Stronger than you t̴̳̘̒͘͠ẖ̶̊̒̀ï̶̤̺n̷̺̦̆̀̓k̸̖̙̈́͆̂.
[ An echo of a conversation they've had, but honestly, Istredd isn't sure he believes it now. It hit his ego before, being underestimated, but he's never felt more weak and helpless than in this situation. So this is more him being petulant than anything else. ]
One of? Who else i̴̲͙̟̩͔̣͙͕̝͚͙ͨ̍ͨͪͯ́͋́̔̉̊̅̚͜͡s̩̣̯̗͚̘̠̼̠͊̂ͦ̆̌͌ͦ̆̽́͜͟͠ l̨̙̼̘̝̠̟̹ͥͧͣ͋ͥ̐̓̈́̓͟e_̴̶̢̠͙͉̗͈̙̤͍̣͚͇̣̔͋ͫͣ͒̑̇̑̃ͥ̚̚͢͝f̛͍͚̱̝͕̩̩̖̬̜̜ͦ̎ͮͫ̓ͭ̈́ͤ̊̍̄͆͘̕̕͟͢͢͡t̷̶̸̬̞̻̜̱̜͚̝̺ͧͨ̌͑̓̀̀͊̀̍ͩ̅̕͜͠?̵̧̨̨̧̛͕̯̺̲̪̳̥̱͚̫ͬͣ̉̋̉̽͒̓̀̈́ͅ
[She'd been another one using the Horizon Reply All 'feature' like Wilhelm, clearly meaning it for just one person.]
Adversarial behaviors b̵̨̨̛̻̩̟̜̝̠̻̓̿̓͌ͫ̈̕ȩ̸̡̛̟̟͍̤̙̞̲̊̊̓ͣ͌̽͊ͧͪͦ̚͜͟_́t̼̂́w̡̜̭͔̤̞̥̫̙̦͇̲̥͌́́ͤ̔e̼̼̟̖̮ͨ̈́̌͝e̷̵̵̯͉̹̩̻̗̾ͫ̓̊̃ͫͥ̎́̕͟͢n̛͕̝̂ͤ̓̑͠_͉̙͙̐ͨ̈́͢͢ the factions seems to have been pushed to the side f̷̴̴̧̧̮̦̼͚̜̖̬̣͕̘͕̦͙̊͐͛̑̐̆͒͑ͯ̓ͪ̋ͯ͆ͦ̃̕͜͜͞͞o̩̘̰͖ͦ͂ͦ͜ṙ͇͚̰̓͜͢ ţ̴̜̦͉̰͉̜́͊͗͗̾̇ͮͧ̊̀̔͋̔͑̓͟͡͡h̸̶̨̢̛͓̬̯̝̋ͨ̈͛ͫ́e̡̮̺̤̙̎ͩ͜ ti͉m̴̰̘̻̞̦̩͕͕̺ͯ̌͛ͪ͐̃͋͒́́̔͞͠͝͞ȩ̶̷̥͚̪̠̘̝̙̞͕̼͕̒̀̓ͤ̑̑̃́̓͋̉̄́͘͟͝͠͝͠ b̢̦̹̝̀̾_͗̒͟e̷̥̞̜͕̩͕̤̟̗͔̠̠̦̓̓ͮͩ̆̈́̇ͯ͑̔̂ͮ̚͟͟͡i̴̢̡̟͈͍̥̩͇̟̻̲̫͓̬̜ͬ̑̈͊̄͋̐̿̃̓́́ͬ̆́̕͢͜͡͝n̷͙̹͔͉̝̰̬̗̆̽͜͟͟͞g͚̭̔͜.
[That's probably the closest he'll come to saying anything optimistic.]
[ Hey is he going to take a tiny sliver of pleasure at being right? Always. Even now. Mostly because the rest of him feels awful. ]
I know ẃ̵͎̠̟͠h̵͇͍̀̈͆̌ỳ̵̖͖̏͑ ̷̫̓́͂̔y̷̨͉͕̫̏̇o̴̦̒̆́u̴͙͈̓̍͘ ̷̩͖̇̄̑͂w̷̛̠̆̚ỏ̴̧̟̳͌n̶̜̟̫͕̄'̵̙̈͐t̴͙͈́͜ͅ be at the Horizon but I wish y̸͇̜̔ͅo̸͕͈͙͊͑̕u̶̲͑ ̴̹̾̈́w̶͓͙͑ȏ̶̡̜̅̕ư̸͙̐ͅl̷̻̹̈́̆̄d̶͖͍̪̽̂́̾.
