Audience - Hawke

[holyspirits]

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[nonmagicuser]

[ uses a finger to an angry face into the sand pile. nyaaah keeper of the castle...!! ]

My little brother. He's the only one of us who didn't inherit fathers magic. [ and grouchy about it as you can see ] Mages are more susceptible to demonic possession given our connection to the fade. It's far too common to hear of tragic tales about young foolish mages reaching beyond their abilities and oops, now there's a demon in your body and your town is on fire.

[holyspirits]

[ we've done it we've created a sand monster instead of a castle. close enough! ]

I... see. Pushing boundaries can be dangerous, if you don't know what you're doing. So how do you avoid that fate?

[nonmagicuser]

Knowing your limits for the start. Having more sense than a common nug usually does the rest.

[ looks at the lump and vaguely squishes it more oblong. sand nug it is. ]

[holyspirits]

How do you know your own limits before testing them?

[ also, ]

I don't think either of us is very good at this.

[nonmagicuser]

Oh, testing is the only way to find out. But there's learning and then there's getting too big for your britches. The line between those two is usually pretty clear between "how big of an explosion can I create if I combine these two things" and "if I add blood to this, perhaps I won't get eaten by a demon"

[ meanwhile, looks at their........... creation ]



Well, there was an attempt.

[holyspirits]

I suppose so. But big advancements require big swings. Small risks are only made possible by observing the larger risks taken by others—so in a way, they're still necessary.

[ she pats the top of it lightly so that it doesn't destroy it. ]

It was my first time. I'm proud of it.

[nonmagicuser]

[ pretends i do not see ]


We did good work... even if it's not quite shaped.

[ bonding! ]

[holyspirits]

[ FUCK ]

I think maybe adding some water may have helped hold it together, structurally.

[nonmagicuser]

[ lmao ]

You know....? You may be right. [ gestures like that would do anything and ]



Oh. Right.

[holyspirits]

[ keep my secrets or i'm banning you from the game.

anyway THEY laugh. ]

We might need to go get it ourselves. [ and they tilt their head meaningfully towards the waves. ]

[nonmagicuser]

[ me until reveals tbh ]

The lack gets more obvious by the day. [ gets up!! I guess!!! to stare at the ocean!!


and hms, ]

Would you happen to have a bucket on you? I think I left mine in my other pants.

[holyspirits]

[ bless. ]

I didn't bring one. But they have them at the giftshops. [ they point off towards the boardwalk. it's not far! ]

[nonmagicuser]

Well, then. Might as well take a bit of a break.

[ side quest and snacc break all in one?? say less ]

So what about you then? Any fancy whatnots you're lacking right now?

[holyspirits]

[ they rise up to their feet, then! ]

We could use a bucket and a shovel! [ wasn't exactly his question but whatever. ]

[nonmagicuser]

[ do you ever think about accidental foreshadowing and the way your character probably spent trial feeling suspicious despite not being suspicious? cause I do ]

Might as well, I suppose. Maybe we can simply dig our way to a castle.

[holyspirits]

[ HELP. but they giggle. ]

I think people use them to shape their castles. And to transport water. I doubt there are any underground sandcastles just waiting to be excavated.

[nonmagicuser]

You clearly haven't spent enough time searching for mythical gold and treasure. But I suppose the probability of finding any today are rather low so we'll just have to make our own treasure fortress instead.

[ they can fill it with clams and seaweed ig ]

[holyspirits]

I've played video games before. [ well, okay, they've mostly watched other people play video games before. ] That's basically searching for mythical gold and treasure.

[nonmagicuser]

Yeah? I've seen a bit of the arcade and it seems a little lacking in the anticipation of it all. [ someone needs to introduce him to gachas ]

[holyspirits]

[ thinking... ] If the games don't give you enough anticipation, maybe focusing on the prize tickets will?

[nonmagicuser]

[ points a shovel at ]

I like the way you think. We should just focus on clearing out all the treasures for ourselves.

[holyspirits]

Oh! Are we going to go play games instead?

[ they enjoyed building a 'sandcastle' but seem to be perking up a bit, like maybe this sounds more fun now. ]

[nonmagicuser]

[ help me. he Tried ]

Somehow I think that'll be more productive than anything else we're doing right now.

[holyspirits]

[ looks. at their lump. looks at hawke. ]

I think you are correct.

[nonmagicuser]

[ leaves the bucket here for future jy crimes (no) (...maybe?) (HAWKE THINKS SO) ]

Well then, onwards to better treasures and less sand in odd places.