CANDLE CALL POST

[forthefonofit]

[FOR YOUR CANDLE CALLING NEEDS idk]

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[forthefonofit]

[and then he notices you]

—Hm, you're not who I expected.

[cerealpunner]

[seems amused, either way]

Nice hair... Mage, right?

[forthefonofit]

That would be correct. And who am I addressing?

[cerealpunner]

Bacardi.

Been around for a little less than a month.

[forthefonofit]

[sssstops]















[bursts out laughing]

[cerealpunner]

... now I've heard of a Rum Giggle, but a full on laugh is new.

[forthefonofit]

[tapering off in his laugh, but still grinning]

Call it a bit of history.

[cerealpunner]

Inside joke, huh?

For the record, I wasn't the start of the alcohol trend. Whiskey was. We also had a Merlot and a Captain Morgan, have a Daiquiri, Sherry and Cider now, too.

[forthefonofit]

[oh my god Stealth is truly the favorite]

Really now.

[cerealpunner]

Heard Emerald had a certain reputation and most of us figure why the hell not? Team spirit.

[pun intended, of course]

[forthefonofit]

[mmph]

Team spirit, yes.

[you have no idea]

[cerealpunner]

[speaking of team spirit, though, sobers up a bit]

Sorry to say, the guy I replaced and Lightning's both gone with Personae. Dunno if you knew either of them or not. Stealth and Cascade are still around, though. Roxas, too.

[forthefonofit]

Lightning arrived not long before I left, so yes. It's good to hear she, Roxas, and Stealth are fine, though.

I don't recognize Cascade.

[cerealpunner]

Must've been after your time. Sure makes me feel young to hear that, amazingly.

[forthefonofit]

Nothing to worry about. Your baby fat will show for some time yet.

[cerealpunner]

If only. I've already had three "younger" teammates--and one of 'em has been booked.

[forthefonofit]

[eyebrows raise]

Booked? That's new.

[cerealpunner]

[that wary expression of dubiousness because pretty sure the Booking concept's been around for a while...?]

Not really. The guy who got here before me, Merlot, and then the guy after me, Captain Morgan, were put into Beauty's book.

[forthefonofit]

The entire time I was with the team playing, there was only ever one Booking. I don't think Winter's had to deal with one at all.

[cerealpunner]

... yeah, I've heard Emerald's always been one of the more steady teams.

It's been pretty rough lately.

[forthefonofit]

It was bound to happen sooner or later. It was a good run.

[cerealpunner]

[the urge to sarcastically say "glad you have such faith in us" but keeping quiet instead because it's not like the guy's saying the trend will continue. way to be sensitive, Grayson]

... not just the team losses. Two bad games in less than twenty days--I dunno how frequent it was for you guys back then or if you know Mira or Pandora or anything like that. Camelot's been nothing but snow for months, and just when we're making progress with getting spring back, Snow Queen goes and gives us blizzards and a freakin' avalanche.

Guess you could say I'm calling you up for some perspective.

[forthefonofit]

[well I was thinking of Three, Hook, the Sea Witch, and Jabberwock, but rapidly derailed]

You're asking me for perspective?

[clearly he's not the teammate you usually ask for things like this]

[cerealpunner]

I'd ask Stealth but he already gets a lot of stuff put on him, being the eldest one here. And you were here before he was, I'm pretty sure.

Plus, it's a way to get to know old teammates, right?

[in other words, clearly the best way to hear worse news than what you've already learned about the world around you is to talk to someone you don't know. less involvement, right? he can totally keep from getting involved with some Emerald he's never even really met before. totally.]

[forthefonofit]

I suppose it could be worse.

[looking offscreen, then it's clear he's moving from wherever he was (somewhere forest-y) just some distance away before speaking]

During my time, Three was the biggest threat. I believe there was a game where people ventured into her heart, but the aftermath of that wasn't better. It was less predictable. The timing for the worse off games sounds about right.