughhack* to inflict his illness on others if he were not. This is allowed to pass without comment, and the Rider asks what else is going on. Arithon admits to going home soon, and pulls a Will-face. The Rider does not like the Will!face, and wishes Arithon luck. Arithon responds by wishing him "The luck you deserve" and does a very good "mild" expression at the Rider.
The Rider says that's good enough, he would never ask for more than someone could give him. Begin serious snark here, Arithon responds with commentary on the Rider taking not an ounce less.
The Rider attempts to recover by insisting that he is merely helping people reach full potential, and begins desiring a drink.
Arithon states that he already has a meal (from Joe's thread!) and that potential is slippery. The Rider gets whiskey, and asks if Arithon is speaking from experience. Arithon plays the bored, boring, and useless fop of nobility to the hilt. Its canon that he does it well.
The next sally involves the Rider saying that he finds it admirable when people keep themselves amused, and Arithon mentions that it makes it easy to tell the measure of whom you interact with. This causes our favorite Lord of the Dark to nose around for hints on what Arithon thinks of him. Arithon dismisses people-watching as something to do when you have nothing better to do.
The Rider points out that it doesn't take much effort, and can be useful...and takes another sip of whiskey. Arithon, in response, gets maudlin about the nature of reality and looks at the Rider with mage sight. The Rider is used to being scrutinized, and takes it in stride. With the notation
Arithon teases by almost revealing something of his inner motivation, and then not. He does get to practice his "I Hate People" expression, however. The Rider wonders if Arithon is talking about all people dying eventually, Arithon responds with "Less of death, more of being fertilizer." Mmm, snark. He then over tips the waitrat. In the "more money than is merely polite" way, not the "knocks it over" way.
The Rider brings up John Donne. Arithon brings up a different interpretation of the same idea. The Rider agrees with Arithon, and performs Shiny Change Of Subject.
Arithon talks rather alot about shadow magic, and says rather not much at all about them. The Rider is annoyed at limits that keep him from doing what he wants. This winds down the thread.