IC Contact Post for Ryslig

[godofthemachine]

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<archmage>

[icy_veins]

I am nothing, if not tenacious — and you've only defeated me once, in the Square.

I do not fear death, but you do, AM. Is that why you refuse to give me a location to meet you?

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[godofthemachine]

I defeated you before that in Bavan. You were looking for a fight so I gave you one.

So, if you were to die and never return, that notion does not scare you?

I am not refusing. I am telling you that you are the one who wants to fight, so you do the effort in selecting a place.

<archmage> cw: beheading mention

[icy_veins]

Ah, in Bavan. I was not myself then, my mind was like that of a rabid animal.
Though I would hardly call that a defeat — you became distracted by some humans, and I found my entertainment elsewhere.

And I have likely already lived a longer lifespan than you AM, I do not harbor the childlike fear of death any more. Death comes for everyone, at some point.

[There's more to that, but nothing Eridanus would share with AM.]

Then we meet at Lake Dala for our fight.
I am looking forward to lofting your severed head up and enjoying the view of the lake behind it.
Shall we meet on the night of the 14th?

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[godofthemachine]

Oh, is that how you remember it? Excuses, excuses. I was on the verge of destroying you, but I spared you out of pity.

I never said I was afraid of death. It is a natural part of life, after all. But I suppose I've only lived a scant three hundred or so years, so I am just a child compared to you. Your insults don't bother me.

Lake Dala it is, then. Hopefully you won't get a repeat of what happened in Felfri. :)

<archmage>

[icy_veins]

The way you move in that hulking body of yours is more child-like than your age, AM.
You've outlived humans, at the very least.

Enjoy your short-lived confidence.
And whatever ":)" means, I'll make you eat that too.

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[godofthemachine]

Is that all you know? Just to hurl insults? Even after all that you went through in Felfri, you fall back on the same tired words. Perhaps your age is showing far more than you think.

I won't explain to you what it means. You've been on the network long enough. You can figure it out.

<archmage>

[icy_veins]

Is it even an insult? I figured it was an observation.
Your combat is slow, you maneuver your fire like a fist weapon, rather than the artform it is.

My age shows in that I have had my form longer than a few years, AM.
You were more of a threat in Felfri, and we both know it.
I cannot wait to make you suffer in return.

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[godofthemachine]

Fire is an art? That is news to me. Fire is simply oxidation from an exothermic combustion reaction.

I would call your words insults because you keep falling back on them as your saving grace, as if I will fall on my knees and say, "Oh yes, great archmage, I am inferior and you are superior! Your words are correct! Saying them to me constantly drilled it through my head!"

You keep forgetting how I was a threat in Bavan as well. You always have convenient excuses for your defeats.

<archmage>

[icy_veins]

Spoken like a true brute.
It just goes to show that technology is not always advanced, as you are certainly lacking in both character and culture.

I do not need you to tell me of your inferiority, it is known.
Enjoy the company of your head while you still have it.

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[godofthemachine]

If my inferiority is "known", then why do you have to keep repeating it like an infinite loop? You're far more like a faulty computer than I am, it seems.

Oh, I will enjoy it. Sew it onto your body and see what happens.

[If he is beheaded, will he die? The Fog God protects him from death as long as the heart and brain are in tact, but... does blood not flowing to the brain entail being "in tact"? Technically the heart wouldn't be in tact if there's no route between it and the brain.

Not that he thinks Eridanus will actually succeed, but still.]

<Archmage>

[icy_veins]

Enough talk, I will see you at Lake Dala, AM.

[Fury mounts between the memory of their last encounter and the words on the screen—Eridanus is not the type to forgive so easily.]