AUDIENCE: LUP

[retellers]

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[evocationary]

[ wow don't call her out on her friendships ]

... Really? [ she leans forward a bit. ] How?

[retellers]

... It's tied to teams. To bring back the people on yours, you have to kill a certain amount of people. [ and for once in his life he actually expands on it right away: ] Killing generates a... different kind of nova. Get enough of that, and it can make a path to... wherever the people who died ended up.

[evocationary]

[ ... hm. he was right, she doesn't like that. her fist clenches a little against the wood of the pew. ]

... Okay. Okay. [ she bites at her bottom lip. ] Did you ask someone to kill this week? Was that why, or did you just remember this today?

[retellers]

[ he told her so, wow ] Haven't asked anyone to kill. Just... remembered it today. [ so that's. a thing. ]

[evocationary]

Okay, well, then why is my thing flashing. [ ... a beat. ] Oh. That must just mean someone did it themselves, then.

Can you, like, please just take a breather for a second, you're giving me anxiety.

[retellers]

I'm sitting down, aren't I? [ so there???? ] It's fine.

[evocationary]

[ okay but she still looks worried!! ]

You look like an elevator fell on you. [ huff. ] I'm not going to tell anybody what you just told me. But. Do you know if anybody knows that's the case?

[retellers]

Wow. Thanks. [ but he shakes his head lightly before grimacing, because, no doing that when you have a headache this big sucks. ] ... I haven't told anyone else, but if I can remember that, any of the other Leaders could, too.

[evocationary]

[ man if only she had magic so she could get him some ice. ]

Yeah. Which means - other people probably know and will... go for it. I can think of one or two people in particular who care enough about the people that got removed to kill for them.

[ sigh. ] Are you going to tell anybody else?

[retellers]

... The way information moves in this place? Probably not.

[evocationary]

[ snort. ]

Fair enough! [ she'll keep it to herself! mostly because she likes wolf... ] Do, um.

[ she fidgets. jittery. ] Do you think I should... kill people to bring the other ones back?

[retellers]

... I'm not going to make the moral call for you. Ultimately, it's what you'd be willing to trade. [ there's a beat, and then he huffs ] But I wouldn't bother right now.

[evocationary]

[ heururghghghh she hates that answer too! deep breath. ]

Okay. [ ... ] This is gonna suck to not tell Taako.

Um - Yona told me you get screwed over if we break rules. Is that a thing?

[retellers]

... That's... kind of what's happening right now. [ he doesn't say anything about the taako thing because that's just how shit be sometimes, ]

[evocationary]

[ wheezes into space ]

Uh - me shocking... people probably didn't help, did it? [ rip wolf ]

[retellers]

Probably not, but we're more concerned about team sharing outside your own. And like I told you before, the dead count as part of our teams. [ :T ]

[evocationary]

[ ... oopsies. ]

Ah. Fuck. [ she leans forward a little further. ] ... I'm sorry. I, uh - I figured it'd be... me, that got consequences for it. I didn't realize it'd be you.

[ a pause. genuinely: ] I'll be more careful.

[retellers]

Calm down. It's not like you're solely responsible. [ there's a pause, though ] ... Realm's the thing most affected by people breaking the rules. They're not there as a joke.

[evocationary]

No, but I was part of it, so let me apologize. I don't do it very often.

[ she grouches. ]

I have a couple more questions for you and then you should try to take a nap.

[retellers]

Shoot. [ he's clearly tired if he's not even snarking about apologies or the nap, damn. ]

[evocationary]

[ god she feels so bad yeets herself off the mortal coil ]

I got this new function on my messaging app. It has a list of the people removed from the Realm, but uh - nobody that I've talked to has it? As far as I can tell. Do you know about this thing?

[ that doesn't mean they don't, but. ]

[retellers]

... Yeah. It's... new. I doubt everyone has it right now. Didn't know that was going to be an option until it popped up. [ use your tired words, wolf. he lifts a hand and rubs his forehead ] You should be able to contact a few of the people who've been removed using that. Might be able to get something back, too. Our team has it. Don't know if any other one does.

[evocationary]

So they are somewhere. You told me they were gone forever!

[ did he ] I'll try it out, then. A bunch of people got memories back, too, do you know why? Me, Taako, Yona, Soo-won, Sora - most of them are different teams.

-- Oh, thanks for diverting Yona to me, by the way. Good cook, huh?

[retellers]

You're saying seven things at once and I hate it. [ he's too tired to filter himself, but it's just muttered before he sighs ] You get memories back when you gather enough nova. Threshold thing. Same as that item you got. [ he makes a face, because, thanks for reminding him; ] I'm giving Yona the next hint, too. She can decide if you get to learn the other one.

[evocationary]

Look, I'm trying to not waste your time. [ she says, a little - hurt, maybe. ]

-- What? Why! I want a hint!