#💫 let's chat :: patia

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@mvsicinthedvrk anyone

patia had originally cast this spell to protect someone from flying projectiles, but now a handful of people have entered her tiny hut looking for safety. she decided that was fine for now but they'd have to go find somewhere else eventually. she didn't want to stay in this one spot all day and the dome would disappear if she left it. when she saw another person start approaching it curiously, she sent a message to them telepathically, "it's safe in here if that's what you're looking for."

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patia heard the other complaining, but she wasn't sure what he was complaining about. she' didn't know what a cellphone was. she approached him, "are you alright sir? i'm not sure what that device is so i can't help you. but you sound troubled...and frustrated."

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❝ i am going crazy soon on these cellphones ❞ killian closed his eyes a brief second, shook his head. eyebrows raised as he continued to ❝ it's no buttons on it, i have no idea how to go back to the homescreen ❞ he almost got used to the one he had in storybrooke, but it was only to call emma. nothing else could he understand of it ❝ i tried downloading a game i saw. now i have no idea what i have done or where i have clicked ❞

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starter for @mischiefxmuses percy

looking at all the tall buildings as she walks, patia is trying to figure out where she is. she's not lost, of course not. as if looking up going to help her find her way. tall towers are nothing new to her, however these were all cramped and close together, whereas in avalir, there were only a few notable ones in each district of the city. they were spread out - easy to find a point of reference. here, nearly every street looked the same. she bumped into someone and apologized quickly before continuing her thoughts, “this place is dizzying. i’m just trying to find a library, or archive? someplace to gather information of this city."

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@grcycosmcs anyone

things like this didn't scare patia anymore. she was used to death, no matter how mysterious. she's mostly gone into protection mode. (which is probably the best option considering she's a wizard and isn't much protected herself - except for a handy shield spell if she needs it) she can't help those who have been murdered, but she can make sure people are safe from any crazy people who try to take advantage of this situation and do their own killings. she approaches a person, "how's it going over here? is everyone okay so far?"

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starter for dream @mischiefxmuses​

recognizing the other from that wild night a few weeks ago, patia approached them. “haven’t put anyone to sleep recently, have you?” she didn’t appreciate her and her magic being undermined in the way he’d done that night. she wasn’t in any danger, she just wanted the what seemed to be unhappy people to leave her alone, and she’d done that. and then he came along and what, wanted to show how much more powerful he was? she wasn’t sure, but it was bothersome.

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when the other started rambling, patia wanted to interject and get him back on track but then it started piquing her interest. she shook her head, "it doesn't matter now. go back to time travel. is that possible here?" she asked eagerly. she'd heard whispers that people in aeor had been working on something in that vein. she knew she probably wouldn't be able to go back to avalir or anything, but if it could be done here, she wanted to know where.

"ah, time travel, my dear friend! it's like dancing through the pages of history, each step a new adventure, each moment a tale waiting to be told," eleven rambled on, forgetting what he was even asked in the first place before he paused to look at the person, "ah sorry, what did you ask again?"

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@grcycosmcs tamar giant feast

finally finishing off the hoard of skeletons, patia continued on through this maze, just wanting to get out. after quite some time weaving through the maze, she came to a huge clearing. she thought she'd finally made it to the end until she looked up, seeing huge furniture and a bunch of food on a table. living in avalir all her life and rarely being on the ground, she'd never encountered one herself, but she knew giant-sized things when she saw them. feeling a presence beside her, she turned to them, "what do you make of this?"

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@hiddenpxpercuts ginny from here

"yes, that worked out great then, didn't it?" she looked at the young girl gratefully. with her magic, patia could probably handle herself fine, but she appreciated having company. she nodded, remembering that wild event a couple months ago, "it is quite dangerous, isn't it? is that normal for this world?"

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moving to beta @mischiefxmuses dream from here

patia scoffed, "are you suggesting that i don't understand magic?" if she were an expressive person, she'd be flabbergasted - eyes wide and mouth open. however, all that could be seen on her face was the slightest movement of her mouth from her scoff. "what a wild accusation when you don't even know me." she followed his eyes to the raven, then back to him, "noted."

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starter for qi yan @mvsicinthedvrk​

patia was still figuring this city out. in some ways, it actually wasn’t too different from avalir, but it many ways it very much was. today she’d discovered something called a subway...some sort of underground transportation. she just wanted to check it out, but apparently to even get to the thing, she had to buy a ticket. so she did and headed down. arriving, apparently she was standing in just the wrong spot and someone behind her was complaining. her hands tensed, balling into fists. she really wanted to silence them or just stun them a little. nothing crazy, but she also didn’t want to use magic in such a crowded and cramped space. after some time, and the person not letting up, she turned around to them, “what is your hurry? can’t you see we’re all waiting?” she motioned around to the hundreds of other people around them. she scoffed, taking a single step to the side to at least not have the complaining right in her ear.

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@purelybilateral​​ elliot from here

“Dystopia?” It would make sense. One moment he was at Washington Township, in the middle of soemthing, and the next moment he was in an unfamiliar area. The other seemed just as confused as him which made him feel as if he wasn’t alone. Could this be what Whiterose’s machine had in store? He wasn’t sure and he wouldn’t know until he found his way out of here. “You don’t recognize this place either?” Elliot decided to take a shot and ask.

patia nodded, “i certainly wouldn’t call it a utopia.” she pointed out, “then again, i’ve just arrived, what would i know?” she looked down at her dress, perfect for the most part, if just a little frayed and burned at the edges. her fascinator still sat upon her head, separating strands of her hair, and her necklace floated around her neck. she didn’t have her orb, which was expected. she just hoped it got to maya okay. she shook her head at his question, “i don’t. i’m not from anyplace like this. i’m from avalir-” she paused, “though i’m sure it doesn’t exist anymore, so i suppose i’m from nowhere.”

