AUDIENCE: IZUMO

[retellers]

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[sacredchants]

[ CRIES I USE THE MEMO APP... I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VIEWABLE. thank you for sparing me this one time. ]

From the removed? They can communicate with us...?

[retellers]

[ naru is unfortunately collateral damage ]

It seems that way now.

[sacredchants]

[ sobs softly ]

Why now? What changed all of the sudden?

[retellers]

... Enough nova was gathered, I assume.

[sacredchants]

Nova really are the answer to everything here.

[ and. hm. ]

...by the way, are you aware of everything that Claude's doing? Or, well, what he knows?

[retellers]

Generally speaking, yes. I don't keep tabs on him all the time, though.

[sacredchants]

Did you know that he was aware of one of the murderers of the killings the week following Virid's?

[ because....she just wants to know. ]

[retellers]

[ ... ]

Yes.

[sacredchants]

[ ....ah. ]

What was the reason you didn't say anything?

[retellers]

... To you, or in general?

[sacredchants]

Either.

I don't want to think I'm any more important than anyone else here.

[retellers]

[ they're quiet for a few moments. ]

... The only reason I knew what had happened was because he had been told, to begin with. As far as I was aware, he was the only other participant in that position, at the time.

So, speaking up about it would've outed him as on my team. The penalty for breaking the rules is stricter for the Leaders than it is for the participants, so I--didn't know if I could risk it.

[sacredchants]

[ fair enough, from how fox is, she's not going to doubt things aren't worse for them than they are for her. ]

...was it him who told you, then? He seemed to know quite a bit before I knew anything.

[retellers]

He did come to see me the week after, to talk about it.

[sacredchants]

The two of you talk often, right? Is that how he knows all that he does?

[ admittedly he also just likes to talk but— ]

[retellers]

Not that often—about once a week? You actually talk to me more than anyone else does.

[sacredchants]

Eh? Really?

[ POOR FOX????? ]

Is he a jerk to you for that information then?

[retellers]

[ they hold up a hand to their chin, looking up as if thinking. ]

He's... himself?

[sacredchants]

I'll take that as a yes.

[ ... ]

He seems so nice when you first get to know him but he's a pretty cruel person.

[retellers]

Haha, well, I don't doubt that his data says "Schemer" for a reason.

[sacredchants]

My data refers to me as a "tamer", and I'm not exactly very good at that.

[ since, you know. missing memories. ]

[retellers]

What is a tamer anyway, if you don't mind me asking?

[sacredchants]

Oh. [ HM. ] They're the kind of exorcist that I am.

[ give her a second to piecemeal all of her memories... especially since she has missing chunks it now. ]

There are different kinds where I'm from and I remember that a "tamer" is one that involves being able summon and control demons to do their bidding.

[retellers]

[ they listen, thoughtful. ]

Are those foxes you told me about before part of that?

[sacredchants]

[ give her another moment to sort things out as some things seem clear and other things are just ???? ]

Yeah, they are. They're my familiars—every tamer has at least one.