tea time

[bouchonne]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Byerly
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: By is actually trying to be helpful and is not just here for the drama. No comment on my own priorities.

It seems prudent, given the current situation, for us to publicly identify those who have been acting out of character. I can understand a desire for secrecy, to take any imposters by surprise, but the risk of one of our own being caught unawares seems much greater.

Who has been strange of late? And when did this change in behavior start?

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[atonally]

[ There's an inhale held long enough to demonstrate this is, to some degree, new information, albeit new information he's not resistant enough to for what he feels to qualify as shock. ]

Sure.

[ Unapologetic. And in the spirit of cooperation, ]

I'm not sure about Cedric, either.

[luaithre]

[ The pause that follows is that of a man who would normally prefer to be put under some kind of medieval torture device procedure than to entertain anything Keen might have to say,

but, ]

He's been quick to involve himself in all of this.

[atonally]

And quick to tell us there was nothing he could do to prove he isn't one of them.

[ Maybe just being honest and helpful. Maybe trying to make something sinister look honest and helpful. ]

Timing of his arrival isn't great either. If they needed a foot in the door to start an infestation—mm.

[luaithre]

[ It's a note of honesty that doesn't twinge at his suspicion the same way, but all the same— ]

Fine. Monitor them both and report what you observe to myself or the leadership.

[ A beat, then, ]

What dinner would they serve us on Satinalia evenings, back in Starkhaven?

[atonally]

Fish and egg pie, except after the fowl plague. Cranachan for dessert.

[ If they're playing this game, he might as well try to enjoy it a little. So— ]

Who taught you how to shave?

[luaithre]

[ The split second of silence will have to suffice for projecting exactly how Marcus feels about this specific tone of question, as he answers, ]

Errol,

[ matter of fact. ]

Where is Orlov presently?