voice; un: eliasainsworth

[thornydisposition]

I believe I have some information that might be of use, or at least to consider.

[The voice is low and very even, having only the barest hint of a conversational cadence.]

My companion, Shuyi, and I managed to locate and capture Miz Poppy. We captured her and two of her Deemer companions, and as we began to take them back to Perdition's Rest, she had some very interesting things to say.

She reaffirmed that there was no way to safely separate a Taraxa from its host without the destruction of the latter. What is more troubling, however, was that she insisted that hers and her compatriots' mission of destruction was something which the TIMELINE.EXE asked of them.

Before we could deliver her back here, one of the other captured Deemers sacrificed himself so that she may escape in the confusion.

It is not my intention to offer this information in order to incite mass confusion or doubt, as it is quite possible she was lying. But I do not think we can completely discount that she might be telling the truth—or that she and her fellows are somehow deluded enough to believe that they are. It is, as I originally said, something to at the very least keep in mind.

Comments

[competing]

It might just be me but that's a lot of "perhaps" for something that's kinda sorta pretty important.

[gunah]

Would you rather I discard all the "perhaps" and tell you a lie most confidently?

this is so old i'm so sorry... feel free to ignore this ;n;

[competing]

[ he frowns at that... so much so it nearly looks like a pout. ]

No... but couldn't you tell me some happier "perhaps", instead? There's gotta be some of those, right?

NEVER

[gunah]

[ That she can do. ]

Perhaps this is all just a test and no one has truly died, only pretended to, and when the curtains are raised we will hold the men we killed like our brothers. Miz Poppy will thank us for our marvelous performances. With Lloyd and the others we will laugh at the faces we made. Remember when we thought we lost you for good?

Is that happy enough for you, Lance?

weep also 1/2

[competing]

[ gurl not even a little bit. that's kind of cruel?! ]

2/2

[competing]

[ but who is he to make a lovely lady feel bad.... he chuckles awkwardly. ]

Uh. Yeah. Yeah, real happy. Thanks.

[gunah]

You are not satisfied, I see.

[competing]

[ ah, he feels bad now... ]

Hey, don't worry about it. It was kind of a tall order I asked for, anyway.

[gunah]

Ask me again another day. I will have a happier answer for you.

[competing]

Let's hope another day, I won't need it.