Quentin Coldwater (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
magician_king) wrote2020-01-12 01:19 pm
magician_king) wrote2020-01-12 01:19 pm
IC INBOX for The Last Voyages
You know what to do.
[In honor of the Earth holiday centering on love, Freya sends out a little gift around this time.
A small box containing a piece of chocolate will appear on your pillow during the day. When consumed, the chocolate’s magic will lift your mood for a short period of time. It’s accompanied by a note.]
Where love might bring about sorrow, it also welcomes joy.
A small box containing a piece of chocolate will appear on your pillow during the day. When consumed, the chocolate’s magic will lift your mood for a short period of time. It’s accompanied by a note.]
Where love might bring about sorrow, it also welcomes joy.
[ In honour of the god centering on love being a giant frilly prissypants, Loki sends his own little gift just a few hours after hers.
His box of chocolate will look, smell, and taste exactly like Freya's did, appearing right next to where Freya's was or is if you haven't picked it up yet. The only difference between the two is that Loki's won't lift your mood; it'll give you loud and embarrassing flatulence for the next three hours.
It's also accompanied by a note. ]
Where joy might bring about yearning, it also welcomes wonder.
His box of chocolate will look, smell, and taste exactly like Freya's did, appearing right next to where Freya's was or is if you haven't picked it up yet. The only difference between the two is that Loki's won't lift your mood; it'll give you loud and embarrassing flatulence for the next three hours.
It's also accompanied by a note. ]
Where joy might bring about yearning, it also welcomes wonder.
Hey, Quentin?
I should've done this sooner. It's just been so busy, I got a job and joined the medic corps and that whole thing with the ecstasy runes... but, um, thanks. And sorry you were the one who got the nervous breakdown treatment, even if - I'm kind of not, because you pretty much handled it like a pro, so I'm glad it was you. But that's just if it had to happen at all, which I wish it didn't, so that's why I'm sorry.
Anyway. Thanks. I'm a bit more sane now, if you ever wanna have a proper talk about anything.
I should've done this sooner. It's just been so busy, I got a job and joined the medic corps and that whole thing with the ecstasy runes... but, um, thanks. And sorry you were the one who got the nervous breakdown treatment, even if - I'm kind of not, because you pretty much handled it like a pro, so I'm glad it was you. But that's just if it had to happen at all, which I wish it didn't, so that's why I'm sorry.
Anyway. Thanks. I'm a bit more sane now, if you ever wanna have a proper talk about anything.
Hey. Don't worry about it. Wanna grab a cup of coffee sometime?
I won't hold it against you if you freak out and punch me again, either.
I won't hold it against you if you freak out and punch me again, either.
[ He'd meant to do this earlier, but- ]
Oi, hey. You didn't happen to walk an incredibly stoned and freshly arrived fellow to the welcome hall the other day, did you?
[ Felix is, at least, pretty sure that the guy's name was Quentin. ]
Oi, hey. You didn't happen to walk an incredibly stoned and freshly arrived fellow to the welcome hall the other day, did you?
[ Felix is, at least, pretty sure that the guy's name was Quentin. ]
Yes. And I think you should probably know, I'm pregnant now? I'm going to name the baby Felix.
[Just going on the off chance that you doesn't remember anything. Which Quentin wouldn't, were he that high.]
[Just going on the off chance that you doesn't remember anything. Which Quentin wouldn't, were he that high.]
So, my odd friend. What'd you think about that whole trial thing?
Fuck, I have no idea, Fe. Everything here is hard to wrap your head around. I keep trying to decide what's right and then imagining everything ending.
The flood has been hard on everyone, and certainly on Nina. It hasn't been nearly as bad as it could be, she knows, but she spends the whole time so raw and so on edge that by the end of it she's just feeling completely fried.
Still, though she begged off all her lessons but Furiosa's during the flood, she comes for her magic lesson when it's over. If she lets herself collapse now, she thinks, there's no telling when she'll get up again, and she can't afford that. Besides, there's something she finds calming about Quentin's presence, in a way she doesn't really get from anybody else.
She's looking exhausted underneath the paint, and to a careful enough observer there are signs that she's obviously jonesing for a cigarette, but she turns up at his door, all the same.
Still, though she begged off all her lessons but Furiosa's during the flood, she comes for her magic lesson when it's over. If she lets herself collapse now, she thinks, there's no telling when she'll get up again, and she can't afford that. Besides, there's something she finds calming about Quentin's presence, in a way she doesn't really get from anybody else.
She's looking exhausted underneath the paint, and to a careful enough observer there are signs that she's obviously jonesing for a cigarette, but she turns up at his door, all the same.
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magician_king
2016-03-15 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Quentin opens the door- looking serenely unaffected, not because he wasn't, exactly, but because he has a bad habit of blurting out secrets to begin with so hadn't really signed up for much out of the ordinary.
Anyways, he lets her in with a warm;
"Hi Nina. Tea or coffee?"
He's always happy to make both for their lessons. And, because they can be exhausting,
"I have cookies today."
Anyways, he lets her in with a warm;
"Hi Nina. Tea or coffee?"
He's always happy to make both for their lessons. And, because they can be exhausting,
"I have cookies today."
Yes. And if I weren't striving for sobriety I'd offer you a drink over here. How does the kettle sound instead?
[Eliot gives it a few days after Steve's meltdown and Quentin's post before he contacts the guy, mostly because he's more concerned with keeping an eye on Steve than chewing out his warden. Well, and maybe because it would probably be best to wait until he's going to be able to actually talk to him rather than try to shake him like a terrier with a rat, but that's a motivation he's not owning up to. When he does send a message his voice is flat and tight, and he doesn't make any effort to be polite; he's clearly not best pleased.]
