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[brushoff]

"Hello. This is Dorian Gray's cellphone. I can't talk right now. Don't forget to leave me a message. If you're interesting, I'll get back to you."

voice, video, text, action
[ certain threads in this post contain nsfw content (sex, blood, violence, etc.) so, you know, don't read them where Gramma can look over your shoulder. just kind of a blanket trigger warning for gore & body horror as well ]

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[brushoff]

[ Picking up on the memories of others...wait a moment. It hits Dorian like a ton of bricks. Shaking his head, he grins at Abduxel ]

So that lovely bit of nostalgia I had was you?

[abduxel]

[ The winning grin that appears on Abduxel's face, his eyes practically twinkling, is answer enough. ]

[brushoff]

Again, you're wicked.

[abduxel]

Glad you think so. [All smiles.]

Also glad to see you're looking like your normal self again. I was... older as well, but in a different way.

[brushoff]

Probably better looking than my older as well, [ he said with a siiiiiigh ]

[abduxel]

It's a shame I didn't show you, actually. I was pretty grotesque, to be honest. Fangs and claws, spikes, extra eyes...

[brushoff]

I would say 'maybe next time,' but I doubt either of us want a next time to begin with.

[abduxel]

I was extra powerful, so that was nice.

But no, overall it wasn't pleasant. I had a hard time resisting the temptation to use them. As you experienced. Usually, I have good self-restraint.

[brushoff]

This was just the exception to prove the rule, I suppose?

[abduxel]

...Yes, let's go with that.

[brushoff]

It's the easiest way to wave it off, after all. [ said with a wave of his hand ]

Anyway, aside from the memory thing, what else can you do?

[abduxel]

[He's just a nosy jerk sorry Dorian.]

Theoretically, anything I want, if I can find the words to make the spell. There are a lot of things I've never tried.

[brushoff]

By 'find the words', what do you mean? Do you just make them up?

[abduxel]

It's a demonic language. [He speaks a few words, random nouns, the language harsh, guttural and abrasive-sounding.] But to make a spell you have to word it very carefully, or else things go wrong. [Abduxel isn't smart or modern enough to make this comparison, but it's kind of like programming.]

So, I have to ask: are you going to look like that eventually? You just age very slowly?

[brushoff]

Absolutely not, [ Dorian said emphatically, frowning as he does so. This is obviously a sticking point. ] Circumstances aside, my eternal youth is just that: eternal. The only time I managed to look that hideous was when someone tampered with something beyond my control.

[abduxel]

Tampered with what, exactly?

[brushoff]

With my portrait. I met an artist, she tampered with my portrait, I grew old.

[abduxel]

...Your portrait.

[Clearly, he hadn't read the book yet.]

That's a new one.

[brushoff]

[ Dorian...just gives Abduxel a frown. ]

You haven't read the book yet, have you.

[abduxel]

[Caught me.]

I don't get around to reading much.

[brushoff]

Might want to get around to reading this one. But basically? My immortality is conditional. The picture of Dorian Gray, my portrait, takes on all my sins.

[abduxel]

[He raises his eyebrows in an appreciative nod.] Interesting.

I guess it might be less bloody than just watching all your memories myself.

Do you have a copy?

[brushoff]

I've got something better: the original.

[abduxel]

[Abduxel genuinely isn't sure if he means the original book or the original portrait, but since either would be equally acceptable, he smiles anyway.]

You'll have to show me sometime, then, Dorian.

A painting that takes on your sins... I wonder if you aren't accountable for them, either, then. In the afterlife.

[brushoff]

Just give me the date and time. It's stored somewhere safe right now, so I'll have to get it out and bring it back to my place, but I'm fine with whenever.