๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ธ๐ "ACD'S OC" ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ (
ratiocinations) wrote in
sevenhorrors2025-09-10 09:42 am
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but i abhor the dull routine of existence (closed)
Who: Holmes and Sprezzatura
When:9/10 9/15 gently nudges this forward a little
Where: The school exterior
What: Trying to climb the school with rather mixed results.
Warnings: None! Will add if needed.

When:
Where: The school exterior
What: Trying to climb the school with rather mixed results.
Warnings: None! Will add if needed.


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But at least one, then.
[It is rather warm out here today, but that will not change his level of determination. They take a turn as soon as theyโre out, following the walls of the school. Already, his head tilts upwards to judge at where they might begin.]
Else youโd not engage yourself in such effort.
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Wouldn't I? Part of Scribe's duty is to record all magical discoveries, and preserve them, no matter how grim.
[ she would, though. is the thing. with or without the Order of the Scribes. ]
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Indeed, but as you will recall, I did see a few of your personal notes that accompanied one of your spells.
[A subject which she declined to speak on before, and so he will not press further if she does not present him more insight on the matter. For now, anyway.]
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she stiffens, and given reason to do so, now walks in the opposite direction from him with a soft, ] Mmn.
[ she will decline again! ]
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But wringing out the truth from her is not the priority at the moment. For now, it is finding a place to climb โ and the scouting begins.
Itโll be a minute or two or three or five or ten until he loops back around to her, meeting her on the other side. Heโs seen only crumbling walls, shattered windows, and a lack of tall neighboring trees nearby. Sweat glistens at his brow.]
We truly could use that other spell of yours.
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Quick work it would make. But we were knowing already this will not be easy. If top of building cannot be reached from within, why would from without be any simpler?
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One...
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Follows her gaze with his own. What did she find? Is it visible from here?]
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starts to walk again, to trace the origin point ]
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The ivy.
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What do you suppose?
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...Campsis radicans. Very... [tugs at it again] ...thick, too.
[Hm. Not ideal, but none of it seems to be.]
It may be our best option. On my side, I had seen only a few loose bricks which would act as footholds, and the rest we would need to rely on the sturdiness of old windowsills. At least this could provide a path all the way up.
[How far up does it grow?]
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Windowsills... Nyet. There will be broken glass.
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...
You are willing to try it, then? To climb up the ivy and hope it holds?
[At least they will get a good sense of its strength just a few feet up; were it to fall from a short distance, there is no inherent danger.]
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Better than free climbing upon loose bricks. We must be... incredibly careful, either way.
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[Without preamble, then, he is retreating to where they left the mattress and dragging it back this direction. If they've decided, then why waste time?]
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Severine, on the other hand, remains where she isโstill her face tipped upwards, following the wending path of the ivy. there are footholds, she's sure, among the vines. and the building has collapsed in places; a spot to rest. ]
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Straightens, catching his breath.]
There, now. [Looking up, extending a hand to follow the vines as though to test at the angle, the way an artist might do so to check perspective.] If you tumble, as long as you do not twist your body unduly... [Points directly down to the mattress.] This should break your fall.
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My fall? [ but she's clearly not actually hung up on this, because she moves swiftly to: ] We go slow, and test each foothold thoroughly before depending upon it. If we can go no further, we return down. If we can not go down, we endeavour for one of those openings... there, or there.
[ pointing to each ]
Where we may get through and inside.
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Noted. And I will take the lead, if that is agreeable to you.
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He walks up to the ivy, tests it. Pulls and tugs. At its base, it does seem sturdy enough.]
Pulled up by nothing but our arms at firstโฆ this will be a test of strength as much as one of courage.
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[ she's had enough tests of courage with the one. besides; ] Heights do not scare me. We wizards thrive in towers.
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It is different, is it not? Gazing out from atop a high tower, versus climbing one.
[Anyway, he starts clambering up. He is not superhuman, of course, and will not move with blazing speed, and he takes it purposefully slow at first, but... He is?? Surprisingly?? Adept at this??]
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