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Jan. 11th, 2024 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
willysilverWilly had survived the chaos, delighting in the gay bit of magic. He was sitting on the deck in the sun, strumming his instrument and making up a silly little tune about some of the hijinks he had watched.
He was stuck, though, and played the same three chords over and over. Over and over, as if the rhythm of the strings might drag an idea out of him.
"Hey nonny nonny always fits," he considered aloud.
He was stuck, though, and played the same three chords over and over. Over and over, as if the rhythm of the strings might drag an idea out of him.
"Hey nonny nonny always fits," he considered aloud.
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Date: 2024-01-13 08:51 pm (UTC)"He's terrified," Nyx replied bluntly. "Barely knows what to do with me."
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Date: 2024-01-14 06:44 am (UTC)"It won't be long until you take ill," he replied. "Him, too. A foolish choice, and cowardly. The captain should have Bound you as his. Mortals weren't graced with brains, though."
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Date: 2024-01-14 02:27 pm (UTC)Nyx pulled a face at the idea of belonging to Bond.
"I have found a solution. The Warlock aids me, it keeps it at bay. Keeps me well, which keeps Hex well also. It's not perfect, it's just shy of being enough, but it helps. It will do for now."
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Date: 2024-01-15 04:40 am (UTC)"If he does not truly Keep you, you should break the enchantment. The cuff will weaken. He is only a man, he will surely die first, but if he lingers?"
Willy hesitated then. Nyx hadn't even had time to pay one debt. The sidhe could do no more until that was settled.
He knew it would be cruel to even offer now.
"It's only a spell..." he noted casually.
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Date: 2024-01-15 02:02 pm (UTC)"He won't die. This bond is their magic, not ours. They wouldn't make it so they might be the ones harmed. Sick, yes. Death? Be sensible," Nyx replied. "If it were vulnerable to our magic, it would be well-known how to escape such a bond. It wouldn't have been such a problem at one time. How many of our wild kin did we lose to such subjugation? Enough to reduce the population to nothing. Our methods were surely all tried, it's why the problem was solved at a table and not in battle. This cuff shouldn't even exist, they were all meant to be melted down."
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Date: 2024-01-16 02:57 am (UTC)"Without killing the Keeper, your only hope is convincing the captain to free you," Willy stated plainly, shaking his head. "Whatever will you do?"
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:05 am (UTC)"I don't know yet. There is talk of mutiny, but I don't know how far off that is. There is his lover, if I could convince him I'd be better off free, perhaps Bond would be swayed," Nyx sighed.
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:08 am (UTC)"You believe the wizard is the key?" he asked thoughtfully.
That could be of use.
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:09 am (UTC)"The only weakness I've seen so far," Nyx nodded. "Bond seems to genuinely care for him."
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:25 am (UTC)Willy's face was utterly placid.
"Interesting," was all he said.
And then he selected another sweet from the tea tray.
"I wonder what is to the south..." he mused then.
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:33 am (UTC)"Warmth, I hope," Nyx said with a wistful sigh. "It's so cold here."
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:43 am (UTC)"It seems like ages since I've felt the sun," he said softly. "The village I was in was so cold."
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Date: 2024-01-16 03:58 am (UTC)"It's not just the weather though, there's never anyone new unless we're on land, and we're never there long. Back home I met so many people... I once spent a month in a barn on the grounds with a centaur. He was a delight," Nyx sighed.
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Date: 2024-01-17 10:02 pm (UTC)"Then I believe our first order of business should be getting us to land as quickly as possible," Willy mused.
He didn't move, but he was putting together a plan. He needed to put a few pieces in place first...
"None of us were made for the sea," he justified.
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Date: 2024-01-17 10:27 pm (UTC)"We won't make port again until we need more supplies," Nyx said. "It'll be a few weeks."
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Date: 2024-01-18 12:34 am (UTC)"Unacceptable," Willy replied absently.
Weeks would never do. If he needed to inspire the captain, so be it.
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Date: 2024-01-18 12:50 am (UTC)"It is what it is, Will," Nyx said, tensing as he heard someone approach the door.
"That might be Hex. You should go."
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Date: 2024-01-18 01:34 am (UTC)Willy nodded and began to rise.
"Fear not, my friend," he smiled. "I see a time ahead when we are all happy."
Cryptic, but his smile was so sure it could only be true.
"I will see you again soon."
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Date: 2024-01-18 01:41 am (UTC)Nyx looked concerned by that, but decided to let it be. He had a feeling Willy wasn't a man easily swayed.
"I'll see you, Will. Take care."