Digitalis Old English folklore said that foxes wore the flowers on their paws to silence movement and stealthily stalk prey. Healing, pain, insincerity, insecurity
Well...if you had partner A use the effect on Mathis and Gale, and partner B use the effect on Karma and Yuffie, that's one use per week, one monster, two partners who don't know each other. But then you have partner C who uses the effect on Anisphia and...maybe Asa? I'm not entirely sure myself. And partner D who uses the effect on Robin and me, that's another one of one use per week, one monster, two partners who don't know each other.
Last week it was you and Geto, right? I don't recall someone else experiencing the hatred, but it was Cloud and Aventurine, and then Aqua and Marina who experienced the love effect.
...So you think they're separate people entirely? I was thinking more that it was A causing amorous feelings in one pair and hateful ones in another... and B doing the same to another unfortunate two pairs.
It's not a requirement to use your ability every single week, as far as I know.
If it's possible they can impact a total of four people a week each, that's...that's a lot. [what the absolute fuck!] It's people testing things out. We were thinking it might've been a signal to their partner to try and find them, maybe. But I'm not sure.
Me too. If there's one among the list of bakunawa, ditto, glawackus, gumiho, koromodako, oni, qilin... and I guess mothman that you know about, I'd love to hear it.
[ Like... he could probably use his imagination for what Mothman is... but he could always be surprised... ]
Maybe I can ask around without revealing why. Those are a lot of the ones I'm not familiar with either. There's also always the chance the overseers could at least give us an idea of what they are even if we can't ask what they do.
Mm. Don't feel too pressured into it. I'm sure someone knows -- Gale seems like one.
[ Inb4 he doesn't because BG3 is tabletop territory. ]
I'll write you a copy if you want. Gave Yuffie one too.
[ She may have bothered him into it. ]
That being said, best be careful who you talk to and exactly what you say. Based on what Famine told me:
Speculation seems fine. Can't definitely declare any monsters and their respective abilities, unless it's your own -- in which case, mind your weekly allowance.
Don't reveal another person's monster affinity to anyone else unless they know you're doing it. Counts for their limit.
Can't name the powers of the deceased. Their monsters are fine.
I can always ask him. I don't mind...I wanna help where I can, and if it's easier to spread out some of the work I can do it. [helping!] But that'd be great. Yuffie'll probably show us, too, but a spare is nice.
[but she listens to these rules...]
So...we can't say "this monster has this power", but we can say "this monster could have this power" and that'd be fine? I don't want to ruin someone else's limit when we're all still trying to figure stuff out. Wonder if that counts if the deceased tells us themselves.
That's what I'm figuring, anyway. We'll just have to sidestep the cult's rules -- bend them a little, or a lot. It's the least we deserve to get to do.
[ The whole 'I didn't say she stole my money' thing. Emphasis shifting and goalpost moving depending on whatever the cult tries to pull, yippee. ]
I think I'm pretty good at talking around things. If I share this list with some others, I'll let them know, too. I want all of us to be as safe as possible but be in the know.
[looking at the scroll....] Does that mean you got this from Famine?
There's no limit to sharing this list itself -- the more everyone with us is updated, probably the better. The only reason why I'm not just posting it on the bulletin itself at this point is for security's sake. Wouldn't want the cult deciding they need to step in and make things a bit harder.
Yeah. Reached out to them after the voting ritual. I should've asked them during the whole thing itself, but got preoccupied with Mr. Kasuga's body.
[ Dealing with an axed out heart blew it all out of his mind... is my IC justification because OOCly I did just forget. ]
Then I'll check with the others at the church, too. It's for the best if we spread it more via word of mouth than posting when we know we're being watched.
[there's a half-smile.]
I think we can all forgive you for that one, Daan. It was...unexpected. All of it. [we still don't know why this man's heart was cut out.] I was going to reach out to at least one of them today myself. I think they may be learning more as we are, so it can't hurt to check what our new limits are.
