I'll paint you a picture of my first impression of him, if you weren't at the tavern for that mingle. He walks in, sees Lioriley, a good friend of mine and well-known visitor, who is an elf with blue skin. Apparently she looked like a type of evil magic elf from his world, so he started accusing her of wicked magic, calling her a witch, insisting that she must be hurting and manipulating the other Visitors here, generally freaking out and upsetting her. Several people told him to back off, but he only got more intense about it, and Astarion was about to pounce, so I tried to usher Gadriel out of the bar, but he wouldn't move. Then Loki (who also had blue skin so was assumed to be an evil elf) goaded Gadriel to follow him out, and Gadriel started CHASING him. Gadriel is like 9 feet tall in armor, if you've never seen him, so uh, needed to stop him from killing Loki. Night Sky wrapped him in vines, me and Loki then threatened him with knives. I went... A bit far with it, because I wanted to hurt him, and I wanted to make myself the target rather than my blue friends. I cut his throat, but purposely not deep enough to kill him. Then Lioriley healed him.
I heard almost nothing from him until he informed me on the network that he killed Night Sky, then basically told me to come and kill him for real. I went, mainly because I wanted to know more, and I was pissed. Nina showed up too. Arguments ensued, but I didn't hurt him. I just yelled at him and left. Then Nina came after me.
I told Nina I would try harder to get along with him. It's clear he means a lot to her.
My main issue with him is that he won't see past the way things work in his world. He tries to force everyone else to think and act the way he expects them to act based on what he knows from his fucked up world. He's got Nina convinced that he brought corruption here from his world, which is that evil type of magic I think, and I just... Don't think that's really how it works, unless you get the magic from the leaders, which he didn't.
I tried to see his side of things, the other day, but he's just... Difficult to talk to. You don't know me, Davrin, but I'm not boasting when I say I can get along with almost anyone. When Nina and I met, she literally asked me "what the fuck is your deal?" and interrogated me. Now she's my little sister. I can usually work past initial ill feelings and poor first impressions, and I will try to do that here. But I'm not sure if it's possible either.
I've pretty much told him the same thing about the world being different from what he's used to and he can't expect everything to be the same. I don't know him but there must be something good about him for Nina to care so much, so I'm trying to give him a chance.
Not that I'm happy to hear about this corruption shit. I'll have to find out more about that.
Still...I have a friend and we didn't get along either at first until someone important to us both got us to figure it out. It took a bit of time and a lot of work but we got there. Trust me, it wasn't easy at first though. Maybe you'll see eye to eye or maybe you won't. Maybe you just need a better understanding of each other. I know you probably can't force it though but it's a thought.
I just want to protect Nina, she's important to me.
I think a lot of people have told him that. He's slow to learn, but hopefully he will eventually. I think there's good in him. He obviously cares about her and wants to protect her. He is selfless- in his own fucked up way, but he is.
I told her to ask on the network if anyone's had similar experiences.
I'm open to working things out between he and I. I don't want to hate anyone here, especially not someone Nina is very close to.
I want the same, and feel the same. Nina and I have a very similar past. From the moment I learned this, she became family, in my mind. I would do anything to protect her. You have my word.
The three of us are at least on the same page about that, so there's always at least one thing we can agree on.
Hopefully something or someone will get through to him eventually. Some people find it hard to change from what they know.
Thanks, Finnick. It's nice to know other people are looking out for her. And I apologize for messaging you out of the blue. I'm sure she'll give me shit for doing it but I'd do anything for her.
If you ever need help with something, I'm easy to find.
That's okay. I'm glad you checked in. I'd like to meet you, sometime, too. She says there's a lighthouse and a griffon involved, both of which are interesting to me.
Thanks. Back atcha. I have minor healing and I'm working on getting the major version, so if you or Nina are ever injured, please let me know as well.
I think we are going to go away for a little bit, just to have some time to ourselves but you're welcome to visit once we get back. But reach out to her sometime.
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I'll paint you a picture of my first impression of him, if you weren't at the tavern for that mingle. He walks in, sees Lioriley, a good friend of mine and well-known visitor, who is an elf with blue skin. Apparently she looked like a type of evil magic elf from his world, so he started accusing her of wicked magic, calling her a witch, insisting that she must be hurting and manipulating the other Visitors here, generally freaking out and upsetting her. Several people told him to back off, but he only got more intense about it, and Astarion was about to pounce, so I tried to usher Gadriel out of the bar, but he wouldn't move. Then Loki (who also had blue skin so was assumed to be an evil elf) goaded Gadriel to follow him out, and Gadriel started CHASING him. Gadriel is like 9 feet tall in armor, if you've never seen him, so uh, needed to stop him from killing Loki. Night Sky wrapped him in vines, me and Loki then threatened him with knives. I went... A bit far with it, because I wanted to hurt him, and I wanted to make myself the target rather than my blue friends. I cut his throat, but purposely not deep enough to kill him. Then Lioriley healed him.
I heard almost nothing from him until he informed me on the network that he killed Night Sky, then basically told me to come and kill him for real. I went, mainly because I wanted to know more, and I was pissed. Nina showed up too. Arguments ensued, but I didn't hurt him. I just yelled at him and left. Then Nina came after me.
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Shit.
I told him to try fixing things with you for Nina's sake but I'm not sure it's possible.
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My main issue with him is that he won't see past the way things work in his world. He tries to force everyone else to think and act the way he expects them to act based on what he knows from his fucked up world. He's got Nina convinced that he brought corruption here from his world, which is that evil type of magic I think, and I just... Don't think that's really how it works, unless you get the magic from the leaders, which he didn't.
I tried to see his side of things, the other day, but he's just... Difficult to talk to.
You don't know me, Davrin, but I'm not boasting when I say I can get along with almost anyone. When Nina and I met, she literally asked me "what the fuck is your deal?" and interrogated me. Now she's my little sister. I can usually work past initial ill feelings and poor first impressions, and I will try to do that here. But I'm not sure if it's possible either.
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Not that I'm happy to hear about this corruption shit. I'll have to find out more about that.
Still...I have a friend and we didn't get along either at first until someone important to us both got us to figure it out. It took a bit of time and a lot of work but we got there. Trust me, it wasn't easy at first though. Maybe you'll see eye to eye or maybe you won't. Maybe you just need a better understanding of each other. I know you probably can't force it though but it's a thought.
I just want to protect Nina, she's important to me.
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I told her to ask on the network if anyone's had similar experiences.
I'm open to working things out between he and I. I don't want to hate anyone here, especially not someone Nina is very close to.
I want the same, and feel the same. Nina and I have a very similar past. From the moment I learned this, she became family, in my mind. I would do anything to protect her. You have my word.
The three of us are at least on the same page about that, so there's always at least one thing we can agree on.
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Some people find it hard to change from what they know.
Thanks, Finnick. It's nice to know other people are looking out for her. And I apologize for messaging you out of the blue. I'm sure she'll give me shit for doing it but I'd do anything for her.
If you ever need help with something, I'm easy to find.
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Thanks. Back atcha. I have minor healing and I'm working on getting the major version, so if you or Nina are ever injured, please let me know as well.
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We'll keep that in mind. Thank you again.
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