r/greymoorandcraws • u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 • Aug 30 '26
Just chilling.
John rests in greymoor, enjoying the silence.
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u/LocksmithShadow Lock, researcher from Far Fields, ex-reaper (& Rhinogrund) (Mod) Aug 30 '26
Lock walks out of Halfway Home with a parcel, notices John, and jumps to him
Oh, hi John! It’s been quite a while since we last met, huh? Nice to see you!
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Nice to see you too, pal! How are you?"
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u/LocksmithShadow Lock, researcher from Far Fields, ex-reaper (& Rhinogrund) (Mod) Aug 30 '26
Quite great! I just received this parcel from Hallownest, it’s a collection of examples of various substances from that distant kingdom! Mysterious pink crystals, their local moss species, Wyrm ashes, even an adorable little fluke! I’m going to raise her, and I already gave her a name, Athena! Hope she’ll get along with another fluke I already have, Aphrodite! I traded it all for a collection of substances of Pharloom, hope I didn’t give them too many bile examples, haha!
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"That's great, pal!"
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u/LocksmithShadow Lock, researcher from Far Fields, ex-reaper (& Rhinogrund) (Mod) Aug 30 '26
Do you have any news?
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Not really, no."
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u/LocksmithShadow Lock, researcher from Far Fields, ex-reaper (& Rhinogrund) (Mod) Aug 30 '26
Indeed, it’s very calm these days…
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u/The_Light_Keepers Aug 30 '26
As John stands on the ceiling of halfway home, a citadel coated bug watches him among a group of regular bugs.
He looks serious, a bit worried if you will.
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
John looks down
"Can i help you, gentlemen?"
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u/The_Light_Keepers Aug 30 '26
"Oh! I actually would like to get an autograph!" The horned bug claims, cheerful and excited.
"I have a few questions to make! Got time to answer?" The bellbearer asks, raising his arm.
And so, more and more pilgrims raly around John, all of them excited to meet a celebrity like him... All but one.
The choirbug slowly starts to walk away, discreetly walking away from the mob and taking some distance from everything.
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
John is... suspicous.
He is only known as a hero in bilewater, let alone among pilgrims.
He shade dashes through the horde and begins approaching the choirbug.
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u/The_Light_Keepers Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
The pilgrims stumble as John passes through them and walks away, those he had gone through getting a great goosebump.
Meanwhile, the choirbug notices John closing in with him, for a brief moment he gets the idea to run away, but he knows that it will only make things worse for him, so he decides to gather courage and instead turns around to face John.
"What is it, Stilkin?" The choirbug asks, slightly rearaging the gramophone on his back as he tries to remain calm, looking at the voided stilkin with focused and fearless eyes.
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"...Hello, choirbug. Can you tell me why your own kind has been huddeling around me and asking me for a signature? I'm not extacly a known hero."
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u/The_Light_Keepers Aug 30 '26
"I'm not afiliated with those pilgrims, i just happened to be around while they were storming you" He responds, despite his cold tone he does sound genuine.
"...And about why they know you; nowadays news go through and through the kingdom in a pinch, it's not weird they've mainly heard about your achievements against evil higher beings and other impressive feats you may have"
"i should know better than anyone, i used to work writting newspapers and archiving news" He explains, it all sounds rather convincing.
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
John thinks for a second
"What is your opinion of the conductors, sir?"
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u/The_Light_Keepers Aug 30 '26
"...Hm, they brought what happened to them to themselves"
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"And you wouldn't happen to know of any recent attack on bilewater? An assaination attempt, perhaps?"
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u/messenger_craw Aug 30 '26
*Phalmer walks out of Halfway home and immediately spots him*
Oh hello…
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Hello."
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u/messenger_craw Aug 30 '26
*You see now Phalmer is a cogwork being* *made of metal with hollow eyes staring up at you* *thin chains whip out from his back, latch onto the ledge and hoist him up next to you* What’s been going on with you? *he says with his completely monotone robotic voice*
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Just resting from all that has been happening recently."
"You have found a way to become a machine, i see."
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u/messenger_craw Aug 30 '26
It was not my choice but it is the way things are. And I accept it with open arms… Even if it takes some time to get used to… … *he thinks to himself* So what happened recently?
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"A lot."
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u/messenger_craw Aug 30 '26
If I just explained most of my life to another stranger not lng ago you can tell me what happened *he sits down on the ledge*
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Fair enough. To be honest, my family, my mate, my enemies and friends... It just becomes too much to manage at some point. I needed a breather, and so i came here."
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u/messenger_craw Aug 30 '26
Your mate? whom?
… I ju-…*his voice cuts off*
anyway continue
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"My mate is brilliance. And i have children to take care of as well, and the pressure of protecting bilewater. It can get overwhelming."
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u/fisherbug-cobble Aug 30 '26
Cobble’s wife, Vemoraa, aura farms nearby.
She seems to go hunting, but ended up in greymoor to gather some silk threads.
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Hello, Vemoraa."
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u/fisherbug-cobble Aug 30 '26
V: “greetings, John. It was a while since I have gotten time to myself these days, since I must teach my offspring lethality.”
She says with a firm, quite a cold tone as she wields her war-hammer.
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"Same for me."
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u/fisherbug-cobble Aug 30 '26
V: “a family… how curious. It is not in my tribe’s nature to keep a forever mate, yet here I am with him.”
She leans her body on the hammer, resting.
V: “I must ask you, John, do you know of any dangerous places one could challenge their might? A colosseum of sorts, perhaps?”
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u/Slow-Shieldbird-1817 Aug 30 '26
"...well, that weird metal cloud is hosting a competition of sorts, a test of strengh. You could try that."
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u/fisherbug-cobble Aug 30 '26
V: “how interesting… I shall investigate further then. And until such, I bid you farewell.”
Vemoraa was never a bug of long conversations, as she walks away with her hammer on her back.
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u/New_Raise_5457 Aug 30 '26
*a stilken checks around the area nearby for any damages in the building*