audience: karma

[mygod]

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[mygod]

Ah. No, I can't see you.

[ takes a guess anyway ]

Four.

[intrapid]

Liar!

[ to which part? yes. ]

[mygod]

I wish I was lying. It's annoying to know there's an entire area at play that I cannot see for myself.

[intrapid]

[ he flips famine off for science, waits a moment, and then continues when there is no reaction ]

Then we're a blind spot in the cult's eyes! You say that you're hearing me in your head, but are you speaking out loud to me, or in your head? I'm hearing you from this hole...

[mygod]

Speaking aloud. I'm in our place, so the only people who'd overhear are the other two or the housekeeper.

[intrapid]

[ thinking about other people's audiences where the npcs go "hang on a sec, somebody's knockng on my head" just out of nowhere ]

The housekeeper... That's Will, right? Tell him I said hi! Also, tell me about him.

[ WHO IS HE why do they get a housekeeper ]

[mygod]

I'll tell him later, if I remember.

[ big if there ]

He's been here since we arrived. No problems. Decent cook. Helps order your requests every week.

[intrapid]

The quiet, unassuming ones are the ones you should watch out for the most.

[ nice guy = immediate distrust. ]

I know you said you guys aren't friends or anything, but make an effort to get to know him, at least enough to decide whether he's earned your trust. You're one of the precious middlemen right now; I don't want your position to become compromised.

[mygod]

We discuss so much in this house that if Will was a traitor, we'd all be with Death. [ a beat ] Nehan. Both.

[intrapid]

Not good enough. You haven't figured how to render the rituals obsolete yet. If I were him, I wouldn't silence you all right away. I would wait and see what I can learn, what weak spots I've overlooked and how to patch them up before they're exploited.

[mygod]

And yet you are not him, and are on the other side.

We aren't morons.

[intrapid]

[ gestures at nehan who is also dead??? who are you calling a moron ]

I'm not saying you are. I just need you to be cautious, especially because I'm on the other side now.

[mygod]

I understand that this is your form of looking out for others. [ in karma's way... ] But we also don't want to die. Knowing that Death is looking after you all is enough for me.

It's not the first time people have been after my life or looking for any chance to kill me. It won't be the last.

[intrapid]

What did you do.

[ first boothill, now famine, why is he surrounded by criminals ]

[mygod]

People sought my technology, and thought I would get in the way of their political schemes.

[intrapid]

[ that is the vaguest specific answer he could have gotten, thanks, ]

Are you the one who built that machine that killed Death?

[mygod]

[ you're welcome! ]

In part. It was a collaboration, since it required a combination of both technology and magic.

[intrapid]

[ makes a face at magic ]

Where is it now? If it can be fixed, you'd best get Gale on board. And [ ??? ] Todomatsu.

[mygod]

It exploded, which is partially what led to his death. Though we do still have a few working parts that we can repurpose.

[ but wait ]

Why the second name.

[intrapid]

[ makes a long suffering face that thankfully nobody else can see ]

He has a phone.

[ technology........... the bar here is SO LOW with everybody and their fake magics ]

[mygod]

I see.

[ a beat ]

We are working with something far more advanced than that, to the point that he'd probably slow us down. But your contribution is noted.

[intrapid]

Hmm. Okay.

[ the moment they get to contact the living karma's going to tell todomatsu famine thinks he's dumb ]

Sensei would've been able to fix that up in a minute, but I guess you're stuck with you and us now. Anything I can do on my end?

[mygod]

[ that wouldn't be incorrect ]

If you say so. [ karma your sensei worship ]

I've heard that some information came from a tome recently. Keep pursuing that. Gathering those pieces would be helpful, if that's something you can uniquely do on that side.

[intrapid]

Yeah, I dunno about that. It seemed like something they just stumbled upon, and haven't figured out how to find more. What do you know about the tomes? Was there a library or research laboratory somewhere?

[mygod]

The ritual the cult is currently trying to complete is apparently being done to replicate some tomes and instructions that they found from the past. So, while I haven't seen the tome itself, if it shows signs of age and speaks of the god—I do not think it is a far connection to assume that this might be some of the materials being used.