video; un: Glee Shoth

[becauses]

[ Oyez, oyez, oyez, you’ve got a call on your magical crystal. Pick up the phone and you’ll see Glee, looking serene, confident, and in her element in (1) organizing things and (2) telling people what to do. ]

It has been almost two months since we were conscripted by ALASTAIR, and we have yet to meet, introduce ourselves, and discuss what we’ve learned in person and in an orderly fashion. In light of recent… developments, increased cooperation will become a necessity to pool what we’ve learned and plan a deliberate way forward.

I expect all of you at the red warehouse between the commoner's district and the outskirts, six days from now at sundown. For those of you inclined to provoke tensions with local law enforcement, incarceration is not an excuse for tardiness or absence.

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[dailydouble]

What do you mean?

[ There are so many ways to interpret blunt... ]

[becauses]

There's learning by observing him, and then there's learning by direct questioning.

We would save a good deal of time by simply informing him that he bears an uncanny resemblance to a person we knew, but it would be... [ A slight pause, as she sifts through words. ] Somewhat crude.

[dailydouble]

[ He'll shake his head, looking somewhat pained. Probably more at how crude that would be than any actual emotion, however. ]

And I doubt it would be appreciated. I see no immediate need to inform him as to the reason for my interest. He can draw his own conclusions.

[becauses]

[ She glances skyward, where the sun should be. ]

Leaving people to draw their own conclusions doesn't always work out.

In our family, and perhaps his as well.

[dailydouble]

Telling him anything will only make him more curious. [ "You remind me of family" could be interpreted in so many ways, all of which come with their own complications. ]

It may be enough that he sees us as fellow gods trapped under similar circumstances.

[becauses]

[ Her lips thin at trapped, and she makes a tactical decision to back off that topic. She doesn't think of Chantes as one big prison as she does another less-than-perfect town with a less-than-perfect job to be done. But if he thinks of it as a prison -- well. She's all for the family lesson of talking it out can be valuable, but she's not inclined to pick at healing wounds, either. So she skips back to the beginning, to safer subjects. ]

I'm not sure "more curious" is possible with that type.

[dailydouble]

[ A large cage is still a cage. He is here against his will and it grates. ]

Then what would you suggest?

[becauses]

Mention offhand that he seems familiar, and wait for what he says.

[dailydouble]

[ He's not hesitant so much as uncertain that this is the right way to go about it. It's not a conversation he wants to have. Ever. ]

I have difficultly seeing how this will not go poorly.

[becauses]

[ She thinks throwing out small bait and seeing what Loki offers would be solid logically, but, as always, there's emotional baggage. ]

It might go less poorly with me.

[dailydouble]

[ The emotional baggage is that he'd rather not talk about Sieh. The wounds aren't raw, at this stage, but he is strongly against reopening them. ]

Together, perhaps?

[ Glee can step in, if he can't do it. ]

[becauses]

You don't have to be there. I have so much less... history. It can stay businesslike.

[dailydouble]

It is too close to running from it for my tastes.

[ He's going to be stubborn about it. ]

[becauses]

I'll concede that running isn't really your style.

[dailydouble]

Then it's decided?

[ They're doing this together...up until Ahad decides there's nothing he wants to say about it. ]

[becauses]

[ She reaches over to twine her fingers in with his. ]

Then it's decided.

[dailydouble]

[ He'll accept her hand without any hesitation, likely shifting closer to her as well. ]

I will likely regret it.

[becauses]

In the short run, perhaps. In the long run... I expect it will facilitate certain things.

[dailydouble]

Now we need a moment's pause to address it.

[ Not that he thinks there will be much chance of that on this mission. ]