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[pulledunder]

[OMG IT'S BACK. A break from phones, happytears!]

[Dragon Mail: Zachary Bristol]

Are you all right? I don't know everything this sudden merge did to the world. I hope you managed to avoid the war, at least. It never did move into Safta.

I should tell you: my being alive is no longer a secret to the paladins. You don't have to keep quiet anymore. I'm sorry for the trouble that gave you.

I'm still under scrutiny, but you'll be able to enter Bastan without being considered a criminal now.

[Can we pretend these are unrelated yes okay bye.]


[Dragon Mail: Nayan]

I wasn't at liberty to tell you.

I'm sorry.

[Signed, of course, Victor Bristol.]

[Now to brace himself.]

Comments

[senecio]

[The letters are pressed rather firmly into the paper and may or may not be torn in a few places. He so badly wants to tell Victor to gtfo, but he can't. :|]

You've been alive this whole time and you couldn't tell me.

[pulledunder]

Orders from the Spenta.

I couldn't betray that trust a second time, no matter what the reason.

[senecio]

Screw the Spenta!

You know, after everything I've done for you and helping to keep your still being alive a secret the first time, you'd think you'd be able to tell me you weren't dead this time.

[pulledunder]

It's a risk for him to trust a traitor. If he says I keep it secret, then I must.

If that information was intercepted, it could have cost me my life again.

[senecio]

Wouldn't it be easier to just come out and say you didn't trust me, then? Because I can't imagine why else you wouldn't tell the person who actually helped you escape death once that you were alive.

Who the fuck did you think I would tell?

[pulledunder]

It's not about who you would tell. It's about me telling anyone when I was explicitly ordered not to.

If Victor Bristol breaks those orders and they find out, what do you think happens?

[senecio]

Oh, I know what would happen, but that didn't stop you from telling your brother, now, did it?

Fuck you, Victor.

[pulledunder]

I didn't tell him! Do you know how much danger his finding out put us both in?

[senecio]

No. See, we've been Earthside. Any danger you might have put him in was made completely irrelevant. Funny how that worked out, isn't it?

[pulledunder]

You continue to fail to understand what the danger was. It was a miracle the Spenta didn't execute me as it stands.

[senecio]

Oh, no, I'm aware. You would have died, again. Your own brother would have died. Seeing as how you're both alive, however, I'd say everything worked out for you.

[pulledunder]

Yes. I would say that it did.

Is this supposed to be an argument against? That was the goal.

[senecio]

No. You saved him this time, but it doesn't change the fact that any trouble your brother has ever been in was because of you in the first place.

[shadowyarts]

[he'd started thinking he'd never hear from his brother again!]

I'm fine. I'm glad you're okay. [and not dead AGAIN]

I got sent to Earth a while ago. Didn't know how to contact you. Made staying out of the war easier, though, I guess, even if it did result in Nayan nearly dying and then us catching mana flu.

If you're in Bastan I would suggest being careful. Fall City had an outbreak of diseases from a necroticorn visit and there's still things going around. I got mana burned trying to help.

[umm not sure what to say about the criminal part but he is glad that's less of a concern now?]

[pulledunder]

[They really should have exchanged email, but that would have been dangerous in its own right.]

I had no idea. I'm sorry.
I can't tell if that's safer than the war or not, but I'm glad you're all right.

There's not much I can offer you right now. I don't have much more than a sword and armor to my name anymore. But I can always try if there's something.

[shadowyarts]

There was a lamia. It targeted Nayan, but me and some others killed it to save him. Well, they killed it, I just sort of watched I guess. I mean I helped with buffs and some healing but didn't feel all that useful.

We still have the house. And your stuff is still there, assuming it hasn't been robbed since I came here. [there? uh what does he call it now? oh whatever.]

I was thinking of selling it. The house, I mean. To get a place in the Nenakret with Nayan. After I found out you were alive I wasn't sure if I should or not so if you think we should keep it we can do that.

[pulledunder]

Never underestimate the importance of buffs and healing. It's often what decides victory or defeat.

I'll go back and see if I can find anything useful before you sell it. I don't mind if you do-- it's in your name. I didn't expect to be alive when it was given to you.

With Nayan, though?

[shadowyarts]

We were discussing it before we wound up on Earth, just because we both wanted to live in the Nenakret and it would be more cost effective to share a place.

But we're sort of involved now?

[pulledunder]

You're what?

[shadowyarts]

[uh he's not sure if this is gonna go over well especially after the looks Nayan had while writing]

Involved? Like dating, I guess?

[pulledunder]

What.

[Victor this is a waste of postage]

[shadowyarts]

[he is at a loss and just sits there with the pen not sure what to write back. :(]

[pulledunder]

[ZACH WHY AREN'T YOU WRITING BACK]

Zachary how did that happen

Why did that happen

[shadowyarts]

We didn't have a lot of money when we got here so he suggested sharing a bed to make renting a room cheaper but I was really uncomfortable with the idea and sort of let out that I had feelings for him.

He didn't want to do anything about it so we were sharing a room with two beds but then the lamia nearly killed him and he changed his mind and now we're dating and got a smaller room to save money.

[that means they're sharing a bed now but he kind of avoids actually saying that]

[pulledunder]

[................... omg]

[but Zach is an adult. kind of. BUT NAYAN]

I see.