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[ghostlocked]

[It's late when Harlan folds and decides to go to the network for a distraction. He would vastly prefer not to do this, but, well. That's why it's called folding.]

cant sleep.
tell me stories.

[ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as a sort of storytelling free-for-all!]

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[bespectacledsnake]

It is a casino and it floats. So to answer your first question: yes. It is a floating casino.

[He then sighs]

There are different ways I could answer that. I could go with the 'in Russia, the only way a poor boy can make it up the ladder is to play this game' answer. Or I could say 'we are all men who do not know how else to find purpose and meaning in our lives if we are not constantly fighting for it'....or perhaps even I could tell you 'the thought of living a quiet life and dying without any legacy sounds worse to me than being killed in a fight for an empire.' And all of these things would have truth in them. It is just that some days...some years....some of them feel truer than others. And you begin to forget which one it is that drove you the farthest.

[ghostlocked]

whoa. cool.
hm.
ig i get that.
follow ur heart n shit. at least ur honest.
say the first thing wasnt true. second thing too maybe. would u change ur past?

[bespectacledsnake]

Change it? You mean in some Cinderella-Wish-Upon-A-Star sort of way?

[ghostlocked]

well when u put it like that it sounds fuckin stupid.
im talking hypothetically.

[bespectacledsnake]

I am not sure what I would change it for. What other life I would have wanted.

[A pause]

Though I suppose there are...certain things...that would have been easier without the danger involved. I have never managed to...as you might say.... settle down with anyone.

[ghostlocked]

fair enough. i was jw.
that sucks.
do u think livin the life u do prevented u from findin someone?

[bespectacledsnake]

I am certain of it.

[ghostlocked]

how can u be certain of that?

[bespectacledsnake]

I am afraid that is not a story for today.

[ghostlocked]

np.
sorry for bringing up a sore subject.
ty for stayin up w. me.

[bespectacledsnake]

You do not need to apologize, you did not know.

Do you have any stories you'd be willing to share? Or is tonight more of a one way deal?

[ghostlocked]

i got kidnapped by faeries once.
a couple times actually. we had a running feud w. some faerie queens.
it was a whole thing.
this time they threw us in a maze w. a bunch of bs rooms that had puzzles and shit.
sounds fun in concept but its not that fun when ur life is on the line.
anyway some pixies turned me into a rabbit.

[bespectacledsnake]

[Semiyon's voice pitches higher in curiosity]

You mean...an actual rabbit? The little creature that bounces?

[...and also tastes great with rosemary and a wine reduction but he's not going to say that...]

[ghostlocked]

yep. lmao.
theres a spell called polymorph thatll do that.
turned the rest of the team into animals too.
the way to undo it is to get hurt. it sort of shocks ur body back ig.
idk how it works but it does.
there were some coyotes in the other room so i booked it back there and fucked w. em until they bit me.
hurt like a bitch but it worked. lol.