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[frostheart]

[ hello barge, this guy looks pretty spiny, and furthermore, slightly not alive, what with the sickly pallor and the pale, glowing eyes. when he speaks, his voice bears a strange echo, dark and otherworldly.

he frowns, one long brow arched. ]

I suppose this is more or less preferable to a torture chamber.

[ a pause. ]

Koltira Deathweaver, death knight, of the order of the Ebon Blade. I'd say it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, but..

No matter. I'll be certain to make myself of use.

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[frostheart]

[ and that pause, as it were, is duly noted. koltira's eyes narrow, and he exhales a low sigh. ]

And how long have you been here, Riddick?

[with_my_teacup]

About a year total. Not as a warden.

[frostheart]

Is that how it works, then? This redemption.

[with_my_teacup]

Seems to be, isn't it?

You're starting on that side, too, or was that crack about a torture chamber just for show?

[frostheart]

I'm a warden.

[ weird, i know. ]

[with_my_teacup]

This'll be interesting.

Where you from?

[frostheart]

It is called Azeroth. Do you know of it?

[with_my_teacup]

I've heard, actually. Got a warden here from there.

[And an inmate, but he's not popular so Riddick won't be the first to bring it up.]

[frostheart]

More than one, I expect; my old counterpart Thassarian is here, as well.

[ and no doubt causing trouble.

but yes it's probably best not to mention arthas anyhow, or you'd have an incoming undead aneurism. ]

[with_my_teacup]

Weird how we get big influxes from one 'verse sometimes, ain't it?

[frostheart]

I wouldn't know.

[with_my_teacup]

It is, actually.

[Riddick lapses into a suspicious silence.]

[frostheart]

I suppose I'll have to take your word for it.

[with_my_teacup]

[Riddick has been quietly stalking his other interactions, and it's not until after he sees Arthas called a scourge-- if not the rest of that conversation-- that he responds.]

Just makin' conversation, really. How're you liking it so far?

[Casual, not at all like a man who's now worried that he's about to get proven a liar for the times he'd said that inmates would be protected from enemies that showed up.]

[frostheart]

[ yeah, they're all going to have a really tough time keeping koltira from his throat, and kael'thas, besides. arthas made a lot of enemies. ]

I'm not interested in smalltalk.

[with_my_teacup]

Eh well.

See you around.

[Riddick has poor choices in friends. Such poor choices.]

/threadjack

[routemistress]

It's quantum resonance, Riddick lovey. The strings gather strength over time an' pull more people in - I mean, it's not quite that simple, but on one level, it IS. Think of it like a stone on a sheet of rubber - the more stones there are the more roll down to meet 'em.


Welcome to the Barge, new bloke!

/threadjack the threadjack

[forquelthalas]

[He frowns slightly. Quantum what. But he understands it well enough.]

You mean to say, the more of us that are here, the more the Nether pulls in?

Curious.

Re: /threadjack the threadjack

[routemistress]

Aye, pretty much. I could do the maths and plot a proper waveform for it if I knew more about the Barge 'erself, but just on observation I've seen it 'appen often enough. Your world's reached some kind of critical mass in relation to us, I reckon. We just 'ad Chromie and Arthas for ages and now there's an 'ole bunch of you. D'you all know each other, then?

[forquelthalas]

[FROWN.]

I know Arthas, the barbarian, well enough.

[routemistress]

[Iris grins.]

'E's been 'ere quite a while.

[THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD.]

[frostheart]

An interesting theory.

[routemistress]

I'm not makin' it up, sunshine.

[frostheart]

[ s h r u g ]

Whether you are or not isn't really my concern. Does that mean I can expect to see more?

[routemistress]

Might do. You're up to what, four or five now? That's saturation point for most worlds - she's not that big a barge, after all.