[ He's perfectly straight-faced, but there's a glint in his eyes. ]
You never said you were a good pirate.
[ The Enclosure is the nearest stop, so it's short work to unlock that as well. He hesitates at the Intercom, before asking for Avalir at a specific date. For all he knows, the Enclosure will pull its last day from his mind, and they certainly don't need that.
Still, he visibly braces himself before heading down the steps. ]
[Wryly] Good's a matter of perspective, what with pirates being bad and all. For the record, I'm the most successful notorious pirate around. [So there.]
[Ed doesn't miss the guy steeling himself, following a bit more warily.]
[ There's no obvious reason for that tension, as Zerxus leads him into the Enclosure. They step onto smoothly cobbled stones polished so deeply they glisten in the sunlight, into a neighborhood that seamlessly blends granite and marble, brass and gold. There are homes here, but no one in the streets; the illusion only extends so far. ]
Dawnsledge.
[ His voice is tight, and his fingers twitch at his side before he flattens his hand against his thigh.
With very obviously forced nonchalance: ]
Follow me, and we'll see if we can peer over the edge.
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He was, but that was never his end goal. There was a city in the clouds, and enough gold can get you anywhere.
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[ With a slight arch of his eyebrows - ]
Do you want to see it?
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[ Which is easy enough considering he is...already there. ]
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Thank you for coming.
[ He's already holding his item - what appears to be a bronze medallion - and he unlocks the door with a gesture. ]
Anything I should know before we do this? Fear of heights?
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Given I've spent a fair bit of time at the top of a mainmast 120 feet off the deck, that's probably a 'no.'
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You never said you were a good pirate.
[ The Enclosure is the nearest stop, so it's short work to unlock that as well. He hesitates at the Intercom, before asking for Avalir at a specific date. For all he knows, the Enclosure will pull its last day from his mind, and they certainly don't need that.
Still, he visibly braces himself before heading down the steps. ]
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[Ed doesn't miss the guy steeling himself, following a bit more warily.]
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[ There's no obvious reason for that tension, as Zerxus leads him into the Enclosure. They step onto smoothly cobbled stones polished so deeply they glisten in the sunlight, into a neighborhood that seamlessly blends granite and marble, brass and gold. There are homes here, but no one in the streets; the illusion only extends so far. ]
Dawnsledge.
[ His voice is tight, and his fingers twitch at his side before he flattens his hand against his thigh.
With very obviously forced nonchalance: ]
Follow me, and we'll see if we can peer over the edge.
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[Not that he's particularly worried about falling off the edge, no of course not. He does however, follow along.]
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[ He navigates through the streets with clear familiarity, but he doesn't move too quickly. He doesn't let himself linger anywhere, either. ]
The city was built into the peak of a mountain; we're about halfway up, at the moment.
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[Because that sounds a bit tedious and he'll likely want to pass.]