[Orb Post, Day 8] By the pricking of my thumbs...

[schrien_die_raben]

[Rue is grim-faced and utterly serious, the only thing betraying her calm being the careful, overly formal way she speaks.]

Fakir and Duck, I need to speak to you both immediately. It's about Mytho.

As for the rest of you, I am asking that you keep an eye out for a white haired boy with red eyes, and report to me if you've seen him. It's imperative that he be kept away from young girls and contained in the castle. Thank you for your cooperation.

Comments

[loyalbeyonddeath]

[Flatly] You've only had to see it once. [And he's moving again, quicker, with more purpose.]

[schrien_die_raben]

What do you mean? I'm the one one who lived with him when he was like that, I saw him much more than you.

[loyalbeyonddeath]

[For a long moment, there's no reply.] Rue, I've lived a different life than you know. A longer, stranger life than the person I'm sure you know me to be right now. It's not easy to explain.

[schrien_die_raben]

[Rue hesitates in speaking for a moment. She's never really heard him talk like this before.]

....At least tell me about when you saw him like that. It might help us.

[loyalbeyonddeath]

I doubt I learned more than you did. He's spiteful, tempestuous, manipulative, and needy. He knows how to hurt you with words, though if he doesn't remember this place he may not know how to hurt me anymore.

[schrien_die_raben]

That's good. I... I'm stronger too. I won't let him hurt me anymore, not when I know I can save him.

[loyalbeyonddeath]

And you aren't the only one with the ability to do so, so don't worry too much for the rest of us.

[schrien_die_raben]

We can't let him hurt Duck, though. I don't think he knows she's Tutu, but still, we can't risk it.

[loyalbeyonddeath]

She does a better job of taking care of herself than you'd expect. She may not have a lot of sense, but she's... resilient.

[schrien_die_raben]

Still... This is my fault, and my responsibility. I don't want her paying for my mistake.

[loyalbeyonddeath]

It is. [He says this as if conceding a point in an argument.] Whose fault it isn't something to be concerned with now, though. Can I trust you to keep an eye out at the castle while I search the town?

[schrien_die_raben]

Yes. I'll have the servants looking for him as well. He still vanishes when he wants to, so we'll have to trick him into staying put. You think you can do that?

[loyalbeyonddeath]

He finds me entertaining enough to linger a while. Don't worry.