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Akua Sahelian
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-07-30 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, well, call me thorough. I don't doubt your capacity for vigilance, but I prefer knowing the warning is superfluous.

[ he doesn't need anymore guilt. ]

But, since you mentioned it, I wondered about your wards. This might be a Magic 101 question, but do you know of a reliable way to prevent someone from being observed or tracked from afar?

[ because he's just going to forge ahead with business before he might leave an opening for anything more personal. that seems reasonable from his perspective. ]

I'm sure you can imagine why I ask.

[ it's trouble. ]
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-08-02 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, of course. Scrying.

[ john has heard that word before, but better to confirm before he goes throwing technically fictional words around. akua probably wouldn't know any better, but still. ]

I was thinking the same thing about the Garden, not only to protect what's here but to make it more difficult for anyone to track movements in general. I doubt someone can be tracked after they use a cornerstone, after all. This place should be impenetrable.

[ whether or not he means that literally is debatable. ]

How difficult would that be to accomplish?
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-08-07 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ john's nearly automatic response is to roll his eyes because he's had to deal with "uncomfortable" Shard-bearers for as long as he's been here, and their nitpicking remains a thorn in his side. turning a couple of souls into batteries would probably be the least terrible thing he's used a soul for, all things considered. ]

Aw, what they don't know won't hurt them...

[ but if akua didn't think it was worth the trouble, then she's probably right (so he's only half-serious). ]

But, fine. You'll have to refresh me, though. I doubt I'm up to speed on either of those things.

[ what is bondrewd up to these days anyway? ]
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-08-13 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ he can't help but smile a little at that, a sad and crooked thing, as her words retrieve some memory from where he'd tried to bury it. that's what you do with dead things.

john dismissed the thought as quickly as it had appeared, his thoughts turning to the matter at hand, starting with bondrewd. ]


If we're going to lock this place down, it wouldn't make sense to exclude him from the conversation.

[ weak links bring everyone down. ]

As for Ryad: that's doable. [ and john can't help but think getting in good with the overseer of a place like that can't be a bad idea. ] Deaths generate a lot of energy. We should be able to cut them in and have plenty to spare.

[ and here he gives her a sly, conspiratorial look. ]

And that's not technically harvesting sacrifices for power. The deaths still happen whether or not we use them as batteries.
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-08-18 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly. I assumed Bondrewd's menagerie is a finite resource. I won't say no to a local supply, but I'm thinking ahead.

[ thinking ahead is how he stayed one step ahead of his enemies for a very long time. ]

I'll need material, by the way. Something of you.

[ john knows he should elaborate, but it takes a moment sometimes to circle around to definitions for things he doesn't usually need to define. ]

I'm going to be setting up more elaborate wards internally. I'll need the material of anyone who intends to come here so they'll recognise you.

[ she can probably use her imagination for what would happen to people who aren't recognised because it's nothing good. ]
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-09-13 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
You must dust very thoroughly, in that case.

[ a dumb little science joke, given what dust is made of. ]

That really is a thing, though, isn't it? Luckily for you, I have no interest in making love potions.

[ because that's what usually happens in movies?? ]

In any case, to alleviate your concerns, the piece is less important than what it tells me. Souls are all a little different, which affects the body, but it's very subtle.

[ the kind of thing you'd only pick up on when you've been in contact with enough individual souls to notice a difference. all unique snowflakes impacted (literally) by their experiences and in some cases, other souls. ]

The easy way would be to use some physical signature that's uniquely yours, but that's actually not very secure. What if someone hijacked your body or something? We had to stop using biometrics because it's too easy to grow identical body parts.

[ it could happen. ]

I figure this is much less invasive than asking to examine your soul, at least.

You're welcome to put them to the test later, if you like; if they're unravelled that easily, they aren't good enough.
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-09-20 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Really? I'm impressed.

[ john is careful, but that is thorough even by his standards โ€” he'd been joking, after all. still, he gets it; she came from a place where she had competition. different methods for a different game. john had only needed to bury his secrets. ]

I'm sure I could've managed with little fuss, but Shards complicate things more than I like.

[ which is to say the risk of any contact with someone else's soul becoming a two-way exchange of information is more than he's willing to take without a very good reason. ]

I'd be interested in answering that question myself. [ he imagines a joint effort in that area would result in something horrible (affectionate). ] If you come across something suitable, let me know.
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[personal profile] hyperpotamous 2023-10-09 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Bored? Never. Even if I get to the bottom of the essential problem with this place, there's a whole other set of questions that could stand to be answered.

[ but first, john needed to know what the factions weren't telling them because that's a problem that is considerably more dire and time-sensitive than the things he's merely curious about for curiosity's sake. ]

Don't forget you get more bang for your buck if any deaths are involved. Dissipation counts. It's one way to brute force the interference problem.

[ external thanergy to boost the efficacy of his theorems because his Shard marinating in Zenith energy seems to dampen what he's able to draw on internally. Meridian had felt like trying to pull thanergy out of something too rich in thanergy to be effective. either way, it's a headache. ]

I'm also sure no one else will appreciate it. [ except maybe bondrewd. ] But, I'm sure that won't discourage you.