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[ballies]

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[selfimmolation]

Right. And it'd explain why they didn't try to give us any other detail, like who it was used on or why.

[ballies]

Yeah! [ their brains are huge ("nico thought of this") huge. ] It would add up.

... I'm not sure how it helps us outside of knowing someone can do that, and knowing the hints are important but that's better than nothing.

[selfimmolation]

... It's a start, I guess. Doesn't help with any of the other papers, though.

[ballies]

[ she groans and goes back to looking at the candles. are these supposed to be stress relieving? she could do with stress relieving. ]

Some weird anonymous informant? If it's the same person I have no idea why they have such a big urge to help us. Maybe they're just a secret super-fan or something.

[selfimmolation]

Where did they even get that information anyway? And why give it to us?

[ballies]

And what's the catch?

[selfimmolation]

Us having to decipher them, maybe.

[ballies]

[ she just pulls a full on :nyeh: face. ]


Right. Right… Like the whole moon thing.

[selfimmolation]

Can we not go over whether the moon is real or not again...

[ballies]

Ohhh no, I’m going to tech talk you and you’re going to like it. Or pretend you do.

[ threat.


actually it’s not that bad. ]

I don’t think it’s “whether it’s real” or not, of course it’s real, it destroyed half the city. But when I asked Phoenix about it, they mentioned something about it attacking people but they didn’t see it transform.

[selfimmolation]

[ HE'S NOT GOING TO LIKE IT HE HATES IT ]

Are we sure the moon and the guy in white aren't the same thing...?

[ballies]

[ it’s fiiiiine.


but she does snap her fingers and point at that. ]

Yup. The moon falls out of the sky and suddenly there’s a super strong guy in white who kills four heroes and vanishes? Suspicious.

[selfimmolation]

They're always talking about the moon listening in, too...

[ballies]

Oh, ewww. What?

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. It's been in one of the notes and the leaders talk about it sometimes, apparently. Everything the moonlight touches... or something?

[ballies]

[ … ]

Gross, the moon’s a creep.

[ helpful. ]

So, what? We just need to stop talking about anything potentially important at nighttime? [ said like she’s an avid intellectual conversationalist here. ]

[selfimmolation]

I guess? I don't get how it works. It's not like there's no moon during the day, you just can't see it.

[ballies]

Yeah, but there’s bound to be points where it’s “weaker”, especially around midday.

[ ……. ]

But you’re right, it’s not like we know anything about how it works. Just rumours.

[selfimmolation]

We don't know how anything works here. We're just guessing.

[ballies]

It’s really getting on my nerves. I’m used to being able to look up solid data, not just relying on hearsay. And vibes.

[selfimmolation]

Hey, you're forgetting the random pieces of paper.

[ballies]

Right, the vague and ominous pieces of paper. How could I?

[ weh ]

I’m used to having the electronic equivalent of the Library of Alexandria to rifle through at well. This is a downgrade.

[selfimmolation]

So it's a big library?

[ballies]

Yes, it’s a very big library.

[selfimmolation]

[ he got it... he figured out the reference ]

The only books we have here aren't exactly helpful for research either.