[if april showers bring may flowers, then july showers bring. . .?]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: everyone!
When: July 31st throughout the day
Where: outside, but also wherever you want to be!
What: a general all-purpose mingle with flavor
Warnings: nada

[Today, for the first time since your arrival, dark and angry clouds gather in the sky above to block out the sun. It is sweltering outside, so when those clouds eventually open up in the early afternoon, showering everyone with cool rain, rolling thunder, and a few flashes of lightning. . . it probably feels good!]

[It seems to be normal rain, for the most part. Look at it from the wrong angle and some if it may seem to be tinted red, like blood. And sometimes, when a drop spatters against the ground, a spider lily suddenly blossoms in its place. The flower dies almost immediately upon springing to life, its petals dissolving into dust that is quickly washed away by the rest of the water]

[dwbi]

[. . . things have been awfully quiet since your arrival. It feels almost a bit like the calm before the storm, doesn't it? Are you still waiting for that other shoe to drop. . .?]

[What else are you up to today!]

Comments

[bowtiedbones]

Therapy? Like we’ll all need when we get out of here? Like if someone’s in an accident and has horrible anxiety afterwards, a therapist can help them work through it.

[inexorableiron]

[blank look]

Like when ya get bandages?

[bowtiedbones]

No, it’s like, um. Instead of physical health, it’s treatment for mental health.

[inexorableiron]

...

Okay, so to get you to stop being dazed?

[bowtiedbones]

Yeah. Or for things like addiction or panic attacks.

[inexorableiron]

[???]

That's ... real?

[bowtiedbones]

It’s real. I’ve never tried it myself, but it can be really genuinely helpful. And a lot of times it goes with psychiatric help, so there’s medicines that can help too.

[inexorableiron]

[he is just squinting]

Psychic shit? Like when the thing hurts your brain by fucking screamin'?

[bowtiedbones]

…maybe? I don’t know any screaming things, but if it hurts brains, maybe. Um. Psychiatric medicine is like if someone has depression or chronic nightmares, or gets nervous all the time for no reason.

[inexorableiron]

I dunno what any of that is, lady dude.

[bowtiedbones]

Um. Basically if someone's feeling crazy for whatever reason, they can help. But we don't have one here and if there aren't any where you're from, it's kind of a moot point, I guess. Or if I go home and can't get one that believes me.

[inexorableiron]

Usually the crazy feelin' has something to do with fucking magic where I'm from, so that's way more than a little fuckin' weird.

[bowtiedbones]

[the mental health scene in tabletop worlds is dire]

It's really hard for people where I'm from to affect each other directly with magic. So instead it's like... from trauma or disease. Dementia. Hereditary conditions. Sometimes a person gets a therapist because they're sad or angry and need someone to talk to.

[inexorableiron]

[truth. also he is super ignoring the talk to someone part]

That's fuckin' wild. Where I'm from, you can daze 'em or stupefy somebody with the right spell.

[bowtiedbones]

Huh. Though we also don't have um, battle mages? Like what it sounds like you do. Nobody really trains their magic for combat anymore.

[inexorableiron]

Oh it's all combat. Or, like, politics. Fucking boring as hell though.

[bowtiedbones]

No science?

[inexorableiron]

Science is more like... alchemists and shit. And there's plenty of mages who do that kind of shit too, but magic doesn't really work for 'em that way.

[bowtiedbones]

That's so different... Science is like, ALL I do.

[inexorableiron]

Yeah, but you don't have big fuckin' monsters and hordes shit chasin' you down, right?

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, no. That’s kind of why we don’t have battle mages anymore… A lot of the biggest monsters are already dead now.

[inexorableiron]

[Nod, nod]

Sure. They're all still threats back on Golarion. So we're dealin' with all that shit.

[bowtiedbones]

How do you um, cast? Like I only do arrays, but you can’t be spending three hours making a drawing if something’s coming after you.

[inexorableiron]

Aw, that all depends on the spell itself. Some of 'em take a real long fuckin' time and there's the whole setting up the ritual and what the fuck ever, but that's usually downtime shit.

It's different durin' a fight. Me, I got my spellbook, right? So I prepare some spells every day and fuckin', you know, recite them. And I trained to use my weapon as a focus, so I don't gotta do hand wavin' or orb ponderin'.

Some spells go for awhile but some don't last long. A blast of cold hits hard and lasts ten seconds. But shit, lady dude, ten minutes of bein' extra fuckin' fast is a real asset when you gotta book it across the damn field to help some other dude out.

[He will tap the tattoo on his right arm]

That's what this one's supposed to do. Takes a moment to cast, but I can use it every day. Y'know, when we're not fuckin' blocked.

[bowtiedbones]

Some people have gotten partially unblocked, like when we got some of our stuff back. If your tattoo starts working again, can I see it?