[SEMI-OPEN] took a power trip

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WHO? Achilles, Ryuji, Siegfried, Chiron, Bucky, and perhaps others (there's an open prompt!)
WHAT? National Convention mission and the aftermath
WHEN? 1792 Paris
ANYTHING ELSE?

[OPEN] got me open all night

[ Guess who discovered that he can make a decent living playing music in the higher-class areas of Paris?

This is how he's going to get by: getting picked up by lonely, rich housewives whose husbands who have fled Paris on "business" and getting free reign of their estate while he's allowed to stay for a day or two.

Anyway, come sit around and listen to this fuckboy play the lyre. ]

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[ Pretty young man...

Oh, boy. That gets a laugh out of him; the noise rises up through his throat in a bubbled start, before it crests and levels into a more fluid bout of laughter. Okay, so maybe this is an overreaction to such a statement, but this is his teacher they're talking about. He never thought of him in that light, so hearing someone call him pretty and young is jarring, as well as comedic. He's quite the opposite of young, having been quite old even when he'd trained under him as a child. As for pretty? Well, Achilles can't apply such a word to a man who used to throw punches at him with abandon, not barring any of his strength. Achilles had thought of him as cruel back then, but as an adult, he knew that he hadn't shown restraint for the sole purpose of pushing him to his potential, albeit at breakneck speed.

He's... certainly beautiful, but in the same way a lion is. Majestic, even.

And let's not get into the whole "light on his feet" remark. ]

He's with COST, isn't he? [ He catches his breath with a shake of his head. ] Of course I know him.

[ A fist at his mouth, he hides a bit of a grin. ] So you think he's pretty, huh?

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You know everyone who is with COST. [It wasn't a question, just an observation, but to have that kind of reaction, which was more emotional than Dorian might expect of just a casual acquaintance. People normally laugh when it is someone that they know more intimately, as though Dorian's objective thoughts didn't apply quite right to the man and only this individual knew the truth of it, but this was what the mage knew of Chiron after their causal encounter.

All he gleaned at the moment was that Chiron was quite gentle and he shared an appreciation for books that Dorian could clearly relate to given his incredible nerd status.]

Certainly, but that only takes eyes, yes? [Dorian offered making a gesture with his hand.] I suppose other adjectives also apply. Handsome, fetching, attractive, startling...but pretty.

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[ Oh wow, Dorian. It seems as though Achilles has some competition.

He leans back in his seat, reclining until the back of the chair inevitably stops him from doing so, being a tad too small for his height and build. He lifts a leg, crossing it over a thigh and balancing his lyre within the space between. ]

He's a Servant, too. Like me.

Though, instead of being of the rider class, he's from archer.

I'm surprised he gave you his true name. [ Crossing his arms now. ] That means he trusts you. Perhaps he's considering you as a potential candidate for a Master?

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My glib tongue has earned me a great deal of credit, but not for blabbing secrets that are not mine to give. Maybe he's intuitive enough to know that I would keep his counsel, but he didn't appear threatened by me...I'm quite lovable after all. [And vain. Don't forget vain.] Or it might be that he knows I cannot attach his name to anything particularly relevant making me no threat at all.

[He didn't really understand the inherent danger in a name, honestly...well among nobility the who's who game could be dangerous, but it probably wasn't the same thing.]

I...don't think he made a mention of it, looking for a Master...I'm still not completely certain what that entails to be honest. [Masters and Servants have a different implication where he's from after all.] He seemed content to read to me the things he enjoys and the things I like but couldn't read because they were in Greek? I think it's the word. Or other languages.

[So they really didn't discuss it much. He mentioned the Holy Grail of course.] I told him that his name sounds like something out of the Imperium.

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[ If there's anyone in COST who is the greatest judge of character, it has to be Chiron. He's actually even more interested in Dorian, now that he knows his teacher has taken notice of him. He wonders if he knows he's a mage, or if their mutual love of literature is what bonded them together.

Maybe both? But given that they're no longer contracted to the Holy Grail War, maybe his prioritizes have changed accordingly. ]

"The Imperium" -- is this a place where you come from?

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Yes, the Tevinter Imperium, it's the oldest nation in Thedas and a mageocracy...well not officially. If asked everyone will say it's the magisterium that rules...that the magisterium just so happens to be made up entirely of mages is a convenient coincidence. [Dorian might have said this airily, but it's very clear that he's actually very bothered by the idea of a mageocracy, and he was. It was corrupt and oppressive in some ways, just like any form of government.] The Imperium has...its pros and cons.

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[ He lets out a bit of a bullish snort. ] Some things seem to be universal, doesn't it?

What do you think of this magisterium?

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Grasping ankle biters who think if they just use enough blood magic their problems will vanish? [That, and Blood Magic was the last resort of a weak mind, or so he'd been told his entire life.] And having been the problem nearly on the receiving end of a blood ritual I've developed quite a distaste for it.