this melancholy about slaps temenos in the face when he first walks in, jesus. he keeps it to himself beyond a very muted eyebrow raise, at least, but damn bro. the yearning.
on the other hand, his own emotions are awfully muted. there's this sort of level sense of placid, a calmness, but underneath that, a faint ping of something curious. temenos glances back at his papers, then huffs a laugh. ]
Something of the sort. [ echoed. ] I asked for a paper copy of our contract, so I'm combing through it.
temenos taps the paper stack with one hand, drumming his fingers on it. ]
Oh, in some manners, I suppose. I thought I might look for any discrepancies, though I'm only about halfway through, at the moment. Truthfully, I'd rather have a paper copy than rely on this device anyhow, so in that regard, it's nice to have.
Though, I'd hardly call it an enjoyable, exciting read, but, there's nothing new there.
I expect that will be the case. Inevitably, these contracts will change - and even so, it will be an exercise to see if the paper one changes, too.
[ to see if they are fucked with THAT badly. it wouldn't surprise him - temenos's emotional range here is generally thoughtful with a healthy tablespoon of doubt, and he chuckles. ] Perhaps I'll illuminate my own copy in secret.
[ that sounds terrible actually but nothing says Catholic like an illuminated manuscript painstakingly copied by hand by an overworked cleric so he may do it anyway out of spite. ]
I agree. After all, they hardly see us as in captivity. Merely that we signed our own lives away - despite how utterly implausible that very notion is.
Indeed. And regardless of the ease, it likely took effort and resources to collect us and they must expect to deliver on their promises of labour. It would be a disruption to simply begin again.
[ taps a finger on the bar ]
I do wonder if it is better to make an enemy of this organization and find an escape earlier, or simply wait out the terms of the contract, and trust it will be honoured.
dion on the other hand is... wary, anger starting to simmer ]
I am familiar with all-powerful beings that can traverse the universe, and I do not wish to invite one to Valisthea to enact revenge there by acting carelessly. Not simply for the sake of my own freedom.
[ ... ]
But all the same, I am loathe to be controlled by fear. My preference would be to the former, unless a risk too great reveals itself.
there's a flicker of something in his emotions there, a rise of curiosity. temenos is naturally curious - its what makes him a good inquisitor - but the thought of an all powerful being that can traverse universes, atop of dion's space story... interesting. he doesn't comment on it, though, instead just flattening his hand against the top of the papers. ]
Well. No good revolt surely happens without information. [ a little dry, but it's no less true. ] It's best to know thy enemy, as the old adage would say. And at the moment, we've barely knowledge of our [ verbal airquotes ] 'senior crew', let alone this organization as a whole.
I've no qualms with playing nicely to glean our situation, for now. The less they look towards our behavior, the easier it will be to strike.
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this melancholy about slaps temenos in the face when he first walks in, jesus. he keeps it to himself beyond a very muted eyebrow raise, at least, but damn bro. the yearning.
on the other hand, his own emotions are awfully muted. there's this sort of level sense of placid, a calmness, but underneath that, a faint ping of something curious. temenos glances back at his papers, then huffs a laugh. ]
Something of the sort. [ echoed. ] I asked for a paper copy of our contract, so I'm combing through it.
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but wao he's a lawyer ]
Has it proven useful?
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temenos taps the paper stack with one hand, drumming his fingers on it. ]
Oh, in some manners, I suppose. I thought I might look for any discrepancies, though I'm only about halfway through, at the moment. Truthfully, I'd rather have a paper copy than rely on this device anyhow, so in that regard, it's nice to have.
Though, I'd hardly call it an enjoyable, exciting read, but, there's nothing new there.
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he takes a seat at the bar. ]
Though I have little hope that we'll be able to logic our way to freedom.
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I expect that will be the case. Inevitably, these contracts will change - and even so, it will be an exercise to see if the paper one changes, too.
[ to see if they are fucked with THAT badly. it wouldn't surprise him - temenos's emotional range here is generally thoughtful with a healthy tablespoon of doubt, and he chuckles. ] Perhaps I'll illuminate my own copy in secret.
[ that sounds terrible actually but nothing says Catholic like an illuminated manuscript painstakingly copied by hand by an overworked cleric so he may do it anyway out of spite. ]
I agree. After all, they hardly see us as in captivity. Merely that we signed our own lives away - despite how utterly implausible that very notion is.
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[ taps a finger on the bar ]
I do wonder if it is better to make an enemy of this organization and find an escape earlier, or simply wait out the terms of the contract, and trust it will be honoured.
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[ temenos' emotions are like immediately cynical despite the soft snort he lets out - the Doubt in his emotions is nigh palpable. ]
Do you lean one way or the other?
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dion on the other hand is... wary, anger starting to simmer ]
I am familiar with all-powerful beings that can traverse the universe, and I do not wish to invite one to Valisthea to enact revenge there by acting carelessly. Not simply for the sake of my own freedom.
[ ... ]
But all the same, I am loathe to be controlled by fear. My preference would be to the former, unless a risk too great reveals itself.
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there's a flicker of something in his emotions there, a rise of curiosity. temenos is naturally curious - its what makes him a good inquisitor - but the thought of an all powerful being that can traverse universes, atop of dion's space story... interesting. he doesn't comment on it, though, instead just flattening his hand against the top of the papers. ]
Well. No good revolt surely happens without information. [ a little dry, but it's no less true. ] It's best to know thy enemy, as the old adage would say. And at the moment, we've barely knowledge of our [ verbal airquotes ] 'senior crew', let alone this organization as a whole.
I've no qualms with playing nicely to glean our situation, for now. The less they look towards our behavior, the easier it will be to strike.
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[ orders a drink... time for juice. ]
It's not uncommon for emotions to overtake logic in moments of fear and uncertainty.