Reflections from the Night Before

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J-Dawg

my bro from another ho

Puck

Did you get the name of that naiad last night?

J-Dawg

Are you fucking kidding me? I should punch you in the junk rn. My M O T H E R is livid

Puck

Oh, that explains a few things.

Puck

Uh, can you get someone with fire magic to come and help me de-ice the walls?

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You wake up a little bleary-eyed and fuzzy-minded. It's strange. You don't really remembering overindulging last night, and yet here you are with the distinct sense that somehow you weren't making the best decisions. Faerie magic is funny like that.

But it's probably fine. It's not like you made any really poor life decisions, right? Like drunk-mirroring your fellow Faewild guests?

Oh. Oh no.

Better check your messages, and see what's in your Reflections from the Night Before.




All right, dears, you know the drill. Your characters have found themselves firing off (perhaps) ill-advised texts. Choose from the horrifying archive of text based debauchery or craft your own bespoke messages.

All threads in this post may be considered canon if all parties involved agree. All threads may be counted for Activity Check as well as Rewards.

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Rainier Lutz | D&D OC

[teddybearpicnic]

1. I don't think I have the right qualifications for Manwhore Monday.

2. He offered me certain 'favors' for putting together a complicated piece of furniture, is this really an acceptable form of bartering?

3. EVERYONE GET ON THE FLOOR AND DO THE FROGSTOMP!!!!!

4. Molotov cocktail? What molotov cocktail?

5. Penis jello molds seemed like a good idea at the time--

6. And here I'll show you how to make a do-it-yourself flamethrower, all involving things that you can find at home!

7. Dude, I think that the possessed demon teddy bear just licked his maw at me. Chalk me up as terrified.

+text him!

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[ipreferspooky]

I have three of those at home, but I can show you how to assemble a steam-powered guillotine, if you're interested.

[teddybearpicnic]

Steampowered Guillotine, you say?
You can consider me all ears.

[ He was nerdy enough that anything he could add to his artificer lookbook as a potential schema would be much appreciated. He would not take credit for it but he did want to write down the recipe for future endeavors. ]

I've made a steampowered toy train before, but I think it could put a nice spin on weaponry.

[ipreferspooky]

It was a summer project I took on. My dolls were trying to revolt and I had to teach them who was in charge.

[Is she a tyrant? Absolutely. She holds no bones about who she thinks should be in charge of things. And it's been that way since she was a small Wednesday.]

I suppose since it's not magically based, it shouldn't be that difficult to find the right types of items to replicate it here. I'll see about making my blueprints again from memory.

[teddybearpicnic]

[ Rainier knew quite the thing about revolting toys, his soldiers had done that all the time however he was not nearly as forthright as Wednesday even though he was incredibly candid to begin with. ]

I would be more than happy to do that.

When I get my powers back, I would be more than happy to make you something imbued with magical properties. [ Because Rainier believed in equivalent exchange. ]

[ipreferspooky]

[And this might be why Rainier and Wednesday will somewhat become friends. They understand one another.]

Well, I've already done it without magic once. I'm sure that magic could only make it more interesting.

Are you so sure that your life would be improved with your powers? You have decent enough skills of observation and notation that you probably don't need them.

[teddybearpicnic]

[ He was working on it, he'd get his powers back any time now and then when he did, Wednesday would have some rather high powered stuff. In addition he was all for teaching her his craft if she was open to it; because he believed wholly in self-sufficiency.

It'd be like the Nightmare Before Christmas toymaking extravaganza. ]

I think that my powers are sentimental in nature?
My father taught me the craft so it's passed on, I think that I would like to veer away from toys, perhaps work more with steam and weaponry, such as ballistas and rocket launchers.

[ Please teach him about weapons from Wednesday's world, he desires to learn more. ]

[ipreferspooky]

[Wednesday doesn't want her powers back. There's no good that could come from seeing any tragic pasts or terrible futures. Especially in this place.]

I suppose I can understand that. I have very little sentimentality about my powers. They are hereditary, but I can assure you that they've done as much harm as they have good.

Ballistae and rocket launchers are two ends of the same spectrum. How does someone from a world stuck in medieval science know about rocket launchers?

[teddybearpicnic]

Well there is a series of books that I am very fond of, granted they are a bit on the futuristic side. [ It's likely someone wrote it who has access to the multiverse, as sometimes portals within the Great Wheel could find certain things pushed through it. ] Written in it are some aerodynamic wonders, space travel and of course a profusion of technology powered by steam and at points energy.

[ He was a nerd and has probably gotten his hands on a few nerdy volumes here and there that most people would find too complex or boring ]

I think that the desire to further and advance civilization is not an uncommon one, just misunderstood.

[ipreferspooky]

Interesting to thing that the genre of science fiction would be available in what we would call a fantasy world where I'm from. Then, do you know about fossil fuels and the like?

[Hey there, Fellow Nerds. Let's talk nerd shit, I guess.]

I disagree. While the advancement of civilization appears noble on the surface, it is usually fueled by darker, baser ambitions in mind, glossed over with shellac to appear noble. Most people just want to be in power in my experience and they don't care who or what they have to stand on to get that power. Especially if it makes other people revere them.

