[text] @five [open]

[fogey]

[ well, there's no way to say it, except to say it, so: ]

One of us died today. Big guy, blond hair. I don't know his name. I found his body.

[ that's his schtick, isn't it? finding bodies. ]

What I do know is that he fell on some rocks near the beach. Looks like an accident, no foul play. The fall shouldn't have killed him.

[ could've, if the bastard really were that unlucky, but it's unlikely. besides: ]

But it did break his lantern. Seems like Winters was telling the truth about that after all. Before anyone asks:

1) No, I didn't see it happen.
2) Yes, I checked for a pulse.
3) No, I didn't do it.

[ juST COVERING HIS BASES THERE ]

One more thing. I had to step away to get my tablet. When I came back, both he and his lantern were gone. No one else was here, I'm positive. They just vanished into thin air.

[ ooc | so as of today, rosinante (callada) is dead :C feel free to threadjack in this post and use it for discussion or whatever! ]

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[donttalktome]

She is, but she might not have to— and I say "have to" with a grain of salt here— if we accomplished whatever it is we're supposed to do.
Bring the sun back, stop the ferry, something.
Like I said, we didn't get all that close to solving the problem, or even figuring out what it is.

[fogey]

[ save the damn world. isn't that always the objective? ]

Who's pulling her strings?

[ it's not lost on him, how winters and will don't quite lay blame at her feet. the allusions to something bigger being at play. winters had said this mess wasn't her fault, and now this. you'd think a few survivors of resets would hate her more than any of them.

and if there's someone behind all this, there's a mark. ]

[donttalktome]

No one, as far as I can tell.
She's the highest authority, and I use that word lightly, that I've ever met here.
Winters would likely be upset if he saw me painting her in a poor light, so I'll leave it at this: we don't get along very well.
Point of fact, I feel something close to hate in her general direction.
So if there was someone else behind her actions, she probably wouldn't tell me.

[Yeah, you're not far off the mark there, Five.]

[fogey]

[ oh good he can go back to plan a then: kill the lighthouse keeper ]

So why does Winters like her so much?

[donttalktome]

[That sure is A Plan.]

He thinks of her as one of us.
Trapped in an unfortunate situation that's largely out of her control.
I tend to disagree.
She might be like us, I've never asked.
As in, she might be dead.
But she certainly has more control over all of this than we do. That alone makes her different.

[fogey]

[ a cog in the machine, he can hear the handler saying now. ]

I agree. Whatever else is going on, she's got power over us. That's not nothing