I think it's time we had a talk.
I think it's time we had a talk.
Would you prefer it to be in person, or on the network?
[He answers, a few minutes later, reserved and calm.]
[He answers, a few minutes later, reserved and calm.]
Always. But come over, I don't like the network.
....so, uh.
If you wanna talk about it, okay, but I'm properly alright with - 'that happened, let's just get on'.
If you wanna talk about it, okay, but I'm properly alright with - 'that happened, let's just get on'.
I actually don't know. So, uh, leave it for now? I just wouldn't know what to say
Quentin-
With everything that's, ah, happening- is there anything I can get you, or- or do for you while I'm still technically your warden?
[He doesn't, he's decided, much like being in a position of power over his friend at all. It doesn't feel right. But by Merlin's beard he'll do everything in his power to make sure Quentin's prepared, and if that means using what influence he has with the Admiral... so be it.]
With everything that's, ah, happening- is there anything I can get you, or- or do for you while I'm still technically your warden?
[He doesn't, he's decided, much like being in a position of power over his friend at all. It doesn't feel right. But by Merlin's beard he'll do everything in his power to make sure Quentin's prepared, and if that means using what influence he has with the Admiral... so be it.]
Could you ask for my defensive and offensive magic to be returned?
I know it's a long shot... but this feels like it'll be worse before it's better.
I know it's a long shot... but this feels like it'll be worse before it's better.
[Dillon gives him a day or two, given his reaction to the announcement. Then -]
I have something for you.
I have something for you.
If it's the file, you can burn it. I'm not into it.
Credence comes across Quentin a couple of days after Alec drops him off. He's still in his usual clothes, his old coat - but it saw him through a good number of New York winters. As long as his hands are in his pockets, it's fine.
"Quentin," he says, coming up to meet him.
"Quentin," he says, coming up to meet him.
"Oh, hi Credence."
He says, and tucks a bag behind his back. It's his Christmas present.
"How's it going? Enjoying the port?"
He says, and tucks a bag behind his back. It's his Christmas present.
"How's it going? Enjoying the port?"
Cool cool, come on by. I'm at home.
He does not want to murder me.
[He agrees, with a fuzzy quality to his voice that suggests Jedao has caught him on the verge of falling asleep.]
[He agrees, with a fuzzy quality to his voice that suggests Jedao has caught him on the verge of falling asleep.]
Jedao gives himself a couple days to wear down the hard knot of protectiveness and irritation. He can only do this if it's for the right reasons. Fives is an adult who doesn't want to cause them trouble. Jedao can't tell himself he's doing it for him. He can only do it for himself, or for Quentin. He can't do it out of anger or resentment; if he tries, he will be cruel in ways he promised not to be, in ways he can feel them temptation of.
He spends most of a day and a half asleep, after he tapers off the stimulants, even if it happens in three and four hour chunks. He misses Quentin already, which feels like the right frame of mind, and finds him at breakfast. He slides an egg and three pieces of bacon onto Quentin's plate, crispy enough to scoop yolk with. More protein, Quentin said Eggsy recommended.
"I hear you bit Fives' nose off a little for calling you soft-hearted," he says, blunt but not angry, lightly, for all that it's deliberately provocative phrasing.
He spends most of a day and a half asleep, after he tapers off the stimulants, even if it happens in three and four hour chunks. He misses Quentin already, which feels like the right frame of mind, and finds him at breakfast. He slides an egg and three pieces of bacon onto Quentin's plate, crispy enough to scoop yolk with. More protein, Quentin said Eggsy recommended.
"I hear you bit Fives' nose off a little for calling you soft-hearted," he says, blunt but not angry, lightly, for all that it's deliberately provocative phrasing.
Edited 2018-03-23 09:44 (UTC)
He looks up at him in surprise, then down at the egg again, and wonders;
"Is that something that you feel like we need to talk about?"
And maybe he wonders about whether or not there's maybe cyanide in the egg, but he doesn't mean it, and it doesn't feel appropriate to say it.
If Jedao and Quentin get into a battle of being provocative with one another, this is going to turn into a bloodbath.
"Is that something that you feel like we need to talk about?"
And maybe he wonders about whether or not there's maybe cyanide in the egg, but he doesn't mean it, and it doesn't feel appropriate to say it.
If Jedao and Quentin get into a battle of being provocative with one another, this is going to turn into a bloodbath.
Christopher Plover, but that's one hundred percent a road you don't want to go down.
Why?
Why?
QUENTIN! GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS!
BAD NEWS, I WAS CURSED, AND MY ENTIRE WORLDVIEW HAS BEEN HORRIFICALLY ALTERED!
GOOD NEWS! YOU CAN KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!
BAD NEWS! I HATE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO DO!
GOOD NEWS! FORD SHOULD LEARN MAGIC FAST AND BE GOOD AT IT SO YOU CAN STOP TALKING HIM AGAIN AS RAPIDLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE!
BAD NEWS, I WAS CURSED, AND MY ENTIRE WORLDVIEW HAS BEEN HORRIFICALLY ALTERED!
GOOD NEWS! YOU CAN KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!
BAD NEWS! I HATE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO DO!
GOOD NEWS! FORD SHOULD LEARN MAGIC FAST AND BE GOOD AT IT SO YOU CAN STOP TALKING HIM AGAIN AS RAPIDLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE!
Reality check! I kind of don't know Ford super well and I am not volunteering to spend hours of my life working with him?
What's happened with the curse thing?
What's happened with the curse thing?
Uh, that's ominous. Is something happening?
Come over here and convince me this isn't a weird flood thing.
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