(Rip I thought I got the geography right lol he’s still going south my bad)
“Good.” Ky nodded. “Did… Luvic say anything helpful?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
He nodded. "He's directed Zander to some useful places and offered valuable information. Some of the contacts he knows may have an idea of Aleth's residence. We may find documents there."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“What do you mean?” Ky furrowed her brow. “I know where he lives. Lived. Zander didn’t have to go try to figure that out.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
That was frustrating. She thought she’d already told him. Or… or told someone. She didn’t know for sure. But they could have asked; surely they realized that she lived there too? Of course she knew where it was. “It’s in Lutalya. The third street up the hill parallel to Temple street — fifth house on the left if you turn off Kelistron Street.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Gaius took a loose sheet of paper and wrote that down. Perhaps she'd said so before, but he couldn't recall with all this hubbub going on with the gods and his leg and Tomhas. "I'll relay that information to Zander."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(Bruh it’s a perfectly calm night and my power just went out and I’ve got 23% phone battery and am 0% packed for a road trip tomorrow rip me)
“Okay.” She tried to remember what she’d said vs what she knew. “There’s an overstuffed chair in the parlor to the left when you first walk in. It’s hollowed out under the seat and has a lot of his more sensitive documents. They’re… very well coded. But… I can uncode them once someone brings them here… or home…”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Gaius continued writing. "Excellent. What else do you remember?"
(I myself am still letting my heart rate go down froma terrifying experience of driving home close to 11 at night and only realizing my headlights weren't on after I had passed 2 cop cars and was well over halfway done with my journey, which means I drove on the highway without lights)
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
(It ended up being okay. I decided to go to bed to preserve battery because all of my power banks are in my car and I’m a chicken shit and wHaT iF a MurDeR iS oUtSiDe AnD cUt My PoWeR? — like fully knew this wasn’t true but my invasive thoughts were like absolutely not taking that risk haha figured it’d save battery if I just went to bed so that I would have an alarm to wake me up and sunlight to pack by. The power came back on around midnight I think because I plugged my phone in and it buzzed when the power came back on and it started charging again but I’d already fallen asleep so I just stayed aslee haha just woke up naturally before my alarm so I am??? Well rested??? Not sure this has ever happened to me before xD) (I also had the world's weirdest dream. There’s this tiktoker I follow who is fantastic. He doxes racists/homophobes/predators. Really cool dude. But where I work is second floor of the building is biologists, first floor is a daycare. So I dreamt this guy was a pedophile and was acting really sketchy so I reported him and I knew he was gonna get mad at me and dox ME and my work gave me 48 hours of paid time off as a reward for coming forward which was just really weird but appreciated but then the guy comes into my office and is like I know what you did (my full name — I definitely didn’t even give him my first) and I betcha know what imma do and I was like nuuuu and then the office secretary idk started trying to seduce him he agreed to let her come over and then left and we were like “what the fuck?” And she’s like chill guys I’m just going to go get more information and it turned out the guy didn’t leave he was just hiding around the corner and was like AHA I KNEW IT I’m smarter than all of you combined! It was just… very odd. No idea at al where any of it came from haha) (And o o f that sounds absolutely terrifying! I’m glad you made it safe and unticketed <3)
“He’s got a huge series of encyclopedias on the shelves directly across from the door. A lot of them have papers laced through the pages. It’s organized by the last two letters of the last name of whoever it’s about. Like. If it was you, for example, it’d be under ‘SH’ — Tomhas would be under ‘ER’ — etc.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Holy shit that's a crazy ass dream O_O I'm glad your power came back on and that you're well rested but freaking wild.)
Gaius kept writing, nodding along.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Um… I’ve never seen in his room ever. But I expect whatever he has on me is in there. Check books, furniture, false bottoms on this maybe. I don’t know. I’m sure your people know how to find hidden things. But I’d be surprised if he didn’t have at least one thing helpful in there since it’d be out of my reach… or I supposed it could be in the Room of Consequence. No chance I’d ever be going I’m there willingly either.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Gaius paused at that, looking up from his writing before electing not to ask. He wouldn't want her dredging up awful memories of his, after all. "I'll keep that in mind."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
Ky glanced at him and nodded. She was more than happy for him not to ask for elaboration. Whoever went would have no trouble at all figuring out what room it was. Downstairs was cushy couches and sofas and books. Upstairs on the right was a room with a single bench that someone could be strapped down on with blades and pinchers and hammers on the wall. Who knew what else was there. She was never much in the mood to notice details.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Also I'm adjusting Tarr in canon; I'm reverting him closer to my first draft version but for the sake of this rp I'm keeping him the same here)
"Any other rooms I should be made aware of?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Um… the first room on the left is that parlor I mentioned. I saw him contracting a hiding spot on the right side of the chimney but I don’t know if he put anything in it or how to open it. It was about eye height on the right side of it — just under the mantle.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
