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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

[explosion]

[ Can he stay out of the way? She thankfully has the foresight not to say as much. ]

Your mind thinks too much. Your gut is more elevator-pitch-friendly. Somewhere in the middle is the answer. I would know.

[ Hadn't his mind told him to trust her, but his gut had started to peel apart the pretty wallpaper of her make-believe world? Perhaps she shouldn't give Strange such a beacon to help guide him through the darkness, but… Sometimes, she likes to be helpful.

She has no idea what to do with his gratitude, so she files it away for later storyboarding.

(Did she want to try to get the last word? Yes.) ]

[portalling]

[ Stephen’s mouth instinctively opens — he likes to have the last word, pettily, just for the sake of liking to hear himself talk —

but in the end, he gives her this, and lets her keep it. Just a short laugh, and then disconnecting the crystal. ]