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I'm in.

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And so am I. And honestly, when I have the time I'm gonna try to revive my own RP as well. I'm not gonna lie, the massive attention to detail and the strict and clear rules of magic is what I'm gonna borrow from you.

It's just that November is a quite busy month in my college as well. Not as busy as yours, it seems, but still plenty of things to do.

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I think a lot of people are waiting for you. Or so I would assume.

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Nearly a month of inactivity is a bit extreme don't you think?

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I think you should bump/repost the int. check thread. We're dying mate.

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I really hope I don't get too carried away.

@JohnSolarisWhat would you say if I used a sort of potionmaker/herbalist NPC of sorts in my next post, allowing John to gain some basic familiarity with the land. That could allow him to make some basic poisons and cures, etc.

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John

"A pleasure to meet you, Druindar and Syldric." John replied. As much he didn't actually like them, he knew he is not (yet) at the top of the food chain. Not that he even considered harming them, no. John wasn't an evil madman, he just despised people... less intelligent than him. Back on Earth he was surrounded by the people he hand picked himself to work in his lab. People he tolerated and couldn't actually hold a proper discussion without confusing them. "It's weird really. Back in my world, Elves were just fiction, a fairy tale. Many poets and writers included them in their works, with many different versions, and yet the most popular, most accepted Elven appearance... How did Tolkien know? I don't suppose there are short, wide, beardy people called Dwarves as well?" He then turns to Darius, grinning "Or, you know, a ring that we should throw into a volcano."

But first things first. Before John was to help with any demonic nuisances or other pests, he needed to get some sort of handle about the flora of this world. And maybe fauna. So far, even with magic, this world has followed the fundamental rules of the universe. Gravity worked just as expected, Newtonian physics also applied to this world, as John has found out rather painfully. It only made sense the fundamental structure of matter remained the same. And hopefully, the periodic table was the same. He turned to the captain. "I would like to request one thing, however. Back in my world I was a... healer of sorts. I made medicine which cured people. I was familiar with the effects of many substances and their variations. And yet, this world is completely alien to me. If your village has some sort of a healer or a potion maker who is familiar with the flowers, herbs, roots and their properties, I would be delighted to learn from them for a bit. If the matter of this world follows the same rules mine does, I will be able to teach you many useful things as well. If you don't trust me, you can always keep someone on watch."

It was a gamble. They did not trust the scientist. John was trying to find the words they could understand and simplify this speech. Of course, he did omit the part where John was making deadly plagues as well. And Preta. As much as John worked on it, it was still nothing more than theory. It had SOME functionality, but at that point it was nothing more than a harmless tapeworm that just dies after a day of doing completely nothing. Not exactly nothing, sometimes it did exert some noticeable influence over the host. Nevertheless, it was an exciting project, regardless of the rights or many, many wrongs of it. It did keep John's lab well supplied however, allowing him to take on side projects. It also did allow him to make several improvements to existing drugs by noticing some trends on Preta, either by making them cheaper or more effective. Of course, the actual price of them didn't drop, the CEO of the place he worked at was an asshole. Dumb, ignorant, greedy asshole. John really wanted to punch him sometimes, as that douche-bag loved to prance in the labs to feel superior the "nerds" there, the very same "nerds" who are the reason he actually has a company to manage. If Preta was ever close to reality, John asked the military to let him use the CEO as the first test subject. Nobody would miss him, and the CIA is good at covering things up.

Crazy life it was, looking back on it. The military on his back, hoping that John can continue the work of deranged Nazi scientist. The very same military actually agreeing to let the scientist more or less toy with his employer's body if he succeeds. And now he's in a strange land, acquired magic powers and is talking to actual elves. When he gets back, John will write a movie script. Hollywood will eat that shit up.

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*Crickets chirping*

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John

So their kidnapper was a whole tier above the elven enemies. The plot thickened. John felt like a fantasy movie protagonist. He and Darius were the main characters, Darius being the sidekick buddy. But relying on movie tropes being true here was low, as the encounter with the bear suggested. Either way, they requested help in exchange for their trust, and that was a fair trade. "Very well, I will help you. As for Darius, I will let him make a choice for himself."

The scientist looked at Darius briefly. "The powers of magic I have, as amazing as they are, unfortunately are yet inferior to things we have back in our world. Even without magic, we created many wonders, as well as terrible weapons. Weapons that can erase a city from the map from the other side of the world." He sighs. John was never a fighter. He abhorred direct conflict partly because he was physically frail. Avoiding physical activities added to John being horribly out of shape. The thought of physical exertion scared him a bit, even if in this world he doesn't really need to deal with exhaustion. The scientist preferred shock and awe approach, to strike the enemy so brutally once, as to dissuade them from any further actions right there and now. The Preta Project was one such thing, being as much as a physical and psychological weapon. He was a fan of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - the show of force which forced an immediate surrender, and Japan was better off for it. But in this world, there are no such things. John's magic will have to compensate. "But since none of that exists here, I will help you with my flesh and blood."

John stepped forward slowly. "It is a custom in our world to perform a handshake with acquaintances and people you made a deal with. It is a gesture of trust and solidarity from both sides. Would you accept this gesture?" he asked while raising his hand for a handshake. It was very risky, so John kept his distance, waiting for the captain's reply. He was not sure why he was doing it, but it felt like the right thing to do. Something to make this whole ordeal go on the right foot somewhat.

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I think our group (John and Darius) would be better off meeting with some other one. Because there's only two of us.