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hadriel2019-01-21 09:41 pm
itsnotaonesie) wrote in hadriel2019-01-21 09:41 pm
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VOICE ; forward dated to the 23rd, late evening
Hey everyone, this is Peter. I'm, uh... Just lemmie-- Okay, I'm gonna preface this with "I'm fine", which... probably still sounds concerning to anyone who knows me. Uh, with good reason, but I promise that I really am fine.
Okay? Okay.
So... okay, you know those freaky tentacle snails that attacked those guys a little while ago? Yeah, they're still around. I ran into a few of them outside the city, and by 'ran into' I mean 'was totally ambushed by'. Like, I was just minding my own business and they jumped out all "Blahhhhgh!" and I was like "oh snap!!", so yeah, we fought a little and I got bit and, y'know, it hurt. And I know the one guy was all "hey call for back up if you see any" and I totally would have if I'd had a chance, but I didn't? I mean, not because I didn't want to, it's just like, in the moment I was a little distracted by trying to get away from the things, and I didn't have my web shooters on me because they're possessed by demons right now? So I wasn't gonna even try to catch one of those guys without my gear, so I left. My toothbrush tried to stab me this morning, I'm not dealin' with this on top of that today. I'm done, I'm tapping out!
Anyway, if anyone else ends up fighting these guys, go for the eyes if you can. They're kind of hard to hit because of all the tentacles, but if you can take their eyes out it slows them down. They're still dangerous, though, like, they will absolutely still try to fight you, so just like, don't stick around if you can help it. In fact, just don't go outside the city by yourself. Don't go anywhere by yourself. Y'know, buddy system up if you can. I don't know how many of these dudes are still out there, but I have a feeling that they're not going away any time soon.
Oh right, I did manage to break a chunk off one of their shells. I don't know how helpful that's gonna be? But I've got it at the lab if anyone wants to see it, assuming you can pry it away from Newt. I also got a photo! It's... not a very good one, but uh, I'll put this somewhere, I guess.
[attached photo: A City Boy Seconds Before Being Chomped By A Tentacle Monster.]
Okay? Okay.
So... okay, you know those freaky tentacle snails that attacked those guys a little while ago? Yeah, they're still around. I ran into a few of them outside the city, and by 'ran into' I mean 'was totally ambushed by'. Like, I was just minding my own business and they jumped out all "Blahhhhgh!" and I was like "oh snap!!", so yeah, we fought a little and I got bit and, y'know, it hurt. And I know the one guy was all "hey call for back up if you see any" and I totally would have if I'd had a chance, but I didn't? I mean, not because I didn't want to, it's just like, in the moment I was a little distracted by trying to get away from the things, and I didn't have my web shooters on me because they're possessed by demons right now? So I wasn't gonna even try to catch one of those guys without my gear, so I left. My toothbrush tried to stab me this morning, I'm not dealin' with this on top of that today. I'm done, I'm tapping out!
Anyway, if anyone else ends up fighting these guys, go for the eyes if you can. They're kind of hard to hit because of all the tentacles, but if you can take their eyes out it slows them down. They're still dangerous, though, like, they will absolutely still try to fight you, so just like, don't stick around if you can help it. In fact, just don't go outside the city by yourself. Don't go anywhere by yourself. Y'know, buddy system up if you can. I don't know how many of these dudes are still out there, but I have a feeling that they're not going away any time soon.
Oh right, I did manage to break a chunk off one of their shells. I don't know how helpful that's gonna be? But I've got it at the lab if anyone wants to see it, assuming you can pry it away from Newt. I also got a photo! It's... not a very good one, but uh, I'll put this somewhere, I guess.
[attached photo: A City Boy Seconds Before Being Chomped By A Tentacle Monster.]
[voice]
I mean, no, they're just doing stuff on their own like everyone else's stuff is. They're just really annoying about it.
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It's more that I don't know what a web shooter is. I know things that shouldn't be alive are acting as though they are. The pommel of my sword bit me. My direwolf wouldn't.
[He does not really explain that the pommel was made to look like his direwolf. But it's something someone might have noticed, even if they've never spoken to Jon and especially if they've been around Guard headquarters at all: the huge white wolf with red eyes that sometimes accompanies him around the city, and the fact that he has a big sword, and when it's sheathed, the stone pommel is sometimes visible against his chest. It's also a white wolf with garnet eyes.]
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[That checks out, Peter spends a fair amount time at the Guard HQ. Let's be honest though Peter is probably way more interested in wanting to pet the big dog than he is in Jon's sword, but he can make the connection.]
...Did you bite it back? Show that pommel who's boss.
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[He says this dryly enough that it should be clear that it's a joke. It's not that there are no "devices" where he comes from: there are Myrish far-eyes, and trebuchets, and crossbows, and things like the saddle Lord Tyrion had drawn up for Bran all those years ago. It's that most of the people in Hadriel are more accustomed to -- reliant on -- such things than the people of Westeros are.
In any case...]
It's stone. I'd have broken my teeth, or it would have given me a bloody lip, or tried to tear it off.
[That's also a joke -- probably. At least, it's exasperated good humor. His next words are more serious.]
The creatures that attacked you: what do you think they were trying to do? Kill you, or take you away?
[He thinks of the Free Folk, and he thinks of their scouting party, and how he had made a capture, and how he had been captured in return. It might be that the snails are trying to pick them off one by one, or it might be that they want to capture someone to try to get information from them, but the fighting escalates from there because none of their targets wishes to be captured.]
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[Note to self: Invent spider blasters that fire actual, literal spiders. Criminals of New York beware.
But yes, it's time for serious business. Peter puts on his best serious business face in preparation for the seriousness of this business.]
I was definitely getting the impression that they wanted me pretty dead. They've already killed one of our guys, so I'm kinda getting more murder vibes from these guys than kidnapping vibes.