don't wait for a knight in shinin' armor, your savior's reflected in the mirror

[perpend]

[That sure was a fucking thing. That execution was a fucking thing. Those secrets are a fucking thing.

Cabanela retreats to his room, but not for all that long. Everyone will get a note eventually, written in very neat handwriting

I do not plan on bowing down to threats and intimidation. If you did not act, it means you were, like me, aware of the risk, but decided against it. Your reasons are entirely your own.

Join me in the dining room if you agree enough is enough, and that you won't acquiesce to threats. I don't plan to let this stop me, and neither should you.

-C

In the dining room itself, Cabanela has set up coffee and tea for those who want it-- there's no food, because to be honest, he doesn't know how to cook. Two more candles have been lit-- he wasn't really sure what to do about the whole... parasite thing... so Fern's candle will have to make due.]

Comments

game room

[captainobnoxious]

Sure, deal me a hand.

[... She has no idea what to play, but Alex looks out of it, so. Sigrun is here.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ For a moment, she hesitates, and then...realizes Sigrun's spoke to her and nods. ]

Here you go, how about...war's an easy one.

[captainobnoxious]

Fine by me! It's the only war I've been in, after all.

[Just a little joke! ...Alex really is kind of out of it though, huh.]

How're you holding up, honey? Seems like your mind's a little elsewhere.

[sleepytimegal]

[ While dealing: ] Ha, yeah. You could say that. Today's been overwhelming, you know?

[captainobnoxious]

Yeah, no joke. Who would've thought Fernie was hiding so many people in her?

[sigrun.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ Haha...ha.... ]

Do you think she knew? Like. Do you think she realized?

[captainobnoxious]

Couldn't say. Maybe? It didn't really seem like she knew about anything living in her, but I guess that's just not something you talk about. Do you think you'd know if something like that was?

[sleepytimegal]

[ She pauses in dealing the cards. ]

If there were signs of it. Or...if the whatever it was could communicate with me.

[captainobnoxious]

... Guess we'll never know if there were either, huh.

[Maybe she did know. Maybe she didn't. But that's for the dead to know and for the living to never learn she guesses.]

Even Mages don't really hear things inside of them. People who're infected do, I think, but I can't say I've met many of them that hadn't already died or turned into trolls. Wonder what it's like.

[sleepytimegal]

Mages? Infected? This is something that just...happens where you're from?

[ She is asking for an exposition dump. ]