un: GoldenGuard; text

[cardinalrule]

WHO: Hunter
WHERE: Network
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: It's raining!
WARNINGS: Morbid/gory weather patterns. I'm serious.

[Weather is something Hunter learned about in the Boiling Isles, but this is really the first time he's had the chance to experience it. It's raining out, the first real rain of the year, Hunter's very first rain, and you can bet he has headed outside to experience it.]

I was told the rain doesn't boil here like it does back home.

[Remembering how he learned about rain in the human realm is... complicated, but for those scant few minutes it was a good memory. It was nice learning about the differences between here and the Boiling Isles, and even better getting to hear the fondness Belos holds for this realm. Moments like that were a rarity with the man, and Hunter values each and every one of them.

... He really wishes Belos was here, so he could experience this with him, but he isn't and Hunter tries to not dwell on that.]

Experiencing weather instead of plagues is really something else! This is normal throughout the entire world, right? It must mean there aren't any boiling seas here, as well. Does anyone know what other kind of weather this city has?

What's the weather equivalent of a painbow again? A rainbow, I think? What about those?

Comments

[neverbreaks]

Yeah.

[ It's not hard to think about. ]

But are there people without magic there?

[cardinalrule]

[Hunter just staaaares down at that question. He doesn't like it, not one bit.]

They're a rarity, but they happen sometimes.

[neverbreaks]

Geez. That really does sound like a difficult world.

[ Some things are starting to make sense now. ]

And no one helps them? The people without magic.

[cardinalrule]

Of course not. In the Boiling Isles your worth is judged by how strong you are. No magic puts you at the bottom of the food chain.

[neverbreaks]

[ That's kind of what she figured, given what she remembers of another conversation of theirs. It certainly did explain a lot, but it was just...really sad to think about. ]

It sounds pretty bad. I'm sorry you have to deal with that kind of stuff.

[cardinalrule]

[Ugh, pity. Pity is the last thing he wants, and he really doesn't need anyone catching on that he's magicless, so....]

I don't. I'm the right hand of the Emperor and the head of the most prestigious coven in the entire Boiling Isles. It's weak witches you should be pitying.

[neverbreaks]

[ She just stares at the text for a moment, trying to think of a response. Honestly, she doesn't think anyone should really be living in those kinds of conditions - him or anyone else. But she doesn't want to get into another argument again.

The way he says that is a bit odd, though. So if being part of this coven and working for this Emperor meant not having to deal with all that, did the Emperor protect him? He'd probably get offended if she asked that, though. ]

Well at least you don't have to worry about dealing with any of that kind of stuff here either.