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[major_rawne]

Yes, I'm Rawne.

What does amulet paper do?

[threedontknows]

I like to craft talismans! I'm very good at it. Mostly for protection.

[major_rawne]

Can they be used to hurt people? I'll make a request, but only if they can't be weaponized.

[He doesn't want another of his inmates killing someone with something he gave them.]

[threedontknows]

In a manner of speaking! They can light flames or bind unruly souls, but I wouldn't mind if you placed such restrictions on them.

I only want the paper for protection, and to continue my experimentation.

[major_rawne]

I'll make the request for defensive and scientific amulet paper.

This is probably an odd question, but do you know Jin Guangyao?

[threedontknows]

It's not such an odd question. We look like we come from a similar world, don't we?

I know him, yes.

[major_rawne]

Your names and clothes seem similar, yes.

He was my inmate, last month.

[threedontknows]

First him, then me!

That's a little funny, isn't it?

Thank you for the paper, Rawne-gongzi.

[major_rawne]

You're welcome.

It is funny, a little. Do you like tea? He had me make him some.

[threedontknows]

I do like tea. And candied ginger.

[hint hint]

[major_rawne]

[Rawne's in a charitable mood this week, so he gets the hint easily.]

Which cabin is yours? I'll bring some to you.

[threedontknows]

Level 4, cabin 10!

[major_rawne]

[It takes Rawne some scrounging to find the candied ginger, but he shows up with that and a thermos of black tea eventually. He knocks on the door.]

I'm here. Let me in.

[threedontknows]

[Nie Huaisang opens the door to his cabin, all dark, carved wood and rice paper paintings, and smiles brightly.]

You found it! Come in, come in!

[major_rawne]

I did.

[He looks the room over as he walks in, holding out the thermos and the ginger.]

I like yours over Jin Guangyao's. His is very... gold.

[threedontknows]

That would be the Jin aesthetic. The Nie Sect likes big carvings and empty halls.

[But that’s not Nie Huaisang’s style either. He has the Nie furniture, the carved, dark furniture and little plants, but his room is airy and light. It feels like a well-loved home.]

Come, sit down. Sit.

[He takes the thermos and gestures to the low table and pillows on the floor.]

[major_rawne]

[Rawne looks at the pillows, then shrugs and sits, folding his legs awkwardly under him.]

So your from two different... schools?

[threedontknows]

Kinda.

[He sits down a little more elegantly and opens up the package of candied ginger, offering his warden one.]

We're divided into sects, or clans, and each sect has a different way of growing and finessing their magic. The powers are similar, just not the methods. Or the way the sects behave.

[major_rawne]

[Rawne takes the piece of ginger and nibbles on it. Huh. It's good.]

Oh, like the noble families back home. Well, we didn't have magic, but there was a lot of political maneuvering.

[threedontknows]

Oh, politics. You just can't get away from them, can you!

[He indulges in a piece of the candy and smiles a little; it tastes like home.]

[major_rawne]

As much as I wish I could, they always reappear.

[threedontknows]

Is there much political strife on the Barge? I want to know so I can avoid it. Politics are boring.

[major_rawne]

Political? Not much. Interpersonal? All the time. Lots of drama.

[threedontknows]

[Hmn. That's a little more intriguing. And easier to manipulate for his own purposes.]

What's the latest drama?

[major_rawne]

You can find a lot if you backread on the Network. Henry went home recently and came back with monsters. Also, I got drunk as hell and basically propositioned everyone on board.