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Thought you might be interested in some of the new book details. Valentia had some similarities to RP I thought were strange, and I'm sure you heard of the other from Heimdall.

This one stars a paladin named Julia Carryn, who meets the same fate as Carren Julya.
[Have some quoted passages of said events for proof!]

Thing that bothers me most is the reference to a group of people investigating it.
[Also have quoted passages of Lorelai, Noah, Lyner, and Vinnie investigations at the end, and the mysterious figure.]

Players are actually seeing these figures, too. I doubt they're NPCs. GMs, probably.
They can't be desperate for content. I wonder what they're getting at.

"To be continued."
I know it's all just a game. Some event. But it kinda feels like a warning.

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What's with the investigators? Are they based on actual PCs too?

Vinnie stood out to me. Matches up a lot with with my berserker, Virelai.

Heimdall and Mal were there on their spellswords, but not sure how the names match up. There was another with us at the time, but I don't know who it was. Might have been an assassin.

It wasn't RP though. Vinnie's behavior is reflect of mine, not Virelai's...

Maybe it's another coincidence.

... That sounds like an awfully short time for them to use your characters in their book. When was this? Three, four weeks ago?

Actually, do we have any time references between plots/characters done by players and their "equivalent" in these books? Like Rayu versus Valentia...?

The first two books seemed innocent enough. Those plots were more... long running. Then again, some of the Rayu details did come a little short notice. How long does it take to write this kind of book?

But In Extremis was announced before Carren's body was ever found. If Quartz does work for X-DAV, it could have been planned in advance. Just the ending...

I'd assume months. Even with bits of the story given to them, the book needs to go through editing. I'm also assuming that publishers have a queue and you can't just jump in line unless you pay extra...?

This doesn't make sense. They're generating talk which is advertising, monetarily and otherwise, but are the costs worth it? I feel like jumping ship [ lies ]; there must be others who feel the same.

I agree. Seems too short. I don't know what that means, though.

I'd quit if I wasn't afraid to stop. It's more uncomfortable not knowing what this is about, even if it's all a publicity stunt gone wrong.

But something feels off... you know?

[ pause ]

It could mean someone with access to the storylines most prominently ripped off actually rps with the players that have been copied.

A rush job is...hard to believe, but not impossible, if they have the money for it.

I see no sense in wasting that money to pull something in such bad taste, though.

Or the CEOs of X-DAV could be time travelers from the future wanting to make a quick buck. Who knows!

[Okay that gets a smile.]
Wouldn't it be easier to get the lottery numbers and call it a day?

Everyone seems willing to take the publicity explanation.
I wish I could.

I don't know what to think.

I feel like everyone's forgotten Quartz, too.

Easier, maybe, but not nearly as entertaining.

I don't buy it, either. Not, at least, as the sole reason.

Did Heimdall tell you? That night, the guard that intervened -- he took out five men by himself. At once.

He then proceeded to give no fucks.

That's not normal for a security guard.

Only what I overheard in the tent. I didn't catch much of it.
Sorry if I seemed rude, by the way.

No. That doesn't sound normal at all.
Like... steroids, or something? Not sure how that connects to an MMO.

Wonder where X-DAV got the guards.
Or why they felt like they even needed guards like that...

Why exactly.

Hutchins' wife still, too.

I don't think we have enough information to do anything but twiddle our thumbs in agitation. [ oh ]

Unless the abnormal strength and endurance of a security guard is somehow related to the beheading of a woman.

Sigh. I start to sound crazier when this part comes up.

I mean. That beheading. Torn off, wasn't it? Human necks aren't as fragile as we're often led to believe.

And if Quartz and Hutchins' wife were related.
We've established they have information they're not supposed to. Their writers mimic things well enough. Wouldn't be hard to play someone else's characters.

You're right though. It's our thoughts flailing helplessly at this point.

[ THIS IS DUMB

WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS

UGH

ok moment of weakness over ]

Let's...wait. [ i guess 8|a ] See what else happens.

Maybe we are crazy.

[ ok moment of weakness apparently not over ]

[SUPER dumb...]

Do you want my number? In case something happens. ~~[LIKE MURDER]~~

[ SCREECHING BRAKES

phone number = rl = fuck, not again

would he ask for her number, tho ]

What, like another beheading? [ ha ha ha ]

Well.

[No it's dumb it's stupid obviously it is not that.]

Yeah.

[Okay it's totally that.]

[ ..... ]

Sure.

[Number!]

I can only respond in text. I can't answer calls.
I can hear them, though, if you need to convey some information quickly. Or you know. Anything.

I guess it's silly.
But there it is.

[ what is this internal war on to give or not to give her number back

it feels unfair, given the context, not to

but

boundaries! ]

It probably is. [ translation: it probably is, i hope ]

I bet you're right.

Anyway, sorry. Not the most cheerful conversations.

Thanks for humoring me. Again.

Don't thank me. It goes both ways.

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