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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.