sent to literally everyone + one private addendum

[thornsofmalkav]

Just so everyone knows, Altaïr and Matthew are out of the floor and we're bringing them to the Workshop. Also, there's a bunch of random disembodied limbs that showed up, so that's definitely a thing. They are alive and mostly healed, but, uh, warning: Altaïr is refusing to put any clothes on so if you're going to be coming to see them, you might wanna think before you look down around him.

[Private addendum:]

Zoe, we're literally going to open the portal right now, so if you guys want the free snacks, you should probably go through on the other end when we do. Otherwise they might disappear because haha no object permanence in liminal.

Comments

[fridgeninja]

... Disembodied limbs?

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. I think maybe they're a by-product of whatever happened to them in the floor to bring them back.

[fridgeninja]

Do we have any Travelers right now who have medical degrees?

[thornsofmalkav]

... well, Alcuin got back space medical knowledge and I've been Red Cross certified for First Aid, but I think the last doctor we had was the nuclear dude from the summer.

It's okay, Lupa's got a healing spell that he says is super good and me and Malik have some painkillers for them.

[fridgeninja]

I was wondering what we could learn with an autopsy of the body parts.

[thornsofmalkav]

... yeah. That might not be a bad idea. God, I wish we still had Leo around. He was brilliant at that shit.

[fridgeninja]

If Alcuin-san could take a look, I'd loan him my glasses. They might help.

[thornsofmalkav]

I'll let him know.

[Wow. He'd be pretty cute in glasses.]

[naturaltwohands]

I am happy to hear that they have been returned to us.

[No comment about the clothes thing. He does however wonder if the experience broke the poor man's mind somehow. That clearly isn't normal.]

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah, me too.

[naturaltwohands]

Unless you have need of an extra body now, I'll let you to your work, and will visit them another time.

[Because healing and craziness of people back from the dead sounds like something that needs concentration.]

[thornsofmalkav]

I'll let you know, then.

[naturaltwohands]

Thank you. I wish them both the best.

[awitchdidit]

What, did the Arcana leave spare parts lying around when they were finished resurrecting them?

[thornsofmalkav]

Something like that? Their liminal death resurrection methods are pretty fucking crazy.

[awitchdidit]

I should probably have a look at the scene, once the two of them are gone. I doubt I'd be a welcome face there, but I want to have a look at the Arcana's methods.

[thornsofmalkav]

That'll be in just a sec.

Try to grab an arm or something if they're at all still there? So we can examine it later.

[awitchdidit]

I suppose I can make it perm--

No, you know what, even I'm not going to do that. I've made my gold permanent so I'll just carry that around and use my Hammerspace.

[thornsofmalkav]

Permanent symbolic gold. Good job, Bea.

Yeah, we don't need permanent limbs.

[awitchdidit]

Hey, it's one of the few things whose existence I can guarantee even outside my game. It's probably the least symbolic thing on my person.

...fresh limbs or decaying limbs? I ask for my nose's sake.

[thornsofmalkav]

Haha, true.

They're pretty fresh!

Private, no protections

[someonetocarry]

[There may be something like a wince on the other side.]

"Snacks" is a kinda frivolous way to put it. But I'll go get 'em. Anythin' I don't gotta make and don't gotta hurt somebody for's a relief.

Private (x2 protected)

[thornsofmalkav]

Well, they aren't full-sized? Anyway, this is one of those situations where you have to laugh or you'll cry, so I figured I'd make it easier for you to do the former rather than the latter.

[someonetocarry]

Yeah, I ain't gonna complain. Just ain't so used to talkin' about it so easy, I guess. Thanks, Thorne.

[And she slips through, without waiting to see what shape Matthew and Altair are in.]

They okay? The boys?

[thornsofmalkav]

I'm probably weird in that respect, but after you serve a guy that drinks your blood every couple days for two years and then end up as the same kind of creature he is, you get used to being really casual about your weird dietary needs.

They're not so great--but they're getting healed. Lupa's got Altaïr since he's worst off and Alcuin has Matthew. We're gonna give him opium to sedate him.

[someonetocarry]

You've had longer to get used to it, I figure. I'm still workin' on bein' casual about "tribe stew". Don't make you weird, though.

[thornsofmalkav]

... thanks.

Uh, hey, if you could save one of the limbs for us to examine before you cook it up, that would be nice. We want to figure out what's up with them. Souji's gonna lend Alcuin his magic bullshit glasses.

[someonetocarry]

Can do. Ain't gonna start cookin' right away, anyhow, it's just goin' in the fridge in Serenity for now. Got a particular part you'd rather I keep fresh for you? Arm, leg, internal organ?

[Look who's trying really hard to be casual about this now? Heh.]

[thornsofmalkav]

Maybe a limb? An arm would work, probably.

[Thorne is weirdly proud of you, Zoe.]

[someonetocarry]

Arm it is. There's two of those. I'll mark it just in case somebody decides to sneak into my fridge for somethin' raw.

[It happens sometimes.]

Suppose I oughtn't bring it to where you've got the boys. Seems a mite insensitive.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. I don't think Altair would care as much, but Matthew would freak the fuck out. Tomorrow, maybe. I'll borrow Souji's glasses for when we do the examining.

[someonetocarry]

What are these glasses you keep talkin' about? Just outa curiosity.

[thornsofmalkav]

I dunno what he did to get them, but Souji's glasses are, like, either magical or highly technological and either way, you can use them to get info for things.