[Locked to Luceti Residents]

[malnosso]

My dear people of Luceti --

An invasion, all under the guise of a fantasy. What’s been done will not be forgotten. Certainly not by you, and not by the denizens of a dozen other enclosures who suffered similar attacks at the same time. As we speak, programmers and engineers hard at work combing through the barrier’s nuts and bolts. If the Cultists and his Lordship exploited some natural weakness in the dome, they will find it. Patch it up. Curious, isn’t it, that the Count chose yours to invade with his own two feet?

But there are other matters to discuss. I spoke with some of you only a few months ago. Let me announce more completely what I, back then, only intimated. I’m Carol, and I intend to spend some time in our little town. If you like, you can consider my resolve to continue my work here a sign of good faith. I remain unarmed and -- I assure you -- wholly peaceable. In this way, I hope I may have faith in you as well. After all, we are kin in a strange kind of way.

It is my duty -- as well as my pleasure -- to be Luceti’s liaison with the Organization. You must have many questions, concerns, and many many curses. Bring them to me, and we’ll see what can be done. We can talk here. But if any of you find the journals distasteful, you can also come have a seat with me at the sweet little tea shop. I’ll be there for the afternoon.

[As usual, this voiced post has a neatly typed 'written' section as well.

A thread with CJ can be found here.]

Comments

Re: [action]

[handing]

"But he's still part of the Malnosso, isn't he?" Although that didn't seem quite right in Pepper's mind. But details she'd never had true reason to focus on were elusive, particularly now when her entire reality had so recently been shifted and reverted.

[action]

[not_a_troll]

[Loki pulls up his knees and stares at the woman.]

My word, what utter nonsense.

[He taps his chin before stretching his arm so he can reach for his tea.]

If going home is all they wish, they should reach out to us so we can help eachother. It is not a science of space and rockets. The sentiment of teamwork isn't either.

I believe all they do right now is anger us.

voice

[descrier]

Invasion? [ It takes her a moment to full ponder what she is going to say. The right questions matter the most in these situations. ] Forgive me if I'm asking questions that may already be obvious, but... are we aware of which faction is Zompano — and whomever else came with him — from?

[liaising]

Some might call it noble. [Her voice is light; testing.]

[liaising]

"Medicines can be arranged, in some circumstances..."

[action]

[liaising]

And here I am, young sir. Reaching out for help.

action;

[liaising]

A whole dozen enclosures were hit during the same period, Sheena. It wasn't a matter of not noticing...

[ it was, indeed, far far worse. ]

[action]

[liaising]

"Maybe. But he's someone the Organization grants far more autonomy than me."

[action]

[liaising]

"Business quite official, I'm afraid. Only a few reasons justify a liaison leaving her post -- especially so early on."

[liaising]

...His escape hasn't been confirmed. [ and considering how purposefully the organization seems to keep her out of a few loops, take that as you will. ] But our first step is to fix the vulnerability in the barrier.

[Voice]

[liaising]

...It's a possibility. A terrible, unfortunate possibility. The only good news is that more enclosures did not fall.

[Action]

[liaising]

[Her tone cools.] Matters of the Keep, and what happened there, have also only recently become public knowledge.

voice

[liaising]

The Count was a turn-coat. Once with the Organization, he now throws his lot in with the Cultists.

[Voice]

[liaising]

Provided I'm not brushing my teeth or taking a shower or eating my meals? Yes. Absolutely. The very essence of my job, miss, is to speak with you and your peers. I'll take every chance I can get.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

"I see. Of course, now I am only curious to what sort of business could do that. Is it something you're willing to share?"

[action]

[liaising]

"...Are you familiar with the concept of a subpoena, Miss Sage?"

[action]

[wise_maiden]

"Oh - I see. So you weren't in a position to refuse..."

[action]

[liaising]

"The truth is that I doubt I would have refused had they simply asked rather than compelled me. Either way, I had to delay my moving in to this fine little enclosure a little longer."

voice

[descrier]

The Cultists...? For what purpose?

[onlyeffie]

This would not take medicine. Just wigs. Fancy wigs. And hats. "Please don't trouble yourself. And let ME know if YOU need anything."

Because that might be step one in GETTING YOUR JOB, Carol.

[action]

[wise_maiden]

"So you've moved in completely, now?"

Re: [action]

[handing]

The silence stretched after that, Pepper considering the option.  So many of the arguments she might have made were invalidated simply because it was the Malnosso providing the doses of Extremis that kept her alive.  They clearly already had access to it, and they were free to use it however it they wished.  Pepper could do nothing to prevent that by refusing to make herself a test subject.
 
But she couldn’t say yes.  The reasons were far more complicated than simply what was morally good.
 
“I don’t know him.”  And in turn, Pepper didn’t trust him.  She’d been at the hands of scientists already; it was how this had all come about.  There were things she had to provide, blood samples and data for Tony’s research.  The thought of doing the same for someone else—or perhaps more—made her stomach twist into knots.  She couldn’t meet Carol’s eyes, but her answer would be clear enough in how she shook her head.
 
“No.  Tony is working on it.  He’ll figure it out.”

[Voice]

[rashness]

[And that happens? And people will just fight and kill those people? But that's so wrong. If he couldn't kill them before, he definitely can't now. In fact-]

But how's someone just fall?! If they've got somethin' going on in their brains, we just gotta knock sense into them.

[Voice]

[godbent]

[Hm] Alright, good, that's all I wanted to confirm.

[Action]

[voidseeing]

[Gai gives a slight shrug, the crystals making a glassy creaking sound as he does so.]

I wasn't on that mission myself, so I only know what I've heard secondhand. For all I know, wires might've gotten crossed somewhere.

Maybe you could clarify what actually happened, just to set the record straight.