Muse doesn't much like what we're plotting--also voice test. Likely going to thedarkplace

[burning_star]

Oh yes, this is a brilliant idea. Send us off we-know-not-where without any means to obtain Jem's medicine or-- What about Tess? Where is she going to be without us?

A game? You call it a game? By the angel, I've seen some sick and twisted things but this is pretty impressive, mundane. [Of course, he uses the word like a nasty curse.]

Don't even think about sending Magnus instead of me. I won't allow it.

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[steady_flame]

If all goes according to plan, I won't need my medicine. You can tick that concern off of your "Reasons For Will Herondale To Be Self-Loathing" list.

[burning_star]

Oh well that's good to know, Jem-- since you know all about my list.

[He snorts and tosses his head.] Wait-- what do you mean, you "won't need" your medicine?

[steady_flame]

Well, Magnus's half-cure and my medicine held each other at an impasse back home. At the Dark Place, however, I will have an ability that allows me to heal when I'm in the light. It should keep my illness from killing me.

[ How it'll affect his addiction, however, is beyond him. He doesn't see fit to make Will worry about it just yet, though. ]

[burning_star]

[Will suddenly becomes very tight-lipped, his expression strained.]

Oh. So you'll be able to just. Heal yourself whenever-- you. You won't be "dying" anymore.

[steady_flame]

Well... [ He offers a sad smile. ] Not...actively, I suppose. I won't be getting any better, either. It won't kill me any fast, but yes, Will, I'm still dying. I'm without my medicine, but without Magnus as well.

[burning_star]

It would be better. If it were Magnus.

[His voice wavers only slightly and Will almost seems as though he might curl up into himself. The familiar wall kept between himself and everything and everyone suddenly appears rather thin, as though some horrible weight is manifesting itself on his shoulders.]

[steady_flame]

[ He stares at Will for a moment, then snaps his fingers, his eyes lighting up as though he's just remembered something he now urgently needs to tell Will. ]

...Hey, I saw Tessa last night. She looked extremely well.

[burning_star]

You saw her! [The previous discussion seems blessedly forgotten, and Will does his best to barrel away-- along this new topic-- as best he can.]

She'd probably love something like this. Some adventure out of her books and all that.

[steady_flame]

She really is quite a heroine, isn't she?

[burning_star]

Who, our Tess? Well, of course she is.

[He manages to let out a tiny chuckle, the closest thing to a laugh he ever really produces.]

[steady_flame]

[ He picks at his nails a little, thinking. ] Actually, there's one thing about the Dark Place you might not be so happy about.

[burning_star]

There's a lot of things. [A beat.] Well, you may as well add to the list, Jem.

[steady_flame]

Um. Church came with me.

[burning_star]

...Couldn't they have let you keep something useful?!

[steady_flame]

Apparently not. I'll end up with Church instead of a stele and you instead of Magnus.

[burning_star]

[Will crosses his arms and glowers at the silver-haired young man before looking away with a huff.]

[steady_flame]

You're such a child.

[burning_star]

I don't know if I like this. It'll be like... one long hunt that never ends.