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[wolfishflame]

[Aly looks a little chagrinned, and blows out her breath with a "whuff" sound.]

Okay, I have a confession to make. The name I've given out isn't the one I usually go by. It's Aly. But you can still call me Keahi. I don't really care.

[She shrugs.]

No such thing as an overabundance of caution, right? And for any faeries out there...this is your only warning to stay well clear. You try and step, and me and Dr. Bonkers will fix the little problem of you being alive.

That's all.

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[Aly looks like the cat that ate the canary.] Told you I could work with hardball.

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[annihilist]

Yawn.

[Devin, don't be an ass.]

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[wolfishflame]

Oh, come off it, Gerard. Just admit that I won.

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[annihilist]

You're assuming that was the game I was playing.

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[wolfishflame]

Liar, liar...pants on fire. [She wiggles her fingers and a little fireball appears above them briefly before disappearing.]

Say it. Say that I bested you.

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[annihilist]

Have you considered being less childish?

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[purrns]

I can understand the need for caution. Sometimes, you have to be safe, especially in a strange place.

[He gets it more than he'll actually let on. ]

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[wolfishflame]

Yeah, exactly. Thanks for getting it. I'm kind of expecting people to be mad at me, but it's not like I lied. It's my name, just not the one I was born with.

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[purrns]

People have covered up much bigger things here than their names, trust me.

[Says the guy constantly lying about his dual identity. ]

It's only a white lie, really. And to protect yourself. It's...not terrible.

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[wolfishflame]

I figured this was an interesting enough place that this wasn't going to be too big a deal.

Thanks. You really gotta watch your back where I come from, however you can.

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[denyamenti]

Names can be important.

[ That's it. No preface or context for why he's agreeing. ]

Why the grudge against faeries?

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[wolfishflame]

[This guy gets it. She nods approvingly before moving on to the question.]

When something tries to destroy the worlds to remake in their image and has you personally on their hit list, I think that's less of a grudge than some reasonable self-defense.

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[denyamenti]

You may have picked the wrong audience for that particular line of reasoning.

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[wolfishflame]

Why? You a faerie?

[Dammit, why can't all white-haired prettyboys be like the Princeps?]

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[wintershepherd]

Dr Bonkers. Tell me that comes with a great story.

... which one do you want to be called?

[ Aly had introduced herself to him as Keahi, so one name to another didn't bother him. ]

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[wolfishflame]

It's my mace. It's 'cause faeries being alive is a long-term illness, and the good doctor can cure it right quick. With a bonk bonk on the head. [She grins.] My friend came up with the name, 'cause she decided all weapons should have names that strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. So Gandalf gets Glamdring, the Foe-Hammer, Aragorn gets Andúril, the Flame of the West, and I have...Dr. Bonkers.

[When he asks what she wants to be called, she shrugs.] I don't care. Aly, I guess, to minimize confusion. I'll answer to anything, really.

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[wintershepherd]

[ ... okay well the name part was theoretically funny, but the rest of it... ]

I don't think you should sound so glib about killing people, you know.

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[wolfishflame]

Well, they shouldn't be so glib about killing me.

[She sighs and suddenly looks her age.] Ugh. I'm sorry. Sometimes I forget that not everyone is as constantly defensive as I am.

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[commandandcontrol]

Hello, Aly! This is only our second conversation, so I wasn't crazy attached to the name. Why the diversion, though?

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[wolfishflame]

Names are a big deal where I come from. You gotta keep em close to the vest.

[She shrugs.] Wasn't serving me to keep it a secret anymore, so I figured you're all enough on the level.

[commandandcontrol]

What can you do with names where you're from?
Just curious, totally not taking notes.

[wolfishflame]

[Aly squints.] Back where you come from, do you have legends about the power of names? Like using nicknames for kids under a certain age to confuse demons and so on?

[ruinsprofessor]

It's sensible to retain some level of caution.

[A quizzical head-tip.]

What faeries? May I ask what precipitated this?

[wolfishflame]

Couldn't trust this place when I came here. Come on, I can't be the only person who thought this was a trap, right?

[ruinsprofessor]

What sort of a trap?

[A raised eyebrow.]

That is, what purpose would you expect such a thing to serve?

[wolfishflame]

What purpose do traps usually serve? If this was a trap, I had two outcomes I could choose between: give them my name and thus my power, or keep blithely pretending I had no idea what was going on until they killed me.