catchall estelle

[skyagain]

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[mustbepurged]

He said that a shadow approached him early in the week, with a promise. To ensure the safety of his hostage...

[yeah gj cloud you got it]

[skyagain]

Same thing as what the end credits of that movie said. [ he nods. yeah! that tracks. ] I was wondering how he'd learned about it.

Anything specific about that shadow?

[mustbepurged]

Not really...

It sounds like he didn't choose to target Flayn, though... He said he didn't know he'd cross paths with her that night.

[skyagain]

So she woke up, too... But there's no way of saying if she met a shadow or not now.

[ since she's super dead ]

[mustbepurged]

[Estelle nods.]

I don't know if it was random, or if there was some reason she ended up in his path...

[skyagain]

And I doubt it's something we can know for a while, either. Even if this kind of thing happens again next week.

[ because. victims. don't talk. ]

[mustbepurged]

Right...

So the next victim could be anyone, as far as we know...

[skyagain]

Unless someone acts without a little shadow whispering in their ear. That might make a difference.

[mustbepurged]

Oh... that's right...

Even though I really don't want to think that anyone here would do that...

[skyagain]

It's still a possibility we can't ignore. That, and the shadows targeting more than one person with that deal.

[mustbepurged]

[She looks pretty unhappy about that, but she nods.] ... Right, I'll try to be prepared.

I just hope we can find a way to stop all of this before too many end up dying...

[skyagain]

... Yeah. I'd rather finish it sooner than later, too.

[ but he is, um. not counting on it. ]

Sorry to say things will probably keep surprising you going forward.

[mustbepurged]

... That's okay. This week was hard, but I kind of feel like... whatever happens going forward, I'll be ready to face it.

[skyagain]

Alright. If you say so. Not like you've got much of a choice anyway.

[ ... thanks cloud ]