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[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-08-22 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think we have those, in my world.

[ He says thoughtfully ]

Well, all my kinfolk, anyway! [ He smiles ] I don't know if humans can do it - but the dwarves certainly had skills of their own, although they don't share them with outsiders. But I can recognise a charm on a weapon as well as any, even though I am no smith myself.

[ He shrugs ]

It depends, I suppose. [ He says slowly ] Not like that, no. Nothing so... visible. But the river that ran through my brothers Maedhros and Caranthir's lands... The Gelion was always friendly to us, and until the Enemy fouled and enslaved her she aided us as best she could, whenever we asked. So yes, I could raise her to flood, at need. I've raised a fog a few times, and landslides a few, but water an d light answers to me easier than does stone.

[ He's done other things too, that he little likes to speak of, using Song to enchant minds and drag his enemy onto his blades, as well as simply breaking people's minds with Song, amongst others ]
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-08-25 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Duo scratched his head and looked a bit on the confused side, because he wasn't sure how else to explain a siren. In all honesty he had no idea what they technically were himself. He'd never studied myths and legends. All he knew was what was in movies or on tv, when he was able to catch things. And when he did read books he liked some of the more classic stories over fantasy.

But now he was wishing he'd actually read those books.]


Huh. And here's me using my hands like a pleb. [Duo grinned widely.] You've a fancy way of fighing, Mags! Magic and stuff, that doesn't exist in my world. It's all technology. If there ever was magic it died a long time ago.
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[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-08-25 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Maglor chuckles ]

I don't use it as my primary means of fighting! It takes a fair bit, to ask the world to move for you, even if the local river IS very fond of your brother! I'm still mostly a swordsman, at the end of the day. And one never knows, really - I find what Men consider magic includes a lot of things that my folk don't! It's entirely possible that there's more than you think.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-08-26 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
I've never used swords before... I got given one of those kizuna katana things, and Wufei's been showing me a bit on how to use it, but I think I'm better with guns. Or a blade.

[Or anything he could use that was quiet. Though at the same time he did like a good explosion, so it didn't always have to be quiet.]

I guess if you saw some of the things from my world you might call it magic, if you'd never seen it before... so makes sense. Goes both ways, Mags.
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bythewaves: (Arnold smile)

[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-08-26 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, well, if you want to learn the blade, I am happy to teach.

[ Maglor notes - Duo is... younger than he would like, in truth, but it's not as if he doesn't already know how to fight ]

That's true enough! I still don't know what a gun is, for example!
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-08-31 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I meant knife. [Duo grinned, having a feeling his idea of a blade and Maglor's was vastly different.]

But if you wanna show me what you've got sometime, I promise to be impressed.

[Because lets face it, Duo loved watching Wufei going through is forms and practicing with his sword, there was something so elegant about it. Much more than with a gun.]
bythewaves: (Arnold grin)

[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-09-01 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maglor chuckles ]

And what makes you think I don't know how to use knives too, hm? Although I'll grant it's not my weapon of choice, but my youngest brothers - the twins - one of them used knives.

Well, I did promise to teach Riley. You are welcome to come along!
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-09-06 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Never said you didn't! Just wasn't sure if you meant a sword...

[Duo grinned then and held up his hands, laughing while shaking his head.]

Wouldn't wanna get in the way. But thanks anyway, Mags!
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[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-09-08 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm old enough to be familiar with most bladed weapons. [ Maglor laughs ]

Especially those my brothers favoured - halberd, sword, knives, axe, lance... I used to be a reasonable shot with the bow, too, although my hands don't really allow that, any longer.

[ he grins at Duo ] Well, the offer remains on the table.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-09-13 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well excuse me for being young and inexperienced!

[And wasn't that weird to think. Given his training he was proficient in a great many weapons. Just none of those old schooly things. When the hell would he ever need an axe other than to chop down a tree?]

'Preciated. I'll remember that, if Wufei ever gets tired of teachin me
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[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-09-14 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing wrong with that!

[ Maglor laughs ]

Live as long as I do, and I'm sure you'd learn far more.
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-10-25 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Mags, I'm surprised I've lived as long as I have. Kinda been livin on borrowed time as is. Didn't think I'd ever get this close to my 20s.

[Truthfully he'd honestly believed he would die in the war, that he'd never see a single day of the peacetime they so desperately fought for. And he knew the others felt the same.]

Think the chances of living as long as you is near impossible!

[He was just a normal human guy after all. Nothing special or magical about him.]
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[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-10-26 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Something like grief crosses his face ]

You deserve to live a very long time, Duo.

[ He'd give him eternity in his place, if he could ]
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[personal profile] maxwellsdaemon 2022-10-26 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Duo shrugged. Honestly, if he was back home he'd argue the point. He didn't think he deserved to live a long time. He'd done a lot of bad, very bad things in his short life and was known for getting the people closest to him killed.

But since being here he'd found love. He'd found a reason. He'd found friends who seemed to have the ability to live for a long time and could maybe avoid his little grim reapers curse.

Even still, there was a part of him that struggled with that idea that he deserved to live when so many others had died... Duo knew how that sounded. And so he just smiled at Maglor.]


Who knows? Better not to challenge the Powers That Be, Mags. But for now? I kinda like the life I've got.
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[personal profile] bythewaves 2022-10-26 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maglor reaches over to ruffle Duo's hair ]

I'm glad. And I hope you live long and happily, whether here or there.