AUDIENCE: DOROTHY

[retellers]

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[misstrust]

[ Thanks for not making her hobble elsewhere for this-- ]

... Did I not radiate enough murderous intent this week?

[ She sounds a little petulant. ]

[retellers]

No idea what happened there!

[misstrust]

I was... dearly hoping you wouldn't say that. That just means there's no guarantee that it won't happen again next week.

[ WHY. ]

[retellers]

As far as I know, I can't help you there, I'm afraid.

[misstrust]

I half thought you'd be disappointed in me, but as ever... you're near impossible to read.

[ Dorothy is disappointed in herself, though. It's fine. ]

[retellers]

I try. What do you think I would be disappointed for?

[misstrust]

That's another week you and the Faction are in danger because I couldn't accomplish what I said I would.

[ And she hates it!! ]

[retellers]

... Pragmatically, that may be what needs to be done, yes.

However, truthfully, at least in terms of what I feel intuitively--I can't say I'm disappointed that there wasn't a fifth victim this week.

[misstrust]

I do think there were more than enough deaths myself...

[ Rather, the amount had caught her off-guard. ]

Oh, but-- I had thought memories might be linked to murders or assisting with them, but I had one of mine restored to me today.

Would you know why?

[retellers]

Our team gathered enough nova. That was the original point of all this [ before virid went and shanked someone ] and how we assumed everyone would be regaining their memories, to begin with.

[misstrust]

[ wow Jan stop badmouthing your own murder child ]

That would have been the most ideal outcome, wouldn't it? It's a shame it became like this.

[ She closes her eyes against a wave of dizziness, pausing before she speaks again. ]

Just so I'm... understanding this properly... do I need to be focusing on a certain Faction or avoiding a certain Faction when it comes to a target? Or does that not matter, so long as the Leaders themselves aren't targeted?

[retellers]

... I've heard, based off what other Leaders have regained, that wiping out an entire team would be the worst case scenario. None of them can be brought back if they're all dead.

[misstrust]

[ She.

Takes a deep breath. ]

All right. Is that something I'll need to figure out with the others? Teams that would qualify as "safer than others", due to amount still remaining?

[retellers]

[ a tap of their index finger. ]

It probably wouldn't hurt. It's not the kind of thing you want to rush into, after all.

GO TO BED

[misstrust]

Indeed.

I'll... do my best.

... After I... sleep?

[ Wow she still feels terrible. ]

no

[retellers]

You should probably get some rest, yes. You look horrible.

[misstrust]

That's one thing you should never tell a young lady.

[ RUDE. But she'll aim to get herself up and back on her crutches. ]

[retellers]

I'm sure your heart will recover.

week 6, thursday

[truthisms]

[ dorothy will get a message telling her to head to the bridge.

there, fox waits. without the mask hiding his eyes, he looks a lot more tired, but he smiles politely when he sees her. ]

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy smiles politely in return. ]

Sorry that you were forced to unmask before you were ready.

[truthisms]

It is what it is.

[misstrust]

[ Jan: Not actually an obscure
Me, whispering: Who is this ]

So it is. I won't keep you for long, I just wanted to say goodbye in the event that this is the last time we speak.

[truthisms]

[ multiple people have heard of the canon which is very non-obscure for me

... ]

I see. Then, thank you for all your work up until now, MacBean-san.

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy laughs, a little dryly. ]

I don't quite feel like I've accomplished all that much, but thank you for saying that!

[truthisms]

You did at least find everyone on the team.