PC CATCHALL WITH NERO

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So it's...going to crash into your world? Is that the calamity?

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[i DESPERATELY WISH I KNEW. MHYK WHY WON'T YOU EXPLAIN THE MOON THING.]

We fight it back every year, but the after effects can get weird. Like bringing old curses back to the present.

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[EXPLAIN YOUR MOON, MHYK]

Old curses...it sounds like quite the threat. There's no way to just destroy the thing?

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The whole moon?

No. Would be easier if we could.

[greatdeduction]

There's no "exploding the moon" spell, I suppose. That would be rather simple.

[perfectdistance]

There isn't.

Otherwise we wouldn't be dealin' with it for thousands of years.

[greatdeduction]

[poor nero and his gay drama moon troubles]

You really are a hard worker. Chef during the day, moon fighter wizard at night. That's a lot on your shoulders.

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[If the moon didn't exist he wouldn't be bound to Bradley again. Tragic.]

Not weird to have a day job with the Great Calamity only happens once a year.

[But he also has to deal with the after effects too and those are awful.]

[greatdeduction]

...Oh, once a year? It sounded like an ever-present thing. Well, better for you, I suppose. Must be like...whatever the opposite of a holiday is.

[perfectdistance]

The moon's always there. It only tries to kill us once a year.

[greatdeduction]

[Sips at his whiskey.]

Happy Moon Is Trying to Kill Us Day...a grand celebration....

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Yaaay...

[not yay.]

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[definitely not yay]

Whenever we find a way out of this mess...will you just go back to your restaurant, my dear fellow?

[perfectdistance]

Can't.

Got found out as a wizard when I was marked as a Sage's Wizard. Nobody would go back to my restaurant after that.

'm living at the manor with the other Sage's Wizards now.

[greatdeduction]

Oh, no.

[POOR NERO]

And...he's there?

[perfectdistance]

He is. Unlucky, don't ya think?

[greatdeduction]

Rather so.

...No wonder you're so morose. Its a situation you're stuck in.

[perfectdistance]

That's "fate". Doesn't ever care what you want, just gotta deal with it.

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If there was a way you could get out of being a Sage's Wizard...would you take it?

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...

Do I wanna die?

[greatdeduction]

No, sorry, I mean...without the dying. If that was possible. I would surmise you'd say "yes".

[perfectdistance]

[Nero to Faust: I don't have a sense of responsibility.

Nero, thinking about Riquet and Mitile, the Eastern wizards that he's bonded with. Bradley in the dark hours where nobody else can see them, sharing a bottle of wine.

Does he really want to give that up?]

... Never thought about it before.

[greatdeduction]

Hm. Well...even with the bad, there is some good to be found. Even in dark times...one can find jewels.

[He sips, again, a little tired.]

If those jewels are worth it...then that's what matters, yes?

[perfectdistance]

[Sips and looks through Sholmes for a moment.]

... Some of them are worth it.

[greatdeduction]

I'm glad.

[He really is glad. He glances back at the other.]

You keep those jewels close. [And a sigh.] Perhaps not too close. I made a mistake with that.