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May 18, 2017 20:31:59 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on May 18, 2017 20:31:59 GMT -5
(So is it still morning?)
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Post by Vitsheep on May 18, 2017 20:35:17 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 18, 2017 20:46:43 GMT -5
Cyrus
You ask why she has that family tree. "Uh... so I can remember their names and our relations?" she says, with a heavily implied 'duh.'
You point out that it seems pretty empty. "Yeah? I guess. Is it? Seems about right to me."
You insist she has a sister. "Uh... Why would my notebook lie to me? I write down everything I don't want to forget in there. What makes you think your house-guest is my sister? Oh, wait. You said her name is Elizabeth Watson? Huh. Yeah, that's probably a coincidence. That makes more sense."
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Post by Just14 on May 18, 2017 20:51:51 GMT -5
"She knows you. By name. And she knows what you're working on. She mentioned something about it being very dangerous and that I shouldn't be involved. Which is probably true, but I'm a bit too far deep into this at this point."
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Post by Vitsheep on May 18, 2017 21:04:20 GMT -5
Cyrus
"That's weird." Delia actually looks a bit... worried. You realize that this is the first emotion you've seen from her, other than mild annoyance and exuberant glee (when she was about to hack off your arm). "Why is someone pretending to be my sister...? Why does she know so much about me...? And- oh. Oh, no. What do you mean she knows what I'm working on!? What... What exactly did she say!?"
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May 18, 2017 21:13:06 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on May 18, 2017 21:13:06 GMT -5
Either wait for her to finish getting untangled or help her (depending on whether she wants help or not), then set her down on the ground.
"Well, I should probably get going. I'll try to get those to you as soon as I can, but if I'm not here by nightfall don't expect me to show up until tomorrow. Even without those rumors of some kind of creature in these forests I'm not dumb enough to go into a forest alone at night."
Exit the forest, retracing my steps as best as I can. Once I'm back home update my map with more detailed directions and then make my way to the nearest hardware store.
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Post by Just14 on May 18, 2017 21:35:55 GMT -5
"She said you were working on something dangerous. That your research is bringing you close to some very dangerous people. Then you managed to screw up and summoned a monster, which put your sister in the hospital to begin with. She was badly hurt. There are large claw marks. It seems like she would have died if it weren't for a very skilled surgeon."
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Post by Vitsheep on May 18, 2017 23:05:04 GMT -5
Ignatius
You wait for the pixie to finish getting untangled, only to realize she's no longer working towards that lofty goal. She's just sitting in your palm, staring up at you with a look of wonder. You remind her, and she seems to remember with a start. "Oh, right. I can do it myself!" she promises. Within a few minutes, it's readily apparent she can not, in fact, do it herself. She seems - the situation seems rather hopeless. You ask if she wants some help. "Huh? Well, I guess if you really want to, I'll let you. But! You have to promise to be really careful with the wings. And you'll owe me a favor sometime."
Just abandoning her to her fate's looking better and better every second.
...She would also probably fit in your pocket...
Iggy's Idea check: 2/75 - Great Success
It occurs to you that the voices in your head may not always have your best interests at heart, and may occasionally be tempting you to do stupid things for their own amusement. Then... again... she seems pretty... resilient. Pixie in one pocket, some candy in the other to keep her happy... That would be a pretty terrible thing to do, but maybe if you took her to the library she could help with those books... And who knows what else a pocket pixie could be good for? ...Or you could just take her to the hardware store with you and let her pick her own 'shiny-shiny trinkets.' Given how fast she went from utter terror to excitement, she'd probably forgive you?
Either way, promising to do a favor for a clearly psychotic little creature - especially since you're trying to help her in the first place! - could be trouble down the line. Or maybe she'll just want a nickel or a pocket mirror or something. Of course, ingratiating yourself to this thing... is there really anything in it for you?
This is probably a really important decision.
Cyrus
"Monster...?" She looks completely dumbfounded. "When...?" Delia turns to a huge shelf stuffed with binders. All are labeled with different dates and filled to bursting with papers.
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May 19, 2017 10:26:45 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on May 19, 2017 10:26:45 GMT -5
Bringing her with me is a very tempting offer, both for the possibility of her helping out and just the fact that having an exciteable and somewhat scatterbrained fairy accompanying the more down-to-earth snarky Ignatius sounds like it would be fun (for me, not neccesarily for Ignatius), but the problem is that I can't really think of a good way to put that idea into action. I'm obviously not going to just kidnap her since that would be a terrible thing to do, trying to trick her into coming with me could backfire horribly if she catches on, and if I just ask her to come with me I'm probably going to end up drowning in favors I need to do. The only real way I could see this working out is if it ends up being her idea to tag alon for whatever reason of her own.
Speaking of which, Ignatius will ask her what the favor would be for untangling her while phrasing the second part in his head as "for doing you a favor in the first place".
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Post by Just14 on May 19, 2017 10:47:25 GMT -5
("If you come with me, I'll bring you to this special place that humans have. It's the almighty candy temple." *brings fairy to candy store*)
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May 19, 2017 11:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on May 19, 2017 11:49:47 GMT -5
(Except if she doesn't know that you have to pay for it she might wind up getting me in a lot of trouble, especially since I'm not in the best financial situation and can't afford to buy a ton of candy.)
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May 19, 2017 12:02:15 GMT -5
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Post by Vitsheep on May 19, 2017 12:02:15 GMT -5
She does understand the concept of bartering, at least, so she wouldn't just take any... but the concept of money?
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Post by Vitsheep on May 19, 2017 23:30:08 GMT -5
Ignatius
"I dunno! I'll probably ask you to do something really hard. Like... getting one of those tiny mirrors! But I dunno just what yet."
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Post by Just14 on May 20, 2017 22:53:28 GMT -5
Did the papers we sign have any sort of indication of when Lizzy was admitted into the hospital?
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Post by Vitsheep on May 20, 2017 23:07:45 GMT -5
Uh... Nope. She said "a few weeks" but you don't have a date.
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