I'm not that concerned, you don't need to comfort me. I think the list would have been a bit much for us to consider on top of everything going on anyway.
[ It was honestly probably for the best -- they'd end up spending time talking about it during the trial, and it's too early for that kind of stuff. ]
It's less about comforting you and more about acknowledging you still had to deal with a man's empty chest cavity. [which sounds rude, maybe, but aerith figures while there are things daan could probably use comfort on, this isn't it.] Considering we really only found two of the three in the last hour with nothing more than a prayer and good instincts? Trying to pinpoint a monster and without knowing all of the rules would've been too much of a mess.
...Hate to say it, but not actually the worst thing I've had to put my hands on in recent times... [ Blech. ] I'm no mortician, but autopsies are mostly simple enough.
[ He always is like I'm not a lot of things. ]
Pretty morbid stuff... anyway, yeah. Didn't help that it looked like everything crossed the beach at some point and we didn't even have Pickles's body...
Am I gonna regret asking what is the worst thing...? [there's a 50/50 chance it's going to be gross or sad and she's not sure which is worse.] They may be simple, but you've seen how some of us react in the face of death.
[badly! some people react badly.]
I wish we'd been able to ask Nona more questions, but I can only hope maybe it wasn't as painless for Pickles as it was for the other two. Erin told me about what happened with Karma, but...I'm still a little lost about Ichiban.
Ah, god. [ He runs a hand through his hair, grimacing a little bit. He looks like he genuinely considers naming something, but decides against it. ] You don't want to know.
[ Sparing Aerith that by making him not think too hard about it. His expression darkens vaguely at the mention of Pickles. I assume you mean that you hope it was painless, help. ]
...Seems like all the evidence I could find just pointed more at Mr. Kasuga himself than his attacker...
I appreciate the honesty as always. [yikes! again, very alarmed by what this man has gone through, but perhaps it's best for both of them if they don't linger on this...also HELP i meant wasn't as painful yeah i think i changed my sentence halfway, but also fuck off future haki if you ever read this i'm sad.]
I keep thinking about those two ponchos. And how someone mentioned it was more likely that Karma's barrel started at the opposite end of the beach from where he was found, in the same place we found the stick and the ponchos. [and...doggie. literally what happened why were they all so beach.] That would suggest the two people working together were Erin and someone else, wouldn't it? And only a handful of people fit the larger poncho.
Yeah. We know it wasn't easy to get up to the roof in the first place, unless you were a fairly skilled combatant. Or, I guess, really tall. [she takes a moment to think.]
The people who could have reasonably fit the larger poncho are Geto, Lavi, Alfyn, Rondo, Gojo, Iwatooshi, Karlach, or Ichiban himself. It doesn't feel right that Ichiban would have killed and then been killed by his chimera match. Three of those people were injured to some degree. Geto and Alfyn were away on that terrible trip through the fog Thursday, and Karlach's fingers are still healing.
So that leaves Lavi, Gojo, and Iwatooshi. All three of them are skilled in combat. Gojo seems like he'd be too lazy to go through with it. Or at least like it wouldn't be worth his while just yet. And I can't imagine Lavi doing anything to someone like Ichiban. But that only leaves Iwatooshi. [...] He told me that when he wasn't on missions at home, he and the others at his citadel would work in the fields doing manual labor and growing their own vegetables. So...he'd know how to use the gardening tools pretty well. And his profile does mention trying not to scare the animals, and, well...
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I don't like any answer I come up with. No matter how much I think on it.
I personally attended to Mr. Greengrass's check, so I can attest that I saw nothing new on him, at the least.
[ Just double-clearing Alfyn here I guess. ]
Mr. Gojo... Not trying to be rude, but I also find it difficult to envision him taking the body out to the field and respectfully laying it to rest and hiding the heart too.
[ Another agreement there. ]
We'll have to place willing suspension on the idea of whether someone is "likely" to do it -- we've clearly all seen that the affliction can make anyone act.
