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[aberratic]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Ness Tavane (aberratic, on behalf of The Forgotten (Julius, Bastien, Clarisse, Viktor (and Isaac)))
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: Player plot info! Basically: As far as everyone in the Gallows is concerned, the people Ness is talking about just straight up do not exist and never have.

[ the voice that comes over the crystal is a soft, somewhat frazzled soprano. other voices can be heard arguing behind her, but only the tones of frustration and suspicion are audible; the content of the discussion is indistinct. ]

Good afternoon, Riftwatch, this is Quartermaster Ennaris Tavane. We—that is, myself, the Seneschal, Griffon Keeper La Rue, and Messeres Bastien and Viktor, we are being barred from use of the ferry to re-enter the Gallows. Is there anyone available to vouch for us, please? We're all very tired from our return journey and have quite a lot of work to get back to.

Comments

[portalling]

Frankly, I’ve been through weirder shit, so I’ve learned to never rule anything out. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, etc.

[ Maybe it’s a bad idea, maybe he’ll get a talking-to from the Captain. He’ll talk to her about it. But it’s a calculated risk, an attempt to learn more. He doesn’t believe this stranger, doesn’t think they actually knew each other in this world, but: there could still be another explanation. What he wants to do is find the explanation. ]

I’m sending someone to the dockside apartments. I— [ There’s a faint stutter in the sentence, a brief hesitation, he doesn’t want to get into it with a complete stranger and so what he settles on is, ] You can trust her.

I’ll touch base with both of you after. Good luck.

[ And with that, he’ll be sending Wanda. God help him. ]