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[jesus neither of them can catch a break

ring ring ring ring.]

[ Picks up

In a small voice: ]

Did something else happen . . .

Your voice is telling me that probably more things have happened in your vicinity than mine.

Since Blood Fiend keeps you appraised, I don't think it's a new thing, though.

Thank god . . .

Okay, yeah, I talked to him.

Mm.

If you actually got good details of the mist terrain and obsctacles, do you mind sharing? Planning blind is my least favorite way to plan.

He gave me both memories. They're not fun, though.

I am incapable of registering fun, in any case, so that is fine.

How melodramatic.

Meet me in the kitchen.

[there's a very tiny huffy sound down the line -- a moment's tired amusement -- and then he hangs up.

he was probably calling from Lily, so it's easy enough to amble to the kitchen from his end. shepherd power hour]

[ He's already seated at the long table when Charon arrives, a notebook in front of him. There's also two crystal feathers.

Makes a dramatic hand gesture at them ]

Got a snack for you.

Concrete information, my favorite.

[he is actually just gonna reach for them since Minuet indicated them first, yeah. one then the other]

Take the glove off.

[ But -- if he does -- touching the feathers with his bare skin causes the memories to unfurl in his mind, like he's experiencing them himself. The first and the second. ]

[he tucks both gloves in a pocket without protest, yeah. it is actually kind of boring to watch him absorb these memories; even with the buffer of someone else's emotions colouring them and all the fuckery going on, they're some battlefield shit, and that's where he is least visibly swayed by anything going on.

once he blinks out of the second one:]

Well, that does clarify greatly. My thanks.

[ It's OK because memory feathers are still less work and energy than another mindmeld ]

Are you helping him come up with a plan?

I'm offering suggestions, much as I offered them while masquerading as you yesterday.

[frowns]

This is sorely testing the limits, though. A true lack of advantages, an environment where it is almost impossible to engineer new ones, erratic power functionality, and very little wolfsbane to fall back on as a safety measure.

. . . Yeah. I'm stumped too.

Best I can figure is trying to lure him out of the mists in order to deal with him, but that comes with a whole bunch of its own problems.

Yes. Let us hope Shadow Fiend can both track and call him with the staff; if lycanthropy interferes with those functions, they will have to go in deep.

[leans an elbow on the table, resting the point between his eyes on a knuckle. fuck there is so much. how is there so much already. they and their teams both literally exploded three days ago]

...I don't know when Thistle will do their own undertaking either, though Lupin promised to notify. I hope they don't coincide.

[ Watching him ]

. . . If you just decided "that's a problem for Rose to solve," you'd be well within your rights.

[ Minuet isn't gonna do that of course but Charon is allowed to be smarter than Minuet ]

It should be a problem for Rose to solve. If we had assurance their moving as a flock would offer them protection, or if the mist was less inimical, I would barely concern myself with the affair--save to check for souls to retrieve.

Unfortunately, I'm not confident we won't just end up with six werewolves to recapture. Or more, since they require at least one Weed to assist.

Edited 2023-08-17 17:50 (UTC)