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"Um... How does this thing work? Oh! If you're in need of any healing, please reach out to me!"
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[hearthwarming]

Hah, well, they're a lively bunch! It would take me hours to talk about them, though.

What about you, Arthur? You must be an active adventurer, hm?

[inklongdry]

That's right. I typically travel around, taking odd jobs as they come my way. And some of them are quite odd indeed.

[hearthwarming]

Oh? You can't just mention your quite-odd jobs and not say more. What have you got?

[inklongdry]

Oh, gods. Too many to count, potentially. I've done everything from delivering letters to finding lost pets to battling bandits and beasts alike.

[hearthwarming]

Ahh... [ She chuckles, the sound of it tinged with warmth and nostalgia. ] That really brings me back. But how about your odd odd jobs?

[inklongdry]

I suppose I could tell you about the time I ran afoul of a mage in the midst of a summoning ritual, only it really rather didn't go how he planned.

[hearthwarming]

[ honestly, forget Monopoly, this is way more interesting and way less likely to cause irreparable damage to a growing friendship. ]

You could tell me, actually! I'd love to hear about it. What was he trying to summon? Did you storm in and say something really cheeky and then drop a big old Fireball when you interrupted him?

[ that's what her friends would have done. ]

[inklongdry]

First of all, I'm a healer, primarily. Fireballs are far beyond my purview.

Second of all, I've no idea what he was trying to summon, but what he ended up summoning was slime. So much slime.

[hearthwarming]

Oh. Yuck...

Hm, but wouldn't it be so neat if Miss Clover could bring a huge ball of arcane fire down upon your enemies? The slimes would be no match for her.

[inklongdry]

Well, when I say "so much slime" I do mean that. I was literally swimming in it. Even a fireball might not have helped me.

[hearthwarming]

Oh...

[ she is picturing him stuck in a gelatinous cube, which sounds more fun than it is. ]

So, how did you manage to get out and get rid of the slimes...?

[inklongdry]

I had to swim. It was as godsawful as it sounds. Never mind trying to wrench open a door in a room full of slime.

[hearthwarming]

Spirits, I'm so sorry, Arthur. That sounds awful. I'm not a strong swimmer by any means, but swimming through slime? I would probably drown.

[inklongdry]

'Twas a bit of a mixed bag of a day. I was able to apprehend the mage in question, at least, but I was cleaning slime out of my hair for ages.

[hearthwarming]

Aww... I don't suppose you have something like a Prestidigitation spell, then. That would have taken all the slime out with a snap of your fingers!

[inklongdry]

Ah, no. Prestidigitation isn't a spell that exists in my world, or if it does, it goes by a much different name and I do not know it. Though, I know someone here who does know that sort of magic.

[hearthwarming]

—Oh! Is that so? A bard? Or maybe a sorcerer, or wizard? Or warlock?

[inklongdry]

I've not asked her what her specific title would be. She keeps her magicks in a book, though.

[hearthwarming]

Oh? Sort of like you do, then?

I have to admit, I thought you were a wizard for sure when I saw you cast your spells through some kind of spellbook, but I've never seen the sort of magic you were casting before. Perhaps I have something in common with your friend, at least when it comes to magic!

[inklongdry]

Only sort of. 'Tis my understanding that our methods of spellcasting differ quite a bit. Mine own magic is an offshoot of what we call arcanima, whose closest relative is in fact mathematics.

Though, unless I miss my guess, I would say you have quite a bit in common with her. You would not happen to be a tiefling, by any chance?

[hearthwarming]

That's actually quite a bit similar to how our wizards cast spells, I think? My friend Dae that I mentioned - he's one too, and his room is always full of all sorts of wild equations and things that I can't understand. Not even after all of this time—

[ wait. Did he say tiefling!? ]

A tiefling, you say? That is exactly what I am, actually!

[inklongdry]

Oh? Perhaps I ought to pester her about her methods some more, then. We've not gotten the chance to talk shop as much as I'd like, since we were whisked away to this place rather suddenly.

[ Oh! He was right! A smile ]

As is she. Her name is Ms. Sprezzatura Vaux, of the Basilisk block. Perhaps sometime I'll have to introduce you.

[hearthwarming]

Ms. Sprezzatura Vaux... [ she repeats the name carefully, as if she's afraid of getting it wrong. ] She sounds like a distinguished sort of lady!

[inklongdry]

I think she would be pleased to hear you say so.

[hearthwarming]

Heh. Then I'll make sure that she does hear me say so! What does she look like, so I can keep an eye out for her?