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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dreadful business. We should do away with the calendar entirely. Then we would no longer fear the Ides.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

"Frail, sickly, whiny." He mocked their grandsire's tone. "Do not look at me like that, Nerva. Things will be fine."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“Ah. Not used to ‘roughing’ it.” He chuckled, moving to the other side of the room.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“Then why are you so skittish, cousin? It is a storm as any other, common in the region.” He raises a brow as he hands him the sealant.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"Help me secure the windows in the bedroom. While we do so, you tell me what has you lost." He did not actually seem annoyed, more... concerned.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"You really have not been paying attention, have you?" He gestures to the windows that were now securely shuttered, and the door free of gaps.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"You are fidgeting. Distractingly so." He stares at him.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

"That's even if you could get it from the man without signing something over..." He's stopped what he was doing. Had been staring at Nerva for a few minutes now. "Nerva."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"Ha, I'd like to see that happen. Even after we developed our own transport system, you still refuse to use it. I would pay a lot of gil to see you teleport." He turned his attention to the door, making sure it's secured against the storm, then sets about making sure they would be safe.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"Ice can be broken and cleared away easily enough. Snow is another matter entirely. Lucky for you, we shall be fine. I have more than enough survival training to get us through a month stuck out here if it came down to that." Surely they wouldn't be stuck out here for an entire month...surely.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

"I would have almost preferred the rain to this. It is unnatural." He cast his gaze over the dark clouds. Something about it unsettled him, but he didn't know why. Once Nerva was inside, he tightly shut the door. "We may have need of the ceruleum heaters."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

"How lucky for you, then, that I have no desire for a political debate. We are not men of the royal line here, we are just family." Just as he neared the door, the temperature seemed to suddenly drop. The clouds that had gathered grew dangerously close, and with it, came heavy snow.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

“Such is the nature of working with ancient technology that still vastly exceeds your own. How primitive our machina must seem to my wife.” He chuckles, then quickly finishes with the traps. “Come on, let’s go back inside.”

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

[he was silent for a long, long moment.] “It should have been you.” I remember your words clear as a bell. Yet I cannot give back what was stolen from you, just as you cannot do the same for me. We are broken men, forced to live with the hand we were dealt. What cruel irony that history repeats.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

"They make the devices work and not explode." He taps the face of it, turning it on.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

“You have no idea what I’m talking about, do you?”

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I have. They are not as terrible as you think.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Are you afraid of some trees, cousin? Bad experience with one?

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The node seemed to process Nerva's actions for a moment before depositing the device into his hand. "Because they are limited as the...capacitors involved are rare and difficult to find."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Aye, that I do. I make an attempt to visit him each Harvest festival with a new wreath of wheat... I remember mother had mentioned that, that tradition started with you. Is that true? [He looked off in the direction of Garlemald, and sighed to himself.]

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The node beeped and whirred, floating over to Varis first to dispense his device, then floated to Nerva. "Ah, I remember these." He looked it over, then slipped it over his wrist.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I doubt there is much I can do to assuage your fears, but we are bound for the Starlight stalls, not so much Gridania proper.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

All I wished to be, and failed at attaining... [He sighed, thinking of all the could haves and should haves. None of them offered any solace.] Did you find out what the illness was?

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Of...father? [He set his jaw, willing the courage to ask what he had always wanted to know. He could hardly remember his face, after all] Father...what was he like? Try as I might, I cannot scour deep enough within my memory to picture his face clearly. What...what happened to him?

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Right. [softer,] Right...foolish of me to wonder.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

[He didn't even have the heart to shoot him any horrible looks. Quietly, he looks up, then asks.] Do you think father would have struggled..? I do not recall much of the man, only that his passing...hurt you.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I. Suppose that is it. With Zenos I detached, it was easy to mimic what you had done, it was all I knew. When my daughters were all born, I found the detachment impossible. When Markus was born... I struggled, wanting to have that same attachment as my girls but I couldn't stop my thoughts.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Gaius, while a dear friend of mine, who has a pardon, will not assist. Because he is assisting his remaining daughter in her recovery. He cannot be away from her for too long, and I. I do not blame him. [He looks at his hands, as if he had blood on them. They were clean, if rubbed raw.]

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I have... many times over. She has determined me a threat, and relegated me to the cabin until Markus is out of infancy... [He looks down a his hands, then speaks softly] I do not wish to repeat the mistakes I made with Zenos, with Markus. /Please/ grandsire..help.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I fucked up! [he burys his head in his hands] I worried that he would kill her. That he would become like the last son…that she would die by his hand. Intentionally or not.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Unfortunately. And I know not when she will allow me to return. I... do not blame her. I said and did some...unkind things to her.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Might I impose and ask you to come to the cabin?

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

@embitteredroyalty.bsky.social Cousin. Care to join the wife and I at the Starlight Stalls in Gridania? She has secured special dispensation with the Elder Seedseer to grant us unhindered access... I am unsure of how she has these connections, but I am thankful regardless. Vergilia is welcome too.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

"We had too much left to do, so they sent us back." He puts bait into each trap, then goes about setting them all up in various locations. As he turned, he saw the node his wife had sent waiting patiently at the door of the cabin. "We have a delivery."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"Zenos lost his arm in a conflict with Aji's grandsire..." He pocketed his tome as he set the bait onto the ground next to the traps. "Not what I expected to hear, given we all thought the Warrior of Light killed him, but here we are."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

He is gone for a short while, when he emerges from the cabin the bait was tucked under his arm. In his other hand was his tomestone, and his expression sour. “Apparently. Members of our family were involved in quite the ordeal…”

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"Ass." He turned around, walking alllll the way back to the cabin. At least the bait wasn't missing from where he had seen it just minutes ago.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

"It means I need to go back and get the bait. Unless you want to volunteer."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

He just stares down at the baitless traps, sighs again, and lets the lid close. "Clearly. I suppose the dead must rebait the traps."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

His only reply was a grunt, followed his dead dropping low with a heavy sigh. At least he didn't make it terribly far from the cabin, but now he had to backtrack. "The dead are tormenting me."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

"They do, Nerva." So confident! But something makes him slow down. /Did/ the traps have bait? Surely they did, otherwise they would not be so... light. He stops, dead in his tracks. He drops the crate onto the ground, then pops the lid open. He looks at one of the traps, and sees... no bait. "..."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

He's already out the door, and halfway to the line of trees! "Come on, Nerva. We do not have long before we lose the day."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"Yes, they do." They, in fact, do not.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"But she is still radiant, is she not?" He scans the area once outside, determining the best spots to set up the traps. "These traps should catch any roaming Ovibos and Tursus."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"And I suppose the women in our lives do not count either, even though they are as radiant as the sun?" He grabs the container with the traps, slipping his phone into his pocket for later.

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"She certainly strives to make my life difficult just to teach me a 'lesson.'.... I suppose I deserved it." He laughs, not really that upset. "And yes, I am certain the sun exists. Somewhere. Probably behind the malms thick cloud cover."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

".... what?" He stops, hand hovering over the doorknob. He pivots, going for his discarded phone. He attempts to send a message, but finds his service was shut off. "....of course she did. Nerva, find out more information. Also, put your coat on, we have traps to set before the sun is gone."

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Varis zos Galvus @memoriamisera.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"She'll probably turn it into a new scythe. She's been talking about making a new one." He moved away from the window, then grabbed his jacket.

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