"People you gave magic to, you say? So you can give magic? Do you know a mister Lee or a mister Menkau, by any chance? Also, pray tell, what is it that you're planning to do today?"
"I'll admit I haven't thought very much about what I'm going to do today, but it's going to be something at least. Maybe get access to a new leyline? Could use some of that extra power, you know. Or maybe just look for something interesting to do in town. With how many wizards seem to be running around, shouldn't take long, right?"He sits there for a moment, looking at you enthusiastically before recalling that you asked something more. Or, rather, you repeat the questions to him when it seems like he's blanked on the other ones.
"Oh, Mr. Lee? I do know him. We're kind of like magical Illuminati buddies, except we're not actually buddies, and he's technically not an Illuminatus, even if his wife would send him to the couple of meetups we had. Kind of a cool guy. Heard his neighborhood blew up, though. Is he okay? Did he get mixed in with some shady types? I told him not to go looking for prospective apprentices in the Lower Esplanade."You wonder if asking a person three questions at once is worse conversational etiquette than refusing to answer more than one at a time.
"Can't say I do, really. Mostly angel magic. And hats. And divine porn. Some of it will set mortals on fire if they so much as look at it?"
"Hm... how exactly do they get set on fire? Explosively, with a slow burn, some other way? Might be a way there. Plus, you know, divine porn. Mind conjuring some up, maybe? For science and all that."Okay, thanks. Feel free to smite if you want, Pete, but let's keep going up and in. There should be a centre to this place at some point.
Proceed up the stairs! Does my leyline sense pick anything up? If so, head in that direction.
"And smite I shall!" Pete says, glad at your approval even if not strictly in need of it. Together you head up the stairs, and you immediately pick up the leyline - it's upstairs, not at the very top, but somewhere on the... well, one of the top floors. You draw closer and closer, and finally reach the fourth floor, where you're pretty sure the leyline has to be - wasting no time, you head right in, coming inside a hallway, confined and strongly strawberry-scented, seemingly leading to a floor full of offices.
In the middle of this hallway stands a man. He is well-built, rather handsome, highly muscular and with intense eyes. He is entirely shirtless, but wearing a pair of what look like fire-resistant pants along with boots and suspenders, plus a fireman's hat. There's an oiled look to him, and in his right hand he appears to be holding a rather respectable, 40 centimeter matte blade that is entirely colored red and white in a swirly pattern. In addition, he is glowing rather intensely, and not in the metaphorical way, either, and also appears to be either shivering or vibrating constantly.
As soon as he sees you, which is practically immediately, a burst of gibberish escapes his lips, which move almost too quickly to perceive, and in a flash his blade is thrust forward in what looks like a fencing stance. Next to him stands the woman, looking quite worried.
"Uh, sirs, you may feel that you have the right to enter this building with impunity, but I would advise that you turn back and leave," she says.
"For your own safety," she then adds, actually sounding rather concerned. Hungry Pete looks at you, raising an eyebrow.
"Yo God? Do you know anything about other gods? Maybe Capital "G" god? Anyway about those holy quests?"
"Yeah, dude. I know a bunch of things about both of those. But I agree, holy quests come first. Well, 'holy' is kind of a pretentious term to apply to it, on reflection. Let's call them plane quests instead, okay? Your plane quest so far was to make me a fun planet with your magical powers, and you did sort of do that, but not in a really satisfying way, I guess, considering that it's more of a moon and that it keeps plopping in and out of here. I'd say keep at it, maybe start a little smaller? In any case, let's pretty this place up. I'll do the moving and shaking, you do the magicking and making. Let's go crazy, eh?"
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