[a small nod to both of those points. an agreement to his agreement, if you will. but she also knows he's right. they have to suspend belief on who could be a killer, especially when they all just saw what happened with nona.]
...I mean, I wish it wasn't anyone at all, but that's not an option, huh? [she just looks less than thrilled by narrowing this down.] They've both been really nice and good to talk to. And they both seem to want to help us get out of here. They'd...kind of be prime candidates for something like this, wouldn't they.
[if this scrap is from lavi's headband/uniform somehow i'm gonna kill yaywon actually.]
...Lavi was pretty upset about what happened with Nona yesterday. And Iwatooshi and I spoke a little last night, too, about trying to find an answer before the third monster strikes again. He also pointed out that if they strike again, we can at least compare what they do next to what we know of Ichiban's death. Try to find a pattern.
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Well...if you had partner A use the effect on Mathis and Gale, and partner B use the effect on Karma and Yuffie, that's one use per week, one monster, two partners who don't know each other. But then you have partner C who uses the effect on Anisphia and...maybe Asa? I'm not entirely sure myself. And partner D who uses the effect on Robin and me, that's another one of one use per week, one monster, two partners who don't know each other.
Last week it was you and Geto, right? I don't recall someone else experiencing the hatred, but it was Cloud and Aventurine, and then Aqua and Marina who experienced the love effect.
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It's not a requirement to use your ability every single week, as far as I know.
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If it's possible they can impact a total of four people a week each, that's...that's a lot. [what the absolute fuck!] It's people testing things out. We were thinking it might've been a signal to their partner to try and find them, maybe. But I'm not sure.
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[ He produces a scroll for her to read. ]
Changeling
Ditto
Dragon
Gargoyle
Glawackus
Golem
Gorgon
Gumiho
Koromodako
Mothman
Oni
Pixie
Qilin
Siren
Sphinx
Succubus/Incubus
Unicorn
Vampire
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...okay, I stand corrected. Maybe you're onto something, but there's also some things on this list I've never even heard of.
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[ Like... he could probably use his imagination for what Mothman is... but he could always be surprised... ]
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[ Inb4 he doesn't because BG3 is tabletop territory. ]
I'll write you a copy if you want. Gave Yuffie one too.
[ She may have bothered him into it. ]
That being said, best be careful who you talk to and exactly what you say. Based on what Famine told me:
Speculation seems fine. Can't definitely declare any monsters and their respective abilities, unless it's your own -- in which case, mind your weekly allowance.
Don't reveal another person's monster affinity to anyone else unless they know you're doing it. Counts for their limit.
Can't name the powers of the deceased. Their monsters are fine.
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[but she listens to these rules...]
So...we can't say "this monster has this power", but we can say "this monster could have this power" and that'd be fine? I don't want to ruin someone else's limit when we're all still trying to figure stuff out. Wonder if that counts if the deceased tells us themselves.
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That's what I'm figuring, anyway. We'll just have to sidestep the cult's rules -- bend them a little, or a lot. It's the least we deserve to get to do.
[ The whole 'I didn't say she stole my money' thing. Emphasis shifting and goalpost moving depending on whatever the cult tries to pull, yippee. ]
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I think I'm pretty good at talking around things. If I share this list with some others, I'll let them know, too. I want all of us to be as safe as possible but be in the know.
[looking at the scroll....] Does that mean you got this from Famine?
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There's no limit to sharing this list itself -- the more everyone with us is updated, probably the better. The only reason why I'm not just posting it on the bulletin itself at this point is for security's sake. Wouldn't want the cult deciding they need to step in and make things a bit harder.
Yeah. Reached out to them after the voting ritual. I should've asked them during the whole thing itself, but got preoccupied with Mr. Kasuga's body.
[ Dealing with an axed out heart blew it all out of his mind... is my IC justification because OOCly I did just forget. ]
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[there's a half-smile.]
