Lucas

[undread]

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[undread]

[yes, it's somehow more annoying to be generally on their side and have them be really ungrateful about it.]

...Yes. A bit like squabbling children at times. At the moment, the calculus is that they have caused slightly less trouble than the ones trying to destroy them have caused.

[faithkept]

That's a terrible margin...

[Which he's sure everyone involved is well-aware of but wow! It's rough in the wilds of lands with multiple gods who are out here fighting turf wars and trying not to die.]

Is there any way at all to get them to stop, beyond eradicating one faction or the other?

[undread]

Maybe there is, maybe not. I'm fine with eradicate, so I haven't put too much thought into the other options.

[faithkept]

Well, if they're causing that much trouble, I suppose it's a fair enough option... It would be terrible to allow the continued existence of a group that would sacrifice others without thought.

[undread]

[ohhhh this guy gets it.]

Yes. They're been a stain on Exandria for too long and have worn out their welcome.

[faithkept]

[Sometimes!!! You just have to be okay with saying goodbye to a harmful group.]

Is that the name of your home? Exandria...

[undread]

Yes. That's the name of the planet. I'm from a country in it called Tal'Dorei.

[faithkept]

Tal'Dorei... [He will do his best to mimic her pronunciation which is probably like, decent, because he is a teacher despite being fantasy French. That said, there's a bit of a troubled look.]

With that wording, should I take it to mean that there are other planets you're aware of, then...?

[undread]

I... no.

[sorry.]

I have been to the moon, though. And to other planes.

[faithkept]

[No this is good he isn't sure what to think about planes right now but at least he's not dealing with more worldhoppers...]

I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the term "planes".

[undread]

Oh. [she considers this for a second.] You should go to Gale and ask him to explain it. All I can think is, you know, the planes. The other planes. The ones that you can planeshift to.

[faithkept]

I see... [HE SEES.] I'll be sure to do so. Are you and Gale from the same place, then?

[undread]

No, but his world sounds very similar...

[d&d worlds, man.]

[faithkept]

[d&d worlds... He just nods because all of this is equally foreign to him so he's like MIGHT AS WELL ACCEPT ANY EXPLANATION.]

It does seem that there are many points of overlap between different homes represented here. Some more than others...

[undread]

Yes. I find that magic and the gods work rather similarly in Exandria and in places where others here come from. And yet for others, it is entirely unknown.

[faithkept]

I wonder if that's at all a factor in deciding who ended up here in the first place.

[Probably not since their malevolent cult overlords just scooped at random but he does not yet know that.]

[undread]

I suppose if they have the means to dampen magic, they may as well make use of it.

[faithkept]

I do wonder what the point of it is, though... If their magic is strong enough to suppress others, isn't the suppression itself ultimately unnecessary?

[Can they not simply blast everyone into atom dust with their powerful magic rays!!]

[undread]

Oh, I don't know. I can throw around a counterspell or two with the best of them, but that doesn't mean I could fight multiple angry spellcasters all at once.

[faithkept]

Power in numbers applies even in magic, then? What a fascinating thing.

[He longs for the au in which he's Merlin.]

And a nice reminder that no enemy is impossible to defeat.

[undread]

Yes. Though the odds of one enemy can be so overwhelming as to be near impossible. But I don't think any enemy is truly undefeatable.

[faithkept]

I fear as though life on a whole would feel much more hopeless if that were the case... A nearly-impossible enemy is still only nearly-impossible, in the end.