malnosso | [Locked to Luceti Residents]

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.]

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As I can't actually walk to the tea house at the moment...I'll just sat it here.[There's a faint snort, and an undeniable heat in her voice. Being laid up as she is, it's rather frustrating.] Let me just say that I won't be forgetting this incident. I hope for all our sakes that he is not allowed a repeat performance.

Believe it or not, miss, but this is also my sincerest wish.

One would only hope. But it does leave me wondering how he managed it in the first place. And why it took so long for you to respond. [Since you claim to "care" so much.]

It is far from a fair excuse, but the fact remains that four other closures were similarly attacked in the same seven-day period. There were so many fires to put out.

And the one with the seeming mastermind was just set aside for last? If you'd acted quicker, perhaps you could've caught him before I killed him.

[Ever patient:] Perhaps. Certainly, I'll add some note to that affect in my preliminary report.

As you say. He's loose again, and he'll be back. Make sure to jot that down as well.

He's lost his element of surprise. Indeed, he'll have a terrible time of it were he to try again.

A comforting thought, at least. You'll have the generosity to inform us when you capture him, yes?

When I know, Luceti will know. The true question revolves around how long it will take for me to be told. Working here comes with its limitations.

Fair enough. [Heaven has it's own fair share of bureaucracy and red tape. That much she can understand and won't mouth off about.]

You're here to stay, then?

I am. I consider it a homecoming as much as anything else.

You were confined here originally, then?

I lived here. And then I worked here. And now I work here again. All roads, it seem, lead back to Luceti.

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