She has been upstairs with the only attractive person— [ whatever tavern he's in, the person sitting nearest to him gives him a look ] —in this Maker forsaken hole for nearly an hour.
That could mean things are going very well, or very poorly. Have you checked at the door? Sounds of exertion could mean she's trying to dispose of a body.
[ And whoever was previously giving him a look has probably given him another one, over the building coming down comment. Possibly moved further away. ]
Half of my— [ magic, but wait, no, he's in public. He takes a drink. ] People do not even see what I do. It is invisible, or—heat shimmers.
You know they had the ones that needed to hunt and investigate. Makes sense for there to be times when they needed to blend with the crowd and appear other than they were, yes? It wouldn't surprise me if there were Templars and Seekers with many tattoos for exactly this reason.
[ Kostos tends toward worst case scenarios even without help, and here there are two worst case scenarios: on one hand, Nell is dead upstairs, and on the other, Marisol is teasing him and possibly setting him up to look irrational for a laugh.
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taking threadjacking to a new level.
[ This voice is not Nell's voice. ]
She has been upstairs with the only attractive person— [ whatever tavern he's in, the person sitting nearest to him gives him a look ] —in this Maker forsaken hole for nearly an hour.
bless
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[ Probably. ]
Not without an invitation.
[ Probably. ]
If there were trouble, I am sure we would all notice the building coming down or lighting on fire.
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( let's be clear. )
I think maybe you both need to work on subtlety.
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[ And whoever was previously giving him a look has probably given him another one, over the building coming down comment. Possibly moved further away. ]
Half of my— [ magic, but wait, no, he's in public. He takes a drink. ] People do not even see what I do. It is invisible, or—heat shimmers.
[ Subtle. ]
I've never collapsed any buildings at all.
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( Please. Kostos. )
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( Sometimes by ordering people to cut off an arm, potentially. )
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I'm telling.
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You said we both needed to work on subtlety.
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[ But don't really. He drinks more, until the mug he sets down on the table top thunks emptily. ]
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( She's also drinking, but like... smugly. )
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[ And so he doesn't say back, even though he does, obviously.
After a moment of glaring at his empty drink, ]
He had too many tattoos to be a Templar. Old ones.
[ So she's probably not dying up there. Right. ]
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( She makes a hum, unconvinced. )
You know they had the ones that needed to hunt and investigate. Makes sense for there to be times when they needed to blend with the crowd and appear other than they were, yes? It wouldn't surprise me if there were Templars and Seekers with many tattoos for exactly this reason.
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BOTH EQUALLY BAD. ]
She would still have made some sort of scene.