( open ) meet me in the alleyway

[ettersberg]

Who: Thomas Nightingale (ettersberg) & maybe YOU
What: patrols in the red light district, other things probably. a month in the life of the last british wizard
When: all of february
Where: olympia
Warning(s): nsfw!! will feature sex at least partially prompted by aphro stuff.

Comments

[poolhall_killer]

It's unlike most other magics, as well. I developed it after years of trial and error, solely to compliment my weapon.

[Many, many hours were spent at the pool table, studying angles, trajectories, the perfect densities of the balls. He's quite the billiards nerd.]

It was useful in my line of work, but these days I've been considering expanding my horizons.

[ettersberg]

Magically as well?

[ since nightingale already knows about the medical training. ]

[poolhall_killer]

Yes, and not just healing, either. I'd like to learn more about the other types available here.

If only we could teach one another...

[He'd be happy to show others his spells and learn more in return. Maybe even learn how to levitate properly.]

[ettersberg]

[ newtonian magic - the kind nightingale knows - can be taught to almost anyone. it doesn't require any special abilities or aptitude, though some people are better at it than others. control plays a big role.

he could teach venom - but he stays quiet. he isn't willing to take another apprentice with peter still in stasis, and he even if he were, it isn't a decision to be taken lightly. there are oaths. it's like handing someone a loaded gun. ]

I worked with the shamans in Wyver for a short while. It was - educational.

[poolhall_killer]

Oh?

[Wyver isn't very fond of Venom in general due to his affiliations with Olympia, but he's curious.]

What did you learn?

[ettersberg]

Mostly that their magic is nothing like my own.

[ they'd worked side by side but independently, for the most part, rather than mingling. it had suited nightingale fine. ]

[poolhall_killer]

And what kind of magic do they wield?

[He'd never really seen their magic in action. Only some minor spells on the Olympian side now and then.]

[ettersberg]

You’d have to ask them for specifics.

[ mostly bc oocly i don’t know but also bc nightingale rarely cares about how something works so long as it does. ]

Some of it at least is quite ritualistic.

[poolhall_killer]

Interesting.

[Ritual spells have almost been considered obsolete in his world, but he's seen them used in more underground settings. He had to use one in a last resort kind of way.]

Unfortunately, Wyver tends to frown upon me because of my residence here. But I do appreciate the insight.

[ettersberg]

The same is quite true for me as well now. I worked with them during the quarantine.

[poolhall_killer]

Perhaps one day they'll get past their dislike for one another and we can visit more freely. I'd like to see some friends in Wyver without being stared at.

[Huuufffff.]

Ah, I think my break's almost ended. They might come looking for me soon.

[ettersberg]

I certainly hope so.

[ most of all, he hopes it will not come to a war.

but at venom's next words, he inclines his head. ] Then I won't keep you.

[poolhall_killer]

I hope the rest of your patrol is uneventful.

[Venom offers the older gentleman a warm, and a little flirty, smile.]

I'll talk to you later.