Look â̢̖̰̦̟̹͍̿ͦ͐ͨ͡t̶͈̘̩ͬ̄̀͐̆ͬ̀ͪ̉̀̔ y̨̺͕̘̘̪̙̲͉̩̦͍͚ͫͤ̊ͯ̆ͭ̂ͥ̉͘̚̚͝͝ͅo̵̸̰͕̞̥̙̤͇ͬ̎͗͌ͬ͐̐͋̈͒ͥ́̍͐͊ȗ̸͇̯̰̲̺́͌ͧ͞ͅ, being right.
[He'll even say it. You're welcome, friend.]
I don't have ẗ̶̵̨̨̛̺͉̣̫̥͙̟̺̮͉̮̯͕̀̇̏̃ͯ͋̇̅̂́ͮ̚̕̚͢͟͢͡î͈̗͔̮̟͕̓ͩ͘m̶̧̮̹͕̗̮̖͓͋ͣ̀̋̌̅ͪͨͫ̇̋̾ͭ͛̈́̄ͤ͊̄̅͌̔͟͜e̸̢̨̛̖͎̣͔̼̠̦͕̰͈͍͎̮̠̫̩̖͖͍͕̲ͬ̾ͥͣ́͋͂̄̂̏̋́̽̾ͅ t̡̛̰̲͍̪̳̾́̽̋ơ̸̢̬̙͓̻̝̘̰̟̈̅ͭ̓ͤ̽ͩ̃̀ͣ͌͑̀̓̀͂͜͝ b̵̵̷̧͖̘̰̣̝͚͍͈̩̦̰̤͓̟̟̉̅ͮ͆̅̂̔͌̀̓͂̾ͫͧͯ̀ͪ̃ͧ͜ͅe_̶̧̨̛̟̻̰̩̤̤̬̬͍̣̫̄ͦ͛ͣͤͮ̀͗́̽ͤͮͣ͆̓̅̃̌͐̊͘̕͢͠͠ i̧̨̻͚͗̌̄͂͒͌̕ṅ̼̫͈̏ͦ̃͒̽ͬ̊̈́ͣ͝ t̗_̴̸̧̨̘͔̦̟͉̦͔̬̜̤̰̝͓͌ͤͥ̎ͫ̈́̃̅ͩ́̀ͦ͝ḣ̸̸̛̭̪͗̆̿͐̇ͨ̊̓̈́͢͞e̷̼͈ͧ͐͛ͦ͘ H̴̡̰̯̱̟̟͔̲̹̑ͫͪ̂̐̾̊̑̉͋̇o̵̢̨̺̻͉̜͙̞̩̔̄ͭ̏ͧͮ̒̇͆ͧͣͬ̚͟͠r̷̦̘̠͔͔̈́̾͒ͣͧͬ̆̇͌͠ĩ̵̝̻͈ͩ̉͌ͣ̃ͩ̽̈͘͜͟ͅz̡̢͕̬̙̲͉̻͓̤̦̈̍̈́͋ͤ̽̊́ͨͫ̈́ͮ̃͑̚͘͜͟͢͝͠͝ͅ_͉̦̀ͪͨ͟ǭ̰͡n̡͔̮̻̬̓̀̕ͅ.̷̧̨̛̛̱̠̥̗͈̼̱̖̔̀̈̄̌ͤͯͣͧ͆̆ͩ̒ͦ̌ͬ̔ͫ͢͡_̻̖͟.
[There's not much of a delay between the two messages. It's likely he only followed up with something concrete because he Knows Istredd Will Be a Problem otherwise.]
