Rebirth Height 17 - Orb 1

[canistricari]

[ The orb shows white, a small black dot in the center. The dot dances from side to side, then widens. The white shrinks to a circle, first revealing something blue, then something red, until it becomes clear that what you're looking at is an oddly colored animal's eye. ]

Hellooo!

[ Coyote stands back, so that you can see the shape of his head and neck. ]

What have we here! Hello, hello!

[ Say hello guys. It's only polite. ]

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[sorcerous]

Coyote, then.

Travel you here by will, or do you go where the wind blows you?

[canistricari]

With the wind, of course! Although I must admit, it was a marvelous trick that brought me here! [ He's not bothered. ]

[sorcerous]

Marvelous. Petty, rather, and simpleminded.

[canistricari]

Ah, but it worked! And that's the crux of any trick.

[sorcerous]

And if they meant it not as a trick but as a lifeline?

There is no poetry in this place. No meaning. It is no clever trick; it is desperation, and they haven't even the grace to show it.

[canistricari]

Then all the better for they who orchestrated it! Such delightful pawns they've found in this place.

[sorcerous]

And you: content to be a pawn?

[canistricari]

We are all pawn in a grander scheme. I will play along as long as it is amusing! [ Read: basically forever. Coyote's attention span is ridiculous. ]

[sorcerous]

Chaos chafes at a guiding hand.

[ Nevermind that Loki acts from pain, lately, not chaos. ]

[canistricari]

Then perhaps you're trying too hard! [ Or maybe you should try some lubricant, that helps with chafing. ]

[sorcerous]

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Or perhaps you aren't trying hard enough.

[canistricari]

Why should I try anything at all? I'd like to see how this plays out! Ahahaha! I'm curious!

[sorcerous]

So be it.