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[geiz]

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[prettyrocks]

[ Towards the end of the month, Geiz will get a voice message on his watch. ]

Hi, Geiz? I hope I got the right person... Anyway, if this is Geiz, this is Tsutha, just checking in to make sure you're doing alright.

...I guess even if this isn't Geiz, then I'm still Tsutha. But this message is meant for Geiz.

[geiz]

You've got the right person. So far so good . . . for now. How about you? Anything new happen?

[prettyrocks]

Mm, nope! Not since those little warforged delivered me a bucket of turkey. But you were there for that.

Do you know if you're a witch or a monster yet?

[geiz]

Not at all. Is there a way to tell if I'm either a witch or monster?

[prettyrocks]

Well, you could wait to see if your body starts changing. If it does, then you're a monster.

Or, I think if you go to the Coven, they can tell you whether you have magic or not. If you do, you're a witch. If you don't, then monster.

[geiz]

The second option seems to be a good choice because it's better to know than to not know.

[prettyrocks]

Yeah, probably best to know so you can stop waiting and worrying. As for me, I never even considered that they would take my magic away from me, so I guess I lucked out in that way.

[ That's right. The green, tusked woman you met is not a monster. ]

[geiz]

I wonder if that's why my driver doesn't work.

[ He pauses ]

So you're a witch then?

[prettyrocks]

Your driver? Is that like... A person who drives your cart for you?

[ She isn't sure why that wouldn't work without magic. Unless the driver is an Unseen Servant or something. ]

Yeah, I am.

[geiz]

It's a belt that lets me transform into a Kamen Rider, but I haven't been able to use it while here.

. . . how did you know when you became a witch?

[prettyrocks]

....Yeah, I don't know what a Kamen Rider is, either. But all my equipment that was magic stopped being magic when I got here, so that's probably what happened to your belt.

Um, well, where I'm from we don't use the word witch. I'm a sorcerer, which means I was born with magic. So... I kind of always knew?

A Modranicht delivery

[prettyrocks]

[ Tsutha does some asking around to find out where Geiz lives, and so on the first day of Modranicht there is a small package delivered to Geiz's door, wrapped in simple brown paper. Inside, are a handmade leather belt with pouches, along with a note written in a careful, if clumsy hand. She knows his driver belt doesn't work here, but maybe he would appreciate a new belt instead! ]

Re: A Modranicht delivery

[geiz]

[ when he gets both the belt and card, he just feels incredibly touched and will wear the belt everyday. Not only that, but he will try to find Tsutha to thank her because this . . . might be the first gift he's honestly ever gotten. In his war torn future, there had never been time or expenses or materials to give gifts to loved ones. So this matters a lot to him ]

Modranicht gift

[thejoyrider]

[On the day of the holiday, a plate of homemade cookies and a sample of herbal tea mysteriously appears on his doorstep. The wrapping is decorated with a fresh lily flower (actually a Fae magic product, designed to fade away from existence in a few hours) and a ribbon. The attached handwritten note reads as follows:]

Happy Modranicht! Let’s have another great year here in Aefenglom!

M⚜️

voice

[timenace]

Uhm....

[ Even though he's the one contact Geiz, and should theoretically be ready, Sougo is hesitating the moment they connect. ]

Geiz, I found out something that I think is important for you to know.

voice

[geiz]

Kind of busy here.

[ Dying, he's dying. He's been trying to breathe in and out slowly with less and less luck. But right now he thinks he's just out of breath because he'd been training.

Nothing to see or feel here, move along ]

voice

[timenace]

[ Wouldn't this information have been so good just a little bit earlier?

Sougo pauses, because Geiz definitely sounds off right now. ]

What are you doing? Where are you?

[geiz]

Training. Why?

[ Yeah, things are getting a bit difficult right now so Geiz is going to sit down and hold a fist to his chest, trying to take in a slow, deep breath ]

[timenace]

What I have to tell you is really important. Where are you training? I'll go to you!

[ The concern is pretty evident in Sougo's tone. ]

[geiz]

Just tell me now.

[ There's an irritated tint to Geiz's words because he doesn't get why Sougo is stalling.

At the same time he's also trying to ignore the growing pain in his chest that keeps getting sharper and sharper as more time passes ]

[timenace]

[ God he wishes he could use this Bond to figure out where Geiz was, because he can feel something is wrong, but that does nothing to help him pinpoint where to go. ]

Geiz I think you're dying! Where are you?

[geiz]

[ Dying? That's not possible. Then again, he's having even more trouble breathing and there's a spike of intense pain in his chest ]

I'm in my room.

[timenace]

[ His panic is rising as he realizes that Geiz is in pain. This is now what he was expecting when Momo suggested that most people died in their sleep anyway. ]

I'll be there soon! Just hold on!

[geiz]

[ Yeap, Geiz is definitely dying. He picks himself off the floor and staggers towards the door. He manages to unlock it for Sougo before collapsing down next to it ]

I'll be fine.

[ Nope, he won't be fine but he's trying to reassure Sougo despite the fact that he's gonna kick it ]

[timenace]

[ There's no reply from Sougo, because he is sprinting through the city right now towards the barracks, hoping he's not too late. It takes him a lot longer than he'd like, even with magical boosts, to get to the barracks, shoving Geiz's door open with alarming force as he charges into the room. ]

Geiz?!