Kyle and Natasha a̡̛͇͚͚̞̤̼̼͚̫̹̱̮̹̍̇̋ͣ̎̂͑ͬ̾ͫ̿̎̌̋̍ͣͭ͘͘͟͢r̡̨̝̪̳̳̖̹͙̟̫̙̠͓̦̲̰̳̩̽ͪ̔ͮͫ̆̑̊͋̑ͧͭͭ̆̕͟͟͝e̷͓̦ "handling" it.
H̼͆_̰o̻̜̟̜͙̗̒̌̎͢͜͞͡w͈̒ͩ͐_̽̒ m̷͖̥̀ͅ_̡͓̘͎͔̋͂a̮̫̟͍̣̒ͧ͐͐ͤ͂ͮ̚ͅn̷̢̳̤͖̜̅̔̑̈͋ͤ͟y̟̰͉̮̎̋̏͆͘ still useful? H̷͔̱̱̀͛ͤ̅o̶ͥͯ͝_̆͂w̬̤͖͡ many will you lose? Will you lose them anyway if you wait?
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[ An echo of a conversation they've had, but honestly, Istredd isn't sure he believes it now. It hit his ego before, being underestimated, but he's never felt more weak and helpless than in this situation. So this is more him being petulant than anything else. ]
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I m̷̢̨̜͖͚͖̹̼̑͂̊̏͜e̴̛͕͎̜̒͗̔̀͌̅̍̃̚ẗ̶̛̬̖̺̗̞̬̪͎̟͓̩́͂̉̌̈̋͌̆̅͊͘ ̵̧̡̗̤̝̤̪̻̜͍̖͊̍̑́͆̕ă̸̡͈̙̣̪̝̬͎̯͕̰̏̓͝ telepathic vampire.
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Talked to? Slept with? Ate? Saw?
Probably not important anyway.]
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Not t̴̡̧̫̓̈́ō̸̳͈̰u̶̙̿c̷̜͓̓͜ḩ̸̪̽̆̅i̵͎͂̔̀n̴͎̈́g̷͔̓̎ ̸͖͌a̵͇̖̼̋͘ mushroom for a century at least.
I'm one of the only people not taken for t̷̛̤́̓h̷̖̹̍͑̕͠ḛ̷͛̂̈́͠ ̸̪͕̯̋̃͠r̶̹͓̉͛i̵̲̯̔t̷̡̰̝̉u̸̼͒͑͝ą̶͍́l̶̡͔̙̍͋͋̔ͅ. Alone.
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We're looking for escape, can't wait m̶̛̙̹̲̓u̷̹͌c̴͔̙͍͋̀͝h̴̺͍͘ ̶͔̀l̸̙̼̥͋̄ò̸̺͑̐ņ̷̬̺̇͂͑̀ͅg̸͔͇͔̱̿ė̷̡̳̮͌͊ȑ̸̬̙̪̬̽̀.
Shrines may help, may not.
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[That's probably the closest he'll come to saying anything optimistic.]
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[ Hey is he going to take a tiny sliver of pleasure at being right? Always. Even now. Mostly because the rest of him feels awful. ]
I know ẃ̵͎̠̟͠h̵͇͍̀̈͆̌ỳ̵̖͖̏͑ ̷̫̓́͂̔y̷̨͉͕̫̏̇o̴̦̒̆́u̴͙͈̓̍͘ ̷̩͖̇̄̑͂w̷̛̠̆̚ỏ̴̧̟̳͌n̶̜̟̫͕̄'̵̙̈͐t̴͙͈́͜ͅ be at the Horizon but I wish y̸͇̜̔ͅo̸͕͈͙͊͑̕u̶̲͑ ̴̹̾̈́w̶͓͙͑ȏ̶̡̜̅̕ư̸͙̐ͅl̷̻̹̈́̆̄d̶͖͍̪̽̂́̾.
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[He'll even say it. You're welcome, friend.]
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[ He sighs, disappointed despite knowing better. ]
Bulls̶̢̛̻͔͋͐h̸̠̱̎̓į̶̬̝̰̒t̴̬͍͊̐̀̌ͅ.
[ There, right back at him. ]
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that's you
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I hate you.
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[look more false optimism that they may actually ever talk in person again. he must be having a productive day with leads.]
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AN ENTIRE DAY LATER
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An entire day later lol, last day of week two
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AS PROMISED, as soon as the escape happens
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