[Text: From Jordan to Rhys]

[cloverstone]

[ Tuesday, 3/15, 5PMish ]

Noelle's real.
I'll bet money she's with X-DAV.


[ E-mail: Alison ]

Hey, your plot with Ana. Alex can help it along if we handwave Upas getting involved.

I met Noelle. She's the real deal.

Comments

[brokencrescendo]

You found her?

That
doesn't sound good.
(Right?)

[cloverstone]

Ran into her at work, let her name slip. She followed me home. Talked. She took it all in stride. Dressed normally. Even has a phone.

[brokencrescendo]

Sounds like someone's got her sorted out.
X-DAV would know how.

You're safe, though?
No threats or anything?

[cloverstone]

It was fine. We were both weirded out.

Gave her some kimchee and pointed her to a korean place. I think I'm on her good side for now.

[brokencrescendo]

Good.

That's two.
Nadir was deleted after he was attacked by greycloaks.
Noelle, out of nowhere.

If there's a pattern, I don't see it.

[cloverstone]

Regretting not asking about X-DAV.

Still weirded out tbh. [ hahaha understatement, there is a growing sense of dread in her stomach ] Guess seeing her in person had something to do with it.

[brokencrescendo]

Maybe for next time.
If there is one.

I don't blame you. You doing okay?

[cloverstone]

[ pause ]

How much longer is it until Ana's plot is resolved?

[brokencrescendo]

Rayu should never have told Nayan off.
But if we can get Alison to agree to Upas...

Not sure what she has planned. I'll see if she's willing to say.

[cloverstone]

The sooner I delete Alex, the better.

I'll e-mail her, too.

[brokencrescendo]

Unless that makes him real.

[cloverstone]

[ asfaskjskdfs ]

Kill him first

[brokencrescendo]

Is that murder?
[Siiiiigh.]
Though it would be... "safer" than deleting. Maybe.

[cloverstone]

[ oh my fucking g--

rhys don't you SEE
if he crosses over she WILL be responsible for murder

nope

twenty minutes later: ]

Anything to keep him from crossing.

I'll make a cleric specifically to kill him, just in case.

[brokencrescendo]

Point.
I. Suppose I can help.

That reminds me. I need to figure out what to do with Gunnar.

[cloverstone]

[ ... ]

No, it's fine. I'll find someone who isn't aware, or I'll solo it or something.

He's a problem?

[brokencrescendo]

If that's what you want.

He was meant to be morally ambiguous. Loyal to the assassins, too.
I'll need to adjust. Maybe there's time to start over, too.
I wish I knew how this worked.

[cloverstone]

[ For a guy punching the lights out of other guys you sure are soft.............

yeah she's not going to tell him that. ]

Too bad you couldn't raid X-DAV. Ha ha ha.

Gunnar falls in love with a cleric, slowly decides to change his ways. Too corny?

[brokencrescendo]

I've thought about it.

A little corny, but I could see it working.

[cloverstone]

It was wishful thinking.

You're okay with this?

[brokencrescendo]

Which part?

[Email]

[wificafe]

I'm honestly thinking of just killing her off. It'd be so much easier.

But would that be murder? :/

They're at the part where they gotta find three books, it's actually supposed to be pretty easy for anyone from Pakerion to find them. So Alex could speed that along nicely.

It was going to lead to a bunch of other things but I'm working on shortening the whole thing so maybe those three books will lead to the book they need. Not sure how tricky to make the next part.


Did you talk to her?

[cloverstone]

[ omfdgdfh why do you both even bring that up, they aren't real until they pop out on this side!

... right?!

fuck! ]

Yes, he could. Alex and Rayu did a scene where Rayu showed him the list of titles. Canonly, [ omfg what if Upas was ca--no, someone would have said something if they were mentioned in those awful books ] Upas has underground dealings and would not mind contributing their connections to addressing Ana's demon problem.

After his aid in this plot is finished, I'm planning to kill him off. I don't know if it's murder. [ She still thinks of Alex as a character rather than a person, even though seeing Noelle in the flesh is what spurred on her fears of Alex being the next one. ] He still functions by my input.

Uh, Noelle. Yeah, we talked. Someone's supporting her, but she was tight-lipped about it.

[wificafe]

Right. Okay. Umm.

Reza's a rogue, acting as a blackmarket trader, pretty easy to find for anyone with illicit ties in Pakerion. Taraneh Paria's an assassin for hire, mercenary sort, she'll take on pretty much any job but might be harder to coerce the book out of because of assassin loyalty. Kamran's also a rogue but he's just a poison merchant, no big deal.

Taraneh'll be the most difficult.

They're all played by friends of mine. I'll email them.

[nothing else to say about Noelle though]

[cloverstone]

Okay. I can't...actually do anything until this [ dumb ass event ] siege is over with, but I'll get to it asap.

[ She notices the lack of response on Noelle, but it's not crazy/alarming/suspicious enough to warrant much concern.

If Jordan wasn't already internally freaking out.

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