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[gwenhwyfar]

[Guess who's insensitive and doesn't really care? About most of what happened?]

Yes, yes, it could have been far more bloody; it would have satisfied many other gods outside this realm. No need to laminate on it further. What have you done for the dead, Asgard? Or how many of our wretched souls died here? Have you sent them off properly to the Otherworld?

Ah, that's expecting too much.

There aren't many druids, bards, or ovates here. I feel rather alone with only one to begin with. That shouldn't be a problem, Asgard, should it? I'd hate to turn on a few others so freely if anyone who follows the old ways.

Then onto the cleansing rituals; everything is likely damped withe negativity and anger. My dear Mordred, would you care to assist? I can teach more what I've learned in Eire in peace.

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[samantha_grey]

Druid? No. They've been dead for centuries. My mother, however, did teach me magic using their ways, though I think it's fair to say a lot's been lost in translation and what I am probably isn't very close to the mark if you're from their era.

Don't know of any others around here...

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[gwenhwyfar]

We still exist; we haven't died out like an illusive creature. After it's just musing.

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[samantha_grey]

In your world. My world... is a little different, I'm fairly certain. None still write in ogham other than a few old sorcerers who bastardized it about a century ago. There's very little left of the old anymore.

I think you'd find my world a little depressing, Regina. Even the remaining servants of the kings under the hills are really depressing to talk to anymore.

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[gwenhwyfar]

Depressing? That is subjective, to me, when we're at near war with not only humans but the gods.

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[samantha_grey]

Eh. That doesn't depress me so much as piss me off. I don't like being conscripted into someone else's war, even if I've found things I want to protect here. But... guess you're right. It is subjective.

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[gwenhwyfar]

Are you really confident that what you've found that you're willing to protect will last long? Do not expect things to remain solid and dependable, even outside of this world.

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[samantha_grey]

It doesn't matter. I'm already used to the world being infuriatingly short-lived as far as I'm concerned. It doesn't change the fact that there's things I want to protect while I'm still stuck here, and things I care about in this place.

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[gwenhwyfar]

You should be concerned about protecting yourself as well, I hope you realize.

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[samantha_grey]

I always protect myself. It's what I do. I'm a survivor, Regina. I really don't have that much of a choice in the matter anyway.

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[gwenhwyfar]

I don't want to see one of my own ilk get wrapped up in false ideologies and used.

[LET HER BE AN OVER-PROTECTIVE SISTER... PERSON.]

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[samantha_grey]

[Hah. She's trying to mother Sam. Oh god, Sam is not used to this, and it comes off in her voice a little.]

You don't need to worry about that. I'm just able to apply my ideals now, better. Besides, there's nothing wrong with wanting to protect something. It's not like I ever really had much back home to protect.

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[gwenhwyfar]

I really hope they're worthwhile.

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[samantha_grey]

I do too, but that's something that you can only know for sure with time. It's never something you can be sure of right from the start.

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[gwenhwyfar]

That is when you be on your guard.

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[samantha_grey]

The moment it matters is the moment it's most likely to be taken away?

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[gwenhwyfar]

Both and the one where they turn on you.

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[samantha_grey]

I'm not above gutting someone who turns on me. I've done it before.

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[gwenhwyfar]

Have you now.

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[samantha_grey]

Not here. Nobody's tried. At home? The claws aren't just for show, and I had sorcery.

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[gwenhwyfar]

Yet. [Trust. Regina has none.]

Of course they're not for show and neither are mine. Small blessings, I suppose, no matter how unwanted.`

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[samantha_grey]

Yet.

And yeah. I might not have wanted them, but I'm not above using them if it comes down to it.

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[gwenhwyfar]

Not everyone in combat fights clean.

[Sorry, the show of fangs isn't intentional. Maybe.]

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[samantha_grey]

Why am I not surprised that you don't play nice in your fights either? Really, I never understood the point of putting rules on fighting to the death if it wasn't a duel or for fun.

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[gwenhwyfar]

Rules are there in duels and fights to comfort those who cannot fight at all.

Ah, but I can do much, much worse than that, if I had my... curse. What was that damn thing they called it? The Thorn Curse.

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[samantha_grey]

Trick from home? I'd love to have my illusions. Hell of a lot more than the crap that I've got right now. What did it do?