audience: ashlyn

[mygod]

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[mygod]

[ don't just say yeah. ]

Like what exactly?

[killies]

Like with the memories being... weird.

Stuff like that still affects you guys, right?

[mygod]

Ah.

[ ... ]

Perhaps.

[killies]

I know it does, I saw the tattoos back when those were happening!

[mygod]

That answers your question then.

[ DON'T POINT OUT THE TATTOOS. ]

I suppose it is a little annoying and bothersome for us three considering.

[killies]

Because you're trying to be all anonymous with the masks and stuff?

[mygod]

Yes because of that. I'm assuming one will happen any minute now, and then we will awkwardly attempt to consider how to continue the conversation afterward.

[killies]

I reserve the right to ask questions.

[ but i throw one at you first. you may have... a kind of silly memory. ]

[mygod]

[ HELP ME. well, this isn't entirely familiar in the set-up, but familiar enough. this is the most teenager thing imaginable. ]

Perhaps I should be the one asking questions instead.

[killies]

Oh, that one wasn't so bad. [ she says, even though she is making such a face about it. ]

[mygod]

Was it not? Apparently, you all were going to save the world...?

[ the shadows roll in again, however, and they are quick to jump on the two of them. something comes through to ashlyn, but it isn't visual. it's auditory - no, it's in her mind, but it's a voice. bubbly, cheerful, playful, with a peculiar accent: ]

Essek! We'rebackwereallyneedtotalktoyou if you have... the time. Because it's super important... Also! You're.......... super cool, we miss you, ANNNND! You. Float. Really. Good!

[ another one, directly after, pecking her mind like the crows peck when messages are sent. and then another, each one about twenty-five words at the most. ]

Oh! Hey! Guess what! We're gonna come here in a little bit! We're gonna be here in this tower in a little bit! Ummm! Just let us know if it's good to come in...

Guess who's baaaaaack?! Um, we're back at the Xhorhouse. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH! We need to talk to the Bright Queen, are you around? OH MY GOSH, YOU HAVE TO - hear. About. Everything. That-

Essek. We don't know anything about you, I just realized! We should really hang out more! Are you single? Do you have kids? Swipe right? ALSO! Mom's name?

[ when it's over, they let out the longest, deepest sigh of resignation. ]

[killies]

[ wait she knows that name ]

... Essek?

[mygod]

[ hello, don't just know that name?

they are quiet for a REALLY long moment. ]

Do... not use that name anywhere else here, or to anyone else.

[killies]

But... Laudna.

[ not that she understands what the connection is there, because the name only came up in passing in a memory.

hrm. ]

Would it put you in danger?

[mygod]

...

[ they shift uneasily. ]

Yes, it could, both with the cult, and with others here. I do not know who Laudna is, but she knows details about my world. I would prefer to remain unknowable to her until I learn more.

[killies]

You don't? It sounds like some of her friends know you.

... But okay. [ she doesn't want to do anything to put the overseers in more danger. and it's not really her business to go telling anyone. ]

[mygod]

Her friends? What were their names?

[ they are curious... ]

[killies]

I think it was Imogen who mentioned you. Then there's Orym...? And there were more, but... I don't know.

[ it was one flashback and i don't think she memorized all the names of everyone in it. ]

[mygod]

[ ?????? ]

I... don't know either of those names, or the people to which they belong.

[killies]

Maybe it's a... timeline thing...?

[mygod]

It could be a possibility... Strange, but not impossible.

[killies]

It was something about having you look at a sword that might be cursed or something, if that means anything to you.

[mygod]

[ they are quiet for a moment or two as they think it over. ]

No, it doesn't.

[ WORRYING ]

[killies]

What about the name Delilah?

[mygod]

...

[ there is another long silence. ]

Delilah Briarwood?