--- Kat --- (Thursday)
Kat slid into the chair across from Callisto who had set up an easel and paints for the afternoon. Kat was apparently going to be the model for the painting which… well Kat didn’t know how she fell about that. She also hadn’t known Callisto could paint. "When did you learn to paint and why didn’t it co up before?"
Callisto adjusted her stool and the easel a little bit as she answered, "I learnt in school and I put in a decent amount of ti. It was one of the more… hands on hobbies that my parents did not completely disprove of. They greatly disliked the idea of my attending shop classes so I had to forge their signatures for those.
"Which ant I did most of my woodwork in other places or while they were away from ho. Art I was able to do at ho… though despite asking for a space to setup up my supplies I was constantly berated for getting paint on the floor. Keep in mind that my setup was in a corner of the garage and the paint never once got on the cars,"
Kat winced at that. Not wanting to image what it was like to stay with parents who were so strict. "Is… I don’t normally ask… but was the issue that your parents were too strict?"
"It was but a small issue that they were too strict. My parents were too strict, rarely at ho themselves, and I was mostly taken care of by a rotating cast of friends and babysitters that had no real interest in watching and caring for but were all quite willing to snitch to my parents about any rules I had broken… or in quite a few cases rules THEY had broken and blad on .
"I know my least favourite sitter was my older cousin. She was not allowed to watch until we were both older and would regularly sneak into the good cheese and wine that my parents liked to set aside and then bla the missing food and drink on . The worst part of that though? She taught how to pick locks a few weeks prior to her first theft and ensured my parents knew I had been taught so it was not so sort of spur of the mont decision. She also made multiple attempts. Eventually my parents either hid the good stuff better or stopped buying it to have on hand," explained Callisto.
Kat flinched and tried to adjust herself after hearing that but Callisto sent a glare Kat’s way. The glare was enough for Kat to rember that she was ant to be the subject of a painting so she fixed her posture back to where it was when she sat down. "Right… well… I do sort of want to hear more about that but why did you ask for this? I’m quite sure that everyone who lives here would be happy to model for you. So is this an excuse to ambush like Vivian did?" Stay updated via .Côm
"Well Vivian’s tactics did work did it not? If you wish we could talk about your problems but in truth I have been slacking on my painting skills and wish to renew them a bit. I plan to try painting everyone but as I do not know when you will need to leave next you are going to be my first subject as I am still undecided if I have the ti to add Lily to the list as well.
"That being said, considering you are trapped here we could talk about so of the more interesting or noteworthy monts of your journeys? I would not want to force you to confront any deep seated issues you have buried because I myself utilised that sa technique to great success so it would be hypocritical of my to force any answers from you while keeping you as a captive audience. Plus I am interested in hearing about what it is you think IS the most interesting about all of your adventures," replied Callisto.
"Well the first one is basically a wash. I thought it was a dream and I got sent back just as quickly so I’m not really sure that one counts. Then we had the King that I may have given terrible advice to. Lily has since inford that while yes, fires are good for clearing deadwood and ash is great fertilisers… so ecosystems really aren’t set up for that. Hopefully he didn’t do anything too crazy with that advice…" Kat admitted with an awkward smile. "Though you’ve already heard all of this stuff,"
Callisto shrugged as she dipped her brush in the blank ink. She was currently working on Kat’s outline. "True but that is not the point of doing this. I want to know which parts you consider important. What you choose to highlight. Not which things you feel are safe to ntion within earshot of Sylvie."
Kat gave a wry smile and continued. "Um… right well… after that I pretended to be scary but it was another really short Contract by my current standards. After that was the eting with… Major and Minor. That was… well that was a whole thing. Though I did learn what it’s like to regenerate with gravel in your body,"
"That is what you chose to focus on?" asked Callisto.
Kat shrugged. "Lily might not like to hear it… but I think that was the mont it sunk in that I was nearly invincible. I didn’t think about shielding… do I call them Major because it’s her body technically? Whatever. Point is I didn’t think about it, I just acted and despite all the damage I took? I was fine.
"It was probably the scariest mont I’d had up to that point. Gravel rash in the extre and I could feel it getting pushed out of my body at the ti. It was super gross and I guess that sort of stuck with the most?
"Oh, and if we jump forward to the tournant stuff. That mont Thy stopped ti? Or close enough to it? That was the single most powerful piece of magic I had seen up to that point. It might still BE the most impressive feat of magic I’ve seen pulled off. Depends on if certain other things count as magic. Plus a lot of the ti stuff Trvis pulled off I didn’t get to witness personally. That was all Lily.
"I an there is so crazy stuff ti has done so maybe it’s just the fact that it was the first really impressive bit of magic… but I can’t tell really. I suppose it depends on just how extensive the effect was…"
Callisto nodded along, "I admit that stopping ti does still seem impressive. Trvis might have been able to stretch ti, speed things up, slow things down, teleport and a few other fancy things but I do not believe Lily ntioned him stopping ti properly. Not once,"
"Well… Ronldo was frozen but that was more of a gradual thing and I’m not sure how conscious of a choice that was on Trvis part. So… to move on from that we had that ti I went into a dream with to save them both but… well that whole sage was a ss and honestly it might be best to just forget that whole thing.
"Um… where did I go next? Xiang! Ah yes the first ti I was dealing with Xiang. That was a whole heck of a thing. So many monts I could maybe bring up… but really it has to be getting stabbed in the heart twice. I an, it was the entire reason things got so ssy and I ended up going the Hub. In the end it worked out but it was a massive pain at the ti and well… I don’t think anyone could forget getting their heart stabbed even if they didn’t have total recall like myself," Kat finished.
"Ah, yes that was a bit of a ss. I rember Vivian being quite worried about it. Sylvie was beside herself and I admit to being quite stressed about it as well. We did not yet know just how good demon dical care was and your regeneration had… not quite proven itself so thoroughly. It did save you the first ti and from what I rember ensured you survived it the second ti but it was still a rather worrying thing to hear about the first ti. Please ensure you do NOT get into such a situation again," stated Callisto firmly.
Kat let out and awkward laugh and went to rub the side of her face only to rember Callisto was painting her, causing her to wrench her hand back down. "Yeah I’ll try not to. I an, now that I’ve got that water trick figured out… sowhat… I think I can keep it from happening again. Might take a lot more energy to reform all that water but I wouldn’t be missing a heart again!"
"See that you do," stated Callisto firmly.
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