36 | In Which the Wizard Returns [Dictated]

[strangewonders]

[There's a muffled groan over the journal, then a rustling noise before a groggy-sounding voice can be heard]

I must have hit my head...

[But no, that's not quite right. There's a sudden flurry of flipping pages, and suddenly he sounds far less groggy and far more alarmed.]

Oh, dear.

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[lord_wizard]

Eloquent as always, Howl.

[Don't mind him, he's just grouchy and a little mentally unstable because the floor is made of water.]

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[strangewonders]

Oh, yes. So very sorry. Give me a moment and I'm sure I'll manage to express myself in terms better fitting with your standards.

[Sorry, Felix, he's got his own rising panic levels to deal with at the moment.]

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[lord_wizard]

[Well then, that was a surprising amount of venom from Howl. Which he woul take a moment to examine more closely if he were in a better mood.]

I'd be happy to wait.

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[strangewonders]

You may be waiting awhile, then.

[Yes, yes, he's contradicting himself, but he's not particularly focused enough to care]

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[lord_wizard]

Are you otherwise engaged?

[Which, it dawns on him, might be the case. But he's not immediately going to admit he might be wrong]

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[strangewonders]

I might be shortly.

[But if that becomes the case, it won't be the sort of engagement anyone would enjoy]

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[lord_wizard]

Which what? [Considering pro-activeness isn't one of Howl's stronger traits]

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[strangewonders]

I'd rather not explain. It's probably nothing.

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[lord_wizard]

You're a terrible liar. [There's probably a nicer way to ask what's really wrong, but he's not able to get at it at the moment]

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[strangewonders]

Wonderful. List in on my obituary.

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[lord_wizard]

[He's already annoyed, but honestly Howl...]

It's a little late for that, don't you think?

[Which is the first he's even remotely acknowledged what happened last week]