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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Hmmm.

Maybe something we can use to our advantage later.

...

But I get the feeling that isn't the real reason why you came to talk to me?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Ah - yeah.

There were, uh. A couple people who were trying to use the game for info mining.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Info mining for what, exactly?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Stuff on the angel.

Two of Baritones went digging. Or - well. One of em went digging. One of em warned me she could use a game like that to go digging, if she wanted.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Which two?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Alexander opened fire. Paloma fired the warning shot.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

Both of them are loyal to Azzy.

Does that mean Azzy's group is under-informed. Or...? That Azzy himself is missing some pieces to the puzzle.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Pretty sure he's missing pieces.

Alexander really wanted to know where we met the angel. I talked to him some after the game to see if I could find out more about what he was digging for, and that's the thing he kept steering us back around to.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I see.

I have no doubt that Azzy's lot has already read the notes we pass around. So. That begs the question.

What about those notes are insufficient for what they are looking for?

[crossmyheartandhope]

He said it was important cause we have leverage. That if it wasn't, like, sanctioned by the Production, they'd have to stop it. He said he doubted they'd want anyone interfering with their pawns.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

So because of your friendship with the angel.

That's what they still want to exploit.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Or they don't know how we got in heaven that first time, and they want to stop it happening again.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Are you talking about the Rift?

Or whatever bullshit Absinthe did?

[crossmyheartandhope]

The Rift.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

Do you ever wonder why there even are the Damned among us?

Why that wasn't just done from the beginning? It seems a lot more manageable than kidnapping.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...dunno. Spies, maybe?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Right.

I guess that's not a question we're going to find the answer to anytime soon.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...yeah.

[A beat]

Are they all A's, you think?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Lady Liar hasn't shown any interest in them. Nor do her hosts.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Makes sense.

[He hesitates]

Paloma says he wants us to be able to, like. [He hesitates here, like he's trying to remember the exact words.] To forge our own destiny, free of any cosmic mandate. Free from owing obedience or receiving judgment.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Which is why she's siding with Azzy.

If you believe his sales pitch.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Wrinkles his nose]

He goes on an awful lot about being free from obedience for someone who makes us jump through so many hoops.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

That has to do with being bottom Prince on the totem pole.

You have to exorcise your power over someone.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah, well. He better work on his pitch some more if that someone's gonna be us.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And here I thought you were already spoken for.