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[Fiona is a little out of breath, like she just hustled very quickly away from somewhere. Which she did, but that's neither here nor there. The background behind her is some innocuous wood panelling; she's in a house.]

Okay. So. Crunch time. Things are getting nuts out there, if you didn't notice. We are gonna wind up super screwed if we don't hop to figuring out what the hell to do.

[She holds up a vial. It has some alien writing on it, as well as a familiar symbol on the label.]

We found this inside the hospital. A shit-ton of them, actually. So who wants to find out what Zymandis asshole is responsible for this mess and beat an antidote out of them?



[ ooc. PS, maya, hanzo, and mccree might show up in your threads. feel free to threadjack as well! ]

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[strictdiscipline]

Does that make you Ms. Wright?

[BECAUSE THE SIDEKICK NEVER GETS THE BUSINESS NAMED AFTER THEM]

[feytality]

Um... well, no, it used to be Fey and Co Law Offices, after my sis, but Nick took over... he's the Wright.

[you caught her, Riza]

B-But I'm the one pulling the strings!

[strictdiscipline]

[Uh huh]

The mastermind behind everything, of course. [whatever u say maya] Who is Nick? A friend of the family?

[feytality]

Now you're getting it. [she's the real boss, shut up Riza]

Something like that. My sis was the best lawyer in the world, and Nick was her protege! So now I'm looking after him, and the office for her. And he needs a lot of help with his cases, trust me.

[strictdiscipline]

[ 8) ]

Why didn't your sister make you her protege? Or were you not interested at the time?

[feytality]

Well... I'm not actually a lawyer like my sis.... [so basically she's saying she has zero experience but somehow is the boss of Nick???] I'm a spirit medium... in training.

[also there's like, law school and stuff...]

[strictdiscipline]

[smh, at least plan out your story better the next time you try and convince people of things, Maya!

Though spirit medium's a new enough concept that Riza's sufficiently distracted.]

—A spirit medium?

[Please, elaborate.]

[feytality]

[look Riza just believe everything she says and never question her, that's the obvious solution here]

Yep! In training.

[Great elaboration, Maya] You've heard of spirit mediums before, right?

[strictdiscipline]

I haven't, no. You'll have to explain it to me.

[She's a neanderthal, she didn't know what a computer was until this year. Or the internet.]

[feytality]

[tbf spirit channeling isn't really a normal thing]

[anyway, time to exposition to a complete stranger!!] Weeelll... I've got E.S.P., for starters! And I can call the spirits of the dead into my body so they can talk to living people and vice versa!

[or she could if she trained a little more...]

Pretty cool, huh?

[strictdiscipline]

[actually that's kinda creepy, ngl. her eyes narrow suspiciously.]

You can--what? Is that possible?

[magic? ok. channeling dead people? apparently not??]

[feytality]

[wow?? you're creepy, riza]

I know it sounds impossible, but it totally is possible! I'd show you.... but um, I gotta train some more.

[strictdiscipline]

[wtf, rude?? respect your elders.]

How do you train for something like that?

[feytality]

[don't talk shit about her totally legit family business????]

By meditating under waterfalls, mostly. Except... I haven't managed to find any, and it's kinda hard to meditate in the snow with all these infected people around....

But! Let me know if you see one, okay?

[strictdiscipline]

A waterfall? [or a dead person....] Alright.

Are there any restrictions to--spirits you can channel?

[feytality]

I guess a water hose or intense shower would do, too... as long as the pressure's high enough. Thanks!

[Clasps her hands and bows her head... all Val characters get this, ok]

Um.... What do you mean?

[strictdiscipline]

[Well, assuming the spirits she talks about are essentially dead people...]

Do they need to have been a spirit for very long? Does it matter when they passed away?

[is this insensitive to ask]

[feytality]

[oh my god riza you can't just ask when dead people are dead??]

Nope! Nothing like that. As long as I know their name and face, it can be anyone...

You're really interested in this, huh?

[strictdiscipline]

[TOO BAD.

she tilts her head in a bit of a shrug.]

It might prove to be a useful skill one day.

[even if it's still vaguely creepy.]

[feytality]

I hope so.

[bracket shittalk aside, Maya isn't actually picking up on Riza being creeped out so she's just kind of happy Riza's interested... she wants to be useful, okay]

Soooo, are we gonna team up and investigate? Have I proven myself?

[strictdiscipline]

[That's an unexpected offer, but better boundless enthusiasm than endless pessimism. She smiles.]

How about you prove yourself during our investigation?

[feytality]

[Perking up further, what have you done Riza]

Yeah! Let's investigate! We'll crack this mystery in no time!