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event starter for @mischiefxmuses​ dream

one moment, everything was fine, the next it was chaos. people were chasing other people, spells were going off, arrows and other weapons were going shot off, it was madness. unfortunately, patia was familiar with this. whatever was going on, she wasn’t influnced by it, but she saw a group of people coming her way, and some of them didn’t look happy. ‘enough! stop whatever you’re doing and go about your day.’ she casts mass suggestion before waving them off and walking away herself. she rolls her eyes, as if this situation was inconveniencing her.

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“your guess is as good as mine,“ patia shrugged. she could hear the desperation in his voice and honestly she had a feeling she was as confused as he was. at first she thought it was some sort of weird afterlife, but considering all the strange contraptions and machinery, patia had literally no idea where she was. she was supposed to be dead, and now here she was, alive a well, in a place she didn’t recognize. maybe whatever ether or energy she let out into the leywright teleported her here or something. she had no idea. “some sort of weird dystopia if you ask me.” 

Elliot’s losing his mind at this point. He wasn’t sure what was going on. One moment, Elliot was at Washington Township trying to save the world, and the next he was waking up in an unfamiliar area after the collapse of Washignton Township. He wasn’t even sure where he was to which he decided to ask someone. He made his way up to the first person he saw, a frantic look on his face. “Tell me where we are. I need to know.”

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event starter for @hiddenpxpercuts​ judith

“what is this?“ patia approaches the nearest person, “is there some sort of celebration happening?“ still a little disoriented from appearing here only a few days ago, patia is confused by all the pink and red in business windows.

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Was that [MARGOT ROBBIE]? Oh no no, that was just [PATIA POR’CO], a/an [CANON CHARACTER] from [CRITICAL ROLE]. They are [HUNDREDS/30] years old, use [SHE/HER], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long.

How long has your character been here: just arrived

Job: keeper of scrolls -- in dc? unemployed

Where has your character been pulled from in their fandom: the end of the campaign. she died, avalir fell, and now she’s waking up here

Has magic affected your character: nope!

Anything else? patia is not from any of the “proper” campaigns of critical role (aka 1, 2, or 3 - vox machina, mighty nein, bells hells). she comes from a mini campaign, exandira unlimited: calamity. it’s a 4 episode mini campaign that takes place about a thousand years before vox machina and present day exandria, during the age of arcanum.  the story of exu calamity and patia takes place in avalir, a flying city. as the keeper of scrolls, patia is part of the upper echelon of the city; not to mention that it was her grandfather that founded the city and gave it its flight. while her linage gives her importance, she is not part of the ring of gold, or even silver. her and her friends have created the ring of brass. they’re the “boots on the ground” and are given little respect from the other rings.  the ring of brass consists of: her, a wizard laerryn coramar-seelie, a wizard loquatius seelie, a warlock/bard cerrit agrupnin, a rogue zerxus ilerez, a paladin and nydas okiro, a sorcerer/bard

spoilers for episodes 3 & 4 of exu calamity below click the exu calamity link above for more info, but basically, within the arcane engine of the city, there's the arboreal calix, a magic tree that binds a contract between the wizards of avalir and the druids of cathmoíra. with a war on the city already started by the lord of the hells, patia casts legend lore on the tree. touching the tree, it starts to grow around her arm.  when laerryn casts blight on the tree and it begins to split open, a gateway is created and asmodeus - the lord of the hells - comes through. his mere presence sends a concussive force (followed by fire) through the room, tearing patia’s arm (still in the tree) from her body as well as killing her. nearly everyone else dies as well, except zerxus and laerryn. he revives loquatius and nydas, and quay revives patia.  a fight breaks out with vespin chloras (asmodeus’ right hand) and while cerrit gets the killing blow on him, zerxus and nydas die. as the city continues to descend and while the men were dealing the vespin, patia stands by laerryn as she reworks the astral leywright to eliminate two primordials from the playing field, sending them to another plane.  given some magical ether from the tree (equivalent to a 9th level spell), patia uses it to power the leywright as her final sacrifice.  as the calamity comes, half of the ring of brass are left alive: laerryn, loquatius, and cerrit. the first two accept their fate as the city and labyrinth around them crumble. cerrit flies out with directions given to him from laerryn and he makes it out alive as avalir, cathmoíra, and the surrounding landscapes are broken apart by gods, betrayers, and mortals alike. “the brass ring endures“

* in dc, she no longer has the orb, but she still wears her fascinator and floating necklace.

watch calamity here 

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@miindfuck anyone

some of these people, patia couldn't tell if they were actually trying to kill their supposed targets or if they were just going after people...for fun? with all the chaos going on. whatever you wanted to call it. luckily, she had a plethora of defensive spells she could use to attempt to keep others and herself safe. she saw someone being chased and quickly cast a spell on the chaser. they doubled over, dry heaving. she caught up with the other person and pulled them to the side. "that won't last long. are you alright? why were they chasing you?"