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[magicalarchaeologist]

[ You don't. ]

I m̷̢̨̜͖͚͖̹̼̑͂̊̏͜e̴̛͕͎̜̒͗̔̀͌̅̍̃̚ẗ̶̛̬̖̺̗̞̬̪͎̟͓̩́͂̉̌̈̋͌̆̅͊͘ ̵̧̡̗̤̝̤̪̻̜͍̖͊̍̑́͆̕ă̸̡͈̙̣̪̝̬͎̯͕̰̏̓͝ telepathic vampire.

[thedevilwhorose]

[He never did understand the appeal of that kid's game Mad Libs.

Talked to? Slept with? Ate? Saw?

Probably not important anyway.]

What's with the vampire influx lately, I wonder.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Better them than mushroom people.

Not t̴̡̧̫̓̈́ō̸̳͈̰u̶̙̿c̷̜͓̓͜ḩ̸̪̽̆̅i̵͎͂̔̀n̴͎̈́g̷͔̓̎ ̸͖͌a̵͇̖̼̋͘ mushroom for a century at least.

I'm one of the only people not taken for t̷̛̤́̓h̷̖̹̍͑̕͠ḛ̷͛̂̈́͠ ̸̪͕̯̋̃͠r̶̹͓̉͛i̵̲̯̔t̷̡̰̝̉u̸̼͒͑͝ą̶͍́l̶̡͔̙̍͋͋̔ͅ. Alone.

[thedevilwhorose]

[Mushroom people?]

One of? Who else i̴̲͙̟̩͔̣͙͕̝͚͙ͨ̍ͨͪͯ́͋́̔̉̊̅̚͜͡s̩̣̯̗͚̘̠̼̠͊̂ͦ̆̌͌ͦ̆̽́͜͟͠ l̨̙̼̘̝̠̟̹ͥͧͣ͋ͥ̐̓̈́̓͟e_̴̶̢̠͙͉̗͈̙̤͍̣͚͇̣̔͋ͫͣ͒̑̇̑̃ͥ̚̚͢͝f̛͍͚̱̝͕̩̩̖̬̜̜ͦ̎ͮͫ̓ͭ̈́ͤ̊̍̄͆͘̕̕͟͢͢͡t̷̶̸̬̞̻̜̱̜͚̝̺ͧͨ̌͑̓̀̀͊̀̍ͩ̅̕͜͠?̵̧̨̨̧̛͕̯̺̲̪̳̥̱͚̫ͬͣ̉̋̉̽͒̓̀̈́ͅ

[magicalarchaeologist]

Caitlyn, from Free Cities.

We're looking for escape, can't wait m̶̛̙̹̲̓u̷̹͌c̴͔̙͍͋̀͝h̴̺͍͘ ̶͔̀l̸̙̼̥͋̄ò̸̺͑̐ņ̷̬̺̇͂͑̀ͅg̸͔͇͔̱̿ė̷̡̳̮͌͊ȑ̸̬̙̪̬̽̀.

Shrines may help, may not.

[thedevilwhorose]

[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.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

I suspected that would happen.

[ 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.

[thedevilwhorose]

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.̷̧̨̛̛̱̠̥̗͈̼̱̖̔̀̈̄̌ͤͯͣͧ͆̆ͩ̒ͦ̌ͬ̔ͫ͢͡_̻̖͟.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Everyone's too f̵̹̋ũ̶̬c̶̘͓̯͐̕͠k̷̢̲͗͜e̷̻͍̺̓̓̎͠d̵̬͂̑̈́͑ ̶̍ͅu̸̹̯͆̌p̸̖̈́ mentally to appreciate my rightness.

[ He sighs, disappointed despite knowing better. ]

Bulls̶̢̛̻͔͋͐h̸̠̱̎̓į̶̬̝̰̒t̴̬͍͊̐̀̌ͅ.

[ There, right back at him. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

Weird, didn't catch that.

[magicalarchaeologist]

B U L L S H I T

that's you

[thedevilwhorose]

No signal, can't compute. Tzzzt. Static.

Hello? Hello! H̞̭͕͍̦͇̝͍ͪ̆̂ͤͩ̔ͦͦ̅͘e̢̛̯̲̥̣̖̳̘̐̒ͫ͆̂̆̄̑̊́̕l̵̷͉͈̮̻̗͈̤̹̱͖̝̅̉̇ͦ̀̄̔̉̏̊ͯ̽ͅḽ̵̺̞͎̤̮͆ͧ̂̉̽͌̃͛͐ͫ̈ͧ̀̑̚͢͟͠o̵̟̞͍̼̣͔͉͚͕̳̐͗̀̔͐̇̾̈̅ͬ͑̓ͭ͘͟ͅ_̉?

