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[fionnuisce]

'You've reached Lord El-Melloi II. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.'

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[fionnuisce]

[Waver snorted a brief and exhausted laugh, pressing a hand to his eyes again.]

An accurate enough summary.

[drewthetower]

[August does not say "wonder if he's Jun's type" but only because Jun is not here to tease.]

Are you going to go digging to see what you can find out on him?

[fionnuisce]

[if jun wants a constant migraine, perhaps]

...I probably should. Doubt I'll like whatever I can find, but if his parents are the assassin-hiring type I'd rather know ahead of time.

[drewthetower]

At least he's a streamer, which means he probably has a PO box, which means it can be traced back to him. Probably. If he's as dumb as you said he might just use his home address.

[fionnuisce]

Oh, I seriously doubt he lives with his parents. Odds are they'll be a country or two away at the very minimum. But I've picked up a few things I probably shouldn't know about tracking people down and erasing one's traces. So long as 'Escardos' is still his real family name, I should be able to follow that thread well enough.

[drewthetower]

I feel obligated to suggest a private investigator, but I'm not stupid enough to think you'll use one.

[But. Hm.]

If I can get him to let me do a reading for him at some point, I'll tell you what I get.

[fionnuisce]

Well, I never said I was as good at it as my mercenary friends, Maiya would have had a folder's worth of past and current locations by now, sorted by ease of access to sniper positions. [isn't it funny how things can sound like a joke and not be one] But if I hit a dead end, I just might resort to that.

...thanks. Really. You and someone else have already offered to help keep an eye on him, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate that.

[drewthetower]

[Shrug!]

This is all so much bullshit, and Zodiac does fuck all. Honestly if I thought it'd help I'd suggest we all, like, storm the fuckin' barricades and take Zodiac out. But it won't, so we gotta keep an eye out for each other, yeah?

[fionnuisce]

Who knows, someday things might get bad enough that it does come to that. Until then...yeah, you're right. I guess I just...

[He trailed off with a tired laugh, reaching for the glass and taking a drink.]

...I've been doing everything on my own for too damn long. Threw aside my own name to accomplish what I needed to do as a mage instead of a human. I've been really stupid to keep trying to live like that in a place this removed from what I know as reality. So...maybe this whole mess is just for the better, even if it might end up dangerous for me later.

[drewthetower]

Hey, it's what you know. It's not your fault you can't break that habit. But, seriously, you're not alone here. We're all in the same bullshit boat, so you can ask us for help.

[A beat.]

Most of us. Unless you wanna risk portals to dinosaurs again, maybe don't ask Varian for help.

[Good kid. Agent of chaos, though.]

[fionnuisce]

Hey, if he pulls that stunt again maybe I'll fall clear out of this city the same way I fell in. But I won't hold my breath and hope to be that lucky.

[drewthetower]

Professor, do not encourage Varian to make portals.

[fionnuisce]

It was just a joke. I'm not that crazy just yet.

[drewthetower]

Yet. Hell, maybe in six months we'll all be wanting Varian to do something.

[fionnuisce]

Sometimes the only way to counteract disaster is with a second disaster you can somewhat influence. He's a smart kid, with a little closer guidance he might be able to cause trouble in a more beneficial sense.

[drewthetower]

And better he be on our side than literally anyone else's.

[Anyway.]

You should probably eat.

[fionnuisce]

Yeah, you're right.

[thanks mom.]

...Sorry for the trouble. I don't suppose you'd accept a phoenix feather and we can call it even? I usually just sell the damn things.

[drewthetower]

[!!! August's eyes might go a little wide.]

I'll take it, sure, but it's not any trouble. That shit sucks, and in my experience food helps shit suck less.

[fionnuisce]

I'm aware of that. I just detest accepting something for nothing in return, and I'm not nearly skilled enough to utilize them myself. You can probably make better use of it, and if you ever need another let me know. Damned fae curse may as well be useful.

[drewthetower]

Hey, I'm not gonna complain. How'd you get cursed, though?

[fionnuisce]

I was talking with someone else about their fae curse and I guess it was overheard and unappreciated. Been like this since...just before the whole underworld thing, I think?

[drewthetower]

Well, at least it'll be hard to kill you...?

[fionnuisce]

Hopefully. I'm not looking to stress test just how powerful said curse is, I know better than to fuck around with this stuff.