[Incredibly convincing. Amazing. Definitely casual and nothing wrong here.
Lance concentrates a moment, and the object he's holding lights up a soft seafoam green color; it's both an extension of fidgeting and to give a small distraction for Ian to focus on, while Lance pries a little more.]
Better than the alternative, sure, though it's difficult to say what their actual intentions are.
[So if Ian's worried about that, or just otherwise wants to saying anything not delightedly welcoming of the visitors, hopefully that's enough of an open door.]
( He picks up immediately, wheeling around with the most mild, chilled-out version of conviction anyone ever saw. Totally belies the fact that he's been thinking on this with some depth or regularity. )
I don't think they're being particularly subtle about having ulterior motives. Plus, I mean, I think those are the things that visited people in their sleep. They left, like, a mark on people's bodies. I don't know, man, anything that gets in your head and marks you without permission at least doesn't have a sense of boundaries, who knows what else they consider on the safe side of the line?
I mean they were-- apparently, like... showing up in people's dreams, and they'd kind of... touch them on the chest and leave a mark behind. Not- don't get the wrong idea, I wasn't being... creepy, but you can see it on some people's chests in the showers.
( Once was unremarkable. Twice could be coincidence. The third one...
[Lance scrunches his nose a little at the story--and at the reminder of the lack of privacy here, he sure loves that--but okay, that's weird, though not unheard of. Of course it's something that would've been totally unheard of for him three years ago, but things change.]
( He murmurs, and it sounds a little bit deescalated. There's an unspoken thank god written in there. He's already high strung enough, no need to add that to the list. )
No mark on Nate either. I'm not really sure how they picked who they picked, but... The point is, they picked them. What exactly do they plan on doing with the ones they singled out?
[Hm. He frowns a little in thought, remembering how the gods in Hadriel didn't always affect everyone with their actions, and how it had felt almost random; he wonders if it really was, and if that is--or isn't--the case here. There's probably some reason to it, because there almost always is.]
I don't know, but it sounds like they have some particular interest in at least some of us, and it would be best to figure out why.
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Lance concentrates a moment, and the object he's holding lights up a soft seafoam green color; it's both an extension of fidgeting and to give a small distraction for Ian to focus on, while Lance pries a little more.]
Better than the alternative, sure, though it's difficult to say what their actual intentions are.
[So if Ian's worried about that, or just otherwise wants to saying anything not delightedly welcoming of the visitors, hopefully that's enough of an open door.]
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( He picks up immediately, wheeling around with the most mild, chilled-out version of conviction anyone ever saw. Totally belies the fact that he's been thinking on this with some depth or regularity. )
I don't think they're being particularly subtle about having ulterior motives. Plus, I mean, I think those are the things that visited people in their sleep. They left, like, a mark on people's bodies. I don't know, man, anything that gets in your head and marks you without permission at least doesn't have a sense of boundaries, who knows what else they consider on the safe side of the line?
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What do you mean about visiting in dreams and leaving a mark?
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( Once was unremarkable. Twice could be coincidence. The third one...
He had to ask, and he got the story. )
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Did you have one of those dreams yourself?
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( He murmurs, and it sounds a little bit deescalated. There's an unspoken thank god written in there. He's already high strung enough, no need to add that to the list. )
No mark on Nate either. I'm not really sure how they picked who they picked, but... The point is, they picked them. What exactly do they plan on doing with the ones they singled out?
my brain is mush omg I'm sorry for the delay
I don't know, but it sounds like they have some particular interest in at least some of us, and it would be best to figure out why.