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ HOW ARE YOU STILL AMUSING HIM EVEN IN THIS INSANE SITUATION? ]

I hate you.

[thedevilwhorose]

I know.

[magicalarchaeologist]

That's not the response.

[thedevilwhorose]

That's wͣ̂ͩh̸̞͌̾à̸͓͔̼́̏̚͜͝t̞ y͚̑͟ͅ_̸͍̩̩̘̮̭͕̉̄̊̄͆̂̓̑͟_̡̜̽͗̂̓̔̀͡o̴͔̱ų͍̤͇͇͇̯̀͗̋͆̀̀̒_ get for now.

[look more false optimism that they may actually ever talk in person again. he must be having a productive day with leads.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

Do I h̴̳̖̻͆̎̓a̸̢̫̲͍͛v̶̛̬͉̮̼͠è̸͎̱̈́ ̶̢̯̤͎̇̕̚t̴̛͓̓̿͛ő̷̗̯̪͒̄̓ͅ handle you too?

1/2

[thedevilwhorose]

Forget that.

2/2

[thedevilwhorose]

[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.

Re: 2/2

[magicalarchaeologist]

What would you do if an escape might be too risky?

[thedevilwhorose]

W̨̡̠̹̙̃̒̄ͫ̈́͊͑͢͠͞ę̵̵̠͓͎͛̌̿̈́́̍͘i̵͍͔̜͔̤͎͠͞g̙̃͗ͮ̋h̴̺͕̥̎̌̑̓̂̂͊ͧ͘͘̚ pros/cons.

H̼͆_̰o̻̜̟̜͙̗̒̌̎͢͜͞͡w͈̒ͩ͐_̽̒ m̷͖̥̀ͅ_̡͓̘͎͔̋͂a̮̫̟͍̣̒ͧ͐͐ͤ͂ͮ̚ͅn̷̢̳̤͖̜̅̔̑̈͋ͤ͟y̟̰͉̮̎̋̏͆͘ still useful?
H̷͔̱̱̀͛ͤ̅o̶ͥͯ͝_̆͂w̬̤͖͡ many will you lose?
Will you lose them anyway if you wait?

[magicalarchaeologist]

M̸͇͚̼̉̅̚o̶͙͚͍̊́͛͂̓̽̊s̶̨̨̼̤̮̮̟̬̼̣̪͍̫̞̋̈́̄̃̈́͜ţ̸̨̧̖̼̼͙͈͗̿̒̒̇̿̓̔̑͝ ̸̧̊̌̀̑p̸̱͙̓͗͗̃̇͛̊̋̆͂̃̕͝͠e̵͍̰̜̥̖̊͗͑̔́̓ͅȍ̶͎̫̱̾͘p̶̧͙͍͎̫̫͔̥̟͈̎̅̂͒̽͑̎̕͜͝l̵̞͉̳̒̀͗̌̈͊͠é̸̡̩͈͙͔͉̗̗̭͓͒́́̏̃͗̆̚̚ are sick or insane.

[thedevilwhorose]

[that's nice]

Expendable.

[that would be the word you're looking for]

[magicalarchaeologist]

E V E R Y O N E

Our people.

[thedevilwhorose]

Can they really be saved? A̧͎̪ͩ̉͠͝ṛ̴͇̽ͬ̋̏̎̚͟͝ͅͅé̵̡̡̦̲́̅͝ ț̨̦̦̽͡_̮̪̗̿̋ͪ̒h̃̓̄ͮ͐̃̑̚e̶̼͙̲̞̝̯̍͝͞͝y̛̦͋̂ͧ̕͡ even themselves a̴̡̡̩̻̙̙̟̠̫̞͎͔̱ͬ̏̓͌͊͐ͧͪ̅̒͐͒̆̋ͦ̆͌͘̚ͅn̛͖̣̦͇͌ͧ͒y̶̶̡̘̳̝̯̥̯͎͉̱̤̦̳͎͐ͯ̎̃ͯͩͤ͊̕̚͞͝m̵̡̢̮͔̹̘͂͌_͔̦̙͚̻̣̹̾̍͌̏̔͝o̵͎̗̞͚̮̥̺̣̜̪͎ͨͩͭ̎̍̇͜r͓͖̒͟͢_̸̶̥͓̜̺͕̋̉͒̔ͯ͆̏ͣ́ͭ̌ͣ̆͊̕̕͟ͅe͖̮͍̻̽ͦ_͎̺̾ͮ ?

Is it worth it?