051 ⇨ voice

[brobeforehos]

So - what does everyone think about this door? The possibility of going home, which in some cases would be finally? [A long pause, after which follows a sad laugh.] I don't know what to feel of it.

[Silence stretches for so long it might as well be eternal. Cricket sounds and all. And then, with a brighter tone,]

Now, visitors. The ones of you I know - if you can't find a moment to come say hello, I will be more than cross. And - this is a lot to ask, as usual - Jamie, if you're there...

...yeah.

[ooc; WALL HER.]

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[brobeforehos]

Is Jamie okay? [And right after,] Is Alan?

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[hnikarr]

They're fine now.

[Which implies that they weren't earlier.]

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[brobeforehos]

What happens to them?

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[hnikarr]

[Nick pulls his hand away from hers, shoving both of his into his pockets. His voice is harsh when he speaks, like he has to force the words out.]

Jamie cut his hand off to get away from the magicians. Alan was possessed.

[Of course she had to ask the things that would make her the most worried. Stupid, but that's Mae all over.]

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[brobeforehos]

[Oh yeah, she's definitely stupid. She's the most stupid.]

Oh my god - [She has no other reaction than to cover her mouth with both hands, as if to keep the pained little sound that wants to get out. Her brother - her brother cuts his arm off. Alan - Alan Ryves, with his lies and his rambling to fill the silence and his niceness - possessed.]

[hnikarr]

[Nick glares. He knew she was going to have some kind of reaction like this and he's totally not surprised, but it's still annoying. Why couldn't she have just listened when he said they were fine?]

Don't be stupid. I told you they were okay now.

[brobeforehos]

[She's going to need a damn moment, god. One careful moment - or ten, to breathe until she's calm, and those aren't tears in the corners of her eyes.]

I know, but it's not easy news to hear, especially when you can't even tell when you'll get to live it. And I'll live it, not remembering your warning, which means I won't be able to stop them.

[hnikarr]

[Nick rolls his eyes. That seems pointless to think about.]

So you'll live it like we all already did.

[brobeforehos]

[So it's a good thing the gardens have benches where she can sit.]

Right - yeah.

[hnikarr]

[Maybe good news will help?]

You're leader of the Goblin Market now.

[brobeforehos]

[looks up SUPERFAST.]

Wh-at?

[hnikarr]

Merris Cromwell wanted to give it to you or Sin. You won.

[Okay, it was more complicated than that, but in the end it was Mae taking the reins, so she won.]

[brobeforehos]

So...I lead?