tushanshu | Spell 04 -- Video

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Spell 04 -- Video

[Sadie, if you know her, actually looks a little distressed.

She's mostly annoyed, though]

Right. So. That--and you all know exactly what I'm talking about, don't pretend you don't--but that? That whole incident? That is why you don't say the name of things you don't want showing up at your doorstep. Words have power. Names have a lot of power, and true names? True names can be used to kill. Whoever called that Thing--thanks a lot! If anyone needs me, I've got some potions to prepare before going to see if that Thing is actually in the city or if it was just projecting itself psychically.

[As she cuts it, you can hear her grumbling about "stupid mortals" and "honestly, don't you people watch television or read?"]

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Beetlej-- wait, someone made that joke already. Never mind.

[SORRY HE HAD TO GET IT OUT OF HIS SYSTEM.]

Normally, I'd disagree with you, but with something like that? [Him? It?] I can understand being a little more careful.

[She really doesn't get that joke]

Anything that can cause the turtle to get as sick as it did needs to be treated like it's a nuclear bomb.

[you should watch more TV, sadie.]

Who called it out in the first place? You would've think it'd show its face earlier. This just feels like... taunting.

Who knows? If I find them, though, they won't be saying much for a long time.

[Is it an American thing?]

You sure it was summoned on purpose?

It might have been. Did you hear about the kedan actively summoning it?

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I helped investigate. We saw some of the human--er, kedan-- sacrifices.

What was left of them, anyway.

...oh. I'm sorry.

[Jaime waves a hand, though he does look a little uncomfortable bringing it up again.]

It's okay. I mean, I would rather know than not.

Still, that doesn't sound pleasant.

The truth usually isn't. [He smiles a little.] I've heard that there was worse, though: people actually ran into that thing in person.

Yeah. Gods, I hope they're okay now that the Thing's using the network.

Oh, geez. I didn't even think about that.

Who knows how long this thing's been watching us? Not to freak you out or anything. But since it's on the network...

Honestly? That Thing has probably been watching us since people started showing up. Crazy, disturbing, ancient terrors are good at the stalker thing.

[He grimaces. That's reaaaal comforting.]

Hope that doesn't mean you have experience dealing with them. Er, unless that turns out to be helpful experience.

I had to save the world from a giant, primordial snake hell-bent on turning the world back into a liquid, gassy stew of chaos.

[.....

wh--]

Wow.

That sounds like both the best disaster movie and the worst day ever.

Basically. Worth it, obviously, but not fun.

In that case, d'you have any other advice on getting rid of big bad eldritch terrors?

Everyone has a weakness. We just need to find his.

So it's the long game, then-- waiting until it gives us some kind of opening.

Or we find someone or something who knows what it is.

Apart from being the Turtle Voldemort?

...uh, sorry, that one was a reference, too. But I know what you mean. Doesn't help that no one who knows is willing to spill out of fear. That's how it gets you, I'm guessing.