They're mot misunderstood or even misguided. They're delusional about their own true desires.

[teddybearpicnic]

[ Talking to Wednesday was like reading a book, it was something that Rainier enjoyed doing because she managed to get to these hard-hitting narratives, things that made really good stories. History was peppered with the human experience, and sometimes those experiences erred on the side of what could be considered darker.

Cautionary Tales, throughout history we've been given guidebooks with which to cartograph our lives. It's interesting to see the same themes we have seen in books, and correlate them to what appears in history.

Stories are never really stories, are they? But I think that I would like to see how far technology could go in the right hands; yes perhaps it's inviting doom and it's nearly impossible to curate knowledge between those who should and those who shouldn't, but I have seem some amazing things being invented-- such as steam-powered vehicles, which I think around 80 years was not even thought of.

It makes me wish I was elven so I could be around for the next 80 years to see what comes next.

[ipreferspooky]

It's only interesting for those who are smart enough to read the books and recognize the guard rails. The majority of people are too self-absorbed to bother to realize that stupidity travels in circles throughout history.

And you're far too naive. I don't really trust anyone with that much power not to abuse it. History tells me that the naive ones get used by the immoral creatures that have no problem hurting others to get their place in the stories.

Although, there have been a great deal of leaps and bounds in technology in my world over the last century. I think I would have been happier being born around the time of my grandparents, to be honest.

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[charmperson]

You're underestimating yourself, Rainy. Besides, I'm here to guide you. To be your mentor. Or your mentwhore, if you will.

[teddybearpicnic]

So you mentioned there are set rules? I'm okay at rules-- what is the first rule of manwhore club?

[charmperson]

The first rule of manwhore club, my dear sweet Rainier, is know your worth.

[teddybearpicnic]

Alright, so this may seem like a near existential, but.. how do you determine your worth? How to you quantify it?

[ Leave it to Rainier to get Jack Skellington about it ]

[charmperson]

It's not an exact accounting -- hells, market price varies, right?

But it's more a vibes, thing, you know? Confidence that you are enough for whatever it is you want to do, for whatever you want to be. And you, particularly, you're worth a hell of a lot. You're brilliant, adorable, surprising little wicked streak hiding underneath the good boy babyface, great hair.

[teddybearpicnic]

[ Consider himself shocked, he thought he had trash hair since it always frizzed so painfully. ] High praise coming from someone who happens to be the King of Good Hair...

[ This was something that Rainier had to consider, he had never been interested in relationships or anything like that, his attention was with ideas and possibilities-- ]

I am sporting a bit of scruff now, it makes me look a little less baby face, I think.

[charmperson]

Oh? So you noticed?

[He does have pretty hair, yes.]

You are. It is a good look on you. Gives you a hint of roguishness. Not, like, Termen-rogue-ish-ness. More the archetypical sort.

[teddybearpicnic]

I wish to never be compared to Tremen ever.

[ The fact that Rainier said such, was only because they were like siblings. ] But archetypical? Now I don't know what to say to that except thank you, I've never really been thought of as cute before.

[ There have been a handful of people that secretly he wanted to be found attractive by but it wasn't something that he could discern or vocalize because he was socially inept and it was a feeling, we all knew how he reacted to feelings. ] Back when I was younger, there was a guy that was also being trained by my father.. perhaps I may have wanted. But he went to Candlekeep and I stayed with my father to help man the shop.

[charmperson]

Ha. Fair enough.

[Trystan is giving his mirror a skeptical look.]

Are you actually unaware that you're very attractive? Rainy. Come on now.

[Impossible how someone so smart can be so dumb.]

Ooh? Young love? Secret pining? A boyhood crush? What was he like?

[teddybearpicnic]

Well I was the 'different' one in my family, also I probably had my nose stuck in a book more often than not, It was not and still isn't a priority, I'm just Rainier. [ Exceedingly matter of fact ]

He was brilliant and full of amazing ideas; he was kind but also he was competitive and pushed me to do my best. Eventually he went to do scholars work in Candlekeep and I envied that. He asked me to go with him, but I did not because I knew I still had work to do... and thinks to learn from my father.

[charmperson]

I see. Well, priority or not, much of the world around you is full of people who have eyes. So keep it in the back of your mind that others may notice.

[But aww. Oh. That's entirely sweet right there.]

He sounds like quite the guy. Are you still carrying a torch for him?

[teddybearpicnic]

Uncertain.

[ He was uncertain because well it has been like four years now and a lot has happened, and he also knows that he's not the same guy which is fine. Impossible to go back, or even ruminate on what is. ] My world is broadening and I'm still learning much about who I am aside from my family.
It's nice to think that maybe I do but that may be memories of the past, and one cannot make a sound hypothesis without much time spent with someone.

[charmperson]

You are a fascinating puzzle, you know.

[Like, how does that brain work? He wants to know so bad.]

It's very easy to be in love with a memory. I think it's wise enough to recognize that. Not everyone is quite so self aware.