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[notvitiligo]

[Jessica sits in the orchard, a sugar skull in hand. She glares at the mirror.]

OK, this? Isn't funny. For a lot of reasons.

This is a new low for whoever is in charge. Consider this an official complaint.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

What is your issue?

[notvitiligo]

[She holds up the skull to the mirror. Gal Cecil is written on it.]

There are others around here. Other names.

It's really tasteless.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Someone doesn't know Gal is gone.]

...so? I'm sure there's one for each of us.

[notvitiligo]

[Oh, crap. She looks away from the mirror, focusing on the skull.]

Gal...

...she wasn't in the house. She... isn't around. Anymore.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha's expression immediately closes off and she looks away from the mirror.]

Oh.

[notvitiligo]

[She sighs]

...yeah.

sorry.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Thank you. For telling me.

FINALLY TAGGING SOMETHING

[doc_holi]

What's wrong with it?

WOOOOO!

[notvitiligo]

[She holds the skull to the mirror to reveal the name Gal Cecil written on it.]

She went back a couple of days ago.

[notvitiligo]

No problem. It's... important to know this stuff.

I hope you'd do the same for me.

[She stares at the skull, turning it over in her hands. The sugar sparkles around the name.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

I would try. [At least.]

[notvitiligo]

Guess that's all you can do.

[Her features darken again.]

I really hate it here.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I cannot help you with that. I doubt there are many of us that do like it here.

[notvitiligo]

There's a few, but...

ugh, even they leave. Get sent back. Whatever the hell happens!

[She rears her arm back to throw the skull to the ground. Then, with a sigh, she droops, lowering it again.]

We don't ever know what the hell's going on. Just a bunch of lab mice.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Then I suggest demanding more information from one of the Incarna. They are more willing to talk with truth than the Queen.

[notvitiligo]

Not with me, they aren't.

Maybe you're just better at translating bullshit than I am.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Only because I don't accept bullshit. Try the Crone.

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[cobbledtogether]

...? Jessica...?

[She has seen the changes done to the Orchard, but she hadn't thought much of them or examined them closely then. Is this one of those "it's distasteful because skulls and skeletons are symbols of death" things again? That seems like the most logical conclusion to draw.]

[notvitiligo]

...I'd assumed she wasn't involved. But you have a point. She does seem to be the least likely to spout gibberish at you.

Though I should probably wait until I'm not feeling like throwing a tantrum. Not good for diplomacy.

[notvitiligo]

[She holds up the skull, showing the name Gal Cecil.]

She just disappeared a little while ago. It's like they're trying to twist the knife here.

[ritsu_kouyou]

She does know more about this place than we do.

[cobbledtogether]

...Gal is gone?

[Considering how muted her expressions generally are, it might be hard to tell, but Lambda's face falls a little. She probably doesn't even realize it herself, despite the unfamiliar sharp feeling in her gut that appears for a moment.]

[notvitiligo]

Pretty much everyone does.

[notvitiligo]

[She sighs.] Yeah.

Sorry.

[ritsu_kouyou]

She was willing to talk last year.