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[prodigalvampire]

Okay, everyone, I can't take the silence anymore. What's the consensus on the party Halcyn's throwing? It smells like a trap to me, but that's never kept me from a good time.

[There's a pause here as though he's shifting verbal gears.]

And has anyone else noticed the altars around town? Weird, right?

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[prodigalvampire]

Yeah, too bad that doesn't happen often.

[stickyflippers]

Sounds to me like you’ve had some experience with the worse sort of luck.

[prodigalvampire]

I wouldn't go that far. I just like to play it safe. I know someone who tends to take too many risks. He's almost died more times than I can count and I've sort of taken responsibility for his well-being. Someone had to.

[stickyflippers]

[Hm... Sounded like Thomas was a little like someone he knew back home. Someone who was probably more than a little frustrated with him and his own risk taking...]

Ah, you’ve found yourself having to take on the role of a more responsible sort, then.

[prodigalvampire]

Well, I am the big brother. I think that makes it my job.

[stickyflippers]

Ah, I suppose that is the rule. Lucky for me I’m the irresponsible one, mine are generally more sensible.

[prodigalvampire]

That's good to know. Who's watching your back around here?

[stickyflippers]

Mostly watching my own back, if I’m being honest.

[Aside from the Gullwings themselves, most people trusted him to have things handled. Which was mostly by his own doing. Not trusting people and presenting one’s self as being quite capable did that.]

[prodigalvampire]

That's not exactly ideal, is it?

[stickyflippers]

Maybe not? But I could argue that very little of our situation is ideal, anyway. We just have to adapt and do what we can, and I’ve never been known to back down on a challenge. This all definitely counts as that.

[prodigalvampire]

Maybe I'm way off base here, but in my experience, it's a hell of a lot easier to do things together than alone.

[stickyflippers]

Yeah... Depends on who you’re doing things with, though. Takes a while to learn to work properly with someone, you know?

[prodigalvampire]

Unless you're both about to die, typically, yes.

[stickyflippers]

[That does get a laugh out of Caelan, clearly experienced in that example as he continued.]

High pressure situations do that, I suppose.

[prodigalvampire]

I like to think I work well under pressure. What about you?

[stickyflippers]

Oh, I like to think I do too. A friend of mine might argue that thought, though. She’d say... I’m an idiot with a tendency to get lucky.

[prodigalvampire]

I know someone like that.

[He had the misfortune of being related to him.]