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

[four_quarts]

...I have to be honest, my own experiences have me skeptical about whether your Emperor is actually hearing the voice of your Titan, but perhaps I'm just a little jaded. Regardless, it's impressive that you've obtained such a high position at your age.

[The compliment is sincere at least, even if Ghaleon is highly suspicious of why someone who looks about the age of their apprentice when last they saw the lad.

But probable tyrants are a depressing topic, and there's the particulars of magic to explain.]

But generally speaking, my people are not crystallizations of magic the way dragons are, but it wouldn't be entirely inaccurate to say there's as much magic as blood in our veins.

In my specific case, however? It's both. And before you ask, no, I did not choose this. I'm just making the best of it.

[cardinalrule]

[Hunter knows better than to bother arguing with someone about the whole Titan Messenger thing. He knows what Belos can do, what he's capable of, and since no one else here is a resident of the Boiling Isles it doesn't really matter if they're skeptical or not.]

Thanks.

[It is, however, nice to get a compliment. So far very few people have treated him with anything close to the respect (or fear) he received back home, so that's nice.]

What do you mean? You're unique compared to the rest of your species? [Tell him more, Ghaleon!!]

cw: discussion of body horror

[four_quarts]

As a consequence of a significant portion of my body having been replaced, yes. In theory I would count as undead, but considering that I am for all intents and purposes very much alive, "construct with a soul" feels more accurate. The basis of said construct just happens to have been what was previously my corpse.

[Their tone remains light through the explanation, as if discussing a more run of the mill biology question that didn't raise so many more questions. No sense in being angsty about it, after all.]

On the bright side, I look fantastic in purple.

cw: discussion of body horror

[cardinalrule]

[Alright, all of this is incredibly interesting and he's probably going to be taking notes like a big nerd.]

Do you know if your situation is similar to Zelos'? He mentioned being dead (or undead, however you want to put it) as well.

What reconstructed you? Or who, that might be the better question. I'm guessing they used magic to do it? Did your actual death have any role in bringing you back, or was it unrelated?