weirdnecro: (As he pulled up his trews)
Sokie Undertown ([personal profile] weirdnecro) wrote in [community profile] aefenglom2020-04-15 02:48 am

Radio; voice;

Hello and welcome to another episode of Undertaking with Undertown! As always, I am your host, Sokie Undertown, and today, we’re having a very special episode. Not just because of the topic, but because for the first time, we have guests on the show.

Guests, please introduce yourselves.


[ Dead air. On the tail end of a few uncomfortable seconds, a sharp inhale. ]

I’m shocked we’re your first! How, uhm, how is everyone? Feeling well?— I’m Paloma. Sokie was, is, my first Bonded. Here with us is...

[ Cue joins a lively male voice, a teasing lilt to his voice ]

Yo! Name's Cú, though I've been also going by Caster for a while. Sokie's been a dear friend of mine, ever since she broke into my house on her first day here. [ The tone suggests he’s surely? joking?? ] It’s truly an honor to be here today with this incredible company

[Thankfully Sokie laughs. Clearly it’s a joke! It...actually happened but...that’s a Story for later.]

As you can tell, I have very charming company, maybe too charming. But we’ll try not to get too distracted. Especially since we have a very important topic to cover today. And that topic is...bonds!

[ For once Cu’s voice become a little more serious — the light tone is still present somewhere, but subdued ]

Majority of us are unfamiliar with those kinds of...well, contracts. Add urgent necessity in forming them and you get an explosive mix. How people deal with it, changes from person to person— perhaps it's not being talked about enough.

[When Sokie speaks, her voice is calmer, more soothing. Like Cu, she’s taking this seriously.]

And we do need to talk about it. While there are ways to delay the effects, the fact is-we need each other to survive. Witches make too much magic to handle on our own. And monsters...the fact is you need magic to stay sane.

Exactly! [ Nerve to pipe up once more: mustered. ] And the emotional component is wonderful, sometimes, but we’re sharing our innermost selves, and that can be… frightening, even when you want to take that step. If you don’t feel ready to connect your soul to someone else’s, if it’s too much, too soon, you’re not alone in it. Please, ask what you need to ask. I can’t pretend to be as familiar with the technicalities as Cú and Sokie; I can only offer some perspective, or hope to.

And that’s where you, dear listeners come into the picture— er, radio [ Cú quickly corrects himself ] As you can hear, Paloma is ready to take all kind of questions from the audience.

Don’t! No, that’s a lie.


[ooc: Sokie is green, Cu is blue, and Paloma is purple! Any one or all three may answer questions. Since this is a live transmission, they'll only have voice, while the audience can text, video, or voice chat, as par usual.]
stopfen: (If you wake up in the sky)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-04-15 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Very reassuring when someone with a bond says it's frightening.

[Did the sarcasm carry over text? But she hadn't heard anyone say the soul connection part before, the likeness' to marriage with feelings being shared through it was bad enough.]
gehennawind: (with no name)

voice

[personal profile] gehennawind 2020-04-15 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Two bonds— but I get what you mean. Frightening is just one thing taking the step can be, not what it has to be. It was frightening for me because I wanted it, so badly, and I was afraid that they would reject it after they knew me better than anyone.

D’you have one?
omnicrafter: (not at all!)

text, un: filament

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-15 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
We know too many can hurt us; how about too few? Is there any true consequence for not Bonding within a set period of time? Or if you lose your Bonds? Has anyone even gone that long without one yet to find out?
petcromancer: (Default)

text

[personal profile] petcromancer 2020-04-15 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
i have heard bonds involve a sharing of emotions and memories. is there a way to...not do that?
omnicrafter: (can't take it on alone)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-15 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
An explosion? Truly? I knew about the monsters' sanity degrading, as I am one myself, but that a witch should overload on their own magic...

It's no easier even when you break it voluntarily, believe me. The physical toll may be a bit easier, and yet I find filling the space again is proving an ordeal.
omnicrafter: (whyfore)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-15 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
...Oh dear. What sort of entertainment would that be? Something that builds up their magic so rapidly that they just lose control of it?

Aye... it's not. I just put out a network call for... well, blood donors, I suppose -- which I understand sounds ridiculous and a little terrifying, but a vampire needs her sustenance, too. Though if I can get myself a fresh Bond out of it, all the better.

I suppose if one doesn't mind a girl getting a little blood out of it, I'd be happy to take some of that excess magic off any Witch's hands, so to speak.
stopfen: (waiting for that glow)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-04-15 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't.

Aren't they pretty much stuck then. I don't think the coven would let someone break it off so soon.


[can't relate to that reason]
stopfen: (I wish I could go down)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-04-15 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
For how long?

[And Sokie was probably going to get another message later. Because she already knew people could see this.]
gehennawind: I'll go there (if it's true)

[personal profile] gehennawind 2020-04-15 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
No... no, Sokie would have the facts to back it up but I’m almost positive that nobody is stuck in a bond they don’t want to be in. It just won’t hold up in the face of that rejection.
stopfen: (Then I'll always be by your side)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-04-15 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't it still last awhile

[harsh words might damage a bond, but it didn't completely remove feelings.]
gehennawind: (your eyes are ready for takeoff)

[personal profile] gehennawind 2020-04-15 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Depends, probably. Is that what you’re afraid for?
stopfen: (The red and bloody land)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-04-15 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
No

[And not talking about this publicly with a stranger.]
gehennawind: (Default)

[personal profile] gehennawind 2020-04-15 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. Alright.

Sokie or Cú’d be better at bringing hard facts to you. That’s not what I’m good for.
stopfen: (pic#13695755)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-04-15 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maybe one day, they will be friends enough to actually talk. Not that Mikasa was great at the whole network thing.]
trouvaille: (191)

un: gioia.

[personal profile] trouvaille 2020-04-16 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
It all just sounds like a more formal and less hereditary version of what I've been cut off from.
trouvaille: (047)

[personal profile] trouvaille 2020-04-16 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
'Hypothetically', at this point.

( she's been here a while, so that is what it is. )

But my bloodline has a—it's kind of empathic, kind of psychic thing. Not telepathic, or it'd get weird and it'd be harder to ignore, but it's, like, if you just grow up with it and you don't know what it is, you don't question it even if you don't believe in magic. And if you know what it is, then you can take advantage of it, more. But it's not—optional. You don't choose and you can't undo.
omnicrafter: (mere observer)

[personal profile] omnicrafter 2020-04-16 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Blood addiction? No, I don't think so. Should I be concerned?
gehennawind: ([a bat])

[personal profile] gehennawind 2020-04-16 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ and hopefully Mikasa has friends who can help her get what she needs! she deserves it!! ]

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