AUDIENCE: ZUKO

[retellers]

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[retellers]

Well, that's me out of ideas.

[cuedoves]

Well, if we're all sharing... maybe it's going to think that's what we want.

[retellers]

Somehow, just like saying please, I doubt it'll be this easy.

[cuedoves]

Yeah, I know. It's just getting harder to keep secrets, is all.

[ .... ]

You haven't.... gotten any memories back, have you?

[retellers]

[ there's a beat before wolf lifts their head from the river to stare at zuko. their mask covers their face but they still look a bit ? ]

Why're you asking?

[cuedoves]

If someone on your team kills, you get one, right? And I don't know if Raven's nova was splintering.

[retellers]

[ sighs and looks back at the river ]

Everyone always thinks my team's responsible for the murders.

[cuedoves]

It's not that. I know two of the kills, and they weren't yours. And I know you wouldn't ask anyone unless you really had no other choice.

[ wow someone has a lot of faith in wolf???? ]

But it's been different leaders so far. So.. I just don't know if that means something, or not. I'm just trying to figure things out.

[retellers]

[ that is a surprising amount of faith indeed, and zuko may not be able to see their raised eyebrow but he can FEEL it ]

... I couldn't tell you. But I haven't asked anyone to kill for me.

[cuedoves]

[ he respects one (1) wolf ]

Did you know you could get back memories that way? Was that something you all knew?

[retellers]

Can't say that we did. I'd heard about it before by now, but...

[ well it has, allegedly, happened a few times ? ]

[cuedoves]

....

[ ok he is a cynical bitch and he has to ask-- ]

Do you think any of them would use that to get their memories back?

[retellers]

[ well he's in good cynical bitch company, considering; ]

Maybe. But we didn't know from the get-go. Whatever reasoning was behind the first kill, that wasn't it.

[cuedoves]

[ these two kin too much and it's terrible ]

... Yeah. I'm still missing some details on that. From what I heard, Virid was asked because of the splintering.

[ he never got to ask himself bc he was too busy bonding ]

Last week's, I'm pretty sure it wasn't, either. But Raven.... I'm wondering about him.

[retellers]

That so? Kid never said anything about that. Just that he was asked by someone.

[ since. the npcs were there for all his pcs. ]

I heard he'd lost an important memory, but I don't know. People lose things at different paces, here.

[cuedoves]

So he never said if it was because of the nova or not...?

[ hm. ]

... Yeah, I don't know. Honestly, I kind of thought Raven was splintering, because of his memory loss. I still don't know what I lost.

[retellers]

All he said was someone told him to, and he agreed with their reasons.

[ they shrug. ]

That's the thing with memories, isn't it? How are you supposed to know what you forgot if you can't remember it in the first place?

[cuedoves]

You don't know if it was one of you...?

[ zuko seems to be thinking about something...... ]

Yeah. I guess I shouldn't complain to you, since I still have most of mine... I think?

[retellers]

It's what makes the most sense, but it's not like he admitted to it.

[ so wolf is cynical and thinks so but. eh. they turn to stare at zuko and shrug a shoulder ]

Complain all you want. We signed up for it. You guys didn't.

[cuedoves]

Was Hajime's nova splintering? Could you tell?

[ .... ]

[ a little dryly: ]

Thanks. Though, I hear your team's getting them back.

[retellers]

No. But I haven't felt that on anyone else, either.

[ so. whatever that is worth. they hum ]

Yeah. Collected enough nova for it.

[cuedoves]

I still don't really get how that works. But I guess the Realm works in mysterious ways.

[ one at a timesies..... ]

They're pretty good. Do you, uh, get any perks from that?

[retellers]

[ they shrug a shoulder ]

... Yeah, kind of.

[ be more evasive, wolf ]

[cuedoves]

That's good. I'll do my part to collect nova, but winning doesn't matter to me too much. Nice to see you guys getting something out of... [ vague encompassing gestures ] all of this, though.

[retellers]

Thanks. But right now, I mostly feel like I'm getting a headache.

[ because they have one. ]