He was in a slick heap on the floor, the smell of butter the first thing he consciously aware of. The smell. It was impossibly silent, an undreamed-of silence
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Power positively hummed off the man who emerged from the popcorn room, leaving a trail of butter in his wake. He looked a wreck, but Raistlin recognized power.. and perhaps a like mind.
"Is it the butter or the return that you find amusing?"
"I could do without the butter." Of course, the clothes he was wearing had been a lost cause to begin with. "But really, why not laugh? Especially when things are looking up."
His odd, hourglass shaped eyes gleamed as he raised one gold skinned hand. "It is an odd tradition to slather you in butter upon your return to this place. No matter. Hold very still. Perhaps your day will improve further and I can rid you of the mess."
Finding it prudent to keep an eye on the new flesh, Karasu was in the hallway when the butter soaked man stumbled out. He tilted his head a little, wondering at the cruelty in his eyes. Interesting.
"Tell me what you find so amusing..." It wasn't quite a question, more of a demand.
"I tend to make my own," he said blandly. His eyes narrowed a little, laughter in them.
He slipped his hands into his pockets and raised his chin a little, looking down at the (as far as he could tell) human. "I only ask because you sound like a cat that just ate a pretty little canary."
The laughter should have encouraged them to turn around, but Sakon was curious about this place and Ukon wasn't likely to shy away from anything strange. Seeing someone covered in...oil?...was very strange though. "Sakon, why is that man prepared to be fried?" Ukon asked, pointing.
"Hush, Ukon," Sakon said, his cheeks coloring in embarrassment. He swallowed. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice soft.
"How could he be?" Ukon demanded. "He's going to be food."
Ukon looked over his shoulder at Sakon and then back at the man. "I doubt it," he said, managing to make his tone wry. "But, you'd be better than me," he added, pointing to himself.
"I don't think they make a habit of actually eating people here," Sakon said uncertainly.
"It's certainly not an efficient food source," The Master agreed. "And there's a much higher risk of disease when you eat your own kind."
He didn't realize the inherent metaphor in his words until after he'd spoken them, and when the parallel hit him, he had to exert a shocking amount of willpower not to flinch.
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"Is it the butter or the return that you find amusing?"
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"Tell me what you find so amusing..." It wasn't quite a question, more of a demand.
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"What isn't amusing? Or has the cosmos never let you in on the joke?"
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He slipped his hands into his pockets and raised his chin a little, looking down at the (as far as he could tell) human. "I only ask because you sound like a cat that just ate a pretty little canary."
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"Hush, Ukon," Sakon said, his cheeks coloring in embarrassment. He swallowed. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice soft.
"How could he be?" Ukon demanded. "He's going to be food."
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"Oh, I don't think I'd be very palatable."
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"I don't think they make a habit of actually eating people here," Sakon said uncertainly.
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He didn't realize the inherent metaphor in his words until after he'd spoken them, and when the parallel hit him, he had to exert a shocking amount of willpower not to flinch.
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