On Wed, Jun 25 2025 at 10:43:51 PM -0500, Mike Bloy via Emerald Flame <emerald-flame@lists.incorporeal.org> wrote:
He turned around to see Thon and the others looking at him, goggle-eyed and backing away. Thon stammered out "G-gegren? Do you have _horns_?"
In the days after the event, Gegren tried to continue on as usual. The townsfolk found reasons to gather elsewhere, though Gegren would hear whispers and mutterings following him wherever he went. His new horns, bluish skin, and cat's eyes didn't do much to make people want to approach, nor did the fact that items had a habit of floating to Gegren's hand when he needed them. It also likely didn't help when an inexplicable rage overcame him and he'd yelled at the people in the smithy to leave, actually swinging a newly-forged sword at them before he regained control of himself. Needless to say, Gegren was feeling pretty isolated, but even so he understood the townsfolk's fears. As news of the event spread and large numbers of out-of-town visitors started to arrive, Gegren noticed a change in the whispers, mostly from a particular group of visitors, who appeared to be scholars and magic practitioners of the studious, hierarchical, ritual based type of magic. [OOC: bss if you want to turn this into a whole scene where something happens with the hierarchical-magic group, I'm game]