two; voice; honesty flood means Thom has a nice ramble

[giftedtwin]

There are many things that are new to me here. It has been almost a month and they still make no sense. The machines and the language people use are entirely foreign. It seems a strange afterlife, when I expected the Peaceful Realms and the hand of the Black God, to instead arrive in a ship larger than I have ever known filled with people who

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[dont_tell_sansa]

Is the Black God your god of death? What's your gift?

[giftedtwin]

Yes. The Black God is the brother of the Mithros and the Great Mother and he leads the spirits of the dead to the Peaceful Realms--he rules there. [Pause. He may be honest at the moment, but speaking ill of the gods is still a little risky.] I'm not very devout, despite growing up in the cloisters of the City of the Gods. The gods are very real, but I was always reluctant to give them much respect.

My Gift is magic; sorcery. It got corrupted when I raised my sister's enemy from the dead. I was completely drained when I died and I was hoping it would come back right but it seems that was too much to ask for. It's very inconvenient.

[dont_tell_sansa]

I serve the Many-Faced God. Where do they call him Black? I've never heard that name before.

[WAIT WAIT SUPER MORE IMPORTANT THINGS HERE] You can raise the dead? Any dead? What do you need to fix your magic?

[giftedtwin]

I can. ...though I had to take my sister's power as well as my own to do it. Theoretically, I could raise anybody. [Not necessarily true? But Thom thinks it is.] As for what I need to fix it... there are spells I need to complete. I hate it but I'm truly unsure I could do it by myself. Particularly if the corruption comes back as strongly as it was before Master Si-cham started helping me fix it.

Oh, and you're probably from a different world than I am. He is known as the Black God in Tortall.

[dont_tell_sansa]

He's still the same god. What's Tortall like? Can anyone here help you fix it? Could you raise someone from my world?

[giftedtwin]

Tortall is ruled by a king, protected by noblemen and run by peasants. I don't really know what to tell you about it because it's the only land I have ever known. I don't know enough about the people here or the powers they wield to answer your second question; the spells are quite specific and I still haven't decided if it is likely that power from one world could be used in spells from another. It may work.

I might be able to bring someone back to life--if I had my power and if I researched the ways of magic in your world. The experience I had when I raised Roger has made me somewhat wary of trying those spells again, however. Who is it you want back?

[dont_tell_sansa]

[Oh God how does she pick only one. Who does she pick. D:] ...My father. [Sorry mom. :c] If you could would you?

[giftedtwin]

Perhaps. I'm not certain. I don't think I would do it without a good reason, be that a bargain or otherwise. I am curious as to whether it could be done, though. The intellectual side of the question is the most interesting to me.

[Sorry, Arya. Thom's kind of tactless.] Your father; how did he die?

[dont_tell_sansa]

What could we bargain for?

[Eh, tact is overrated.] His head was cut off.

[giftedtwin]

The man I raised was still whole. You wouldn't want your father coming back headless. [His voice gets a bit muffled. He's looking at his books and forgot to take the journal along.] But possibly it would simply require more magic...

[Distractedly:] As for what we could bargain for, it would be up to you to offer something. What service could a child be to me?

[dont_tell_sansa]

I could protect you. I can keep you safe. [She does not want a headless father back, no sir. :c But if can do it she will be the best bodyguard ever.]

So laaate :c

[giftedtwin]

You? [He sounds quite incredulous. You're so little, Arya.] How?

I love you anyway :c

[dont_tell_sansa]

I can us a sword. I know how to kill. I can be merciful. [Mercy here meaning putting someone out of their misery, but.]

<3

[giftedtwin]

Mm. Mercy doesn't seem to fit in that company.

<3!

[dont_tell_sansa]

It does. I know where the heart is.

[giftedtwin]

... What do you mean when you say merciful?