trustfell | Accountability.

There are all sorts of secrets to this place, really, ways to get from place to place reasonably unnoticed. Some of those ways involve the ability to shift one's appearance, some of them involve shadows and vessels and darkness; for those without those sorts of gifts, though, one has to rely on more conventional means. Panels and doorways, joins and seams that don't join up quite right; portions of the wall that will open up if you manipulate them properly.

The Conductor himself tends to rely on the latter; he is, after all, entirely human.

He's thin, as though he doesn't eat terribly much, but his clothes are immaculate and sharply-tailored, a suit and long coat all in white and shades of pale grey; his hair is long, trailing at least halfway down his back in a thin, tightly-tied ponytail, and his eyes are cold when he moves to stand at the thirtieth podium – it's not his, it never has been, but it's going to do for now.

He doesn't seem anxious at all about being here; there's nothing nervous in his demeanor, and he's keeping his head up, perfectly willing to look everyone in the face. There's a definite arrogance about him, as is probably to be expected, though he'll certainly acknowledge everyone once he's there – when he bows it's enough to be respectful, but not nearly enough to expose the back of his neck.

When he speaks, his voice is recognizable but it's quiet, far moreso than one would assume him to be based on the volume of the intercom alone; his tone is even, almost unsettlingly calm given the circumstances, though there's a hardness to it that never quite goes away.

"It's a pleasure to speak to all of you in person; I'd say that it's almost a shame that the circumstances have to be what they are, but I'm not going to insult your intelligence like that."

He straightens up then; the smile he's offering is understated, but it's not particularly nice.

"I understand that we have a fair amount to discuss; shall we begin?"

Your host for the evening, everyone; let's start.

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How many? I found some looking through dead peoples' stuff, and Elise has a bunch, but we'd need... 21. No, 22.

I got five, I think?

... We'd be at least 5 short off-hand, but I bet there are more around.

[ In the vending machine. Or being stockpiled by Mr. Conductor from when he was testing the ghost thing with Lisbeth. ]

[Susan had been trying not to bring those up, but since we're apparently all talking about it out in the open now...]

I've got two.

[ To be fair, Kimblee probably knows about it already, so, you know. YOLO, YOLT. ]

We'd be pretty close to making enough, I think? If we run short, we can just opt to not bring back the fucking child killers first.

[ He'll never stop being salty. ]

That works.

[She knows they are absolutely listening right now, but she does not care.]

[ two thumbs-up

Susan is the best adult here, in his humble opinion!! ]

Well, that's one option. But we should consider that one of those people might actually have a way to hop timelines and dimensions without this gate shit. Rick and Morty are both experienced in that, right? And I don't think Rick's inventions are a "power"...are they...?

All this fucking logic and I still don't really wanna bump that guy up the list of people to bring back to life.

[ He killed Hibiki and Yuuri okay. Bakugou's hateboner has lasted so long that not even medical attention would do anything for him now. ]

I'm not exactly thrilled about it, either, but it's an option we have to keep in mind if it gets down to the wire.

I doubt he'd have the parts needed to build anything here... Or that he'd help us even if he did.

We could ask Morty about it. ...Anyway, who we bring back ain't really as important as getting these stones and deciding what to do with the Conductor, right? Though to my understanding the stones are only useful to us if we could use alchemy, which, uh. We can't. Without years of study, I guess.

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Ugh, fine. Let's bring his infinitely less shitty grandkid back to life and see what he has to say first, though.

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I think you're right that Rick might help, but if we have to prioritize someone then Mordecai is our best bet.

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Seconded.

[She's still really mad about Yuuri okay-]

Yeah, that guy can stay dead and I wouldn't really give two shits about it.

[ THE GHOSTS CAN DEFINITELY HEAR HIM BUT WHATEVER. MIDDLE FINGERS UP. ]

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You can just destroy the machine and get those potions out, at this point.

Well, we'd have to finish the trial first. The rules are still in place, right? Property damage.

Fair enough.

[GUYS ASHLEY SAID NOT TO MENTION THOSE okay she didn't foretell us trying to get the Conductor on our side but Elise is still glaring, with a soft clink as she turns to you all]

Edited 2015-12-31 00:45 (UTC)

[ TO BE FAIR ELISE

Ashley only warned Susan, Elise, and Bakugou so it's not Jean's fault he just blurted it out like that when he was not locked into the secret... ]

... Ah.

Well, he probably knows already. That's probably how he was bringing Lisbeth back to life. With "magic" he can't explain, remember.

If you're quite certain...

Well... the cat has already kinda leaped straight out of the bag and into the next door neighbor's tree, so...

[ y....yol...t. ]

I've got one.

[Logan asked her to collect them and she didn't do a very good job of that, did she. But at least everyone else seems to have them together...]

We'd still be short with all of those... but there are probably more in the vending machine.