he's just going to come join her. across the table, for a bit. the rudeness doesn't bother him - in fact, it's refreshingly familiar, and this is the exact sort of camaraderie he's used to from the scholar in his life. so he settles down, takes out his notebook, and...starts to do the same! they can just hang out and work in companionable silence for a little while!!!
and eventually, at a decent lull: ]
You know. I initially thought nine hours was a bit of a challenge, but it was quite a mess, today.
I have an item I could have used, if I'd found the right time to do so... But everything turned into such a mess, I ended up letting the chance slip by.
It's an item that can make someone answer one question truthfully.
Before you ask, it can't be used to ask someone if they killed someone, or if they were awake on a Thursday night. That seems to be the main limitation. But it would work if someone was lying about their power, or trying to hide what they've purchased.
[ oh... its like a coerce... he looks interested, propping his chin in his hand. ]
How very useful indeed. [ hmm! cool. ] Well. Thankfully, we managed to reach the goal without it: and all the same, that frees it up for use next week, since per the rules and the information floating about after Thursday, it seems as if we'll be repeating this farce.
I can't help but wonder if we'll be facing another escalation or not, in the coming week.
Indeed. I certainly didn't expect the story I told you of Vide to have a hint of relevance.
[ temenos's world 🤝 our archvilliain night based horrors
but that's just an aside, of course, so. ] The machinations of this entire thing are set up to cause suffering. It all read as quite, for lack of a better term, villainous.
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Date: 2023-10-01 02:59 am (UTC)honestly???
he's just going to come join her. across the table, for a bit. the rudeness doesn't bother him - in fact, it's refreshingly familiar, and this is the exact sort of camaraderie he's used to from the scholar in his life. so he settles down, takes out his notebook, and...starts to do the same! they can just hang out and work in companionable silence for a little while!!!
and eventually, at a decent lull: ]
You know. I initially thought nine hours was a bit of a challenge, but it was quite a mess, today.
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Date: 2023-10-01 03:03 am (UTC)when he speaks, she hums in tired agreement.]
It would've been real embarrassing if we'd failed to catch him.
[and they were real close to failing.]
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Date: 2023-10-01 03:19 am (UTC)[ :nyeh: ]
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Date: 2023-10-01 03:27 am (UTC)[which is, in itself, pretty damn embarrassing.]
I have an item I could have used, if I'd found the right time to do so... But everything turned into such a mess, I ended up letting the chance slip by.
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Date: 2023-10-01 03:35 am (UTC)A wonderball? Or an invention from home?
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Date: 2023-10-01 03:38 am (UTC)It's an item that can make someone answer one question truthfully.
Before you ask, it can't be used to ask someone if they killed someone, or if they were awake on a Thursday night. That seems to be the main limitation. But it would work if someone was lying about their power, or trying to hide what they've purchased.
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Date: 2023-10-01 03:46 am (UTC)How very useful indeed. [ hmm! cool. ] Well. Thankfully, we managed to reach the goal without it: and all the same, that frees it up for use next week, since per the rules and the information floating about after Thursday, it seems as if we'll be repeating this farce.
I can't help but wonder if we'll be facing another escalation or not, in the coming week.
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Date: 2023-10-01 04:08 am (UTC)[she just looks kind of grim at that, gazing down at her notes.]
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Date: 2023-10-01 01:39 pm (UTC)[ temenos's world 🤝 our archvilliain
night based horrors
but that's just an aside, of course, so. ] The machinations of this entire thing are set up to cause suffering. It all read as quite, for lack of a better term, villainous.
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Date: 2023-10-02 12:08 am (UTC)What do you think? Could they really "rewrite" a world to erase someone from it? Or is they just talking nonsense to manipulate us?