forum Everyone Here is Lying (reboot) // OxO // Experienced RPers preferred, OPEN

Started March 05, 2022 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Aesir finally looked up, a slight smile gracing their lips.
"Hey, it's good to meet you all," they replied, taking a seat pretty close to Maze.

"Hey, that's the person I Saw." one remarked after studying Aesir for a long moment. "I told you guys it would be important."

"Shut the fuck up, Baker, you said that about the time you Saw a mince pie." another shot back, then turned to Aesir with a sheepish grin. "Sorry, I'm Darcy. That idiot," she jerked her thumb at a red-haired, freckle-faced young man, "is Arlo Baker, and he thinks every vision he has is equally important." Darcy was a rather tall young woman, with a light tan and brown hair pulled back into a bun. "And you've already met Maze, obviously. And then that one," she pointed at another young man, "is Josef, and he's a traitor."

"Darcy, I am not." Josef retorted. He had a rather foreign accent, far different from the other's. "Don't be an arsehole."

"I'm Aesir Corvus," they replied, tucking their hands into their cloak instinctively, then turned to Arlo. "So perhaps you knew I was coming here? Got a glimpse of it? Hell, you lot might know more about me than I do."
They shifted a bit and let their gaze drift to Josef. Aesir doubted there was a whole lot behind the accusation. They had met more unsavory characters for certain.
"Regardless, it's good to put names to a few more faces here."

Josef sighed faintly. "He didn't know you were coming. He just Saw you. Briefly. While scrying in the toilets."

"Look, I was trying to get the answers for the test! It's not my fault they warded it!" Arlo shot back. "And besides, I only scryed in the toilets because we were about to go to class and I, unlike you, don't bring my scrying supplies with me all the time like a fuckin' nerd."

"Boys, quit it, you're going to scare our visitor." Maze interjected.

"Nah, that's alright," Aesir replied, bringing their hands back out on the table, "Actually a relief to know that you don't know more about me than I do. I thought we were gonna have to have a talk."
They distractedly went to fix their bun.
"So, um… how long have all of you been here?"

"I've been here for three years." Darcy said, leaning her elbow on the table and taking a bite of her food.

"I've been here for a year." Arlo announced, grinning.

"Six months." Josef replied, picking at his food.

"I believe I already told you?" Maze said, unable to remember if he had or not.

"Yes," Aesir replied with a nod, "You did."
They glanced over the three others' faces. Aesir didn't know what they were trying to figure out. Just that they were trying to get some sort of read on this place, on the people here.
Aesir, not realizing, had already eaten a lot, fairly quickly. They were almost wolflike in habit, acting like they weren't certain when the next meal would come.

Maze worked on eating their food, quiet.

"So." Darcy looked at Aesir. "What's your prophecy about?"

"I don't… really know," Aesir admitted, looking up from their plate, "No one will tell me anything that isn't cryptic as all hell. I thought it was all bullshit when they first tried to bring me in."

Darcy hummed faintly, running a hand through her hair. "I see." she replied. "That's…odd." she looked at Maze, then over to Aesir again.

Maze shrugged. "Someone will tell you eventually, Aesir."

"I imagine they'd have to. Leaving me in the dark is just gonna leave me restless, to be sure," Aesir sighed, "You think I believed them when they tried to take me away from my town, telling me I was part of some prophecy?"
They chuckled.
"Very vague, no details. Definitely thought it was a trap, but I'm not important enough for a ruse this elaborate."

Josef let out a faint laugh. "It is a trap." he replied, arching an eyebrow.

"Oh buzz off, Josef." Darcy retorted, exasperated.

"What, lots of thankless work or something? Do tell," Aesir challenged, half-joking.
They tilted their head a bit.
"Or did the city guard set this shit up to capture criminals, even near-harmless petty thieves such as myself?"

Josef shrugged his shoulders. "There are, ah…secrets. Difficulties, I suppose."

"Dude, stop being so fucking cryptic." Arlo said, mouth half-full.

"Every place has its secrets," Aesir said with a shrug, "and its difficulties. I've seen a lot. Not everything, but a lot. And quite frankly, that feels less cryptic than whatever the fuck everyone else was telling me."
With a sigh, they put down their fork.
"Please for the love of all the gods, tell me they're at least not going to make me learn magic. That stuff freaks me the fuck out."

"They might. If you show proficiency for it." Darcy said. "Probably not, though, if it scares you that much."

"Reading about it, being around it is good and well," Aesir said, "but there are some things I think are better if we just leave them alone. Like magic. Magic is, quite frankly, none of my business."
They shrugged.
"Except healing magic. Maybe. It's on thin ice."

Darcy nodded, taking a bite of her food. "Makes sense, makes sense." She said, after she finished chewing.

Aesir let a slight smile slip past their lips.
"So, you're all prophets, right? What exactly is it that you all predict? Like what kinds of things, I guess is what I'm asking. Can't say I know much about the process and all that."

"Yeah we are." Arlo said, grinning. "We can see things. Like, uh, scrying. Josef and I are better at scrying and all that than Dary and Maze are, but Maze is better at trances and all that shit." he gestured vaguely.

"Okay, but like… what do you see?" Aesir added, trying to understand better what they might be able to learn about the future before it unfolded, "It seems like there are some major prophecies that happen around here, but you're in training, yeah? So I imagine those major prophecies are beyond your work for now?"
They shrugged. "And can you predict things on command?"

"What we see varies depending on the person. Some people can only see certain futures, others can only see certain possibilities. It varies." Maze said. "None of us are skilled enough for anything major just yet, but we can usually try to see into the future and see possibilities. See, the way the future works is…is like a tree, alright? The past is the main part of the trunk. The present is the first junction of branches. The future is all those branches going up and out. Some futures– the bigger branches –are more likely than others. Does that make sense?"

"Yeah, I think I've got the gist of it," Aesir replied, "That's more what I was talking about."
They leaned over on the table.
"It's all very interesting, if not my cup of tea at all."

Maze nodded a little bit. "Yeah. Prophecies are usually big branches, in that there's usually only one person that can fulfill that particular prophecy in the right way." He replied, taking another bite of his food.

"So I take it you guys needed a thief skillset without the subject being an absolute ass?" Aesir joked, "Because I've got you covered there."
They stretched a bit and let out a soft sigh.
"I suppose we'll find out soon enough."