I liked the "may whatever sins she could have possibly sinned" in there. (It's actually "may whatever sins she has sinned" in the original.)
I should pull out a list of all Tosha's prayers; I had fun with them. (I had to dissect the rules to give Deb for when she was writing Barty's version -- he wasn't going to get all of it, because he didn't care for himself and he'd always just put it in the "Tosha's quirks" category, but by the Gods, Tosha believed, and that meant Barty was going to do his fucking best.)
(I don't know how clearly it came across, but: the names of the familial dead are written on a stele in the temple/chapel in the basement, because the belief is that as long as your name is still written, your souls will not die. Tosha woke up to find that Barty had carved his name in GIANT FUCKING LETTERS.)
Anyway, yeah. My favorite part of that whole interaction was Daph's last comment, to Tosha telling her he was coming to fetch her: "Is it time, then? Good. I'm ready."
I reread that exchange and Tosha's "I have it on the best authority that weddings are always a combination of terrifying and ecstatic for those involved, but chin up; it will be over quickly." choked me up.
I really liked the prayers for Daphne. Mostly because I think she was the most deserving of them in some ways. She is one of the few characters in our game (barring the Longbottom kids...and with Evelyn I'm not so sure, given the note she and Ginny ended on) who really hurt no one. Except maybe herself.
Also, I was thinking today that the Battle of Hogwarts would have very likely been lost, if not for Daphne. Because she stole the Roman Eagle horcrux, and Barty wasn't able to fetch it for the Inferi armies.
(Also, while looking I found this conversation between Barty and Tosha just after Daphne's murder, and oh, man, rereading that in the context of how things ended is just heartbreaking.)
I think this is a great summation for a lot of Alternity play, though: Now sleep. It will likely not be better in the morning, but at least it will be morning, and you'll need to be well rested.
Oh, man, yes. The number of times Tosha sent Barty to bed NEVER FAILED to crack me up.
(Other Tosha and Barty moments I loved: The number of times Tosha nagged him to FINISH HIS DAMN THESIS ALREADY so he could grant Barty his Mastery.)
(I think the first thing he does when he becomes Grand-Master of the Conclave is to enter Barty into the rolls of past Masters of the Conclave, finished master-work or no.)
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Date: 2015-09-03 01:07 am (UTC)It's even worse than I remembered.
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Date: 2015-09-03 01:12 am (UTC)Rumours of my death have been greatly whatever.
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Date: 2015-09-03 01:20 am (UTC)I should pull out a list of all Tosha's prayers; I had fun with them. (I had to dissect the rules to give Deb for when she was writing Barty's version -- he wasn't going to get all of it, because he didn't care for himself and he'd always just put it in the "Tosha's quirks" category, but by the Gods, Tosha believed, and that meant Barty was going to do his fucking best.)
(I don't know how clearly it came across, but: the names of the familial dead are written on a stele in the temple/chapel in the basement, because the belief is that as long as your name is still written, your souls will not die. Tosha woke up to find that Barty had carved his name in GIANT FUCKING LETTERS.)
Anyway, yeah. My favorite part of that whole interaction was Daph's last comment, to Tosha telling her he was coming to fetch her: "Is it time, then? Good. I'm ready."
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Date: 2015-09-03 01:30 am (UTC)(Reread shortly after Daphne's demise, I mean.)
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Date: 2015-09-03 01:41 am (UTC)Oh God, I COULD NOT RESIST THAT.
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Date: 2015-09-03 03:30 am (UTC)Also, I was thinking today that the Battle of Hogwarts would have very likely been lost, if not for Daphne. Because she stole the Roman Eagle horcrux, and Barty wasn't able to fetch it for the Inferi armies.
Which led to this amusing exchange between Tosha and Barty.
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Date: 2015-09-03 03:35 am (UTC)I loved that thread. It was just like OH FUCKING BALLS, NOT ANOTHER FUCKING PROBLEM.
Daphs really did win them the war. They could've gotten the horcrux eventually, but it would have been really, really messy.
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Date: 2015-09-03 04:09 am (UTC)One of my favourite Tosha phrases (which I cannot now find) was along the lines of "This day did only lack THAT."
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Date: 2015-09-03 04:29 am (UTC)oh oh oh, I JUST SAW THAT THE OTHER DAY when I was going through things looking for something, ARGH. It'll come to me!
(Tosha and his world-weary resignation to the shitshow his life was, man.)
Okay, I have not yet found that, but I have found:
"Well. At least it will be a different set of intractable and exhausting problems."
"Difficult odds against a highly motivated force with our lives and our honour upon the line: it will at least be a familiar adventure."
And HA. I think I found the one you meant: "Oh, fuck a rusty duck, the night did only want for that." (Barty had just informed Tosha that Voldemort wanted the Inferi to fight in the Return of the Frost Faire Games.)
(Also, while looking I found this conversation between Barty and Tosha just after Daphne's murder, and oh, man, rereading that in the context of how things ended is just heartbreaking.)
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Date: 2015-09-03 05:19 am (UTC)And that last link. Oh, gods.
I think this is a great summation for a lot of Alternity play, though: Now sleep. It will likely not be better in the morning, but at least it will be morning, and you'll need to be well rested.
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Date: 2015-09-03 05:27 am (UTC)Oh, man, yes. The number of times Tosha sent Barty to bed NEVER FAILED to crack me up.
(Other Tosha and Barty moments I loved: The number of times Tosha nagged him to FINISH HIS DAMN THESIS ALREADY so he could grant Barty his Mastery.)
(I think the first thing he does when he becomes Grand-Master of the Conclave is to enter Barty into the rolls of past Masters of the Conclave, finished master-work or no.)
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Date: 2015-09-03 06:39 am (UTC)"I am of course delighted for the chance to be of service and entirely certain I will be able to integrate the necessary work into my already complex schedule without difficulty. Possibly I will first need to develop new methods of control over space and time, but that shan't take more than a week or two, I imagine."
(On being made Head of Hogwarts.)