UN | Kues

[mirakills]

Congratulations, I am now sealed within a miracle.
Of course, my congratulations go to the ones capable of such a thing.
Witches should be able to summon and control gods, not the other way around.
So bravo. My heartfelt feelings of applause go out to you, divine captors.
I’ve been truly shamed.

With that out of the way, may I pose a riddle to the rest of your captured?

I am a baldfaced liar, tinged with reddened shame.
You’ll never know me for who I am, for that is just my name.
Astutely bold, encased in gold, I am the one to blame.

I hail the northeast seas as home, but I have not forgotten,
The Swiss mountains I was born, from a time long dead and rotten.
If you’re lost, I’m sitting on the tip of your tongue, it’s…
Who am I?

For who solves it… I will return something that I have taken in this City that everyone needs.
Good luck.

[ ooc; Though I’d love for you to OOCly give it a try, if your character is smart enough to figure it out, PM me ahead of time and I’ll give the answer. I have no intention of giving a riddle too hard to solve when characters ICly can! ]

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[spellslots]

What god was that? I'm not gonna put money on knowing them but hey, the universe is fucking weird, maybe I will.

[He knows a few gods.]

[mirakills]

That's a little too far into my backstory. For now you get this: I'm a bunch of layers of dead children given form and cosmic power.

I was nagging you with your joke, by the way, but feel free to refrain from them in the future based on appearance. I understand it's... strange.

[spellslots]

[There's always a kind of novelty in running into shit that's weirder than his own life.]

Dope.

[Layers of dead children are not in fact dope but like, what's he gonna do about it? It's already happened.]

If you're so powerful can't you just change how you look?

[He's wearing a glamour right now, it's all the rage.]

[mirakills]

[ For a brief moment, she looks older-- same outfit, but in her twenties-- a bit like this, before shrinking down to her original size. ]

I prefer this form more. It's cozy.

[ And unassuming. The cats behind her are using tape measurers to make sure they've built correctly-- one hangs a cheesy little neon light on the window. It blinks 'TEA & TAROT' as the shop name. Of course. She's a witch, after all. ]

[alchemyfreak]

The people here describe it as an accident.

I've been captured by gods and sent through portals by witches, and I've spent a lot of time trying to poke holes in this place's story. There are none.

[Dante's not... technically a witch, but details.]

Your riddle makes no sense, but maybe that's because there aren't any Swiss mountains here.

[Or where he's from, for that matter.]

[mirakills]

So you're not going to try the second riddle of what I've taken? How boring.

[ She files away the former information for future use, but for now is content with the topic at hand. ]

text; @l.dylandy

[holds_up_walls]

This is a good riddle. I'll have to think about this. I do love a good word challenge.

As for what you took, assuming its not like the nuclear reactor to the city.

[spellslots]

Hmm, kinda fucking creepy but it's your body I guess.

[After being trapped for a century unable to age, he likes that he's getting a little older, as slow as that process is for elves.]

[mirakills]

When you've inhabited the same form for thousands of years, you get used to it. Kind of like changing the tone your phone makes, it feels unnatural to change.

But to each their own.

[ She'd say getting into venues at half price is nice, but who are we kidding, she would sneak in were it not for the phenomenal cosmic power. ]

[spellslots]

I'd have to ask my boyfriend about that shit, I'm disappointingly mortal.

[Taako... doesn't actually know how long Kravitz has been Kravitz, but he knows it's a long ass time.]

[mirakills]

[ kravitz sounds cool. and if bernkastel inhabited the same canon as kravitz, she would be a fucking headache with her 12,000 deaths. ]

Oh? What kind of being is he?

[mirakills]

Precisely.
Think of it as a second riddle, not a... threat, per se.
What I have taken is needed by everyone but not a threat if one takes it.
That's your hint.

[spellslots]

He's a reaper for the Raven Queen, goddess of life and death and shit back in Fearun.

[This isn't a secret, so he's not worried about sharing it.]

[mirakills]

A reaper, gods of life and death...

He sounds like a lot of fun. Is he here?

[ The cats are now sweeping up the remnants of construction for a now fully completed building with itty bitty brooms and dust pans. How cute. ]

[spellslots]

Well you've just made it kinda weird so now I dunno if I wanna tell you.

[Fun is an odd choice of word, if it'd been interesting or cool he might not have cared but - fun doesn't inspire confidence.]

[mirakills]

I mean fun in a sardonic sense. Fun combined with a reaper, so on and so forth. I'm interested in meeting people from magic planes I didn't occupy.

I get that my joking tone doesn't come across very well.

[ she says with the deadest of pans. ]

[holds_up_walls]

Well needed by everyone but not a threat.

Let's go with a business sign. People may not be able to find the business without the sign.

[umbrastaff]

Oh? Are you some kind of elf?

[ This was text, after all. ]

[mirakills]

Actually, I am a witch.

[mirakills]

Not quite. I’ll give you a chance to try again.

[ or as many chances as he wants, really ]

[umbrastaff]

Is that something specific in your world? 'Cuz to me that just sounds like your occupation, not a longevity explanation.

[mirakills]

From my conversations with others, it’s definitely more specific. Then again, I get the occupation and hobby aspects of the entire thing as well.

I’m a bit more akin to a ... I understand how egotistical it must sound, but a god.

[umbrastaff]

Really? That's pretty awesome.

I'm a wizard, myself. Less godlike.

[mirakills]

Then it is my most esteemed pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am always very interested in meeting other witches and wizards, especially kinds from all around. Wizards and witches who can occupy non-magical space are very fascinating to me. That’s not possible where I’m from, or at least... you have to be strong enough.

video @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

[ She turns on the video, and the face shown is exactly the same as another elf's that Bernkastel has been 'arguing' with earlier. Being twins could be confusing sometimes. ]

Your world sounds really different from mine. Pretty much anyone can learn magic in my world if they study enough. Nothing super rare or anything.