AUDIENCE FOR: Emet-Selch

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[ktiseos]

Sending others dreams, with his assistance.

[he gives them a curious glance.]

Do you not know of our histories?

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Felt kinda invasive to just read all your stuff. I know enough, cause of your files, but...

[ there's a faint smile in their voice as they turn their head back to the statue. ]

...I like to get to know people myself. Think you get a better picture that way. And besides, after a shit day like this, it's nice to talk about something good, isn't it?

[ktiseos]

...I suppose.

[he finally turns from the statue.]

I had somewhat hoped this would not come to pass.

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Like what happened today, you mean?

[ they continue to look at the statue for a moment longer before they turn their gaze back towards emet with a soft swish of fabric. ]

[ktiseos]

The entirety of the situation, yes.

[starting thursday night.]

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[ oof. there's a moment where they hesitate, but then reach over and put a hand briefly on his arm.

with a little wryness; ] ...Did you really have any faith in that hope? [ because you don't really seem like the optimist, emet ]

[ktiseos]

[he isn't fully expecting that, and almost reflexively pulls his arm away.]

...Not fully. But there are some I know who I think would insist I hope for it regardless.

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[ they don't react to that at all!

aquila huffs a little though. ]

Prism taught you to be an optimist? Or someone in specific?

[ktiseos]

One or two in specific, yes.

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[ there's a beat.

and then, playfully: ] Welllll? You gonna tell me about them?

[ktiseos]

[conversely, his tone is a bit more short

but that's probably easily explained by the answer, which is:]

He is who I am here for.

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[ ah. the short tone doesn't bother them, really, either, though they do somber up a bit. ]

Your hostage. Vax'ildan, wasn't it?

[ that's the name. ] It's sort of silly to say 'he must be important to you', considering. You wanna tell me about him?

[ktiseos]

...not right now.

[not when this has proven to be another place where death is apparently going to happen. he doesn't exactly want to think about being here for vax, or what he might think of it.]

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Tell me later, then. Always like stories like that.

[ that comes with a hum; they're not really discouraged by that, either. with that, they do turn gracefully on their heel and start to resume their walk, should emet follow along. ]

Anyway. You wanna talk about today? What was the dumbest thing that happened? Put the death stuff aside. Bitch about something stupid.

[ktiseos]

[he does follow along! and, at the question about the dumbest thing that happened:]

Theorizing that she had-- eaten the butterflies.

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[ aquila laughs, immediately, because that was hilarious, and the amusement stays in their voice. ]

They were really on that for a few minutes, weren't they? Who solves problems by eating them? [ they

pause for a second, and then shake their head. ] Maybe some of the people in this group, iunno. The purple guy definitely licked blood.

[ktiseos]

Frankly, were Vax there, I suspect he would have been tempted to do the same.

[his stupid bird who definitely put things in his mouth (derogatory) (affectionate)]

...nor was that unknown in the Prism, either.

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[ oh

that makes them laugh even more? ] Really? And that kinda person influenced you that much, huh? Wouldn't have guessed! [ emet, you morosexual

affectionate sounding, for a moment: ] Guess there's something kinda charming about it, somehow.

[ aquila pauses just briefly after that, and slows down a bit from their walk, pausing to look at some of the flowers. ] Maybe everybody should avoid putting random shit in their mouth. Iunno. That's how you guys caught the guy today, though, so, maybe you shouldn't.

[ktiseos]

Hush, you.

[don't morosexual shame him what the fuck!]

Though at first, inspecting her mouth gave us more questions than answers. I do not know if I agree with you.

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[ lol

they seem very amused at being told to hush, cocking their head. emet might feel like they're grinning at them, but they're giving off an aura of very smug and pleased. ]

My lips are sealed. [ stop. ]

And that's true. Then again, you guys were all spiraling over finding another spot when Ori already had two of you in a separate location. What is they say about the difference between 'people' and 'person'? A group of you panic.

[ktiseos]

I assume they did not realize.

[sometimes people are just gone to presumably grab one thing and then you do not assume they're on a full inves ic and keep spiraling]

But it is quite easy for chaos to reign in such situations, yes.

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A little chaos isn't always bad, but maybe it's better paired with order.

[ they chuckle a little further, pushing their gloved hands into their pockets. ] Guess it could've been worse. At least you caught the right person.

[ktiseos]

...so we did. Had we not-- I expect it would have been Dimitri, or that Jason fellow.

[sometimes somebody whips out a gun midtrial and that is maybe a future problem...]

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[ they make a thoughtful noise. ]

Todd painted a big target on his back today, huh. [ a beat. ] Why Dimitri, though? That's the one with the - the hooligan one, right?

[ktiseos]

The what.

[he missed this, apparently.]

...as near as I could tell, he was the only other one who matched the print list and had fresh enough wounds. So had we chosen not to vote for Sieghart based upon his cut, it could potentially have been him.