I think we can all forgive you for that one, Daan. It was...unexpected. All of it. [we still don't know why this man's heart was cut out.] I was going to reach out to at least one of them today myself. I think they may be learning more as we are, so it can't hurt to check what our new limits are.
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[ It was honestly probably for the best -- they'd end up spending time talking about it during the trial, and it's too early for that kind of stuff. ]
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It's less about comforting you and more about acknowledging you still had to deal with a man's empty chest cavity. [which sounds rude, maybe, but aerith figures while there are things daan could probably use comfort on, this isn't it.] Considering we really only found two of the three in the last hour with nothing more than a prayer and good instincts? Trying to pinpoint a monster and without knowing all of the rules would've been too much of a mess.
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[ He always is like I'm not a lot of things. ]
Pretty morbid stuff... anyway, yeah. Didn't help that it looked like everything crossed the beach at some point and we didn't even have Pickles's body...
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[badly! some people react badly.]
I wish we'd been able to ask Nona more questions, but I can only hope maybe it wasn't as painless for Pickles as it was for the other two. Erin told me about what happened with Karma, but...I'm still a little lost about Ichiban.
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[ Sparing Aerith that by making him not think too hard about it. His expression darkens vaguely at the mention of Pickles. I assume you mean that you hope it was painless, help. ]
...Seems like all the evidence I could find just pointed more at Mr. Kasuga himself than his attacker...
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I keep thinking about those two ponchos. And how someone mentioned it was more likely that Karma's barrel started at the opposite end of the beach from where he was found, in the same place we found the stick and the ponchos. [and...doggie. literally what happened why were they all so beach.] That would suggest the two people working together were Erin and someone else, wouldn't it? And only a handful of people fit the larger poncho.
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There was also the black scrap of fabric from the hole in the barn roof.
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What are your thoughts?
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Yeah. We know it wasn't easy to get up to the roof in the first place, unless you were a fairly skilled combatant. Or, I guess, really tall. [she takes a moment to think.]
The people who could have reasonably fit the larger poncho are Geto, Lavi, Alfyn, Rondo, Gojo, Iwatooshi, Karlach, or Ichiban himself. It doesn't feel right that Ichiban would have killed and then been killed by his chimera match. Three of those people were injured to some degree. Geto and Alfyn were away on that terrible trip through the fog Thursday, and Karlach's fingers are still healing.
So that leaves Lavi, Gojo, and Iwatooshi. All three of them are skilled in combat. Gojo seems like he'd be too lazy to go through with it. Or at least like it wouldn't be worth his while just yet. And I can't imagine Lavi doing anything to someone like Ichiban. But that only leaves Iwatooshi. [...] He told me that when he wasn't on missions at home, he and the others at his citadel would work in the fields doing manual labor and growing their own vegetables. So...he'd know how to use the gardening tools pretty well. And his profile does mention trying not to scare the animals, and, well...
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I don't like any answer I come up with. No matter how much I think on it.
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[ Just double-clearing Alfyn here I guess. ]
Mr. Gojo... Not trying to be rude, but I also find it difficult to envision him taking the body out to the field and respectfully laying it to rest and hiding the heart too.
[ Another agreement there. ]
We'll have to place willing suspension on the idea of whether someone is "likely" to do it -- we've clearly all seen that the affliction can make anyone act.
...
Do you wish it was anyone else?
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...I mean, I wish it wasn't anyone at all, but that's not an option, huh? [she just looks less than thrilled by narrowing this down.] They've both been really nice and good to talk to. And they both seem to want to help us get out of here. They'd...kind of be prime candidates for something like this, wouldn't they.
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It's not an unusual wish to have, to want to choose somebody else. You could keep an eye on them, of course, see how they behave.
Mind the black scrap.
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...Lavi was pretty upset about what happened with Nona yesterday. And Iwatooshi and I spoke a little last night, too, about trying to find an answer before the third monster strikes again. He also pointed out that if they strike again, we can at least compare what they do next to what we know of Ichiban's death. Try to find a pattern.
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