marina and the diamonds....

[bookpapers]

hehe

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[engraven]

[ looks like leather, and like it's kind of old. she'll have a seat beside him, smoothing down her skirt and settling in. ]

Doesn't hurt to get to know the people we're stuck here with. It's not a bad place to do it either.

[ she gives a little shrug. ]

Yeah, it's been a little boring. Nice to get our clothes back at least... despite the stupid leeches. Eugh.

[bookpapers]

They're in the stream too, just in case you feel like swimming.

[like GOJO... He peers over at her book, his curiosity obvious.]

How's your bible? Any water damage?

[engraven]

Oh no thank you, I'll get a bath elsewhere... even if it's cold and rusty.

[ she makes a face, but laughs. when he peers over, she just taps fingers gently against the spine. ]

It's fine. Safe and sound. Makes me wonder if the reason we had to bleed on it was because of some spell that kept everything dry inside. A little messy, but I guess everything has a price.

[ she'll loosen her hold on the book, giving him a brief look. the cover is leathery and wrinkled, a dark shade of brown. it looks like dis. ]

[bookpapers]

[WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS?]

This cover's... real interesting for a bible.

[WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS PT TWO!!! he's so distracted by this aesthetic]

[engraven]

Looks can be deceiving... but I guess it's not traditionally bound.

[ laughing a little because boy he really is fixated and she. might as well just feed his curiosity. ]

Age-old tomes like this are called "skin bibles." They're bound in human skin... usually containing information about the old gods to help with utilizing their power.

[bookpapers]

[his singular eye grows all big and round]

Old gods? [that's not the only thing he's interested in, but...

he lifts up a hand and pauses, glancing at her.]



Can I feel it?

[engraven]

[ aw he's like a cat with catnip. cute... ]

Yep. Beings with power you can cultivate slowly by belief and worship. Beings like the God of Fear and Hunger... Gro-goroth... there are others.

[ watching his hand, her fingers shift a bit around the book as she offers it for him to Touch. ]

Mmm, sure. Gentle, please.

[ yaywon i dont know what a bible made of people skin feels like but (i'm going to jail bc of my duckduckgo history) it feels very soft, worn, pliant. Old. ]

[bookpapers]

[THANK YOU FOR SACRIFICING YOUR SEARCH HISTORY FOR MEEEE

and Lavi is also grateful, as he does the Touch. He treats it as gently as she asks... and maybe with the air of someone who's used to being careful with rare books... his fingers twitch a little like he really wants to open it, but he pulls back SOMEHOW.]

Never heard of Gro-goroth before.

[but he says it in a tone of fascination... Oh No]

So it's got all of 'em in them? And you believe in them all?

[engraven]

This one just focuses on the God of Fear and Hunger... not sure why this one decided to follow me here, but, hey. I'll take reading material where I can get it. People might get the creeps so, don't go spreading around what it's made of... okay?

[ she smiles a little. ]

You have to believe in the gods at least a little bit when you work with the occult, when you can tap into magic. So in my own way. Yes.

[bookpapers]

[he makes a little zippy motion over his lips, nerd, and then blinks]

Magic like 'necromancy'?

[REAL? REAL NECROMANCY?]

[engraven]

[ she looks pleased. and then just laughs a little. ]

Says it right there in my profile. I'm not going to play coy when everyone here's reading up on me same as anyone else.

But yes. Exactly like necromancy.

[bookpapers]

[Lavi looks at her anew, the expression in his eye not really so much suspicion as it is just looking at her, observing. and still curious too,]

Because you have someone you wanna bring back? Or is it just an academic kinda interest?

[engraven]

Academic interest mostly. What you raise is more of... a ghoul. Not a perfect product... they aren't the same as when they died.

If anything... it's a way of surviving when you're woefully out-numbered.

[bookpapers]

[oh hm. It sounds like the type of scenario that would happen in a war — the need for more bodies just for a chance at survival.

How often does that happen to you?

[engraven]

[ haha... war... sure does fucking happen... doesn't it. ]

... If I had to say, a little too often the past couple days before I got here.

Otherwise, not usually.

[bookpapers]

[IT DOES YEAH!!!!]

Sounds like a story.

[but instead of looking at her with his big ole curious eye, his glance is more sympathetic.]

It's just been one thing after another for you, huh?

[WAR (?) AND THEN MG?]

[engraven]

You could say that, but it's been that way for a lot of people.

[ his (singular) curious eye. she just tilts her head a little bit. ]

Just... glad to get a bit of a breather, even if it means being another stupid sacrifice.

[bookpapers]

Another...

[MARINA... he's so sorry]

Think you deserve a real breather after we get out of here. A whole vacation.

[engraven]

This'll just have to be good enough! The company's not half bad to start.

[ she gives him a little smile at the corner of her mouth ]

[bookpapers]

[at that he grins back at her,]

Are ya saying I'm nicer than a ghoul...?

[engraven]

I mean, yeah, I can't have a conversation with 'em, that's for sure. And they're not as... put together. In fact, they are very much falling apart most of the time.

[bookpapers]

[not his flirting falling flat.... though that would be more normal than it going through,

luckily, he seems to also be into this subject too]

How do you raise 'em in the first place?