February Catch All

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Characters: Valdis and you!
Date: The Month of February
Location: Noted in the starters
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: None yet

A) Before the 5th, Keeliai's Markets: After acquiring the angelic sword, Revelations, Valdis has found herself in need of some supplies in order to make a sheath worthy of the blade. She has enough coin to obtain what she needs and it helps that the Kedan are currently trying to put on a good face for the Ambassadors. She is quickly evaluating the attitude of the store owners and either purchasing or moving on, aware that this window of niceties might be quite narrow.

B) Midnight Hotel: When she isn't out in the city or exploring the surrounding areas, Valdis can be found in the common area, reading up on the history of Keeliai or going over her extensive, hand-written notes on the current issues the foreigners are facing in the city. If one is lucky, they may catch her in the lobby of the hotel, or if someone is ambitious and unafraid, they may find her in her room, though if she is sleeping, wake her at your own risk

C) Before the 5th, Turtle's Head: The cold didn't bother her much and she sat near the turtles head, looking out over the water at Khatronma, marveling at the dome from a distance. Revelations is at her hip, glowing softly in the early morning light. The last time she had been here it had been to possess the turtle in an attempt to help Wan oust Malicant from the ancient entity. It had also been where she had used the Void to kill four of the cultists attacking her and her friends. So many memories and none of the peace that had once been attached to this place.

D) Start your Own: Please give a location and a setup.

Comments

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Even that wasn't true, strictly speaking. Tenebrae had said as much himself; Necromancy stopped Skulduggery's soul from moving on, but reclaiming the skeletal remains of his body had been purely Skulduggery's doing.

Explaining that, however, would only have been splitting hairs.

"Oh?" he asked, head tilted. "And what's that?"

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"Necromancy is nothing compared to the power of the Void. Should you pit your magic against mine, the best case scenario is that we are both destroyed. Your only bet is to give Raine Sage enough time to cast her light spell."

Perhaps she overestimated her own power, but since she had defeated the voids of two of her own kind and consumed their soul energies, she suspected that no mortal could compare.

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Skulduggery said nothing. In a way, he hoped Valdis was right; having someone on the turtle capable of matching Vile's power would be something of a safeguard. But on the other, heavier hand, Skulduggery still remembered killing a god. Killing a god, and for no reason other than because he wanted to see if he could. If it came to an all-out battle, he had his misgivings about being outmatched.

Fortunately, things wouldn't come to an all-out battle. Malicant was gone, and the biggest challenge left was getting the three warring kedan families to cooperate.

"You're very pessimistic," Skulduggery eventually said, standing up. "You should work on that. It takes years off your life."

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"As I am essentially immortal," she replied, watching him with one brow raised, "Taking a few years off is nothing, besides I just lost the only person I've ever loved, I don't have the capacity for optimism at the moment."

He doubted her power, as it was, she doubted it too, for as long as her soul existed alongside the Void, she would never have full access to it's power. Perhaps it was better that way, but it didn't matter now and hopefully she would have no reason to test her powers at full strength.

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"Don't be ridiculous," Skulduggery answered. "Optimism doesn't have a quota. The moment you can't see it - that's the moment you need it most."

People often wondered why Skulduggery was constantly cheerful. It was something Hopeless used to say; if he could pretend he hadn't given up for long enough, eventually it would become the truth. Disregard pessimism for long enough, and you became optimistic by default. It was a fuzzier feeling.

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She tipped her head, "I may need it," she replied, "But it just isn't possible for me at the moment, surely you can understand that?"

She was growing tired, talking with Skulduggery had been exhausting the first time she had worked with him and it seemed that that hadn't changed.