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[spitefullight]

[ Elden's been fiddling with this tablet thing for awhile. Want to know how long? Because for the last ten minutes his tablet has been going on and off voice, you can catch little snippets of; ]

Damn it, work you piece of-

For the love of- why does there need to be so many buttons-UUGGGGH-

[Static.....
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Finally, though he manages to stay on audio; ]

Right, so, hi everyone, my name's Elden. We've been here a few days now and I'm pretty sure everyone's already looking into whatever's going on here.

I mean, it's a big spooky, dark town, who wouldn't want to figure out what the hell was going on. So, there were a couple of things I wanted to bring up.

One is I think we need to start compiling all the info we've found out about this place so far. Even the stuff they told us when they got here. If we're ever going to figure out why this place is perpetual night that's probably what we should do. Maybe we could keep some kind of log book in the Inn to keep us up to date.

[ He pauses before bringing up his next point. ]

Second, if there's anyone willing to go into the forest with me? I'm not sure what's in there but it'd be dangerous to go in by yourself. Especially if there are undead lurking in that forest.

All right, well that's all for now. Thanks.

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[tribridfreakshow]

I am not a liability.

[She sounds offended that it would even be suggested, but the quick flash of anger is her more animalistic instincts rising up the way they so stubbornly do sometimes.]

I'm all of those things all the time because I've had to be. So yeah, that works for me.

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[kungfuey]

Don't tell me. Prove it.

[ And while she keeps things very matter of fact, what Hope can't see is the way Scarlett cringes at those words. At how much like her father she sounds and how desperately she hates it. ]

Good. Then this should be a walk in the park for you.

[ So fucking pressed that she's coming. So painfully aware that it would have been worse to stop her. ]

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[tribridfreakshow]

[And in that moment, Scarlett sounds so much like Alaric Saltzman in her head that she barely keeps a hold on her temper. He always tried to talk to her like this, like he was her father, but her father was dead.

He hadn't understood the things she'd been through, and neither did this woman who apparently felt the need to protect her. That meant that she cared, and that scared Hope more than anything else.]

I don't need to prove anything to anyone. Let me know when we're leaving.

[And then she ends the call. Y a y.]

/fin

[kungfuey]

[ She doesn't bother trying to get in the last word, any idiot can tell Hope's angry and while maybe Scarlett should feel bad about it? She figures if she's got it in her mind to prove she's not a liability? Maybe just maybe, she'll be careful out there. ]