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Without any warning or preamble, a set of messages are sent briefly over Communion.
To D and Matt, the message is simple. It’s time. Go to The Crown to meet Coalbrand. He’ll be the one getting you to the tower. And indeed, they’ll be welcomed by the demon with a glittering smile and cloying words asking if there’s anything he can supply them with. Whether they do so is up to them, but it’s not wise—that’s how you end up in debt to the house. But eventually, a magical slumber will greet them and they’ll awake within Aetós’s tower.
To Flat and Gen, the message is a bit more complicated, but it amounts to “it’s time to work”. Bring whatever you might need for a few days, since the work itself isn’t usually quick. But when they’re ready, come to The Crown. Aetós will meet them there.
To D and Matt, the message is simple. It’s time. Go to The Crown to meet Coalbrand. He’ll be the one getting you to the tower. And indeed, they’ll be welcomed by the demon with a glittering smile and cloying words asking if there’s anything he can supply them with. Whether they do so is up to them, but it’s not wise—that’s how you end up in debt to the house. But eventually, a magical slumber will greet them and they’ll awake within Aetós’s tower.
To Flat and Gen, the message is a bit more complicated, but it amounts to “it’s time to work”. Bring whatever you might need for a few days, since the work itself isn’t usually quick. But when they’re ready, come to The Crown. Aetós will meet them there.
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I don't have any particular inclination to drink other people's blood. I'm a vampire hunter. [Was? Very matter-of-factly:] Siring vampires share a connection with those they feed upon which includes memories, emotions, and locations. The sire has an easier time with influence and suggestion over them.
[There isn't any reason to keep it a secret for himself; he's not sure whether Gen would mind.]
Yes. Gen.
[The biggest RIP to Gen and Matt being in this situation right now with him.]
Killing or dissipating me will sever the connection over them.
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it's the second part that is new information to him. when he looks between Gen and focuses in the space between him and the dhampire, there's something that earns Flat a nod. ]
Oh, of course. You and Gen, too.
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YOU, GEN, AND MATT ARE ALL CONNECTED?
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Is- is- is this some sort of date for all of you!? Am I, uh, am I third-wheeling here?! Wait no, there's three of you, aren't there? Then I'd be the fourth wheel. But like the fourth wheel of a tricycle!
[ oh man, oh man. he completely misunderstood this. should he have brought flowers? ]
I mean, I hope that I'm not being a bother here! O-or that you think of me as like an interloper! That's definitely not the type of vibe I want to give!
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They are connected to me only from the exchange of blood.
[The priorities here.]
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[ why would he ever think this is a date. ]
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This is a dangerous experimental procedure.
[Maybe some people like those sorta dates.]
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[ BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE'S FOURTH WHEELING OR NOT. ]
Are you okay with me fourth wheeling, then?
[ since this is a date and all that. ]
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It isn't a date. Are you planning to simply leave?
[WHAT WAS FLAT'S END GOAL HERE IF D HAD SAID HE MINDED? HELLO?]
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[ the plot has been momentarily lost. give him a second to get back to the correct path. ]
Anyways! I don't think Aetós would have let me leave, so once that was decided, I would have explained my intentions to all of you with the hopes of coming to an agreement. And if we couldn't, then that would have been fine, too, since what matters the most is that I explain myself.
[ even one-sided communication has it's purposes. even if they can't come to an agreement, what matters to flat is that he got to say his piece. if the other party didn't agree with him...well, that's just how it is! no need to fret over it. ]
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Except Gen is maybe now having a bad time about it. "What else is new?" Gen would say.
D is thankful Flat moves quickly on, and he isn't forced to answer another awkward question he may have some kind of answer to actually.]
I explained the consequences of allowing me to drink their blood before it happened. They are still here having known, so there isn't any reason to not continue.
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[ not that it helps with making people any less angry, however. and speaking of angry... ]
Was Mrs. Hayame as angry at you as she was with me?
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[Just to, like, re-emphasize consent to Flat since they are discussion pieces of it here. Fourth wheel away in this very bizarre, not-date, no-relationship... trifecta.]
Yes, she was.
[Very much so, maybe even more with him than with Flat. Apparently, they are friends and all.]
not here
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