[ Jon doesn't read anything past the header because he's about to summon the powers to the Barge, not if he can help it. But all the same, once he has someone look it over, he has to sit on it for a bit before he can answer.
[ look - martin is mostly just excited to be on a pirate ship at all. he feels like he's on the cusp of something, really, and most of his correspondence with elias so far has been paired with excited rambling about a real catalyst for change - which is how he's here now, knocking on the door of the small quartermaster's office. ]
Hey! Um. Thanks again, by the way, I know this was awfully - short notice.
Xie Lian keeps up with the network, which means he doesn't have to check his warden item to know where his new inmate is. When Elias wakes up, Xie Lian will be sitting next to the bed, with a cup of water.
This isn't the first time he's ended up here, in circumstances that shared certain similarities.
Hey babe. Need anything for that post-death hangover?
[ if you joke about it, you don't have to try and grapple with the fact that you're angry Elias died and you don't know how to feel about that anger! ]
Arguably one of the best traits of Doug Eiffel is that he is, in some horrible way, a predictable person. Whenever he commits to a decision, there is a high probability of it being either inane, ridiculous, or potentially outright suicidal.
The problem with Doug Eiffel, is that you never know which it's going to be until it happens. By which point it's too late to stop him.
Eiffel has a bottle of whiskey in hand when he knocks on Elias's door; he knows he's there, he asked Tiny Hera. "Trick or treat, Elias! It's ya boy Dig Dug Eiffel!"
[It's a letter, on ricepaper, with neat brush-ink calligraphy, folded neatly and sealed with something that is not quite wax, a black circle with a red fox silhouette, left beside his door.]
Mr. Elias Bouchard,
I would like to invite you to 5-13 this afternoon for tea. I have an ulterior motive: while Eiffel may have the worst information security of anyone I have ever met, sometimes his sheer volume of allusions and conversational meanders are so utterly impenetrable that he circles right back around to being unilluminating. Therefore, I think it may be best to put my questions to you directly.
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Just after port
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[Yeah no hellos or anything. Just jumping right into it.]
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after the letter
The answer is short and simple.]
Do you need to feed?
Do you need help getting food?
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[text, absolutely unprompted, probably in the middle of the night]
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after christmas
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Do you know why I'm in Zero?
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private;
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Should I be expecting you back in the kitchen at some point, or have you been assigned somewhere else?
[ Notice how he doesn’t even mention the murder attempt. ]
if this doesn't work just... tell me :U
Hey! Um. Thanks again, by the way, I know this was awfully - short notice.
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infirmary
This isn't the first time he's ended up here, in circumstances that shared certain similarities.
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[ if you joke about it, you don't have to try and grapple with the fact that you're angry Elias died and you don't know how to feel about that anger! ]
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text, private;
I heard about what happened.
Let me know if you need anything.
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private;
Can we talk?
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Before Library Shenanigans
The problem with Doug Eiffel, is that you never know which it's going to be until it happens. By which point it's too late to stop him.
Eiffel has a bottle of whiskey in hand when he knocks on Elias's door; he knows he's there, he asked Tiny Hera. "Trick or treat, Elias! It's ya boy Dig Dug Eiffel!"
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Saw you in the infirmary when I brought hunter in.
You good??
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[ it's a roundabout way of saying 'I've gotten over what happened last month with the library fire,' but it's still a way of saying that. ]
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*cries* backdated to a few days before the message and everything
Mr. Elias Bouchard,
I would like to invite you to 5-13 this afternoon for tea. I have an ulterior motive: while Eiffel may have the worst information security of anyone I have ever met, sometimes his sheer volume of allusions and conversational meanders are so utterly impenetrable that he circles right back around to being unilluminating. Therefore, I think it may be best to put my questions to you directly.
From Every Spark a Fire,
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nevermind, audio now
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