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[thornmage]

[This definitely looks like Fayren. Some river somewhere, not exceptionally deep but more than enough for this.

This, being... Well, Elias. The phone looks like he'd turned it on from a bit of a distance, angled somewhat downward from a slightly higher perch.

It's definitely Elias settled in the stream, but he's... bigger. Than usual. A long, flat, scaled tail trailing out behind him in the water, a ruff of fur and feathers about his shoulders and neck, drifting lazily in the water around him.

His massive head propped up on a rock, his mouth open like some particularly gruesome looking alligator.]

... I've used my funds poorly, for this month.

[As usual, his mouth doesn't budge as he speaks. The words are clearly from him despite this but... Well. It's an interesting scene to parse. His eyes roll towards the communicator, apparently not caring terrifically when a bird perches on a tooth in that open maw.]

If anyone could bring me some ice... I would appreciate it.

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[hot_handed]

Talking monster.

[Does he know it's Elias? Does he care? Not really.

He wants him.]

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[thornmage]

[NO. BAD.]

I'm not a monster.

[Not with any particular emotion behind it, just sort of stated like he was correcting someone who just said the sky was green.]

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[youfool]

["What on Earth would he buy to excess?", Ted wondered as he went to reply. Frugality wasn't a virtue he imagined Elias lacking.]

Goodness, you're looking more frightful than usual, hehe.

[He said like a compliment.]

Just, ah, ping me your coordinates and I'll see to you.

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[thornmage]

[Cooked food, mostly. Raw deer and fish and wild animals aren't actually his favorite thing anymore, he's been spoiled by having a cook.

... Something he can't actually do. Elias sucks at cooking.]

I cool faster as this.

I am here-

[Coordinates lazily sent with a few taps on the communicator]

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[hot_handed]

Don't even think about frying, monster, because I'm going to conquer you.

[As soon as he's no longer grounded!]

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[thornmage]

It's Elias.

I'm still not going to fight you.

Please only visit me if you are bringing bags of ice.

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[hot_handed]

I'll murder you and keep you as my personal Monster Fighter, Skull-face.

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[thornmage]

I can't fight monsters if I'm dead.

I'll fight one monster for every bag of ice you bring me.

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[hot_handed]

How long you going to be there?

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[thornmage]

Until the heat wave has passed, or I need to eat.

Whichever occurs first.

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[hot_handed]

What do you eat? Dragons?

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[thornmage]

Deer, lately.

[he's not dragon sized, he's not fighting dragons for lunch, he doesn't have that level of culinary ambition.]

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[youfool]

Haha; don't forget to pant. I'll be along shortly.

[As Ted went to mimic Tarzan, he wondered whether he could pant, or sweat, and whether either would do much good.

Several minutes later--why idle when doing good?--he'd arrive a few feet away, resuming the colorful dress he preferred over the blackness of his transport. The aforementioned made for a wonderful makeshift ice-chest, and Ted came bearing two sacks of ice in each hand.]

Happy Independence Day! Not, alas, a holiday Genessia knows, but keep your eyes heavenward just in case. Now, er, should I...apply these myself?

[He wasn't sure just how sedentary Elias was. And so long as he's thinking of awkward questions, it occurred to him that Elias wasn't dressed.]

...This, aheh, isn't, ah...a scandal, is it?

[thornmage]

[He could hear the arrival, as soon as Ted was actually a few feet away, mouth still open, head still propped up. More birds had gathered at this point, hopping here and there over his skull, teeth and horns.]

An American holiday, is it not? It has no point here.

[He doesn't seem to want to move, but there's a snort.]

Toss them towards me into the water. I'll catch them.

[The question seemed odd, however.]

I don't understand.

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[hot_handed]

If you fight me, I'll feed you.

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[thornmage]

I don't need food. I need ice.

I also have a preference for not dying, something which I do not believe you will respect.

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[hot_handed]

Well I can't do shit right now, so you're going to have to wait.

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[thornmage]

Ah.

Are you injured?

[youfool]

[That's a sight so interesting Ted just has to take a picture. Thank goodness digital cameras don't make noise and won't scare any of these picturesque, woodland creatures away. He tucked the camera in and tossed the ice out.]

Mhm, that's correct, though I wouldn't go so far; America holds universal themes.

[How dare Elias even think the least bit otherwise. He'll take Elias' confusion as a "no".]

Eheh, never mind, just minding possible manners.

[He'll take a seat on the undergrowth. He remembered that last they'd spoke, Elias had been inquiring about making a very big mistake.]

How have things been going, aside from difficulty with the weather?

[thornmage]

[They really don't seem to have any fear of him, they aren't even disturbed by the ice, for the most part. A few skittish ones take flight, but most of them barely even budge when Elias snatches at the bags and draws them close, maneuvering them under a scaly belly like a clutch of frozen eggs.]

Do you consider this indecent?

[Once comfortable, he settles again, the embers in each socket fading out.]

I am homesick.

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[hot_handed]

Shut up. [Yes.]

Under house arrest.

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[thornmage]

... You are grounded.

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[hot_handed]

DID I FUCKING STUTTER SHUT THE HELL UP!!!

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[thornmage]

[It's a good thing Elias isn't prone to laughter.

That's... that's about it.]

What did you do?

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[hot_handed]

Nothing nearly as severe as what I'm going to do if you don't drop it, Mr. Skull.