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[mightymorbid]

Fellow denizens of the Barge, it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that other occupations have risen up to take my precious spare time away from me. I will not be retiring fully from my position at the pub. However, I will have to reduce my time there from five nights a week to...four and a half nights a week.

...All right, four.

I know

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

[The classy thing would be to try and talk to you politely about the content of your post, then segue into what he wants.]

You are a sorcerer, are you not?

[Unfortunately, Shendu is a total cock.]

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[mightymorbid]

[Cock? Meet dick :|]

Who wants to know?

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

[Nggg he wants to demand your respect, teenager... but no. An alliance must be made here.]

I am Shendu, Demon Sorcerer of Fire, and once ruler of all of China.

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[mightymorbid]

I am Mozenrath. Human sorcerer of a variety of things. Ruler of the Black Sands, but on sabbatical. Clearly.

[does he sound unimpressed?]

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

[Dryly:]

Clearly.

[Then, with a flash of teeth:]

Although I find my patience for this particular diversion more or less entirely expired.

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[mightymorbid]

Join the club.

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

My intention is to propose a solution to you. One which I could not accomplish without the aid of a capable sorcerer who has not been stunted, as I have been here, in his abilities.

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[mightymorbid]

I don't have access to the full array of my powers, but I'll admit I've had more returned to me than most.

What's in it for me?

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

Passage from this place, and all the knowledge that I can give you of how my kind practices the craft. It is hardly in my interest to keep it from you here.

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[mightymorbid]

Does it have anything to do with occupying someone else's body and constantly vying for control? Because I've already played that game once before. I wasn't too fond of it.

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

Not for you. The exact spell required would be simple, one I have used a variant of before. The aim being to transmogrify aspects of the body which I currently inhabit into ones possessed by my true form.

More specifically, a functioning set of wings.

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[mightymorbid]

Waaaaitwait wait wait...

You want to just fly off the ship?

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[plz_gtfo_dragon]

My brother, Tso Lan, ruled over the moon, traversing the heavens is far from impossible for me. For it though, I require flight.

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[mightymorbid]

Yeah, far as I know, "traversing the heavens" wasn't far from impossible to some of the other people that have tried to escape, but that doesn't mean the barge didn't turn right around and chase them down.